Freemasons of New York State in the Civil War

RATHGEBER, JACOB — Age, 27 years. Enlisted, August 13, 1861, at Buffalo, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Company B‬, August 22, 1861; promoted sergeant, August 22, 1861; returned to ranks, November 4, 1861

RATIGAN, JOHN.— Age, 31 years. Enrolled, 1 May 1861, at Oswego, to serve two years; mustered in as 1st Lt, Co. C, same date; wounded, 30 Aug 1862, at Bull Run, Va.; mustered in as captain, 23 Sep 1862; mustered out with company, 29 May 1863, at Elmira, NY; also borne as Rattigan; 1st Lt, 4 Jul 1861, rank from 1 May 1861; captain, 4 Nov 1862, with rank from 23 Sep 1862.

Machinist; b. 18 Aug 1846, Taunton, MA; d. 27 Dec 1912; Raised 18 Aug 1875; Mbr No. 429. Junior Grand Deacon, Grand Lodge of the State of New York, 1893-94. Grand Patron, Order of the Eastern Stars, State of New York, 1898. Commander Augustus I. Root Post No. 151, G.A.R., Syracuse, NY, ca 1910.

URЕLIA FELTON, b. 7 Dec 1819; d. 26 Mar 1886; m. 17 Jul 1843, Ebenezer Raymond, of Taunton (son of Ebenezer and Hepsibah (Hall) Raymond), b. 7 Feb 1818, d. 7 Nov 1848. He was a sea-captain, sailing generally to Southern ports; died from exposure in his barkentine, the Justin, in a violent storm near Newport, RI. Mrs. Raymond b. in Lenox, MA; removed at 12 with the family to Taunton; attended the Bristol Co. Academy; became a school teacher. After the death of her husband, with her two children to support, she began the study of medicine which she pursued at the N. E. Medical College and at Philadelphia, where she received her diploma. She took great interest in the development of this genealogy from the earliest meeting, and was appointed one of the compilers; the work she did was of a high order, and "to her far more than to any other are we indebted for what is in this volume." [J. J. M.]

1. Mary Hannah Raymond, b. 16 Jun 1844; d. 13 Dec 1850.

2. Frank Raymond, b. 18 Aug 1846; m. 16 Apr 1868, Elizabeth Ann, dau. of Hiram A. and Ellen (Corcoran) Heath, b. 5 May 1850. He is a machinist. Candidate for mayor of Syracuse on Working Men's Ticket. Served in the war for the Union in the 54th Regt. NY Vol. Inf.

Children: (1) Frederick Raymond, b. 11 May I860. (2) Frances Olive Raymond, b. 7 Oct 1873; d. 6 Nov 1874. (3) Kate Danforth Raymond, b. 25 Oct d. 30 Nov., 1875.

Rea, Joseph, x, Scotia, 631

Read, Ira B, x, Bunting, 655

Reade, Charles, x, Cherry Creek, 384

62nd NY Vols, Anderson Zouaves

Assistant Surgeon James R. Reagles, 19 Apr 1896, age 23 (b. ca 1838), Schenectady, NY; Doctor Bellevue Hospital. Died 10 Feb 1913.

Reddy, W. C., Capt.114th Vols, Globe, 588

“Encyclopedia of Biography of New York,”

 By Charles Elliott Fitch, American Historical Society, American Historical Society, page 145

http://books.google.com/books?id=qSoEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA145&lpg=PA145&dq=%22Henry+N.+burhans%22&source=web&ots=-0vw7L_j1N&sig=qrgrMO8V-14ITS07zrFmsDxlAzE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result#PPA145,M1

REDMAN, Henry S., Civil War Veteran, Public Official.

Lieutenant Redman of this review was reared to farm life, spending his boyhood days on the homestead and in Brighton village, where he attended the high school. He was there as a student at the outbreak of the Civil War, and on December 19, 1863, two years before he had attained his majority, he joined Company L, of the Twenty-first New York Cavalry, known as Griswold's Light Cavalry, and with this command he served until the close of the war and was honorably discharged on July 28, 1865. A contemporary biographer has said: "His own record, when he started to the front as a seventeen-year old boy, is one of which any man might be proud. He participated in twelve engagements after he went to the front, December 19, 1863, falling on the field at Ashby's Gap, shot through the lungs and left for dead over night. He was captured by Moseby, escaped and was honorably discharged, July 28, 1865, for disability arising from wounds received in action. It would be difficult to crowd into the space of eighteen months a more brilliant war record than that of the young man, who sought to enlist, ran away from home only to be brought back by his father, and finally went to the front in the darkest days of the war, after he reached his eighteenth year." After the war closed Lieutenant Redman served his time with the National Guard, retiring on January 1, 1876, with the commission of first lieutenant in Battery B, S. N. Y. He has occupied his present position as superintendent of the Court House at Rochester for twenty-seven years and has made a creditable record for faithfulness and reliability.

