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28th New York Infantry
Regiment
Niagara Rifles; Scott Life Guard
Regimental Field Officers, Staff & Band
Colonels
Dudley DONNELLYEnlisted in Regimental Staff at age 37 as Colonel. Commanding 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps from March 20 1862, to June 15 1862. Also commanded 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia, July 31 1862. Wounded in action at Cedar Mountain, Va, Aug 9 '62. Died of wounds, at Culpepper, Va, Aug 15 '62.
Edwin F BROWNEnlisted in Regimental Staff at age 39 as Lieutenant-Colonel. Promoted to Colonel on 16 Aug 1862. Wounded in action at Cedar Mountain, Va, Aug 9 1862. Left arm amputated.Left at Culpepper, Va, Aug 19 1862, and captured. Paroled at Aikens Landing, Va, Oct, 6 '62. Rejoined, Feb 9 '63. Mustered out June 2 1863.
Elliott W COOKEnlisted in Company A at age 42 as Captain. Promoted from Captain, Co. A, to Lieutenant-Col, Nov 2 1862. Captured at Cedar Mountain, Va, Aug 9 1862. Exchanged, November 11 1862. Captured at Chancellorsville, VA, May 2 '63. Paroled at City Point, VA, May 14 '63. Mustered out June 2 1863.
Majors
James R MITCHELLEnlisted in Company F at age 48 as Captain. Promoted to Major on 20 Jun 1861. Resigned, September 13 1861.
Theophilus FITZGERALDEnlisted in Company E at age 25 as Captain. Promoted to Major on 25 Oct 1862. Mustered out June 2 1863.
Adjutants
Charles P SPROUTEnlisted in Regimental Staff as Adjutant. Detached on recruiting service, February 1 1862. Rejoined, May 1862. Killed in action on 9 Aug 1862 at Cedar Mountain, VA.
George DAVISEnlisted in Company D at age 32 as 1st Lieutenant. Promoted to Adjutant on 5 Sep 1862. Promoted to Adjt. Sept 5 '62. Promoted from 1st Lieutenant, Company D. Mustered out June 2 1863.
Quartermasters
Christopher L SKEELSEnlisted in Regimental Staff as Quartermaster Sergeant at age 37. Promoted from Quartermaster to Captain, Company A, October 21 1862. Acting Quartermaster 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, March 20 1862, to Oct 16 1862. On duty in Chief Quartermaster's Dept., October 16 1862, to February 7 1863. Mustered out June 2 1863. Died in 1879.
Edwin A SWANEnlisted in Regimental Staff at age 26 as Quartermaster Sergeant. Promoted to Quartermaster on 1 Nov 1862. Mustered out June 2 1863
Surgeons
Albert M HELMEREnlisted in Regimental Staff as Surgeon. Acting Brigade Surgeon, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps, from March 20 1862, to October 22 1862. Resigned, November 10 1862. Died, April 20, '96, in Milwaukee, Wis.
Joseph E WESTEnlisted in Regimental Staff at age 35 as Surgeon. Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, 14 NY Vols, on detached service at Sharpsburg and Frederick, MD, from November 18 1862, to February 14 1863. Mustered out June 2 1863.
Robert T PAINEEnlisted in Regimental Staff at age 27 as Assistant Surgeon. Mustered out June 2 1863. Reenlisted with 2nd NY Mtd Rifles
Mathew F REAGONEnlisted in Regimental Staff as Assistant Surgeon. Discharged for disability, December 5 1861.
Thomas CUSHINGEnlisted in Regimental Staff as Assistant Surgeon. Resigned, March 12 1863.
Chaplain
Charles N PLATTEnlisted in Regimental Staff at age 38 as Chaplain. Resigned, September 12 1862.
Sgt Majors
Chandler B GILLAMEnlisted in Company F at age 27 as Corporal. Promoted to Sergeant, Co F, on 6 Mar 1862. Promoted to Sgt Major on 1 Oct 1862. Mustered out June 2 1863.
Edwin A NEWBERRYEnlisted in Company D at age 25 as Private. Transferred to Staff, July 6 '61 for promoted to Sergt-Major. Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant, of Company D, on 22 Apr 1862. Discharged on 17 Jul 1862.
William F WILLIAMSEnlisted in Company K at age 24 as Private. Transferred, temporarily, to Co I. Transferred to Staff, March 23 '62, as Sergt-Major. Promoted 2nd Lieut, of Company K, Sep 16 '62. Captured at Cedar Mountain, Va, Aug 9 1862. Paroled at Aikens Landing, Va, Sept, 13 1862. Resigned, Feb 1 '63.
Charles B WRIGHTEnlisted in Regimental Staff as Sergeant-Major. Borne only on roll for May and June 1861, as discharged. No further information on register. Discharged, May or June 1861.
Quartermaster Sgt
George E SWANEnlisted in Company H at age 26 as Private. Transferred to Staff as Quartermaster-Sergt, December 1 1862. Detailed in Quartermaster Dept. from Dec '61, to Dec '62. Mustered out June 2 1863.
Comm Sergeant
Leonard D SALEEnlisted in Company E at age 18 as Private. Promoted to Full Commissary Sergeant on 1 Oct 1862. Mustered out June 2 1863.
