UNION NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS
8th Regiment, New York National Guard (30 days, 1863)
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Organized for three months' United States service May 29, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., May 29, 1862, and duty in the Defences of that city till September. Mustered out September 9, 1862.
Again entered service for thirty days June, 1863. Left State for Harrisburg, Pa., June 18, and duty there till July. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the Susquehanna. Mustered out at New York City July 23, 1863.
Predecessor Unit
NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS
VARIAN'S STATE MILITIA BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY ("1st TROOP WASHINGTON GRAYS").
Entered service of the United States for three months and left State for Annapolis, Md., April 19, 1861. Duty at Annapolis till May. Near Light House at Smith's Point, Chesapeake Bay, Md., May 18. Ordered to Washington, D. C., and outpost duty at Fall's Church, Va., till June. Fairfax Court House June 17. Attached to Keyes' Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, to July. Mustered out July 20, 1861.
Again entered service as a part of the 8th Regiment, New York National Guard, for 30 days' service as Artillery and Cavalry. Left State for Harrisburg, Pa., June 17, 1863. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the Susquehanna. Shippensburg, Pa., June 23. Kingston June 26. Oyster Point June 28. Near Fort Washington June 29. Sporting Hill June 30. Carlisle July 1. Mustered out at New York City July 23, 1863.
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