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34th New
York Infantry
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34th New York
Infantry Soldier
Roster - Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York For the Year
1893, Volume 22 View the Entire Book
| Regimental History |
| Thirty-fourth New York Infantry. — Cols., William La Due, James A. Suiter,
Byron Laflin; Lieut. -Cols., James A. Suiter, Byron Laflin, John Beverly; Majs., Byron
Laflin, Charles L. Brown, John Beverly, Wells Sponables. The 34th, the "Herkimer
Regiment," was composed of five companies from Herkimer county, two from Steuben, one
from Albany, one from Clinton and one from Essex county, and was mustered into the U. S.
service at Albany June 15, 1861, for two years. It left the state for Washington on July
3; was quartered at Kalorama heights until July 28, when it moved to Seneca mills and was
there assigned to Gen. Stone's brigade. The regiment moved to Edwards ferry on Oct. 21, to
Poolesville, Md., Oct. 23, and there established Camp McClellan, which was occupied until
Feb. 24, 1862, when orders were received to move to Harper's Ferry. From Oct. 15, 1861,
the regiment served in the 2nd brigade of Stone's division, which became in March, 1862,
Sedgwick's division, 2nd corps, Army of the Potomac, and in May, 1862, the brigade became
the 1st brigade, 2nd division, 2nd corps. The early part of March, 1862, was spent in camp
at Berryville, Va., and later in the month the regiment moved to Washington, where it was
ordered to the Peninsula. It shared in the siege of Yorktown; lost 97 members killed,
wounded or missing at Fair Oaks, and again lost heavily during the Seven Days' battles. It
was then in camp at Harrison's landing until Aug. 15, when it was ordered to Newport News,
and there embarked for Acquia creek. Subsequently it returned to Alexandria and was again
at the front during the Maryland campaign in September. At Antietam it lost 154 in killed,
wounded and missing, of whom 41 were killed or mortally wounded — over 13 percent, of
the 311 engaged. On Nov. 21, 1862, the regiment arrived at Falmouth; participated in the
battle of Fredericksburg; then went into winter quarters near Falmouth; shared in the
"Mud March;" returned to camp and remained there until the Chancellorsville
movement in the spring of 1863. In April the regiment moved to Banks' ford; was active at
Chancellorsville; returned home on June 9, and was mustered out at Albany June 30, 1863,
the three years' men having been transferred to the 82nd N. Y. infantry on June 8. The
total enrollment of the regiment was 1,016 members, of whom 93 were killed in action or
died of wounds during the term of service and 69 died from other causes. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 2
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