Starting with the flag on the front and back covers of this book, you will find the documented history of the First New York Dragoons' participation in the American Civil War. The battlefield with it's movements of troops, and the roar of cannon and the rattle of small arms, brings to life the struggles of the heroes and brave comrades of the rebellion. Included is a storehouse of genealogical data of first and last names, rank, discharged, transferred and wounded, causalities, deserters, post office location and dates. A partial list of the comrades named, some with pictures: Abbot, Abbott, Abrams, Adams, Albright, Aldernam, Aldrich, Alford, Allen, Annabal, Annis, Ansel, Arnold, Atwell, Babcock, Bacon, Baker, Barber, Barnes, Barns, Barrager, Barrell, Barron, Barton, Bayer, Beach, Beadle, Beebe, Beecher, Belden, Bennett, Bigelow, Bills, Binder, Bishop, Blackman, Blanchard, Bliss, Bonnond, Booher, Booth, Borden, Botsford, Bowen, Boyd, Brainard, Brenell, Brennan, Brick, Briggs, Brightlop, Britton, Booker, Brown, Brundage, Buck, Buckley, Burke, Burkhard, Burlison, Burr, Bursley, Bush, Bushnell, Butler, Callahan, Calvin, Cameron, camp, Campbell, Card, Carpenter, Carroll, Carter, Cary, Case, Chamberlain, Chapin, Chapman, Chase, Chilson, Clark, Clifford, Cluet, Cobb, Colcharta, Cole, Conklin, Connor, Cook, Cornell, Cotten, Covell, Coy, Crane, Crawford, Crittenden, Crocker, Cross, Culbertson, Cummings, Curtis, Daily, Daniels, Darling, Davis, Day, Dewey, Draper, Driscoll, Duggan, Dunn, Eber, Elliott, ellis, Emmons, Farman, Farnsworth, Ferguson, fish, Fisher, Flint, Ford, Foster, Fowler, Fox, Francis, Freeman, Fry, Gage, Gardner, Garrett, Gearhart, Gibbs, Gibson, Gilbert, Gilman, Gleason, Godfrey, Graham, Granger, Graves, Gray, Green, Griffith, Griggs, Griswold, Grover, Haight, Hakes, Haley, Hall, Halsted, Hamilton, Hanks, Harden, Harding, Hardy, Hare, Harrington, Hartmen, Harvey, Harwood, Hatch, Heath, Helmer, Hennig, Henshaw, Herrington, Hicks, Hinman, Hitchock, Hoffman, Holley, Hooker, Hopkins, Horton, House, Howard, Howe, Hubbard, Hunt, Hyde, Jackson, James, Jefferson, Jennings, Johnson, Jones, Karns, Keghan, Kelley, Kerslaw, Ketch, King, Kinney, Knapp, Knox, Lancey, Land, Lawrence, Lawton, Leach, Leddick, Lee, Leggett, Lemen, Lewis, Lilly, Lockwood, Lorish, Luther, Lyman, Lyon, Mack, Mahanna, Masterson, Mattison, McCabe, McGuire, McIntosh, McMann, Meade, Merchant, Miller, Mix, Moore, Moores, Morey, Morris, Murphy, Needham, Nichols, Norton, Ogilvie, Oliver, Olney, Orcutt, Osborne, Osgood, Page, Palmer, Parker, Parkins, Patridge, Patterson, Payn, Peck, Pettebone, Pettie, Phelps, Pinney, Pratt, Prosper, Pryor, Purchase, Pursell, Randolph, Ransom, Rathbone, Reed, Roberts, Robinson, Rogers, Rood, Root, Royce, Sabin, Sackett, Sales, Salsberry, Sanderson, Saterly, Saunders, Schleick, Scott, Sears, Shaw, Sheldon, Simmons, Simonds, Simons, Simpson, Skinner, Slater, Slocum, Smith, Snow, Southworth, Spencer, Squires, Stanley Starks, Sterling, Stratton, Strawberger, Street, Sweet, Swift, Tallman, Taylor, Terry, Thompson, Thorp, Torrey, Townsend, Tucker, Vanderwalker, Wade, Wakeman, Walcott, Waldo, Walker, Waller, Walsh, Warner, Washburn, Wasterson, Waters, Watts, Weaver, Welch, Wells, Wessells, West, Wheelock, White, Wickson, Wight, Wilcox, Wilkins, William Williams, Wilson, Winegar, Wing, Wolf, Wood, Worclen, Yeomans and many more....