14th regiment New York state militia 1861-64 – plate

source : ‘military uniforms in America (3) long endure – the civil war period 1852-67’, company of military historians

‘men of Brooklyn’ by Mark Maritato

fighting 14th : Bull Run – in winter quarters

source : ‘the history of the fighting fourteenth’ compiled by C.V. Tevis and D.R. Marquis from data in the possession of the regiment, 1911

With the battle of Bull Run the campaign of 1861 really opened, and in this disastrous encounter the 14th took an unusually prominent part.

officers of the 14th Brooklyn : William H. DeBevoise

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William H. DeBevoise (1826 – october 2, 1886) was an officer in the Union army during the american civil war.

officers of the 14th Brooklyn : Edward Brush Fowler

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Edward Brush Fowler (may 29, 1826 – january 16, 1896) was an officer in the Union army during the american civil war.

officers of the 14th Brooklyn : Alfred M. Wood

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Alfred M. Wood (april 19, 1825 – july 28, 1895) was an officer in the Union army during the american civil war.

84th New York : service record

official record of the services of the ‘Fighting Fourteenth’ compiled in april 1900 by F.C. Ainsworth, chief of the record and pension office of United States war department

84th regiment of infantry

source : ‘New York in the war of the rebellion’ 3rd ed. Frederick Phisterer, Albany – J.B. Lyon company, 1912

The 14th state militia, failing to be ordered to the front under the first call for troops, organized, under colonel Alfred M. Wood, and special authority from the war department, as a regiment of volunteers; it was recruited in Brooklyn, mustered in the service of the United States for three years between may and august, 1861, turned over to the state in september, 1861, and received its numerical volunteer designation on december 7, 1861.

84th infantry regiment

source : ‘the Union army: a history of military affairs in the loyal states, 1861-65 – records of the regiments in the Union army – cyclopedia of battles – memoirs of commanders and soldiers’ Madison, WI – federal pub. co., 1908

eighty-fourth infantry – colonels, Alfred M. Wood, Edward B. Fowler; lieutenant-colonels, Edward B. Fowler, William H. DeBevoice, Robert B. Jourdan; majors, James Jourdan, William H. DeBevoice, Charles F. Baldwin, Robert B. Jourdan, Henry T. Head.

14th Brooklyn monument Antietam battlefield

The monument to the 14th Brooklyn (84th New York infantry) at Antietam is on the north side of cornfield avenue. It was dedicated in 1915. 

14th New York state militia : Gettysburg

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The 14th Brooklyn was last regiment of the 2nd brigade on the road to Gettysburg.

‘now is the pinch’ by Mark Maritato

14th New York state militia : Antietam

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At Antietam, the 1st division commanded by brigadier general Abner Doubleday of the 1st corps began their attack on the morning of 17 september 1862 from the ‘north woods’.

uniform 14th Brooklyn by Mark Maritato

uniform 14th Brooklyn by Keith Rocco

 

uniform of the 14th Brooklyn

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The headgear worn by the 14th Brooklyn was a navy blue and red kepi.

organization and early activities of the fighting 14th

source : ‘ the history of the fighting fourteenth’ compiled by C.V. Tevis and D.R. Marquis from data in the possession of the regiment, 1911

In the year 1844 the militia of Kings and Richmond counties constituted the 2nd New York state division, under command of major-general Underhill.

14th New York state militia : lead

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nicknames and other designations : 14th Brooklyn, 84th New York volunteer infantry regiment, 14th New York state militia regiment, Brooklyn phalanx, Brooklyn chasseurs, Brooklyn zouaves, Brooklyn red legs, chasseurs a pied, Lincoln’s pups, Lincoln’s pets, the fighting 14th, red legged devils