. History and personal sketches of Company I, 103 , 1862-1864. mpany, as my regiment now hasonly nine? To which reply was made, Am willing totry, and by Special Order 2850, Adjutant Generals Of-fice, Albany. X. Y., on October 23, 18G2, the authoritywas given; and at once he began at No. 110 WilliamStreet to enlist men for Company C (103d New York Vol-unteers.) By Order 34-9, Adjutant Generals Of-fice, Washington, D. C, he was discharged November 17,1862, to receive a commission in the volunteer service. Recruiting at this time was not what it had been in theearlier stages ot th
. History and personal sketches of Company I, 103 , 1862-1864. mpany, as my regiment now hasonly nine? To which reply was made, Am willing totry, and by Special Order 2850, Adjutant Generals Of-fice, Albany. X. Y., on October 23, 18G2, the authoritywas given; and at once he began at No. 110 WilliamStreet to enlist men for Company C (103d New York Vol-unteers.) By Order 34-9, Adjutant Generals Of-fice, Washington, D. C, he was discharged November 17,1862, to receive a commission in the volunteer service. Recruiting at this time was not what it had been in theearlier stages ot the war, so that it was a slow matter toenroll the needed number of men, but bv December 31stthe comjiany was sulheiently formed to allow of his mus-ter-in as Fir^t Lieutenant by Major J. T. Sprague at Al-bany, N. Y. In this interval sfpiads of recruits had beenforwarded to regiment, then encamped op])usiic Fred-ericksburg, Va., and what a disappointed, sorrv-lookingarmy it was a part of when visited on December 25th, bv 76 hn:, uri in? oo; >:!-. ,lJ it;. J«^ .*^ ^?. \y r^ iNSi. ^ « •<-^% ^ for 7 s. CAPT. GEORGE A HUSSEY. 1S65 reason o£ the recent disaster, December 13th—15th, whenit had met with Lees veterans and been badlv order of the government, all volunteer officers wererelieved from recruiting dnt\ in early spring, 1863, be-cause of which Lieutenant Hussey was forced to give upfurther application in forming the company. The enlistedmen, some fifty-five, were transferred to the several othercompanies, and he to CompanA I, and during Februaryreported himself for duty to the regiment, etill stationednear Fredericksburg, Va. For six months time on, Lieutenant Hussey was withCompany I, on the march, the bivouac, in camp and bat-tlefield, and the regiments history for a year he had apart in making; the pleasant, almost peaceful weekss,)eat at Newport News, Va., are still a reminiscence withhim of Rebellion days; more so, though, the sternerbattl
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