The History of Cayuga County 1789-1879 page  114
Cayuga County in the Rebellion

that time the efforts which had been made to recruit for the 19th Regiment by Captains Kennedy, Giles and Angel were supplemented by the personal efforts of Colonel Ledlie and others.

Recruiting for the 3d Artillery was not, however, confined to the 21st Military District. Accessions were obtained from various sources. Captain Edwin S. Jenney, of Syracuse, raised in his vicinity one hundred and forty-two men ; Battery H of the regiment was formed from skeleton companies from Utica and Rome ; Battery M came from Cortland and Battery B from New York City, and all these recruits concentrated at the latter point, and were clothed in heavy artillery uniforms and supplied with, and drilled in the use of rifles, a requirement of the arm of the service for which they were destined. They numbered five hundred and thirty men and were accompanied to Washington by Major Giles, where they arrived on the 21st of February, joined the camp of the " Old Nineteenth." They were assigned by General William F. Barry, commanding the defences of Washington, to Fort Corcoran, on Arlington Heights. This was one of the series of five forts, on the west side of the Potomac, intended for the protection of the Capital. It was on the plantation of the Rebel General Lee, whose elegant and costly mansion was occupied for his headquarters by Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart. It was an elevated, healthy, and in every way, a very pleasant location for an army. With the Sibley tents well floored, warmed and ventilated, the camp well laid out and supplied, the men of the 3d Artillery began a very agreeable military experience.

At this time the official organization and numerical force of the regiment were reported as follows: Colonel, James H. Ledlie, November 18, 1861 ; Lieutenant-Colonel, Charles H. Stewart, December 23, 1861 ; Majors, Henry M. Stone, December 23, 1861, Solomon Giles, January 23, 1862, T. J. Kennedy, January 23, 1862 ; Adjutant, J. Fred. Dennis, December 23, 1861 ; Quartermaster, John H. Chedell, May 29, 1861 ; Surgeon, Theodore Dimon, May 20, 1861; Assistant Surgeon, William H. Knight, October 17, 1861; Chaplain, William Hart, November 14, 1861; Commissary Sergeant, George E. Ashby; Sergeant-Major, Frank G. Smith.

Company A-Captain, Charles White, 35 men; Company B-Captain, J. J. Morrison, 101men; Company C-Captain, James E. Ashcroft, 63 men; Company D-Captain, Owen Gavigan, 95 men; Company E - Captain, Theodore H. Schenck, 64 men; Company F-Captain, Edwin S. Jenney, 142 men; Company G--Captain, John Wall, 89 men; Company H-Captain, William J. Riggs, 102 men ; Company I - Captain, John H. Ammon, 96 men; Company K-Captain, James R. Angel, 96 men; Company M-Captain, James V. White, 145 men; a total of 1,091.

On the 23d of the previous November, Captain Kennedy's Independent Battery had been mustered into the United States service and had up to this time been attached to the army of the Potomac, rendering important service. Colonel Ledlie desired to attach it to the 3d Artillery and to secure the revocation of the order constituting it an independent command, in which he succeeded, and it was entered on the rolls as Company L, and as such a few reports were made by Captain Kennedy, but when he was elected Major in the 3rd Artillery the command of the battery devolved upon Captain Cowan, who, for reasons never fully explained, maintained its independent existence to the end of the war.

In Fort Corcoran the 3rd Artillery were thoroughly instructed in the heavy artillery exercise in all its parts, the men being divided and drilled in the different forts. They were nearly all raw recruits in this arm of the service, and its very alphabet had to be taught them, but they had intelligent and thorough commanding officers, and rapid progress was made. Accessions were, from time to time, made to the regiment, so that by April it numbered 1,350 men. So many new men brought together during the inclement season, subject to heavy guard and patrol duty, was attended by much sickness, the veterans of the old 19th mostly escaping.

The old acqueduct bridge over the Potomac was strictly guarded and no one permitted to pass unchallenged. One night, however, an attempt was made to do so by the driver of a heavy carriage from the Maryland side, on the plea that it contained distinguished official persons, a probable ruse to test the fidelity of the guards ; but their pretensions were useless. The carriage and its inmates were promptly arrested and brought into the presence of Lieutenant Stewart, who

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