The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-02-06
The 18th N. Y. Cav

| The 18th N. Y. Cav.
| The regiment was organized at New York
City, from July IS, 1853, 10 Feb. 3, 1864, 10
serve three years The 18th ~ Y. Cav. was
consolidated with it in June, 1865 James J.
| Byrne was commissioned Colonel, Feb. 81
| 1864, and remained in command until the
regiment was mustered out The command
! served in Arnold's Division. Nineteeth Corps,
with loss of one officer and I'D men killed
| and two officers and BOB men died. The
! organization was also known as the Corning
Light Cavalry.
The Iaoth III.
This regiment was organized at Peoria,
ILL.,, June 1, 1864, to serve 100 days, and
was mustered out Oct. %, 1864 Col Peter
Dawson commanded the regiment The
command was not assigned to any division
or corps. 1t lost Is men by disease, acct
dent, etc.
The 18th Battery. Ohio T.. A.
This battery was previously Co. ID, 25th
Ohio. 1t was organized at Camp Jackson, o.. d,
June 8, 1861, to serve three years. 1t was
permanently detached as battery of light
artillery in March, 1862. 1t veteraniznd on
the expiration Of its original term of enlist
ment, and was retained in service until July
10, 1865. Capt. Aaron G.. Johnston was
mustered out upon expiration of his term of
enlistment. Capt. Frank Jackson next COM
manded the battery, but he resigned in April,
1865. and Capt. Alfred Noecker was COM
missoned. The organization was generally
known as "Johnston's Battery" and served
in Steinwehr's Division, Eleventh Corps. It's
total loss was eight men killed and 80 men
died
The 18th Battery, Ohio L. A.
This battery was organized at Cincinnati,
o., Oct 81. 1861, to serve three years. It
was mustered out Nov. s. 1864, and the
veterans and recruits transferred to the 5th
battery, Ohio l.. A. Capt. A. G.. A. Con-
stable, who first commanded the battery, re-
signed Dec. Is, 1861. He was succeeded by
Capt. Frank G.. Sands, who remained with
the command until June, 1864, when he also
resigned. During the latter part of service
Fletcher f. Armstrong was Captain. The
organization was known in the service as
"Sands's Battery" and stood second in point
of loss in battle among the light batteries in
the Union army. Twenty men were killed.
Col. Fox in his " Regimental Losses" states
that the battery entered the battle of Iuka
with los officers and men, and that 10 were
killed or died of wounds, making loss of a
little over Is per cent. of all those engaged.
Besides those who were killed or died of
wounds received in this action, there were a
very large number who were more or less
seriously wounded. According to Fox the
battery stood first in point of loss in any
single engagement. The command served in
Quinby's Division, Seventeenth Corps. Be-
sides the 30 men killed the battery lost 80 by
disease, accident and in prison.
The 4th Battery, ". Y. L. A.
This was three years battery organized in
New York City, Oct. 25, 1861. The battery
was disbanded in December, 1868, and 40 of
the enlisted men were transferred to the LIST
n. Y. Eng, as Co. l., and Is to the 9Th N.
Y. Battery. On the organization of the
battery, James f. Smith was commissioned
Captain. Capt. Smith resigned in April,
1868, but was recOmmissioned the following
June, and commanded the battery during the
remainder of it's service. The organization
was generally known as "Smith's Battery"
and served in the Third Corps Its loss was
five men killed and one officer and IL men
died.
The Sd N. Y Cav.
The regiment was organized in New York
City from July IL, 1861, to Aug. %, 1861, to
serve three years. On the expiration of its
term the original members, except veterans,
were OuL, anu ILo NtIeTtDS re-
cruits retained in service. The regiment was
consolidated with the 18th n. Y. Cav, July 81,
1866. The command was known as the Van
Allen Cavalry" in honor of it's first Colonel,
James III. Van Allen Col Van Allen re-
signed April 8, 1862. Col. Simon III. Mix
was killed in action at Petersburg, Va, June
10, 1864. Col. George w. Lewis was dis
charged July IL, 1865, and soon after the
consolidation took place. Col. Mix, when
killed, was brigade commander, but held
the commission of Colonel The regiment
served in Kautz's Division, Cavalry Corps,
Army of the James Its loss was three Off
GERS and 40 men killed and one officer and
$50 men died.
The 10th Pa.
The regiment was organized at Philadelphia
during the Fall of 1862, to serve three years,
and was mustered out June 10, 1865. Col.
Peter c. Ellmaker, the first commander,
was honorably discharged Jan. II, 1864. |
During remainder of service Col Gideon
Clark was in command. The War Depart
ment gives the regiment credit for 10 battles
Its heaviest loss in any single engagement
was at Spotsylvania, where it lost SO officers
and men killed. 1t was then in Russell's |
Division, Sixth Corps The total enrolment
of the regiment was 1,216. Nine officers and |
1872 men were killed or died of wounds re-
ceived in action and one officer and IL men |
died of disease or in prison. The command is |
one of the 800 fighting regiments given by |
Col Fox.