1st New York Engineer Regiment
The 1st New York Engineer Regiment was an engineer regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was also known as Serrell's Engineers, New York Volunteer Corps of Engineers, or Engineer's and Artizans. The regiment served initially in the Lower Seaboard Theater, and later in the Richmond–Petersburg Campaign.
1st New York Engineer Regiment
Staged photograph of the 1st NY Engineers demonstrating sapping on Morris Island.
Company F, after the capture of Fort Pulaski in 1862
The famed Marsh Battery featuring the Swamp Angel, after it had misfired and exploded on August 22, 1863
Edward Wellman Serrell was an American civil engineer during the mid 19th century. In 1861, during the American Civil War he helped raise a regiment of engineers from New York state, the 1st New York Volunteer Engineer Regiment for the Union Army, and was appointed colonel of the regiment. Later he was brevetted brigadier general. One of his more notable achievements during the war was his work on the "Marsh Battery" during the Second Battle of Charleston Harbor.
Edward W. Serrell
Col. E. W. Serrell studio portrait by Mathew Brady