107th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 107th New York Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Prelude
July 18, 1862, Gen. Robert B. Van Valkenburgh was authorized, as Colonel, to recruit this regiment in the counties of Chemung, Schuyler and Steuben; it was organized at Elmira in Camp Rathbun, and there mustered in the service of the United States for three years August 13, 1862. On December 9, 1863, Companies B, C, I, and K of the 145th Infantry were transferred to the regiment. The men not entitled to be mustered out with the regiment were, June 5, 1865, transferred to the 60th Infantry.
The regiment left the State August 13, 1862; served in Whipple’s Division, Defenses of Washington, D. C., from August, 1862; in 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Corps, Army of the Potomac, from September 12, 1862; in 2d Brigade, same division and corps, from August, 1863; in same brigade and division, 20th Corps, Army of the Cumberland, from April, 1864; and it was honorably discharged and mustered out, under Col. Nirom M. Crane, June 5, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
Organisation
The companies were recruited principally: A, B, C, D and E at Elmira; F at Addison, Cameron and Campbell; G at Elmira, Bath and Hammondsport; H at Havana and Elmira; I at Corning, Wayland and West Union; and K at Hornellsville, Howard, Elmira and Canisteo.
Officers
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- ROBERT B. VAN VALKENBURGH from August 13 to October 9, 1862.
- ALEXANDER S. DIVEN, from October 21, 1862, t o May II, 1863.
- NIROM M. CRANE, from June 23, 1863, to June 5, 1865.
Lieutenant-Colonels.
- ALEXANDER S. DIVEN, from August 13 to October 21, 1862.
- GABRIEL L. SMITH, from October 21, 1862, to February 3, 1863.
- NEWTON T. COLBY, from February 4 to September 5, 1863.
- WILLIAM F. FOX, from October 15, 1863, to July 8. 1864.
- LATHROP BALDWIN, from July 9 to 30, 1864.
- ALLEN N. SILL, from September 27, 1864, to June 5, 1865.
Majors.
- GABRIEL L.SMITH, from August 13 to October 21, 1862.
- NEWTON T. COLBY, from December 31, 1862,to February 4, 1863.
- WILLIAM F. FOX, from February 4 to October 15, 1863.
- LATHROP BALDWIN, from November I, 1863, to July 9, 1864.
Adjutants.
- ALLEN N. SILL, from July 31 to September 27, 1864.
- GABRIEL L. SMITH, from July 22 to August 13, 1862.
- HULL FANTON, from August to May 10, I 863.
- SAMUEL N.BENEDICT, from September 7, 1863,to June 5, 1865.
Quartermasters.
- EDWARD P. GRAVES, July 18, 1862 to June 13, 1864.
- ALONZO B. HOWARD, June 1, 1864, to June 5, 1865.
Surgeon.
- PATRTCK H. FLOOD, 1862, to June 5, 1865.
Assistant Surgeons.
- JAMES D. HEWITT, from August 8, 1862, to March 16, 1863.