Difference between pages "Summary of Hilltown Enlistments by Regiment" and "91st Infantry Regiment"

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Many men from the hill towns served in the 91st Infantry Regiment, NYS Volunteers.

Gold leaf star from the battle flag of the 91st Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry. Commentary by Edwin G Jones.
Photo posted by Andrew Jones

Ball, Jerome - Berne
Bell, Edmund - Berne; died of wounds received in the battle of Port Hudson May 1863.
Bell, John Michael - Berne; discharged for disability.
Bouton, Charles - Rensselaerville
Bouton, Charles F. - Rensselaerville
Bouton, David - Rensselaerville; died at Key West Florida April 28th 1862 of Typhoid Fever
Chrysler, Miner - Berne
Doty, William - Rensselaerville
Haines, Adam Mathias - Knox; wounded at Port Hudson from which he died in fourteen days.
Jones, James Edwin - Berne
Jones, Alonzo D. - Berne
Martin, Edmond J. - Berne
Nelson, George - Berne
Newberry, John S. - Berne and Westerlo
Reinhart, William - Berne
Secor, Gabriel - Knox; died at Fort Federal Hill.
Taylor, John - Berne; died in the hospital at Baltimore, Maryland

Members of the 91st Regiment

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-[[Image:15thCavPReubenWeidman-1-.jpg|200px|thumb|left|<center>Pvt. [[Bio:Reuben L. Weidman|Reuben L. Weidman]], Company I, 15th Cavalry<br.>NYS Military Museum</center>]] <br>
+Many men from the hill towns served in the 91st Infantry Regiment, NYS Volunteers.
-[[Image:Denison Letter 1smalldoc.jpg|200px|thumb|right|<center>letter home from [[Bio:Jesse Denison|Jesse Denison]]</center>]]
+[[File:Gold Leaf Star.jpg|200px|thumb|right|<center>Gold leaf star from the battle flag of the 91st Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry. Commentary by Edwin G Jones.<br>Photo posted by Andrew Jones</center>]]
-There were more than 600 documented men from the hilltowns that enlisted to serve in the Civil War.  Of those, 31 were killed in action (15 of whom were members of the 7th Heavy Artillery), and another 11 died as a direct result of battlefield wounds.  In addition, 65 men were wounded in action and disabled, but survived.  57 men were captured and imprisoned, of them 38 died while in prison and 19 survived the ordeal.    51 men died of disease, and another 35 were disabled as a result of disease, combat or non-combat events. 3 men died accidental deaths. <br>
-The regimental links below contain the names of the Albany County Hilltowns Civil War casualties and a brief description of the event.
+*[[Ball, Jerome]] - Berne
-{|
+*[[Bell, Edmund]] - Berne; died of wounds received in the battle of Port Hudson May 1863.
-|
+*[[Bell, John Michael]] - Berne; discharged for disability.
-*[[First Regiment of Mounted Rifles]]
+*[[Bouton, Charles]] - Rensselaerville
-*[[3rd Cavalry]]
+*[[Bouton, Charles F.]] - Rensselaerville
-*[[3rd Infantry Regiment]]
+*[[Bouton, David]] - Rensselaerville; died at Key West Florida April 28th 1862 of Typhoid Fever
-*[[4th Heavy Artillery]]
+*[[Chrysler, Miner]] - Berne
-*[[5th Heavy Artillery]]
+*[[Doty, William]] - Rensselaerville
-*[[Fifth Cavalry]]
+*[[Haines, Adam Mathias]] - Knox; wounded at Port Hudson from which he died in fourteen days.
-*[[7th Heavy Artillery]]
+*[[Jones, James Edwin]] - Berne
-*[[9th Heavy Artillery]]
+*[[Jones, Alonzo D.]] - Berne
-*[[11th Light Artillery]]
+*[[Martin, Edmond J.]] - Berne
-*[[15th Engineers]]
+*[[Nelson, George]] - Berne
-*[[15th Artillery]]
+*[[Newberry, John S.]] - Berne and Westerlo
-*[[16th Heavy Artillery]]
+*[[Reinhart, William]] - Berne
-*[[17th Infantry]]
+*[[Secor, Gabriel]] - Knox; died at Fort Federal Hill.
-*[[18th Cavalry]]
+*[[Taylor, John]] - Berne; died in the hospital at Baltimore, Maryland
-*[[25th Infantry]]
-*[[30th Infantry]]
-*[[41st Infantry]]
-*[[43rd Infantry]]
-*[[44th Infantry]]
-*[[48th Infantry]]
-|
-*[[50th Engineers]]
-*[[61st Infantry]]
-*[[76th Infantry]]
-*[[80th Infantry]]
-*[[81st Infantry]]
-*[[91st Infantry]]
-*[[93rd Infantry]]
-*[[115th Infantry]]
-*[[120th Infantry]]
-*[[125th Infantry]]
-*[[134th Infantry]]
-*[[137th Infantry]]
-*[[140th Infantry]]
-*[[150th Infantry]]
-*[[151st Infantry]]
-*[[164th Infantry]]
-*[[177th Infantry]]
-*[[21st Illinois Infantry]]
-*[[64th Illinois Infantry]]
-*[[38th Wisconsin Infantry]]
-|}
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-*[[177th Infantry|177th Regiment]], [http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/177thInf/177thInfMain.htm New York Volunteer Infantry]. The 177th was stationed at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Port_Hudson| Port Hudson], Louisiana, which was swampy and disease ridden. Hundreds of men died of yellow fever, typhoid and chronic diarrhea.
-*[[7th Regiment]] [http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/artillery/7thArtHvy/7thArtHvyTable.htm New York Heavy Artillery].  The men of the 7th Heavy Artillery were in some of the heaviest combat of the war. A number of area men were captured and held at the infamous [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andersonville_National_Historic_Site Andersonville Prison] in Georgia where they either starved to death or died of disease first. The story of the 7th Regiment is told in the ''[[Carnival of Blood]]'', by Richard Keating.
+[[File:91st.gif| Members of the 91st Regiment]]
-*[http://www.bernehistory.org/military/113th.htm 113th Regiment] - One hundred and Thirteenth Regiment N.Y. Volunteers, later re-organzied as the [[7th Regiment| Seventh Regiment]], N.Y.H.A. Volunteer Artillery was organized first as the Albany County Regiment in the 13th Senatorial District.