Episode 24: SGT Charles Augustus Fuller and the 61st New York at the Battle of Glendale

First Person Civil War Podcast

At the Battle of Glendale, the evening of 30 June 1862, SGT Charles Augustus Fuller and the 61st New York advance at the head of their brigade north of the Long Bridge Road. As night descends on their position, an unfamiliar voice asks the 61st New York to identify themselves.

Sources used for this episode:

Fuller, Charles A. Personal Recollections of the War of 1861 as Private, Sergeant and Lieutenant in the Sixty-First Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry. Sherburne: News Job Printing House, 1906. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcmassbookdig.personalrecollec00full/?st=slideshow#slide-9.

Scott, Robert N. The War of The Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 11, pt 2 Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1884. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077730152&view=1up&seq=3.

“Consolidation of Regiments. Organization of the Sixty-First New York Volunteers.” New York Herald, October 29, 1861. Chronicling America, Library of Congress.

“The Army of the Potomac: Our Camp Correspondence.” New York Herald. November 19, 1861. Chronicling America, Library of Congress.

“Charles A. Fuller” New York Herald. October 28, 1916. Newspapers.com.