Hospital Stewards
Thomas BENTLEYEnlisted in Regimental Staff as Hospital Steward. Hospital Steward from July 1 1861, to August 11 1861. No further information on register. Discharged (But what for, when or by whose authority, not recorded)
Albert U ANGEVINEEnlisted in Company D at age 19 as Private. Promoted to Hospital Steward on 11 Aug 1861. Left in charge of wounded at Culpepper, VA, August 20 1862, and captured. Exchanged, November 13 1862. Mustered out June 2 1863. Enlisted in Co L, 2nd NY Mtd Rifles.
Drum Majors
John MINOREnlisted in Regimental Band at age 20 as Drum Major. Reduced to Private on 20 Jul 1861. Captured at Cedar Mountain, Va, Aug 9 '62. Paroled at Aikens Landing, VA, Sep 14 '62. Mustered out June 2 1863.
Mathew G TIERANNEYEnlisted in Company I at age 39 as Private. Promoted to Drum Major on 1 Jul 1861. Deserted on 20 Apr 1862 at Strasburg, VA.
Fife Majors
William H CHAMBERSEnlisted in Company A at age 18 as Private. Transferred from Co A to Band, October 12 1861.Transferred from band to Co A, August 17 1862. Mustered out June 2 1863.
Alonzo J MCMASTEREnlisted in Regimental Band as Fife Major. Discharged for disability, at Darnestown, MD, September 21 1861.
Benjamin F REPASZEnlisted in Company A at age 18 as Musician. Transferred to Staff as Fife Major, December 25 1861. Transferred to Company A, Oct, 1, 1862, as musician. Mustered out June 2 1863.
Leader of Band
W A THOMASEnlisted in Regimental Band at age 28 as Musician. Mustered out August 16 1862, at Washington, DC, per act of July 8 1862.
1st Class Musicians
William DANIELLSEnlisted in Regimental Band at age 32 as Musician. Mustered out August 16 1862, at Washington, DC, per act of July 8 1862.
Benjamin KEIZEREnlisted in Regimental Band at age 20 as Musician. Mustered out August 16 1862, at Washington, DC, per act of July 8 1862.
Stephen P LAPHAMEnlisted in Regimental Band as Musician. Mustered out August 16 1862, at Washington, DC, per act of July 8 1862.
Cyrus E LESUEREnlisted in Regimental Band at age 31 as Musician. Mustered out August 16 1862, at Washington, DC, per act of July 8 1862.
George WINTEREnlisted in Regimental Band at age 18 as Musician. Mustered out August 16 1862, at Washington, DC, per act of July 8 1862.
2nd Class Musicians
Hebron E DICKENSONEnlisted in Regimental Band at age 24 as Musician. Mustered out August 16 1862, at Washington, DC, per act of July 8 1862.
Royal H GRADYEnlisted in Regimental Band at age 21 as Musician. Mustered out August 16 1862, at Washington, DC, per act of July 8 1862.
Rodolphus TALCOTTEnlisted in Regimental Band at age 22 as Musician. Mustered out August 16 1862, at Washington, DC, per act of July 8 1862.
Enos B WHITMOREEnlisted in Regimental Band at age 23 as Musician. Mustered out August 16 1862, at Washington, DC, per act of July 8 1862.
William WITHEYEnlisted in Regimental Band at age 29 as Musician. Left behind as nurse at Culpepper, VA, August 20 1862, and captured. Paroled at Aikens Landing, Va, Oct, 6 1862. Mustered out October 8 1862.
3rd Class Musicians
Henry BUCKLEYEnlisted in Regimental Band at age 27 as Musician. Mustered out August 16 1862, at Washington, DC, per act of July 8 1862.
Orson A BALDWINEnlisted in Regimental Staff as Musician. Discharged for disability, November 21 1861.
John CHAMBERSEnlisted in Company A at age 20 as Private. Transferred from Co A to Regimental Band, October 12 1861.Transferred from band to Co A, August 17 1862. Mustered out June 2 1863.
Joseph B CRAWFORDEnlisted in Regimental Band at age 28 as Musician. Mustered out August 16 1862, at Washington, DC, per act of July 8 1862. Died in 1892.
Joel S DAVISONEnlisted in Company C at age 22 as Musician. Transferred to Regimental Band, October 14 1861. Transferred to Company C, March 31 1862. Captured on retreat from Winchester, VA, May 25 1862. Paroled at Aikens Landing, Va, Sept, 13 1862. Mustered out June 2 1863.
William W EASTMANEnlisted in Company D at age 22 as Musician. Transferred to Company D, August 17, 1862, as musician. Mustered out June 2 1863.
John FERARYEnlisted in Company C at age 20 as Private. Transferred to Regimental Band, October 14 1861. Transferred to Company C, August 17, 1862, as musician. Mustered out June 2 1863.
James W FORDEnlisted in Company A at age 19 as Private. Transferred to Regimental Band, October 12 1861. Transferred to Company A, August 17 1862, as musician. Mustered out June 2 1863.
Lot PARSHALLEnlisted in Regimental Band at age as Musician. Discharged for disability, November 20 1861.
John QUINTONEnlisted in Regimental Band at age as Musician. Discharged for disability, November 20 1861.
Lorenzo A SABINEEnlisted in Company E at age 21 as Musician. In Regimental Band, Nov 1861, to December 20 1861. Transferred to Company E, December 20, 1861, as private. Mustered out June 2 1863. Enlisted in Co C, 15th NY Cavalry.
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