On July 3, 1866, Lieutenant Redman married (first) Harriet E. Jones, of Webster, Monroe county, New York, who died in December, 1889. On August 12, 1901, he married (second) Catherine Ayers. By his first marriage he had a daughter, Cora Alice, now the wife of C. A. Dutcher.

Reed, A., 22d Vols. Corinth, 683

Reed, J. L., x, Fortune, 788

Reed, S. G., x, Brownville, 53

Reese, Nathan, x, Cuba, 300

Reeve, John, x, Sauquoit, 150

Reeves, Martin, was born in the town of Hounsfield on his father's farm, in 1841. His father removed to Dexter when he was four years old, and his education was obtained in the public schools of that village. He left home when he was twenty two years of age and bought a farm two miles from Dexter on the Pillar Point road in 1864. It was at this time Mr. Reeves married Mary O'Harra of Dexter, and they have two children: Sherly B., who resides at home on the farm and Lettie, who is the present postmistress of Brownville. In September, 1864, Mr. Reeves enlisted in Co. B. 186th N. Y. Vols., and served to the close of the war and was mustered out June 11, 1865. In politics he is a Democrat and has held the office of county and town delegate and at present is assistant postmaster. Mr. Reeves carries on his farm one mile west of Brownville. He is a member of Brownville Lodge No. 53, F. & A. M., and Court Brownville No. 561, I. O. Foresters; is a comrade of J. Broadbent Post No. 188. G. A. R, of Dexter, has been a commander two terms and at present is the senior vice-commander.

RIEBLING, AUGUSTUS J.— Transferred, as second lieutenant, from Co. H, Eighth Artillery, to Co. A, this regiment, June 5, 1865; mustered out with company, September 26, 1865, at Washington, D. C.; commissioned second lieutenant, Eighth Artillery, March 30, 1865, with rank from March 1, 1865, vice Stearns, resigned.

Reid, Alex. J., 44th Vols, Constitution, 241

Reid, A. F., 122d Vols, Globe, 588

Reid, John W., 7th Conn. Vols, Covenant, 70S

Renell, C. W., (Sergt.) 4th US Infantry, Au Sable River, 149

Relyea, Abram, x, Noah, 754

South Kansas Tribune, Wednesday, April 17, 1895 – b. 24 May 1838.

In the death of George L. Remington at the age of 67 years, which occurred April 12th, our city loses one of her very best citizens.  A gentleman of high christian character, who was always cheerful and helpful, and it was always his pleasure to do duty whatever that was. He served his country faithfully in the great civil war, enlisting early in 1861, he was elected Captain of the Twenty-first New York volunteers and served at the front until in 1864 when ill health compelled his resignation. The following year he was married to his now bereaved wife. He engaged in the wholesale tobacco business in Buffalo, New York, and subsequently was elected register of deeds in that county. Later with his family he removed to Saginaw, Mich., where he was in the lumber trade until 1882, when he located in this city. For a time he was engaged in the cattle business, but in 1885 connected himself with the First National Bank of this place, and has served a bookkeeper, vice-president, and for five years has been its cashier. As a business man he was honest, prompt, and always reliable, and his associates always found him a man of excellent judgment and of unswerving fidelity. He has served the city as Member of the Board of Education and for years he has been its president, and none have proved more faithful, or to have a more unflagging interest in the educational affairs of the city. In religion he was of the Presbyterian faith, and he honored the professions he made, by a life void of offense. He was superintendent of  its Sabbath school, a leading official member, and often when the pastor would be absence Col. Remington was called on to officiate, and to read a sermon, and in the last general assembly of the church he was selected to represent the Neosho Presbytery as its lay delegate. He was gifted in oratory and has often been called on as a public speaker, and always did credit to himself and his subject. In his fraternal relations he was a member of McPherson Post No. 4, G. A. R.; of the Modern Woodmen, and of the several Masonic fraternities, having passed the chairs with honor. The funeral on Sunday, was at his home; and was in charge of the Knights of Templar, attended by the Master Masons and the Modern Woodmen. Sermon by his pastor, the Rev. G. W. Bean, assisted by Chaplain Rev. J. W. Wright. (From History of Montgomery County, Kansas, By Its Own People, published by L. Wallace Duncan, Iola, Kansas, 1903, pgs. 682-684)

