. To sacrifice, to suffer, and if need be, to die : a history of the thirty-fourth New York Regiment. s were made by resident clergy, and prominent citizens. Mostof the above facts we glean from the West Troy Advocate, the villagenewspaper at the time. At the time of holding its first election of non-commissioned officers, in June, it numbered seventy-five privates. Now all these additional companies had early or late, arrived inAlbany; and the following statement, by an officer, who was on theinside at the time, will explain how the organization of the regiment wasfinally accomplished. The of
. To sacrifice, to suffer, and if need be, to die : a history of the thirty-fourth New York Regiment. s were made by resident clergy, and prominent citizens. Mostof the above facts we glean from the West Troy Advocate, the villagenewspaper at the time. At the time of holding its first election of non-commissioned officers, in June, it numbered seventy-five privates. Now all these additional companies had early or late, arrived inAlbany; and the following statement, by an officer, who was on theinside at the time, will explain how the organization of the regiment wasfinally accomplished. The officer referred to is Captain Nathan Easter-brook Jr.: Early in May, the sixskeleton companies from Herkimer County, pro-ceeded to Albany, to recruit and drill. The companies were commanded byWilliam Ladew, James A. Suiter, Bvron Laflin, Wells Sponable, NathanEasterbrook, Jr., and John Beverly. For a month or more the cherished de-sire of the six companies to form a Herkimer County Regiment, withfield and staff officers to be selected from among their numbers, came danger- A Story of Beginnings 17.
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