97TH REGIMENT OF NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS
Taken from F. W. BEERS & Co. History of Montgomery and Fulton Co.’s
Reprinted by Heart of the Lakes Publishing Co.
The record of several companies in which Fulton County men fought for the nation.
The 97th Regiment NY Volunteers was organized in Booneville N.Y.
Commander Col Chas. Wheelock was in charge
the Regiment was mustered into service February 18th, 1862.
Regiment left Boonville for Washington March 12th but remained in Albany one week
arrived in N.Y. March 18th where the troops were given the Enfield Rifled Musket.
The 97th arrived in Washington March 20th.
In May, the regiment was assigned to Gen. Duryee’s Brigade, Gen. Rickett’s Division
ans was under Gen. McDowell’s command during the march to Shenandoah Valley in June
1862.
The regiment was engaged in ten battles and suffered great loss, being reduced to less then
100 effective men before the close of the war.
During September and October 1863, it received a large number of conscripts. The regiment
was attached to the 2d brigade, 2d division, 1st army corps, in Dec. 1863.
The following are battles the regiment took part in.
Cedar mountain Aug. 9th 1862
Rappahanock Station Aug. 23, 1862
Thoroughfare Gap Aug. 28, 1862
second Bull Run Aug. 30, 1862
Chantilla Sept. 1, 1862
South Mountain MD. Sept. 14, 1862
Antietam, MD. Sept 17, 1862
first Fredericksburg Dec. 13, 1862
Chancellorsville, Va. May 1, 1863
Gettysburg July 1-3, 1863
The following men from Fulton county in this regiment are named below together with the officers of the regiment:
REGIMENTAL OFFICERS
Colonel Charles Wheelock. Taken prisoner at Gettysburgh, July 1, and escaped
July 5, 1863
Lieutenant-colonel J. P. Spofford Taken Prisoner at Gettysburg
Major Charles Northup
Adjutant Charles Buck Resigned March 25, 1862
Adjutant Geo. D. Foster, jr. Resigned Sept. 10, 1862
Adjutant Denis J. Downing Promoted to 2nd lieut, Co.B; taken prisoner at 2nd Bull’s Run. Promoted to Capt. Co. H Jan 8, 1863
Adjutant Joseph H. Smith Promoted from 2nd lieut, Co. E Promoted to Capt. Dec 6, 1863
Adjutant Willard B. Judd Promoted from 1st lieut, Co. F.
Quartermaster Joel T. Comstock Discharged Sept. 12, 1862
Quartermaster Lewis H. Rowan Promoted from 1st Lieut., Co. C
Surgeon N. D. Ferguson Transferred to 5th U.S. Calvary
Surgeon L. J. Marvin Resigned July 2nd, 1862
Assistant Surgeon Aaron Cornish Dismissed
Assistant Surgeon Nelson Isham Discharged for disability.
Assisant Surgeon Geo. S. LittleAppointed Oct. 13, 1862
Chaplain John V. Ferguson
OFFICERS OF COMPANY F
Captain Stephen G. Hutchinson Lassellsville Discharged Sept. 22, 1862
1st Lieut. E. Gray Spencer Brockett's Bridge Wounded at Antietam; discharged Dec. 29, 1862
Corporal Olaf Peterson Lassellsville Transferred to Co. D
Corporal Augustus Johnson Brockett's Bridge Promoted 1st Serg. October 1862; veteran
Corporal Wallace McLaughlin Lassellsville Died of Disease, Sept. 26, 1862
Corporal Henry Fical Lassellsville Wounded at Bull Run; discharged Dec. 21, 1872
Corporal William B. Judd Brockett's Bridge Promoted Commissary Sergeant; to 2nd Lieut; to 1st Lieut; to Adjutant, Dec. 29, 1863
Corporal Henry F. Butler Lassellsville Discharged Sept. 26, 1862
Corporal Geo. F. Dempster Lassellsville Died of disease, Sept. 26, 1862
PRIVATES OF COMPANY F
James Adsit Lassellsville Wounded at Antietam; died Oct. 18, 1862
Malvin C. Austin Stratford Discharged March 21, 1863
Albert Argersinger Lassellsville Wounded at Antietam; died July 29, 1863
Lambert Bellinger Brockett's Bridge Discharged Nov. 1, 1862
Casper Brock Lassellsville Discharged Feb. 10, 1863
Daniel Bleekman Stratford Discharged Feb. 14, 1862
James A. Bolster Lassellsville Wounded at Gettysburg
William Campbell Lassellsville Wounded at Fredericksburg; discharged July 29,, 1863
John S. Dalrymple Stratford Discharged Nov. 28, 1862
Rufus Doxtader Brockett's Bridge Discharged June 12, 1862
Wm. H. Edwards Lassellsville Appointed Corporal Nov. 1, 1863
Nathan Fical Lassellsville Killed at Gettysburg
George Kring Lassellsville Wounded at Antietam; promoted to Serg. Oct 1, 1862
Asa C. Lamphere Stratford Taken prisoner at Bull Run; discharged Oct. 5, 1862
John Luther Brockett's Bridge Wounded by accident; discharged Aug. 1, 1862
August Manga Brockett's Bridge Discharged June 14, 1862
Abner Millard Stratford Wounded at Antietam; died Oct. 6, 1862
Vernon B. Mosher Oppenheim
Christian Rosseter Ephratah Killed at South Mountain
Daniel Strobeck Lassellsville Discharged March 14, 1863
Samuel Stall Brockett's Bridge Wounded at Antietam and discharged
Gilbert Satterley Stratford Discharged Jan 3, 1863
Geo. Sipperly Caroga Killed at Antietam
Alex. Snell Lassellsville
Sylvester Stall Lassellsville Discharged Aug. 25, 1862
Emanuel Smith Lassellsville Discharged Sept. 26, 1862
Theodore Thompson Stratford
Harvey S. Valentine Brockett's Bridge
David H. Walrath Lassellsville Wounded at Bull Run
Lyman Zimmerman Lassellsville
MEMBERS OF OTHER COMPANIES
Enrolled From Company assigned to
Sergeant, C. A. Starin St. Johnsville Co. I.
