8th NY Cavalry
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Unit information at the N.Y.S. Division of Military & Naval Affairs.
- Nickname: Rochester Regiment
- Recruitment area:
- Company A - Rochester, Penn Yan, Penfield, Webster and
Canandaigua
- Company B - Rochester, Avon, Brighton, Lima,
Rush and Honeoye Falls
- Company C - Rochester, Newark, Sodus, Palmyra, Marion
and Williamson
- Company D - Rochester, Clyde and Phelps
- Company E - Rochester, Hartland, Middleport and
Royalton
- Company F - Rochester, Albion,Carlton, Kendall and Newark
- Company G - Rochester, Rushville, Seneca Falls, Montezuma
and Waterloo
- Company H - Rochester, Brockport, Bergen, Clarkson,
Fairport and Hamblin
- Company I - Rochester, Clinton, Penfield, Paris, Deansville,
Waterville, Ontario, Webster, North Bay and Walworth
- 2d Company I - Buffalo and Auburn
- Company K - Rochester, Lockport, Canandaigua, Buffalo
and New York city
- Company L - Rochester
- Company M - Rochester
- 2d Company L and M - Rochester, Auburn, Elmira, Canadaigua,
Buffalo, Binghamton, Lockport, Oswego and Syracuse
- Dates of Service:
- Mustered in - Nov. 23, 1861 to Oct., 1862
- Mustered out - June 27, 1865
- Colonels:
- Samuel J. CROOKS
- Benjamin F. DAVIS
- William L. MARKELL
- William H. BENJAMIN
- Edmund M. POPE
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Battle Statistics
Maintained by
Sue Greenhagen.
E-mail:
greenhsh@morrisville.edu