>> From s.psych.uiuc.edu!ewilliam Fri Mar 27 15:40:09 1992 >> Subject: 116th Regiment New York Volunteer, Company K I have the original Military Register of the Company K, 116th Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry. The register was obviously printed after Company K returned home, as all engagements are listed. A copy seems to have been given to each soldier as there is a space reserved in the corner for a picture of the soldier and I have the tintype of my great grandfather in uniform in the exact size and shape of the space. I will list below the contents of the register and then copy some of the history of the regiment that I found in an old book. Military Register Company K, 116th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry Organized at Buffalo, New York, Sept 4, 1862 Mustered into service at Buffalo, New York, Sept. 4, 1862 Field and Staff Officers. Col. George M. Love Lt.Col. John M. Sizer Surg. Chauncey B. Hutchins Adj. John C. Nial Quar. Alex Goslin Company Officers. Warren T. Ferris..........Captain Transferred from Co. A to Co. K July 16, '63 George H. Shepard.........1st Lieutenant Promoted April 12, 1864 Orderly Sergeant. Charles H. Rallard Pro. May 2, '64 Sergeants. 2 Elijah P. Smith 4 Henry W. Eno Promoted Sept. 4, '63 Promoted May 8, 1864 3 William C. Ewers 5 Valentine Doan Promoted March 4, 186? Promoted May 2, 1864 Corporals. 1 Harvey M. Crawford 5 Austin Riefle Promoted Oct. 21, 1862 Promoted Aug. 6, 1863 2 Horace A. Paxson 6 Richard H. Avery Promoted Sept. 4, 1862 Promoted Aug. 23, 1863 3 Job B. Sherman 7 William Naigle Promoted Dec. 12, 1862 Promoted May 8, 1864 4 David Wisinger 8 Douglas S. Taylor Promoted Aug. 6, 1864 Promoted May 2, 1864 Musicians. Leroy J. Russell George W. Carr Discharged April 26, 1864 Bela Crawford...........Wagoner Died of disease Oct. 27,1863 Former Officers--coms'd and non-coms'd. Capt. James Ayer..............Died of disease May 22, '63 1st Lieut. P. W. Gould........Resigned Nov. 22, '62 2d Lieut. John W. Grannis.....Resigned Sept. 30, '62 2d Lieut. E. B. Cotteer.......Died of disease Aug. 31, '63 Privates. Ames, Ashel E..........Wounded May 21,'63 Avery, Edwin Ames, Austin...........Discharged '64 Baldwin, Joseph H. Butler, John E. Barker, George W. Baker, John N. Black, John.............Wounded June 14,'63 Brower, William H. Braimmiler, Charles.....Died Aug. 23, '63 Craig, Charles E........Missing in action Nov. 19, '64 Cornmeron, William J. Crawford, Daniel........Wounded May 27, '63 Conger, Daniel C........Discharged May 22, '64 Dash, Charles Dean, Merritt Dibble, Cyrenus C.......Discharge April 22, '64 Dibble, John Dieter, John M. Ewers, Joseph A. Eddy, Reuben Evans, Arial.............Died, Jan. 11, '64 Frederick, Nicholas Fales, James H...........Died Sept. '63 Fairbanks, Marshall A. Freeman, George A........Wounded May 27, '63 Flink, John L. Frost, James M...........Taken prisoner April 9, '64 Frary, Lyman M...........Died Nov. 21, '62 Frederick, George Griffith, Frank E........Wounded April 9, '64 Glosser, Conrad Gould, Joseph M..........Deserted Nov. 8, '62 Glosser, John Hill, George M. Hawks, George H..........Died of disease Hill, Milton H...........Died May 27, '63 Hagerty, John A..........Wounded June 14, '63 Hammond, S. V. R. Ingersol, Horace P.......Discharged March 4, '63 Iback, Charles...........Wounded May 27, '63 Judson, Franklin M.......Died of wounds May 21, '63 Kellom, A. F.............Wounded July 14, '63 Kinsly, Charles E........Died July 26, '63 Ludlow, Lewis............Wounded July 13, '63 Lynn, Myner D............Wounded Sept. 19, '64 Mills, Charles B.........Discharged April 8, '64 Mattison, William H. Naigle, Charles Ostrum, George W.........Died of Disease Dec. 13, '63 Patric, Adrian...........Dis. for Disability '63 Paige, William B.........Dis. for Disability Feb. 19, '64 Prescott, Albert D. Phelps, Francis M. Rilfel, Peter............Wounded June 14, '64 Russel, Warren K.........Dropped from Co. rolls Oct. 12, '63 Staler, Theodore.........Died of disease Sept. 9, '63 Stone, James R. Sooy, Franklin...........Died of disease Aug. 9, '64 Smith, James H...........Died of disease Feb. 18, '64 Zegler, Philip...........Trans to Invalid Corps June, '64 Taylor, Moris Thomason, John A.........Died of disease July 18, '63 Trommeler, William.......Wounded June 23, '63 Tice, Wendell............Died of disease Dec. 1, '63 Taylor, Layefett Ingersol, Loyal C........Deserted Dec. 31, '62 Vibbard, Wyman Wurst, Andrew............Killed in action Sept. 19, '64 White, Ira Wait, Gurden F...........Died of disease Sept 4, '64 Whittmore, Horatio G.....Died Dec. 30, '64 Former Field and Staff. Col. Edward P. Chapin...........Killed at Port Hudson, La., May 27, '63, promoted to Brigadier General Lt.Col. Robert Cottier..........Resigned May 28, '63 Lt.Col. John Higgins............Resigned Sept. 19, '64 Adjt. John B. Weber.............Pro. to Col. 18th Reg't Corps d'Afrique, Oct. 12, '63 Quar. James Adams...............Resigned Oct. 20, '62 Quar. Willit H. Fargo...........Resigned Nov. 25, '62 1st Asst. Surg. Uri C. Lynde....Resigned Oct. 18, '63 1st Asst. Surg. John Coventry...Resigned Sept. 14, '64 2d Asst. Surg. Carey W. Howe....Resigned Jan. 6, '63 Chaplain W. M. Moddessett.......Resigned July 24, '63 Engagements Plain Store, La., May 21, '63 Siege of Port Hudson, La., May 27 to July 8, '63 Cox's Plantation, La., July 13, '63 Sabine Cross Roads, La., April 8, '64 Pleasant Hill, La., April 9, '64 Cane River, La., April 23, '64 Mansara Plains, May 16, '64 Winchester, (Opequan,) Sept. 19, '64 Fisher's Hill, Va., Sept 22, '64 Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, '64 The following are paragraphs regarding the One Hundred and Sixteenth New York volunteers taken from the book, History of Erie County New York by Crisfield Johnson, published at Buffalo, NY, by Printing House of Matthews and Warren, 1876. After the disasters around Richmond, in June of this year [1862], the President called for 300,000 more volunteers. Governor Morgan immediately divided the State into regimental districts, of which Erie county was one, appointing a committee of prominent citizens in each district to superintend the raising of a new regiment. After several efforts to find a proper commander, the committee in this district happily hit on Major Edward P. Chapin, the officer who, in 1861, had raised the Erie county company for the Forty-fourth New York, or Ellsworth regiment. His marked abilities as a soldier had soon caused his promotion to major of that regiment, in which capacity he had been present with it at the battle of Hanover Court House, where he was severely wounded. After some difficulty, he obtained the permission of his superiors, and assumed command on the 16th of August. Meanwhile a large number of recruiting-orders were issued, the work was vigorously pressed, and on the 3d of September the regiment was mustered into the United States service at Fort Porter with 929 men, under the name of the One Hundred and Sixteenth New York volunteers. From among the numerous recruiting officers to whom permits had been given, Colonel Chapin recommended the necessary regimental officers, who were commissioned by the governor. The roster was as follows: Field and staff, colonel, Edward P. Chapin; lieutenant-colonel, Robert Cottier; major, George M. Love; adjutant, John B. Weber; surgeon, C. B. Hutchins; assistant surgeons, Uri C. Lynde and Carey W. Howe; quartermaster, James Adams; chaplain, Welton M. Moddesit. Co. A, captain, Ira Ayer; lieutenants, J. C. Thompson and Warren T. Ferris. Co. B, captain Albert J. Barnard; lieutenants, Leander Willis and Daniel Corbett. Co. C, captain, David W. Tuttle; lieutenants, Robert F. Atkins and Edward J. Cornwell. Co. D, captain John Higgins; lieutenants, Charles F. Wadsworth and Elisha Seymour. Co. E, captain Richard C. Kinney; lieutenants, James McGowan and Thos. Notter. Co. F, captain, George G. Stanbro; lieutenants, Wilson H. Grey and Clinton Hammond. Co. G, captain, John M. Sizer; lieutenants, Timothy Linahan and George Peterson. Co. H, captain, William Wurz; lieutenants, David Jones and Frederick Sommers. Co. I, captain, P. R. Stover; lieutenants, George W. Carpenter and Edward Irvin. Co. K, captain James Ayer; lieutenants, P. W. Gould and John W. Grannis. The One Hundred and Sixteenth, like the Twenty-first, was entirely an Erie county regiment. Recruiting commissions had been sent into the country towns more liberally than before, and a large part of the command was composed of stalwart young farmers, mechanics, etc., from the rural districts. Companies A and K were principally recruited in Evans, Hamburg, East Hamburg and vicinity. Their two captains, Ira and James Ayer, were brothers, both farmers of the town of Evans, whose entering the service was especially noticeable, as both were approaching the age of fifty, a time when most civilians think themselves exempt from the hardships of military life. Lieutenant, afterwards Major, Carpenter, with a portion of his company, was from Marilla. Co. F was raised in Concord and adjoining towns. The regiment departed for the front on the 5th of September. Until the 1st of November it remained most of the time near Baltimore, engaged in unremitting drill. Colonel Chapin was a born soldier, and soon brought his command to a high degree of efficiency. On the 2d