Freemasons
of New York State
in the
Civil War
Volume IV
R-V
Compiled and Edited by
Gary L. Heinmiller
Chancery Press
Liverpool, New York
2008
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Volume I
Preface
Table of Contents
Alphabetical Listing of Freemasons of New York State in the Civil War
Report of the Grand Historian – 1890
A-B Biographical Sketches
Volume II
C-G Biographical Sketches
Volume III
H-Q Biographical Sketches
Volume IV
R-V Biographical Sketches
Volume V
W-Z Biographical Sketches and Appendices
Compiled by Gary L. Heinmiller
Area 11 Historian, Grand Lodge, F&AM, of the State of New York
Director, Onondaga & Oswego Masonic Districts Historical Societies (OMDHS)
www.omdhs.syracusemasons.com
All Rights Reserved
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2008
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Rae, Dr. Robert, Surgeon 1st NY Dragoons, Oakland, 379
Robert Rae, b. Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Dec. 10, 1835; Wallace Hall, Dumfries, 54; asst. surg. 1st NY Dragoons, 186265; asst. surgeon U. S. Vols.; brev. major; U. S. pension exam, surgeon; member NY Medical Assn.; American Med. Assn.;
president Wyoming Med. Society, Portageville, NY.
RAE, ROBERT. Enrolled, September 13, 1862; mustered in as assistant surgeon, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Infantry, September
13, 1862, to serve three years ; designation of regiment changed to Sixth Artillery, October 6, 1862; discharged, January 10, 1863;
commissioned assistant surgeon. September 19, 1862, with rank from September 13, 1862.
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Ramsay, В., 115th Vols, Corinth, 683
.Randall, C. P., (killed in battle), Central City, 305
Randall, T. Jefferson, (Capt.) 157th Vols, Oneida, 270
http://home.comcast.net/~ingallsam/Bio_Review/450.htm
CAPTAIN THOMAS JEFFERSON RANDALL, one of the earliest settlers of Oneida and one of the most enterprising of its citizens
during his lifetime, was born in New Hampshire, 1 Mar 1811. His paternal grandfather, who was of sturdy New England stock,
followed the sea for many years, as captain of a sailing-vessel. His grandmother, who was of the robust Whitcomb family, lived to be
one hundred and five years old.
Captain Thomas Jefferson Randall was the fourth son in a family of six sons and three daughters. Beginning his active life on the
farm with his father, he remained thus engaged until he was nine years old; and from that time until he was fourteen years old he
attended school at Keene, N.H. Leaving school when about fourteen years of age, he then engaged in general merchandising.
Somewhat later, his father having sold the home farm, which was known as the Sterling place, he began to work for Horace Saxton,
contractor, who at the time was constructing a dam across the Susquehanna River at Nantucot Falls. This kind of labor was
congenial to young Randall, and the splendid ability which he afterward displayed then first manifested itself to a noticeable degree.
Completing his engagement with Mr. Saxton, he next became interested in the stage business at Elmira, and for four years
conducted a mail line between that place and Canning. Then, returning to his parents, who had removed to Oneida Valley, he was
married 28 Apr 1833, to Amanda Lampman, daughter of Abram and Susan (Hoffman) Lampman, early settlers at Oneida Lake. Mrs.
Randall was born 25 Jan 1816. At the time of the marriage of Mr. Randall and Miss Lampman there was no village, or even
settlement, where now stands the pleasant and prosperous village of Oneida, nothing being there but a low, long stretch of wet land.
In 1834 Mr. Randall settled where that village now stands, and in connection with Sands Higinbotham built the first saw-mill in
Madison County. This mill was located at the foot of Madison Street. Mr. Randall and Mr. Higinbotham were the first permanent
settlers there, and both of these gentlemen are appropriately represented in this volume.
Having thus become interested in the building of saw-mills and grist-mills, Mr. Randall started out from the little hamlet of Oneida
with a team for Milwaukee, Wis., the trip requiring thirty-one days. Reaching Wisconsin, he engaged in building mills at Waukesha
and several other places in Wisconsin, and after his return to Oneida built the Gordon Block, and later the Eagle Hotel and other
buildings, which were destroyed in 1844. Superintendent Phelps, of the Syracuse and Utica division of the New York Central
Railroad, learning of Mr. Randall's special ability as a contractor and builder, sought and obtained his services as Deputy
Superintendent of that division; and in this capacity Mr. Randall continued to labor until the consolidation of the road in 1855, when
he accepted a similar position on the Great Western Railroad between Quebec and Windsor. Subsequently he was actively
engaged in the construction of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad from Dixon, Ill., to the Mississippi River, and thence to Cedar
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Rapids, Ia. By too close application to his work he injured his sight, and was troubled with an affection of the eyes for two years.
Returning again to Oneida, he built several private houses, and took charge of the Oneida Creek bridge for the Syracuse and Utica
division of the New York Central Railroad. Subsequently Mr. Randall became Inspector and Roadmaster of the Midland Railroad
between Oswego and New Berlin, in which capacity he had charge of that road for some time, giving excellent satisfaction.
Mr. Randall's first experience as a public official was as Deputy Sheriff of Madison County, holding this position until the death of
Sheriff Stone; and then he was appointed by the Governor of the State to fill the vacancy. Mr. Randall was President of the Village
Board of Trustees, was Road Commissioner and President of the village of Oneida in 1880. His military services during the War of
the Rebellion were of much more than ordinary value to his country. In 1862 he was commissioned Captain, and raised Company B
for the 157th New York Volunteer Infantry, the company containing one hundred and three men. This company left camp on 2 Sep
1862, for the seat of war. Captain Randall was a brave soldier, and participated in the battle of Fredericksburg. In consequence of
active service in the war his health failed, and he was compelled to resign.
Shortly before entering the army, Mr. Randall was married the second time to Caroline Saultsman, daughter of Peter W. and Mary
(Fox) Saultsman. Mrs. Randall still survives, and is pleasantly situated in her Oneida home. Mr. Randall's life was full of honorable
labor and achievements, his toil being more than ordinarily fruitful in its results. Weighed in the balance, his life, in human judgment,
was not found wanting, either as to his work or his character. On one occasion he met with a severe wound from the accidental
discharge of his gun, the result being the loss of his left arm. He was always interested in the progress and development of the
village of Oneida; and it was largely through his active labor and generosity that land sufficient was given to the leaders of different
industrial enterprises to induce them to establish themselves in this place, the Oneida Casket Factory being one of the notable
instances of this kind. Mr. Randall was also interested in Sylvan Beach, where he built the first cottages, and gave cottage lots to
many others, with the view of making that place a summer resort, which it has since become. Mr. Randall died at his cottage at
Sylvan Beach on Sunday morning, 18 Sep 1892, leaving no children of his own, and but one adopted child, Maude Randall, who
was born 25 Jul 1875, and who now lives with Mrs. Randall at her home on Main Street, Oneida.
Many of the citizens of Oneida have always taken a deep and active interest in the growth and prosperity of their village. They have
always been enterprising and public-spirited men; but it is doubtful if any of them ever have taken a more active and influential part
in securing this growth and prosperity than did Mr. Randall, who contributed very largely to the upbuilding of what is now the largest
village in Madison County. It is altogether within the limits of truth to say that but for this interest on his part the village would have
been far less prosperous than at present. It is a pleasant task to publish in this work even a brief and imperfect narrative of the life
and deeds of such a man. The portrait of Captain Randall which appears in connection with this sketch shows a man with a good
record both as a soldier and a civilian,--a patriotic and useful citizen, whose services entitle him to be held in honored remembrance.
.Randies, Wm., (Capt.), Fort Edward, 267
Ranger, Fred E., (Capt.) 22d NY Vols, Senate, 456
RANGER, FREDERICK E.— Age, 28 years. Enrolled, May 7, 1861, at Glens Falls, to serve two years; mustered in as second
lieutenant, Co. F, to date January 8, 1862; first lieutenant, to date August 18, 1862; captain, to date November 5, 1862; mustered
out with company, June lit. 1863. at Albany. N. Y.; commissioned second lieutenant, January 21, 1862, with rank from January 8,
1862, vice Smith, promoted; first lieutenant, October 11. 1862, with rank from August 18, 1862, vice Smith, promoted; captain.
January 7, 1863, with rank from November 5, 1862, vice Smith, discharged.
Letters, 1862, sent from Frederick E. Ranger, 22nd New York Infantry Regiment, while on duty in Virginia. Includes letter sent to an
undetermined recipient asking for clothes and a letter, 4 May 1862, sent to Fred Ranger, his father in Warren County, New York,
concerning troop morale, his opinion of generals and military leadership, and family matters.
May 12, 1862, letter with observations on camp life in Stafford County, the capture of Norfolk, and the burning of the USS Merrimac.
http://www.civilwararchive.com/LETTERS/ranger.htm
These letters were written to his wife. He entered the service on 7 May 1861, from Glens Falls, NY, as a 2nd Lt in Company F, 22nd
NY Infantry; promoted to 1st Lt on 18 Aug 1862; to Captain on 5 Nov 1862; mustered out on 19 Jun 1863 at Albany, NY.
Camp Augur
Feby 25/62
Tuesday Eve.
My Darling Wife,
I must say that I do feel a little worried either that you are sick or something else. The only thing else I can lay my not getting a letter
to night is that something's the matter with the mail. The last letter I rec'd was Friday night & it was written Tuesday the 18th &
probably finished Wednesday morning. So it's no wonder if I have got the blues a little. But I expect 2 or 3 tomorrow night so I await
that with a good deal of anxiety.
