It was not every Civil War soldier who could boast that the weapons he wielded were named for his family. When luther Franklin remington enlisted in the 21st New York Cavalry, he received two Model 1858 .44-caliber remington revolvers, manufactured by the company his distant cousin, Eliphalet Remington, had founded. The revolvers served remington well both during and after the Civil War.
The 21st New York Cavalry, also known as the Griswold Light Cavalry, after Congressman John Griswold, was formed from companies raised in four new York counties. Remington enlisted in Company L in December 1863.
As part of the Army of the Shenandoah, Remington and his unit fought in two dozen battles and engagements in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley over the coarse of 2 years, including fights at New Market, Lynchburg, Purcellville, Winchester, and Cedarville. According to Remington's diary, Confedrate partisan ranger John S. mosby and his guerillas repeatedly harrassed the 21st N.Y. Mosby paid tribute to Remington's unit when said he"could run any regiment in the valley from one end to the other except one, the New York 21st."
Remington was promoted to corporal in July 1864 and sergeant in January 1865. After marching in the grand Review of the Armies in Washington D.C. at wars end, Remington travelled with the 21st N.Y. to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. A dusty, 600-mile horseback trek across the prarie took him to Fort Collins in Colorado Territory, where he and his unit were assigned to protect wagon trains and stagecoaches from Indin attacks Remington's diary reveals that the year he spent at Fort Collins was uneventful except for occasional baseball games. (Another cousin, celebrated artist Frederic Remington, would find his travels to the american west to be more productive.)
On june 26, 1866, the 21st N.Y. became the last volunteer regiment from the Civil War to muster out of service. As a memento of his time with the cavalry, Remington sat for this portrait in Denver, where he mustered out. He traveled as far as Omaha, Nebraska, by covered wagon, and then to Rochester, N.Y., by train. Several times during the wagon journey, Remington recalled, the mules got loose at night and wandered away. Fortunately, the ornery creatures were always found after a search of the surrounding prarie.
Remington eventually settled down with Mandana Childs, with whom he had four daughters and one son. After a successful life of farming in Shelby, New york, the former cavalryman died on August 12, 1893. One of his Remington .44-caliber revolvers,a holster, a cartridge case, and diaries reside at the Fort Collins Museum in Colorado.
The 21st New York Cavalry, also known as the Griswold Light Cavalry, after Congressman John Griswold, was formed from companies raised in four new York counties. Remington enlisted in Company L in December 1863.
As part of the Army of the Shenandoah, Remington and his unit fought in two dozen battles and engagements in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley over the coarse of 2 years, including fights at New Market, Lynchburg, Purcellville, Winchester, and Cedarville. According to Remington's diary, Confedrate partisan ranger John S. mosby and his guerillas repeatedly harrassed the 21st N.Y. Mosby paid tribute to Remington's unit when said he"could run any regiment in the valley from one end to the other except one, the New York 21st."
Remington was promoted to corporal in July 1864 and sergeant in January 1865. After marching in the grand Review of the Armies in Washington D.C. at wars end, Remington travelled with the 21st N.Y. to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. A dusty, 600-mile horseback trek across the prarie took him to Fort Collins in Colorado Territory, where he and his unit were assigned to protect wagon trains and stagecoaches from Indin attacks Remington's diary reveals that the year he spent at Fort Collins was uneventful except for occasional baseball games. (Another cousin, celebrated artist Frederic Remington, would find his travels to the american west to be more productive.)
On june 26, 1866, the 21st N.Y. became the last volunteer regiment from the Civil War to muster out of service. As a memento of his time with the cavalry, Remington sat for this portrait in Denver, where he mustered out. He traveled as far as Omaha, Nebraska, by covered wagon, and then to Rochester, N.Y., by train. Several times during the wagon journey, Remington recalled, the mules got loose at night and wandered away. Fortunately, the ornery creatures were always found after a search of the surrounding prarie.
Remington eventually settled down with Mandana Childs, with whom he had four daughters and one son. After a successful life of farming in Shelby, New york, the former cavalryman died on August 12, 1893. One of his Remington .44-caliber revolvers,a holster, a cartridge case, and diaries reside at the Fort Collins Museum in Colorado.
