Digital Library | Historical Society of Pennsylvania : Volume/Folder : 1st Long Island Volunteers Abercrombie's Brigade morning reports, 1862 [13492]

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1st Long Island Volunteers Abercrombie's Brigade morning reports, 1862

Permanent ID:

13492

Dates:

July 31 1862
August 4 1862
August 8 1862
August 9 1862
September 10 1862
September 20 1862
October 30 1862
November 19 1862
November 29 1862

Image Description:

First Long Island Volunteers, Abercrombie's Brigade morning reports. Each lists the number of officers and enlisted men, along with short reports on general operations. There are nine reports in all. Col./Brig. Gen. John Cochrane is listed as the commanding officer on all but one (on August 4th it is listed as Col. J.H. Neill). Also "Abercrombie's Brigrade" was renamed "John Cochrane's Brigade" by September 10th and by November 19th the brigrade was reidentified again as the "3rd Division, 6th Corps."

Known officially as the 67th New York Infantry, the First Long Island Volunteers were raised in Brooklyn in 1861. The recruits were predominantly Irish-born.

This digital record contains images that depict the entire contents of folder 1 (labeled as: "Military: Long Island Volunteers, Abercrombie's Brigade, Morning Reports, July-Nov. 1862").

Format:

Manuscripts; Printed Matter

Collection:

Historical Society of Pennsylvania collection of Civil War papers

Related Person or Organization:

Gen. John Cochrane, 1813-1898 (author)

Library of Congress Subjects:

Cochrane, John, 1813-1898 [info:lc/authorities/names/n88673271]
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85140205]
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85140277]