Testimonial to Major-General John Sedgwick United States Volunteers

The Undersigned, Commissioned Officers of the 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, desirous in some manner to express their admiration of the character and ability of their late Commander, Major-General John Sedgwick, United States Volunteers, have procured a Sword and other testimonials, which they have presented to him as tokens of their regard and respect; and that the names of these his friends and associates may not be forgotten, this parchment, with the names of the donors inscribed thereon, accompanies the gift.

Joshua T. Owens

Brigadier-General Volunteers

George B. Corkhill

Captain and Commissary of Subsistence Volunteers

Martin Rizer

Chief Surgeon 2nd Brigade

R. N. Batchelder

Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief Quartermaster 2nd Corps

W. R. Steele

Lieutenant and Ordnance Officer 2nd Division

J. E. Mallon

Colonel 42nd New York Volunteers

Frederick Skeete

Lieutenant and Quartermaster 42nd New York Volunteers

Joseph S. Smith

Lieutenant-Colonel and Commissary of Subsistence 2nd Corps

William Northedge

Colonel 59th New York Volunteers

Max G. Thoman

Lieutenant-Colonel 59th New York Volunteers, killed at Gettysburg, July, 1863

P. Cooper

Captain 42nd New York Volunteers

E. KiRBY

Lieutenant 1st United States Artillery, killed at Chancellorsville, May, 1863

R. Penn Smith

Colonel 71st Pennsylvania Volunteers

T. G. MOREHEAd

Colonel 106th Pennsylvania Volunteers

John H. Stover

Major 106th Pennsylvania Volunteers

P. J. Downing

Captain 42nd New York Volunteers

O. W. Holmes

Captain 20th Massachusetts Volunteers, wounded at Chancellorsville, May, 1863

H. L. Abbott

Captain 20th Massachusetts Volunteers

A. C. Uccock

Captain 7th Michigan Volunteers

G. N. Morgan

Colonel 1st Minnesota Volunteers

J. Franklin Dyer

Surgeon in Chief 2nd Division

William A. Lynch

Lieutenant-Colonel 42nd New York Volunteers

N. N. Dougherty

Medical Director 2nd Corps

T. W. Baird

Major and Acting Assistant Inspector-General 2nd Division, wounded at Gettysburg,

July, 1863

D. O'kane

Colonel 69th Pennsylvania Volunteers, killed at Gettysburg, July, 1863

M. TsCHUDY

Lieutenant-Colonel 69th Pennsylvania Volunteers, killed at Gettysburg, July, 1863

W. L. Curry

Lieutenant-Colonel 106th Pennsylvania Volunteers

George H. Swartwout

Captain and Commissary of Subsistence Volunteers 1st Brigade

W. Colville, Jr.

Lieutenant-Colonel 1st Minnesota Volunteers, wounded at Gettysburg, July, 1863

Mark W. Downie

Captain 1st Minnesota Volunteers, wounded at Gettysburg, July, 1863

Charles P. Adams

Major 1st Minnesota Volunteers, wounded at Gettysburg, July, 1863

D. W. C. Baxter

Colonel 72nd Pennsylvania Volunteers, wounded at Gettysburg, July, 1863

Theodore Hesser

Lieutenant-Colonel 72nd Pennsylvania Volunteers

Charles Kochersperger

Lieutenant-Colonel 71st Pennsylvania Volunteers

Byron Laplin

Colonel 34th New York Volunteers

Wells Sponable

Major 34th New York Volunteers

John Beverly

Lieutenant-Colonel 34th New York Volunteers

James Huston

Lieutenant-Colonel 82nd New York Volunteers, killed at Gettysburg, July, 1863

Thomas S. Crombargar

Captain and Commissary of Subsistence Volunteers 3rd Brigade

Norman J. Hall

Colonel 7th Michigan Volunteers

George N. Macy

Major 20th Massachusetts Volunteers, wounded at Gettysburg, July, 1863

Henry Baxter

Lieutenant-Colonel 7 th Michigan Volunteers

Nathan Hayward

Surgeon 20th Massachusetts Volunteers

James Murphy

Captain 20th Massachusetts Volunteers, wounded at Chancellorsville, May, 1863

C. W. Folsom

First Lieutenant and Quartermaster 20th Massachusetts Volunteers

Henry Ropes

First Lieutenant 20th Massachusetts Volunteers, killed at Gettysburg, July, 1863

H. C. Mason

Captain 20th Massachusetts Volunteers, wounded at Gettysburg, July, 1863

Henry L. Patten

First Lieutenant 20th Massachusetts Volunteers, wounded at Gettysburg, July, 1863

M. Coste

First Lieutenant and Aid-de-Camp 2nd Brigade

R. C. Knacgs

Adjutant 7th Michigan Volunteers

A. F. Devereaux

Lieutenant-Colonel 19th Massachusetts Volunteers

Edmund Rice

Major 19th Massachusetts Volunteers, wounded at Gettysburg, July, 1863

Charles A. Whittier

Captain 20th Massachusetts Volunteers, Aid-de-Camp

General Sedgwick's staff

Alfred Sully

Brigadier-General Volunteers

S. Newell Smith

Captain 7th Michigan Volunteers

C. W. Tompkins

Colonel and Chief of Artillery 6th Corps

J. A. Tompkins

Major 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery

Charles Devins

Brigadier-General Volunteers, wounded at Chancellorsville, May, 1863

Church Howe

Captain and Aid-de-Camp.

John G. Hazard

Captain 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery

John N. Chase

Captain 1st Minnesota Volunteers

INSCRIPTION ON THE SWORD

TO

JOHN SEDGWICK

Major-General 

U. S.

Volunteers

From the Commissioned

Officers of the 2nd Division

2nd Corps Army of the Potomac

as a tribute

to his abilities as a

soldier 

and a testimonial

to their former leader

and companion

in arms

of their

friendship 

and 

esteem

SOURCE: George William Curtis, Correspondence of John Sedgwick, Major-General, Volume 2, p. 146-51