Service
The regiment was organized in Albany, New York and was mustered in for a two year enlistment on May 22, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out of service on June 2, 1863, and those men who had signed three year enlistments or who re-enlisted were transferred to the 60th New York.
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“Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this service we lay them aside.”
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