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Private on 13 May 1861 at Co.D, 3rd Infantry Regiment in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Enlisted: May 31, 1861
Co.D 3rd Infantry Regiment, Grand Rapids Michigan
Wounded: Battle of Malvern Hills, VA In the actions of June 30 and July 1,1862.
Company Cook August 1862.
Promoted to Corporal Sept 1862
Transferred: to Regular Battery Jan 18, 1863.
He lived in Iona, Michigan in Jun 1861. James served in the military Transferred, Artillery Regiment, Regular Army on 18 Jan
1863. When Hooker made his march around the left flank of Lee's army, before the battle of Chancellorsville, C, under Lieut.
Meinell, was left with the force which was intended to cross below Fredericksburg and hold the enemy in his works. It thus
missed the battle. (F-K), under Turnbull, was more fortunate. On the 2d of May it rendered the Union cause most
opportune service. It was still attached to the 1st division 3d Army Corps. When the 11th Corps was routed, a battery of 22
guns was hastily thrown together at Hazel Grove, on ground dominating the enemy's advance. (F-K) was of this battery, the
fire from which, at short range, hurled back the victorious enemy discomfited. Of this struggle General H. J. Hunt, chief of
artillery of the army, remarked in his official report: "When the enemy, flushed with success, appeared before this battery,
they were met with a storm of canister first checking and then driving them back from whence they had emerged at three
hundred yards distance. It was a desperate combat between artillery and infantry, in which the former repulsed the latter,
flushed as they were with a great success, which they were following up when checked by this battery."
At Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863, (F-K) again acted a distinguished part, losing Lt. Manning Livingston and 8 enlisted men killed,
14 wounded, 1 missing and 45 horses killed. It was on the Emmittsburg road supporting Humphreys' division when Sickles'
corps was attacked at Peach Orchard. This was about 3.30 P. M. July 2d. Here Captain D. R. Ransom while placing (F-K) in
position was wounded. When Sickles' corps fell back, (F-K) was rescued with only the greatest difficulty. It was in the
thickest of the fight when A. P. Hill took Birney's division in flank. Humphreys speaks in highest terms of the performance of
the battery that day.
early in the field in 1864. It accompanied Kilpatrick in his raid to Richmond, being engaged at Mechanicsville, Va., March 1st,
and stopped long enough in passing to throw 150 shells into the works guarding the enemy's capital. Soon after this (C-F-K),
consolidated, became one battery, serving with the cavalry. Under Sheridan it was actively employed. It accompanied him in
his raid on Richmond, May 9-24, 1864, passing the right of the enemy's army, defeating his cavalry, rejoining General Grant
June 24, near Chesterfield, Va. During the flank march to the James River, the battery was engaged at Hanover Court House,
May 31; Ashland, June 1, Bethesda Church, June 3, and in the works at the White House, June 20, 1864.
The next service of (C-F-K) was with Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley. It was attached to the horse artillery brigade,
commanded by Captain L. L. Livingston. Engaged near Winchester, August 11, on road to Front Royal, August 16, at
Woolperth's cross-road and Sheperdstown, August 25, and Smithfield, August 29, 1864. The character of these affairs
presaged the nature of the fighting that was to follow. Each commander, but particularly Early, seemed anxious to test the
capacity and mettle of his opponent.
In the battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864, (C-K-F) was present. After this it was engaged with others of Sheridan's
troops in sweeping the Shenandoah Valley of the enemy, the engagement at Mount Jackson, Va., being the severest in
which the battery took part. This practically closed the fighting of the battery during the war. That winter it went into
quarters at Pleasant Valley, Maryland, and the next spring moved to the vicinity of Washington City.
Battery"K" 3rd Artillery
(Attached to Battery "F".) Artillery, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1863. 1st Regular
Brigade,Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to November, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps, Army of the
Potomac, to February, 1864. (Consolidated with Battery "C"February, 1864.) 2nd Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army of the
Potomac, to August, 1864. Horse Artillery, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to December, 1864. Horse
Artillery Reserve, Army of the Shenandoah, to April, 1865. Horse Artillery Brigade, 22nd Army Corps, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5.Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to
line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December
2. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Wilderness May 5-7. Spotsylvania Court House May 8-21. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Siege
of Petersburg June 16 to August 5. Sheridan'sShenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Near Winchester August
11. Near Kearneysville August 25. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley until April, 1865, and in
the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until August, 1865.
