. History of the Seventy-sixth regiment New York volunteers; what it endured and accomplished; containing descriptions of its twenty-five battles; its marches; its camp and bivouac scenes; with biographical sketches of fifty-three officers and a complete record of the enlisted men . AED WILLIAMS Joined the Seventy-sixth Regiment with the Otsego branch, and in the con-solidation was reduced from First to Second Lieutenant of Captain Cooks com-pany, (I). He had previously served in the Seventy-first New York, and waspresent at the first battle of Bull Run. On receiving his discharge, he came toO
. History of the Seventy-sixth regiment New York volunteers; what it endured and accomplished; containing descriptions of its twenty-five battles; its marches; its camp and bivouac scenes; with biographical sketches of fifty-three officers and a complete record of the enlisted men . AED WILLIAMS Joined the Seventy-sixth Regiment with the Otsego branch, and in the con-solidation was reduced from First to Second Lieutenant of Captain Cooks com-pany, (I). He had previously served in the Seventy-first New York, and waspresent at the first battle of Bull Run. On receiving his discharge, he came toOtsego and commenced recruiting for that Regiment He remained with hiscompany, faithfully doing his duty, until the second Bull Run battle, when in themidst of the fight he was shot through the body, and lay all night in the lines ofthe enemy. As he fell he begged his comrades to carry him off, bul the retreatwas so precipitous that they were unable to do so. The next morning, whenfound, he was unconscious. Poor fellow! He could nut return the friendly and ! 408 The Seventy-sixth Kegiment N Y. Y. sympathetic grasp of his companions, as they leaned over his fallen body. Hedied the next day, August thirty-first, 1862, and was buried near Centreville, Va.(See pages 134 and 135).. CAPTAIN EDWIN J. SWAN, Son of Brevet Lieutenant-ColonelA. L. Swan, was born at Cherry Val-ley, N. T. He was a member of theUnion Guards, and enlisted intothe service as a private in CompanyH, at the age of eighteen. Beingwell educated, he was soon soughtout and made clerk at headquarters,and was soon after appointed mount-ed orderly. He was appointed Ser-geant of his company about thetime it left for the front. He waspronounced unfit for service whenthe Regiment left Fredericksburgfor Cedar Moiintain, and was sent tothe hospital at Alexandria. When he heard the guns at Second Bull Run, he at-tempted to procure leave of the surgeon to join his Regiment. Failing in this,he left the hospital and marched in se
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