GEORGE L. REMINGTON.  During the comparatively brief period of twelve years that he was permitted to mingle with and be one of the citizens of Montgomery county, the late subject of this record, George L. Remington, lived a life conspicuous for its relation to men and affairs, for its usefulness to be civil and social institutions and conspicuous for its purity and dignity as exemplified in his daily walk.  Few men exhibit such strong and genuine elements of character and win the unbounded confidence of a community in so few years, as did he, and his death, April 11th, 1895, was mourned as a public loss.

Born in Lancaster, near Buffalo, New York, Mary 24, 1832, he was a son of Rev. James Remington, a noted Presbyterian minister of western New York, and for eighteen years pastor of the congregation of Lancaster. Though he had given up regular work very late in life Rev. Remington died in 1889 at over ninety years of age, still in the harness, as it were, and doing the work of the Master. He married Caroline Evans, who died in the seventies, being the mother of three sons and two daughters, namely: Rev. Charles, of Buffalo, New York, the only survivor of the family; George L., of this memoir; James, who died about 1880 and passed his life chiefly in the milling business; Mary, who died unmarried about 1875, and Jennie, who was for many years a deputy in the office of the Clerk of Erie county, New York, and died in 1891.

The education of George L. Remington was acquired in what we now term the common schools and in Gambler College, Ohio. On leaving college he entered the Union army as a private, joining company “C”, 21st New York Vol. Inf. He rose by successive promotions, viz: to First Sergeant, and August 7, 1861, was commissioned 1st Lieut., and Capt., Dec. 12, 1861. He succeeded Capt. Washburn who was killed at Second Bull Run in August, 1862. His regiment formed a part of the Army of the Potomac and he participated in all the engagements of that famous and splendid army and was discharged in 1864, resigning and leaving the service on account of failing health. September 14, 1865, he married Alice Pomeroy, a daughter of Robert Pomeroy, a banker and one of the old settlers of Buffalo, New York. Mr. Pomeroy married Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of a Baptist clergyman, and died in 1856 at sixty years old. He resided in Buffalo when the British burned that city during the war of 1812 and he and his mother were the last to leave the destroyed city. Mrs. Remington is the fourth of nine children in her parents’ family, five of whom are yet living.

Mr. Remington was in the service of the government in the commissary department of the army at Nashville, Tennessee, for near one year, immediately succeeding the end of the war, and on returning north engaged in the wholesale tobacco business in Buffalo.  Subsequently he was elected Register of Deeds for Erie county, New York, and some time after the close of his official career he moved his family out to Saginaw, Michigan, where he embarked in the lumber and salt business and conducted the same successfully till some time in the year 1882, when he disposed of his Michigan interests and became a resident of Independence, Kansas. As a citizen of Saginaw he ingratiated himself into the love and esteem of his compeers and was favored with public trusts.  He was a member of the Board of Education, where he rendered valuable service, and was an active and faithful worker in his religious denomination.

For about two years after coming to Montgomery county, Capt. Remington was engaged in the cattle business. In 1885, he was invited to become cashier of the First National Bank of Independence. He filed the position ‘till his death and in it demonstrated a peculiar fitness and adaptation to the place. He was always courteous, sincere and reliable, prompt in fulfilling his obligations and faithful in serving the constituents of the bank.

As a citizen of Independence, Capt. Remington took a prominent part in all its affairs. His ability and integrity were at once recognized and he accepted the public trusts that were imposed on him with an eye single to the public good. He demonstrated his unflagging interest in public education by long and faithful service on the school board. He was President of that body for some years and many were the ideas he advanced for the improvement of the facilities and methods of education. He was a leading member of the Presbyterian church and, in the absence of the pastor, was frequently designated to read a sermon and to comment on the character, good works and teachings of the Sabbath School and the beneficent works of a good man were felt in this field, also. In his capacity as a teacher and leader his work was most effective. He was a ready and pleasing talker, and was a storehouse of information on popular subjects and, in 1894, was chosen by the Presbytery of Neosho to be a delegate to the General Assembly at Saratoga, New York. He was a member of McPherson Post G. A. R., was a Modern Woodman and a Knight Templar Mason, by whose direction and under whose auspices his funeral was held. In politics he was a Republican

Capt. And Mrs. Remington’s family comprised three children, namely: Jennie P., wife of Will P. Lyon, of Independence; Allen A., who married Lizzie B. Marshall and is a merchant of Bristow, Ind. Ty., and George F., who died Sept. 18, 1899, at twenty-three years of age.

