NEW YORK ONE HUNDRED AND TENTH INFANTRY (Three Years)

One Hundred and Tenth Infantry.-Cols., DeWitt C. Littlejohn, Clinton H. Sage, Charles Hamilton; Lieut.-Cols., Clinton H. Sage, Warren D. Smith; Majs., Charles Hamilton, Henry C. Devendorf. This was an Oswego county regiment, organized at Oswego, and there mustered into the U. S. service for three years, Aug. 25, 1862. It left the state on the 29th, proceeding to Baltimore, where it was stationed until Nov., 1862, when it was ordered to New Orleans, and early in 1863 was assigned to Emory's division of the 19th corps. Its first experience under fire was at Fort Bisland, and at Franklin it had 12 killed and wounded. It took part in the long siege of Port Hudson and shared in the grand assault of June 14. The total loss of the regiment during the siege was 37 killed, wounded and missing. Its last battle was at Vermillion bayou, La., in Nov. 1863, where it lost 6 killed and wounded. In Feb., 1864, it was ordered to Fort Jefferson, Fla. The regiment was mustered out at Albany, under Col. Hamilton, Aug. 28, 1865. It lost during service 2 officers and 14 men killed and mortally wounded; 3 officers and 192 men died of disease and other causes-total deaths, 211. The high percentage of loss by disease was due to the long service of the regiment in the extreme South. Source: The Union Army, Vol. 2, p. 130 NEW YORK ONE HUNDRED AND TENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Oswego County Regiment. (Three Years) The Hon. Cheney Ames received, May 23, 1862, authority to recruit this regiment in the county of Oswego; he was succeeded, July 29, 1862, by Col. DeWitt C. Littlejohn; it was organized at Oswego and there mustered in the service of the United States for three years August 25, 1862. The companies were recruited principally: A at Volney; B at Richland, Albion and Williamstown; C at Orwell, Sandy Creek, Boylston and Redfield; D at Hastings and Schroeppel; E at Mexico, New Haven and Palermo; F at Hannibal; G at Oswego, Scriba, Amboy and West Monroe; H at Oswego; I at Oswego, Schroeppel and Volney; K at Constantia, Parish, West Monroe and Amboy. The regiment left the State August 29, 1862; served in the Middle Department, 8th Corps, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, at Baltimore, Md., from August 30, 1862; in Sherman's Division in Louisiana, from December, 1862; in the 3d Brigade, 1st, Emory's, Division, Department of the Gulf, from January, 1863; in the 1st Brigade, 3d Division, 19th Corps, from February, 1863; at Fort Jefferson, Fla., from February 9, 1864; and it was honorably discharged and mustered out, under Col. Charles Hamilton, August 28, 1865; at Albany.

Source: Phisterer, p. 3,294

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