Geo. Weaver, Lassellsville, Co. I.
J. P. Spofford Brockett’s Bridge Co. K
Willard Avery Stratford Co. G.
8th Corporal Patrick Kelly St. Johnsville , Co. D.
3rd Corporal Richard Bullock Stratford, Co. D.
A. J. Avery, Stratford, Co. D.
H. H. Bullock Stratford, Co. D.
W. Colwell Stratford, Co. D.
E. Edwards Stratford, Co. D.
H. Doxtader Stratford, Co. D.
E. Dunning Stratford, Co. D.
A. B. Farrell Stratford, Co. D.
W. McGowen Stratford, Co. D.
J. J. Newell Stratford, Co. D.
H. S. Perkins Stratford, Co. D.
COMPANY I, 10TH N. Y. CAVALRY.
Fulton and Montgomery counties were represented in the 10th
New York Cavalry by Company I, a roll of which is appended:
OFFICERS
captain, David Getman, jr. Mayfield
1st Lieutenant, Stephen Dennie
2nd Lieutenant, Charles H. Hill
1st Sergenat, H. H. Boyd Broadalbin. Killed
Quartermaster Sergeant, Asa Capron Broadalbin
Sergeant, John W. Abernathy Mayfield. Killed
Sergeant, Nicholas D. Case Mayfield. Died in Hospital, Dec. 16, 1863
Sergeant David N. Haines Mayfield. Transferred to nay, April 10th 1864
Sergeant, Dorwin W. Close Mayfield
Sergeant, Jacob C. Case Mayfield. Discharged May 12, 1864
Corporal, Chester L. Berry Mayfield
Corporal, Henry Betts Broadalbin
Corporal, Augustus M. Brown Mayfield
Corporal, Hosea Davis, jr. Broadalbin. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps,
May 2, 1864
Corporal, Darius S. Orton Broadalbin
Corporal, A. H. Van Dyke Mayfield. Discharged April 5, 1863
Corporal, Peter Phillips Broadalbin. Killed
Corporal, Harvey Becker Mayfield. Discharged Feb. 24, 1863
Corporal, Henry Piper Mayfield
Corporal, Daniel Saterlee Broadalbin
Farrier, Charles Thayer Broadalbin . Discharged Nov. 8, 1862
Farrier, Harry A. Lane Broadalbin
Saddler, George Riddle Northampton
Wagoner, James L. Mercer Broadalbin
PRIVATES
Elias Blowers Mayfield
Charles S. Barlet Broadalbin
William Brower Mayfield
Abram H. Blowers Mayfield
John Blowers Mayfield. Killed
Wm. H. Blowers Mayfield
Jas. H. Brown Mayfield
Nathaniel W. Brown Mayfield
Christoper Brower Mayfield
John T. Bohanan Fonda
Wm. R. Briggs Johnstown
Philip Canning Broadalbin . Killed by querillas, near Benton Station, May 22, 1863.
Thomas Canning Broadalbin. Discharged Jan 9, 1864
John W. Clute Mayfield. Killed
Geo. W. Close Broadalbin
Thomas T. Crouch Fonda. Died Feb. 1st, 1863.
George Davis Mayfield. Killed
Asa Dye Broadalbin. Discharged Oct. 28, 1863
Julius B. Day Mayfield
James Earle Broadalbin. Died of typhoid fever, Sept. 20, 1863.
William Foster Broadalbin. Killed
Daniel C. Forbes Broadalbin. Killed
Francis Forbes Broadalbin. Killed
R. Norman Fox Mayfield
Miner Fox Broadalbin
Seneca Fox Mayfield. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, Oct
31, 1863.
