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UNITED STATES WAR RECORD. 



town, Pa.; (3) Camp Wetherill, Greenville, S. C. 

 The regiment, at time of going to press, is still in 

 the service, and waiting at Camp Wetherill to be 

 mustered out. 



First New York Infantry. Official title. First 

 Regiment Infantry, New York Volunteers. Organ- 

 ized April 27, 18!)8. Mustered in for war with 

 Spain, May 20, 1898. Strength in officers and men 

 for war w'ith Spain, 1,027. Commanded by Col. 

 Thomas H. Barber during war operations. Sta- 

 tioned during war : (1) Camp Black, Hempstead, Long 

 Island; (2) Fort Columbus and Fort Hamilton; 

 (3) Camp Merritt, Presidio, San Francisco; (4) 

 Camp McKinley, Honolulu. This regiment was 

 composed of the Tenth Battalion and volunteers 

 from separate companies (Third, Fifth, Fourteenth, 

 Fifteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-fourth, Thirty-third, 

 and Fortv-fourth). The regiment was mustered out 

 at Albany, N. Y., March 1, 1899. 



The Tenth Battalion carries, by authority, silver 

 rings on the lances of its colors, inscribed as fol- 

 lows : On the national color McGill's Ferry, La., 

 Jan. 6, 1863; Ponchatoula, La.. March 24, 1863; 

 McGill's Ferry, La., March 24, 1863 ; Civique's Ferry, 

 La.. March 25, 1863 ; Araite River, La., May 10 and 

 11, 1863 ; Port Hudson, La., May 23 to July 8, 1863. 

 On the State color Helderbergs, 1865; West Al- 

 bany, 1877; Buffalo, 1892. 



Second New York Infantry. Official title, Second 

 Regiment, Infantry, New York Volunteers. Head- 

 quarters, Troy, N. Y. Organized April 27, 1898. 

 Mustered in for war with Spain, May 16-17, 1898. 

 Strength in officers and men for war with Spain, 

 1,019. Commanded by Col. Edward E. Hardin 

 during war operations. Stationed during war: (1) 

 Camp Black, Hempstead, Long Island ; (2) Chicka- 

 mauga, Ga. ; (3) Tampa, Fla. ; (4) Fernandina, Fla. ; 

 (5) Sand Lake, N. Y. This regiment was com- 

 posed of volunteers from separate companies (Sixth, 

 Seventh, Ninth, Twelfth, Eighteenth, Twenty-first, 

 Twenty-second, Thirty-first, Thirty-second, Thirty- 

 sixth, Thirty-seventh, and Forty-sixth). The regi- 

 ment was mustered out at home stations of com- 

 panies, Nov. 2, 1898. 



Third New York Infantry. Official title, Third 

 Regiment, Infantry, New York Volunteers. Or- 

 ganized April 27, 1898. Mustered in for war with 

 Spain, May 17, 1898. Strength in officers and men 

 for war with Spain, 1,019. Commanded by Col. 

 Edward M. Hoffman during war operations. Sta- 

 tioned during war: (1) Camp Black, Hempstead, 

 Long Island ; (2) Camp Alger, Dunn Loving, Va. ; 

 (3) Camp Meade, Pennsylvania. The regiment was 

 composed of volunteers from separate companies 

 (First, Second, Eighth, Twenty-fifth, Twenty-ninth, 

 Thirtieth, Thirty-fourth, Forty-first, Forty-second, 

 Forty-third, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eighth). The 

 regiment was mustered out at home stations of 

 companies, Dec. 10, 1898. 



Eighth New York Infantry Official title, Eighth 

 Regiment, Infantry, New York Volunteers. Head- 

 quarters, New York city. Organized July 27,1847. 

 Mustered in for war with Spain, May 19, 1898. 

 Strength in officers and men for war with Spain, 

 1,024. Commanded by Col. Henry Chauncey, Jr., 

 during war operations. Stationed during war: (1) 

 Camp Townsend, New York; (2) Camp Thomas, 

 Chickamauga, Ga. The regiment was mustered out 

 at New York city, Nov. 3, 1898. 



