New York 85th Infantry, Company K (Union)

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Company mustered in on December 2nd, 1861. Company mustered out of service on June 27th, 1865.

Notable Battles:

• Seven Pines fought on May 31st, 1862 near Fair Oaks, Virginia (3 wounded, 0 died, 2 imprisoned)

Facts about this Company:

• Number of Soldiers: 116
• First Enlistment Date: 1861-04-27 (1 soldier)
• Most Common Enlistment Place: Hinsdale, New York, USA (24 soldiers)
• Most Common Enlistment Date: 1861-09-17 (29 soldiers)
• Most Common Muster Out Date: 1862-01-01 (19 soldiers)
• Most Common Residence for 1861: Hinsdale, United States (17 soldiers)
• Youngest Soldier at Enlistment: 17 -- Austin, Ira
• Oldest Soldier at Enlistment: 44 -- Swartwood, Abram
• Average Age at Enlistment: 24.8 years old
• Median Age at Enlistment: 23.0 years old
• Wounded In Regiment: 4 (3%)
• Prisoner Of War While In Regiment: 39 (30%)
• Soldiers That Died While In Regiment: 40 (31%)
• Soldiers That Died While In War: 57 (45%)

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

• Allen, Edward Dana (Wagoner, September 1861 - July 1865)
• Appleby, S W (Corporal, September 1861 - October 1862)
• Appleby, Silas W (#%Corporal, March 1862 - August 1864)
• Barnard, Willington (#%Corporal, October 1861 - July 1864)
• Bockes, Ephraim (Sergeant, September 1861 - March 1862)
• Burton, George E (#%A, September 1861 - August 1864)
• Butts, Lucian A (Second Lieutenant, December 1861 - March 1862; First Lieutenant, March 1862 - September 1862; Quartermaster, September 1862 - January 1863)
• Chadwick, Hosea Napoleon (Corporal, September 1861 - February 1862)
• Chadwick, Ransone Augustus (Musician, September 1861 - September 1861; Musician, September 1861 - June 1865)
• Chapin, Nelson (%Captain, September 1861 - April 1864)
• Cline, Elisha (First Lieutenant, December 1861 - March 1862)
• Crandall, J Marshall (#%Corporal, August 1863 - September 1864)
• Dahn, John (Drummer, January 1863 - January 1864)
• Densmore, Eleazer (#%Sergeant, September 1861 - August 1864)
• Evans, Orange (Musician, September 1861 - August 1862)
• Fogle, G H (#%Corporal, September 1861 - June 1864)
• Haney, William J (#Corporal, September 1861 - June 1865)
• Hill, Hollis W. (Corporal, June 1861 - July 1863)
• Holliday, Solomon (#%Corporal, September 1861 - August 1864)
• Knapp, John Chancy (Corporal, September 1861 - June 1865)
• Lacy, Wallace L. (#%Corporal, September 1861 - July 1864)
• Leonard, J W (#%Corporal, September 1861 - September 1864)
• Morris, Wellington (Cook, September 1861 - October 1861)
• Newton, Cyrus Webster (Corporal, October 1861 - March 1865)
• Pardy, Erastus W (#%Sergeant, September 1861 - July 1864)
• Parker, Leroy (Sergeant, September 1861 - January 1863)
• Peake, Spencer S (Second Lieutenant, September 1861 - March 1865)
• Quackenbush, Delivan (#Corporal, September 1861 - June 1865)
• Sage, Oscar S (%Sergeant, September 1861 - January 1862)
• Scott, Jason Lawrence (#%Sergeant, May 1862 - May 1862; First Sergeant, May 1862 - August 1864)
• Seaman, Edward Lamed (%Corporal, September 1861 - January 1862)
• Searl, Hanford (%First Sergeant, September 1861 - May 1862)
• Searle, Gideon (^Corporal, January 1862 - March 1862; Sergeant, March 1862 - December 1862)
• Sheldon, James Leman (%Sergeant, October 1861 - January 1862; Corporal/Sergeant, January 1862 - April 1864)
• Smith, Seymour A (%Wagoner, September 1861 - January 1862)
• Smith, Stephen (Corporal, August 1861 - September 1861; Corporal, September 1861 - October 1862)
• Southworth, Nathan Andrew (#%Corporal, September 1861 - November 1861)
• Speers, James (%Sergeant, September 1861 - January 1862)
• Spencer, Fredrick M (%Corporal, September 1861 - January 1862)
• Stephens, Andrew W. (Corporal, September 1861 - September 1862)
• Wilcox, F E (%W. H., August 1861 - September 1861)
• Wood, William J. (%Musician, September 1861 - January 1862)

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

• Andrews, William (#%)
• Austin, Ira (#%)
• Blackman, John
• Blackman, John W (#)
• Chadwick, Hosea Napoleon
• Chapman, Joel (#%)
• Chase, James
• Chase, Nason F (#%)
• Cline, Bela Cole (#%)
• Cline, John WJ (#%)
• Crocker, Isaac W.
• Daring, Seba
• Ebling, William
• Evans, Lorenzo D
• Eveland, Andrew
• Farrell, Michael
• Fay, Waller M (%)
• Finch, Abel
• Flint, Abner
• Foote, Jacob J
• Gillett, William F
• Hale, Cyrus (#%)
• Hale, Hiram (^)
• Hare, George B
• Hewitt, Henry W. (#)
• Hildreth, Horace W (#%)
• Hudson, William J (#%)
• Hugunar, Alfred (#%)
• Kelly, Franklin J
• Learn, Thomas (^)
• Lemley, John
• Luddington, Sylvester M (%)
• Mallory, Edwin Washburn
• Moran, Thomas (#%)
• Moran, Thomas
• Morris, Ami
• Parker, Chauncey
• Peake, Spencer S
• Perkins, Ozro
• Pierce, Jasper M. (%)
• Piper, Peter (%)
• Porter, Stillman H
• Presho, James Henry (%)
• Reed, John A
• Roach, John (#)
• Selden, Willard (%)
• Sheppard, Horace Z (%)
• Sherlock, Riley (#%)
• Skinner, George (%)
• Smith, Charles (#%)
• Snooke, George A
• Stender, Philetus
• Stimson, George
• Streator, Frederick (#%)
• Such, Thomas
• Swartwood, Abram
• Tallman, Tunis (#)
• Thompson, Charles W. (#%)
• Truesdale, William J (%)
• Updike, Abram S.
• Walker, Aaron (#)
• Washburn, William D (#)
• Watrous, Myron G
• Wells, Marcellus W (%)
• Wetmore, Elam B (%)
• Wheeler, Milton
• Whitney, John A.
• Willover, Martin Van Buren (#%)
• Winters, Alphonso O.
• Witter, George Henry Erman (#%)
• Witter, James T (#%)
• Worden, Peter (^%)
• Wright, Nathan (%)
• Youngs, Cyrenus A (#%)