sixty-firster

Updated: August 17, 2026

I further remember that I was not the only Sixty-firster that imprecated in strong Saxon. But there we were, and there we lay till sunrise. We learned that the day before a lively skirmish had been fought here, in which one of our Colonels was killed. Friday, May 1st, about 11 a. m., the artillery became engaged.

Charles Augustus Fuller - Personal Recollections of the War of 1861: As Private, Sergeant and Lieutenant in the Sixty-First Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry