19th New York Infantry
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- Nicknamed "Seward Infantry"
- Organized at Elmira, N.Y., and mustered in for two years May 22, 1861
- Left State for Washington, D.C., June 5, and duty in the Defenses of that city until July
- Attached to Department of Pennsylvania / 3rd Division (Sanford) / 8th Brigade (Butterfield), July, Brigaded with:
- Attached to (I) Department of the Shenandoah / 1st Brigade (Thomas), July 11-29, Brigaded with:
- 1st Brigade, Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac, to September 15, 1861
- 3rd Brigade, Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac, to December, 1861
SERVICE.--Joined Patterson's Army July 6, 1861. Occupation of Martinsburg, Va., July 10. Skirmish at Bunker Hill July 17. Picket duty at Bolivar Heights July 25. Occupation of Maryland Heights July 28. Lovettsville August 8 (Detachment). Moved to Hyattstown August 16. Duty near Darnestown until September 24. Duty on Upper Potomac until December. Designation of Regiment changed to 3rd New York Battery - Light Artillery December 11, 1862.
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Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 270, 272, 1412)