The Lt. Col. FAY who sent this information to the newspaper in 1864 was THOMAS MASON FAY, son of Dr. WARREN and FREELOVE MATILDA PALMER FAY, residents of Pavilion. THOMAS was born in 1839 and died in 1870 apparently from the effects of the war. He was the older brother of my great-grandmother FRANCEISE LORAINE FAY COLLINS who preserved a number of letters he wrote from the front. There is a very interesting book called THE FORGOTTEN REGIMENT: History of the 151st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment by Paul Stephen Beaudry (1995). I had a hard time finding it on the internet originally but think it is probably in several western New York libraries. The address listed in the book itself is InChem Publishing, P. O. Box 110565, Cleveland, Ohio 44111-0565. The phone number given is 216-941-6664. I have no financial interest in this pubication; I was just curious to know what else was going on in the regiment besides the tales my great-uncle told in his letters. Two appendices list all the men in the regiment, when they enlisted, their final rank and whether they were wounded or killed. Hope this is helpful. Sabra in Los Angeles