Gettysburg:
St Lawrence County Historical Association - Stan Smith's Picture of
Gettysburg Reunion, 60th NY Infantry, 1907:http://www.slcha.org/60reunion/
Infantry - Culp's Hill:
Culp's Hill Looking West toward the Summit
Video Link - Culp's Hill:
http://www.jatruck.com/stonewall/big_pans/geary.htm
From the Watertown Times - 1984:
Infantry Order of Battle:
from:
http://www.civilwarhome.com/gettysburgorderofbattle(union).htm
General George Sears Greene
Third Brigade.
Brig. Gen. GEORGE S. GREENE.
Photo provided by Joe Laurenza from the Gouverneur, NY Museum and Stella Tamblin, Richville Historian
60th New York,
Col. Abel Godard (born in Richville, NY)
78th New York,
Lieut. Col. Herbert von Hammerstein
102d New York:
Col. James C. Lane
Capt. Lewis R. Stegman. http://www.slcha.org/60reunion/
137th New York
Col. David Ireland.
149th New York:
Col. Henry A. Barnum.
Lieut. Col. Charles B. Randall.
More on these Units:
3/2/XII - BG George Sears Greene 1424
(67-212-24) armed largely with Enfield rifles.
60th NY -
273(11-41-0) Col Abel Godard age 28 he was from Richville NY - unit
raised in Ogdensburg by Col Brundage & Hayward
78th NY - 198(6-21-3) Col Herbert Von
Hammerstein raised in NY City, Buffalo, Canada, & Michigan
102nd NY - 230(4-17-8) Col Jas C Lane
(age 39, wounded) Capt Lewis R Stegman (age 23, wounded) - 78th's "sister
unit" - mostly NYC area - made from Col Thos B Van Buren's recruiting, Col
Shannon's Von Beck Rifles, Col Levy's McClellan Infantry, a 12th NYSM co,
and two cos of 78th NYV Cameron Highlanders
137th NY - 423(40-87-10) (unusually
high number of killed) Col David Ireland formerly Captain in 15th US
(wounded at Resaca, died 9/64 in Atlanta) - raised by Ireland in Binghamton
area. Link to see a picture of the 137th in 1914
http://www.nycivilwar.us/137th.html and
here in 1910
http://www.nycivilwar.us/137th2.html from Bob's site
bob@nycivilwar.us
Read about David Ireland here:
http://www.nycivilwar.us/ireland.html
149th NY - 297(6-46-3) Col Henry A
Barnum Lt Col Chas Bertrand Randall (wounded) raised by Barnum in Syracuse -
Barnum rec'd the Medal of Honor for Nov 1863 bravery at Chattanooga - was
Major 12th NYV & NYS brevet BG:
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BARNUM,
HENRY A. - Medal of Honor:
Rank and
organization: Colonel, 149th New York Infantry. Place
and date: At Chattanooga, Tenn., 23 November 1863.
Entered service at: Syracuse, N.Y. Born: 24 September
1833, Jamesville, Onondaga County, N.Y. Date of issue:
July 1889. Citation: Although suffering severely from
wounds, he led his regiment, inciting the men to greater
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3d Brigade, 2d Div., XII Corps,
Reunion at Culp's Hill
Gettysburg:
"Greene's Brigade" (60th, 78th, 102d, 137th and 149th NYSV)
When did this reunion take place?
The only person I can identify is Lewis Stegman, back row, 8th from the
right.
If you have any info on this picture, please let me know.
E-mail:
greenhsh@morrisville.edu
Reunion
(note the monument in the background is that of the 78th and 102
Infantry - which was dedicated on July 2, 1888 - so the picture had to be at
or after that time)
(not sure if any of these people are in the picture above or if the picture
was taken in 1888)
Gouverneur Press June 16, 1888:
Gouverneur Press July 4, 1888:
Gouverneur Northern Tribune July 21, 1888:
Gouverneur Press 1893:
From Wikipedia:
Reunions
Although veterans returned many times over the years,
there were two great reunions at the battlefield. For the
50th anniversary, in 1913, all honorably discharged veterans
in the
Grand Army of the Republic and the
United Confederate Veterans were invited. Forty thousand
accepted the invitation. The highlight of the event on
July 3,
1913, was a reenactment of Pickett's Charge that reached
the high water mark at "the Angle" only to be met across the
wall by the outstretched hands of friendship from the Union
survivors.
