[Cartes de visite of men of the 10th New York Heavy Artillery] [Decimalized .01- .26]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05528 Author/Creator: Place Written: various Type: Photograph Date: circa 1864 Pagination: 26 photographs Order a Copy
Mostly photographs by R. W. Addis, Washington. Includes images of Col. Alexander Piper, Lieut. Col. Arden, Maj. C.C. Abell, Maj. James Campbell, and others.
The 10th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment was organized December 31, 1862, of the 4th, 5th and 7th Battalions of Artillery, and Alexander Piper appointed its Colonel. The battalions had been organized at Sackett's Harbor in September, 1862, and the consolidation was effected under the orders of the War Department, dated December 27, 1862. The companies were mustered into the service of the United States for three years; at Sackett's Harbor, A, B, C, D, E, F, G and M September 11th; H and I September 12; at Staten Island, Company K November 12, and at Fort Schuyler, Company L December 27, 1862.
The 4th Battalion served at Fort Richmond and Sandy Hook, New York harbor, from September, 1862, until June, 1863, when it joined the other battalions; the 5th and 7th Battalions left the State September 17, 1862, and served in the defenses of Washington, D. C., and 3d Brigade, Haskins' Division, 22d
Corps, from that time. The regiment, having left Washington May 24, 1864, served in the 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Corps, from June 5, 1864; in the 1st Brigade, 2d Division, 18th Corps, from June 24, 1864; in the 1st Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22d Corps, from August, 1864; in the 2d Brigade, Provisional Division, with the Army of the Shenandoah, from September 27, 1864; and in the 2d Brigade, Ferrero's Division, Army of the James, at Bermuda Hundred, from December, 1864, as heavy artillery and infantry.
June 23d, 1865, the regiment, commanded by Lieut.-Col. George DePeyster Arden, was honorably discharged and mustered out at Petersburg, Va.; the men not entitled to be discharged then, were transferred to Companies E, F and G, and these were assigned to the 6th N. Y. Volunteer Artillery, second organization, as Companies E, F and G, respectively, July 19, 1865.
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