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The 1st New York Volunteer Engineer Regiment was an engineer regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was also known as Serrell's Engineers, New York Volunteer Corps of Engineers,〔 or Engineer's and Artizans.〔 The regiment served initially in the Lower Seaboard Theater, and later in the Richmond–Petersburg Campaign. ==Organization and muster== In 1860 the army Corps of Engineers consisted of just 44 officers and 100 soldiers for an army of 15,000 soldiers. After the formation of the Confederacy and the Battle of Fort Sumter, Congress authorized a massive increase in the number of specialized engineer troops on August 3, 1861 to complement the growing Union Army. Edward W. Serrell, a prominent civil engineer obtained authorization to begin recruiting an engineer regiment which would become known as the 1st New York Volunteer Engineer Regiment, or Serrell's Engineers. The regiment was accepted by the state on September 27, 1861. Serrell was appointed a Lieutenant Colonel of Volunteers on October 11, 1861, and promoted to a full Colonel by December of that year. The regiment was officially organized in New York City, and mustered in for a three year enlistment on October 11, 1861.〔 Volunteers were recruited by company: *Company A: New York City *Company B: New York City *Company C: Athens, Hudson, Cooperstown, Newark, and Pennsylvania *Company D: New York City *Company E: Kingston, PA, Newark, Sing Sing, Poughkeepsie, and Ulster County *Company F: New York City, Brooklyn, Rochester, Canandaigua, and Newark *Company G: New York City, Canandaigua, and Otsego County *Company H: New York City *Company I: New York City, Newburgh, Schuyler's Falls, Mooers, Goshen, Saranac, Piermont, Plattsburgh, Centerville, and Ellenburgh *Company K: New Jersey at Newton, Dover, Paterson, Morristown, Stanhope, and Rockaway *Company L: New York City〔The original Company L would become the 4th New York Volunteer Battery in January 1864.〕 *Company M: New York City, Brooklyn, Tompkinsville, Kingston, and Tarrytown〔 Upon formation, the volunteer engineers were promised pay wages one-third greater than that of the line. After the unit had been mustered, the Paymaster General refused to recognize the status of the newly formed regiment, and paid them the same rate as infantry. After protests to the War Department failed to rectify the situation, the men refused to take their reduced pay. Finally, after eight months of refusing to accept the lower wages, the order finally came through to increase the soldiers' pay to the agreed amount. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1st New York Volunteer Engineer Regiment」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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