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Regimental History of the First New York Dragoons, with a List of Names, Post-Office Address, Casualties of Officers and Men, An G!ass E~SFS-- ,C- Book sr -- I * ; rid? - TJ-IT11 -4 LIST OX Sa_su;a!tieoaP QRclera and Nee, A T [I X'SLI;I'ROF ~'I:IBC~SERS,TROPIIIEB, kc. CAPTCRED, From Organization to Musk-Out, JYhS1IISGIOS. D. C. GIGSC1S RIZOTHERS, PRISTERS, 1835. Tl~cbra\-c Dragoons ! the 'orare Dragoons! God bless the home that gave them birth ! That land has gained a fairer fame Than any other land on earth. Hail ! hail, ye heroes ! Fill the 11ow.l ! And lxoudly greet these sons of Mars! Fill high the bowl! Gire thrice three cheer? For every valiant hero's scars! They come from Dixie's boasted land : Bring laurels for each hero's brow, And let them feel: (though ever loved:) We fly to greet and bless them now. We know how boldly they hare fought. And Ivan full many a bloody field ; Ho! cheer we then the brave Dragoons. Wl~oforced the traitor foe to yield! Come maid and matron, sire and son, From mansion. hall, and cottage, come- .Ind come with song axid joy and wine To ~velcomeerery hero home. Bling floacis to wreathe each battle blade- Bring garlands For tlieir scars and wounds : And let the rerl- hills unite In cheers to greet the brare Dragoons ! Roc~:es~ea,June 20.1'4:. KEGINEXTBL HISTORY. Tl!c i~lontliof July, 13.2. will ever l!c rciiie~nberedfur the cu1uiin:ltion at IIarrison's Landing of JlcClellan's dis- astrolls ~i~nipaig~ion t!ie Peninsnl:~. ,I gigantic e%rt had been put fort!^, and !lad resulted in a sign:~lfirilurc. Tlic c:dl for 111iircIrlen to fill up tlic cleci~~~atedregiments nncl to crc:rtc an army adequntc to the task of llurling back tlie hitllcrto resistless tide of rclcllion was imperative. Thanlis to the l)atriotis~liof the 11atirt11.in tilose dark I~OII~P, t!iat call mas not u~il~eccleil. JTlinle rcsgi~nentssprxng illto e~ist~~ic:::IS if bj- :nagic. At this ti~iietlic 1:3Itli Serr TorliYoiunteers was organized. The Kegini~iltwas niade up of tlie sturdy yeomanry of Alle- gauy, \Vj-oniing 2nd Liringston-111en who took tlie field, not for their monthly shilling; not fro111 n illere lore of personal advc~iturc,but from a stern sense of duty. At the suggestion of Geueral 3IcClellan, Alfred Gibbs (a class- illate at West l'oint,) mas made Colo~icland conlmandant by the Governor of tlie State of New Porlc. EIe brought with him tlie experience of twenty years' scri.ice in the Regular Army. Lieutennut Culoncl Thonias J.Tiiorp :~ndl\Iajor Rufus Scott llad fought side by side in tlie liotly coiltested battles of the Peninsula campaign, and both had received wounds. h large number of the newly organized regiments were ordered to Suffolk, Va. Here was to he colleoted an offen- sive ar~nyto threaten the approaches to the rebel capital from the south, and ercntnally to effect its illvestment on that side. The 180th New 1-orlr Volnntcers arrived on the 13th of September. -1 camping ground llad becn selected for the Regirllent in the im!nediate vicinity of the Dismal Swamp. The hos- pitals in town were soon filled witli sick, and notmithstand- ing the most skillful meclical treatment many fell victim\ to the fat.11 nlnlarin of the swamps. TlleRegiiiient. ncrcr- theless. was rapidly perfected in n~ilitarydiscipline. Keconnoissances in large force were pushed as f:~r a< the Black 7Trater, which. home~er, generally failed to develop any considerable force of thc eneniy in that ciuarter. In one of these espcditions the celcbrateil I'itts7r)urg Bat- tery rias recapti~redfrom the enemy in a spiritecl en,rrngc- inent at Bethlehem Church. During thcsc niarche~the strength and endurance of the inen was sorely tested. Oftentimes a hundred milcs of burning ~andsmere trnrersed. with three days' rations curried in harersackb, ancl strag- gling was unknown. In order that Sufillc n~igllt wit11 safety be made a base of supplies for future operations, iinnlense earth~orliswere thrown up, which co~npleteiy enl-ironed the town ; pending their completion, autuiiin ancl early winter wore away. Large cletails for picket duty became necessary, for the country ma* infeetcd witli guerillas. On the 30th of January, 1PG3, the Regiment was arouzed at the hour of midnight to takc part in a secret expedition, commanded by General Coreoran. The troops, numbering eight thousand in all, with a proper proportion of caralry and artillery, were soon moving noiselessly over the rotid leading to Carsville. After a rapid march of ten miles the enemy's videttes were driven in upon the main force, commanded by Gen. Roger 9.Pryor, encamped at Deserted Farm. Then ensued an artillery duel which, for precision and rapidity of firing, has seldo~llbeen equalled: )lever surpassed, in the experience of those WIIOparticipated. ;I dozen guns or more on either sidc were worked with a zeal which gave proulise of annihilation to either party. 