Contributed by Mrs. Maryann Johnson a Civil war researcher and a volunteer in the Kansas Room of the

Independence Public Library, Independence, Kansas.

Remington, Seth Pierre, Col. 11th NY Cavalry, St. Lawrence, 111




http://northcountry.bobsterner.com/Seth%20Remington.htm

Seth Pierre Remington – b. 16 Feb 1834 in Chautauqua County, NY; d. 18 Feb 1880, Ogdensburg, NY.

Among of things in his interesting life, he was the father of the famed painter and sculptor Frederic S. Remington. There are extensive clippings at the above website, which have been downloaded for the OMDHS archives.

http://books.google.com/books?id=-0i43lUIrPcC&pg=PA70&dq=%22seth+Pierre+remington%22

Seth was the proprietor of a local newspaper, a lean, active man, ardent horseman and Republican who distinguished himself as a Union Cavalry officer in the Civil War. His wife was Clara Bascomb Sackrider, whose family had a hardware store in Canton. In 1973 the he resettled in Ogdensburg. Seth was made collector of the port at Ogdensburg, selling his newspaper and began raising and racing trotting horses.

REMINGTON, S. PIERRE.— 11th NY Cavalry; Age, not stated; enrolled, 27 Nov 1861, at New York; mustered in as captain, Co. D, 31 Mar 1862, to serve three years; mustered in as Major, 27 Sep 1862; mustered out, 11 Mar 1865, at Memphis, Tenn. Not commissioned as Captain; commissioned Major, 1 Mar 1864, with rank from 27 Sep 1862, original; brevet Colonel. (photo at right) >
http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/cavalry/11thCav/11thCavCWN.htm

A FIGHT AT FAIRFAX COURT-HOUSE. – 11th NY Cavalry (“Scott’s 900) – 27 Jun 1863.

On Friday afternoon, in pursuance of orders, Colonel Swain, commanding the cavalry regiment known as Scott's Nine Hundred, ordered Major Remington to take companies B and C, numbering about one hundred men, and make a reconnaissance to Centreville to see if any of the enemy were in that vicinity. Major R. started at five o'clock in the afternoon, and after proceeding some distance went into camp, intending to resume his march in the morning. Early on Saturday morning they again started off, and by half-past eight o'clock were in the vicinity of Fairfax. Here the pickets of the Sixth Virginia rebel cavalry were discovered. Major Remington immediately ordered his men to charge, which they did with so much impetuosity that half of the enemy were captured before recovering from their surprise. The main body of the rebels came up at this time, and Major R., at the head of his little band, venturing too far, they were soon surrounded. The prisoners that had been taken were turned loose, and Major Remington with the main body of his men turned round, and charging, cut their way through the rebel lines. Of this body only eighteen men returned, the rest being either killed, wounded, or taken prisoners. The Major was shot in the breast in two places.
In a desperate fight at Fairfax Court House, June 27, 1863, a squadron, under command of Maj. S. Pierre Remington, encountered the Sixth Virginia Cavalry, and dashed at them with sabres. The Major made two charges and drove the enemy for three miles to a wood, and there encountered a superior force that checked him with the fire of carbines. The fight from beginning to end was fierce. Its termination, from the overwhelming disparity of numbers, was disastrous. Major Remington after having had his horse shot twice, cut his way out and made his escape with eighteen men.
“The Story of a Cavalry Regiment,” by Thomas West Smith, page 293.

http://books.google.com/books?id=amgUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP16&dq=%22remington,+s.+Pierre%22&lr=#

This book covers the interesting exploits of “Scott’s 900” Cavalry, of which Col. Remington was an officer. There are several anecdotes concerning him in this book, the following of which is included for review:

A VIRGINIA GIRL.

