46 ANNUM. EEPOET SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1922. 



FEDERAL FORCES. 



4. Fifty Years After the Battle. Fifth New York Volunteer Infantry, First 

 Duryee Zouaves, known as " The Fighting Fifth." 

 Left to right— 



1. Trumpeter Roliert Fofar. Brooklyn, N. Y. 



. 2. Trumpeter Robert F. Daly (once the drummer boy), New York City. 

 B. John F. Counell. New I'orlv City. 



4. Gilbert Boyd. Brooklyn, X. Y. 



5. John Heffernian. Flusliing, Long Island. 



5. Map of thePenusular Campaign, Fifth New York Volunteer Infantry. 

 First Duryee Zuaves, known as " The Fighting Fifth." 

 3. Left upper, John C. L. Hamilton, Elmsford, N. Y. 



2. Second, Edward Whites4de, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



3. Seated, left, James Collins (address not given). 



4. Seated. George F. Wilson. Mount Vernon, N. Y. 



5. Seated, George A. Mitchell (address not given). 



6. Standing, right. Samuel H. Tucker (v.ith rifle), Ridgetield Park, N. J. 



6. Sheathing the Sword. 



1. Standing at left, Peter G. Wagner, New York City. 



2. Seated, Lieut. William H. Uekele, New York City. 



3. Second, standing. Alfred Atkins, Rosells Park, N. Y. 



4. With sword and gun, Harry Jones, Long Island City, N. Y. 



5. Extreme right. George H. Myers, New York City. 



7. Comrades of the Fighting Fifth. 



1. I^eft, Daniel J. Meagher, New Y^ork City. 



2. Right. Albert Shellwortb, Jersey City, N. J. 



8. Drummer Boy of the Fighting Fifth After Gaines Mills. 



Robert F. Daly, New Y'ork City, was a drummer Iioy before he was 

 13 and had seen 17 battles. He endeared himself to his regiment, the 

 First Duryee Zouaves, especially at Gaines Mills, where he carried 

 water to the men fighting, from a spring more than a mile to the 

 rear. On the 7-day retreat to the ships the luen carried the boy on 

 their shoulders. When the regiment returned to New York, the boy's 

 father discovered him in line, snatched him from the march, and sent 

 him back to school. 



9. The Signal. After the Battle of Big Bethel. John Tregaskis, Brooklyn, 



N. Y., Fifth New York Volunteer Infantry, Duryee Zouaves. 

 , After the Battle of Big Bethel the Union forces were marching by 

 parallel roads in pursuit of the enemy. During the night at the cross- 

 roads they fired at each other. To avoid a repetition of the error 

 they used the white of their turbans around their arm as a signal. 

 10. The First Sharps Rifle. Homer D. Jennings, St. Cloud, Fla. 



The Sharps rifle was used for the first time before Gaines Mills, Va. 

 It was a repeating rifle and was used by the Fifth New York Volunteer 

 Infantry. Duryee Zouaves. There were just enough of the rifles to arm 

 the end men of companies, but the efiiect iipon the opposing forces was 

 bewildering and disastrous. General Sykes was in connnand. 

 31. Adelaide Sm th. One of the first Army nurses. 



She volunteered at Brooklyn, was with Grant's army through the 

 Peninsula!' campaign, especially during the last years of the Civil War. 



