81st New York Infantry

[4 x great granduncle] Regimental Chaplain; enlisted & mustered in 17 Oct 1862 at Albany NY; mustered out 31 Aug 1865 at Fortress Monroe VA; contracted chronic diarrhea during his service and died 8 Feb 1866.

CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS FROM CITY OF OSWEGO This information was obtained from the History of Oswego County, N. Y., 1789 - 1877, published by Everett & Ferriss, 1878. Morell, William F., 1st sergt, 81st N.Y. Vols. Enlisted Sept 1861; resigned in consequence of ill-health Burial Oakwood Cemetery Muskegon MI 1838-1923

Enlisted as a Private on 14 July 1862 at the age of 18. Enlisted in Company A, 81st Infantry Regiment New York in May 1862. Received a disability discharge Company A, 81st Infantry Regiment New York on 02 October 1862 in Yorktown, VA.

Private Abram Ferguson, Co. B, 81st New York Vols., died April 14th 1863 of chronic diarrhea as reported in the newspaper The New South, Port Royal, South Carolina, Vol. 1, No. 33, Saturday, April 18th, 1863. GR

He was in Company B, 81st Infantry Regiment NY. From: 7 Apr 1865-31 Aug 1865 Regimental History NEW YORK EIGHTY-FIRST INFANTRY (Three Years) Eighty-first Infantry.-Cols., Edwin Rose, Jacob J. DeForest, John B. Raulston, David B. White; Lieut.-Cols., Jacob J. DeForest, William C. Raulston, John B. Raulston, David B. White, Lucius V. S. Mattison; Majs., Byron B. Morris, John McAmbly, William C. Raulston, David B. White, Edward A. Stimson, Lucius V. S. Mattison. The 81st, the 2nd Oswego regiment, was raised mainly in Oneida and Oswego counties and was mustered into the U. S. service at Oswego and Albany from Dec., 1861, to Feb. 20, 1862, for three years. It left the state for Washington on March 5, 1862, was quartered for a short time at Kalorama heights and assigned to Palmer's brigade, Casey's division, 4th corps, with which it embarked for the Peninsula with the general advance of McClellan's army. It was present during the siege of Yorktown; in the battles of Williamsburg and Savage Station; was closely engaged at Fair Oaks, with the loss of 137 killed, wounded and missing, among whom Maj. McAmbly was killed and Lieut.-Col. DeForest wounded. During the Seven Days' battles the regiment was employed in guarding trains, and after the evacuation of the Peninsula was stationed at Yorktown until December, from which point it undertook a number of expeditions into the surrounding country. Assigned to the 1st brigade, Peck's division, 4th corps, the 81st embarked for North Carolina in Dec., 1862, and was stationed at Beaufort, and Morehead, N. C., in the 1st brigade, 2nd division, 18th corps. In Oct. 1863, the regiment returned to Newport News and performed outpost duty along the Dismal Swamp canal. In December a sufficient number reenlisted to secure the continuance of the 81st as a veteran regiment, and upon their return from veteran furlough the regiment was assigned to the 1st brigade, 1st division, 18th Corps, with which it fought at Swift creek, Drewry's bluff and Cold Harbor. In the two assaults on Cold Harbor the regiment took a prominent part and suffered the heaviest loss in its history, 212 killed or wounded and 3 missing, half of the number engaged. It continued in service before Petersburg; was sent to New York harbor in November; was attached to the 24th corps in December; was active in the assault on Fort Harrison, and was mustered out of the service at Fortress Monroe Aug. 31, 1865. It earned a well deserved reputation for gallantry and courage for which it paid the penalty of loss during service of 107 by death from wounds and 99 from other causes. Source: The Union Army, Vol. 2, p. 110 NEW YORK EIGHTY-FIRST REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (VETERAN). Second Oswego Regiment; Mohawk Rangers. (Three Years) This regiment was organized at Albany February 18, 1862, by the consolidation of the Mohawk Rangers, or Guards of Liberty and Union, Col. O. B. Pierce, of which the Remington Guards formed part, with the Oswego Regiment, Col. Edwin Rose. August 25, 1861, authority was granted for the organization of the Oswego Regiment; October 11, 1861, it consisted of ten companies of minimum strength; in December Company I was consolidated with the other companies, and, a number of men discharged for various reasons; in January, 1862, it was ordered to Albany, and February 6th, the men of Company C were transferred to Companies D, G and K, and those of Company E to Companies A, F and H, leaving but seven companies. The Mohawk Rangers were organized at Rome; ordered to Albany in February, 1862, and on the 17th, consolidated with the Oswego Regiment, forming its three vacant companies, C, E and I. The new organization received the numerical designation given to the Oswego Regiment December 10, 1861, and