54th Infantry Regiment,

New York National Guard

(From New York in the War of Rebellion, compiled by Frederick Phisterer.)

     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.

Officers of the Regiment in 1864
Colonel, Charles H. Clark
Lieutenant-Colonel, Lorenz Sellinger
Major, Warner Westcott
Adjutant, Charles A. Brackett
Acting Adjutant, George W. Stanton
Assistant Quartermaster, John E. Flint
Surgeon, William H. Briggs
Assistant Surgeon, Charles E. Rider
 
 
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
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