44th New York, Ellsworth's Regiment-- Part 1: An All-New York Unit

From the New York History Project.

They were sometimes called the Ellsworth Avengers or People's Ellsworth regiment.

Colonel Stephen W. Stryker recruited the regiment under the auspices of the Ellsworth Association of the State of New York.  The original plan was to get one man from every ward and town in the state but this was not adhered ro.

The counties of Albany and Erie each gave two companies and Herkimer County gave one.

--Old Secesh