Tag Archives: Colonel Robert F Taylor

quiet kanawha

Posted on May 15, 2015 by SUMPTER

It had been real quiet for the New York First Veteran Cavalry in the Kanawha Valley, but our SENECA correspondent was able to report the April surrender of a small rebel force at Lewisburg on Appomattox terms. The veterans in … Continue reading →

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veteran foragers make it to DC

Posted on October 26, 2013 by SUMPTER

The 1st New York Veteran Cavalry Regiment had been pretty much recruited. 150 years ago this week a large contingent traveled to the Washington, D.C. area. In a strange kind of time warp our SENECA correspondent said the regiment left … Continue reading →

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To horses!

Posted on August 6, 2013 by SUMPTER

150 years ago this summer substantial monetary incentives were offered to veterans if they would return to the service. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in August 1863: CAPT. E.J. TYLER, of the old 33d Regiment, has opened a … Continue reading →

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“we dread to hear”

Posted on May 4, 2013 by SUMPTER

The 33rd New York Infantry Regiment fought with John Sedgwick’s Sixth Corps during the Chancellorsville Campaign. On May 3, 1863 the 33rd helped drive the Confederates off Marye’s Heights. The VI Corps then started marching toward the main Federal force … Continue reading →

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Still trusting the old ship

Posted on March 2, 2013 by SUMPTER

The New York 33rd Volunteer Infantry has less than three months remaining in its two year enlistment. Here’s a letter home from a member of the 33rd. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in 1863: Patriotic Letter from a … Continue reading →

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Pine Grove Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2012 by SUMPTER

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in January 1863: The 33d Regiment. A correspondent of the Rochester Union in the 33d regiment, thus writes of a pleasant affair which occurred at Col. TAYLOR’s head quarters on Christmas day: Col. … Continue reading →

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“Don’t feel much like writing.”

Posted on July 5, 2012 by SUMPTER

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in 1862: Letter from Col. Taylor. The Rochester Democrat of Monday publishes the following extract from a letter written by Col. TAYLOR, of the 33d Regiment, to his wife, in that city: HARRISON’S … Continue reading →

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“with a yell that made the woods ring”

Posted on May 12, 2012 by SUMPTER

150 years ago this week members of the 33rd New York Infantry Regiment were still writing letters home about May 5th’s Battle of Williamsburg. Here’s a couple letters published in a Seneca County, New York newspaper from 1862: Letter from … Continue reading →

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Bedding Down with the Dead and Wounded

Posted on May 5, 2012 by SUMPTER

In the rain and mud 150 years ago today the Battle of Williamsburg was fought. Here’s how the lieutenant colonel of the 33rd New York wrote home about the regiment’s role in the fight. The 33rd was in Smith’s division … Continue reading →

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