Our Boys: 107th New York Volunteers

The 107th New York Volunteers was the largest regiment deployed from Elmira during the Civil War. In July 1862, the regiment was the first to answer President Lincoln’s call for an additional 300,000 volunteers. Over 1,000 men from Chemung County joined the regiment with Elmirans alone filling four companies. After only three weeks of training, the new regiment headed south on August 14, 1862. They served with General McClellan’s Army of the Potomac and then joined General Sherman on the March to the Sea.