Yesterday morning about 10 o'clock the wind commenced blowing & blew a regular hurricane till in the night. There was some fun.
Tents went over & everything moveable was flying in every direction. It was almost impossible to walk against it. Our house never
shook a hair, but it blew down some buildings in the city. Today has been a beautiful day. Skirmish drill forenoon & afternoon. I sent
to the city today by Jimmy Schenck & bought me a pr of blanket straps 12/- Lantern 4/- Washdish 21/ Candlestick 10ct Basket 4/- &
Hair Pomade 2/-. He also brought back news that we should move next week & I do wish I had that old carpetbag I thought of
bringing. If Schenck has not left, send it down by him, if he has, I will make my valise answer. The Capt. & I propose sending our
trunks to Alexandria to be stored till we get somewhere. We expect to go to Centreville when we move & so on towards Richmond.
Genl McClellan told Gen. Augur that we should be in Richmond the 20th of March.
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The Capt. wants I should go to making out Muster Rolls, and as I am officer of the Guard tomorrow, I shall have to give you a short
letter. All I hope & pray is that you are well. Kiss the Darlings for me & accept the warmest love of your husband.
Good Night Fred
Camp Augur Uptons Hill
Friday Eve, March 7/62
My Darling Wife,
I read your letter of March 4th to night with one from Father enclosing notes which I have signed & return in this. It has been a pretty
cold day. This morning skirmish drill & a good long one I tell you. I had an appetite for dinner when we returned. This afternoon
target firing at 350 yards. I bet the oysters with Smith that our Co. would beat the party & it did so Smith furnished 4 or 5 of us with
an oyster supper tonight. The wind has blown so today that come to sit down in this warm room it makes me sleepy. I think from all
accounts you must have about 900 feet of snow there now. If it continues I don't see what will become of you. Hoe high above the
snow is the town clock now. I had a good hearty laugh when I read of Fathers putting on a one horse express to Morran. I tell you it
pleased me much. That just suits me. All I have got to say is dont he beat. Tell Gregory to put em through by daylight. If my old
customers only stand by me, he'll get sick of the News business. Bless Floys little heart, how I do want to kiss the little witch. I saw
little Anna P. out before the Col. quarters to day & her furs made me think of Florence right off. And Darling as I am sleepy now, I
must bid you good night. With a great deal of love for all & many kisses for Wifey & children will write again Sunday if we do not
move. Now for apiece of cake & to bed.
Your loving husband,
Fred
Camp near Brooks Station
Sunday Afternoon Nov. 30/62
My Darling,
It is so lonesome nowadays that although I wrote you a letter yesterday I can find nothing so pleasant as spending the time with you
& this afternoon have again taken pencil in hand to commence a letter. At any rate, the sun shines to day but the wind blows cold. I
laid down & tried to take a nap after dinner but my thoughts were too full of home to allow my eyes to close & the wind kept the tent
fly flapping to such an extent that it made me nervous so up I got & grabbed my old portfolio & dated my letter.
Lt. Fitch of the 93rd came up & stayed with me last night. Capt. Wilson has gone home on furlough. He tells me perhaps you may
see him. There is no news in camp & day succeeds day monotonously enough. We can not fix up for winter because we do not
know but we will move every day & probably that is the way it will be all winter.
Tomorrow is Carries Birthday. Tomorrow she makes the high old age of five years. Bless her little heart how Pop would like to see
her. Kiss her for me "Many happy returns of the same". The air must be cold in G.F. [Glens Falls] today & I imagine you all in Fred's
room with a good warm fire. Grandpa & children frolicking Grandma tending "lastly" Mamma reading the paper. Fran at church &
one of the Aunties dropping in every now & then to see what's going on. I suppose Aunt Sally don't stir round much yet but she must
get well so when I come home she can make warm biscuit mince pies & all those style of things. "Tho lost to sight, to memory dear".
Vision of Mothers Fricasseed chickens loom up occasionally to my imagination like a mirage in a desert & I wonder if the making of
Oyster stew has become one of the lost arts.
Doct. W. F. Hutchinson of our Regt was dismissed the service a few days ago for incompetence (Pretty rough) he may possibly get
reinstated but I doubt it, however don't mention it. Dr. Holden still remains in Washington.
Does Smith wear his uniform in G.F.? Do you ever see his wife of Mrs. Capt. Cameron or Jimmy S. wife. I heard Col. P. wife was on
the way to Boston & she would not be able to visit this winter.
Do you ever go to the Episcopal Church. I suppose the Methodist is your style now. Well dearest when I get home I hope we will be
able to go together once more. Wouldn't it be nice if we could go to day with Floy & then come home and spend an evening
together. My head in your lap building castles as of yore. It is nearly time for dress parade & we shall have service by the Chaplain
abbreviated on a/c of the cold. It is not much like the dress parades we had a year ago when we opened ranks, 30 officers stepped
to the front & now only four or five, as there goes the drum I shall have to adjourn for the present.
Tuesday afternoon
Well dearest, I have been quite busy for a day or two fixing up company accounts & today have to get mustered out as 2nd Lieu.
and musterd in as First. I had a present some time since of a pair of 1st Lt's Straps & have been wearing them. Our Regt. just
received orders to go on picket tomorrow morning to guard the RR. We are in hopes it will be a winters job but that would be too
good a luck for us but are in hopes it will last. We have got to have a Brigade drill this afternoon. (Plaque take it) just got orders and
now must don my sword & turn out my company, will finish this tonight.
Tuesday night 9 pm
Again I have got a chance to write. We had a pretty good drill for about 2 hours, have played a few games of Old Sledge with Capt.
Cameron. Mail has just come & I have read 2 letters & enjoyed them & am now seated in Lt. Burgey's tent, he writing to his wife & I
to the Dearest Wife in the world. Yours was written the 26th & came with one from Father. Tomorrow as I said afore, we are detailed
to guard the R Road and shall probably hold the place at least while the division remains here & perhaps longer. We shall have
guard duty to perform instead of drilling & are inclined to be pleased but can tell better hereafter & will let you know. I hear Officers
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in high places say they think the Campaign for the winter over. Though perhaps they don't know for you know little Mac is removed
& Burnside is going straight to Richmond. As you say of course, the people will soon blow against Burnside but why don't they
"come in out of the draft". Let them hear the howl of a hungry soldier for bread when he is out of rations & then march through the
mud of Va. for many a weary mile & then see what they think about pushing an army of over a hundred thousand without supplies &
talk about moving artillery. When I saw an empty wagon with 6 mules drawing it, stuck fast going down hill today (fact) and it hadn't
commenced raining yet.
What sad news, the deaths of Mrs. Alden & poor Dick Wilson I can hardly realize that she is dead. This is the first of our old
associates who have gone. Is it very sickly up there. Be careful of yourself darling. Seems to me to change the subject to the other
extreme, that Glens Falls is doing a large business in the line of twins. If girl babies are a sign of peace, I guess G.F. will fetch it. I
think we have done our share & that fewer at a time will last longer. Do you attend any of the Society's Poor Ladies that cannot see
their names in print? They don't belong to the party that don't let their left hand know what their right hand giveth. I wonder if we
should get into winter quarters if they would send the 22nd anything nice. I see by the papers that the 118th are the recipients of two
large boxes. Did they send them? One of the boys rec'd a pillow. I would like to see what one of our boys would do if they should
have a present of a pillow. Most of them use a knapsack as a substitute & I have found them very comfortable however I use my
coat now.
Tell us about your nice new shawl. You know dearest how much I would give or rather what wouldn't I give if we were certain of
remaining anywhere, of having my little wife with me, and if wishing would do it you would be here tonight but you would hardly
enjoy going to bed in my cold tent & sleeping on some cedar poles with blankets. The duce of it is that No 3 forbids any such
enjoyment for you darling & by the way has No 3 got any name yet & when will it be time to wean her.
Tell Carrie Pop would like to come home very much & see her & Floy & they must be nice little girls & mind Ma Ma & save lots of
kisses for Papa when he does come. I will write again as soon as we get located on the railroad and will answer Fathers Letters.
And now dearest with all your husbands love and kisses innumerable, I must bid you good night.
Your loving husband
Fred
Ransom, Rastus Seneca, (1st Lieut.) 50th Engineers, Kane, 454
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ERASTUS SENECA RANSOM, a descendant of Robert Ransom who settled in Plymouth, 1657, was born in Mount Hawley, Illinois,
31 Mar 1839; son of Reuben H. Ransom and Nancy Caroline Virgil. In early boyhood moved, with parents, to Elmira, NY, where he
was educated at public schools and Elmira Free Academy. At the outbreak of the Civil War he organized a company of volunteers at
Elmira, NY, and was mustered in as First Lieutenant, Company H, 50th Volunteer Engineers, 1 Aug 1861 , and commissioned First
Lieutenant October 14th, 1861 .