For the 75th anniversary, in 1938, there were only 8,000
known living veterans of the war. Of these, 1,845 veterans
were able to attend—1,359 from the North and 486 from the
South—although only 65 of them had been at the battle. Their
average age was 94 and special arrangements had to be made
to care for these elderly men. The highlight of this reunion
was the lighting of the
eternal flame and dedication of the Eternal Light Peace
Memorial on Oak Hill by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt the evening of July 3.
Gouverneur Press 1912:
Gouverneur Press 1913:
And who they came to Honor - Buried At Gettysburg
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(from:
http://home.ptd.net/~nikki/newyork.htm)
(also, list of just 137th buried at Gettysburg from Bob's web site
http://www.nycivilwar.us/getcem.html )
Section A:
31
J.A. Casad I 137th
33
Venerabie Wesley B 137th
34
Ira Martin Jr. K 137th
36
William Besimer D 137th
37
Cpl William Miller 137th
100
E. Bryant K 137th
102
J. Dore B 137th
104
Thomas Gannon 6th Cav
Section B:
24 Sgt C. Gray I
60th
25 P. Ayres K 60th
30 Hannibal Dorset
F 60th (Hannibal Downs)
75 John Norton C
60th
81 1st Lt M.
Stanley E 60th
86 W. Johnson B
60th
83 W.H. Keyes G
78th
83 W.H. Keyes G
78th
84 J. Kough G
102nd
88 J. Bowie I
102nd
85 Sgt S.A. Smith
B 137th
87 G.W. Strong G
137th
23 Cpl W. Foster C
137th
26 James H. Mullin
B 137th (James Henry Mullen B 137th, died July 2, 1863 on Culp's Hill)
**
27 John Carnine E
137th
28 Benjamin Clark
K 137th
29 Sgt Henry
Johnson E 137th
Section C:
12 George Mabee D
137th
67 P. Tillbury B
137th
Section D:
6
William Murphy I 60th
66 H. M'Dowell C 60th
120 W.W. Clark B 60th
53
Orin Shepherd A 60th
1 Frederick D. Clark K 78th
3
William C. Marsh H 78th
5
Frederick Phelps C 137th
Section E:
