New Company E Forty-Fourth New York Volunteers
Muster Roll
Notes
Age in 1862
19
23
24
24
19
27
25
21
19
22
22
27
27
22
23
22
25
19
26
41
18
19
22
26
22
27
19
24
18
22
21
25
31
25
27
25
20
20
19
28
20
27
18
36
46
25
28
41
22
26
26
20
20
18
36
23
20
19
21
18
23
21
26
21
37
19
39
23
21
36
24
21
18
28
26
19
39
22
25
25
19
21
26
20
27
23
21
18
22
26
22
21
27
23
24
26
20
24
21
20
21
21
31
Name
Rank
Normal school?
William R. Adams
Private
No
discharged for disease September 7, 1863, died June 28, 1893
John L. Barrick
Private
Yes
Died Nov 26 1862 of disease Columbia College Hospital, Wahington, DC in his 24th year; also known
as John C.
Thompson Barrick
Corporal
Yes
Promoted to Corporal, Sept 25, 1862; wounded at Gettysburg July 2, 1863; discharged March 26, 1864
or promotion to Capt., 39th US Colored Infantry; discharged Oct. 17th, 1864. In 1880, sold fruit trees, had a wife
Hannah, and 3 daughters.
James O. Blakely
Sergeant
Yes
in Army 1862-1867; Corporal, 9/25/1862, Sgt. 12/30/1862, discharged 12/8/1863 for promotion to 1st
Lieut. 19th US Colored Infantry, Dec. 20, 1863, Captain, Nov 19, 1864. Mustered out with regt. 6/15/1867
Lafayette L. Burgess
Private
No
James H. Burke
musician
No
Dyer F. Burnham
Private
No
Leyander T. Burnham
Private
No
Sidney W. Burroughs
Private
Yes
Wounded in action Wilderness, Virginia; died of wounds two days later May 7, 1864; commission as
2nd Lieutenant in 31st US Colored Infantry received by commander after death
Mahlon Burtless
Private
No
In 1860, was a farm laborer
John W. Butler
Private
No
Hicks Campbell
Private
No
In 1860, was a farm laborer; still worked on a farm in 1880, had a wife Augusta, a daughter,
and 2 sons
Andrew J. Chafee
Private
No
David Claus
Private
No
Franklin Cogswell
Corporal
Yes
Corp. Sept. 25, 1862, private Jan. 25, 1863; Invalid Corps Apr 1863 ; discharged, 9/2/1864, became
hospital steward; September 14, 1864 Captain 127th US Colored troops; commanded the regt. In front of Petersburg;
mustered out Philadelphia, Nov. 1, 1865
Joshau K. Comstock
Private
No
Harvey Crawford
Private
No
Albert H. Cronin
Private
No
deserted at Albany
Robert B. Darling
Private
Yes
made Corp. Jan. 14, 1864; killed in action June 19, 1864 near Petersburg, Virg.
Thomas Dempsey
Sergeant
No
Not from the Normal School
Henry C. Dennis
Private
No
In 1860, was attending school
George H. Dickson
Private
Yes
transferred 140 NYV Oct. 11, 1864; absent, sick, at Muster out of Company
Charles F. Dorrance
Private
No
Eugene Douglass
Private
No
Frederick L. Eastman
Private
Yes
Transferred to signal corps, Jan. 12, 1864
Moses Eldred
Private
No
Elmer J. Emmons
Private
No
Aaron H. Esmay
Private
No
In 1860, a farm laborer
Steward Facer
Private
No
In 1860, was attending school
James Ferris
Private
No
David F. Ferris
Private
Yes
Corp. July 22, 1863; Sgt. Dec. 8, 1863; detached to Battalion of Sharpshooters Aug. 15, 1864; Transferred
140th NYV Oct 10, 1864; killed in action March 31, 1865, near Skunks Hollow, Virg.
Michael Gaffney
Private
No
Robert W. Gardner
Private
No
In 1860, was a carpenter
David Gregory
Private
No
John Hanes
Private
No
In 1860, was a carpenter
David S. Harris
Private
No
In 1860, was a farm laborer
JohnHocknell
Private
No
Andress B. Hull
Private
Yes
Corporal July. 22, 1863; Sergeant Dec 8, 1863; Orderly Sergeant, Captain in 20th US Colored Infantry
Jan. 25, 1864, mustered out Oct. 7, 1865; AKA Albert B.
Orson Hunt
Private
No
Albert N. Husted
2nd Lieutenant
Yes
mustered in as 2nd Lieut. 1st Lieut. Jan 28, 1863, Capt. Co. I May 6, 1864. Slightly wounded in
action at Chancellorville, Virg. May, 1863. Mustered out Oct. 11, 1864 near Petersburg, Virg.
William Kidd
1st Lieutenant
No
mustered in as 1st Lieutenant; discharged Jan. 28, 1863; military secretary to Gov. Horiatio Seymour
Rodney G. Kimball
Captain
Yes
John Laffin
Private
No
John Leek
Private
No
was a cooper in 1860
John Mackey
Private
No
Thomas J. Mahoney
Private
No
Martin D. Marcley
musician
No
Frederick Mason
Private
No
George McBlain
Private
Yes
Wounded in action Dec. 13, 1862, Fredericksburg, Virginia; Died of wounds Feb. 9, 1863, Douglas
Hospital, Washington, DC
Samuel McBlain
Sergeant
Yes
Corp. Sept. 25, 1862; Sgt. March 17, 1863; commissioned 2nd Lieut. but not mustered, Sept. 16, 1864;
transferred Co. I, 140th NYV; Became 2nd Lieut. Dec. 30, 1864, 1st Lieut. March 5, 1865 Mustered out June 3, 1865,
Alexandria, Virg. (Capt.?)
