Military History- Otsego County NY

Military History - Otsego County, NY

The 121st New York Volunteer Infantry

Tribute to the Onesters by John K Tyler

Brief Historical Sketch of the Regiment

Photos of Reunions of the 121st NY Vols.

Souvenir of Reunions, Ribbons and Badges

The Monument at Gettysburg

Rosters of Companies A-K 121st NY Vols. Aug 23, 1862

CIVIL WAR MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS (from NY)

Letters from George Collins, Russia, NY - Company C 121st NY Vols. (link to Herkimer County NY GenWeb site)

General Delevan Bates - Medal of Honor Recipient
Biography complements of his gr grand nephew - Dr. John Saint

The next two links are to the Nebraska Resource Center. Delevan Bates resided in Aurora, Nebraska after the war.

Delevan Bates Civil War Letters The letters are available in four sections.

War Stories by General Delevan Bates - Originally published in the Otsego Republican

FRIENDS of the FLORENCE STOCKADE This is a link to a new web site for the Friends of the Florence Stockade in South Carolina. According to their records members of the 121st NY Infantry were held captive there. At the Florence National Cemetery, which was started due to the deaths at the stockade, there are 2300 soldiers buried as unknowns. There are efforts to identify these soldiers. If, by any chance, you have any information concerning soldiers who died at the Florence Stockade, please visit this site and share that information with the Friends.

The 152d New York Volunteer Infantry

Brief History of the 152 nd Regiment of Infantry (Civil War)

War Reminiscences - by a survivor of the battlefield and the horrors of Andersonville Prison.
Additional information on the 152nd is contained in the Delevan Bates newspaper War Stories in the 121st NYS Vols section above.

Second NY Heavy Artillery

More War Reminiscences - by a yet another survivor of the battlefield and the horrors of Andersonville Prison.

Grand Army Of The Republic