New York 9th Cavalry, Company A (Union)

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Company mustered in on September 9th, 1861. Company mustered out of service on July 17th, 1865.

Company was also known as:

Company A, Stoneman Cavalry, New York
Company A, 9th Regiment Volunteer Cavalry, New York

Facts about this Company:

Number of Soldiers: 201
First Enlistment Place: Wyoming, New York, USA
First Enlistment Date: 1861-07 (1 soldier)
Most Common Enlistment Place: Warsaw, New York, USA (32 soldiers)
Most Common Enlistment Date: 1861-09-20 (56 soldiers)
Most Common Muster Out Date: 1865-06-01 (36 soldiers)
Most Common Residence for 1861: Warsaw, United States (13 soldiers)
Most Common Residence for 1890: Wyoming, New York, USA (21 soldiers)
Youngest Soldier at Enlistment: 17 -- Smith, John
Oldest Soldier at Enlistment: 44 -- Davis, Hiram W. (Corporal)
Average Age at Enlistment: 24.7 years old
Median Age at Enlistment: 22.5 years old
Wounded In Regiment: 22 (10%)
Prisoner Of War While In Regiment: 14 (6%)
Soldiers That Died While In Regiment: 18 (8%)
Soldiers That Died While In War: 22 (10%)

Commander List: (#Prisoner Of War, ^Wounded, %=Died during war)

