CIVIL WAR MUSTER ROLL — 4TH NEW YORK VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, FIELD, STAFF, AND BAND, 1862

CIVIL WAR MUSTER ROLL — 4TH NEW YORK VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, FIELD, STAFF, AND BAND, 1862

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A printed Field, Staff, and Band Muster Roll form, completed in manuscript for the 4th New York Volunteer Infantry ("1st Scott's Life Guard"), dated 1862, with station listed as Maryland.

The roll is signed by Lt. Col. John D. MacGregor in the dual capacity of commanding officer and mustering/inspecting officer. MacGregor certifies the roll as accurate and just, and rates the regiment's condition as follows: Arms, "Good except Band without Swords"; Accoutrements, "Good"; Clothing, "Good." A period pencil annotation on the document notes his later rank as Brevet Brigadier General.

The 4th New York was organized in New York City in the spring of 1861 (Company E recruited in Brooklyn), taking its nickname from its ties to the Veteran Scott Life Guard, an association of Mexican War veterans. The regiment served garrison and guard duty around Baltimore and Havre de Grace, Maryland, through much of 1861–62, and was stationed at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, from late March to early June 1862 — squarely within the period and location reflected on this muster roll.

MacGregor was still serving as Lieutenant Colonel at the time of this muster; he was promoted to Colonel effective July 7, 1862, and was later wounded at both Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville before the regiment mustered out in May 1863. In 1867, he was brevetted Brigadier General in recognition of his wartime service.

The form includes a printed pay roll and muster roll ledger with columns for rank, enlistment, pay, and remarks, completed in period ink for the regiment's field, staff, and band personnel.

Folded, as issued, with expected fold-wear and toning to a manuscript document of this age. Housed in archival sleeve.  [ss] [ph:L]

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