The Fourth Alabama Painting by Don Troiani

First Brigade, Second Division

Acting Brigadier General J H McCunn

Lieutenant Colonel E B Fowler, 14th New York State Militia

Fourteenth New York State Militia
Redesignated the Eighty-fourth New York Infantry

COLONEL A M WOOD
LIEUTENANT COLONEL E B FOWLER
MAJOR J JORDAN

Company A: CAPT. R B JORDAN
Company B: CAPT. G MALLORY
Company C City Grenadiers: CAPT. D MYERS
Company D Franklin Guards: CAPT. C F BALDWIN
Company E: CAPT. W L B STEARS
Company F: CAPT. A G A HARNICKELL
Company G: CAPT. G PLASS
Company H: CAPT. W H DE BEOVISE
Company I: CAPT. A W H GILL
Assigned to the regiment as an artillery company, under state law, during July, 1861. Captain A W Gill served as adjutant on 21 July, 1861, as the company remained at 'Camp Porter' as a camp guard.
Company K: CAPT. C H MORRIS
Assigned to the regiment as a cavalry company, under state law, during July 1861.
Engineer Corps: CAPT. R BUTT
Sappers and miners, organised as an howitzer company and mustered out 28 August, 1861, at Arlington.

Sources

"The new uniform, Chasseur-a-pede, which had been furnished by the city of Brooklyn, now nade its formal appearence."

"It was on a bright afternoon, a typical spring day, that the Brooklyn Fourteenth, consisting of eight line companies and an engineers' corps, broke camp and started for Washington, passing through Brooklyn to the ferry amid the greatest excitement and enthusiasm."

"He (Lieutenant Colonel E B Fowler) also brought with him a mountain howitzer and a caisson to be used by the Engineer Corps."

The History of the Fighting Fourteenth, “Red-legged Devils”, Army of the Potomac Series, by C V Tevis & D R Marquis

New York in the War of Rebellion, 1861–1865 (Volumes 1 & 4), by Frederick Phisterer

Notes

The 14th New York State Militia, failing to be ordered to the front under the first call for troops, was mustered in the service of the United States, for three years, between May and August 1861. The regiment received its numerical volunteer designation, 84th New York Infantry, on December 7, 1861. Its Engineer Company was mustered out on August 21, 1861 and the regiment was mustered out at New York City, on 14 June, 1864, when the veterans and recruits were transferred to the 5th Veteran New York Infantry. The 14th New York State Militia crossed the Potomac, on 2 July, 1861, by the Long Bridge and made camp, "Camp Porter", near Arlington House, at which Companies I and K were added to the regiment. Companies I and K remained at Camp Porter as a camp guard under Captain C H Morris, Company K, as the recruits had no preparation in the use of arms.

The Military District of the Potomac was established on 25 July, 1861 by consolidating the Military District of Washington and the Department of Northeastern Virginia and redesignated the Department of the Potomac on 15 August, 1861. The 14th New York State Militia was assigned to Keyes' Brigade, Army of the Potomac, under the command of Brigadier General E D Keyes, in August, 1861.

Report

OFFICIAL REPORT: Brooklyn Eagle, 17 March, 1901, p. 6
Lieutenant Colonel E B Fowler, Fourteenth New York State Militia