HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YOUK. 



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could form in line of battle. Under a hot and destructive 

 fire you accomplished your mission. By your valiant bear- 

 ing you saved the Army of the Gulf from destruction, and 

 it affords me the highest pleasure to convey to you the thanks 

 of the commanding general. Again, at Pleasant Hill, in 

 your movements by ' column by company,' under fire, you 

 marched with as much order and precision as if you had 

 been upon review. To your lieutenant-colonel much praise 

 is due for the skillful manner in which he handled the regi- 

 ment. Officers and men of the 161st New York, I thank 

 you." A just tribute to as brave a body of men as ever 

 marched to battle. 



The regiment participated in all the movements of that 

 disastrous and unwise Red River campaign. The 161st 

 went into camp at Morganzia, where it remained until 

 June 18, when it, having been selected to form a part of 

 an eni2:ineer brii>;ade, marched to Vicksburs:, arriving in that 

 city on the 20th. The regiment had hardly begun prepa- 

 rations for engineer work when orders were received to 

 move, and on July 23 they embarked for White River, 

 Ark. Here the regiment remained a few days, and re- 

 turned to Vicksburg, where it was joined by Lieut. Lind- 

 say and seventeen others, who had been prisoners in Texas 

 eleven months. 



August 1 3 the engineer brigade was abandoned, and the 

 161st was attached to the 19th Corps, in the Department 

 of the Gulf The regiment now commenced a series of 

 marches and skirmishes, changing position almost daily. 

 August 14 it left Vicksburg for New Orleans, and on the 

 day following their arrival returned, and were transferred 

 to the 17th Corps. On the 20th it again embarked for New 

 Orleans, where it shipped on the steamer Cahaicha for 

 Mobile Bay, to assist in the reduction of Fort Morgan, 

 arriving in front of that stronghold upon the day of its 

 capitulation. On the 25th it was sent across the bay to 

 Cedar Point, and September 2 embarked on the old block- 

 ade-runner Kate Dale^ en route to Morganzia, which place 

 was reached September 6. About six weeks were now 

 consumed in changing from place to place. The regiment 

 was ordered to Paducah, Ky., and on the 26th marched to 

 Columbus and encamped, where it remained until November 

 20, and then was ordered to Memphis. December 19 they 

 bade farewell to Memphis, and embarked for New Orleans. 

 January 11 the 161st landed at Kennerville, twelve miles 

 above the city, and went into camp. February 11 it left 

 Kennerville for New Orleans, and from thence proceeded 

 to Mobile Bay. 



The regiment participated in the capture of Spanish 

 Fort and Fort Blakely, and was present at the surrender 

 of Mobile, April 12. Here it remained in camp until 

 May 20, when orders were received detaching the 161st 

 from its brigade, with instructions to establish a military 

 post at Apalachicola, Fla. While here the weather was 

 intensely hot, and much sickness prevailed. On the 26th 

 of July an order was received to embark for the Dry Tor- 

 tugas to relieve the 110th New York, whose term of ser- 

 vice would soon expire. 



The regiment remained in this desolate place until Sep- 

 tember 25, when, having been mustered out on the 20th, 

 it embarked for New York. New York City was reached 



on the 6th of October, and Elmira on the 12th, where the 

 battle-scarred 161st were the recipients of a grand ovation 

 tendered by the patriotic citizens of that city. The address 

 of welcome was delivered by Hon. Tracy Beadle, and Elmira, 

 justly proud of the gallant sons of the "Southern Tier," 

 gave them a hearty welcome home. 



In the words of the chaplain, "Thus closed the military 

 history of the 161st New York, — a regiment which had 

 traveled eleven thousand miles by water and twelve hun- 

 dred by land, carrying its tattered flag, torn by the enemy's 

 bullets, over the burning plains of the South, into the 

 thickest of the fight, and into seven different States, and 

 came home with not an act to regret, with not a stain on 

 its banners, and with a history for endurance and heroism 

 untarnished and glorious." 



The following is a list of the killed and wounded as 

 compiled by the chaplain of the regiment in 1865 : 



KILLED. 



