John H. Slingerland (1844-1914, buried here) and his cousin
William Slingerland were veterans of the Civil War having served with the New
York’s 177th Infantry Unit. Both enlisted in October of 1862 when
they were 18 years old. While assigned to different companies, both marched to
the Albany train station on December 15 to begin their journey to New Orleans. Headquartered
at Bonnet Carre, the 177th took part in skirmishes at McGill’s
Ferry, and Pontchatoula, and saw action at the siege of Port Henry. The 177th,
including the cousins, mustered out of service at Albany on September 10, 1863.
John, the son of William H. and Elizabeth Slingerland, worked
with his father as a civil engineer. He married Alice Preston about 1873 and
they had four children, William, Edward, Bessie and Florence. In the late 1880s
he and his family moved to New York City where he was a masonry inspector. After
her husband’s death, Alice and daughter Florence moved back to Slingerlands.
William Slingerland (1844-1928) was the son of John I. and Sally
Slingerland. He and his wife Ellen Van Wie had seven children and lived their
entire lives in Slingerlands. For many years he was an Express Manager with
American Express Company.
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| New York State Military Museum, Stenzel article |
Read more about the 177th at the websites below.
First, and excellent overview of NY in the war: https://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/civilwar/
The New York State Military Museum has excellent resources. Browse the ones for the 177th here https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/177thInf/177thInfMain.htm
and especially the article here https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/177thInf/177thInf_Article_Stenzel.pdf
and the unit roster here
https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/rosters/Infantry/177th_Infantry_CW_Roster.pdf
For miscellaneous odds and ends check out these sites:
https://militaryimages.atavist.com/uniforms-history-spring-2018
http://readme.readmedia.com/An-Albany-County-Soldier-at-the-Civil-War-Battle-of-Port-Hudson-is-topic-of-free-talk-on-February-8/16873859
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/177th_New_York_Volunteer_Infantry NOTE: This wiki page is pretty scant, but it has a couple of intersting looking books cited at the bottom.
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https://militaryimages.atavist.com/uniforms-history-spring-2018 has this picture along with the description "Members of the 10th Regiment, wearing the 1862 dress uniform, lined up in an upstate New York field for this group portrait" Also as the website notes, "The 10th served as a federal volunteer regiment, renumbered the 177th New York Volunteer Infantry."
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| New York State Military Museum, Stenzel article |
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| The Albany Argus, December 25, 1914 |
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| Hudson Evening Register, December 29, 1914 |
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| Altamont Enterprise, November 9, 1928 |
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| Hudson Daily Star, June 6, 1863. Included in this long article is this quote: THe 2nd Duryee Zouaves and the 177th New York made a desperate onset and were met by a rain-storm of bullets." |
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| The Albany Argus, September 14, 1890 |
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| The Knickerbock Press, September 14, 1921 |
And finally, Abram M. Carhart. Wish I had pictures like this of John and William Slingerland.
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| Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/item/2010648986/ |
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