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WIKIPEDIA - “The 109th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.[1] The 109th New York was raised in and around Binghamton, New York. It was also known as the Binghamton Regiment and the Railway Brigade.
Service
The regiment was organized in and around Binghamton, New York, and was mustered in for a three-year enlistment on August 27, 1862.[2] It left New York on August 30, 1862, to serve as a guard to the Washington, D.C. railroads in Annapolis Junction, and Laurel, Maryland. On May 4, 1864, the 109th New York served in Virginia. They fought in the Overland Campaign leading up to the Siege of Petersburg, including the battles of The Wilderness, Spotsylvania Courthouse, and Cold Harbor.
The regiment was mustered out of service on June 4, 1865, at the Delaney House in Washington, D.C.”
Company A - principally recruited from Newfield, Caroline and Danby, all of Tompkins County
Company B - principally recruited from Candor, Richford, Newark, Berkshire, Owego, all of Tioga County and Caroline, Tompkins County
Company C - principally recruited from Owego and Candor, Tioga County
Company D - principally recruited from Binghamton, Broome County
Company E - principally recruited Binghamton, Chenango and Sanford, all of Broome County
Company F - principally recruited from Dryden and Groton, Tompkins County
Company G - principally recruited from Trumansburg, Enfield, Lansing, Jacksonville and Ulysses, all of Tompkins County
Company H - principally recruited from Owego, Tioga County and Binghamton, Broome County
Company I - principally recruited from Smithsboro, Tioga Center, Waverly and Spencer, all of Tioga County
Company K - principally recruited from Nichols, Candor and Owego, all of Tioga County