The Fourth Alabama Painting by Don Troiani

First Brigade, Second Division

Engineers of Company K, 8th New York State Militia, 1861

Engineers of Company K, 8th New York State Militia, 1861

Eighth New York State Militia
Three months' volunteers

COLONEL G LYONS
LIEUTENANT COLONEL C G WATERBURY
MAJOR O F WENTWORTH

Company A: CAPT. J O JOHNSTON
Company B: CAPT. T SWANY
Company C: CAPT. E BURGER
Company D: CAPT. E D LAWRENCE
Company E: CAPT. M GRIFFIN
Company F: CAPT. L BUCK
Company G: CAPT. W S CARR
Company H: CAPT. S N GREGORY
Company I or 1st Troop: CAPT. J M VARIAN
The company served as a light artillery battery and was attached to the First Brigade, First Division as an independent artillery company on 21 July, 1861. (See 8th New York State Militia, Varian's Battery Light Artillery)
Company K, Engineer Corps: CAPT. W M WALTON

Sources

"Company K is the artillery corps, and its captain (Wutschell) has had considerable experinece in the Austrian Army."

Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, with documents, narratives, illustrative incidents, poetry, etc., Volume 1, edited 
Frank Moore

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

The Union army: a history of military affairs in the loyal states 1861–65, records of the regiments in the Union army, cyclopedia of battles, memoirs of commanders and soldiers, Volume 2, New York, Maryland, West Virginia and Ohio

Notes

The 8th New York State Militia was mustered in the service of the United States, for three months, at Washington D C, on 25 April, 1861. The regiment was mustered out at New York City, on 2 August, 1861, as their term of service expired. The regiment, with ten companies, was mustered in again on on 29 May, 1862 for three months under the command of Colonel J H Varian and mustered out at New York City, on 10 September, 1862. On 17 June, 1863, the regiment under the command of Colonel J H Varian, was mustered in for thirty days and was mustered out at New York City, 23 July, 1863.

Report

OFFICIAL REPORT NO.33: Series I, Volume 2 (S# 2), Chapter IX, pp. 387–388
Colonel G Lyons, Eighth New York State Militia