He served in the military Discharged on 8 Feb 1867 at Fort Warren in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=F5D886BE-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A
Battle Unit Name: 3rd Regiment, US Artillery (Regular Army)
Side:Union
Company: K
Soldier's Rank In:
Soldier's Rank Out: First Sergeant
He Old Railroaders on 13 Aug 1882 at The Brooklyn Daily Eagle in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States. Excerpt: The
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Vol.43, No.223
Sunday August 13, 1882
The Fort Hamilton Street Car Line:
James F. Newland has put in nine years of active service.
James Railroad Men on a Picnic on 18 Aug 1885 at The Brooklyn Daily Eagle in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States.
Brooklyn City Employes Going: to Bay View Park .
One of the large cars which are used on the Fort Hamilton branch of the Brooklyn City RailroadCompany drew up at the
main office of the company on Fulton street this afternoon, and was speedily filled by about 150 railroad men bent on a
jolly time.
The men were members of the Greenwood Mutual Benefit Association, an organization composed of employes of the
Brooklyn City Railroad. Their destination was Bay View Park, and six gaily harnessed horses wore attached to the car. The
men will enjoy the pleasures of an afternoon and evening picnic.
The officers of tho association are Patrick J. Farrell, president; Michael Gleason, first vice president; John Moore, second
vice president; Patrick M. Rogan, John Hoffner and James F. Newland, secretaries; Charles E. Pitts, treasurer, and William
O'Brien, sergeant at arms.
He Fort Hamilton Fireman on 1 Feb 1888 at The Brooklyn Daily Eagle in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States. FORT
HAMILTON FIREMEN.
The Third Company In New Utrecht With in a Year.
A fire company has been organized at Fort Hamilton. The meeting for organization was held last night at the residence of
James Keegan in Fort Hamilton village. The requisite number of charter members, consisting of Messrs. Peter Gates, Henry
Martin, John H. McBride, Henry B. Johnson, Michael J. Gates, John Martin, James Furoy, William Keogan, James F.
Newland, Henry Holland, James Keegan, William J. Tumulty, Edward J. Parker, Thomas J. Parker, John H. Willis, Thomas J.
Tumulty, Edward P. Shields, William H. Blankley and Henry F. Parker. Five then signed the roll. The trustees elected were
Peter Gates, William H. Blankley, John H. McBride, Edward J. Parker and William Keegan., The officers chosen for the year
were Henry Martin, foreman; Michael J. Gates, assistant foreman; William J. Keegan, secretary; William H. Blankley,
treasurer. The name adopted for the company is Hamilton Hook and Ladder Company, No. 3. Messrs. Peter Gates, Henry
Martin, William Keegan, Edward J. Parker and Henry B. Johnson were appointed a committee to sew Justice Charles W.
Church about the legal steps necessary for an appropriation to purchase the apparatus. The committee will report at a
meeting to be called by the Chair. The meeting passed a resolution of thanks to Foreman Rupert Werner, of Bay Ridge
Engine Company, No. 2, and to William G. Brammen of the same company, for their assistance in the meeting.
3rd Regiment, Michigan Infantry (1st organization)
He stood 6-0 with blue eyes, dark brown hair and a light complexion and was 21 years old and probably still living in Ionia
county when he enlisted in Company D on May 13, 1861. (Company D was composed in large part of men who came from
western Ionia county and Eaton county.) He was wounded at New Market Crossroads and at Malvern Hill, Virginia, on June
30 and July 1, 1862, respectively. He soon rejoined the Regiment, however, and was reported as a company cook in August
of 1862. James was a Corporal in January of 1863 when he was transferred to the regular Army.
3rd Regiment, US Artillery (Regular Army)
Assigned possibly as a Private, to Battery K, Third United States artillery at Camp Pitcher, Virginia, on January 18, 1863, to
serve out the balance of his term of enlistment. He reenlisted on February 8, 1864, at Rappahannock Station, Virginia in the
same battery, was presumably absent on veterans furlough for 30 days and probably returned to the Regiment on or about
the first week of March. He was appointed Corporal on October 27, promoted to Sergeant on April 1, 1865, and was
mustered out as First Sergeant on February 8, 1866, at Fort Warren in Boston harbor, Massachusetts.
