MUSTER ROLL OF CAPTAIN ALBERT J. PERRY COMPANY, IN THE 30TH REGIMENT, [__ BRIGADE] OF THE NEW-YORK VOLUNTEER MILITIA [____] COMMANDED BY COLONEL EDWARD FRISBY ORGANIZED UNDER A LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE EMBODYING AND EQUIPMENT OF A VOLUNTEER MILITIA, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENSE," PASSED APRIL 16, 1861; AND CALLED INTO THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES BY THE PRESIDENT... FROM THE FIRST DAY OF MAY 1861, [DATE OF THIS MUSTER] FOR THE TERM OF TWO YEARS UNLESS SOONER DISCHARGED.

[Troy, New York: 1861]. Broadsheet, 16.5" x 20". Printed muster roll for Company F, completed in manuscript in several columns: names of soldiers, rank, age, enlistment information, period of enlistment, number of miles to place of rendezvous, and remarks. Old folds. Very Good.

Members of Company F of the 30th Regiment enlisted for two years under command of Capt. Albert J. Perry and Lieut. Andrew M. Franklin. They were mustered in from April 22 through May 20, 1861, mostly at Saratoga and Albany, New York. This muster roll lists one Ensign, four Sergeants, four Corporals, two Musicians [added later in pencil], and 69 Privates. Capt. Perry was promoted to Major on August 30, 1862. Lieut. Franklin was discharged for disability on September 11, 1862. Franklin later enlisted with the New York 2nd Vet Cavalry.
The 30th Regiment left immediately to defend Washington, D.C., and remained there until March of 1862. The Regiment later fought in the Battles of Groveton, Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. During its service, this Regiment lost six Officers and 72 Enlisted men as a result of death from combat, and two Officers and 31 Enlisted men from disease. [New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs.]. Item #27714

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