150th New York
Portrait Gallery



Col. John Henry Ketcham


Col. John Henry Ketcham
(later Brigadier General)*


Col. John Henry Ketcham



Col. Alfred Baker Smith


Col. Alfred Baker Smith


Col. Alfred Baker Smith



Lt. Col. Charles G. Bartlett
(previously Capt., 12th U.S. Infantry;
later Col., 119th U.S. Colored Infantry)


Lt. Col. Charles G. Bartlett



Chaplain Edward Otis Bartlett



Surgeon Cornelius N. Campbell*



Henry Alger Gildersleeve as Captain of Co. C


Henry Alger Gildersleeve as Major**


Henry Alger Gildersleeve as Major


Henry Alger Gildersleeve as Major



Joseph Hubert Cogswell, as Captain of Co. A


Joseph Hubert Cogswell, as Major
(he later served also as Lieutenant Colonel)



Capt. Platt Marvin Thorne, Co. H
After the Civil War he served as
a Captain in the Regular Army.



Robert C. Tripp as 2nd Lieut. of Co. B


Robert C. Tripp as Capt. of Co. B**



Capt. Edward A. Wickes, Co. G**



Capt. Benjamin Stagg Broas, Co. I**



Capt. Richard S. Titus, Co. I**



Capt. William R. Woodin, Co. D*



Capt. Stephen Van Rensselaer Cruger, Co. A*



Capt. John L. Green, Co. F*



Capt. George R. Gaylord, Quartermaster**



1st Lieut. Henry C. Smith, Quartermaster**



1st Lieut. David B. Sleight, Co. I*



1st Lieut. Samuel H. Paulding, Co. F*



1st Lieut. Perry Wheeler Chapman, Co. E**


1st Lieut. Perry Wheeler Chapman, Co. E



1st Lieut. Frank Mallory, Co. D


1st Lieut. Frank Mallory, Co. D**



1st Lieut. John Fitzpatrick, Co. H**



1st Lieut. Robert G. Mooney, Co. D**



1st Lieut. William Wattles, Co. A**



1st Lieut. James B. Fury, Co. C**



1st Lieut. Edgar P. Welling, Co. C



1st Lieut. William H. Bartlett, Co. C**



Capt. Robert McConnel, Co. B



1st Lieut. Henry Edward Gridley, Co. A*****



2nd Lieut. Benjamin T. Murfitt, Co. G**



2nd Lieut. Charles P. Barlow, Co. E**



2nd Lieut. Rowland H. Marshall, Co. C



unidentified officer
(on back of photo: “150th N.Y. Vols.”)



Sergt. Charles S. Chichester, Co. A



Pvt. Cyrus Swan Roberts, Co. A, 150th New York
(previously Co. A, 22nd N.Y.S.M.;
later Sergt. Major, 150th New York,
and 1st Lieut., Co. K, 150th New York)
After the Civil War he served in the Regular Army
and rose to the rank of Brigadier General.



Corporal Richard T. Van Wyck, Co. K
(later Sergt.)



Corporal James Firth, Cos. D & K*



Corporal John Cane, Co. F*



Pvt. Ira Fish, Co. A
(later 1st Sergt.)



Pvt. George Bullock, Co. F*



Pvt. Peter W. Shoemaker, Co. C*



Pvt. Thomas Morgan Fraleigh, Co. F



Pvt. Benjamin J. Buckley, Co. A



Pvt. Josiah Budd, Co. I



Pvt. (Bandsman) Richard L. Knight, Co. F*
(posing with his Bass Saxhorn)



Pvt. Jacob Rapp, Co. K
(later Co. H, 97th New York)



Members of Company A:
Seated, left to right:
1st Lt. James P. Mabbett, 1st Lt. Henry E. Gridley, 1st Lt. William Wattles;
Standing, left to right:
Sgt. William H. Bartlett (later 1st Lt.), Sgt. John G. Borden (later 2nd Lt., Co. D, 47th N.Y.),
Sgt. William Reed, 1st Sgt. J. Curtis Smithe (later 2nd Lt., Co. C), Pvt. Miles K. Lewis



Pvt. John Alva Wallace, Co. A, with his wife Emmeline (Coyle) Wallace*



Pvt. Benjamin J. Hevenor, Co. K, 20th N.Y.S.M.
(later Corporal, Co. K, 150th New York)***



Pvt. Abram E. Frear, Co. C, 17th Regt., V.R.C.
(previously Co. H, 150th New York)***



Pvt. John B. Gollenbeck, Co. I



unidentified soldier (150th New York)****



unidentified officer (150th New York)



Pvt. John W. Turner, Co. K



Pvt. John Wightman, Co. I
(formerly Sergt., Co. F, 145th New York)



Asst. Surgeon Isaac N. Mead, 5th New York Cavalry
(formerly Corporal, Co. A, 150th New York)



Pvt. Michael O’Hare, Co. H



Principal Musician Hubbard F. Roberts



2nd Lieut. Charles I. Gaylord, Co. H


*From the collection of the U.S. Army Military History Institute, used by permission.
**From the David K. Parks Collection, used by permission.
***From the Seward R. Osborne Collection, used by permission.
****From the Sean William Nolan Collection, used by permission.
*****From the Scott Valentine Collection, used by permission.





Veterans of the 150th New York at the dedication of the regimental monument at Gettysburg
on Sept. 17, 1889, at the site on Culp’s Hill where the regiment fought on July 3, 1863.


Veterans of the 150th New York at the dedication of the regimental monument at Gettysburg
on Sept. 17, 1889, at the site on Culp’s Hill where the regiment fought on July 3, 1863.





Veterans of the 150th New York at the 1913 Gettysburg Reunion.

Key: 1. Platt C. Curtiss, 2. Joseph Wooley, 3. John E. West, 4. “an outsider in by mistake,” 5. William E. Gurney, 6. Josiah Budd, 7. J. H. Cogswell, 8. H. S. Chamberlain, 9. Eugene Kempton, 10. William H. Bartlett, 11. Isaac L. Warner, 12. Albert Knapp, 13. John M. Shaw, 14. James Welch, 15. William P. Lawson, 16. George H. Williams, 17. Philip Hedden, 18. unidentified, 19. Charles T. Johnson, 20. Isaac T. Swezey, 21. James Newman, 22. William H. Oakley, 23. Sanford Eggleston.

Present at the reunion but absent from photo: Samuel C. Odell, Francis Pell, I. N. Palmer, Perry W. Chapman, Benjamin J. Hevenor.





Veterans of the 150th New York at the New York Peace Memorial at Lookout Mountain, Tenn., on Nov. 16, 1910



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