As acting commander of his company he rendered distinguished service throughout the Peninsular campaign in the Army of the
Potomac. He resigned his commission on account of Chicahonimy fever in 1862, and settled in New York City. He became a law
partner of Chester A. Arthur (later president of the United States), under firm name of Arthur, Knevals & Ransom. Elected by united
Democracy (a union having been effected between the County Democracy and Tammany), as Surrogate of New York County,
1887, serving full term until 1893, when resumed practice of profession. He was a member of the Military Order Loyal Legion,
G.A.R. A charter member of the New England Society, president Society American Authors. He married first, Sarah E. Morgan of
Elmira, NY, 1862; second, Carol Bowne Edwards, 1885, of Brooklyn, NY, a descendant of William Bowne of Flushing, Long Island.
He died December 20th, 1914.
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THE BENCH AND BAR OF NEW YORK.
HON. RASTUS SENECA RANSOM.
SURROGATE RASTUS S. RANSOM has become so prominent in the administration of public justice in New York, that he well
deserves mention among those who have made their mark upon the judicial history of this city and State. Mr. Ransom, while in
every respect a self-made man, dependent upon no chance of fortune for that which has been won by pluck and hard work, was the
heir of such qualities of character and heart as were sure to be powerful allies in the battle of life. He came from an honored New
England ancestry, upon both lines of family descent. His paternal grandfather, Robert Ransom, was a native of Vermont, where he
was born in 1788; his paternal grandmother was born in Massachusetts, in 1792; and was a member of the well-known Stacy family.
Early in their married life this couple removed to New York State, where they settled upon a farm in Hamilton, Madison county, and
where their son, Reuben Harris Ransom, was born on November 11th, 1818. In 1837, on May 7th, this son was married to Nancy
Caroline Virgil, a native of Mexico, Oswego county, New York. Soon after this marriage the young couple removed to Illinois, where
a year and a half's residence was sufficient to cure their love of the far west, and led them to again return to their home in New York.
It was during this residence in Illinois that the son, Rastus Seneca Ransom, was born at Mount Hawley, Peoria county, on March
3ist, 1839. Because of domestic affliction, the boy was thrown upon his own resources when but eleven years of age; and although
slender and delicate, he managed to make his way by the hard labor of a farm-boy's life. He attended school in the winter season
until fifteen years of age, and showed himself quite apt with his books. At sixteen he was enabled, as the result of his own labors, to
attend one term of the high school in Perryville, Madison county, and in the winter of his seventeenth year taught a district school.
With the little money thus saved, he paid his way to Wisconsin, where an uncle, Charles Rollin Ransom, was located, where he
remained some three years, working upon the farm in summer, and teaching during the winter. But through all these years he
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stoutly held to the purpose formed in early life — that of becoming a lawyer — -and each step forward was so timed as to advance
him toward that end. Packing up his few earthly possessions, at the end of the three years, he bade good-bye to his uncle, and
started for New York. A year was spent in an academy, at the expiration of which, in the winter of 1860-61, he obtained a position as
teacher in a large school near Elmira, and at about the same time he became a student in the law office of Judge Theodore North, in
the city above named.
He had hardly entered thus upon the real labor of his life, when a call louder than that of even his life's ambition came to him, as it
did to so many of the brave young men of that day. The war cloud arose from the south, the call for help followed, and within sixty
days of the fall of Sumter, young Ransom was associated with his friend, Edmund O. Beers, of Elmira, in raising a company of
volunteers for the regiment then being1 organized by Col. Charles B. Stuart, a prominent and well known civil engineer, who had
recently been engaged in important work upon the New York & Erie Railroad. This regiment was known as the 50th New York
Volunteer Engineers, and was one of the most excellent furnished by the State. Its ranks filled, it was mustered into the national
service September I4th, 1861, for three years or for the war. It was soon en route for the front, Mr. Ransom having been made first
lieutenant of the company he had aided to raise.
Some months after the arrival of the regiment in Washington it was ordered across the Potomac to active duty at the front, and two
months later ordered into winter quarters on the Anacosta River, near the Washington navy yard, and remained in these quarters
until the army of the Potomac, of which it was a part, was ordered to the Peninsula. As Capt. Beers was a skillful engineer, he was
detached for special duty immediately upon the arrival of the regiment at Washington, and the command of the company devolved
upon First-Lieutenant Ransom, who served with credit in this position during the terrible ordeal of the Peninsula campaign. At length,
prostrated by the frightfully debilitating fever which proved so disastrous to thousands of the Union troops in the swamp of the
Chickahominy, he was ordered home by the medical board of the brigade to which his regiment was attached, having struggled in
vain against its insidious attacks. Refused a place in the Invalid Corps, to which he sought admission in the hope of remaining in the
service, he returned to Elmira to die. His lot at this juncture was indeed a trying one. He had celebrated the first New Year of his
army life by marrying a young and beautiful girl of good family, and now, without either help or means, had to battle for existence.
Nursed, sustained and cheered by the young life he had added to his own, he slowly recovered sufficient strength to resume the
study of law, but his old friend, Judge North, having in the meantime died, he entered the office of Messrs. Diven, Hathaway &
Woods, the leading law firm of that section of New York. Subsequently he entered the office of Judge Hiram Gray, late Judge of the
Court of Appeals. He was admitted to the bar in 1863. His health was poor and there was little law business to transact, but he
bravely struggled on, finding other employment, and sure that a time would come when he could make effective to their full purpose
the powers that he felt were within him.
A change for the better did finally come, in 1867, when he was appointed attorney and counsel for the corporation by the common
council of the city of Elmira, and held the office for two full terms. In the early part of 1870 he removed to New York city, an
especially bold venture in view of the fact that he had neither friends nor acquaintances in the great metropolis. But he felt that it
was the place for a man of energy, brains and industry, and was willing to take his chance with the rest.
By one of those peculiar accidents which may befall any one, and though seeming so little may lead to so much, he learned that
Chester A. Arthur, afterwards President of the United States, had recently lost his law partner, and was anxious to secure some
active young man as managing clerk. With characteristic promptness, Mr. Ransom applied for the place. It was refused him, on the
ground that as he was a stranger in the city and unacquainted with what Mr. Arthur styled "the unwritten law," he could not fill it as it
should be; but Gen. Arthur almost immediately reconsidered his determination, and took him upon trial. As the attractions of a
widening political influence drew Gen. Arthur more and more from his business, new cares and labors descended upon Mr.
Ransom, who worked with a will, and was happily successful, perfecting the details of the practice to the eminent satisfaction of Mr.
Arthur and his clients, and, of course, taking part in the bringing and trial of cases. It was in these labors, in this wide field of active
practical operations, that Mr. Ransom began that experimental knowledge of law that has been of such extended use to the public of
New York. When Gen. Arthur was appointed Collector of the Port of New York, in 1871, he associated himself with two well known
members of the New York bar, in the formation of the law firm of Arthur, Phelps & Knevals. Mr. Ransom was admitted as junior
member of the firm. In 1872 Mr. Phelps was elected District Attorney of New York, and in 1873 the firm took the style of Arthur,
Phelps, Knevals & Ransom, and on the death of Mr. Phelps in 1880 it was changed by dropping the name of the deceased member.
Mr. Ransom, although a strong Democrat, always entertained a high regard for Gen. Arthur, who, as is well known, was an
uncompromising Republican. When the latter became the associate of Garfield on the Presidential ticket of 1880, Mr. Ransom did
all he could by personal effort to secure his election. The circumstances of the case were somewhat extraordinary, and while a few
extremists in his own party blamed him, his course was generally applauded.
When Gen. Arthur became President, his name was dropped from the firm, at his own request, as he thought it not in accord with
the custom of this country for the President to be engaged in or connected with private business. The firm then became Knevals &
Ransom, and when, in 1885, Mr. Arthur again resumed his connection with the firm, the name was not changed. It was in this year
(1885) that Mr. Ransom for the first time took a personal chance in the political fortunes of New York. Known to be sound in his
belief in Democratic principles, able, honest, versed in the law, and eminently fitted for judicial position, he was nominated by the
Tammany Hall Democracy for the office of Judge of the Superior Court. The Republicans nominated for the same position Judge
John Sedgwick, at that time an incumbent of the office, and as he was indorsed by the "County Democracy " organization, Mr.
Ransom's candidacy became little else than a forlorn hope, as these two organizations controlled 120,000 votes out of a total vote
of about 195,000 cast in the city for the judiciary ticket. Nevertheless, Mr. Ransom received a strong and flattering vote, running
some ten thousand ahead of the strength of his ticket.
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In 1887 Mr. Ransom was again nominated for judicial office by the Tammany Hall organization, being placed on the judiciary ticket
for the office of Surrogate of the City and County of New York. The "County Democracy" endorsed the nomination, and Mr. Ransom
was elected by a plurality of nearly fifty thousand votes, receiving the largest number polled by any candidate on the State or county
ticket. He then entered upon the special field of action, in which he has already made a reputation that has placed him among the
foremost judicial officers of New York. Mr. Ransom had already earned a high reputation at the bar for the character and
thoroughness of his work, and the qualities there displayed have been emphasized by his career in the Surrogate's office. He is
patient, hard-working and persevering, and has hosts of friends among his colleagues and in both parties. Mr. Ransom did not lose
interest in military affairs, nor forget his comrades-in-arms, upon his return to the walks of peace.
He was, for a brief time, connected with the New York National Guard as Adjutant of the 110th Regiment, commanded by Col.
