The National tribune., 1897-01-28
THEIR RECORDS
Brief Sketches Of the Services Of
Various Commands.
The ed Conn. Fl. A.

Tho Cd Conn. III. A.
This regiment was organized at Litchfeld,
Conn, from July % to Sept. 9, 1862, for
three years, rs the 10Th Conn. 1t was
changed to heavy artillery, and designated
the I'd Conn. III. A., Nov. %, 1868. Two adj
ditional companies were raised early in 1864.
The original members were mustered out in
July, 1865, and the remaining men consoli-
dated into a battalion of eight companies,
which was mustered out Aug. Is, 1865. The
Colonies of the regiment were: Leverett w.
Vessels, resigned Sept. Is, 1868; Elisha s.
kellogg, killed in action June l, 1854. at
Cold Harbor; Ranald S. Mackenzie, promoted
Brigadier-General, o. s. A., Dec 2a, 1864;
James Hubbard, Brevet Brigadier-General,
in command when mustered out Daring its
earlier service the regiment was stationed in
the vicinity of Washington, engaged in gar
rison duty in the Notifications surrounding
that city. The regiment, acting as infantry,
left Alexandria, Va, in May, 1864. 1t went
to the front, and was assigned to Upton's Bri-
gade, RusselPs Division, Sixth Corps. The
regiment, under command of Col. Kellogg,
entered the battle Of Cold Harbor with about
/ 400 men. Of this number 129 were killed.
Among them was Col. Kellogg, who was shot
while leading the assault upon the earth
works. Among the other engagements in
which it lost heavily were OpequoD, Cedar
Creek, and Petersburg 1t stood fourth in
point of loss among the artillery regiments,
| having had 254 men killed. Twelve of these
| were officers The total enrolment was 2 sos,
officers and men. This makes killed little
| more than 10 per cent Besides those killed
in action the regiment lost two officers and
III men by disease and other causes. Col.
Fox gives it as one of the 300 fighting
regiments.
The 135th n. Y. 18th N. Y. H. Az
This regiment was organized at Yonkers,
N. Y, in September, 1862 to serve three
years. as the 135th N. Y, but was changed
to heavy artillery the following month, and
designated the 9Th N. Y. Fl. A. Two addi-
| tioDal companies were organized in Decem-
Der, 1862, and mustered for three years,
making regiment of IL companies. Co. M
| was consolidated with Co. A, Jan. 26, 1864,
| and new company formed of men recruited
| for the 14th N. Y. III. A. In February, 1864,
| the surplus men of the 14th and 10Th N. Y.
| II. A., numbering nearly four hundred, were
transferred to this regiment. The original
members were mustered out, and the veter-
ans and recruits were consolidated into a
battalion Of four companies in June, 1865.
| These companies were designated A, B, G,
and D. and there were added to them July
| 49, 1865, the men not discharged when the
| 10th and 18th N. Y. H. A. was mustered out.
| The consolidated force was mustered out
Aug. "a, 1865. The 10 companies of the
regiment, which were known as the 135th N.
Y, left the State Sept. 5, 1862, and served
| in the Railroad Division of the Eighth Corps,
Middle Division. Cos. L and M joined the
regiment at Baltimore, Md, in December,
| 1862. The regiment served at Harper's
Ferry, W. Va, from January, 1868; in the
Second Brigade. First Division, Eighth
Corps, from March, 1863; in the First
Brigade, First Division, Eighth Corps, ffom
June, 1868; in First Brigade, Third Divis-
ion, Third Corps, Army of the Potomac,
from July 10, 1868 with the Reserve Artil-
lery, Army of the Potomac, from August,
1868; in the First Brigade, Reserve Artillery,
Army of the Potomac, from April, 1864; in
the Heavy Artillery, Fifth Corps, from May
| 13, 1864; in the Third Division, Fifth Corps,
| from May 80, 1864 in the Third Brigade,
Second Division, Fifth Corps, from June 2,
| 1864; in the First Brigade. Harden's Divis-
ion, Twenty Corps, from July, 1864 ;
in the First Brigade, Kitchings Provisional
| Division, Army of the Shenandoah, from
Sept. q, 1864. and in the Second Brigade,
Ferrero's Division, Army Of the James, from
December, 1864. Col. William II. Morris,
who commanded the regiment when it took
the field, was an officer Of the Regular Army.
He was promoted to be Brigadier-General,
April 2, 1853. Col. j. Howard Kitehing
died Jan. 10. 1865, of wounds received in
action. Col. Kitching had been brevetted
Brigadier- General, Aug. 1, 1864. Col. George
| C. Gibbe next commanded the regiment, but
was mustered out June %, 1865. During
the remainder Of its service, the regiment
was commanded by Col. Stephen Baker. Its
heaviest loss in any single engagement was
at Spottsylvania, while in the Fifth Corps.