9 A.R.
Townsend I 60th
27 Sgt
Daniel Corbett B 60th
12 E.
Van Tassel C 60th
13 P.
Stevenson A 60th
14 P.
M'Donald I 60th
15 Cpl W.W.
Rand E 102nd
10 Charles
Manning C 137th
11 H.W.
Nichols F 137th
16 Cpl L.
Vinning A 137th
17 Sgt
Charles F. Fox A 137th
18 Mahlon J.
Pardee F 137th
19 Oliver
English A 137th
20 F.A.
Archibald C 137th
21 Sgt J.W.
Brockham C 137th
22 William
W. Wheeler F 137th
23 Richard
W. Rush A 137th
24 A.
Stanton C 137th
25 Peter
Hill A 137th
26 Dean
Swift A 137th
39 Josephus
Gee G 137th
41 William
J. Sutliff B 137th
43 Elisha
Loomis C 137th
Section F:
10 Sgt
Frederick Derbin I 78th
11 Thomas
Dawson A 78th
12 Alfred
Trudell A 78th
Memorialized at Ogdensburg Cemetery,
Ogdensburg NY:
Alonson Pearce, Color Bearer, 12th US Infantry, killed at the battle of
Gettysburg, July 4, 1863 in his 19th year (Section 61)
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Button Links to my web page on the Merritts
General Edwin A. Merritt was at the battle of Gettysburg because this
article below was written about him. Note, the Merritt family was from Pierrepont and then moved to
Potsdam. Merritt graves are at Pierrepont Hill Cemetery along Rt. 68 in
Pierrepont:
The link
below is an article by Lt. Edwin A Merritt - "Historical Sketch of the 60th -
Final Report on the Battlefields of Gettysburg & Chattanooga":
http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/60thInf/60thInfHistSketch.htm
Canton Commercial Advertiser 1913:
Ogdensburg
Advance 1913:
Potsdam Herald 1902:
Gouverneur Northern Tribune 1926:
Monuments:
60th New York Monument This
monument is near the summit of Culp's Hill, in an area
that saw heavy fighting on the second and third days of
the battle - Col Abel Godard Commander - see his picture
above or click on this button
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| 60th New
York Infantry, Co.(I) |
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Army |
USA |
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Corps |
12 |
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Division |
2 |
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Brigade |
3 |
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Commander |
Col. Abel Godard |
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Location |
Culp's Hill, east of summit |
Link:http://www.virtualgettysburg.com/exhibit/monuments/pages/um186.html
137th New York Monument A closer
view of the 137th New York monument - Col David Ireland
Commander
78th & 102 New York Monument -
Col James C. Lane Commander
149th New York Monument - Col. Henry Barnum Commander
Major General Henry Slocum's address at the 149th
Monument:
http://www.149th-nysv.org/Monuments/Gettysburg/slocum_address_at_149th_monument.htm
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CULPS HILL NAME CARVINGS from:
http://gburginfo.brinkster.net/battlefieldcarvings.htm
Before you reach the summit of Culp's Hill, on the
right side of the road is the monument of the 149th New York. The
monument sits atop a large, flat rock. Directly behind the base of
this monument are very weathered, carved names. One can make out
the date "1888" and the name "J.E. Thompson." On the boulder
between this monument and the road are carved names such as "P.
Socks 1871" and "A.W. Lightner 1871." Strangely, the "G" and "N"
in "Lightner" are carved backwards.
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Gouverneur Tribune - 1890:
(Note: Capt. Jesse H Jones enlisted at Ogdensburg)
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Artillery
The Battle of the Wheat Field:
1st NY Light Artillery - Battery D -
Roster of Names from St. Lawrence County (from Anne Cady's Site):
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stlawgen/ROSTERS/1AD.HTM
- out the winter of '61-'62, drilling and
preparing for the long and arduous campaigns
which were to follow. In
March 1862, the battery was shipped by
steamer to Maryland shore, 40 miles
south of Washington. The long term of
the lines as it was organized July 2 was
near the left and in the wheat field
near the base of Little Round Top Hill.
There they fought with intrepid heroism
such as had characterized their service
during the previous battles and
1904 Photo & Article provided by Joe Lorenza,
Gouverneur NY Museum
Gettysburg Order of Battle - 1st NY Light
Artillery - Battery D - Winslow's Battery from:
Photo provided by Joe Lorenza- Gouverneur Museum
http://www.civilwarhome.com/gettysburgorderofbattle(union).htm
ARTILLERY BRIGADE.
Capt. GEORGE
E. RANDOLPH.
Capt. A. JUDSON
CLARK.
New Jersey Light, 2d Battery:
Capt. A. Judson Clark.
Lieut. Robert Sims.
1st New York Light, Battery D,
Capt. George B. Winslow. (from Gouverneur, NY)
New York Light, 4th Battery,
Capt. James E. Smith.
1st Rhode Island Light, Battery E:
Lieut. John K. Bucklyn.
Lieut. Benjamin Freeborn.
4th United States, Battery K:
Lieut. Francis W. Seeley.
Lieut. Robert James.
