Moses Whitbeck and the 102nd NY Volunteers During the War of the Rebellion

Moses Whitbeck and the 102nd NY Volunteers During the War of the Rebellion

In November 1861, nearly seven months after the Civil War began, the 102nd NY Volunteers was organized in New York City. Among the volunteers who within days joined was 21-year-old farmer Moses Whitbeck. For the next three-and-a-half-years, Moses and the 102nd would travel to and fight in battles from Washington DC to Harper’s Ferry, from Antietam and Chancellorsville to Gettysburg and Atlanta, from Raleigh to Richmond, traversing more than a dozen states in the nation’s bloodiest war. Following years of meticulous research, Moses’ descendant, great-great-grandson Chris Whitbeck, has reconstructed the 102nd’s epic journey. Presented chronologically, Moses Whitbeck and the “102nd NY Volunteers during the War of the Rebellion” includes letters and official reports from the unit’s officers and enlisted men, bringing the horrors and uncertainty of the Civil War to life. CHRIS WHITBECK is an Air Force veteran who worked in the aerospace sector for 15 years as an RF Technician and has worked with the Washoe County School District for 16 years teaching computers and sports. He officiates high school and youth sports and serves as secretary of the Northern Nevada Football Officials Association and the Northern Nevada Lacrosse Officials Association. Chris and his wife Jill have four children and reside in Reno. He has studied history all his life and is researching a book about his great-great-grandfather Jonathan Miller and the 93rd Illinois Volunteers during the Civil War. “Moses Whitbeck and the 102nd NY Volunteers During the War of Rebellion” is his first book.