Surrender at San Augustine Springs
The location and view of the surrender site is located: 32.4301548753966, -106.5850172756598 I have uploaded a few documents that will allow you to examine the
Commander First New York Dragoons
The location and view of the surrender site is located: 32.4301548753966, -106.5850172756598 I have uploaded a few documents that will allow you to examine the
I have recently been put back on the research trail of Captain Rowley P. Taylor, a First New York Dragoons member and an individual referenced
I have started uploading the work I have begun on Levi and Marvin Green, both members of the 130th and the First New York Dragoons.
I am very excited to finally post the approximate location of the second camp of the 130th N.Y. State Volunteers while they were encamped in
READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE! I have posted the parole letters and conversations taken from the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion
I have added a short article on Camp Portage, which is part of the Dragoons’ initial regimental formation and training at Letchworth Park, located in
Alfred Gibbs was born on his father’s estate of Sunswick, now within the confines of Astoria, Long Island, on April 22, 1823. He was a brother of chemist Oliver Wolcott Gibbs, son of mineralogist George Gibbs, and grandson of Oliver Wolcott, Secretary of the Treasury in, the administrations of George Washington and John Adams. Young Gibbs attended school in White Plains, New York, and Dartmouth College before receiving an appointment to West Point, where he was graduated in 1846, ranking forty-second in the class. After receiving a wound and winning the brevets of first lieutenant and captain for gallantry in the
Mexican War, he was attached to the headquarters of General Persifor F. Smith as aide-de-camp and served as such until 1856. From then until the beginning of the Civil War, Gibbs was on frontier duty with his troop of Mounted Rifles and was again wounded in a skirmish with Apaches at Cook’s Spring, New Mexico, in 1857. On July 27, 1861, Gibbs was captured at San Augustin Springs, New Mexico, by the Confederate forces under Lieutenant Colonel John R. Baylor, in the course of the Union retreat from Fort Fillmore. He was paroled but not exchanged for more than a year. In September, 1862, he became colonel of the 130th New York Volunteer Infantry and was on duty in the area of Suffolk, Virginia, under the command of General Erasmus D. Keyes. In August, 1863, his regiment was reorganized as cavalry under the name of 1st New York Dragoons, also known as the 19th New York Cavalry. With it he guarded the line of the Orange and Alexandria
Mexican War, he was attached to the headquarters of General Persifor F. Smith as aide-de-camp and served as such until 1856. From then until the beginning of the Civil War, Gibbs was on frontier duty with his troop of Mounted Rifles and was again wounded in a skirmish with Apaches at Cook’s Spring, New Mexico, in 1857. On July 27, 1861, Gibbs was captured at San Augustin Springs, New Mexico, by the Confederate forces under Lieutenant Colonel John R. Baylor, in the course of the Union retreat from Fort Fillmore. He was paroled but not exchanged for more than a year. In September, 1862, he became colonel of the 130th New York Volunteer Infantry and was on duty in the area of Suffolk, Virginia, under the command of General Erasmus D. Keyes. In August, 1863, his regiment was reorganized as cavalry under the name of 1st New York Dragoons, also known as the 19th New York Cavalry. With it he guarded the line of the Orange and Alexandria
Warner Jr., Ezra J.. Generals in Blue (pp. 172-173). LSU Press. Kindle Edition.