Federal Regiment

34th New York Infantry

"Herkimer Regiment"
Organized: Albany, NY; mustered in 6/15/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: 6/30/1863

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
Col. James A. Suiter

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Second Army Corps
  Division - 2nd Division, 2nd Corps
  Brigade - 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps

Unit history

Largely recruited from Herkimer County, for two-years service, the Regiment arrived for it's first duty at Washington DC on 5 July 1861. They were issued new Enfield rifles on 21 July. Colonel Ladu was home on a recruiting expedition, or sick for most of the period until he resigned in March 1862. During that time the regiment was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Suiter. Suiter was promoted to Colonel on Ladu's resignation.

They saw action on the Peninsula in the Spring of 1862 at Yorktown, Fair Oaks, Glendale and Malvern Hill. They then returned to the defences of Washington DC until called out on the Maryland Campaign on 5 September.

On the Antietam Campaign

"They forded Antietam creek on the 17th, and although the men were worn out with continuous marching for the greater part of twelve days, they were marched on double-quick into the memorable battle of Antietam. The 2nd corps fought under Sedgwick but Colonel Suiter's regiment was detached from the brigade and moved directly to the front, together with a new regiment [125th Pennsylvania] of nine months men. This support was almost fatal to the 34th, for when in the thickest of the fight, the new lines broke and ran, leaving Suiter's command to take care of themselves. The rebels were about taking advantage of the situation by surrounding them when Sedgwick came to the rescue, and gave the order to fall back. As Sedgwick gave the order he was shot in the neck and wrist and badly wounded. This regiment barely escaped destruction. It then moved a mile and a half to the right, where it had another sharp engagement. In these actions it lost 32 killed, 109 wounded and 9 missing."
(from Herkimer County)

Statistics

Initial Strength: 311; Killed in Action (KIA): 32; Wounded (WIA): 109; Missing in Action (MIA): 9;
Losses, % of Initial Strength: 48.2%

Map Showing this Unit

Detail Map #5: Sedgwick is Flanked in the West Woods (9-10am)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #35: Second Army Corps - 15 Sep, 7 AM to 15 Sep, 8 PM
Tablet #115: Second Army Corps - 15 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 7 AM
Tablet #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #116: Second Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM
Tablet #36: Sedgwick's Division, Second Army Corps - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM
Tablet #37: Gorman's Brigade, Sedgwick's Division - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM

After the Antietam Campaign

The Regiment was in combat at Fredericksburg in December 1862, and then went into winter quarters at Falmouth, VA. The saw no further significant action until the expiration of their service.

References & Notes

Source: History of Herkimer County, New York, New York: F.W. Beers & Co., 1879 - extracted online by the Herkimer/Montgomery NY GenWeb team.

We have 132 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Sgt	Andrews, Joseph	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Buck, Martin	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Cameron, Donald	WIA 09/17
A	Corp	Carey, David	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Donohue, James	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Dugan, James	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Gillman, Henry	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Gorman, Martin	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Hanna, Alexander	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Hartley, Robert H.	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Hayden, Frank	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Heenan, Timothy	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Lorman, Henry	WIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Murphy, John	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Traver, William	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Ballard, William Henry	WIA 09/17
B	Sgt	Beach, Orrin William
B	Pvt	Brennan, John	WIA 09/17
B	Corp	Campion, John	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Cool, Stephen	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Davison, Edward	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Fort, Jesse R.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Green, Jacob	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Harthouse, Augustus	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	La Deu, William	KIA 09/17
B	Corp	Medcalf, Theodore	WIA 09/17
B	Corp	O'Keefe, Arthur A.	MWIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Regan, Owen	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Ryan, Michael Butler	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Walby, Ralph	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Wells, Hamilton	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Adle, John	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Armour, David	KIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Ashley, Jacob	KIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Barton, Charles B.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Boh, Martin	WIA 09/17
C	Lt	Clark, Irving Delos
C	Pvt	Comstock, Orin	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Gough, Eli	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Hayden, Oscar E.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Heidel, Christopher	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Little, Marshall	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	McLean, William
C	Pvt	Mills, Henry	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Morse, Amos	WIA 09/17
C	Corp	Rathbone, Charles A.	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Salisbury, William Ayers	KIA 09/17
C	Corp	Sherwood, Joshua	WIA 09/17
C	Lt	Wallace, William R.
C	Pvt	Willoughby, Charles A.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Bailey, Henry	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Blanchard, Zelotus	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Bramley, Henry	KIA 09/17
D	Lt	Brundage, Monroe	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Carter, Webster	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Carto, Jerome	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Connan, Patrick	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Gadban, Lewis	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Green, John	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Hayes, Dennis	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Hubbell, Henry	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Jolly, Peter	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Lewis, Isaac H.	POW 09/17
D	Pvt	Mycue, John	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Northridge, George	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Sashagra, Anthony	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Scott, George	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Aunuck, James M.	WIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Bogardus, Henry E.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Chamberlin, Orlando R.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Colgrove, William R.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Coon, James	MWIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Hawley, George A.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Kimball, Samuel J.	POW 09/17
E	Pvt	Orcutt, Alvin	KIA 09/17
E	Lt	Sanford, Henry W.
E	Pvt	Taff, Labien	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	White, Daniel	KIA 09/17
E	Corp	Young, Edward	WIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Crist, James B.	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	Crouch, David	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Dickson, John	KIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Frazier, Peter N.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Lewis, William H.	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Morgan, John	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Roosevelt, Cornelius	WIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Slawson, John H.	WIA 09/17
F	Corp	Straight, Martin	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Allen, William	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Beardsley, John	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Benchley, Willet H.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Carey, John	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Easterbrook, Albert G.	MWIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Eldridge, William E.	KIA 09/17
G	Corp	Haskins, George Leroy
G	Sgt	Helmer, Aaron	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Lamoutain, John	WIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Mead, Garland W.	KIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Moore, John	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Powers, Seth D.	WIA 09/17
G	Sgt	Round, Arminius S.	WIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Rubbins, William	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Beers, George W.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Bigelow, Orville	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Fenn, George H.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Green, Charles J.	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Hicks, Lawrence	KIA 09/17
H	Lt	Hill, Clarence E.	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Hovenden, Adam	WIA 09/17
H	Lt	Kirk, John	POW 09/17
H	Pvt	Rhoades, Chester S.	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Sawyer, Loran	WIA 09/17
H	Sgt	Waldron, George W.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Delaney, Franklin B.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Freudenthal, Henry	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Greek, Ezra	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Harris, William H.	WIA 09/17
I	Corp	Horey, Charles W.	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Hutton, Henry T.	WIA 09/17
I	Sgt	Lyon, Henry Clinton	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	McDonald, Michael	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Ambrecht, Caesar	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Brown, James	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Bullock, Milford N.	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Chapin, Louis Nathan
K	Pvt	Lewis, William	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	McLaughlin, John	WIA 09/17
K	Capt	Northrup, Emerson S.
K	Sgt	Traver, Henry	WIA 09/17
F&S	Maj	Beverly, John
F&S	Surg	Sherman, Socrates Norton
F&S	Col	Suiter, James Anthony

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