The National tribune., 1897-02-25

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Having
been appointed by our Veteran Association
to prepare something in the nature OF a
history of the old battery, and desiring to
make it as complete as possible as to the
personnel of the company as well as to the
services rendered as whole. / most COR
daily and earnestly request every survivor
of the battery to write me, giving bis
present address, any recolleetions he may
have of interesting incidents of the war,
and brief account of his life since. VIII
the friends OF deceased comrades also please
writer We expect to have a Battery NJ
Reunion, and hope. ALSO Reunion of the
old Third Brigade, First Division, Twelfth
and Twentieth Corps, at the time of the
National Encampment at Buffalo next
August.-WM. II. HOLMES, Wilson, n. 7.
The 10th N. Y. H. A.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The sketch
Of the 10Th N. Y. III. A. in your last issue
Omits to mention that Co.'S A, B, c, F, G and
K were with Gen. Terry's expedition in the
capture of Fort Fisher on Jan. Is, 1865.
We occupied the Fort until July Is, 1865.
The 10th did not dig the Dutch Gap
Canal. We were there nine days at the
commencement of operations. On Aug. 1S,
1864, we were relieved by colored troops,
who dug the canal-EDwARD HOAG, Co. 3,
18th N. Y. II. A., National Military Home,
Kan.
The Dist n. Y.
This regiment was organized at Albany,
N. Y, Dec 16, 1861, by the consolidation of
| the men recruited by David ]. Cowles and
! the Fredenhall Regiment. Jacob Van
Zandt was commissioned Colonel, and the
regiment left the State Jan. o, 1862 1t
served in and around Washington, d. c.
from January, 1862; at Key West, Fort
| Pickens, and Pensacola, Fla, from late in
January, 1862; at Baton Rouge, La, from
Dec. 10, 1862; in Third Brigade, Growers
Division, Department of the Gulf, from Jan.
| IL, 1868; in First Brigade, Fourth Division,
| Nineteenth Corps, from March. 1863; at
Fort Jackson, La. as heavy artillery, from
July, 1863; in Second Separate Brigade,
| Eighth Corps, at Baltimore, Nd, from
| October, 1854; in First Brigade, Third
Division, Fifth Corps, from March, 1865,
| except Co. E. which remained at Baltimore !;
in Third Brigade, Third Division, Fifth
Corps, from June, 1865, until mustered out,
July 3, 1865. Col. Van Zandt was dismissed
Feb. g. 1865. Jonathan Tarbell was then
commissioned Colonel, and commanded the
! regiment until its muster-out, receiving the
brevet OF Brigadier- General for his efficient
mand lost 81 killed, 120 wounded, and eg hit
missing. At Gravelly Run, Va, 1913 men
were killed, 107 wounded, and 10 missing.
Its total loss was three officers and 10 men
killed in action or died of wounds, and one
officer and 194 men died of disease, accidents,
| in prison, etc.
| The 4tIi Ky.
| The 4th KY. MID Inf was organized at
Camp Dick Robinson, KY, Oct. 9, 1861, for
the three years. service. On the expiration
of its term it veteranized, and was retained
in service until August, 1865. Col. Speed s.
Fry was promoted Brigadier-GeneralM March
81, 1862. Col. John T. Croxton was pro-
NOTED Brigadier-G General, July 80. 1854, and
1 Robert M. Kelly was commissioned Colonel
to succeed him. The regiments heaviest
loss was at ChicKamauga, while in Bran
mans Division, Fourteenth Corps. In that
engagement 25 men were killed, 157
wounded and nine missing. 1t also suf-
fered severe loss at Mill Springs, KY, Jan.
10, 1862. It's total loss was one officer and
| 11S men killed, and four officers and 326
men died. Of this number Col. Fox states
SO died in rebel prisons.
| The list Ky.
| The regiment was organized at Pendle-
ton, o., in June, 1861, to serve three years
Co. E was permanently detached in Janu-
airy, 1862, and designated Simmond's Bat
terry, Kentucky Light Artillery. The other
companies were mustered out June IL, 1864.
Col. James V. Guthrie resigned Dec. 81,
1861. Col. David A. Enyart was commits
stoned Jan. %. 1862, and commanded the
regiment until its muster-out. 1t served in
Stanley,s Division, Fourth Corps Its total
loss was go men killed in action or died of
wounds, and one officer and 80 men died of
disease, accidents, in prison, etc.
| The 142d Pa.
| The command is one of the 300 fighting
regiments given by Col. Fox. 1t served in
Rowley's Brigade, Doubleday's Division
First Corps, and during its enlistment lost q
total of seven officers and 14S men killed
and 70 men died. This was out of an en-
rollment of 935 men, which makes the loss
1865 per cent. The regiment first took the
field in September, 1862. It's first important
battle was at fredericksburg, Va, where,
out of $50 men, it lost Is killed and 1872
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