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192nd New
York Infantry
Online Books:
192nd New York
Infantry Soldier
Roster - Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York For the Year
1893, Volume 43 View the Entire Book
| Regimental History |
| One Hundred and Ninety-second New York Infantry. — Col., Nathan G. Axtell;
Lieut. -Col., Barent Van Buren; Maj., Solyman G. Hamlin. This regiment was recruited
during the last year of the war in the counties of Albany, Renssellaer, Clinton,
Schenectady, Oneida and Ulster. It was organized at Albany and there mustered into the U.
S. service from March 13 to April 8, 1865, for one, two and three years. Col. Nathan G.
Axtell was formerly the famous "fighting chaplain" of the 30th New York. The
regiment left the state in detachments during March and April, 1865, and served until its
discharge in the 3d brigade, 3d division, Army of the Shenandoah. The war had practically
closed when the 192nd took the field and it was not given the opportunity to participate
in any engagements. Under Lieut.-Col. Van Buren, it was mustered out and discharged on
Aug. 28, 1865, at Cumberland, Md. During its term of service the regiment lost from
disease and other causes, 26 enlisted men. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 2
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