Much has been said and written about deeds of heroism of the soldiers of the war, but, as I find little mention made of the brave women, I will tell you of an incident that happened in 1862. In June of that year, Company D, of which I then was 2d Lieutenant, was on duty near Leesburg, Va. I was sent to the village of Middleburg to capture some horses for the cavalry. A widow lady had a team of bays that was admired by the Yankee officers and I was detailed to get them. Maj. Remington was at that time captain of the company; he was, in appearance and action, a good deal like Gen. Custer; he was a fearless soldier, a fine horseman, and a. kind and gentlemanly companion, "with a heart in his breast as big as a pumpkin."

I went to the home of the widow and found her and her daughter sitting on the wide front piazza. I raised my cap and told her that I had been sent to take her team of horses; that the government was greatly in need of cavalry horses, and that my orders were to bring them to the cavalry camp near Leesburg. While I was talking the young lady left her seat and went into the house; a minute or two later she returned, passed by me, and stationed herself in front of a gate between the house and the barnyard. I paid but little attention to her until after we had halters on the team, and had got as far as the gate, where the young lady stood, pointing a big revolver in my face. I was somewhat startled by her action, and tried to argue with her; but her large black eyes snapped like fire, and she said she would kill the first man that passed with the horses.

Up to this time I had considered myself brave enough to perform any duty that I was ordered to do, however dangerous it might be; but here was some thing unexpected—a beautiful woman defending her home. I could not use force with her, and my arguments were in vain. Leaving the horses I said to the sergeant who was with me, "We will let Remington get these horses,'' and I left them and rode back to camp.

I told Remington of my experience and why I did not get the team; he said I was chicken-hearted. I made a bet with him of a turkey and wine supper that he would fare no better than I did. Remington mounted his horse and we rode to the widow's farm. The young lady, who by this time had grown more beautiful to my eyes because of her bravery, stood at the outside gate and refused Remington admittance even to the house. The captain talked and argued with her and said he must and would take the horses, but she kept her revolver ready and said that no one could enter the gate. Remington rode over to me and said we never could get the horses unless we shot the girl. I told him I would not shoot her or any woman for all the horses in the Confederacy. He said, "Neither would I." We said good-by to the brave lady, and rode back to camp without the horses.

Loading...

Loading...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Remington



Frederic Sackrider Remington (October 4, 1861 - December 26, 1909) was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in depictions of the Old American West, specifically concentrating on the last quarter of the 19th century American West and images of cowboys, American Indians, and the U.S. Cavalry.

Remington was born in Canton, New York in 1861 to Seth Pierre Remington (1830-1880) and Clara Bascomb Sackrider, whose paternal family owned hardware stores and emigrated from Alsace-Lorraine in the early 1700’s. Remington’s father was a colonel in the Civil War whose family arrived in the United States from England in 1637. He was a newspaper editor and postmaster, and the family was active in local politics and staunchly Republican. One of Remington’s great grandfathers, Samuel Bascom, was a saddle maker by trade, and the Remingtons were fine horsemen. Frederic Remington was related by family bloodlines to Indian portrait artist George Catlin and cowboy sculptor Earl W. Bascom.

Colonel Remington was away at war during most of the first four years of his son’s life. After the war, he moved his family to Bloomington, Illinois for a brief time and was appointed editor of the Bloomington Republican, but the family returned to Canton in 1867. Remington was the only child of the marriage, and received constant attention and approval. He was an active child, large and strong for his age, who loved to hunt, swim, ride, and go camping. He was a poor student, though, particularly in math, which did not bode well for his father’s ambitions for his son to attend West Point. He began to make drawings and sketches of soldiers and cowboys at an early age.

The family moved to Ogdensburg, New York when Remington was eleven and he attended Vermont Episcopal Institute, a church-run military school, where his father hoped discipline would rein in his son’s lack of focus, and perhaps lead to a military career. Remington took his first drawing lessons at the Institute. He then transferred to another military school where his classmates found the young Remington to be a pleasant fellow, a bit careless and lazy, good-humored, and generous of spirit, but definitely not soldier material. He enjoyed making caricatures and silhouettes of his classmates. At sixteen, he wrote to his uncle of his modest ambitions, “I never intend to do any great amount of labor. I have but one short life and do not aspire to wealth or fame in a degree which could only be obtained by an extraordinary effort on my part”. He imagined a career for himself as a journalist, with art as a sideline.

