J.E. Naylor

Federal (USV)

Captain

John E. Naylor

(c. 1830 - ?)

Home State: New York

Command Billet: Commanding Detachment

Branch of Service: Cavalry

Unit: 2nd New York Cavalry, Companies A, B, I, & K

Before Antietam

Age 31, he enrolled on 3 August 1861 at Lafayette, IN and mustered as Captain, Company I, 2nd New York Cavalry on 3 September 1861.

On the Campaign

He commanded Companies A, B, I, and K of the 2nd New York Cavalry in Maryland; they were assigned as cavalry escort to General Hooker, First Army Corps.

The rest of the War

He was promoted to Major on 28 January 1863 and resigned his commission on 28 April 1864.

References & notes

His service from the Adjutant General.1 His picture from a CDV sold online before 2020. He's also found in the Massachusetts Commandery of MOLLUS Collection.

Birth

c. 1830

Notes

1 State of New York, Adjutant-General, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York [year]: Registers of the [units], 43 Volumes, Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1893-1905, For the Year 1893,Vol. II, pg. 572 [AotW citation 26132]

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