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

Arrived at Washington D. C. at 9 PM on 19 May, 1861, and mustered in United States service for three on 23 May, 1861. Redesignated the Eighty-fourth New York Infantry on 7 December, 1861

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
The company was assigned as an artillery under state law in July 1861. The company was not proficient in the use of arms and was ordered to remain at Camp Porter, near Arlington House, Virginia, as camp guard, under the command of Captain C H Morris, Company K, on 16 July, 1861. Captain A W Gill was appointed adjutant on 21 July, 1861.
Company K: CAPT. C H MORRIS
The company was assigned as a cavalry under state law in July 1861. The company was not proficient in the use of arms and was ordered to remain at Camp Porter, near Arlington House, Virginia, as camp guard, under the command of Captain C H Morris on 16 July, 1861.
Unlettered Company Corps Engineers: CAPT. R BUTT
A company of forty-eight pioneers sappers and miners was organised as an howitzer company and was mustered out at Arlington, Virginia, on 28 August, 1861.

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."

Army of the Potomac series: The history of the fighting fourteenth, 'red-legged devils', by C V Tevis and 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 was organised at Brooklyn, New York, in April, 1861, and encamped at Fort Greene, New York. The regiment was not ordered to Washington D. C. under the first call for three months volunteers and was organised for three years under authority by the War Department. Colonel A M Wood was stationed at Washington D. C. and the 14th New York State Militia was ordered to Washington D. C., under the command of Lieutenant Colonel E B Fowler, on 18 May, 1861. Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H and the Corps Engineers arrived at Washington D. C. at 9 PM on 19 May, 1861, and encamped at Camp Wood, Meridian Hill, Washington D. C. on 22 May, 1861. The 14th New York State Militia was mustered in United States service for three years on 23 May, 1861, and Corps Engineers was ordered across the Potomac River via the Aqueduct Bridge, Georgetown D. C., on 24 May, 1861 (See the Occupation of Arlington Heights and Alexandria). The 14th New York State Militia was ordered across the Potomac River via the Long Bridge, Washington D. C., on 2 July, 1861, and encamped at Camp Porter, near Arlington House, Virginia. Companies I and K were assigned to the 14th New York State Militia at Camp Porter, near Arlington House, Virginia, and the regiment was assigned to guard and picket duty. The First Brigade, Second Division, Army of Northeastern Virginia, under the command of Colonel A Porter, was ordered to proceed along the Columbia Turnpike to Little River Turnpike, near Annandale, Virginia, at 4 PM on 16 July, 1861, and Companies I and K were ordered to remain at Camp Porter, near Arlington House, Virginia, as camp guard, under Captain C H Morris, Company K. The First Brigade, Second Division, Army of Northeastern Virginia, encamped at Annandale, Virginia, at 7 PM on 16 July, 1861, and was ordered to proceed to Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia, via Little River Turnpike, Virginia, on 17 July, 1861. Colonel A Porter arrived at Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia, at 9 AM on 17 July, 1861, and was ordered to Centreville, Virginia, via Germantown, Virginia, in the morning on 18 July, 1861. The 14th New York State Militia was ordered to Sudley Ford, Virginia, at 3.30 AM on 21 July, 1861. After the first battle of Bull Run the 14th New York State Militia was ordered to retreat to Centreville, Virginia, and arrived at Camp Porter, near Arlington House, Virginia, via Centreville, on 22 July, 1861.

The 14th New York State Militia was redesignation the 84th New York Infantry on December 7, 1861, and the Corps Engineers was mustered out on August 21, 1861. The 82 New York Infantry was mustered out at New York City on 14 June, 1864, and the veterans and recruits were transferred to the 5th Veteran New York Infantry.

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 Colonel E D Keyes' brigade, Army of the Potomac, on 4 August, 1861.

Report

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