(Corporal, September 1861 - March 1863)
Abrams, William H. (Sergeant, November 1861 - December 1861)
Abrams, William H. (Sergeant, September 1861 - November 1861)
Annis, Ezra (Vol, September 1864 - June 1865)
Arnold, Malford A (^Corporal/Sergeant, January 1865 - July 1865)
Ayres, Conway Wing (%Captain, July 1862 - September 1862; First Lieutenant/Major, September 1862 - July 1864; Major/Captain, July 1864 - September 1864)
Barnes, Frank S (Corporal, May 1865 - July 1865)
Barnum, Ira A. (#%Corporal, November 1864 - March 1865)
Benedict, Edwin R (Saddler, September 1861 - November 1861)
Benson, James G (Blacksmith, November 1864 - June 1865)
Bly, Edward P. (Corporal, May 1865 - July 1865)
Bly, Reuben J G (Corporal, May 1865 - July 1865)
Brownell, Lorenzo (Sergeant, September 1861 - September 1861)
Chase, William Edgar (Sergeant, September 1861 - June 1864; Corporal, June 1864 - January 1865; Sergeant, January 1865 - July 1865)
Colt, Joseph R. (Blacksmith, September 1861 - October 1864)
Covert, James H. (Musician, September 1861 - April 1862)
Cox, William (Corporal, September 1862 - June 1864; Sergeant, June 1864 - January 1865; Quatermaster Sergeant, January 1865 - July 1865)
Craig, David (Corporal, September 1861 - November 1861)
Cronkhite, Spencer (^First Sergeant/Sergeant, September 1861 - June 1864; First Sergeant, June 1864 - October 1864)
Davis, Hiram W. (Corporal, September 1861 - February 1862)
DeWitt, John E (^%Corporal, September 1862 - June 1864; Sergeant, June 1864 - June 1864)
Doolittle, Lambertson (Second Lieutenant, September 1861 - September 1862)
Durfee, Thomas W. (Farrier, July 1861 - September 1861; Blacksmith, September 1861 - July 1862)
Farrar, Isaac (^Corporal, September 1861 - September 1861; Sargeant, September 1861 - September 1861; Corporal, September 1862 - December 1863; Sergeant, December 1863 - March 1864; Comm Sergeant/Commissary Sergeant, March 1864 - July 1865)
Foskett, Winslow D. (^Corporal, September 1861 - July 1865)
Freeman, William A. (Corporal, November 1861 - April 1862)
Gilley, John N. (^Corporal/Sergeant, October 1861 - May 1865)
Guard, Thomas B (Sergeant, October 1861 - November 1861)
Herrick, Luther (#^Corporal/Lieutenant, September 1861 - July 1862; Second Lieutenant, July 1862 - July 1863; First Lieutenant, July 1863 - August 1863)
Hollenbeck, Henry C. (Musician, 1862 - July 1862; Bugler, July 1862 - September 1862)
Hollenbeck, Wallis W (Bugler, October 1862 - July 1865)
Johnson, Charles J (%Corporal/Sergeant, September 1861 - September 1862; First Sergeant/Sergeant, September 1862 - October 1863)
Jones, Howrll J (%Corporal, September 1861 - October 1863)
Kelly, Foster (Corporal, September 1861 - December 1862)
Kelly, Stephen (#Saddler, March 1864 - July 1865)
Lapham, Webster Daniel (Second Lieutenant, October 1861 - May 1862; First Lieutenant, May 1862 - January 1864; Captain, January 1864 - February 1864)
Leach, Edward (#%Sergeant, September 1861 - June 1864; Corporal, June 1864 - September 1864)
Lemon, Edwin M. (Wagoner, October 1861 - April 1862)
Mayhew, Edward J (Bugler/Musician, September 1861 - October 1862)
Merrill, Asa Burr (%First Lieutenant, September 1861 - October 1861; Captain, May 1862 - June 1862)
Metcalf, Samuel (Sergeant, September 1861 - April 1862)
Mitchell, James A (#Fourth Sergeant/Sergeant, October 1861 - October 1864)
Mynard, Silas C. (Corporal, March 1865 - July 1865)
Peggs, Robert (#Corporal, June 1865 - July 1865)
Pelton, Phineas S (Corporal, September 1861 - September 1862; Sergeant, September 1862 - November 1864; First Sergeant, November 1864 - July 1865)
Potter, W Edgar (%First Sergeant/Sergeant, September 1861 - October 1863; First Sergeant, October 1863 - January 1864; First Sergeant/Sergeant, January 1864 - May 1864)
Prentice, William W. (Corporal, January 1865 - June 1865; Sergeant, June 1865 - July 1865)
Quackenbush, David (^Corporal, January 1864 - July 1865)
Reddish, Adelbert William (Corporal, September 1861 - September 1861; Corporal, February 1864 - July 1865)
Richards, Henry C. (Corporal, September 1861 - March 1862)
Riggs, Robert (#Corporal, June 1865 - July 1865)
Robertson, Albert Clark (Captain/Sergeant, September 1861 - November 1862; First Sergeant, November 1862 - June 1863; Second Lieutenant, June 1863 - June 1863)
Robinson, Henry B. (Quartermaster Sergeant, October 1861 - October 1862; Quartermaster Sergeant/Second Master Sergent, September 1864 - June 1865; Quatermaster Sergeant, June 1865 - July 1865)
Rogers, John (Corporal, December 1864 - 1865)
Ruders, James H (#^Musician, September 1861 - March 1864; Bugler, March 1864 - July 1865)
Satterlee, Oel D. (Blacksmith, September 1864 - December 1864)
Shaw, Joseph P. (Sergeant, October 1862 - October 1864; First Sergeant, October 1864 - February 1865; Sergeant, February 1865 - June 1865)
Sherwin, Jacob (Wagoner, September 1861 - April 1862)
Skiff, Albert O (Sergeant, September 1861 - September 1862; Comm Sergeant, September 1862 - January 1864)
Skiff, Albert Oscar (Sergeant, September 1861 - September 1862; Comm Sergeant, September 1862 - January 1864)
Smith, Jacob Miller (Corporal, September 1861 - September 1861; Sergeant, September 1861 - September 1862; Corporal, September 1862 - June 1864; Sergeant, June 1864 - July 1865)
Stinson, Hiram (Captain/Chaplain/Corporal, September 1861 - May 1862; Chaplain/Captain, May 1862 - May 1862)
Strong, Henry S (Sergeant, September 1861 - October 1862)
Strong, Lorenzo (^%First Sergeant, September 1861 - September 1863)
Summey, Mortimer (^Bugler, September 1861 - October 1862; Quatermaster Sergeant, October 1862 - October 1864; First Lieutenant, October 1864 - July 1865)
Taylor, Nelson (^Corporal, November 1862 - October 1864)
Warren, Henry A (#Corporal, June 1864 - May 1865; Sergeant, May 1865 - July 1865)
Watson, James (Corporal, September 1862 - September 1863; Sergeant, September 1863 - December 1863)
Westlake, Jacob (Blacksmith, September 1861 - December 1863; Blacksmith, December 1863 - July 1865)
Wilder, Erastus H (Corporal, October 1861 - July 1862; Sergeant, July 1862 - December 1862)
Willis, Crandall (Wagoner, March 1864 - July 1865)
Witter, Alvin R. (Musician, September 1861 - April 1862)
Woodford, Solomon (Corporal, October 1864 - June 1865)

Soldier List: (#Prisoner Of War, ^Wounded, %=Died during war)

Regiments

New York 9th Cavalry (Union)