Edwin Rose was appointed its Colonel. At the expiration of its term of service, the men entitled thereto were discharged, and the regiment continued in service. The men were recruited principally in the counties of Oswego and Oneida, and mustered in the service of the United States for three years, between December 20, 1861, and February 20, 1862. The regiment left the State March 5, 1862; served at Kalorama Heights, D. C., from March 7, 1862; in Palmer's, 3d, Brigade, Casey's, 1st, Division, 4th Corps, Army of Potomac, from March 13, 1862; in 1st Brigade, 2d Division, same corps, from June, 1862; at Yorktown, Va., from August, 1862; in 1st, Naglee's, Brigade, Peck's Division, 4th Corps, in North Carolina, from December, 1862; in 1st, Heckman's, Brigade, 2d, Naglee's, Division, 18th Corps, in South Carolina, from January 11, 1863; in the District of Beaufort, N. C., 18th Corps, from May, 1863; at Newport News, Va., from October, 1863; at Portsmouth, Va., from December, 1863; in the District of Currituck, Va., from February, 1864; in the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Corps, Army of the James, from April 18, 1864; in New York harbor in November, 1864; in the 1st Brigade, 3d Division, 24th Corps, from December, 1864; and it was honorably discharged and mustered out, under Lieut.-Col. Lucius V. S. Mattison, August 31, 1865, at Fort Monroe, Va. Source: Phisterer p. 2,877 Battles Fought Fought at Harrison's Landing, VA. Fought on 24 May 1862 at Seven Pines, VA . Fought on 29 May 1862 at Seven Pines, VA. Fought on 31 May 1862 at Fair Oaks, VA . Fought on 31 May 1862 at Seven Pines, VA. Fought on 07 November 1863 at North West Landing, VA. Fought on 30 November 1863 at North West Landing, VA. Fought on 09 May 1864 at Swift Creek, VA . Fought on 10 May 1864 at Swift Creek, VA. Fought on 12 May 1864 at Bermuda Hundred, VA. Fought on 13 May 1864 at Drury's Bluff, VA. Fought on 15 May 1864 at Drury's Bluff, VA. Fought on 16 May 1864 at Drury's Bluff, VA. Fought on 24 May 1864. Fought on 01 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA . Fought on 02 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA . Fought on 03 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA . Fought on 04 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA . Fought on 05 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA . Fought on 06 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA . Fought on 14 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA. Fought on 15 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA . Fought on 22 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA . Fought on 23 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA . Fought on 24 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA . Fought on 29 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA . Fought on 30 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA . Fought on 02 July 1864 at Petersburg, VA. Fought on 18 July 1864 at Washington, DC. Fought on 22 July 1864 at Petersburg, VA. Fought on 30 July 1864 at Petersburg, VA . Fought on 31 July 1864 at Canetey Hill, VA. Fought on 07 August 1864 at Petersburg, VA. Fought on 15 August 1864 at Petersburg, VA. Fought on 16 August 1864 at Petersburg, VA. Fought on 24 August 1864 at Petersburg, VA. Fought on 26 September 1864 at Chaffin's Farm, VA. Fought on 28 September 1864 at Chaffin's Farm, VA. Fought on 28 September 1864 at Fort Harrison, VA. Fought on 29 September 1864 at Chaffin's Farm, VA . Fought on 29 September 1864 at Fort Harrison, VA . Fought on 30 September 1864 at Chaffin's Farm, VA . Fought on 30 September 1864 at Fort Harrison, VA . Fought on 15 October 1864 at Petersburg, VA. Fought on 27 October 1864 at Chaffin's Farm, VA. Fought on 27 October 1864 at Fair Oaks, VA . Fought on 27 October 1864 at Williamsburg, VA. Fought on 28 October 1864 at Seven Pines, VA. Fought on 12 February 1865. Fought on 26 March 1865 at Richmond, VA.

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Private James McCormick, Co. E, 81st NY, died April 8th of typhoid fever as reported in the newspaper The New South, Port Royal, South Carolina, Vol. 1, No. 33, Saturday, April 18th, 1863. GR

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Sheppard was the first of three brothers who served in the 81st New York Infantry. Although he went through the war unscathed, he later suffered from Typhoid fever, which he contracted during the War.

Enlisted at Oswego, New York on 30 Sept 1861 Deserted on Oct 1861

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I am writing a book using my Great-great-grandfather's diaries of 1860-1865. I have, so far unsuccessfully, been searching for a rendering of the Regimental flag presented to the unit in Oswego before they left for Albany.