Col. Edward Frisby initially commanded the regiment, which was organized in Troy, New York.

[1] At least two enlisted men kept diaries during the time they served with the 30th New York - John Gordon Morrison (Morrison was later awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service in the River War) and James Reed.

Both men were Irish-born residents of Lansingburgh, New York who joined the unit at the time of its creation.

Their daily entries provide a great deal of information about ordinary soldiers' day-to-day experience of the first months of the war.

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