17lhe pyrotecl~nicdisplay, i11 the n~id-nightdarkness, pos- sessed all tlle elerncr~tsof subli~ilityand terror. By the fitful light of bursting sllells could be seen the ghastly features of the dead and dying, and the ground strewn wit,h slain horses, n-l~ileriderless ones galloped ovcr the field, tramp- ling under t~otfriend nnti foe. At the co~~lnlenecrnentof tlie er~pgu~lentttlic infantry mere l~clilin rescrvc, savc those orclcreJ to support tile artiilery, nil11 but little cfyort was luaclc by (;r>l~c.r:~l(:'orcor:~rlto flank or tlislotlgc the encllly, :]I! attt:11ti011 '1::;i:;g :~b.vr\jc~Sby th:: tcrri?i<: ccci~~kt::t (jf the ~~r!illc~ists. Thc ~lrorr~ing~~;IIYIA 1:-itncssetl tl~c'c!sciti~~g rpectacleof t!?e rebd arlrry i!r fui: rt'trcat, ~ithtile :r!1111c1,111icrn force c-lnse Lip011 its II~T!~.;IIAC~ fi~:?lm110:~ !.ll:t(.!'~s ii Ollly e~eapcd!I3' tlie p;i-s:!gts of the 1;inck J\-ater n11;1 tl~c.dc.~t~i~ctio~l of the i,ridpe. This b:~ttle,t!:c~u(rl~ ,.ostly ill life :In11 lilr~b?mas ii?yalu:~blcin the confidrncc it gtt~cthe lrlerl ill their nhility to 5te111t111,t~)ruc*~~tof l~nttle ~~ith(~ut d(~~~~ori~lizatio~~. I.,llltir cotlr;lge nna pnt to n still furt11cr test. (111 tl~c I It11 tl;:y n:' -ipril, I,l.,ngstrcet nppcnrccl bcfoic Sufolk with au :irn,y y;lri~)u*iyrstinlated nt forty tln)usnncI Inen. And now t!it: wisclo~r~of Jlajor General Pecl; beca1l;e 111anifestin thc careful attention 11e 11:lcI giren to t11c dekrise of Snff'olk. Al~t.i.i~di:~g:L zigllal tree of :,ri.e;~taltituclc, Jin~~gstrect beheld :I for~lri~iublcline of eartl~~\-urlrscor~frorlting his :irnry ill every ~lir~:ctiur~,nud sn~-l~iountc~lL! :i I111.ndi-ed guns of large calibre. Fro~uthe nuu~berof enca~rlpinentsrisible, it migl~tbc irlferrcd that General l'eck coi~~i~~nndcd an army but little inferior to his own in nuillhers. After an investment of the town for twenty days, with repeated failures to break through the Federal lines, hc raised the siege and l~astilydecamped, though not in tinle for the rear of his army to escape a severe punishment. During the siege a successful sortie resulted in the capture of a six-gun battery, together with the cannoniers. Untoward events at Fredericltsburg compelled the eban- donment for the time of operations menacing Richnlond and its comniunications from the soutl~,together wit11 the mith- drawal of the troops from Sufolk. Passing by nnii~~portant incidents, we acst find the 130th Xew york Regiment ou board transports, en route for Yorktowl~. Lee's army has assumed an offensire attitude, an11 is already 111oving on JIarylancl 2nd Pennajivania. -111 army of twenty-fi\e thousand 111~11,1111der the irl~n~eC!i,~teCOIIIIII~I~I~ of 3Iajnr General IZcjes, is started 11p the I'eninsula-the ~nanift~st purpose of the expedition, a dirersiu 1 in favor of the Arnly of the Potooiac, mhie!~, ~i-eakenctlby two hard-fought battles at Frcdcriclisburg, and by ~spirationof tern1 of enli\tnre~~t, is in danger of being orerpomc~redby tl~c.irnry uf Sorthern Tirginis, superior i11 numbers, and elated by partial succesr;. lceyes' commaud is moved wit11 great celerity up the Peninsula, notmithstiluding the wretcl~cdcondition of the roads, by reason of frequent rains aid travel of the previous year. Halting i~ clay at White House for supplies. lieye,. pushes on to Hottom's Bridge, where his arllly is brougl~t to a stand. Col. Spear, with the 11th Pa. Cavalry, dashes up to Hanorer Court House and captures Urig. (+en. TY. H. F. Lee, one hundred prisoners, and :r large nunrber of army wagons. Aside fro111 this brilliant exploit, our suc- cess maunimportant. While the battle of Gettysburg is being fought and won, the army on the Peninsula is lying idle, and the golden opportunity is lost. We record only with feelings of sor- ' row the fact that the plan of the campaign, i~iagnifice~itin its conception, liliserably failed in its execution. The t,roops on the Peninsula are now ordered to joirl.the Army of the - Poton~ac,which has just corered itself aith glory at the battle of Gettysbnrg. By uuparalleled feats of marching, througll 111ud and consta~itrain, tllc army arrives at york- tom on tile noon of the third day from the reception of the order. Transports are in readiness to convey the troops to TYashington, and in two dags the 120th S.
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