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| | 6th New York History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | The 6th New York Cavalry was organized at New York City to serve a term of three years. |
 | | Members were raised from the counties of New York, Dutchess, Columbia, Rensselaer, Washington, Jefferson, St. Lawrence, Allegany, Broome, Monroe, and Steuben, and mustered in from September 12 to December 19, 1861. |
 | | The next morning, while elements of Devin's 9th New York engaged Confederate pickets on the left flank, troopers of the 6th trotted forward to support the 2nd United States Sharpshooters deploying in Pitzer's Woods, east of the Emmitsburg Road. |
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