The regiment (then the Third New York Regiment) 

 performed service for the State at the flour riots in 

 1826, at the stonecutters' riot in 1835, and at the 

 great fire in New York city, July 19, 1845. Since 

 assuming its present title it has seen service as 

 follows : At the Astor Place riots, May 10, 1849 ; at 

 the police riots, June 16, 1857 ; at the dead-rabbit 

 riots. July 5, 1857; at the quarantine war or Sepoy 



riots, Sept. 11 to 29, 1858; at the camp of the Cor- 

 coran Legion, preserving order, Oct. 18 to 23, 1862 ; 

 at the draft riots, July, 1863 ; at the Orange riots, 

 July 12, 1871 ; at the railroad riots, July 25-29, 

 1877 ; and at Brooklyn during the motormen's strike, 

 January, 1895. It was in the service of the United 

 States from Sept. 15 to Dec. 15, 1812; from April 

 23 to Aug. 2, 1861 ; from May 29 to Sept. 9. 1862; 

 and from June 17 to July 23, 1863. It was mustered 

 in the United States service as the Eighth Regiment, 

 Infantry, New York Volunteers, May 14. 17, and 19, 

 1898, and out of such service, Nov. 3, 1898. It has 

 authority to place silver rings on the lances of the 

 colors of the regiment, engraved as follows: On 

 the national color Fort Gansevoort, 1812 ; Fort 

 Greene, 1812 ; Washington, April, 1861 ; Bull Run, 

 July 21, 1861; Yorktown, 1862; Gettysburg cam- 

 paign, 1863. On the State colorFlour riot, 1826 ; 

 stonecutters' riot, 1835; great fire, New York city. 

 1845 ; Astor Place riot, 1849 ; police riot, 1857 ; dead- 

 rabbit riot, 1857; Sepoy riot, 1858; Camp Corcoran 

 Legion, 1862 ; draft riots, 1863 ; Orange riots, 1871 ; 

 Syracuse, 1877; Brooklyn, 1895. 



Ninth New York Infantry. Official title, Ninth 

 Regiment, Infantry, New York Volunteers. Head- 

 quarters, New York city. Organized June, 1859. 

 Mustered in for war with Spain, May 17-25, 1898. 

 Strength in officers and men for war with Spain, 

 1,026. Commanded by Col. S. James Greene during 

 war operations. Stationed during war: (1) Camp 

 Townsend, New York; (2) Camp Thomas, Chicka- 

 mauga, Ga. The regiment was mustered out at 

 New York city, Nov. 15, 1898. 



The Ninth entered the United States service in 

 1861 for three years, being known in such service 

 as the Ninth New York State Militia, and also as 

 the Eighty-third New York Volunteers. It rendered 

 the State service in the Orange riot, July 12, 1871 ; 

 in the railroad riots in July, 1877; at the switch- 

 men's strike at Buffalo in August, 1892 ; and during 

 the Brooklyn motormen's strike in January, 1895. 

 It has authority to place silver rings on the lances 

 of the colors of the regiment, engraved as follows : 

 On the national color Harper's Ferry, Va., July 

 4, 1861 ; Warrenton Junction, Va., April 6, 1862; 

 Warrenton Junction, Va., April 16, 1862; North 

 Fork River, Va., April 18, 1862; Rappahannock 

 River. Va., May 5, 1862 ; Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 

 9, 1862 ; Rappahannock River, Va., Aug. 22. 1862 ; 

 Rappahannock Station, Va., Aug. 23, 1862 ; Thor- 

 oughfare Gap, Va., Aug. 28, 1862; Bull Run, Va., 

 Aug. 30, 1862; Chantilly. Va., Sept. 1, 1862; South 

 Mountain, Md., Sept. 14, 1862; Antietam, Md.. 

 Sept. 17, 1862; Fredericksburg, Va.. Dec. 13, 1862; 

 Pollock's Mill Creek, Va., April 29, 1863; Chancel- 

 lorsville, Va., May 2 and 3, 1863; Gettysburg. Pa.. 

 July 1 to 4, 1863;'Hagerstown. Md., July 12 and 13, 

 1863; Liberty, Va., Nov. 21, 1863; Mine Run, Va.. 

 Nov. 26 to Dec. 2, 1863; Wilderness, Va., May ~> 

 to 7, 1864 ; Spottsylvania Courthouse, Va.. May s, 

 1864; Piney Branch Church, Va., May 8, 1864; 

 Laurel Hill, Va., May 10, 1864; Spottsylvania, Va.. 

 May 12, 1864; North Anna, Va., May 22. 1864; 

 Totopotomoy, Va., May 27 to 31, 1864; Cold Har- 

 bor, Va., June 1 to 7,1864. On the State color- 

 Abolition riot, Jan. 11 and 12. 1835; great fire. ln. 

 17, 1835; Orange riot, July 12, 1871 ; West Albany, 

 July, 1877; Buffalo, August, 1892; Brooklyn, Jan., 

 1895. 



Twelfth New York Infantry Official title, 

 Twelfth Regiment, Infantry. New York Volunteers. 

 Headquarters, New York city. Organized as the 

 Eleventh Regiment June 21, 1847. Mustered in fr 

 war with Spain, May 13, 1898. Strength in officers 

 and men for war with Spain, 1,021. Commanded 

 by Col. Robert H. Leonard during war operations. 

 Stationed during war: (1) Camp Townsend, New 



