Company E
1st Sergeant
Captured at Ball's Bluff; paroled. Wounded (wrist & leg) at Antietam. After being mustered out in 1864, enlisted in 11th New Jersey; wounded (left wrist) at Petersburg. Died about 1879 in Jersey City.
Union service · New York
42nd New York Infantry
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Company I
Private
Lewis Adsit
Company: I
Unit: 42 N. Y. Infantry.
Rank - Induction: Private
Rank - Discharge: Private
Allegiance: Union
Company I
Sergeant
Was mortally wounded at Gettysburg. Received citation from Col Mallon in O.R. series 1, XXVII. pt. 1 630-631
Company I
Captain
Captain of Company I 42nd Tammany Regiment. Good friends with Lieut.-Col. William. A. Lynch. Injured during battle of Balls Bluff and became a recruiter and worked out of Tammany Hall.