Stephen T. Arnot. He joined the Grand Army of the Republic in 1868, and is now a comrade of Lafayette Post, of New York City. For
ten years he has been a companion of the New York Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States;
and is at present senior captain of "The Old Guard." He is also a member of the Masonic organization, of the New England Society,
and of the Manhattan Club, all of the city of New York. Mr. Ransom has been twice married, his first wife being Miss Sarah Elizabeth
Morgan, daughter of William Lyman Morgan, Esq., of Elmira. She died on July 14th, 1883, leaving two sons. His second wife was
Miss Carol Bowne Edwards, daughter of the late Charles Henry Edwards, of Brooklyn, to whom he was married on January 14th,
1885.
Rapelye, Cornelius, x, Mizpah, 738
Rasey, Lorenzo L., (Corpl.) 5th NY Cavalry, Ellicottville, 307
b. 1830 (twin); Enlisted 26 Aug 1861 Ellicottville, NY as Private; Troop E. 5th NY Cavalry; discharged 3 Sep 1864; died 6 Apr 1915,
bur. Riverside Cemetery, Rochester, NY; div. 4, Sec. H, block 1, lot 281.
In 1880 he was a tailor in Ellicottville, NY
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Aaron RAZEE / RAZEY / RASEY, b. 8 Oct 1784, Cumberland, Providence, RI; d. 1830-40; 1 Jan 1824, performed the first marriage
ceremony in the Town of Mansfield, Cattaraugus Co., NY; farmer; son of Joseph RAZEY / RAZEE III and Catherine ARNOLD
Married Transhumance, Feb 1821 (settled in Mansfield (?), Cattaraugus Co., NY), Anna FISH, b. 1785/6, VT; d. 1850-60
Children:
born in VT, presumably in Randolph, Orange Co., VT:
1. Edward Arnold RASEY, b. 27 Feb 1811
2. Almadorus RASEY,
b. 1815/6; m. Sarah __?__
3. Nancy RAZEY,
b. 1816/7; d. 24 May 1900, Mansfield; m. 22 Oct 1841, Abraham GRENENDIKE; no issue
4. Joseph D. RAZEY,
b. 1819; d. 1 Jul 1898; m. Sarah Ann BOWEN
5. Horace F. RAZEY,
b. 1820; d. 30 Apr 1871; m. Jeanette Mary ELLIS (b. 1827/8, PA)
born in Cattaraugus Co., NY:
6. Anna F. RAZEY,
b. 27 Apr 1821; m. William NILES (1821-1894)
7. Olive RAZEY,
b. 1824/5; d. 26 Jan 1849
8. James F. RASEY,
b. 10 Jun 1826; m. Rebecca WILLIAMS (1832-1921)
9. Orpheous RAZEY,
b. ca. 1828; d. 21 Jul 1845
10. Lorenzo L. RAZEY [twin], b. 1830; d. 6 Apr 1915; m. Ellen WARNER
11. Alonzo L. RAZEY [twin],
b. 1830; d. 20 Jan 1915; m. Rebecca S. TYLER (1838-1900)
Rathbone, J(ames). D., (Confederate) 15th Alabama Cavalry, Wellsvllle, 230
Only Confederate soldier in Allegany County census--line drawn through name
Rathbone, Robert C., Michigan Vols, Kane, 454
ca 1826-1915
http://books.google.com/books?id=oswoAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA540&dq=%22Rathbone,+Robert+C.%22&lr= page 540.
RATHBONE, ROBERT C., insurance manager and broker,
New York city, was born at Ballston, Saratoga County, NY, August 23, 1825. He went to New York at the age of fourteen years, and
was a clerk, first in a hardware and afterward in a wholesale dry goods house. In 1853 he began business for himself as an
insurance broker in New York, and as an agent for the Mutual Life. In 1857 he was appointed assistant secretary of the Metropolitan
Fire of New York, and in 1861 he went to the front for a short service with his regiment, the Seventh. His insurance brokerage
business continued, though, throughout, taking in partners from time to time, one being the late Major-General Hamblin, another his
brother, A. H. Rathbone, and another his son, R. Bleecker Rathbone, who is still associated with him. In 1885 Mr. Rathbone
accepted the post of metropolitan manager for the Sun Insurance Office of London, which he retained until 1887. He was
president for ten years of the old board of insurance brokers, and also president of the second board, now extinct. At the present
time his firm, R. C. Rathbone & Son, are managers of the Assurance Company of America.
Business, 27 Pine street, New York City; residence, 118 West 130th street.
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Rathbun, С. В., x, Deer River, 499
Rathburn, N., x, Oakland, 379
Rathgeber, Jacob, 49th NY Vols, Henry Clay, 277
RATHGEBER, JACOB — Age, 27 years. Enlisted, August 13, 1861, at Buffalo, to serve three years; mustered in as private,
Company B, August 22, 1861; promoted sergeant, August 22, 1861; returned to ranks, November 4, 1861
Ratigan, John, (Capt.) 24th Vols, Oswego, 127
RATIGAN, JOHN.— Age, 31 years. Enrolled, 1 May 1861, at Oswego, to serve two years; mustered in as 1st Lt, Co. C, same date;
wounded, 30 Aug 1862, at Bull Run, Va.; mustered in as captain, 23 Sep 1862; mustered out with company, 29 May 1863, at
Elmira, NY; also borne as Rattigan; 1st Lt, 4 Jul 1861, rank from 1 May 1861; captain, 4 Nov 1862, with rank from 23 Sep 1862.
Raymond, Frank, Corpl. 54th NY Inf Vols, Syracuse, 501
Machinist; b. 18 Aug 1846, Taunton, MA; d. 27 Dec 1912; Raised 18 Aug 1875; Mbr No. 429. Junior Grand Deacon, Grand Lodge of
the State of New York, 1893-94. Grand Patron, Order of the Eastern Stars, State of New York, 1898. Commander Augustus I. Root
Post No. 151, G.A.R., Syracuse, NY, ca 1910.
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URЕLIA FELTON, b. 7 Dec 1819; d. 26 Mar 1886; m. 17 Jul 1843, Ebenezer Raymond, of Taunton (son of Ebenezer and Hepsibah
(Hall) Raymond), b. 7 Feb 1818, d. 7 Nov 1848. He was a sea-captain, sailing generally to Southern ports; died from exposure in his
barkentine, the Justin, in a violent storm near Newport, RI. Mrs. Raymond b. in Lenox, MA; removed at 12 with the family to
Taunton; attended the Bristol Co. Academy; became a school teacher. After the death of her husband, with her two children to
support, she began the study of medicine which she pursued at the N. E. Medical College and at Philadelphia, where she received
her diploma. She took great interest in the development of this genealogy from the earliest meeting, and was appointed one of the
compilers; the work she did was of a high order, and "to her far more than to any other are we indebted for what is in this volume."
[J. J. M.]
Children of Ebenezer and Aurelia F. (Danforth) Raymond:
1. Mary Hannah Raymond, b. 16 Jun 1844; d. 13 Dec 1850.
2. Frank Raymond, b. 18 Aug 1846; m. 16 Apr 1868, Elizabeth Ann, dau. of Hiram A. and Ellen (Corcoran) Heath, b. 5 May 1850.
He is a machinist. Candidate for mayor of Syracuse on Working Men's Ticket. Served in the war for the Union in the 54th Regt. NY
Vol. Inf.
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Children: (1) Frederick Raymond, b. 11 May I860. (2) Frances Olive Raymond, b. 7 Oct 1873; d. 6 Nov 1874. (3) Kate Danforth
Raymond, b. 25 Oct d. 30 Nov., 1875.
Rea, Joseph, x, Scotia, 631
Read, Ira B, x, Bunting, 655
Reade, Charles, x, Cherry Creek, 384
< Reagles, James R., (Surgeon) Regulars, St. George's, 6
62nd NY Vols, Anderson Zouaves
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Assistant Surgeon James R. Reagles, 19 Apr 1896, age 23 (b. ca 1838), Schenectady, NY; Doctor
Bellevue Hospital. Died 10 Feb 1913.
Reddy, W. C., Capt.114th Vols, Globe, 588
Redman, Henry S., 21st NY Cavalry, Valley?, 109
“Encyclopedia of Biography of New York,”
By Charles Elliott Fitch, American Historical Society, American Historical Society, page 145
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REDMAN, Henry S., Civil War Veteran, Public Official.
Lieutenant Henry S. Redman, for twenty-seven years superintendent of the Court House of Monroe county, was born 2 Aug 1844, in
Clarkson, this county, his parents being Perry and Julia Ann (Harris) Redman, the former a native of the Empire State and the latter
of Vermont. The paternal grandfather was born in Holland and came to this country in his youth, settling in the town of Clarkson,
where he followed farming. It was his team that was used in carrying Morgan, who exposed the secrets of Masonry, across
the country. Perry Redman was also a farmer by occupation and lived and died in Monroe county.
Lieutenant Redman of this review was reared to farm life, spending his boyhood days on the homestead and in Brighton village,
where he attended the high school. He was there as a student at the outbreak of the Civil War, and on December 19, 1863, two
years before he had attained his majority, he joined Company L, of the Twenty-first New York Cavalry, known as Griswold's Light
Cavalry, and with this command he served until the close of the war and was honorably discharged on July 28, 1865. A
contemporary biographer has said: "His own record, when he started to the front as a seventeen-year old boy, is one of which any
man might be proud. He participated in twelve engagements after he went to the front, December 19, 1863, falling on the field at
Ashby's Gap, shot through the lungs and left for dead over night. He was captured by Moseby, escaped and was honorably
discharged, July 28, 1865, for disability arising from wounds received in action. It would be difficult to crowd into the space of
eighteen months a more brilliant war record than that of the young man, who sought to enlist, ran away from home only to be
brought back by his father, and finally went to the front in the darkest days of the war, after he reached his eighteenth year." After
the war closed Lieutenant Redman served his time with the National Guard, retiring on January 1, 1876, with the commission of first
lieutenant in Battery B, S. N. Y. He has occupied his present position as superintendent of the Court House at Rochester for twentyseven years and has made a creditable record for faithfulness and reliability.