.Reynold, Charles M., (Lieut.) (killed in battle, May, '64), Greenwich, 467
Reynolds, Gilbert H., (Capt.) 1st Light Artillery), Valley, 109

1832-1913; a coach maker from Rochester; bur. Mt. Hope Cemetery, NY

REYNOLDS, GILBERT H— Age, 28 years. Enrolled, September 17. 1861, at Rochester; mustered in as second lieutenant, Battery L, November 12, 1861, to serve three years; as first lieutenant, to date, December 21, 1862; captain, May 19, 1863; resigned, May 3, 1864, on account of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863; commissioned second lieutenant, November 20, 1861, with rank from November 12, 1861, original; first lieutenant, January 27. 1862, with rank from December 2, 1861, original ; captain, May 9, 1863, with rank from March 9, 1863, vice J. A. Reynolds, promoted (see below).
http://www.library.rochester.edu/index.cfm?page=1103

Gilbert H. Reynolds (1832-1913) was born in New York City and moved to Rochester, New York, with his parents at the age of eighteen. A member of the New York State militia in the 1850s, Reynolds volunteered with his brother and others in Rochester to form Battery L, First Regiment New York Light Artillery, in 1861. In Albany, the "Reynolds' Battery" joined a six gun battery made up of about 150 men, and proceeded to Baltimore for equipage and drilling. Beginning in May, 1862, the battery saw action at Harper's Ferry, Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg. Gilbert H. Reynolds assumed command of the company shortly before the fight at Gettysburg in July, 1863, and was seriously wounded there, obliging him to leave the battery that summer. He returned to live and work with his family in Rochester, and was active in the G.A.R. there until his death almost fifty years later.

The Gilbert H. Reynolds Papers contain documents and letters from his years in the state militia and during and after the Civil War. There are five letters by and to him and his family describing engagements with Confederate troops and artillery, including reports from the battlefields of Fredericksburg and Gettysburg. Two later letters to Reynolds by Frederick Douglass and Theodore Roosevelt are both indexed. The collection also includes newspapers clippings, a short memorial account of his service by his comrades on the fiftieth anniversary of Gettysburg, and a piece of the shirt worn by Reynolds at the battle, said to be cut by shrapnel.
http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/artillery/1stArtLt/1stArtLtBatL.htm#photos

Most of the data for the following sketch of Reynolds' Battery at Gettysburg are taken from the official report of General Wainwright to General Hunt, chief of artillery, and bearing date July 17, 1863. We are indebted to the politeness of Major Cooney, at the New York headquarters of the Gettysburg Monuments Commission, for access to the advance sheets of a government work on Gettysburg not yet published, and which contains the report, extract of is as follows:

“On the night of June 30, 1863, Reynolds' Battery was encamped with the batteries and troops of the First Corps, about two miles from Emmitsburg, along the Pike leading to Gettysburg. Marching orders were received about 8 o'clock on the morning of the 1st of July. We were soon apprised of the presence of the enemy by the sound of skirmish firing ahead, and between 10 and 11 o'clock the battery was drawn off the road and parked in a field, but a short distance from the Seminary Grove. Those of us who were present at that time, will remember the clouds of cavalry skirmishers which, having been relieved by the infantry, were falling back down the hillsides which hid the village of Gettysburg from our view. Leaving the caissons at this point, the battery advanced into the fields between the town and the Lutheran Seminary. The first mention of the battery in the report says: "Directing Captain Reynolds to move his battery of six three-inch guns forward, I rode up onto the ridge, but finding that the battery would be exposed and totally without support, I withdrew it before it reached the crest." After occupying one or two positions advancing, Battery L was ordered to relieve Tidball's Horse Battery, and it was during the execution of this movement that Captain Reynolds was wounded and the command of the battery devolved upon Lieutenant Breck. Captain Reynolds is mentioned in the report as gallantly refusing to leave the field.”
Capt. G. H. Reynolds, lost his left eye and was bruised in his left side; taken to hospital in town; taken prisoner, and found in Gettysburg on its evacuation by the enemy [and then sent to a hospital in Baltimore]. Isaac Weinberg, the battery's guidon, was captured while attending to Captain Reynolds, but was released with him. Isaac Weinberg returned to his company unharmed.
Reynolds, Isaac, (Sergt.) 23d Infantry, Union, 95
Reynolds, John A., (Major / General) 1st Light Artillery, Valley, 109

b. 4 Oct 1830; d. 30 Apr 1921, Fariport, NY, age 91; bur. Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY; m. Marietta Pardee, b. 5 Nov 1836; d. 8 Feb 1903.