Baton liotifje. — George N, Wright, Co. B. 



Port Hudson. — Anson Retan and Edward Strattou, Co. A: and Sergt. 



George G. Bingham, Co, C. 

 Cox's PlaRtdlion. — Otis Walker, Co. C ; and Samuel Robinson and 



Hosea Sibley, Co. H. 

 Sabine Pass. — Anthony Compton and Orville C. Boorom, Co. D. 

 Sabine CrosH-Roadn. — Charles L, Wheaton, Co. A; Lieut. L. Edgar 



Fitch, Co. C ; Weller F. Smith, Henry E. Hewson, and Joseph 



Blunt, Co. D ; James Leonard, Co. E ; James Grimes and James 



O'Neill, Co. G. 

 Pleo.H((nt Hill. — Elihu Lockvvood, Co, C. 



WOUNDED. 



Port Hiuhon. — Michael Dougherty, Patrick Plynn, Co. A ; William 

 Beckwith, Co. B; Ezra M. Peters, Martin Ilallet, Co. C; Frank 

 McDonald and Eugene Bassett, Co, F; Alfred 0. Spaulding, Co. 

 G ; Abram Cook and Lucius D. Cushman, Co. H. 



Cox's Plantation. — Clinton II. Wilcox, Co. A; Capt. William H. 

 Clark, Sergt. William Hibbard (mortally), Bartlett J. Beals, and 

 George A. Brown (mortally), Co. B ; Samuel A. Johnson, Joshua 

 Kirk, Frank Letterman, Robert B. Murray, Joseph Seymour, 

 Amasa Squiers, Co. C. ; Capt. James M. Cadmus, Sergt. Otis 

 Smith, Dennis Losey (mortally), Bradford Sandford, Luman 

 Phille}^ David G. Bryant, Alex. Carman, James Borden, George 

 Blakeley, and Orville C. Boorom, Co. D; Henry R. Smith, Leroy 

 Broderick, Co. E ; Stephen Read, Richard Harvey, William Dav- 

 idson, Co. F; Sergt. Hugh Carney, Sergt. Thos. McCullough, Aus- 

 tin Amilie, Andrew Sullivan, Patrick E. Brown, Co. G; Franklin 

 Waight, Calvin Dibble, Roswell Miller. 



Sabine Pass. — Abram Blakesley (mortally), Garey Dodge (mortally), 

 Patrick Hart (mortally), James M. Snyder (mortally), Adam H. 

 Wilcox (mortally), George T. Gannan (mortally), Jos. Bartholo- 

 mew, Thos. Sawyer, Ira Chubb, Isaac J. Lewis, Co. D. 



Sabine Cross-Roads. — Lieut. John Gibson, Sergt. William Eggleston, 

 Sergt. George Prentice, Elijah Sprague, Co. A ; George C. Cole- 

 man, Abner R. Page, Jas. Anderson, Ebenezer Boynton, Co. B; 

 William Woodhouse, J. 0. Armstrong, G. H. Barrett, Thomas 

 Smith, William Smith, II. S. Clark, Co. C ; Capt. James M. Cad- 

 mus, Tunis J. Harford, Anthony Ayres, Theron F. Miller, Walter 

 McCormick, Franklin Holmes, David G. Bryant, William Spencer, 

 Co. D ; Lieut. R. L. Guion, Sergt. Henry Moore, George Fohns- 

 bee, Nathan P. Parker, James Murray, Byron Munn, Leartus 

 Redner, Henry Weisner, George W. Edget, Co. E ; Jacob Swart- 

 wood, Lyman Tremain, Co. G; Samuel W. Jennings, William T. 

 Norton, Co. II ; Capt. Samuel Walling, Co. I ; Capt. George M, 

 Tillson, Co. K. 



Pleasant Hill. — Wm. H. Garve}^, Co. A ; John Henyon, Co, G, 



Marksville. — Capt. Edmund Fitzpatrick, Co. G; E. L. Dewitt, Co. C. 



Spanish i^or^.— Christopher C. Such, Co. A. 



