Company I 75th NYS Volunteer Infantry Regiment 1861

MUSTER-IN ROLL of CAPTAIN Lansing Porter's (I) Company, in the 75th Regiment of ______Volunteers, 

commanded by COLONEL JOHN A. DODGE, called into the service of the United States by the 

President, from the 26th day of November, 1861 (date of this master), for the term of three

years, unless sooner discharged.



#	NAMES			RANK		AGE	  JOINED FOR DUTY

							   AND ENROLLED		     MILES

							WHEN		WHERE	   TRAVELED



1	Porter, Lansing		Captain		44	Oct 9		Owasco	 	2



1	Lansing, Edward		1st Lt		33	Oct 9		Auburn



1	Hosmer, William M.	1st Sergt	22	Oct 9	   	Auburn

2	Ford, Charles		2d  Sergt	18	Oct 9	   	Auburn

3	Sayre, William		3d  Sergt	22	Oct 9		Marcellus	13

4	Nye, William E.		4th Sergt	24	Oct 9		Venice		18

5	Perry, Robert Charles	5th Sergt	27	Nov 2		Tarrytown	300



1	Parker, Benjamin P.	1st Corp'l	28	Oct 9		Huron		30

2	Windsor, John G.	2d  Corp'l	29	Oct 9		Otisco		20

3	Haight, John W.		3d  Corp'l	18	Oct 21		New York	325

4	Osborne, Gilbert L.	4th Corp'l	22	Nov 14		Gayland		20



1	Dunham, Larmon H.	Musician	41	Oct 29		Syracuse	27

2	King, Edward H.		Musician	18	Oct 29		Syracuse	27



1	Aiken, Charles H.	Private		18	Sept 16		Westbury	22

2	Burr, John		Private		20	Nov 2		Otisco		20

3	Banerfeld, John		Private		44	Nov 14		Clyde		20

4	Burghdorf, George	Private		18	Sept 24		Butler		22

5	Bennett, Levi C.	Private		23	Nov 2		Hannibal	27

6	Boyce, Hiram H.		Private		21	Sept 20		Sterling	21

7	Bennett, Ezra R.	Private		19	Nov 2		Ira		28

8	Bennett, Ethan		Private		24	Nov 18		Hannibal	31

9	Booth, William H.	Private		18	Sept 16		Port Byron	9

10	Crannell, Edward	Private		18	Nov 2		Sodus		40

11	Casteline, William	Private		19	Nov 2		Mottville	27

12	Church, Lyman		Private		38	Nov 2		Hannibal	31

13	Dibble, Seneca		Private		30	Nov 2		Sterling	29

14	Frye, Jesse		Private		18	Oct 9		Owasco		4

15	Grores, Luman		Private		42	Oct 9		Fleming		2

16	Gilliland, Charles E.	Private		18	Oct 9		Cayuga		11

17	Grey, Jared F.		Private		21	Nov14		Venice		18

18	Griswold, Lewis		Private		43	Nov 2		Lyons		30

19	Harris, George F.	Private		27	Nov 2		Ogdensburgh	200

20	Huntley, Ezra W.	Private		22	Oct 9		Otisco		20

21	Haskell, Samuel H.	Private		23	Oct 9		Summer Hill	22

22	Howard, Linford		Private		32	Nov 13		Milan		21

23	Hanyan, John		Private		23	Nov 2		Sterling	25

24	Horton, William H.	Private		29	Nov 2		Sterling	25

25	Kingsbury, Winslow T.	Private		26	Nov 2		Sterling	26

26	Kimble, Charles		Private		28	Oct 9		Aurelius	10

27	Keyes, Charles H.	Private		19	Nov 2		Hannibal	27

28	Lowe, George B.		Private		18	Oct 9		Sennett		3

29	Lay, Charles H.		Private		41	Nov 2		Mottville	27

30	Lusk, Robert		Private		27	Nov 22		Gayland		20

31	McKean, Francis		Private		18	Nov 2		New York	325

32	Milem, Christopher	Private		18	Nov 14		Butler		31

33	Merrit, George		Private		20	Nov 14		Hannibal	38

34	Nickason, James C.	Private		22	Oct 9		Owasco		7

35	Nickason, Aaron M.	Private		31	Oct 9		Owasco		7

36	Norton, Martin		Private		18	Oct 9		Cayuga		11

37	Nash, William A.	Private		42	Nov 14		Otisco		20

38	Niles, Jerome A.	Private		21	Nov 22		Otisco		16

39	Oakley, Simon		Private		27	Oct 9		Locke		22

40	Oakley, William		Private		35	Oct 9		Cayuga		11

41	Oakley, Norman L.	Private		18	Oct 9		Locke		22

42	Paddock, Warren O.	Private		18	Sept 16		Mentz		18

43	Palmer, Irving E.	Private		18	Oct 9		Geneva		20

44	Palmer, David B.	Private		34	Oct 9		Geneva		20

45	Poorman, Theodore	Private		18	Nov 16		Tyre		22

46	Palmer, Jonas L.	Private		18	Nov 2		Hannibal	29

47	Palmer, John M.		Private		28	Nov 2		Hannibal	28

48	Parsons, William H.	Private		19	Nov 2		Hannibal	27

49	Peckham, Henry J.	Private		21	Nov 22		Hannibal	33

50	Phelps, Albert		Private		36	Nov 22		Tyre		15

51	Russell, Nathan B.	Private		22	Nov 24		Gayland		22

52	Reed, Samuel S.		Private		21	Oct 9		Otisco		20