Lieutenant Redman is a member of all the Masonic bodies, belonging to the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery. He
has also taken the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and is connected with the Mystic Shrine. He has been one of the most
effective and faithful workers of the Grand Army cause in the county. He holds membership with Myron Adams Post, No. 84, Grand
Army of the Republic, of which he has been commander for sixteen years. He was also assistant quartermaster-general under
Department Commanders Joseph P. Cleary, James S. Graham and (Bro.) Henry N. Burhans, and was assistant inspector-general
on the staff of the commander-in-chief, Leo Rasseur. He was one of the earnest, and has always been among the most zealous,
workers in Grand Army affairs. As a veteran he upheld his flag in the Civil War and although he was severely wounded in the Civil
War and although he was severely wounded in action he served his time in the National Guard and he has given the best years of
his life to Grand Army interests. Having been always loyal in his citizenship, Lieutenant Redman is entitled to special mention in this
volume.
On July 3, 1866, Lieutenant Redman married (first) Harriet E. Jones, of Webster, Monroe county, New York, who died in December,
1889. On August 12, 1901, he married (second) Catherine Ayers. By his first marriage he had a daughter, Cora Alice, now the wife
of C. A. Dutcher.
.Redmond, Lawrence, x, Adirondack, 602
Reed, A., 22d Vols. Corinth, 683
Reed, J. L., x, Fortune, 788
Reed, S. G., x, Brownville, 53
Reese, Nathan, x, Cuba, 300
Reeve, John, x, Sauquoit, 150
Reeves, Martin,186th NY Vols, Brownville, 53
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Reeves, Martin, was born in the town of Hounsfield on his father's farm, in 1841. His father removed to Dexter when he was four
years old, and his education was obtained in the public schools of that village. He left home when he was twenty two years of age
and bought a farm two miles from Dexter on the Pillar Point road in 1864. It was at this time Mr. Reeves married Mary O'Harra of
Dexter, and they have two children: Sherly B., who resides at home on the farm and Lettie, who is the present postmistress of
Brownville. In September, 1864, Mr. Reeves enlisted in Co. B. 186th N. Y. Vols., and served to the close of the war and was
mustered out June 11, 1865. In politics he is a Democrat and has held the office of county and town delegate and at present is
assistant postmaster. Mr. Reeves carries on his farm one mile west of Brownville. He is a member of Brownville Lodge No. 53, F.
& A. M., and Court Brownville No. 561, I. O. Foresters; is a comrade of J. Broadbent Post No. 188. G. A. R, of Dexter, has been a
commander two terms and at present is the senior vice-commander.
Reibling (Riebling), Augustus J., (2d Lieut.) 4th NY Heavy Artillery, Valley, 109
RIEBLING, AUGUSTUS J.— Transferred, as second lieutenant, from Co. H, Eighth Artillery, to Co. A, this regiment, June 5, 1865;
mustered out with company, September 26, 1865, at Washington, D. C.; commissioned second lieutenant, Eighth Artillery, March
30, 1865, with rank from March 1, 1865, vice Stearns, resigned.
.Reid, Albert J., x, Franklin, 90
Reid, Alex. J., 44th Vols, Constitution, 241
Reid, A. F., 122d Vols, Globe, 588
Reid, John W., 7th Conn. Vols, Covenant, 70S
Renell, C. W., (Sergt.) 4th US Infantry, Au Sable River, 149
Relyea, Abram, x, Noah, 754
Remington, George L., Capt. 21st NY Vols, Hiram 105
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/civilwar/George%20L.%20Reminton.htm
South Kansas Tribune, Wednesday, April 17, 1895 – b. 24 May 1838.
In the death of George L. Remington at the age of 67 years, which occurred April 12th, our city loses one of her very best citizens.
A gentleman of high christian character, who was always cheerful and helpful, and it was always his pleasure to do duty whatever
that was. He served his country faithfully in the great civil war, enlisting early in 1861, he was elected Captain of the Twenty-first
New York volunteers and served at the front until in 1864 when ill health compelled his resignation. The following year he was
married to his now bereaved wife. He engaged in the wholesale tobacco business in Buffalo, New York, and subsequently was
elected register of deeds in that county. Later with his family he removed to Saginaw, Mich., where he was in the lumber trade until
1882, when he located in this city. For a time he was engaged in the cattle business, but in 1885 connected himself with the First
National Bank of this place, and has served a bookkeeper, vice-president, and for five years has been its cashier. As a business
man he was honest, prompt, and always reliable, and his associates always found him a man of excellent judgment and of
unswerving fidelity. He has served the city as Member of the Board of Education and for years he has been its president, and none
have proved more faithful, or to have a more unflagging interest in the educational affairs of the city. In religion he was of the
Presbyterian faith, and he honored the professions he made, by a life void of offense. He was superintendent of its Sabbath school,
a leading official member, and often when the pastor would be absence Col. Remington was called on to officiate, and to read a
sermon, and in the last general assembly of the church he was selected to represent the Neosho Presbytery as its lay delegate. He
was gifted in oratory and has often been called on as a public speaker, and always did credit to himself and his subject. In his
fraternal relations he was a member of McPherson Post No. 4, G. A. R.; of the Modern Woodmen, and of the several Masonic
fraternities, having passed the chairs with honor. The funeral on Sunday, was at his home; and was in charge of the Knights of
Templar, attended by the Master Masons and the Modern Woodmen. Sermon by his pastor, the Rev. G. W. Bean, assisted by
Chaplain Rev. J. W. Wright. (From History of Montgomery County, Kansas, By Its Own People, published by L. Wallace Duncan,
Iola, Kansas, 1903, pgs. 682-684)
GEORGE L. REMINGTON. During the comparatively brief period of twelve years that he was permitted to mingle with and be one
of the citizens of Montgomery county, the late subject of this record, George L. Remington, lived a life conspicuous for its relation to
men and affairs, for its usefulness to be civil and social institutions and conspicuous for its purity and dignity as exemplified in his
daily walk. Few men exhibit such strong and genuine elements of character and win the unbounded confidence of a community in
so few years, as did he, and his death, April 11th, 1895, was mourned as a public loss.
Born in Lancaster, near Buffalo, New York, Mary 24, 1832, he was a son of Rev. James Remington, a noted Presbyterian minister
of western New York, and for eighteen years pastor of the congregation of Lancaster. Though he had given up regular work very
late in life Rev. Remington died in 1889 at over ninety years of age, still in the harness, as it were, and doing the work of the
Master. He married Caroline Evans, who died in the seventies, being the mother of three sons and two daughters, namely: Rev.
Charles, of Buffalo, New York, the only survivor of the family; George L., of this memoir; James, who died about 1880 and passed
his life chiefly in the milling business; Mary, who died unmarried about 1875, and Jennie, who was for many years a deputy in the
office of the Clerk of Erie county, New York, and died in 1891.
The education of George L. Remington was acquired in what we now term the common schools and in Gambler College, Ohio. On
leaving college he entered the Union army as a private, joining company “C”, 21st New York Vol. Inf. He rose by successive
promotions, viz: to First Sergeant, and August 7, 1861, was commissioned 1st Lieut., and Capt., Dec. 12, 1861. He succeeded
Capt. Washburn who was killed at Second Bull Run in August, 1862. His regiment formed a part of the Army of the Potomac and he
participated in all the engagements of that famous and splendid army and was discharged in 1864, resigning and leaving the service
on account of failing health. September 14, 1865, he married Alice Pomeroy, a daughter of Robert Pomeroy, a banker and one of
the old settlers of Buffalo, New York. Mr. Pomeroy married Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of a Baptist clergyman, and died in 1856 at
sixty years old. He resided in Buffalo when the British burned that city during the war of 1812 and he and his mother were the last to
leave the destroyed city. Mrs. Remington is the fourth of nine children in her parents’ family, five of whom are yet living.
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Mr. Remington was in the service of the government in the commissary department of the army at Nashville, Tennessee, for near
one year, immediately succeeding the end of the war, and on returning north engaged in the wholesale tobacco business in Buffalo.
Subsequently he was elected Register of Deeds for Erie county, New York, and some time after the close of his official career he
moved his family out to Saginaw, Michigan, where he embarked in the lumber and salt business and conducted the same
successfully till some time in the year 1882, when he disposed of his Michigan interests and became a resident of Independence,
Kansas. As a citizen of Saginaw he ingratiated himself into the love and esteem of his compeers and was favored with public trusts.
He was a member of the Board of Education, where he rendered valuable service, and was an active and faithful worker in his
religious denomination.
For about two years after coming to Montgomery county, Capt. Remington was engaged in the cattle business. In 1885, he was
invited to become cashier of the First National Bank of Independence. He filed the position ‘till his death and in it demonstrated a
peculiar fitness and adaptation to the place. He was always courteous, sincere and reliable, prompt in fulfilling his obligations and
faithful in serving the constituents of the bank.
