24th New York Infantry

On August 30, 1862, at 3:15 p.m., the 24th New York Infantry, known as the Oswego Regiment, served under Maj. Andrew Barney in 1st Brigade commanded by Sullivan, First Division commanded by Hatch, Third Corps commanded by McDowell, Army of Virginia, USA. Cpl. Theron Haight recalled that the men on the embankment were too few to attempt to drive out the Confederates on the other side, so they lay flat against the slope, occasionally crawling to the top and firing their muskets horizontally over their heads while bullets poured in from infantry beyond them. He said their second line gave way and ran back to the cover of the woods, leaving those on the embankment to their fate.

Haymarket, Virginia · United States