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After the return of the command to Camp Benton from Ball's Bluff, a reorganization of the regiment took place.
Capt. Moses Stanwood, of Co. A.,
Lieutenants C. C. Sampson of Co. I.
and
Eugene Kelty of Company K resigned, and were discharged in October, and in November
Capt. William H. Wilson and
Second Lieut. William H. LeCain of Co. H., with
First Lieut. S. D. Hovey of Co. G.
were honorably discharged.
First Lieut. Charles M. Merritt was promoted to be
Captain of Company A, and
Second Lieut. Isaac H. Boyd was commissioned
First Lieutenant in that Company.
In Company D,
Sergeant Major Samuel Baxter was made
Second Lieutenant,
Second Lieutenant John P. Reynolds was made
First Lieutenant and
Acting Adjutant and transferred from Company D to G.
In Co. K.
Second Lieut. Edward P. Bishop was promoted to
First Lieutenant, and
First Sergeant Lysander Hume was advanced to
Second Lieutenant.
First Lieut. Henry A. Hale of Co. H.
was transferred to Co. I, while bandmaster
John A. Spofford, with musicians
R. W. Stevens,
W. C. M. Howe,
E. F. Spofford and
J. M. Hine resigned and were discharged.
Lewis Rimback, of
Boston, was appointed as the new bandmaster.
Instead of staying all winter in Camp Benton as had been expected, the regiment was ordered, on December 4, 1861, to
Seneca, at a place called
Muddy Branch, some miles nearer
Washington, where it relieved some of the command of
Gen. Banks, whose division was sent to Frederick.
Camp Benton, with its well determined lines, its spacious streets, curiously constructed ovens and underground furnaces, its nicely thatched stables and log houses, was left as a monument