It was not every Civil War soldier who could boast that the weapons he wielded were named for his family. When luther Franklin remington enlisted in the 21st New York Cavalry, he received two Model 1858 .44-caliber remington revolvers, manufactured by the company his distant cousin, Eliphalet Remington, had founded. The revolvers served remington well both during and after the Civil War.
The 21st New York Cavalry, also known as the Griswold Light Cavalry, after Congressman John Griswold, was formed from companies raised in four new York counties. Remington enlisted in Company L in December 1863.
As part of the Army of the Shenandoah, Remington and his unit fought in two dozen battles and engagements in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley over the coarse of 2 years, including fights at New Market, Lynchburg, Purcellville, Winchester, and Cedarville. According to Remington's diary, Confedrate partisan ranger John S. mosby and his guerillas repeatedly harrassed the 21st N.Y. Mosby paid tribute to Remington's unit when said he"could run any regiment in the valley from one end to the other except one, the New York 21st."
Remington was promoted to corporal in July 1864 and sergeant in January 1865. After marching in the grand Review of the Armies in Washington D.C. at wars end, Remington travelled with the 21st N.Y. to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. A dusty, 600-mile horseback trek across the prarie took him to Fort Collins in Colorado Territory, where he and his unit were assigned to protect wagon trains and stagecoaches from Indin attacks Remington's diary reveals that the year he spent at Fort Collins was uneventful except for occasional baseball games. (Another cousin, celebrated artist Frederic Remington, would find his travels to the american west to be more productive.)
On june 26, 1866, the 21st N.Y. became the last volunteer regiment from the Civil War to muster out of service. As a memento of his time with the cavalry, Remington sat for this portrait in Denver, where he mustered out. He traveled as far as Omaha, Nebraska, by covered wagon, and then to Rochester, N.Y., by train. Several times during the wagon journey, Remington recalled, the mules got loose at night and wandered away. Fortunately, the ornery creatures were always found after a search of the surrounding prarie.
Remington eventually settled down with Mandana Childs, with whom he had four daughters and one son. After a successful life of farming in Shelby, New york, the former cavalryman died on August 12, 1893. One of his Remington .44-caliber revolvers,a holster, a cartridge case, and diaries reside at the Fort Collins Museum in Colorado.
The 21st New York Cavalry, also known as the Griswold Light Cavalry, after Congressman John Griswold, was formed from companies raised in four new York counties. Remington enlisted in Company L in December 1863.
As part of the Army of the Shenandoah, Remington and his unit fought in two dozen battles and engagements in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley over the coarse of 2 years, including fights at New Market, Lynchburg, Purcellville, Winchester, and Cedarville. According to Remington's diary, Confedrate partisan ranger John S. mosby and his guerillas repeatedly harrassed the 21st N.Y. Mosby paid tribute to Remington's unit when said he"could run any regiment in the valley from one end to the other except one, the New York 21st."
Remington was promoted to corporal in July 1864 and sergeant in January 1865. After marching in the grand Review of the Armies in Washington D.C. at wars end, Remington travelled with the 21st N.Y. to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. A dusty, 600-mile horseback trek across the prarie took him to Fort Collins in Colorado Territory, where he and his unit were assigned to protect wagon trains and stagecoaches from Indin attacks Remington's diary reveals that the year he spent at Fort Collins was uneventful except for occasional baseball games. (Another cousin, celebrated artist Frederic Remington, would find his travels to the american west to be more productive.)
On june 26, 1866, the 21st N.Y. became the last volunteer regiment from the Civil War to muster out of service. As a memento of his time with the cavalry, Remington sat for this portrait in Denver, where he mustered out. He traveled as far as Omaha, Nebraska, by covered wagon, and then to Rochester, N.Y., by train. Several times during the wagon journey, Remington recalled, the mules got loose at night and wandered away. Fortunately, the ornery creatures were always found after a search of the surrounding prarie.
Remington eventually settled down with Mandana Childs, with whom he had four daughters and one son. After a successful life of farming in Shelby, New york, the former cavalryman died on August 12, 1893. One of his Remington .44-caliber revolvers,a holster, a cartridge case, and diaries reside at the Fort Collins Museum in Colorado.
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