Riverside Cemetery - Gouverneur (links from
Anne Cady's site):
Winslow
Lucius Murray Winslow, 1860-1884,
Monument (Section B)
George Bigelow Winslow, 1832-1883 (Section B) (Captain)
Sarah G. Barney, wife of George B. Winslow, 1840-1924 (Section B)
Albert Barney Winslow, 1870-1884 (Section B)
Milton Start Winslow, 1872-1895 (Section B)
1860 Gouverneur NY Census:
George B. Winslow, age 27, born in NY, Master Tin Smith, Lydia -24, George E -1,
Mary L - 19 -
Teacher ? school, Mary Buxton - 10
1870 Gouverneur NY Census:
George
B Winslow, age 38, Postmaster, Sarah G-30, George E - 12, Lucius M - 9, Charles
H - 5
1880 Gouverneur NY Census:
Lt. L. J Richardson from Gouverneur NY
Photo provided by Joe Lorenza- Gouverneur Museum
Gouverneur Press 1887:
Gouverneur Northern Tribune 1887:
Gouverneur Press 1888:
Watertown Herald 1899:
Lumas Hosmer - 1st NY Artillery - Co D - 1827-1864 - Pitcairn
Cemetery, Pitcairn NY:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stlawgen/CEMETERY/Pitcairn/Pitcairn.htm
Newspaper clippings from the NY Military
Museum:
http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/artillery/1stArtLt/1stArtLtBatDCWN.htm
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1st Artillery Regiment (Light)
Battery D
Civil War
Monument at Gettysburg
Taken from Final Report on the Battlefield of Gettysburg (New
York at Gettysburg) by the New York Monuments Commission for the
Battlefields of Gettysburg and Chattanooga. Albany, NY: J.B. Lyon
Company, 1902.
In the Wheatfield, looking north. The J. Welkart House is in the
background.
INSCRIPTIONS
Front: BATTERY D 1ST N. Y. LIGHT ARTILLERY ARTILLERY
BRIG. THIRD CORPS.
Reverse: THIS BATTERY (WlNSLOW's) HELD THIS POSITION
DURING THE AFTERNOON OF JULY 2, 1863 CASUALTIES 10 WOUNDED; 8 MISSING.
MUSTERED IN SEPT. 6, 1861 ENGAGED IN 32 BATTLES MUSTERED OUT JUNE 16,
1865. |
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From:
http://www.echoesofgettysburg.com/id27.html
(above & below) Winslow's Battery, 1st
New York Artillery, Battery B, was the only
artillery in the actual Wheatfield itself.
All other artillery was positioned in the
outside areas of The Wheatfield. The battery
helped keep the Confederates pinned behind
the stonewall that can be seen in the color
photo in the upper right column. Winslow's
Battery withdrew when Detrobriand's last two
remaining regiments in The Wheatfield were
forced to withdraw.
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Winslow's Battery:
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| (Wartime) Alfred Waud
sketch of Winslow's battery in action against Kershaw's brigade in the
Wheatfield From http://www.civilwaralbum.com/gettysburg/wheat_peach1.htm |
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Dead Soldiers in the Wheat Field (then)
Photographer, Alexander Gardner
Library
of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
The Wheat Field (Now)
Battlefield of Gettysburg--Body of a soldier
in "the wheat field," evidently killed by the explosion of a shell
General Dan Stickles - wiard Guns at the Arsenal in
Washington DC 1862
from
http://www.civilwarphotos.net/files/artillery.htm
Dan Stickles at the 50th Reunion
Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles
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Did You Know?
General Daniel Sickles of New York, whose military career ended with the
loss of a leg at the Battle of Gettysburg, sponsored the congressional
legislation in 1895 that created Gettysburg National Military Park. |
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Click on this link to read a long article on the Battle of
the Wheat Field which includes Winslow's experiences:
http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/gettysburg/articles/wheatfield.aspx
and also from this link:
http://www.historynet.com/wars_conflicts/american_civil_war/3446486.html?page=2&c=y
"The Rebels, members of the 3rd Arkansas of the famed Texas
Brigade, sought cover behind trees and on the low ground along Plum Run.
Confederate Colonel Van H. Manning described the Yankees' fire as "some
annoyance," but it halted his regiment's advance. The Southerners returned fire,
and rifle flashes and smoke filled the woods and enveloped the stone wall. On
the rise in the Wheatfield behind the 17th Maine, crews of Captain George B.
Winslow's Battery D, 1st New York, worked their six Napoleons, sending solid
shot into the woods after estimating the distance from the sounds of the
Confederates' fire. "
Gouverneur Press 1913:
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Cavalry
6th New
York Cavalry - Company K - Roster of Names from St. Lawrence County (from Anne
Cady's Site):
6th Cavalry, Company K (Captain Riley Johnson)
Ogdensburg Cemetery - from Anne Cady's Site:
J.
Riley Johnson, Capt Co K 6 NY Cav (Section 28)
Gettysburg Order of Battle from:
http://www.civilwarhome.com/gettysburgorderofbattle(union).htm
Winfield Scott Hancock
(1824-1886)
SECOND ARMY CORPS.
