The New York 76th Volunteer Regiment

Hannibal’s regiment, the NY 76th, is well-documented. There is a website devoted to the NY 76th and a history of the regiment written shortly after the war by AP Smith. who served in the 76th The NY 76th fought in almost all the major battles of the war. Here is what I know: Hannibal died at Gettysburg on the first day of the three-day battle, probably in the first 30 minutes of fighting. He saw action in the epic battles of Antietam, South Mountian, and Fredricksburg, among others. His youngest brother Tappan, who enlisted along with Hannibal and brother Byron, died at the Battle of South Mountain almost a year before Gettysburg. Tappan is buried at Antietam National Cemetery, Plot 460.

The NY 76th “Unknowns” section at Gettysburg Nat. Cemetery

In short, I know where Hannibal and his brothers were and what they did between Sept 1861 and July 1863 because I know what the NY 76th did. Bryon contracted typhus and pneumonia in the first six months and was discharged. What Hannibal and Tappan did as soldiers during their service is beyond comprehension. They endured unimaginable hardships and witnessed death and destruction on a massive scale. Incredibly the Howell brothers, like thousands of other men at the time, voluntarily agreed to three years of service.

The regiment lost a total of 330 men during service; 12 officers and 161 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 156 enlisted men died of disease. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg. The final unit to serve mustered out in January 1885.

Source: https://civilwarintheeast.com/

**NY 76th Unit Roster**
New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center

Battles through Gettysburg

1861
	Organized at Cortland and Albany, N.Y.
1862
January 16	Mustered in under Colonel Nelson W. Green, Lieutenant Colonel John D. Shaul and Major Charles E. Livingston
January 17	Left State for Washington, D.C.
January	Duty in the Defenses of Washington D.C. attached to 3rd Brigade, Casey’s Division, Army of the Potomac
March	Assigned to Wadsworth’s Command, Military District of Washington. During this time, Colonel Green was ordered before an examining court at the behest of the officers of the regiment, and he was ordered to be mustered out of service. Lieutenant Colonel Shaul took command of the regiment.
May	Duty at and near Fredericksburg, Va., assigned to Doubleday’s Brigade, Dept. of the Rappahannock
June	Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps, Pope’s Army of Virginia. Lieutenant Colonel Shaul was ordered to Washington for sick leave, and Colonel William P. Wainwright was appointed to command the regiment.
August 16- September 2	Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia The regiment lost 1 officer and 36 men killed or mortally wounded, 9 officers and 66 men wounded, and 35 men missing.
August 20-23	Fords of the Rappahannock
August 28	Battle of Brawner’s Farm Captain Andrew J. Grover was twice wounded and received an honorable discharge for disability but recovered enough to return and command the regiment at Gettysburg. Major Livingstone was captured rallying the regiment around colors he planted in front of the Confederate lines. The regiment is referenced on a trailside marker along the Brawner’s Farm loop trail on the Bull Run battlefield.
August 29-30	Second Battle of Bull Run, or Second Battle of Manassas
September 6-22	Maryland Campaign. Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac
September 14	Battle of South Mountain The regiment lost 4 men killed or mortally wounded, and Colonel Wainwright and 15 men were wounded out of only 40. Sergeant Stamp was killed while bearing the national colors. After Colonel Wainwright was wounded, First Lieutenant Crandall took command of the remnants of the regiment.
September 16-17	Battle of Antietam The regiment lost 3 officers and 1 enlisted man wounded. From the brigade marker on the Antietam battlefield: Hofmann’s Brigade was held in support of the Corps Artillery. About noon it was moved to the left in support of the Artillery of the First and Second Corps. In the afternoon it was returned to the right where it remained until the close of the battle.
September-October	At Sharpsburg
October 29-November 19	Advance to Falmouth
November 11	Lieutenant Colonel Shaul was honorably discharged on account of physical disability,
November 20	Major Livingston, who had been exchanged for a Confederate naval captain, was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
December 12-15	Battle of Fredericksburg The regiment was commanded by Colonel Wainwright, who had recovered from his wound at South Mountain. It lost 1 officer and 2 enlisted man killed, and 1 officer and 12 men wounded.
1863
January 20-24	“Mud March”
February-April	At Falmouth and Belle Plains
April	Andrew Jackson Grover re-enrolled and mustered as major after recuperating from his wound at Gainsville.
April 27-May 6.	Chancellorsville Campaign
April 29-May 2	Operations at Pollock’s Mill Creek The regiment lost 1 officer wounded
May 2-5	Battle of Chancellorsville The regiment was commanded by Colonel Wainwright, and lost 2 men wounded.
May	Three years men from the 24th and 30th New York Infantry transferred in
June 11-July 24	Gettysburg Campaign
June 25	Colonel Wainwright was appointed Provost Marshal of the District of Columbia; Lieutenant Colonel Livingston took command of the regiment.
July 1-3	Battle of Gettysburg The regiment was commanded by Major Andrew Glover, who was killed on the 1st in fighting near the Railroad Cut west of Gettysburg. Captain John E. Cook then took over command. The regiment brought 375 men to the field and lost Major Grover, Captain Robert B. Everett and 30 men killed, 3 officers and 13 me mortally wounded, 13 officers and 103 men wounded, and 70 men missing.