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[[Image:121st regiment 1.jpg|right|thumb|Monument to the 121st Regiment at Gettysburg]] |
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[[Image:EmoryUpton.jpg|right|thumb|Emory Upton]] |
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'''The 121st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment''', commonly known as the '''"Onesers"''', was a volunteer [[regiment]] recruited during the [[American Civil War]] from [[Otsego County, New York|Otsego County]] and [[Herkimer County, New York|Herkimer County]], [[New York]]. The Hon. [[Richard Franchot]] was appointed colonel of the regiment and authorized to establish his headquarters at [[Richfield Springs, New York|Richfield Springs]], Otsego County. He proceeded without delay to organize the regiment, and on August 23, 1862 the regiment was mustered into the service of the [[Union Army]]. The command at that time consisted of 39 officers and 946 enlisted men. The 121st Regiment proceeded to [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], arriving there on the morning of September 3, and was assigned provisionally to a brigade under Colonel Gibson with headquarters at [[Fort Lincoln, Washington, D.C.|Fort Lincoln]]. |
'''The 121st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment''', commonly known as the '''"Onesers"''' or '''"Upton's Regulars"''', was a volunteer [[regiment]] recruited during the [[American Civil War]] from [[Otsego County, New York|Otsego County]] and [[Herkimer County, New York|Herkimer County]], [[New York]]. The Hon. [[Richard Franchot]] was appointed colonel of the regiment and authorized to establish his headquarters at [[Richfield Springs, New York|Richfield Springs]], Otsego County. He proceeded without delay to organize the regiment, and on August 23, 1862 the regiment was mustered into the service of the [[Union Army]]. The command at that time consisted of 39 officers and 946 enlisted men. The 121st Regiment proceeded to [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], arriving there on the morning of September 3, and was assigned provisionally to a brigade under Colonel Gibson with headquarters at [[Fort Lincoln, Washington, D.C.|Fort Lincoln]]. |
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On the march to the [[Battle of South Mountain|South Mountain]] and [[Battle of Antietam|Antietam]] battlefields the regiment was assigned to the Second [[Brigade]], [[1st Infantry Division (United States)|First Division]], [[VI Corps (ACW)|Sixth Corps]] and remained with the command during its entire term of service. |
On the march to the [[Battle of South Mountain|South Mountain]] and [[Battle of Antietam|Antietam]] battlefields the regiment was assigned to the Second [[Brigade]], [[1st Infantry Division (United States)|First Division]], [[VI Corps (ACW)|Sixth Corps]] and remained with the command during its entire term of service. |
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Revision as of 00:14, 31 March 2014
The 121st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, commonly known as the "Onesers" or "Upton's Regulars", was a volunteer regiment recruited during the American Civil War from Otsego County and Herkimer County, New York. The Hon. Richard Franchot was appointed colonel of the regiment and authorized to establish his headquarters at Richfield Springs, Otsego County. He proceeded without delay to organize the regiment, and on August 23, 1862 the regiment was mustered into the service of the Union Army. The command at that time consisted of 39 officers and 946 enlisted men. The 121st Regiment proceeded to Washington, arriving there on the morning of September 3, and was assigned provisionally to a brigade under Colonel Gibson with headquarters at Fort Lincoln.
On the march to the South Mountain and Antietam battlefields the regiment was assigned to the Second Brigade, First Division, Sixth Corps and remained with the command during its entire term of service.
Colonel Richard Franchot resigned on September 25, 1862 and selected Colonel Emory Upton, at the time a first lieutenant in the Regular army, under whose command the regiment made a record second to none in the Army of the Potomac.[citation needed]
Organization
The companies were recruited principally from these towns and organized by region:
- A Company: Manheim, Little Falls, Salisbury, and Danube
- B Company: Winfield, Plainfield, Litchfield, German Flatts, Columbia, and Stark
- C Company: Fairfield, Russia, Herkimer, and Newport
- D Company: Frankfort, Warren, Manheim, Schuyler, Columbia, and Salisbury
- E Company: Middlefeild, Milford, Cherry Valley, Hartwick, Springfield, Otsego, and Roseboom
- F Company: Edmeston, Exeter, Unadilla, Otsego, and Maryland
- G Company: Cherry Valley, Roseboom, Decatur, Middlefield, Westford, Worcester, and Herkimer
- H Company: Little Falls, Richfield, Salisbury, and Otesego
- I Company: Milford, Laurens, Morris, Wochester, Pittsfield, Hartwick, and German Flatts
- K Company: Laurens, New Lisbon, Oneonta, Burlington, Otesgo, Butternuts, Pittsfield, and Plainfield
References
Final Report on the Battlefield of Gettysburg (New York at Gettysburg)by the New York Monuments Commission for the Battlefields of Gettysburg and Chattanooga. Albany, NY: J.B. Lyon Company, 1902
External links
- New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - Civil War - 121st Infantry Regiment History, photographs, table of battles and casualties, monument at Gettysburg, and battle flags of the 121st regiment.
- Monument to the 121st NY Volunteer Infantry as it appeared when completed in 1889
- Two Brothers -One North, One South is a story about patriotism
- Sixth Corps Breakthrough at Petersburg, April 2, 1865
- Isaac O. Best, History of the 121st New York State Infantry see also [1]
- "Upton's Regulars: the 121st New York State Infantry in the Civil War", Cilella, Salvatore G.,The University Press of Kansas, 2009
Further reading
- "Upton's Regulars: the 121st New York State Infantry in the Civil War", Cilella, Salvatore G.,The University Press of Kansas, 2009
- "Subdued by the Sword: A Line Officer in the 121st New York Volunteers", Greiner, James M., State University of New York, 2003
- Two Brothers -One North, One South is a story about patriotism