179th New York Volunteer Infantry

A Union Regiment Forged in the Petersburg Campaign

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The Good Death and the Loyal Soldier
John B. Sloan Henry Hoffman Varnum Northup
John B. Sloan
New York State Military Museum PA.1999.0014.1287 United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 179th, (1864-1865) United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 31st, (1861-1863) John Barnet Sloan Age, 26 years. Enrolled at Wayland, to serve three years, and mustered in as major, May 26,1864 Killed in action, June 17, 1864, at Petersburg, Va Prior service, as major, Thirty-first Infantry. Commissioned major, July 9, 1864, with rank from May 17, 1864, original.