As a citizen of Independence, Capt. Remington took a prominent part in all its affairs. His ability and integrity were at once
recognized and he accepted the public trusts that were imposed on him with an eye single to the public good. He demonstrated his
unflagging interest in public education by long and faithful service on the school board. He was President of that body for some
years and many were the ideas he advanced for the improvement of the facilities and methods of education. He was a leading
member of the Presbyterian church and, in the absence of the pastor, was frequently designated to read a sermon and to comment
on the character, good works and teachings of the Sabbath School and the beneficent works of a good man were felt in this field,
also. In his capacity as a teacher and leader his work was most effective. He was a ready and pleasing talker, and was a storehouse
of information on popular subjects and, in 1894, was chosen by the Presbytery of Neosho to be a delegate to the General Assembly
at Saratoga, New York. He was a member of McPherson Post G. A. R., was a Modern Woodman and a Knight Templar Mason, by
whose direction and under whose auspices his funeral was held. In politics he was a Republican
Capt. And Mrs. Remington’s family comprised three children, namely: Jennie P., wife of Will P. Lyon, of Independence; Allen A.,
who married Lizzie B. Marshall and is a merchant of Bristow, Ind. Ty., and George F., who died Sept. 18, 1899, at twenty-three
years of age.
Contributed by Mrs. Maryann Johnson a Civil war researcher and a volunteer in the Kansas Room of the
Independence Public Library, Independence, Kansas.
Remington, Seth Pierre, Col. 11th NY Cavalry, St. Lawrence, 111
http://northcountry.bobsterner.com/Seth%20Remington.htm
Seth Pierre Remington – b. 16 Feb 1834 in Chautauqua County, NY; d. 18 Feb 1880, Ogdensburg, NY.
Among of things in his interesting life, he was the father of the famed painter and sculptor Frederic S.
Remington. There are extensive clippings at the above website, which have been downloaded for the
OMDHS archives.
http://books.google.com/books?id=-0i43lUIrPcC&pg=PA70&dq=%22seth+Pierre+remington%22
Seth was the proprietor of a local newspaper, a lean, active man, ardent horseman and Republican who
distinguished himself as a Union Cavalry officer in the Civil War. His wife was Clara Bascomb Sackrider,
whose family had a hardware store in Canton. In 1973 the he resettled in Ogdensburg. Seth was made
collector of the port at Ogdensburg, selling his newspaper and began raising and racing trotting horses.
REMINGTON, S. PIERRE.— 11th NY Cavalry; Age, not stated; enrolled, 27 Nov 1861, at New York;
mustered in as captain, Co. D, 31 Mar 1862, to serve three years; mustered in as Major, 27 Sep 1862;
mustered out, 11 Mar 1865, at Memphis, Tenn. Not commissioned as Captain; commissioned Major, 1 Mar
1864, with rank from 27 Sep 1862, original; brevet Colonel. (photo at right) >
http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/cavalry/11thCav/11thCavCWN.htm
A FIGHT AT FAIRFAX COURT-HOUSE. – 11th NY Cavalry (“Scott’s 900) – 27 Jun 1863.
On Friday afternoon, in pursuance of orders, Colonel Swain, commanding the cavalry regiment known as
Scott's Nine Hundred, ordered Major Remington to take companies B and C, numbering about one hundred men, and make a
reconnaissance to Centreville to see if any of the enemy were in that vicinity. Major R. started at five o'clock in the afternoon, and
after proceeding some distance went into camp, intending to resume his march in the morning. Early on Saturday morning they
again started off, and by half-past eight o'clock were in the vicinity of Fairfax. Here the pickets of the Sixth Virginia rebel cavalry
were discovered. Major Remington immediately ordered his men to charge, which they did with so much impetuosity that half of the
enemy were captured before recovering from their surprise. The main body of the rebels came up at this time, and Major R., at the
head of his little band, venturing too far, they were soon surrounded. The prisoners that had been taken were turned loose, and
Major Remington with the main body of his men turned round, and charging, cut their way through the rebel lines. Of this body only
eighteen men returned, the rest being either killed, wounded, or taken prisoners. The Major was shot in the breast in two places.
In a desperate fight at Fairfax Court House, June 27, 1863, a squadron, under command of Maj. S. Pierre Remington, encountered
the Sixth Virginia Cavalry, and dashed at them with sabres. The Major made two charges and drove the enemy for three miles to a
wood, and there encountered a superior force that checked him with the fire of carbines. The fight from beginning to end was fierce.
Its termination, from the overwhelming disparity of numbers, was disastrous. Major Remington after having had his horse shot twice,
cut his way out and made his escape with eighteen men.
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“The Story of a Cavalry Regiment,” by Thomas West Smith, page 293.
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This book covers the interesting exploits of “Scott’s 900” Cavalry, of which Col. Remington was an officer. There are several
anecdotes concerning him in this book, the following of which is included for review:
A VIRGINIA GIRL.
Much has been said and written about deeds of heroism of the soldiers of the war, but, as I find little mention made of the brave
women, I will tell you of an incident that happened in 1862. In June of that year, Company D, of which I then was 2d Lieutenant, was
on duty near Leesburg, Va. I was sent to the village of Middleburg to capture some horses for the cavalry. A widow lady had a team
of bays that was admired by the Yankee officers and I was detailed to get them. Maj. Remington was at that time captain of the
company; he was, in appearance and action, a good deal like Gen. Custer; he was a fearless soldier, a fine horseman, and a. kind
and gentlemanly companion, "with a heart in his breast as big as a pumpkin."
I went to the home of the widow and found her and her daughter sitting on the wide front piazza. I raised my cap and told her that
I had been sent to take her team of horses; that the government was greatly in need of cavalry horses, and that my orders were to
bring them to the cavalry camp near Leesburg. While I was talking the young lady left her seat and went into the house; a minute or
two later she returned, passed by me, and stationed herself in front of a gate between the house and the barnyard. I paid but little
attention to her until after we had halters on the team, and had got as far as the gate, where the young lady stood, pointing a big
revolver in my face. I was somewhat startled by her action, and tried to argue with her; but her large black eyes snapped like fire,
and she said she would kill the first man that passed with the horses.
Up to this time I had considered myself brave enough to perform any duty that I was ordered to do, however dangerous it might be;
but here was some thing unexpected—a beautiful woman defending her home. I could not use force with her, and my arguments
were in vain. Leaving the horses I said to the sergeant who was with me, "We will let Remington get these horses,'' and I left them
and rode back to camp.
I told Remington of my experience and why I did not get the team; he said I was chicken-hearted. I made a bet with him of a
turkey and wine supper that he would fare no better than I did. Remington mounted his horse and we rode to the widow's farm. The
young lady, who by this time had grown more beautiful to my eyes because of her bravery, stood at the outside gate and refused
Remington admittance even to the house. The captain talked and argued with her and said he must and would take the horses, but
she kept her revolver ready and said that no one could enter the gate. Remington rode over to me and said we never could get the
horses unless we shot the girl. I told him I would not shoot her or any woman for all the horses in the Confederacy. He said, "Neither
would I." We said good-by to the brave lady, and rode back to camp without the horses.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Remington
Frederic Sackrider Remington (October 4, 1861 - December 26, 1909) was an American painter,
illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in depictions of the Old American West, specifically
concentrating on the last quarter of the 19th century American West and images of cowboys,
American Indians, and the U.S. Cavalry.
Remington was born in Canton, New York in 1861 to Seth Pierre Remington (1830-1880) and Clara
Bascomb Sackrider, whose paternal family owned hardware stores and emigrated from AlsaceLorraine in the early 1700’s. Remington’s father was a colonel in the Civil War whose family arrived in
the United States from England in 1637. He was a newspaper editor and postmaster, and the family
was active in local politics and staunchly Republican. One of Remington’s great grandfathers,
Samuel Bascom, was a saddle maker by trade, and the Remingtons were fine horsemen. Frederic
Remington was related by family bloodlines to Indian portrait artist George Catlin and cowboy
sculptor Earl W. Bascom.
Colonel Remington was away at war during most of the first four years of his son’s life. After the war, he moved his family to
Bloomington, Illinois for a brief time and was appointed editor of the Bloomington Republican, but the family returned to Canton in
1867. Remington was the only child of the marriage, and received constant attention and approval. He was an active child, large
and strong for his age, who loved to hunt, swim, ride, and go camping. He was a poor student, though, particularly in math, which
did not bode well for his father’s ambitions for his son to attend West Point. He began to make drawings and sketches of soldiers
and cowboys at an early age.
The family moved to Ogdensburg, New York when Remington was eleven and he attended Vermont Episcopal Institute, a churchrun military school, where his father hoped discipline would rein in his son’s lack of focus, and perhaps lead to a military career.
Remington took his first drawing lessons at the Institute. He then transferred to another military school where his classmates found
the young Remington to be a pleasant fellow, a bit careless and lazy, good-humored, and generous of spirit, but definitely not soldier
material. He enjoyed making caricatures and silhouettes of his classmates. At sixteen, he wrote to his uncle of his modest
ambitions, “I never intend to do any great amount of labor. I have but one short life and do not aspire to wealth or fame in a degree
which could only be obtained by an extraordinary effort on my part”. He imagined a career for himself as a journalist, with art as a
sideline.