53	Russell, John N.	Private		29	Nov 20		Savannah	14

54	Reynolds, George W.	Private		18	Oct 9		Locke		24

55	Shepherd, Herbert W.	Private		21	Oct 9		Vesper		24

56	Swarthout, Abner C.	Private		33	Oct 9		Aurelius	12

57	Scott, John D.		Private		41	Nov 14		North Huron	33

58	Sanford, Reuben		Private		21	Nov 2		Wilson		140

59	Shaw, William		Private		18	Nov 2		New York	325

60	Thompson, Charles	Private		18	Sept 16		Victory		22

61	Throop, Larned		Private		24	Nov 2		Lyons		32

62	Van Antwerp, Abram J.	Private		25	Oct 9		Otisco		20

63	Vandervoort, Adrian	Private		28	Nov 14		Otisco		21

64	Wood, Aaron L.		Private		20	Oct 2		Locke		20

65	Wilson, George		Private		18	Nov 16		Tyre		22

66	Walker, William H.	Private		18	Nov 2		Victory		28

67	Wright, Charles		Private		22	Nov 24		Gayland		22

68	Yawger, Peter M.	Private		34	Oct 2		Scipio		10





I certify, on honor, that this Muster Roll exhibits the true state of Captain Lansing Porter's

Company of the 75th Regiment N.Y. State Volunteers, for the period herein mentioned:

that each man answers to his own proper name in person; and that the remarks set opposite 

the name of each officer and soldier are accurate and just.

							LANSING PORTER,

								Commanding the Company

Date---November 26, 1861.  Station---Auburn, N.Y.



I certify, on honor, that I have carefully examined the men whose names are borne on this

Roll, their horses and equipments, and have accepted them (excepting those marked deserted,

absent, sick and on furlough,)into the service of the United States, for the term of three years, 

from this 26th day of November, 1861.

							E. G. MARSHALL, Capt.

								Mustering Officer

Date---November 26, 1861  Station---Auburn, N.Y.








The United States Army Military History Institute at Carlisle Pennsylvania 

lists the following sources of additional information on the 75th Regiment.  

If not available elsewhere the Carlisle Barracks does participate in 

Interlibrary Loans and will also make photocopies of references.



Babcock, Willoughby.  Selections from the Letters and Diaries of Brevet-Brigadier General

	Willoughby Babcock of the Seventy-fifth New York Volunteers:  A Study of Camp 

	Life in the Union Armies During the Civil War.  Albany, NY:  Univ of the State of 

	NY, 1922.  110 p.  E523.5.75th.B32.



Dyer, Frederick H.  A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion.  Vol. 2.  Dayton, OH: 

	Morningside, 1979.  Ref.

	See p. 1434 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.



Hall, Henry.  Cayuga in the Field:  A Record of the 19th New York Volunteers and 3d N.Y. Light

	Artillery and 75th New York Volunteers....  Syracuse, NY:  Truair, Smith, 1873.  269 p.  

	E523.5.19th.H35.



McArthur, Henry S.  "A Yank at Sabine Pass."  CWTI  12 (Dec 1973):  pp. 38-43 (6 photocopied

	pages).  Per.



New York (State).  AGO.  Annual Report...for the Year 1901.  No. 29.  Albany, NY:  J.B. Lyon,

	1902.  pp. 1-180.   E523.2N6no29.  (Alphabetical roster of the regiment).



Phisterer, Frederick, comp.  New York in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865.  Vol. 4.  Albany,

	NY:  Weed and Parsons, 1890.  E523P582v4. 

	See pp. 2780-96 (17 photocopied pages) for a brief history of the regiment and a roster 

	of officers.





Our Photo Archive includes images of individuals of this unit.





The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute's Manuscript Archive:



	Hunting, Frank M. - CWMiscColl (Enlisted man's diary, Oct 7, 1864-Jun 2, 1865)

	Keller, John - LeighColl Bk 49: 115 (Enlisted man's letter, Sep 30, 1864)

	McArthur, Henry S. - CWTIColl (Enlisted man's biog, 1835-1905; memoirs, 1863-64)

	Root, Willie - CWTIColl (Lt's diary & letters, Sep-Oct 1864)

	Smith, John Henry - GladstoneColl (Enlisted man's letters, Mar 12, 1862 & Jan 24, 1864)



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