Maj. Gen.
WINFIELD S. HANCOCK.
Brig. Gen. JOHN GIBBON.
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS.
6th New York Cavalry,
Companies D and K,
Capt. Riley Johnson. (Captain from Ogdensburg)
Ogdensburg Advance 1886:
Ogdensburg Advance 1861:
From New York State Military Museum:
http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/cavalry/6thCav/6thCavMonument.htm
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6th Cavalry Regiment
Monument at Gettysburg
Civil War
Taken from Final Report on the Battlefield of
Gettysburg (New York at Gettysburg) by the New York Monuments
Commission for the Battlefields of Gettysburg and Chattanooga. Albany,
NY: J.B. Lyon Company, 1902. page 1123.
Back to 6th Cavalry during the Civil War
6th New York Cavalry
In fields west of Seminary Ridge between the Chambersburg and Mummasburg
Roads. Ground occupied by Devin's Cavalry Brigade at the commencement of
the fighting on the first day.
INSCRIPTIONS
Front - 6TH NEW YORK CAVALRY (IRA HARRIS GUARD) 2D BRIGADE, 1ST
DIVISION CAVALRY CORPS.
Reverse - 6TH NEW YORK CAVALRY REGIMENT AT GETTYSBURG.
ARRIVED JUNE 30, 1863. JULY 1, SKIRMISHED DISMOUNTED, ON THIS LINE UNTIL
ARRIVAL OF 1ST CORPS AND THE REST OF THE DAY ON RIGHT OF THE YORK ROAD,
THEN RETIRED TO CEMETERY HILL, ONE SQUADRON BEING AMONG THE LAST UNION
TROOPS IN GETTYSBURG ON THAT DAY. BIVOUACKED IN PEACH ORCHARD THAT
NIGHT, AND ENGAGED ENEMY'S SKIRMISHERS ON THE MORNING OF JULY 2, UNTIL
RELIEVED BY TROOPS OF THE 3D CORPS. THEN MOVED TO TANEYTOWN AND ON THE
THIRD TO WESTMINSTER, FROM WHICH PLACE MOVED WITH THE DIVISION
(BUFORD'S) IN PURSUIT OF THE ENEMY. MET AND ENGAGED THEM JULY 8, AT
BOONSEBORO', MD., HOLDING THAT POSITION. CASUALTIES; KILLED I, WOUNDED
5, MISSING 16; TOTAL, 22. REGIMENT ORGANIZED IN NEW YORK CITY. MUSTERED
INTO SERVICE SEPTEMBER, 1861. RE-ENLISTED AS VETERAN VOLUNTEERS AT
CULPEPER COURT HOUSE, VA., DEC. 16, 1863. MUSTERED OUT OF SERVICE JUNE
17, 1865. TOTAL NUMBER ENLISTED 1969. TOTAL CASUALTIES, OFFICERS 34, MEN
382. PRINCIPAL ENGAGEMENTS. BARNETT'S FORD, SEVEN PINES, FAIR OAKS,
MALVERN HILL, FREDERICK, SOUTH MOUNTAIN, ANTIETAM, FREDERICKSBURG,
CHANCELLORSVILLE, BRANDY STATION, ALDIE- UPPERVILLE, GETTYSBURG,
BOONSBORO', WILLIAMSPORT, CULPEPER COURT HOUSE, MINE RUN, MORTON'S FORD,
WILDERNESS TODD'S TAVERN, SPOTSYLVANIA, YELLOW TAVERN, SHERIDAN'S RAID
AROUND RICHMOND, HAWES' SHOP, COLD HARBOR, TREVILIAN STATION, WHITE
HOUSE, DEEP BOTTOM, SHEPHERDSTOWN, FRONT ROYAL, WINCHESTER, FISHER'S
HILL, CEDAR CREEK, DINWIDDIE C. H., APPOMATTOX STATION, AND 45 OTHER
BATTLES AND SKIRMISHES. THOMAS C. DEVIN. BREVET MAJOR GENERAL FIRST
COLONEL 6TH NEW YORK CAVALRY |