Alva Freeman Mayfield. Died March 14, 1863.
Geo. D. Ferguson Mayfield. Died July 2, 1863
Hollis Fox Broadalbin
Wm. A Goodermoot Mayfield
John Hall Mayfield. Discharged Nov. 17, 1863.
Joseph W. Honeywell Broadalbin. Killed
John Hammond Broadalbin
John Handy Mayfield. Discharged June 11, 1863
James Hall Mayfield. Discharged May 8, 1864.
Wm D. Hager Fonda
Albert Hall Mayfield
W. H. Jones Broadalbin. Died in Andersonville prison, Aug. 14, 1864
James A. Laird Mayfield. Dishcharged at Albany, N.Y.
Jacob Lepper Perth
Thomas Lee Broadalbin
Peter R. Murdock Fonda
Barney McCabe Mayfield. Died in hospital at Philadelphia, July 14, 1863
John Marlet Mayfield
John McCormick Mayfield
Ephraim D. Mosher Northampton. Discharged March 4, 1863.
Hiram McCleary Mayfield
William O’Bryan Mayfield. Discharged Nov. 17, 1862.
Lorenzo Phillips Broadalbin. Died at Aqua Creek, Feb. 6, 1863.
Edward Patterson Mayfield. Killed in action, June 9, 1863.
George Peck Broadalbin. Discharged
Marcus Richardson Mayfield
John Reynolds Mayfield
Jesse Reynolds Mayfield
Wm P. Rhodes Mayfield. Discharged May 29, 1865.
Daniel Richardson Mayfield
John H. Richardson None given. Killed
Joseph A. J. F. Sanborn Mayfield
Rawson Stoddard Broadalbin. Discharged Jan. 8, 1864
Jas. H. Sanford Broadalbin. Promoted to Captain, Jan. 1864.
Geo. E. Sanford Broadalbin. Died of disease, March 28, 1865.
Geo. Stewart Mayfield
John Shaw Mayfield
Daniel W. Schermerhorn Mayfield
Geo. W. Schermerhorn Broadalbin. Died of disease, Nov. 6, 1863.
Abram Satterlee Broadalbin
Geo. H. Smith Broadalbin. Discharged.
Zacock Satterlee Broadalbin
Andrew J. Terrell Mayfield. Died Dec. 15, 1863.
Thos. B. Tatlock Broadalbin
Alex Wescot Northampton
James H. Waite Mayfield
Martilon Warner Mayfield
William Wands Broadalbin
Jas. W. Wells Mayfield. Died.
Francis R. Whitney Mayfield. Discharged Dec. 31, 1863.
LIST OF ENGAGEMENTS PARTICIPATED IN BY CO. I, 10TH N. Y. CAVALRY
Louisa Court House, Va., May 4, 1863
Brandy Station, Va., June 9, 1863
Aldie, Va., June 17, 1863
Middleburgh, June 19, 1863
Upperville Va., June 20, 1863
Gettysburg, Pa., July 2 and 3rd, 1863
Shepherdstown, Va., July 16, 1863
Sluphur Springs, Va., October 12, 1863
Little Auburn and Brestoe Station October 14, 1863
Mill Run, Va., November 24, 1863
The Wilderness, Va., May 5, 6, 7, and 8, 1864
Ground Squirrel Church, Va., May 11, 1864
Defences of Richmond, Va., May 12, 1864
Hanover Town Va., May 28, 1864
Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 1864
Trav-----Station, Va., June 11, 1864
White House Landing, Va., June 22, 1864
Saint Mary’s Church, Va., June 24, 1864
Gravel Chruch Hill, Va., July 28, 1864
Lee’s Mills, Va., July 30, 1864
Deep Bottom Va., August 14, and 15, 1864
Fisher’s Hill, Va., August 18, 1864
Weldon Rail Road, Va., August 21, 1864
Ream’s Station, Va., August 23, 1864
Vaughn Road, Va., September 30, 1864 and October 1, 1864
South Side Rail Road, Va., October 27, 1864
Despritanna Station, Va., November 18, 1864
Stony Creek, Va., December 1, 1864
Belfield Station, Va., December 9, 1864
Janett’s Station, Va., December 10, 1864
Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 31, 1865
grand cavalry charge Sailor’s Creek, Va., April 6, 1865
Jettersville, Va., April 5, 1865
Fannville, Va., April 7, 1865
Appomattox Station, Va., April 9th 1865.
77th N. Y. INFANTRY
Mi>COMPAMY D---NORTHAMPTON
Erskine B. Branch
Chas. E. Deuel
Wm. N. French
Lewis Mackay
Amasa N. Morgan
Jonathan Morgan
Henry Royce
COMPANY E----FONDA’S BUSH
Lyman Cole
James Cole
James B. Hines
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