In 1861 this regiment was located at Rochester,
but it is not now in existence, except Company E, now the 8th Separate
Company of the National Guard of the State, organized September 8, 1863.
Besides service in 1864 with its regiment, this campany was on duty in
May, 1871, quelling a riot at Ox Bow Bend, Erie canal, Monroe county; at
Rochester, January 3 to 7, 1872, on call of the sheriff; in January, 1877,
during the railroad riots, and in August, 1892, at Buffalo, during the
switchmen's strike. In the Spanish-American war the company served
as Company A, 3d Regiment, N. Y. Volunteer Infantry, from May 17, 1898
to December 5, 1898.
Members of this regiment formed, in 1861,
Company B of the 27th Volunteers, and July 26, 1864, the regiment itself
was mustered into the United States service for 100 days; commanded by
Col. Charles H. Clark, it served (eleven companies) at Elmira, and was
mustered out November 10, 1864, at Rochester, N.Y.
Company A
Captain John Mayer 1st Lieut. Christopher Reinfeld 2nd Lieut. Bernard Wehrle |
Company B
Captain Frederick C. Shoen 1st Lieut. Adam Young 2nd Lieut. John N. Weitzel |
Company C
Captain Charles L. Fredenburg 1st Lieut. J. H. Woodbury 2nd Lieut. John E. Flint |
Company D
Captain Lorenz Sellinger (later Lieut.-Col.) 1st Lieut. John George Baetzel (later Captain) 2nd Lieut. Michael Sellinger (later 1st Lieut.) 2nd Lieut. Thomas Ruf |
Company E
Captain Richard Macauley, Jr. 1st Lieut. George W. Stanton 2nd Lieut. Henry B. Henderson |
Company F
Captain Warner Westcott (later Major) 1st Lieut. Edwin H. Sawtelle (later Captain) 2nd Lieut. Sylvester P. Robins (later 1st Lieut.) 2nd Lieut. Francis Chaffey |
Company G
Captain Lebbeus Brown 1st Lieut. John C. Smith 2nd Lieut. John O'Loughlin |
Company H
Captain Alfred R. Hoyt 1st Lieut. __________ 2nd Lieut. James W. Hason |
Company I
Captain Francis G. Maloney 1st Lieut. Edward H. C. Griffin 2nd Lieut. Crittenden E. Sabin |
Company K
Captain Benjamin Ridley 1st Lieut. William J. Winfield 2nd Lieut. James H. Williams |
Company L
Captain Isaac S. Hobbie 1st Lieut. Arndt Rosenthal 2nd Lieut. Quincy Van Voorhis 2nd Lieut. William L. Fleming |