of November the One Hundred and Sixteenth, with other regiments, was ordered south, and after several delays and a tedious sea-voyage reached Ship Island off the souther coast of Mississippi, on the 13th of December. Just at the close of the year they proceeded to New Orleans, and went into camp near that city. The One Hundred and Sixteenth remained near New Orleans till March. Col. Chapin's soldierly qualities were so manifest, that his regiment was transferred to a brigade in which the other colonels were his juniors, in order to get the benefit of his services as acting brigadier. His command was in Gen. Augur's division. In March that division went up the Mississippi to the vicinity of Baton Rouge and Port Hudson. Through taking part in many tedious movements, the One Hundred and Sixteenth was not in any serious engagement until the 21st of May. On that day, Gen. Augur, with two brigades, one of which was Colonel Chapin's, was marching north to seize "Plain Store," which he was ordered to hold till the arrival of the main army, which had been operating in western Louisiana. The point named was a mere Southern cross-roads store, with two or three houses, but of some possible strategical value, being situated at the intersection of the road running east from Port Hudson with the main road from Baton Rouge to Bayou Sara. It was four miles from Port hudson, the only great rebel stronghold south of Vicksburg. The other brigade, Colonel Dudley's, was in advance, and during the afternoon drove back a force of the enemy, and then the command prepared to bivouac at Plain Store. A battery of artillery, supported by a regiment of nine-months' men, held a position in advance, on the Port Hudson road, and was soon strongly attacked by the enemy. The command was turned out, and presently the 116th New York and 49th Massachusetts were detached from the brigade and sent forward to act under Gen. Augur's immediate orders. They had almost reached the battery, when a tremendous outburst of musketry was heard close before them, and a mob of panic-stricken nine-months' men broke through the ranks of the Forty-ninth Massachusetts, also a nine-months' regiment, causing great confusion. The value of Colonel Chapin's persistent drill and rigid discipline was at once seen. Major Love, who was in command, shouted to his men to "stand fast," and every man obeyed, and with unwavering ranks the One Hundred and Sixteenth stood till the demoralized crowd had passed to the rear, and then again moved forward. It was soon met by Gen. Augur, under whose orders it formed line. It had hardly done so, however, when a body of the enemy, which had gained its rear, suddenly opened fire on it. A "fire in the rear" is proverbially demoralizing, but the regiment at once faced about and returned the fire with perfect coolness. I now quote directly from Captain Clark's volume: "Some twenty or thirty rounds had been discharged when General Augur, who was near, enquired of Major Love if his regiment would stand a charge. The Major replied: "The One Hundred and Sixteenth will do anything you order them to.' "You have my order then, sir,' said the general. Riding down the front of the regiment, exposed to the fire of his own inexperienced men as well as that of the enemy, Major Love informed the commandant of each company of the general's orders, then rode back to the center of the line, and taking off his old felt hat waved us on, leading us about twenty paces in advance. The yell which now broke from our throats, and echoed through the woods, had that in it which the enemy must have felt to their finger tips. They knew what was coming, and stood not upon the order of their going, but went at once, retreating across an open field and into another belt of woods, where making another stand, we were halted and commenced to return their fire. But a very few rounds of ammunition were discharged, however, when General Augur, who had followed our movement, ordered us to charge a second time, which was as successful as the first, utterly routing the rebels, and ending the battle of 'Plain Store.'" Thus, in its first battle the One Hundred and Sixteenth achieved a brilliant success. Thirteen men were killed and forty-four wounded in the regiment, during the short time it was engaged, showing that it was opposed by no inconsiderable foe. Lieut. Borusky was mortally wounded. After the battle, General Augur publicly congratulated Colonel Chapin, declaring that for the victory he was mainly indebted to the valor of the 116th New York volunteers. Said the general: "They have most gallantly driven Miles' Legion, who claim never to have been driven before." Two days later