.Reynold, Charles M., (Lieut.) (killed in battle, May, '64), Greenwich, 467
Reynolds, Gilbert H., (Capt.) 1st Light Artillery), Valley, 109
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1832-1913; a coach maker from Rochester; bur. Mt. Hope Cemetery, NY
REYNOLDS, GILBERT H— Age, 28 years. Enrolled, September 17. 1861, at Rochester; mustered in as second lieutenant, Battery
L, November 12, 1861, to serve three years; as first lieutenant, to date, December 21, 1862; captain, May 19, 1863; resigned, May
3, 1864, on account of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863; commissioned second lieutenant, November 20, 1861,
with rank from November 12, 1861, original; first lieutenant, January 27. 1862, with rank from December 2, 1861, original ; captain,
May 9, 1863, with rank from March 9, 1863, vice J. A. Reynolds, promoted (see below).
http://www.library.rochester.edu/index.cfm?page=1103
Gilbert H. Reynolds (1832-1913) was born in New York City and moved to Rochester, New York, with his parents at the age of
eighteen. A member of the New York State militia in the 1850s, Reynolds volunteered with his brother and others in Rochester to
form Battery L, First Regiment New York Light Artillery, in 1861. In Albany, the "Reynolds' Battery" joined a six gun battery made up
of about 150 men, and proceeded to Baltimore for equipage and drilling. Beginning in May, 1862, the battery saw action at Harper's
Ferry, Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg. Gilbert H. Reynolds assumed command of the company shortly
before the fight at Gettysburg in July, 1863, and was seriously wounded there, obliging him to leave the battery that summer. He
returned to live and work with his family in Rochester, and was active in the G.A.R. there until his death almost fifty years later.
The Gilbert H. Reynolds Papers contain documents and letters from his years in the state militia and during and after the Civil War.
There are five letters by and to him and his family describing engagements with Confederate troops and artillery, including reports
from the battlefields of Fredericksburg and Gettysburg. Two later letters to Reynolds by Frederick Douglass and Theodore
Roosevelt are both indexed. The collection also includes newspapers clippings, a short memorial account of his service by his
comrades on the fiftieth anniversary of Gettysburg, and a piece of the shirt worn by Reynolds at the battle, said to be cut by
shrapnel.
http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/artillery/1stArtLt/1stArtLtBatL.htm#photos
Most of the data for the following sketch of Reynolds' Battery at Gettysburg are taken from the official report of General Wainwright
to General Hunt, chief of artillery, and bearing date July 17, 1863. We are indebted to the politeness of Major Cooney, at the New
York headquarters of the Gettysburg Monuments Commission, for access to the advance sheets of a government work on
Gettysburg not yet published, and which contains the report, extract of is as follows:
“On the night of June 30, 1863, Reynolds' Battery was encamped with the batteries and troops of the First Corps, about two miles
from Emmitsburg, along the Pike leading to Gettysburg. Marching orders were received about 8 o'clock on the morning of the 1st of
July. We were soon apprised of the presence of the enemy by the sound of skirmish firing ahead, and between 10 and 11 o'clock
the battery was drawn off the road and parked in a field, but a short distance from the Seminary Grove. Those of us who were
present at that time, will remember the clouds of cavalry skirmishers which, having been relieved by the infantry, were falling back
down the hillsides which hid the village of Gettysburg from our view. Leaving the caissons at this point, the battery advanced into the
fields between the town and the Lutheran Seminary. The first mention of the battery in the report says: "Directing Captain Reynolds
to move his battery of six three-inch guns forward, I rode up onto the ridge, but finding that the battery would be exposed and totally
without support, I withdrew it before it reached the crest." After occupying one or two positions advancing, Battery L was ordered to
relieve Tidball's Horse Battery, and it was during the execution of this movement that Captain Reynolds was wounded and the
command of the battery devolved upon Lieutenant Breck. Captain Reynolds is mentioned in the report as gallantly refusing to
leave the field.”
Capt. G. H. Reynolds, lost his left eye and was bruised in his left side; taken to hospital in town; taken prisoner, and found in
Gettysburg on its evacuation by the enemy [and then sent to a hospital in Baltimore]. Isaac Weinberg, the battery's guidon, was
captured while attending to Captain Reynolds, but was released with him. Isaac Weinberg returned to his company unharmed.
Reynolds, Isaac, (Sergt.) 23d Infantry, Union, 95
Reynolds, John A., (Major / General) 1st Light Artillery, Valley, 109
b. 4 Oct 1830; d. 30 Apr 1921, Fariport, NY, age 91; bur. Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY; m. Marietta Pardee, b. 5 Nov 1836; d.
8 Feb 1903.
http://mcnygenealogy.com/bios/biographies005.htm
General John A. Reynolds, ex-postmaster of Rochester, NY, was born in New York City, 4 Oct 1830, and received his early
education in the public schools. In 1839 his father, Mr. Alfred Reynolds, removed to Webster, Monroe county, where for the next ten
years the family was engaged in farming, young Reynolds continuing the pursuit of his education at the public schools. In 1849 he
came to Rochester and with his father was engaged in the grocery business until 1861. At the outbreak of the War he was captain
and in command of the Union Greys, having been a member of the company for many years. He tendered the Greys to the
Government as an artillery company, but as no more artillery was needed at the time, the tender was declined. In August and
September following he recruited a company of 156 men, which was assigned to Battery L, First NY Light Artillery regiment, Colonel
Bailey commanding, and was mustered into service 17 Sep 1861. In the Spring of 1862 Battery L was attached to General Banks'
command in the Shenandoah valley, and rendered efficient and gallant service in the engagements of Harper's Ferry, Charlestown,
Cedar Mountain, Groveton, Rappahannock Crossing, Warrenton, Sulphur Springs, Second Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain,
Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.
After the latter engagement Captain Reynolds was commissioned major and served with the First corps until after the battle of
Gettysburg, and was then assigned as chief of artillery to the Twelfth corps, and accompanied the corps to Chattanooga to the relief
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of General Thomas. General Hooker then appointed him his chief of artillery at the battle of Lookout Mountain. He was with
Sherman on his march to Atlanta and to the sea as chief of artillery of the Twentieth corps, after which he was assigned by General
Sherman chief of artillery to the Army of Georgia. His services continued through the Carolinas to the surrender of Johnston at
Janesboro, and thence to Richmond. Major Reynolds was brevetted lieutenant-colonel for gallant and meritorious service in the
campaign from Atlanta to the sea, and colonel for subsequent service on the field. He was mustered out of service in June, 1865.
General Reynolds has been prominent in the Grand Army of the Republic; he was one of the organizers and charter members of the
first post in New York State and was elected commander three times. He was elected commander of the First Veteran brigade at its
organization, and again in the following year. He was the organizer and has been since its formation the commander of the George
H. Thomas post of this city. In 1884 he was chosen Department Commander of the Grand Army of the State. For some years he
engaged in the shoe trade in Rochester, finally retiring in 1889. General Reynolds was appointed to the office of postmaster in
Rochester by President Harrison on 20 Mar 1890, and held the office with much satisfaction to the people of this city until relieved
by his successor, George H. Perkins, 1 Jun 1894.
“Story of Our Post Office,” by Marshall Cushing, page 762.
http://books.google.com/books?id=wwVDAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA762&dq=%22John+A.+reynolds%22+%22rochester%22#PPA762,M1
Gen. John A. Reynolds, postmaster at Rochester, NY, was born in New York City in October, 1830. Nine years later his father
moved to Webster, Monroe Co., NY, where the whole family was engaged at farming until 1849, when they removed to Rochester,
where both father and son engaged in the grocery business. When Sumter was fired on, Mr. Reynolds was in command of the
Rochester Union Grays, which company he had joined as early as 1851. At the organization of the 13th New York Regiment,
Captain Reynolds offered the services of the Union Grays as a company of artillery. The tender was not accepted, for the reason
that no more artillery was then needed; but Gen. Lansing B. Swan told Captain Reynolds to wait and he would soon have a chance
to fight. In August, Col. E. D. Bentley, who had been commissioned to raise a regiment of light artillery, wrote to Captain Reynolds
asking him if he could raise a company. The Union Grays became Reynolds' battery and joined the First New York Light Artillery.
Under the new title Mr. Reynolds was reflected captain at Elmira, whence the journey was made to Washington, and camp was
pitched on Capitol Hill. In March it was sent to Baltimore, and when Banks was repulsed in the Shenandoah, Reynolds' battery went
to Harper's Ferry, whence it soon advanced down the valley under Sigel and joined McDowell's corps, by whom it was held in
reserve at Cedar Mountain. Rappahannock Station was its first battle. This was followed by a desperate fight at White Sulphur
Springs. The battery, though badly cut up, passed through the battles of Second Bull Run and Antietam with great credit.
After Antietam Captain Reynolds was put in command of the four batteries of the division. After the terrible fights at Fredericksburgh
and Chancellorsville, he was promoted for gallant service to be major, and he was made assistant chief of artillery of the 1st Corps
under General Wainright. Soon after the battle of Gettysburg he was made chief of artillery on the 12th Corps and had immediate
command of four batteries. When the 11th and 12th Corps went West under General Hooker to the relief of General Thomas, who
was besieged at Chattanooga, Major Reynolds went with them and he was engaged in the Wauhatchie midnight attack in which
Captain Atwell and Lieutenant Geary were killed and many wounded. In the battle of Lookout Mountain General Reynolds had
command of all the artillery, and the superb way — but this is already written in the histories.
