Company H
119th New York Volunteers
Historical Association
With members of 54th Mass. at N.Y.Historical Society
Rememberance day 2007
Grand Army at L.I.Fair '06
more pictures
Scenes from GAR ceremony at Old Bethpage Village Decoration Day 2006
Battle at Old Bethpage
Governor's Island 2006
Photos by Dan Krebs
Photos of Roslyn GAR monument dedication
By the summer of 1862 the United States had been embroiled in a Civil War
for well over a year. The citizens of Hempstead, New York, then part of Queens County, had felt or seen little of the effects of the war. A Camp of Instruction
(training camp) had been set up on the Hempstead Plains in 1861 Several of the
town's young men had joined the ranks of the Union cause by enlisting in regiments
and companies in western Queens County, Brooklyn and even New York City.
Hempstead did not have a regiment nor even a company of soldiers to call its own.
In August of 1862, a young attorney from Roslyn, organized
enlistment rallies for the men of Hempstead and North Hempstead. The resulting
enlistees formed a company of infantry within the 119th Regiment New York State Volunteers. This company was later officially designated Company H.
Company H was "reformed" in 1980 when a group of 5 Long Islanders, through their love and dedication to American and Long Island history, formed the Company H, 119th New York Volunteer Historical Association.
The Association exists to preserve and promote American and Long Island
19th century history, and is dedicated to the spirit and memory of those men
from the Hempstead Plains, who fought to preserve the country they believed
in. Members of the Association have participated in numerous educational programs,
parades, 19th century living history presentations, military reenactments, as
well as television documentaries and Hollywood movies. In addition to the military impression the Association has an active Soldiers Aid Society consisting of civilian members.
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