Delaware County, NY Genealogy and History Site
Company I, 72nd NY Volunteer Infantry
Copy provided by the Delaware County Clerk's Office, Delhi, NY
Electronic Text prepared by Laurie Kyle, Spokane, Washington, February 14, 1997
"Muster Roll of Captain Robert T. Johnson, I Company, in the 72nd Regiment of Volunteers commanded by Colonel Nelson Taylor called into the service of the United States by the President under Genl orders No 15, May 2, 1861 from the Twenty first day of June 1861 - date of this muster - for the term of Three years or during the War unless sooner discharged."
Company I, of the 72nd New York Volunteer Infantry contained the first large group of Delaware County Men and boys to leave for service in the Civil War. As such, they received special attention from the citizens of the County. (See descriptions in the Delaware Gazette, a newspaper published in Delhi and The History of Delaware County, New York by Munsell, page 81.)
On June 4th, 1861, they marched out of Delhi, through Walton and from there to the railroad where they proceeded to Camp Scott, on Staten Island. It was here that the Delaware County men were sworn into Federal Service, attached to the 3rd Regiment, Excelsior Brigade (also known as the Sickles Brigade) and designated as Company I therein.
According to Historian Wilber Pearce, the Regiment wore the Zouave uniform of red pants, a vest sort of jacket and a fez cap. He also wrote that a history of the Regiment was written by Henri Brown, which was published in 1902 at Jamestown, N.Y. Delaware Gazette, September 26, 1963
Joined for Duty & Enrolled
Name Rank Age When Where
Bagley, Charles H. Private 25 June 21 Staten Island
Ballou, Charles Private 21 June 21 Staten Island
Bates, Benjamin G. Private 35 June 21 Staten Island
Bell, Douglas Private 20 June 21 Staten Island
Bell, Harvey W. Private 18 June 21 Staten Island
Bookhout, Talman C. Private 21 June 21 Staten Island
Bostwick, George H. Private 21 June 21 Staten Island
Boyle, John Private 27 June 21 Staten Island
Bryce, Peter Private 26 June 21 Staten Island
Caskey, William J. Private 21 June 21 Staten Island
Church, Delos Private 19 June 21 Staten Island
Clark, James W. Private 32 June 21 Staten Island
Clark, John Serg 29 June 21 Staten Island
Cormack, Francis Corp 21 June 21 Staten Island
Cormack, William Private 19 June 21 Staten Island
Cowley, Charles V. Private 21 June 21 Staten Island
Cowley, Hector Private 24 June 21 Staten Island
Davidson, George W. Private 25 June 21 Staten Island
Farrell, William Private 28 June 21 Staten Island
Fisher, James P. Private 22 June 21 Staten Island
Fogerty, James Serg 27 June 21 Staten Island
Ford, Henry C. Corp 20 June 21 Staten Island
Foulkes, Peter V. Private 21 June 21 Staten Island
French, John Private 24 June 21 Staten Island
Goodrich, George H. Corp June 21 Staten Island
Goodrich, Joseph W. Musician 20 June 21 Staten Island
Gordon, John M. Serg 27 June 21 Staten Island
Gould, Charles, W. Private 19 June 21 Staten Island
Hager, Austin Private 21 June 21 Staten Island
Haynes, John J. Private 21 June 21 Staten Island
Hogeboom, Henry Private 21 June 21 Staten Island
Hogoboom, Levi L. Private 36 June 21 Staten Island
Holibert, Private 20 June 21 Staten Island
Horton, Herschel C. Corp 21 June 21 Staten Island
Howard, Philip Private 25 June 21 Staten Island
Howell, Samuel Corp 23 June 21 Staten Island
Hoyt, Lewis Private 21 June 21 Staten Island
Husted, William H. Private 21 June 21 Staten Island
Johnson, George H. Private 18 June 21 Staten Island
Johnson, Robert T. Capt 29 June 21 Staten Island
Johnson, William Private 19 June 21 Staten Island
Jones, Perry S. Corp 21 June 21 Staten Island
Knight, Joseph S. Private 22 June 21 Staten Island
Kniskern, Matthew L. Private 22 June 21 Staten Island
Lakin, Eugene B. Private 24 June 21 Staten Island
Laon, James Private 21 June 21 Staten Island
Lawrence, Thomas Private 19 June 21 Staten Island
Le Valley, Valentine Private 36 June 21 Staten Island
Lewis, Matthew C. Private 21 June 21 Staten Island
Loudon, Samuel B. Private 21 June 21 Staten Island
Mallon, Thomas Wagoner 20 June 21 Staten Island
Maxwell, Robert Private 21 June 21 Staten Island
Mc Call, Richard Private 20 June 21 Staten Island
Mc Donald, James Private 36 June 21 Staten Island
Mc Farland, Andrew Private 21 June 21 Staten Island
Mc Lean, Daniel Private 21 June 21 Staten Island
Menger, Frederick Private 27 June 21 Staten Island
Moscrip, Jehial Private 21 June 21 Staten Island
Newcomb, John Private 22 June 21 Staten Island
Northrup, Roswell B. Private 36 June 21 Staten Island
Packard, Nathan A. 1st Serg 36 June 21 Staten Island
Patridge, James T. Private 19 June 21 Staten Island
Penny, Robert Private 22 June 21 Staten Island
Pierce, William D. Private 24 June 21 Staten Island
Plaskett, John Private 20 June 21 Staten Island
Robinson, George C. Private 22 June 21 Staten Island
Robinson, John Private 25 June 21 Staten Island
Robinson, Thomas Private 19 June 21 Staten Island
Rosa, Eli Private 23 June 21 Staten Island
Russell, James H. Private 25 June 21 Staten Island
Sandford, John P. 1st Lieut 35 June 21 Staten Island
Sands, Levi B. Private 18 June 21 Staten Island
Sewall, Milo C. Private 22 June 21 Staten Island
Shafer, William B. Serg 27 June 21 Staten Island
Signor, Elbridge Private 20 June 21 Staten Island
Sloat, George L. Private 26 June 21 Staten Island
Smith, William Private 28 June 21 Staten Island
Steele, Lewis E. Musician 19 June 21 Staten Island
Stevens, Ferris B. Private 26 June 21 Staten Island
Van Vradenburgh, Chester A. Corp 21 June 21 Staten Island
Varnold, Charles Private 19 June 21 Staten Island
Waldie, John L. Private 18 June 21 Staten Island
Wardell, Charles Private 24 June 21 Staten Island
Warren, Timothy Private 23 June 21 Staten Island
Whitney, Truman W. Private 19 June 21 Staten Island
Wilcox, Stratford C. Private 31 June 21 Staten Island
Williams, Edgar S. Private 25 June 21 Staten Island
Winters, Hugh J. 2nd Lieut 23 June 21 Staten Island
Wood, James H. Private 19 June 21 Staten Island
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NOTE: All of the above were enrolled by Captain Robert T. Johnson and each was 230 miles distant from the place of rendevous according to this Roll. The Roll was filed in the Delaware County Clerk's Office on July 3, 1861.
This Muster Roll is also printed in Volume III, "Muster Rolls on file in the Adjutant General's Office", at pages 110 and 111. Photocopies are available from the Clerk's Office at $2.50 each.
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