. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . hich were divided into twodivisions, the first being under command of William Wilson, at one timealderman of the first ward, and, during the war, colonel of the Sixth NewYork Volunteer Regiment, stationed so long at Santa Rosa Island, and the OUR FIREiMKN. L91 ecood under command of John Creighton. Fernando Wood was ai (hatime mayor f tin- city, and ho furnished all (lit- muskets which were delivered0 the several companies from the police-station houses by the captains w
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . hich were divided into twodivisions, the first being under command of William Wilson, at one timealderman of the first ward, and, during the war, colonel of the Sixth NewYork Volunteer Regiment, stationed so long at Santa Rosa Island, and the OUR FIREiMKN. L91 ecood under command of John Creighton. Fernando Wood was ai (hatime mayor f tin- city, and ho furnished all (lit- muskets which were delivered0 the several companies from the police-station houses by the captains ward. 1( was on the twenty-third of April, 1857, that the parade took place,iver twelve thousand men being1 under anus. On (he staff of Conuuander-in?hief Henry Wilson rode Lloyd Aspinwall, Wm. H. Disbrow, G. Mansfield >;ivis, I hid ley S. Gregory, Jr., and Samuel C. Thompson. On Colonel staff were Alexander C. Lawrence, William Mulligan, AlexanderMason, James E. Kerrigan, Captain .James Turner, and Charles A. Waters. >U the stall of General Creighton were Wilds P. Walker, Aid. Thomas. BALL TICKET, UUL1CK GUARDS. McSpedon. Peter Y. Everett. Sam Suydam, Councilman Horatio N. Wild, andAlexander Ward. The several companies were neatly equipped. In fact itwas one of the most extensive parades ever witnessed in the city prior to thewar. Business was suspended, stands erected all along the route or line ofinarch, and the streets were crowded with thousands of people. Many of thecompanies wore red shirts, some blue overcoats, while others wore uniforms—not the state militia uniform. The Knights of the Round Table were among the most noted organizationsof the old Department. It originated among the members of Lafayette Hookand Ladder Company No. 6, located under Firemans Hall, Mercer was organized in the fall of 1848, James P. Decker, Jr., being chosen thefirst president. The •Knights* convened but once a year—Christmas Evo-land the occasion was one of
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