First Regiment Infantry


This regiment was organized in April, 1861. It was ordered to Washington June 14, 1861. It was engaged in the following battles, marches, skirmishes and sieges:
  • First Bull Run, July 21, 1861
  • Edwards Ferry, October 22, 1861
  • Yorktown, May 7, 1862
  • Fair Oaks, June 1, 1862
  • Peach Orchard and Savage Station June 29, 1862
  • Glendale and Nelson's Farm June 30, 1862
  • Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862
  • Vienna, September 2, 1862
  • Antietam, September 17, 1862
  • Charlestown, Va., October 17, 1862
  • First Fredericksburg, December 11, 12 and 13, 1862
  • Second Fredricksburg, May 3, 1863
  • Gettysburg, July 2 and 3, 1863
  • Bristow Station, October 14, 1863
  • Discharged Fort Snelling MN., May 5, 1864

  • Major
    Dike, William H.

    Company F.
    Colville, William Jr........................ Captain

    Company G.
    McKune, Lewis ..............................Captain
    Messick, Nathan S. .........................Lieutenant, Promoted Captain
    McCollum, John J. ..........................First Lieutenant
    Smith, William E. ..........................Second Lieutenant
    Spencer, Joseph H. .........................First Seargent
    Parker, Charles C. .........................Sergeant
    Williams, George A. ........................Sergeant
    McCollum, John J. ..........................Sergeant
    De Grey, James .............................Corporal
    Tuman, Edward ..............................Corporal
    Logan, John ................................Corporal
    Hollister, Edward ..........................Corporal
    Hess, Charles E. ...........................Corporal
    Hall, Philo ................................Corporal
    Dickinson, Frank ...........................Corporal
    Ramsey, William H. .........................Corporal
    Hanneman, Louis E. .........................Musician
    Strothman, John E. .........................Musician
    Gibson, Francis ............................Wagoner

    Privates of Company G.
    Areman, Adams
    Andress, Marvin D.
    Basset, Edward H.
    Barton, Dennis L.
    Borchert, Henry
    Barron, Norman B.
    Baker, Jefferson G.
    Benson, Charles M.
    Buckmar, George R.
    Bemis, Juseph G.
    Boll, Fridelin
    Coen, Willimam G.
    Dunham, Phineas L.
    Davison, Charles E.
    Dubois, James L.
    Ferguson, Stephan E.
    Gatzke, John
    Gregg, Robert
    Goodrich, Jonathan
    Haskins, Ezra D.
    House, Joseph L.
    Hopkins, George I.
    Healy, Martin
    Holther, John
    Jackson, Caleb B.
    Johnson, Albert
    Jewett, Benjamin H.
    Jones, Anthony
    Kenney, George A.
    Lilly, Samuel
    Laird, Samuel
    Magee, George
    Myers, William
    McKinster, John
    Miller, Asa
    Needham, Edward
    Nichols, James L.
    Olmsted, George W.
    Potter, Edward
    Potter, William
    Rhover, John M.
    Reynolds, Samuel
    Reynolds, Lewis G.
    Russell, James E.
    Ramsdell, Peter W.
    Roberts, Benjamin
    Reed, Walter S.
    Reed, Neri
    Rooks, William A.
    Soule, Banteus
    Schultz, Julius
    Sawyer, George P.
    Squirer, Chauncey
    Stricktland, Almon C.
    Sawyer, James T.
    Tiffany, Edgar
    Verplank, Edward E.
    Webster, Charles E.
    Williams, Theodore
    Whitney, Henry Clay
    Wattles, Richard M.
    Wood, David

    Recruits
    Curtis, M. M.
    Bennett, William D.
    Brooks, William A.
    Pearl, S. J.
    Reed, Nathaniel
    Taylor, Charles
    McCullough, G. J.
    Peasley, J.W.
    Babcock, J.M.
    Gifford, S.S.
    Haskell, M.

    Company H. Privates
    Brock, Andrew J.
    Brock, Columbus
    Brown, Newton
    Bauman, Franklin
    Cady, Henry C.
    Canfield, Mortimer
    Clausen, John
    Crandall, Dennis
    Cagger, William
    Cronkhite, Samuel S.

    First Regiment Heavy Artillery
    Commodore Seargent
    Jackson, Charles
    Company C.
    Porter, George L. ........................Captain

    Privates of Company C.
    Devine, Thomas
    Gilsoul, Joseph
    Heffelson, Daniel
    Hoffer, Charles
    Haney, William
    Higgins, Holms B.
    Hope, Thomas
    Jeffers, Thomas
    Knights, James H.
    Kenyon, George W.
    Mahony, Cornelius
    Miller, James H.
    Sargent, Winfield J.

    Company H.
    Privates

    Bandelin, Martin
    Grulk, Edward
    Hull, Augustus
    Johnson, Peter A.
    Smith, Gordon
    Taylor, William H.

    Company L.
    Turner, John C..............................First Lieutenant


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