Looking for Marine Info

[Corporal Duguay]

Hello I'm looking for any and all information on the 1st New York Marine artillery, any amphibious Landings during the war, and "Belgian Short Rifles". Any input would be helpful! Thanks

 

[major bill]

Will look when I get home, but Marine Artillery might indicate artillery trained personnel to man cannons on state owned small ships and not a type of unit intended to land anywhere or be part of an amphibious assult.

 

[BrianB]

They weren't really Marines - no affiliation with the US Marine Corps. They were mainly intended for gunboat duty rather than amphibious assaults.

here is history from Frederick Pfisterer:


Mustered in: November 12, 1861, to August 18, 1862.
Regiment disbanded: March 31, 1863.

Colonel W. A. Howard was authorized to recruit this organization for service on gunboats, which were to be provided for it. The regiment was organized at New York city. The men were recruited principally in New York city and Buffalo; in Newark, N. J.; Chicago, Ill.; and Washington, D. C. They were mustered in the service of the United States for three years, between November 12, 1861, and August 18, 1862. The regiment (ten companies), left the State in detachments in 1861 and 1862, and served at Annapolis, Md., from December, 1861; Companies A to G at New Berne, N. C., in April, 1862; H and I joined there in June, 1862, and K in August, 1862; the regiment served in North Carolina, 18th and 10th Corps, from August, 1862. March 31, 1863, it was disbanded and officers and enlisted men honorably discharged.

It lost by death, killed in action, 1 officer, 14 enlisted men; of wounds received in action, 2 enlisted men; of disease and other causes, 1 officer, 72 enlisted men; total, 2 officers, 88 enlisted men; aggregate, 90

Ancestry has posted a database of New York Civil War Muster Rolls. If you could post a name, I bet there are people on this board who would have access to Ancestry and be able to look him up.

 

[Corporal Duguay]

The 1st Regiment, New York Marine Artillery, also armed themselves with boat howitzers, using them for their designed use of amphibious expeditions. The unit participated in 16 raids along the North Carolina coast employing their boat howitzers. The New York Marine Artillery was issued twelve 12-pounder rifled boat howitzers made by Norman Wiard out of semi-steel, a low-carbon iron alloy. Other than the material used, the Wiard boat howitzers were identical to the Dahlgren 12-pounder rifled boat howitzers. The Wiard howitzers were not made in large numbers
February 21-22, 1864: The Marine Guard of the USS Mahaska under O. Sgt Edward Green are landed with naval howitzers at Jacksonville, Florida
I found a treasure-trove of information at http://www.navyandmarine.org/

 

[major bill]

For uniforms I have; 1st Regt Marine Arty (Howard's Arty Naval Brig; disb) Issued semi-naval dress including blue jacket, blue jumper, blue flannel shirt, straight gray pants with red stripe, blue forage cap. Officers wore blue frock coat and pants, blue naval cap trimmed with gold lace. Cap and cuffs bore naval insignia. Accouterments generally naval patterns Officers wore naval swords.

 

[Borderruffian]

Since they mustered out on on 3/3063 and had a causaltie list of 1 officer and 14 enlisted not counting a few from sickness I'd say any large scale amphib landing wasn't made maybe a few small (5 to 10 scouts) they served in New Bern NC. The desigmation Marine is not how Marine is thought of today it was used brcause they were mustered in to serve on Gunboats which never appeared that was the total of any Marine service.

 

[BrianB]

The reference to USS Mahaska would refer to "real" Marines (members of the US Marine Corps). The 1st NY Marine Artillery was disbanded well before the February 1864 landing in Florida.

The 1st NY Marine Artillery's primary combat event occurred on September 6, 1862 at Washington NC, where the regiment sustained 2 dead and 24 wounded.

They sustained 1 dead and 2 wounded June 5-6 1862 at Tranter's Bridge NC and one dead and two wounded on an expedition from New Berne to Goldsboro NC in December 1862.

On Folly Island SC, 6 men were listed as missing in action, April 10, 1863.

See https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/artillery/1stArtMar/1stArtMarTable.htm