The 16th also fought at the Peninsular battles of Gaines Mill and Malvern Hill. At Crampton's Pass in Maryland, out of 270 men, the regiment suffered 17 killed and 43 wounded. They were also at Antietam and Fredericksburg.
On October 23, 1862, Curtis was transferred to the newly-formed 142nd New York where he served as lieutenant-colonel until taking command upon his promotion to colonel Jan. 21, 1863.
On a leave of absence, he married Emeline Clark of Springfield, Illinois. (I'm not sure how he came to meet her. Perhaps through the Lincolns?) Looking at his obituary in the Jan. 15, 1901 Utica (NY) Globe, it says that he married Phoebe Davis, a friend of the Lincolns and distant relative of Jefferson Davis.
Curtis wrote a book about the 16th NY from Bull Run to Chancellorsville, at the Battle of Chancellorsville the regiment was never "put in a hotter fight, and never did they show more valor and fortitude than in the Battle of Salem Heights (also called Salem Church, the final assault at Chancellorsville) when it contended against overwhelming numbers."
At the time, he was in the 142nd NY, so this is a bit confusing.
A Brave Man, Nonetheless. --Old B-R'er
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