[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The first persons to join Hawkins' Zouaves from the town of Cortlandt, and very probably the first to leave Peekskill to join any regiment, were George E. Craft and John Hughes, who departed for New Y'ork City April 16, 1861. The whole number of persons from the town of Cortlandt who at different times joined this regiment was forty-two, of whom eight were in the band, about twentv-four or twentv-six in Companv F ami the rest in Companies H and D. Company F was nicknamed "The Skillers," from the number of Peekskillers it contained. William W. Hammell, of New York City, was Captain of Company F through-out its whole existence. The company participated with the regiment in the following battles: Newport News.Va., July 5, 1861; Hatteras, N. C, August 28-M 1861; Roanoke Island, N. C, February 28, 1861; Winton, N. C, February 20, 1862; Camden, N. C.,, April 19, 1862; Rainbow Banks. N. ('., July 9. 1862;j Plymouth, N. C, August 30, 1862: South Mountain, Md., September 13,1862; Sharpsburg, Md., Septem-ber 17, 1862; and Antietam, Md., September 18, 1862. A number of Peekskillers (probably not more than fifteen or twenty, but exactly how many cannot be CORTLANDT. 379 ascertained) enlisted in the Third Regiment of the Eagle Brigade, which afterwards became consolidated with the Ninety-fifth Regiment. They formed a por-tion of Company K. The regiment was mustered into service (from November, 1801, to March, 1802) to serve for three years. The first captain of Company K was William F.