SERGEANT-MAJOR GEORGE W. BASSETT
Was born in the town of Barrington, Yates County, November 6, 1838. When the war broke out, he was a Law Student at Penn Yan. Enlisting as a private in Co. I, he was chosen Third Sergeant, and promoted to Sergeant-Major, May 22nd, 1861. Having borne off Lieutenant Mix from the battle-field of Antietam, he returned to the front and was immediately shot through the head. By his winning ways and zealous attendance to duties, he had won the esteem of his officers and commanders, and fell universally regretted.
TO THE NEW YORK THIRTY-THIRD REGIMENT.
BY A. A. H.
Oh! where are those heroes; the first in the fight,
The brave Thirty-third with their standard so bright,
Unfurled to the breeze in the enemy’s view,
As they shouted aloud for the Red, White and Blue?
We saw them depart like a host from our shore;