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Edwin F. Brown CDV Brown had his arm amputated as a result of a gun shot
wound to his left arm at Cedar Mountain, VA. Prior ot this he was captured
and held at Libby prison. Back marked G.P. Hopkins Albion, NY. This photo was
used in Roger Hunts book on Colonels in Blue see page 52. $200.00
Residence was not listed; 39 years old.
Enlisted on 5/19/1861 at Albion, NY as a Lieut Colonel.
On 5/22/1861 he was commissioned into Field & Staff NY 28th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 6/2/1863 at Albany, NY
He was listed as:
* POW 8/9/1862 Culpeper, VA
* Wounded 8/9/1862 Cedar Mountain, VA
* Paroled 10/6/1862 Aiken's Landing, VA
Promotions:
* Colonel 8/16/1862
NEW YORK
TWENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.
(Two Years)
Twenty-eighth Infantry.-Cols., Dudley Donnelly, Edwin F. Brown;
Lieut.-Cols., Edwin F. Brown, Elliott W. Cook; Majs., James R.
Mitchell, Elliott W. Cook, Theophilus Fitzgerald.
The 28th, the "Niagara Rifles," was composed of five companies
from Niagara county, two from Orleans county, one from Ontario,
one from Genesee and one from Sullivan, and was mustered into the
U. S. service for two years on May 22, 1861, at Albany. A month
was spent in camp at Camp Morgan and on June 25, the regiment
left the state for Washington.
It was assigned on July 7 to Butterfield's brigade, Keim's
division of Gen. Patterson's force, which it joined at
Martinsburg, W. Va. Camp was occupied at Berlin until Aug. 20,
when the force moved to Darnestown and remained there until Oct.
20, when it was ordered to Ball's bluff but did not arrive in
time to take part in the battle. From Dec. 5, 1861, to Jan. 6,
1862, the regiment encamped at Fredericksburg, was then at
Hancock until March 1, and then moved to Winchester with the 1st
brigade, 1st division, 5th corps, Army of the Potomac.
Co. E participated in the engagement near Columbia Furnace, Co. I
in an encounter near Montevideo, and the entire regiment was
transferred to the Department of the Shenandoah in May. It
marched to Front Royal Middletown, Newton, Winchester and Bunker
Hill in May; to Williamsport and Front Royal in June, and to
Culpeper Court House and Cedar mountain in July.
In the battle of Cedar mountain the loss of the 28th was 213
killed, wounded and missing out of 339 engaged, and of these 41
men were mortally wounded. On Aug. 21, the regiment was again in
action at Rappahannock Station. On June 26 it was assigned to
the 1st brigade, 1st division, 2nd corps, Army of Virginia, and
on Sept. 12, to the same brigade and division of the 12th corps
Army of the Potomac.
During the battle of Bull Run (second) the command was posted at
Manassas Junction and was then withdrawn to Centerville and
Alexandria, leaving there Sept. 3 for Maryland. At Antietam the
command was closely engaged and the commander of the corps, Gen.
Mansfield, was mortally wounded. Gen. Williams succeeded him in
command and the corps went into camp at Harper's Ferry.
On Dec. 10, the regiment marched toward Dumfries, from there to
Fairfax Station, then to Stafford Court House, where it
established winter quarters. The last battle of the 28th was at
Chancellorsville in which the regiment lost 78 members killed,
wounded or missing. Soon after it returned to New York and was
mustered out at Albany June 2 1863. The total loss of the
regiment during its term of service was 68 members killed or died
of wounds and 49 died from other causes.
Source: The Union Army, Vol. 2, p. 69
wound to his left arm at Cedar Mountain, VA. Prior ot this he was captured
and held at Libby prison. Back marked G.P. Hopkins Albion, NY. This photo was
used in Roger Hunts book on Colonels in Blue see page 52. $200.00
Residence was not listed; 39 years old.
Enlisted on 5/19/1861 at Albion, NY as a Lieut Colonel.
On 5/22/1861 he was commissioned into Field & Staff NY 28th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 6/2/1863 at Albany, NY
He was listed as:
* POW 8/9/1862 Culpeper, VA
* Wounded 8/9/1862 Cedar Mountain, VA
* Paroled 10/6/1862 Aiken's Landing, VA
Promotions:
* Colonel 8/16/1862
NEW YORK
TWENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.
(Two Years)
Twenty-eighth Infantry.-Cols., Dudley Donnelly, Edwin F. Brown;
Lieut.-Cols., Edwin F. Brown, Elliott W. Cook; Majs., James R.
Mitchell, Elliott W. Cook, Theophilus Fitzgerald.
The 28th, the "Niagara Rifles," was composed of five companies
from Niagara county, two from Orleans county, one from Ontario,
one from Genesee and one from Sullivan, and was mustered into the
U. S. service for two years on May 22, 1861, at Albany. A month
was spent in camp at Camp Morgan and on June 25, the regiment
left the state for Washington.
It was assigned on July 7 to Butterfield's brigade, Keim's
division of Gen. Patterson's force, which it joined at
Martinsburg, W. Va. Camp was occupied at Berlin until Aug. 20,
when the force moved to Darnestown and remained there until Oct.
20, when it was ordered to Ball's bluff but did not arrive in
time to take part in the battle. From Dec. 5, 1861, to Jan. 6,
1862, the regiment encamped at Fredericksburg, was then at
Hancock until March 1, and then moved to Winchester with the 1st
brigade, 1st division, 5th corps, Army of the Potomac.
Co. E participated in the engagement near Columbia Furnace, Co. I
in an encounter near Montevideo, and the entire regiment was
transferred to the Department of the Shenandoah in May. It
marched to Front Royal Middletown, Newton, Winchester and Bunker
Hill in May; to Williamsport and Front Royal in June, and to
Culpeper Court House and Cedar mountain in July.
In the battle of Cedar mountain the loss of the 28th was 213
killed, wounded and missing out of 339 engaged, and of these 41
men were mortally wounded. On Aug. 21, the regiment was again in
action at Rappahannock Station. On June 26 it was assigned to
the 1st brigade, 1st division, 2nd corps, Army of Virginia, and
on Sept. 12, to the same brigade and division of the 12th corps
Army of the Potomac.
During the battle of Bull Run (second) the command was posted at
Manassas Junction and was then withdrawn to Centerville and
Alexandria, leaving there Sept. 3 for Maryland. At Antietam the
command was closely engaged and the commander of the corps, Gen.
Mansfield, was mortally wounded. Gen. Williams succeeded him in
command and the corps went into camp at Harper's Ferry.
On Dec. 10, the regiment marched toward Dumfries, from there to
Fairfax Station, then to Stafford Court House, where it
established winter quarters. The last battle of the 28th was at
Chancellorsville in which the regiment lost 78 members killed,
wounded or missing. Soon after it returned to New York and was
mustered out at Albany June 2 1863. The total loss of the
regiment during its term of service was 68 members killed or died
of wounds and 49 died from other causes.
Source: The Union Army, Vol. 2, p. 69
