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(JOACHIMSEN, PHILIP J.) First NY Infantry, Roster of Officers and Equipment. Joachimsen is recorded as Paymaster for the regiment. The following month he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and transferred to the 59th New York Infantry to organize and command the regiment. Four pages. 2nd June, 1861. Honorably discharged on February 26, 1862, Lt. Philip J. Joachimsen (1817-90) was a distinguished lawyer and judge active in Jewish affairs. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_J._Joachimsen