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ORGANIZATION AND ROSTER OF COMPANY K, 35TH NY VOLS.
On the occasion of the 1887 Reunion of the 35th, Col. Newton B. Lord, regimental commander during the war, wrote the following regarding how the regiment and Brownville's Company K came to be organized.
"The news came to Brownville, where I lived, that Fort Sumpter had been fired upon. In our little village a military company had been organized by me, which was called the Jefferson Greys. On the day of the arrival of the news that war had been declared by the south, I caused to be printed, on "Bill Robinson's" country hand-printing press, a call for the members of the Jefferson Greys, and all others who wished to sustain the government, to meet me at the town hall that evening. The young men of the vicinity responded to the call, and that night, after the meeting, I telegraphed the Governor of the state of New York, tendering him the service of myself and forty three good men. That tender was the seventh in order of all the tender of troops which had been made to him. I have its acceptance in my possession now, and it is signed by G. H. Linsly, military secretary. "But the company must be raised to eighty eight enlisted men," I was told the next day by telegram. Brownville,being a small village, could not furnish that number of men, and it was, for a little, a grave question where the balance was to come from. I went to Sackets Harbor and saw Erskine M. Camp, (Soldier Camp he was then called by his playmates; and later by us, who knew and loved him well, he was called "Benny Harcus") and I said to him, "join your men to mine, and take offices in the new company according to the number of men which we each furnish." The bargain was made and the governor was informed the next day that a company of one hundred men was at his service. The officers of the company were: Captain, Newton B. Lord; first lieutenant, Erskine M. Camp; second lieutenant, Charles E. Zimmerman; first sergeant, Jay D. McWayne. That company (which was K of the 35th regiment) was the first which was raised in Jefferson County and the first that was accepted by the governor from that county."
Note: Above from " A Full Report of the First Re-union and Banquet of the Thirty-Fifth N. Y. Vols., held at Watertown, N. Y. on December 13th, 1887" Times Printing and Publishing House, 1888.
MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY K, 35th REGIMENT OF NY STATE (FOOT) VOLUNTEERS WHEN CALLED INTO SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES BY THE PRESIDENT ON 11 JUNE 1861 AT ELMIRA, N. Y. FOR A TERM OF TWO YEARS.
Name Rank Age Muster Out Notation
Erskine M. Camp Captain 29 Promoted AQM 5/20/63
Charles E. Zimmerman 1st Lieut. 27 Promoted Capt. 1/17/62
Jay D. McWoyne Ensign 27 Promoted 1st Lt 1/17/62
John O'Harra 1st Sergt 22 Promoted 1st Lt 11/27/62
Asel B. Wescott Sergt. 22 Promoted 2nd Lt 2/20/63
Henry Malone Sergt. 26
Charles B. Bowers Sergt. 21
John Keenen Corporal 20 Promoted Sergt 3/31/63
Neuman H. Potter Corporal 32
Patrick Fitz Patrick Corporal 29 Promoted 1st Sergt 3/1/63
Demont McNeil Musician 22
Charles Harlon Musician 35
Privates
Auldrich, Hiram A. 21
Ault, Hiram 18
Allen, George W. 18
Alexander, Wilbert 21
Alexander, Sherman 23
Armstrong, Henry 18
Barnes, Friend 21
Broadbent, Julius 20 Killed at Antietam 9/62
Brown, Benjamin 20
Brinnan, William 19
Cook, Henry C. 18
Corninold, Ezra 35
Countrymer, John 22
Conden, James 24
Clark, William T. 27 Promoted Sergt 1/1/63
Cook, Mineris F. 36
Carpenter, Orval 18 Died Wash,DC of colic 7/61
Dirby, Henry 19
Duke, James 21
Dexter, Fozter W. 19
Douglass, Ozander W. 20 Promoted orpl 3/1/63
Fozter, Albert 20 Promoted Corpl 4/1/62
Fozter, Charles 18
Graves, John 22
Gardner, Edward 23
Hare, Thomas O. 23
Harrison, William H. 21 Died Wash,DC of fever 8/61
Hart, William 19
Happ, John 20
Hannah, Joseph 19
Hoover, Josiah 23
Johnson, John 20
Jackson, William W. 22
Jeffrey, Thomas 20
Long, Robbert J. 18
Low, Stephens W. 22 Died Wash,DC of fever
Losie, William 22
Mobb, George 18
Maldron, Frank 18
Miller, Abe 36
Potter, John L. 36
Phelps, Robbert B. 26
Powers, Thomas 20
Patrick, Marcus 23
Lanclot, Alphonzo 18
Patrick, Jacob 26
Russl, Edward 21
Rathburn, Artemus 28
Reese, John 20
Rafter, Edward 25
Stout, George 20
See, Byron 22
See, William 19
Sampier, William 18
Savage, Thomas 18
Smith, Martin 30
Switzer, Charles 19
Sheeley, William 22 Killed at Bull Run 8/30/62
Stokes, Joseph 18
Thomlinson, Richard 20
Van Allen, Augustus 22 Promoted Corpl 3/1/63
Van Allen, Daniel 19 Promoted Corpl 3/1/62
Williams, Hiram 22
Weller, Hazel 22
Wait, John 19
Wiley, Mark 23
Worthingham, Benjamin 20 Promoted Corpl 3/1/63
Welch, William 40
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Submitted January 2000 by Albert Wood. Albert's grandfather, Albert Foster, was raised in Brownville and with his brother Charles joined the 35th in May of 1861.
Copyright January 2000 by Sherrye Luther Woodworth