CIVIL WAR SOLDIER POEM, 1862 - Pvt. Alexander Beveridge, 123rd N.Y.V.I., Co. C.

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CIVIL WAR SOLDIER POEM, 1862 - Pvt. Alexander Beveridge, 123rd N.Y.V.I., Co. C.:
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This poem \"The Wanderer\" was written during 1862 at the beginning of the Civil War. The poem seems to have been written on the backside of a muster role or other accounts sheet and has the following location written on it.

Mr. Alexander Beveridge

Washington D.C.

123 Regt. Co. C

N.Y. V.I. (New York Volunteer Infantry)

The poem is fantastic! It is a perfect glimpse into the mind of a soldier early on in the war.

The 123rd New York Infantry was organized at Salem, New York and mustered in for three years service on September 4, 1862 under the command of Colonel Archibald Livingston McDougall.

The regiment was attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XII Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XII Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to April 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XX Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June 1865.

The 123rd New York Infantry mustered out of service June 8, 1865. Recruits and veterans were transferred to the 60th New York Volunteer Infantry.

Left New York for Washington, D.C., September 5, 1862. Duty in the defenses of Washington, D.C., until September 29, 1862, and at BEVERIDGE

Beveridge, Alexander. Papers, 1862.

A group of 14 manuscript letters that tells the brief, but moving, story of Alexander Beveridge, from the beginning of his military service in August 1862 to his death in December 1862. Most of the items were addressed to his sister, Mary, in Hebron, New York detail his journey to New York to muster into service and then to the battlefields of Virginia. In his letter of August 23, he writes dramatically to his sister, his instructions regarding his estate should he fall in battle. The letter of September 23 a hand drawn map of the camp in Virginia. Also includes three letters written by officers and fellow soldiers regarding the circumstances of his death.