sentences:  The regiment suffered 6 officers and 72 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 31 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 111 fatalities.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.