STILLMAN DALY -- 77th INFANTRYWOUNDED AT THE WILDERNESS AND FORT STEVENS - Stillman Daley was one ofthe 30+ men who enlisted as privates into the 77th Infantry, on October1, 1861, in Keeseville. At 24 years old, he left the farm and musteredinto Company I on October 4, expecting to be away for 3 years.The 77th, known as the Saratoga Regiment, left Saratoga Springs forWashington in late November 1861 and served with the defenses ofWashington during the winter. Starting in March, 1862, they were in thePeninsula - Yorktown, Williamsburg, Mechanicsville and in the SevenDays\' Battles. In May the 77th was assigned to the 3rd Brigade, 2ndDivision, 6th Army Corps, with which it served throughout the war.Later in 1862, the regiment was in the Maryland Campaign. At Crampton\'sGap they met their first heavy losses. Three days later at Antietam, 32were killed, wounded or missing. They reached Fredericksburg in time forthe battle in mid-December, but were not assigned to a prominentposition and sustained only 1 death and 1 injury. At Chancellorsville inMay 1863, the regiment joined in the assault on Mary\'s Heights and lost83 in killed, wounded and missing.Two months later, the 77th was held in reserve at Gettysburg and fromthere went to Fairfield, PA, Antietam, Marsh Run, Funks-town,Williamsport and Chantilly, sustaining no more casualties.During December 1863 and January 1864, a large number of the 77thre-enlisted, Stillman included, and the regiment took the field at theopening of The Wilderness Campaign where they lost 66, many of whom werenew recruits. Stillman was wounded as well as fellow Company I member,George Kent. A couple of weeks later, they lost 107 in the closefighting in the Transylvania area. The regiment was also active at ColdHarbor and Petersburg before it was ordered back to Washington.On July 12, 1864, the 77th engaged Confederate General Jubal Early atFort Stevens, in northwest Washington, DC, with a loss of 20 men. Atthis battle President Lincoln, who was visiting the battleground, cameunder fire -- making him the second and last sitting president to be insuch a position. It also led to Stillman being wounded again. You canread more about Fort Stevens here:http://www.nps.gov/\.../learn/historyculture/fort-stevens.htmStillman was discharged on April 28, 1865, for disability caused bywounds -- two months before his regiment mustered out in Washington.
