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Sergeant Boston Corbett, 16th New York Cavalry, who shot John Wilkes Booth, April 26, 1865. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Photograph by Mathew Brady. The 16th New York Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American ...
Philipstown, Town Of, New York: Army Camp While West Point Defences Were Being Built 1781 The Connecticut Line Encamped Along The Brook 28: CHANCELLOR KENT On NYS 22 at Doansburg Southeast, Town Of, New York: James Kent, Chief Justice Of New York, Author Of "Commentaries on American Law", Was Born On A Site To The West, July 31, 1763 29: ENOCH ...
This is a list of Historic Sites on the Revolutionary War Heritage Trail in the American state of New York.The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the office of Heritage, New York, [1] the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn College and the City University of New York, and a local not-for-profit organization, Brooklyn Heritage, Inc ...
Hall was born in New York on November 16, 1827, and entered service at Plattsburgh, New York in October 1862. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism shown on May 3, 1863, at the Battle of Salem Church , while serving as a Chaplain with the 16th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment .
Of the 38 New York regiments, except the Fifth, the 16th New York Infantry Regiment lost the most men among all the other regiments who served for the same length and time. [14] Furthermore, a total of 111 men passed away due to serious wounds, with 107 of them being enlisted men and 4 of them were officers. [ 14 ]
Coleman joined the Union Army in July 1863, claiming to be 18 years old. He served with the 16th New York Cavalry Regiment and 3rd New York Provisional Cavalry Regiment until mustering out in September 1865. [1] He enlisted in the Marine Corps from Brooklyn in January 1870, and retired in August 1893. [2]
According to one source in June 1864, the regiment was "the largest regiment ever recruited in the United States, and has men in the following places: At Yorktown, 1,140; at Williamsburgh, 736; at Gloucester Point, 147; at Bermuda Hundred, 270; putting up telegraph, 60; with One Hundred and Forty-eighth New York Volunteers, 46; with First New York Mounted Rifles, 272—transferred; with Eighty ...
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