Robert McDuffee
Private
No
In 1860, was a wagon master
Darwin C. McDuffee
Private
No
In 1860, was a farm laborer
Cyrus S. McDuffy
Private
Yes
AKA McDuffee, Cyrus T. wounded April 1864, tranferred Co. E 140th NYV Oct 11, 1864, mustered out
June 3, 1865
John McGovern
Private
No
Erastus Miller
Private
No
Horace F. Mills
Private
Yes
Corporal, Jan. 25, 1863; Sgt. Nov. 18, 1863; discharged Dec 8, 1863 for promotion; Captain, 9th
US Colored Infantry, Dec. 20, 1863, Brevet Major, March 13, 1865
Orrin G. Moore
Private
Yes
transferred to signal corps Jan. 12, 1864
Scott Munson
Private
No
Willis W. Munson
Private
No
Spencer D. Newton
Private
No
Robert B. Nimmons
Sergeant
No
William Oliver
Private
No
Hiram F. Olmstead
Corporal
Yes
Corporal Sept. 25, 1862; discharged for disease Jan. 7, 1864 at US General Hospital, York, Penn.
John H. Ostrom
Sergeant
Yes
Sgt. September 25, 1862; discharged for promotion Dec. 30, 1862; 2nd Lieut. 176 NYV Dec. 18, 1862;
mustered out Aug. 3, 1863; commissioned 1st Lieut. Not mustered.
Norman Ottman
Private
No
Jason A. Richards
Private
No
Rensselaer D. L. Richardson
Private
No
Patrick Riley
Private
No
Joseph H. Rowe
Private
No
Hiram S. Rowley
Private
No
In 1860, a blacksmith
Demmon L. Rowley
Private
No
William Royal
Private
No
Amos N. Royal
Private
No
Jason Sexton
Private
No
Benn Shearer
Private
No
John P. Sherwood
Private
No
Josephus Simmons
Private
No
In 1860, was a carpenter
Albert Smith
Private
Yes
died of typhoid fever and pneumonia Dec. 7, 1862, near Falmouth, Virginia
Peter N. Sommers
Private
No
James Sperling
Private
No
In 1860, worked for Benjamin Barrick, a warehouser and grocer
Charles E. Sprague
Corporal
No
Sgt. Jan 14, 1863; wounded in action July 2, 1863 at Gettysburg; discharged for wounds March 10,
1864, at US General Hospital, West Philadelphia; Brevet Colonel by the Gov. of New York Dec. 30, 1868; Dime Savings
Bank
Harvey Strevell
Private
No
Oliver W. Sturdevant
Corporal
No
John E. Sturdevant
Private
No
William Swan
Private
No
Helim Thompson
Corporal
No
Delos Thompson
Private
No
Perry Thompson
Private
No
Charles E. Thorn
Private
Yes
wounded in action June 3, 1864, Cold Harbor, Virginia; transferred Co. C 140 NYV Oct 11, 1864; Mustered
out May 15, 1865 at US General Hospital, York, Penn.
Oscar C. Tooker
Private
No
Corporal, Dec. 8, 1863; captured in action May 8, 1864, Laurel Hill, Virginia; re-captured May 9,
1863 Beaver Dam Station, Virginia
Elbert Traver
Private
Yes
in battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorville and Gettysburg; wounded July 2nd 1863, died of wounds
at Gettysburg, July 3rd, 1863, bullet
Gould J. Travis
Private
Yes
Transferred Co. D 140th NYV Oct. 11, 1864; Musterred out June 3, 1865
Charles Updike
Private
No
In 1860, was a farm laborer for Sidney Burrough's father; in Philadelphia hospital at muster out
on May 16, 1865
John L. Varick
Private
No
Amos C. Vincent
Private
No
wounded in action Nov. 7, 1863, Rappahannock Station, Virginia, transferred to reserve Corps
Rodolphus G. Warner
Sergeant
Yes
Sgt. Sept 25, 1862; 2nd Lieutenant Jan. 28, 1863; Musterred out Aug 22, 1863
Charles F. Wilcox
Private
No
had detached service at the Adj. General's office in Washington
Franklin A. Wilder
Private
Yes
Corporal Jan. 25, 1863; transferred 140th NYV Oct 6, 1864; discharged for disease Nov. 16, 1864
at City Point, Virginia. Discharged an invalid; has lost sight in one eye as a result of loss of health in Army
Consider H. Willett
1st Sergeant
Yes
Sgt. Sept. 25, 1862; discharged Oct. 5, 1863 for promotion to Captain, Company G, 2nd US Colored
Infantry on examination, 1863; yellow fever impaired health and he resigned Sept 12, 1865.
George B. Wolcott
Private
Yes
killed in action, Gettysburg, July 2, 1863.
Harrison Wood
waggoner
No
moved to Geneva, Ohio after the War
James R. Woodworth
Private
No
Killed in action, May 8, 1863, Laurel Hill, Virginia
Emanuel Yakeley
Private
No
In 1860 was a shoemaker, moved to Crawford, Nebraska after the War