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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
The 103rd Regiment, New York Infantry, also known as "Seward Infantry"<ref>Hawks, Steve.''The Civil War in the East''. Database.http://www.civilwarintheeast.com/USA/NY/NY103.php (accessed 7 December 2010)</ref>, was oganized at New York City from November, 1861, to March, 1862. The duty of this regiment was in the Department of Virginia until December, 1865.<ref name="null">Frederick Henry Dyer, ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'', (Des Moines, Iowa: Dyer Publishing Co., 1908), as cited at ''Civil War Soldiers &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Sailors System'' (database on-line) at http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ (accessed 2010).</ref> They were mustered out at New York City on December 7, 1865 under Colonel William Heine.<ref>Hawks, Steve.''The Civil War in the East''. Database. http://www.civilwarintheeast.com/USA/NY/NY103.php (accessed 7 December 2010)</ref><br> | The 103rd Regiment, New York Infantry, also known as "Seward Infantry"<ref>Hawks, Steve.''The Civil War in the East''. Database.http://www.civilwarintheeast.com/USA/NY/NY103.php (accessed 7 December 2010)</ref>, was oganized at New York City from November, 1861, to March, 1862. The duty of this regiment was in the Department of Virginia until December, 1865.<ref name="null">Frederick Henry Dyer, ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'', (Des Moines, Iowa: Dyer Publishing Co., 1908), as cited at ''Civil War Soldiers &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Sailors System'' (database on-line) at http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ (accessed 2010).</ref> They were mustered out at New York City on December 7, 1865 under Colonel William Heine.<ref>Hawks, Steve.''The Civil War in the East''. Database. http://www.civilwarintheeast.com/USA/NY/NY103.php (accessed 7 December 2010)</ref><br> | ||
For more information on the history of this unit, see:<br> | |||
*The Civil War Archive section, [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unnyinf8.htm#5 103rd Regiment Infantry "Seward Infantry"], (accessed 10 August 2012).<br> | |||
The [http://dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/103rdInf/103rdInfMain.htm New York State Military Museum ]website has a unit history project page for the 103rd Infantry Regiment, also known as Seward Infantry. <br> | The [http://dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/103rdInf/103rdInfMain.htm New York State Military Museum ]website has a unit history project page for the 103rd Infantry Regiment, also known as Seward Infantry. <br> | ||
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Here is a [http://www.nytimes.com/1862/04/09/news/the-flag-presentation-to-the-seward-infantry.html copy of a letter ]of Secretary SEWARD, accompanying the presentation of a stand of colors to the Seward Infantry, as found in the New York Times, April 9th, 1862. | Here is a [http://www.nytimes.com/1862/04/09/news/the-flag-presentation-to-the-seward-infantry.html copy of a letter ]of Secretary SEWARD, accompanying the presentation of a stand of colors to the Seward Infantry, as found in the New York Times, April 9th, 1862. | ||
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=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | ||