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The 54th New York Volunteer Infantry (aka "Schwarze Yaeger" or "Hiram Barney Rifles") was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Organized at Hudson, N.Y. from German immigrants as the “Black Rifles” and originally uniformed in black and silver.
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The 54th New York Infantry was organized in Hudson, New York beginning August 30, 1861 and mustered in September 5, 1861 through October 16, 1861 under the command of Colonel Eugene A. Kozlay.
The regiment was attached to Provisional Brigade, Casey's Division, Army of the Potomac, to December 1861. Steinwehr's Brigade, Blenker's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. Steinwehr's 2nd Brigade, Blenker's 2nd Division, II Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April 1862. 2nd Brigade, Blenker's Division, Department of the Mountains, to June 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, I Corps, Army of Virginia, to September 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XI Corps, Army of the Potomac, to November 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XI Corps, to August 1863. 1st Brigade, Gordon's Division, Folly Island, South Carolina, X Corps, Department of the South, to April 1864. Folly Island, South Carolina, Northern District, Department of the South, to October 1864. 1st Separate Brigade, Morris Island, South Carolina, Department of the South, to July 1865. 3rd Sub-District, Department of the South, to August 1865. 1st Brigade, Department of the South, to April 1866.
The 54th New York Infantry ceased to exist on December 21, 1862 when it was consolidated with the 38th New York Infantry as Companies G, H, I, and K.
Similar to other regiments and units in the American Civil War the NY 54th recruited and enrolled many men of Jewish background from the New York City area. In the book The American Jew as Patriot, Soldier and Citizen by Wolf is a list of regiments and units largely populated by Jewish men. The list below has been extracted from the book. There is no index by regiment in the book so this list serves to identify men whose name appears to be Jewish who served in the NY 54th Infantry.
Joseph Adler, Company H
Siegmund Aufanger, Company H
Samuel Ascher, Lieutenant, promoted from the ranks, Company H
Joseph Bernstein=Samuel Berwin, Company G
Julius Cohen, Corporal, Company F
Henry Dreyfus, Company K
Benjamin Elias, Company E
August Fleischman, Company H
Bernard Freund, Company H
L. Goldsmith, Company G
Samuel Hammerslaugh, Company A
Simon Hammerslaugh, Company A, died of wounds received at Chancellorsville
Gottlieb, Heineman, Company C
Charles Herschfeld, Company E
Heinrich, Heineman, Company F
Alexander Hertz, Company F
Herman, Hirschfeld, Company K
Henry Hottheimer, killed in action, no Company or location given
Henry, Joseph, Company F
Carl Kahn, Company A
Charles, Kahn, Company H
Friedrich, Leopold, Company I
Jacob Mayer, Company G
Henry Moses, Company K
Charles Newman, Lieutenant
Ferdinand Heuhauser, Company C
Adolph Newman, Company H
Rosenberg, Max, Lieutenant
Rosenthal, Lieutenant
George Rosenberg, No Company given
Henry Rosenfeld, Company C
Daniel Rosenthal, Company K
William Stern, Lieutenant, Company E
Abraham Strauss, Company G Sergeant
J. Schuler, No Company given, Sergeant
F. Schuler, No Company given
Meyer, Veit, No Company given
Edwin Wertheimer, Captain. Wertheimer was mentioned in dispatches for action at Manassas and Chancellorsville.
A.B. Wolf, No Company given
Issac Weinburg, No Company given