Banks arrived, and Port Hudson was invested. A council of war determined to endeavor to carry the fortification by assault. Each brigade was to be preceded by a storming party of two hundred special volunteers. Fifty was the number of enlisted men required for this terrible duty from the 116th New York; sixty-six volunteered, besides Major Love, Captains Higgins, Kinney and Wadsworth, and Lieutenants McGowan, Grey, Ferris, Morgan and Dobbins. Not half of these officers could be employed, and the little detachment was placed under the command of Lieutenant Morgan. On the 27th of May the assault was made. The ground in front of the fortifications was cut up by numerous ravines, and for a thousand yards the trees had all been cut down, forming an almost impenetrable "slashing." About two o'clock in the afternoon came the order to advance. Col. Chapin led the brigade storming-party out of the woods, and directed them on their course, and then turned to lead the brigade itself, which came not far behind. It was met by a storm of cannon balls and bullets, and soon became entangled in the slashing. Chapin urged forward the men with alternate cheers and threats. Very early in the engagement he was wounded in the knee. He continued to press on, but in a few moments was shot through the head and instantly killed. The brigade being left without a commander, and the line being hopelessly broken up by the slashing, the men sought shelter and returned the enemy's fire. The field officer (Lieutenant-colonel O'Brien, of the 48th Mass.) commanding the brigade storming, was killed as near the intrenchments [sic] as it was possible to get. In a brief space of time the One Hundred and Sixteenth had a hundred and one men killed and wounded, besides Colonel Chapin killed, and Lieuts. Grey, Morgan and Jones wounded, the last mortally. In the brigades on the right hand and the left, the result was similar. It was found impossible to work their way through the slashing, in face of the leaden hail that rained from the rebel breastworks, and late in the afternoon the army retreated to the shelter of the forest. The loss of Col. Chapin was deeply deplored, not only by his own regiment but by the whole army. The universal testimony of his brother soldiers is that no more devoted or more gallant officer ever wore the American uniform, and even in professional skill the young Erie county volunteer was surpassed by very few. In commemoration of his services, President Lincoln sent to his sorrowing father a commission appointing Colonel Chapin a brigadier-general, to date from the day of his death, and Post Chapin, of the Grand Army of the Republic, keeps his memory green among his comrades. After the failure of the assault, a siege was begun, and the usual slow approaches were made toward the enemy's works. On the 14th of June the One Hundred and Sixteenth, with other regiments, made a feigned attack (in skirmish line) on the enemy's center, while the forces on the right and left again attempted to enter the works. In this they were unsuccessful, but their lines were in some places advanced to within fifty yards of the fortifications. The regiment whose course we are following lost one officer (Lieutenant Linahan) and four men killed, and twenty-three wounded. Even after all these disasters, when a call was made for volunteers for another storming party, twenty-four gallant soldiers of the One Hundred and Sixteenth promptly responded. With others destined for the same desperate service they were organized and drilled in a special brigade. Before, however, they were called on to act, Vicksburg surrendered to General Grant, and immediately afterwards General Gardner, the commander of Port Hudson, gave up the now hopeless task of defense, and yielded to General Banks. A few days later the regiment went to Donaldsonville and was engaged in a sharp conflict in defending it from the revel forces of General Taylor. Captain Tuttle was instantly slain while saving a piece of artillery of which the horses had been killed. The regiment remained on the Mississippi till September, when it was moved into western Louisiana, where during the rest of the year it did a good deal of marching, but no serious fighting. Meanwhile Major Love was commissioned as colonel, and Captains Higgins and Sizer as lieutenant-colonel and major. The new colonel, having recovered from his wound, resumed command. Numerous other promotions had taken place since the organization of the regiment. Lieutenants Wadsworth, Gray, Atkins, Seymour, McGowan, Carpenter and Ferris had been made captains, and Sergeants Orton S. Clark, Jacob C. Newton, George N. Brown, John H. Rohan, George W. Miller, Charles Borusky, Charles S. Crary, Charles E. Paine, Philip J. Weber, Andrew Brunn, William J. Morgan, and George H. Shepard, were promoted to lieutenants. During the early part of 1864, the One Hundred and Sixteenth New York remained in camp near Franklin, Louisiana. That camp they so constructed and ornamented that it was considered one of the great curiosities of the southwestern army. From this pleasant abiding place the One Hundred and Sixteenth departed, on the fifteenth of March, for the celebrated Red river campaign. With some twenty thousand other troops it marched to Alexandria, where they were joined by fifteen or twenty thousand more, and the whole force took its way up the Red river. On the 8th of April, the Nineteenth corps, to which the One Hundred and Sixteenth belonged, reached a point eight miles above Pleasant Hill. Eight miles ahead of it was the Thirteenth corps, with a large cavalry force still farther in advance, while parts of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth corps, forming the command of Gen. A. J. Smith, were eight miles in rear of the Nineteenth. The enemy suddenly attacked the cavalry in force, captured their artillery and supply-train, and then overwhelmed the Thirteenth corps, and sent them back in utter rout. The Nineteenth corps was formed in line of battle, and the men of the One Hundred and Sixteenth New York, with their comrades, awaited the onslaught of the victors. The latter came on with exultant yells, but the ERie county men held their fire till their foes were within a few paces, and then delivered it with such telling effect that the rebels instantly fled, and did not return that day. In this conflict, sometimes called the battle of Sabine Cross Roads, the regiment had two killed and nineteen wounded. It would seem that the position thus maintained might have been held, but Gen. Banks thought otherwise, and the corps retreated, at midnight, to Pleasant Hill. Then the whole army awaited the attack of the foe. They came, attacked, and were driven back, with heavy loss. The One Hundred and Sixteenth being sheltered by a rude fortification of rails, on their front, lost only two men killed and ten wounded. But even this victory was only valued by General Banks as giving him another opportunity to escape. At midnight, the whole army was again moved to the rear, and halted but a short time till it reached Alexandria. While there, the One Hundred and Sixteenth and a few other regiments built the celebrated dam, by which our fleet of gunboats, imprisoned above the Red river rapids, was enabled to float down and escape the foe. The army then returned to the Mississippi. In the forepart of July, the Nineteenth corps went by sea to northern Virginia, arriving at Washington the same day that Bidwell's brigade won the victory of Fort Stevens. After numerous fruitless marches, the whole army in northern Virginia was placed under a young commander, till then but little known, General Philip H. Sheridan. His command was soon in the Shenandoah Valley, where Sheridan and Early moved backward and forward, each apparently satisfied if he could hold the other in check, and prevent his aiding one of the main armies. This continued till the 19th of September, when the battle of Opequan Creek was fought. After a stubborn fight between the Sixth and Nineteenth corps (the 49th New York was in the former, the 116th in the latter,) and the rebels, with no great advantage on either side, the Eight corps and Custer's cavalry, which had been held in reserve, charged and utterly routed the foe. Nine men killed and forty wounded was the cost of this victory to the One Hundred and Sixteenth. The army pressed forward rapidly after the beaten enemy, overtook him at Fisher's Hill, and inflicted the most complete defeat, capturing two thousand prisoners and twenty-one pieces of artillery. Sheridan chased Early up the valley as much farther as it was thought best to go, and then returned toward his base of supplies. Early, with some reinforcements, immediately gathered up his command as best he could, and followed. At Cedar Creek he managed to surprise the Eighth corps, utterly routing them and capturing twenty-four pieces of artillery. Sheridan had gone forward, and was many miles down the valley. Gen. Wright ordered the army to retreat. The rebels followed in exultant and somewhat disorganized pursuit. When four miles were thus passed, thundering cheers told of the arrival of Sheridan. After his famous ride from "twenty miles away" the fiery little general was in the field, turning the retreating lines toward the enemy. The men were formed in battle order, and then allowed to make