CIVIL WAR KIA GENERAL COLONEL 169th NEW YORK INFANTRY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 63

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CIVIL WAR KIA GENERAL COLONEL 169th NEW YORK INFANTRY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 63:
$183.83

JOHN McCONIHE

(1834 - 1864)

KILLED-IN-ACTION CIVIL WAR UNION BVT BRIGADIERGENERAL for HEROICS at the BATTLE of COLD HARBOR, VIRGINIA, WHERE HE WAS SHOTTHROUGH THE HEART LEADING A GALLANT CHARGE!

COLONEL and COMMANDERof the 169th NEW YORK INFANTRY

McConihe’slast order given as commandant of the regiment an instant before his death was,\"Cease firing, fix bayonets andcharge again!”

HERE’SA VERY RARE CIVIL WAR DATE GREAT CONTENT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by McCONIHE tohis friend, Judge F. J. Parmenter, at Troy, NY, datelined at the “Military District of Washington, HeadQuarters 169th N. Y. Reg’t, Martindale Barracks, March 17, 1863”

ThisRARE ALS reads, in full:

It is interesting to note that James McGrath of the 1stNebraska Infantry, referenced in the letter was, in fact, accidentally killed bythe stab of a knife on June 19, 1862 at Memphis, Tennessee.

The document measures8\" x 10\" and is in very fine condition.

AN EXCELLENT &VERY RARE ADDITION TO YOUR CIVIL WAR GENERAL’s AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT &EPHEMERA COLLECTION!

BIOGRAPHYOF

KIAGENERAL McCONIHE

ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINTH INFANTRY
(Three Years)

One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Infantry.-Cols., Clarence Buell, John

McConihe, Alonzo Alden; Lieut.-Cols., John McConihe, Alonzo

Alden, James A. Colvin; Majs., Alonzo Alden, James A. Colvin,

Joseph H. Allen.

The 169th, known as the Troy regiment, was recruited in the

counties of Rensselaer and Washington and organized at Troy and

Staten island. Cos. A to E were mustered into the U. S. service

at Troy, Sept. 25, 1862, and the remaining companies at New Dorp,

Staten island, Oct. 6, the term of enlistment being three years.

The 169th left the state Oct. 9, 1862, for Washington. It

achieved honorable distinction in the field, and is numbered by

Col. Fox among the three hundred fighting regiments. He says:

\"The regiment was actively engaged in the defense of Suffolk,

Va., where it served in Foster\'s brigade, Corcoran\'s division.

In the following summer it participated in the operations about

Charleston harbor and in May, 1864, it moved with the Army of the

James to Bermuda Hundred. The regiment disembarked there with

Butler\'s army and hard fighting, with its consequent heavy

losses, immediately ensued.

At Cold Harbor it fought in Martindale\'s division, Col. McConihe

being killed in that battle. The 169th held a perilous position

in the trenches before Petersburg, losing men there, killed or

wounded, almost every day. While there, on the evening of June

30, 1864, the brigade (Barton\'s) was ordered to charge the

enemy\'s lines, so that, under cover of their fire, Curtis\'

brigade could throw up an advanced rifle-pit; but the regiment

while going into position was prematurely discovered by the enemy

and thereby drew upon themselves a severe fire, which not only

frustrated the plan, but cost the regiment many lives.\"

The regiment was one of those selected for the expedition against

Fort Fisher, being then in Bell\'s (3d) brigade, Ames\' division,

10th corps, and took part in the desperate but victorious assault

on that stronghold. A large proportion of its losses there,

however occurred at the explosion of the magazine, after the fort

had been captured.

After the fall of Fort Fisher, the regiment accompanied the 10th

corps in its advance on Wilmington. The following is a list of

the engagements in which the 169th took part: siege of Suffolk,

Fort Wagner, S. C., Port Walthall Junction, Chester Station,

Bermuda Hundred, Cold Harbor, around Petersburg, Dutch gap,

Chaffin\'s farm, Va., and Fort Fisher, N. C.

It was present at Edenton road, Carrsville, Blackwater, Zuni,

Nansemond, South Anna, Drewry\'s bluff, Darbytown road and

Wilmington. On the conclusion of the war it remained as a

garrison at Raleigh, N. C., which city it had entered with the

advance of Sherman\'s army, and was here mustered out on July 19,

1865, under command of Col. Alden.

The regiment was fortunate in the personnel of its officers and

in the ranks was some of the best blood sent forth by the Empire

State. In all its numerous fights the regiment never faltered,

both officers and men behaving in the most praiseworthy and

gallant manner.

The total enrollment of the regiment (not including the men

transferred from the 142nd N. Y., on June 7, 1865, after the war

had ended) was 1,467, of whom 10 officers and 147 men-or 10.7 per

cent.-were killed and mortally wounded; 3 officers and 125 men

died of disease and other causes; total deaths, 285. The total

number killed and wounded was 618.

Source: The Union Army, Vol. 2, p. 169

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