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Union Blue and Militia Gray:
The Role of the New York State Militia
in the Civil War -
Appendix 1:
List of the first eleven militia regiments which served for three months (except
7th Regiment), in 1861 following the outbreak of the Civil War.
| Unit No. |
Name of Colonel |
Departure Date |
How Armed |
Strength |
| 5 |
C. Schwarzwalder |
April 27 |
Model 1842 |
600 |
| 6 |
Jos. C. Pinckney |
April 21 |
Ward Musket |
550 |
| 7 |
Marshall Lefferts |
April 19 |
Model 1855 |
1,050 |
| 8 |
Geo. Lyons |
April 23 |
Model 1842 |
900 |
| 12 |
Daniel Butterfield |
April 21 |
Model 1842 |
900 |
| 13 |
Abel Smith |
April 23 |
Model 1842 |
486 |
| 20 |
Geo. W. Pratt |
May 7 |
Model 1842 |
786 |
| 25 |
Michael K Bryan |
April 23 |
Model 1842 |
500 |
| 28 |
Michael Bennet |
April 30 |
Model 1842 |
563 |
| 69 |
Michael Corcoran |
April 29 |
Model 1842 |
1,050 |
| 71 |
Abram S. Vosburgh |
April 21 |
Model 1842 |
950 |
| TOTAL |
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7,334 |
Source
Adjutant General's Report, 1862, 8.
Back to the Unit History Project - Civil War Units
New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs: Military History
Last modified:
April 6, 2006
URL: http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/UnionBlue/UnionBlueApp11861.htm
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