coffee. While the One Hundred and Sixteenth was at this welcome task, another outburst of cheers was hear, rapidly approaching nearer. In a few moments "Little Phil," on his celebrated coal-black steed, rode along the line of the regiment. "Boys," he cried, "this should never have happened if I had been here. But we are going to our old camp to sleep tonight, for we're going to get the tightest twist on them you ever saw. I tell you we'll lick them out of their boots before night, if you'll only fight." The wildest cheers rent the air, the "boys" flung their caps on high, and swore that if "Little Phil" would only lead them no enemy on earth should stop them. But Sheridan could be cautious as well as venturesome, and it was not till the men were well rested and fed, and he had thoroughly scanned the ground, that, at three o'clock, the line advanced. While thus moving forward with the rest of the line, the brigade to which the One Hundred and Sixteenth belonged was received with a severe fire from a stone wall, across and open field. It was a bad place for a charge, but the brigade commander, Colonel Davis, ordered and led one, and Colonel Love, as usual, rode in front of the One Hundred and Sixteenth. The men went forward with a cheer, and drive the rebels from the wall at the point of the bayonet, Colonel Love having his horse killed under him. After following the enemy some distance, the brigade found itself alone. But Sheridan came up immediately afterwards, and at once sent an order to Gen. Emory, commanding the Nineteenth corps to hurry up reinforcements, saying, "The first brigade has burst through the enemy's line; send them reinforcements at once." It was done, and soon, while Custer's cavalry charged successfully on the right, the first division moved forward, charged and scattered a strong opposing force, uncovered the enemy's flank, and caused his immediate retreat. An exciting chase followed, in which thousands of prisoners were captured, besides battle flags, artillery, and small arms innumerable. The men of the One Hundred an Sixteenth were the first to plant their flag on the works at Cedar Creek. So swift had been their charges that they had suffered less than they might have done in less audacious fighting. The regiment had seven men killed and forty-four wounded. This was the last battle of the One Hundred and Sixteenth New York. During the winter it remained in the valley, guarding railroads, etc. It is worth noticing that, when Gen. Emory received orders to issue some patent "gun-cappers," for trial, to "the best regiment in the Nineteenth corps," he selected the One Hundred and Sixteenth New York, and his opinion was endorsed by General Sheridan. The "gun-cappers' were found worthless, but the honor was none the less emphatic. In the spring the regiment was sent to Washington, where it remained till June, when it returned home. Though the regiment had suffered severe losses, it was not as much changed as many others. There was still a large proportion of its first men in the ranks, and a few of the original roster of officers. Colonel Love had been brevetted a brigadier-general for gallant conduct at Cedar Creek, but returned in command of the regiment. John M. Sizer was lieutenant-colonel, and George W. Carpenter major. John C. Nial was adjutant, George W. Miller quartermaster, C. B. Hutchins surgeon, M. E. Shaw assistant surgeon, and H. J. Gordon chaplain. Few companies had more than two officers. The list comprised Capt. G. H. Shepard and 1st Lieut. J. G. Dayton, of "A;" Captain J. G. Woehnert and Lieuts. W. F. Feldman and Samuel Leonard, of "B;" Captain W. J. Morgan and 2d Lieutenant John Hoppes of "C;" Captain E. W. Seymour, of "D;" 1st Lieut. H. A. C. Swartz, of "E;" Captain C. S. Crary and 1st Lieut. Wm. Holden, of "G;" Captain O. S. Clark and 1st Lieutenant W. W. Grace, of "F;" Captain J. H. Rohan and 1st Lieutenant C. D. Ballard, of "H;" Captain Wm. Tibbits and 1st Lieut. C. H. Curry, of "I;" and Captain W. T. Ferris and 1st Lieut. J. H. Dingman, of "K." The regiment arrived in Buffalo on the 13th of June. There had been some mistakes made with regard to the reception of detachments of returning volunteers, but that given to the One Hundred and Sixteenth was of the warmest description. The whole city turned out to welcome them, banners saved by the hundred, and cheers rent the air at every step, as in holiday attire, and with the perfect drill on which they prided themselves, the veteran regiment marched through the principal streets of the city. Two weeks later the men were finally paid off, and the last regiment of Erie county, three-years' volunteers became citizens once more. /end/