http://mcnygenealogy.com/bios/biographies005.htm

General John A. Reynolds, ex-postmaster of Rochester, NY, was born in New York City, 4 Oct 1830, and received his early education in the public schools. In 1839 his father, Mr. Alfred Reynolds, removed to Webster, Monroe county, where for the next ten years the family was engaged in farming, young Reynolds continuing the pursuit of his education at the public schools. In 1849 he came to Rochester and with his father was engaged in the grocery business until 1861. At the outbreak of the War he was captain and in command of the Union Greys, having been a member of the company for many years. He tendered the Greys to the Government as an artillery company, but as no more artillery was needed at the time, the tender was declined. In August and September following he recruited a company of 156 men, which was assigned to Battery L, First NY Light Artillery regiment, Colonel Bailey commanding, and was mustered into service 17 Sep 1861. In the Spring of 1862 Battery L was attached to General Banks' command in the Shenandoah valley, and rendered efficient and gallant service in the engagements of Harper's Ferry, Charlestown, Cedar Mountain, Groveton, Rappahannock Crossing, Warrenton, Sulphur Springs, Second Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.

After the latter engagement Captain Reynolds was commissioned major and served with the First corps until after the battle of Gettysburg, and was then assigned as chief of artillery to the Twelfth corps, and accompanied the corps to Chattanooga to the relief of General Thomas. General Hooker then appointed him his chief of artillery at the battle of Lookout Mountain. He was with Sherman on his march to Atlanta and to the sea as chief of artillery of the Twentieth corps, after which he was assigned by General Sherman chief of artillery to the Army of Georgia. His services continued through the Carolinas to the surrender of Johnston at Janesboro, and thence to Richmond. Major Reynolds was brevetted lieutenant-colonel for gallant and meritorious service in the campaign from Atlanta to the sea, and colonel for subsequent service on the field. He was mustered out of service in June, 1865. General Reynolds has been prominent in the Grand Army of the Republic; he was one of the organizers and charter members of the first post in New York State and was elected commander three times. He was elected commander of the First Veteran brigade at its organization, and again in the following year. He was the organizer and has been since its formation the commander of the George H. Thomas post of this city. In 1884 he was chosen Department Commander of the Grand Army of the State. For some years he engaged in the shoe trade in Rochester, finally retiring in 1889. General Reynolds was appointed to the office of postmaster in Rochester by President Harrison on 20 Mar 1890, and held the office with much satisfaction to the people of this city until relieved by his successor, George H. Perkins, 1 Jun 1894.
“Story of Our Post Office,” by Marshall Cushing, page 762.

http://books.google.com/books?id=wwVDAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA762&dq=%22John+A.+reynolds%22+%22rochester%22#PPA762,M1

Gen. John A. Reynolds, postmaster at Rochester, NY, was born in New York City in October, 1830. Nine years later his father moved to Webster, Monroe Co., NY, where the whole family was engaged at farming until 1849, when they removed to Rochester, where both father and son engaged in the grocery business. When Sumter was fired on, Mr. Reynolds was in command of the Rochester Union Grays, which company he had joined as early as 1851. At the organization of the 13th New York Regiment, Captain Reynolds offered the services of the Union Grays as a company of artillery. The tender was not accepted, for the reason that no more artillery was then needed; but Gen. Lansing B. Swan told Captain Reynolds to wait and he would soon have a chance to fight. In August, Col. E. D. Bentley, who had been commissioned to raise a regiment of light artillery, wrote to Captain Reynolds asking him if he could raise a company. The Union Grays became Reynolds' battery and joined the First New York Light Artillery. Under the new title Mr. Reynolds was reflected captain at Elmira, whence the journey was made to Washington, and camp was pitched on Capitol Hill. In March it was sent to Baltimore, and when Banks was repulsed in the Shenandoah, Reynolds' battery went to Harper's Ferry, whence it soon advanced down the valley under Sigel and joined McDowell's corps, by whom it was held in reserve at Cedar Mountain. Rappahannock Station was its first battle. This was followed by a desperate fight at White Sulphur Springs. The battery, though badly cut up, passed through the battles of Second Bull Run and Antietam with great credit.

