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J.E. Naylor
(c. 1830 - 1908)
Home State: Indiana
Command Billet: Commanding Detachment
Branch of Service: Cavalry
Before Antietam
He enrolled on 18 April 1861 and was commissioned First Lieutenant of Company A, 10th Indiana Infantry for 3 months' service on 25 April. He mustered out with them in Indianapolis on 6 August. He enrolled again, 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 Generals of Indiana1 and New York.2 His picture from a page of photographs in the Massachusetts Commandery of MOLLUS Collection.3
Birth
c. 1830
Death
1908
1 State of Indiana, Adjutant General's Office, and William H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, 8 volumes, Indianapolis: (various) State Printers, 1865-1869 [AotW citation 32146]
2 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]
3 US Army, Heritage and Education Center (USAHEC), Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS)-Massachusetts Photograph Collection, Published 2009, <https://arena.usahec.org/web/arena> [AotW citation 31871]
