Tag Archives: Charles W. Sandford

Hot Night Jammed in a Freight Car

We’ve been following the 19th NY Volunteer Infantry from the Cayuga County area of New York State. The regiment has been drilling at their encampment in the Kalorama area of the District of Columbia for about a month. That’s all … Continue reading

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Not Ready for Prime Time

Drilling for War at Idyllic Kalorama Having enlisted during the first great wave of patriotic fervor after Lincoln’s post-Sumter call for volunteers and having drilled in Elmira, New York for over a month, the 19th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment … Continue reading

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