After his discharge from the army James remained in Boston where he married Mary Monaghan on March 31, 1866, and
they had nine children: John J. (b. 1867), Mary A. (b. 1871), Charles J. (b. 1872), Margaret E. (b. 1874), Daniel M. (b. 1876),
Martha (b. 1877), Elias J. (b. 1879) and Susan (b. 1886), and James F. (b. 1888).
James eventually moved to Brooklyn, New York, where he lived the remainder of his life. In the spring of 1873 James was
residing at 715 Flushing avenue, suffering from deafness in both ears (possibly as a consequence of his service in the
artillery), and in July of 1892 he was living at 52 Delmonico street in Brooklyn. By 1902 and 1903 he was living at 985 Myrtle
avenue. He was residing at 884 Myrtle avenue in April of 1904, April of 1907, August of 1909 and in 1912, and he worked as
a conductor on the street railway system in Brooklyn in 1902 and 1904. He received pension no. 1,056,334 (increased from
$12.00 to $15.00 per month in 1909).
James died at his home in Brooklyn at 6:00 a.m. on December 17, 1912, and was presumably buried in Brooklyn.
3rd MI History:
At 8:30 on the morning of Thursday, June 13, 1861, ten companies of the Third Michigan infantry, led by its regimental band
and the field and staff officers, left their quarters at Cantonment Anderson on the site of the Kent county agricultural
fairgrounds, about two and a half miles south of the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The Third Michigan marched north up the Kalamazoo Plank road (present-day Division street) into the city, turned down
Monroe street to Canal street and headed north to the Detroit & Milwaukee railroad depot, near what is today the corner
of Plainfield and Leonard streets.
Upon reaching the train station, the men boarded two special trains heading east, passing through Ada, St. Johns, Owosso,
Pontiac and terminated in Detroit, where the Third Michigan was feted by the citizens. The Regiment then boarded two
boats for a night cruise to Cleveland, Ohio. From Cleveland they went by rail to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and then on to
Harrisburg, Baltimore, Maryland, and finally arrived in Washington, DC, on Sunday June 16.
They were tired, hungry and weary when they marched to Chain Bridge just above Georgetown on the Potomac river,
where they set up their first wartime encampment on the bluffs overlooking the river. The camp was first called Camp
McConnell (after the colonel of the regiment) but then quickly changed to Camp Blair (after Austin Blair, then governor of
the state of Michigan).
The bands, the crowds, the patriotic fervor of late April soon give way to war's harshest reality: death. The first man to die
was William Choates of C company, who passed away on July 1, 1861, not amidst the glories of battle but in the throes of
fever. He was buried near Camp Blair, and is presumably buried there still.
The regiment's baptism into war came less than three weeks later in the action at Blackburn's Ford on July 18, 1861, a
prelude to the first battle of Bull Run on July 21. The Third suffered its first wartime casualty early on Saturday morning, July
20, 1861, when Homer Morgan of B company allegedly took his own life.
The Third Michigan infantry covered the retreat of the federal troops from Bull Run on July 21, and subsequently went into
a succession of camps around Washington throughout the fall and winter of 1861-62. The regiment participated in
McClellan's Peninsular campaign of 1862 and suffered its worst casualties to date at Fair Oaks, Virginia on May 31, 1862 and
at Groveton (or Second Bull Run) on August 29, 1862.
The Third Michigan infantry played a peripheral part in the battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862.
He was wounded at the Battle of New Market Crossroads and Malvern Hills, VA. June 30th and July 1, 1862, and received a
Disabled Veterans pension until his death. He belonged to Thatford Post No.3 G.A.R.
3rd Michigan Infantry SERVICE:
Blackburn's Ford on July 18, 1861
Bull Run on July 21
Fair Oaks, Virginia on May 31, 1862
Groveton (or Second Bull Run) on August 29, 1862
Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862
Battle of New Market Crossroads and Malvern Hills, VA. June 30th and July 1, 1862
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James F. Newland was transferred to Battery K, 3rd U.S. Artillery Regiment, Regular Army, on January 18, 1863
Battery "K" 3rd U.S. Artillery Regiment
(Attached to Battery "F".)
Artillery, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1863.
1st Regular Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to November, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps, Army
of the Potomac, to February, 1864.
(Consolidated with Battery "C" February, 1864.)
2nd Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1864.
Horse Artillery, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to December, 1864.
Horse Artillery Reserve, Army of the Shenandoah, to April, 1865.