After Antietam Captain Reynolds was put in command of the four batteries of the division. After the terrible fights at Fredericksburgh and Chancellorsville, he was promoted for gallant service to be major, and he was made assistant chief of artillery of the 1st Corps under General Wainright. Soon after the battle of Gettysburg he was made chief of artillery on the 12th Corps and had immediate

command of four batteries. When the 11th and 12th Corps went West under General Hooker to the relief of General Thomas, who was besieged at Chattanooga, Major Reynolds went with them and he was engaged in the Wauhatchie midnight attack in which Captain Atwell and Lieutenant Geary were killed and many wounded. In the battle of Lookout Mountain General Reynolds had command of all the artillery, and the superb way — but this is already written in the histories.

James Walker's 1874 painting of the Battle of Lookout Mountain, 24 Nov 1863,

was commissioned by the Federal commander in that battle, Major General "Fighting Joe" Hooker. 

The central portion of the painting shows Hooker on his white horse

receiving a report from his chief of artillery, Major John A. Reynolds.

http://civilwarart.southgeorgiacreations.com/cwbf24.html

After that memorable fight General Reynolds followed the enemy to Missionary Ridge, took part in the repulse of Bragg and followed the enemy to Ringgold, Ga., where he became a member of General Hooker's staff as chief of artillery. After the organization of the 12th Corps in 1864 two new batteries were added to his command, forming the famous artillery brigade of that corps which became noted as the best artillery brigade in the army. His command was almost constantly engaged while with Sherman before Atlanta and on the march to the sea.

Then General Reynolds was made chief of artillery of the army of Georgia under General Slocum. At Bentonville, General Williams and General Reynolds, who were behind the 12th Corps, heard artillery firing ahead and, in violation of orders, hurried to the front. They found the Confederates making awful havoc among the advance corps of the Union Army. General Reynolds determined to

fight, and even before General Williams was aware of it, two batteries were placed in the open field, where they made it so hot for the other fellows that the latter retreated and the day was saved. General Reynolds continued on to Richmond, and he was present at the Grand Review. His splendid record as a commanding officer has never been disputed. He united courage, coolness and good judgment, and he knew his soldiers and their needs as well as the details of modern war. General Reynolds is a stanch friend and a good, old-fashioned gentleman.
REYNOLDS, JOHN A.— Age, 30 years. Enrolled, September 17, 1861, at Rochester; mustered in as captain, Battery L, November 17, 1861, to serve three years; as major, March 6, 1863; mustered out with regiment, June 21, 1865, at Elmira, N. Y.; commissioned Captain, November 20, 1861, with rank from October 10, 1861, original; major. May 9, 1863, with rank from March 6, 1863, vice Kieffer, dismissed.
http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/artillery/1stArtLt/1stArtLtBatLBreckChap35AppC.htm

Battery L, or Reynolds’ Battery, as it is always better known, was organized in the city of Rochester, September 17, 1861. Thirteen men enlisted that day for three years’ service in the volunteer army, forming the nucleus of an organization which in a few weeks was filled to the maximum number of a six-gun battery, consisting of 150 men. The company, before its full completion, departed for Elmira, October 7th, and the event was duly celebrated by the old Union Grays of Rochester firing a salute, and by Hill’s Union Blues acting as an escort to the deport. On the 25th of October, the company was mustered into service, numbering then 81 men, with John A. Reynolds as captain, Edward (Edwin) A. Loder, first lieutenant, and Gilbert H. Reynolds (above), second lieutenant.

It was in the latter part of May [1863] that John A. Reynolds, the chief organizer of, and for more than a year and a half the captain of the battery, was commissioned as major in the First New York Light Artillery Regiment, and subsequently was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland as chief of artillery of the Twentieth Army Corps. First Lieut. G(ilbert). H. Reynolds was commissioned as captain and took command of the battery.
Reynolds, S. F., x,, Walton, 559
Reynolds, Vincent L., 189th Vols, Liberty, 510

REYNOLDS, VINCENT L.— Age, 20 years. Enlisted, August 19, 1864, at Cohocton, to serve one year ; mustered in as private, Co. G, October 1, 1864; mustered out with company, May 30, 1865, near Washington, D. C.

Rhodes, Aaron, x, Adonai, 718
Rhodes, A. H., Oneida Co. Cavalry, Oneida, 270

RHODES, HAMILTON.— Age 19 years. Enlisted, August 13, 1861, at Oneida, N. Y.; mustered in as private, Oneida Independent Company, Cavalry, September 4, 1861, to serve three years; mustered out, September 14, 1864, at Oneida, N. Y.

.Rhodes, Thomas E., x, Old Oak, 253
Rice, Burrage, 189th NY Vols, X, X,