“It was the hardest fire the 108th ever experienced- perfectly awful – murderous…. This destructive and murderous fire continued to […]
“A great basin lay before us full of smoke and fire, and literally swarming with riderless horses and fighting, fleeing,
8th New York Cavalry Opens the Battle The 8th NY Cavalry, the “Rochester Regiment” was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William
Zouaves were infantry units that were modeled after French Army troops from Algeria. They were popular in the United States
The Rochester Union Grays were a Militia Company formed in the late 1830s first as a rifle company and later