Horse Artillery Brigade, 22nd Army Corps, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--
At Falmouth until April, 1863.
Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.
Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5.
Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3.
Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.
Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8.
Rappahannock Station November 7.
Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.
Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12.
Wilderness May 5-7.
Spotsylvania Court House May 8-21.
Cold Harbor June 1-12.
Siege of Petersburg June 16 to August 5.
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28.
Near Winchester August 11.
Near Kearneysville August 25.
Battle of Cedar Creek October 19.
Duty in the Shenandoah Valley until April, 1865,
and in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., until August, 1865.
He met Mary Monaghan while stationed at Fort Warren in Boston harbor. Mary was the cook at the residence of the
commander at Fort Warren.
They were married in Boston, MA on May 31, 1866. He was discharged from the Army on February 08, 1867, at Fort
Warren, Boston Harbor, MA
1. Family data, Newland Family Bible, The Holy Bible: Approbations of the Archbishops and Bishops of the United States and
Other Countries to Thomas Kelly's New and Most Elegant Edition of the Holy Bible, 1873 Edition of the Douay Bible and
Rheims Testement, (New York: Thomas Kelly, 1874); original owned in 2017 by Paul F. Klebaur, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE],
South Berwick, Maine.
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Pension Records:
Co.D, 3rd Michigan Infantry, (1st Organization)
Muster In: Grand Rapids, Mich, June 10, 1861, for a period of 3 Years, as a Private.
Muster Roll for Aug 1862: Company Cook
Muster Roll for Sept/Oct 1862: Promoted to Corporal.
Muster Roll for Jan/Feb 1863: Transferred to Regular Battery, Jan 18, 1863
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James F. Newland (First_Last)
Regiment Name 3 U.S. Arty.
Side Union
Company K
Soldier's Rank_In
Soldier's Rank_Out 1st Sgt.
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M233 roll 30
Questioniare from Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Pensions #1123533 dated May 1, 1902
James F. Newland
922 Myrtle St.
Brooklyn, NY
1. When were you born? 20th day of August 1839.
2. Where were you born? Saratoga Springs, NY
3. When did you enlist? May 13, 1861
4. Where did you enlist? Grand Rapids, Michigan
5. Where did you live before you enlisted? Ionia, Michigan
6. What was your post office address at enlistment? Ionia
7. What was your occupation at enlistment? Laborer
8. When were you discharged? Feburary 8, 1867
9. Where were you discharged? Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, MA
10. Where have you lived since discharge? Brooklyn, NY
11. What is your present occupation? Conductor, NYC Manhattan Transit
12. What is your height? 5ft 11.5in.
Your weight? 170lbs.
The color of your eyes? Blue
The color of your hair? Gray
Complexion? Light
Are there any permanent marks or scars on your person?
If so describe them. Ulcer sore on right leg caused by marching during war.
13. What is your full name? James Finchout Newland
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He was the conductor on the NYC Manhattan Transit "dummy" that ran on 3rd Ave. from Fort Hamilton to 25th Street.
Later he was the starter at Fort Hamilton. He is the conductor standing next to the dummy in the old family photograph.
James Finchout Newland and Mary Monahan were married on 31 May 1866 in Boston, MA.2 Mary Monahan, daughter of
Patrick Monahan and Bridget Sheridan, was born on 4 Aug 1846 in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. She immigrated in
1852 to New York City, New York, United States. 3 She died on 23 Feb 1910 at the age of 63 in Brooklyn, New York, United
States.4,5 Mary was buried on 24 Feb 1910 at Holy Cross Cemetery 3620 Tilden Ave in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United
States. She has reference number 30. Per Uncle Ed: Mary was the cook for the residence of the commander at Fort Warren,
Boston, MA. Boston marriage license lists her residence as Fort Warren.
Mary may have had sisters Anne, Susan, ??? (re: picture of the 4 Monahan sisters)
Burial:
3620 Tilden Ave
Brooklyn
Kings County
New York USA
Postal Code: 11203
Phone: 718-284-4520
Created by: Anonymous
Record added: Jul 08, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 93252849
2. Ibid.
3. , 1865, Kings County, NY, population, New Utrecht, ; , , .
4. Mary Newland, death certificate (Certificate and Record of Death) 4154 (23 February 1910), State of New York, New York
City Department of Health, .
5. Newland Family Bible.
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