page_title: 8th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
section_title: Service
hierarchical_section_title: 8th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment / Service
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: photographichist08mill (find matches) Title: The photographic history of the Civil War&#160;: thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities Year: 1911 (1910s) Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880- Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Publisher: New York&#160;: Review of Reviews Co. Contributing Library: New York Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: he boy stood on the burningdeck, and the like. So it was, when Lincoln called him, lieresponded with a heart intensely patriotic and aflame with mili-tary ardor, and he proved marvelously adaptable as a soldier. At the outset and occasionally afterward, many young menwent into service in companies and regiments of militia. A fewwere well drilled, the greater number indifferently. These werebut a sprinkling in the great mass of volunteers, who were with-out such experience, and came fresh from farms, workshops,stores, and schools. But most of them had been members of theuniformed clubs in the exciting political campaign of 1861, andwere fairly proficient in ordinary marching movements andhandling torchsticks in semi-military fashion, which proved ofadvantage to them in entering upon a soldiers life. Usually for a few weeks before taking the field, the embryosoldiers lay in camps of instruction. Probably in every regi-ment were some veterans who had seen service in the Mexican (1801 \r\ Text Appearing After Image: COPYRIGHT. 1911, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. A TIME-STAINED PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FIFTIES OFFICERS AND NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS COMPANY P, EIGHTH NEW YORK These officers of the Eighth New York are garbed in the same uniforms that they wore to the Mexican War.This and the hotly contested political campaign of 1861 served as the two great drill-masters of the Federalrecruits at the outset of the war. A few of them were indifferently drilled through their connection withregiments of militia, but these were but a sprinkling in the great mass that thronged from the farms, theworkshops, and the schools. Most of these had marched as members of the uniformed clubs in the excitingpolitical campaign of 1861, and were fairly proficient in ordinary movements and in handling torch-sticksinstead of rifles. Probably in every quota there were some men who had seen service in the Mexican W aror in the militia. They had become accustomed to military systems now obsolete, but their training enabledthem to speedi Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: The 8th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was also known as the First German Rifles or Blenker's Rifles.
context_section_description: The regiment was organized in New York City and was mustered in for a two-year enlistment on April 23, 1861.
  The regiment was mustered out of service on April 23, 1863.  Men who chose to re-enlist were assigned to the 68th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
caption: 8th New York officers  garbed in the same uniforms that they wore to the Mexican War
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