Roster of Schenectady, Montgomery, Hamilton,
& Fulton County Officers

of the

26th Regiment, Seventeenth Brigade, Fifth Division

New York State Militia

1859

The district covered by the 26th regiment, under John A. Barhydt, was made up of the counties of Schenectady, Fulton and Hamilton, and the towns of Minden, Canajoharie, St. Johnsville, Palatine, Mohawk and Amsterdam, in Montgomery county.

NAMES	Office	Date of Commission	Date of Rank	Letter of Company	Non-commissioned officers and privates of company	Total officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, including staff	Arm of Service	Residence

Field Officers
John A. Barhydt	Colonel	September 10, 1857	September 10, 1857				Infantry	Schenectady
	Lieut. Colonel						Infantry
William H. Young	Major	February 21, 1857	February 21, 1857			2	Infantry	Schenectady

Company Officers
Charles Roth	Captain	May 26, 1858	March 31, 1858				Infantry	Schenectady
Henry Boss	1st Lieutenant	May 15, 1856	April 9, 1856				Infantry	Schenectady
Frederic Bechtel	2d Lieutenant	May 15, 1856	April 9, 1856	A	32	35	Infantry	Schenectady

James G. Fraser	Captain	August 1, 1857	June 29, 1857				Infantry	Johnstown, Fulton co.
Daniel Cameron	1st Lieutenant	August 17, 1855	August 16, 1855				Infantry	Johnstown, Fulton co.
Peter C. McIntyre	2d Lieutenant	August 1, 1857	June 29, 1857	B	42	45	Infantry	Johnstown, Fulton co.

	Captain
	1st Lieutenant
	2nd Lieutenant			C

Jacob J. Radcliffe	Captain	June 22, 1858	June 2, 1858				Infantry	Amsterdam, Montgomery co.
James H. Winne	1st Lieutenant	June 22, 1858	June 2, 1858				Infantry	Amsterdam, Montgomery co.
Isaac Jackson, Jr.	2d Lieutenant	April 22, 1858	February 3, 1858	D	35	38	Infantry	Amsterdam, Montgomery co.

William Dormady	Captain	October 10, 1857	October 10, 1857				Infantry
	1st Lieutenant						Infantry
	2nd Lieutenant			E	35	36	Infantry

	Captain
	1st Lieutenant
	2nd Lieutenant			F

	Captain
	1st Lieutenant
	2nd Lieutenant			G

	Captain
	1st Lieutenant
	2nd Lieutenant			H

Timothy W. Miller	Captain	September 4, 1855	September 4, 1855				Artillery
Charles J. Fox	1st Lieutenant	September 4, 1855	September 4, 1855				Artillery
David Pool, Jr.	2d Lieutenant	September 4, 1855	September 4, 1855				Artillery
Nathan J. Burton	2d Lieutenant	May 11, 1857	April 30, 1857	R	28	32	Artillery

Barrant W. Van Vorst	Captain	July 1, 1858	June 22, 1858				Artillery	Schenectady
Addison S. Warner	1st Lieutenant	July 1, 1858	June 22, 1858				Artillery	Schenectady
John C. Barhydt	2nd Lieutenant	November 17, 1856	November 14, 1856	L	32	35	Artillery	Schenectady

Staff						4
Total of Regiment					204	227

Source: State of New York. No. 184. In Assembly, April 7, 1859. Annual Report of the Adjutant General. (E.D. Morgan, Commander-in-Chief of the military forces of the State of N.Y.)

"In every State there are large numbers of citizens who, from pure military zeal alone, are wiling to abstract from their vocations time enough to devote to the acquirement of military information, and from a thousand motives other than a desire to don the insignia of command, or to swell the ranks of a quasi military and a quasi social body, are ready to assume the real duties of the soldier, with the patriotic view of being ready to suppress the disorders of a time of peace, and to maintain the public liberties in a time of war.

Experience has shown that, in our State, at least, there are large numbers of such men, who, in obedience to this spirit, will organize into military bodies, whether pursuant to, or independent of law; and the State has wisely recognized the existence of this spirit.

By the act of 1846, it swept from its statute books laws which sought to foster what had been proved an impossible militia, and addressed itself to the development of a militia, based upon the predilection of the individual. By this act it inaugurated a system which, if properly sustained by the State, will accomplish the great purposes of a citizen military.

Already in lieu of divisions upon divisions, brigades upon brigades, and regiments upon regiments of tatterdemalion militia, we have condensed a mobile body of uniformed troops, comprising eight divisions, twenty-six brigades and sixty-two regiments, armed, equipped, and passibly well disciplined for service."

- Frederick Townsend, Adjutant General.

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Roster of Schenectady, Montgomery, Hamilton, & Fulton County Officers

of the

26th Regiment, Seventeenth Brigade, Fifth Division

New York State Militia

1859

Roster of Schenectady, Montgomery, Hamilton,
& Fulton County Officers