James Walker's 1874 painting of the Battle of Lookout Mountain, 24 Nov 1863,
was commissioned by the Federal commander in that battle, Major General "Fighting Joe" Hooker.
The central portion of the painting shows Hooker on his white horse
receiving a report from his chief of artillery, Major John A. Reynolds.
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After that memorable fight General Reynolds followed the enemy to Missionary Ridge, took part in the repulse of Bragg and followed
the enemy to Ringgold, Ga., where he became a member of General Hooker's staff as chief of artillery. After the organization of the
12th Corps in 1864 two new batteries were added to his command, forming the famous artillery brigade of that corps which became
noted as the best artillery brigade in the army. His command was almost constantly engaged while with Sherman before Atlanta and
on the march to the sea.
Then General Reynolds was made chief of artillery of the army of Georgia under General Slocum. At Bentonville, General Williams
and General Reynolds, who were behind the 12th Corps, heard artillery firing ahead and, in violation of orders, hurried to the front.
They found the Confederates making awful havoc among the advance corps of the Union Army. General Reynolds determined to
fight, and even before General Williams was aware of it, two batteries were placed in the open field, where they made it so hot for
the other fellows that the latter retreated and the day was saved. General Reynolds continued on to Richmond, and he was present
at the Grand Review. His splendid record as a commanding officer has never been disputed. He united courage, coolness and good
judgment, and he knew his soldiers and their needs as well as the details of modern war. General Reynolds is a stanch friend and a
good, old-fashioned gentleman.
REYNOLDS, JOHN A.— Age, 30 years. Enrolled, September 17, 1861, at Rochester; mustered in as captain, Battery L, November
17, 1861, to serve three years; as major, March 6, 1863; mustered out with regiment, June 21, 1865, at Elmira, N. Y.; commissioned
Captain, November 20, 1861, with rank from October 10, 1861, original; major. May 9, 1863, with rank from March 6, 1863, vice
Kieffer, dismissed.
http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/artillery/1stArtLt/1stArtLtBatLBreckChap35AppC.htm
Battery L, or Reynolds’ Battery, as it is always better known, was organized in the city of Rochester, September 17, 1861. Thirteen
men enlisted that day for three years’ service in the volunteer army, forming the nucleus of an organization which in a few weeks
was filled to the maximum number of a six-gun battery, consisting of 150 men. The company, before its full completion, departed for
Elmira, October 7th, and the event was duly celebrated by the old Union Grays of Rochester firing a salute, and by Hill’s Union
Blues acting as an escort to the deport. On the 25th of October, the company was mustered into service, numbering then 81 men,
with John A. Reynolds as captain, Edward (Edwin) A. Loder, first lieutenant, and Gilbert H. Reynolds (above), second lieutenant.
It was in the latter part of May [1863] that John A. Reynolds, the chief organizer of, and for more than a year and a half the captain
of the battery, was commissioned as major in the First New York Light Artillery Regiment, and subsequently was assigned to the
Army of the Cumberland as chief of artillery of the Twentieth Army Corps. First Lieut. G(ilbert). H. Reynolds was commissioned as
captain and took command of the battery.
Reynolds, S. F., x,, Walton, 559
Reynolds, Vincent L., 189th Vols, Liberty, 510
REYNOLDS, VINCENT L.— Age, 20 years. Enlisted, August 19, 1864, at Cohocton, to serve one year ; mustered in as private, Co.
G, October 1, 1864; mustered out with company, May 30, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
Rhodes, Aaron, x, Adonai, 718
Rhodes, A. H., Oneida Co. Cavalry, Oneida, 270
RHODES, HAMILTON.— Age 19 years. Enlisted, August 13, 1861, at Oneida, N. Y.; mustered in as private, Oneida Independent
Company, Cavalry, September 4, 1861, to serve three years; mustered out, September 14, 1864, at Oneida, N. Y.
.Rhodes, Thomas E., x, Old Oak, 253
Rice, Burrage, 189th NY Vols, X, X,
RICE, BURRAGE.— Age, 35 years. Enrolled, at Bath, to serve three years, and mustered in as a conditional second lieutenant,
August 16, 1864; as captain, Co. C, September 15, 1864; killed in action, January 11, 1865, near Petersburg, Va.; prior service as
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private, First Vermont Infantry. Not commissioned second lieutenant ; commissioned captain, December 10, 1864, with rank from
September 15, 1864, original.
Captain Burrage Rice was born 3 Jun 1829 in Bath, Steuben, NY, and remained there until he
was four years old, when his father, Samuel A. Rice, removed to Michigan with his family. At the
age of fourteen, he came to Prattsburgh and attended school at the Franklin Academy.
Prepared to enter college – as an education was his greatest ambition – he was arranging to
devote all his energies to completing his full educational course, when unfortunately his plans
were frustrated, which has been the regret of his life. In 1850 he returned to Bath and entered
the store of James R. Dudley as clerk. 8 Jun 1853 he married Miss Mary F. Smith, daughter of
Orrin Smith of Bath. He was an active man in all public enterprises, and enjoyed in a large
degree the confidence of his fellow citizens. He also made great progress in the study of law.
At the breaking out of the rebellion, he was among the first to offer his services to his country.
Enlisting as a Private in the First Vermont Regiment, under the President’s first call for three
months men, he was stationed near Fortress Monroe. He took an active part in the Battle of Big
Bethel, in which his regiment distinguished itself for bravery. Mustered out with his regiment, a
new one immediately being organized, he was chosen Captain of one of its companies. This
position he reluctantly relinquished, in response to an urgent appeal from his family and friends,
and accepted the position of Under Sheriff in Bath, the duties of which he performed with
marked ability for more than two years. Besides his own company, he helped raise other troops.
A general favorite on account of his eminent military qualities and urbanity of character, he was
promoted 4 Nov to be Brigade Inspector on the staff of Brigadier General Gregory, of the
Second Brigade, to which the 189th belonged – a position he filled with great ability till 11 Jan
1865, when he was shot dead by ambushed guerillas, who attacked a foraging party under his
command, and account of which is found below.
His body was embalmed and sent home to his native village, where it was buried on Thursday, 19 Jan 1865, with Masonic honors.
A large procession of his friends followed his remains to their final resting place, mourning the untimely loss of a brave officer and
loved commander, an estimable citizen and a worthy man.
Ref. “History of the One Hundred and Eighty-ninth Regiment of New-York Volunteers.” by Rev. William H. Rogers.1865. page 32-34.
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http://www.paintedhills.org/STEUBEN/Officers189thVols.html#Burrage
Samuel A. Rice (Samuel-1) was born about 1790. He died Michigan [prob.].
Samuel A. Rice and Abigail Gruman Lyon were married before 1826.
Children:
i. Mary Rice was born about 1826. Note: probably of Prattsburgh, Steuben, NY She died unknown.
ii. Burrage Rice (born on 3 Jun 1829).
Burrage Rice (Samuel A.-2, Samuel-1) was born on 3 Jun 1829 in Bath Village, Steuben, NY; died 11 Jan1865 in Civil War. He was
buried in Bath Grove Cem, Bath Village, NY. Census, 12 Oct 1850, Bath, NY; age 22, living with James R. & Claressa Dudley,
probably working in his store.
Note: he was executed as a spy in the Civil War; he was behind enemy lines in Civilian Clothes. (Adjutant Generals report)
(“Deliberately murdered [‘mortally wounded’] after having surrendered”)
An act of bravery that made Captain John Stocum conspicuous was the recovery of the body of Capt. Burrage Rice from a rebel
guerilla who had killed that officer while he was out with a foraging detachment.
Burrage Rice and Mary Smith Fowler were married on 15 Jun 1853 in Prattsburgh, Steuben, NY. Mary Smith Fowler was born 27
Jan 1833 in Bath Village, New York. She died on 25 Oct 1900; bur. Bath Grove Cem, Bath, NY. Burrage Rice and Mary Smith
Fowler had a child, Charles Samuel Rice (born about 1856).
Rich, Frank, (Capt.) 111th Vols, Cato, 141
Served as Master of Cato Lodge No. 141, ca 1879. His son Adelbert P. Rich and his wife Frances W. Petty, b. 16 May 1860, having
studied law under his father, was a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. For three generations the heads of the
family have been engaged in the practice of law. The grandfather of Adelbert, George R. Rich, was a lawyer in practice at Cato, as
was also his son Frank, father of the subject of this biographical notice. The father and grandfather were Loan Commissioners for
the county for many years, and were well known and highly respected. Frank Rich served during the war as Captain of Company H,
One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment, New York State Volunteers.
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Boys from Cato fought at Gettysburg
By Eva Taylor Sholes
Sunday, June 11, 2006 12:39 AM EDT
In August 1862, the 111th New York Volunteer regiment was called to duty. Company H of this regiment, also known as Ezra
Northrop's Company, was comprised of recruits from Cato, Ira, Sterling and Victory. The group predominantly consisted of farm
boys with no military experience. A newspaper article from August 1862 notes that 1st Lieutenant Frank Rich from Cato thanked
the citizens of Ira and Cato for assistance in raising the company and for a sword presented to him. The regiment was
whisked away and traveled by rail and boat. During a march through Baltimore the regiment was commented to be “one of the finest
bodies of men that had passed thru these cities since the war began.” The regiment finally arrived in Virginia at the end of August.
By Sept. 14, barely having had any training, the men were engaged in one of the most well known battles of the war at Harper's
Ferry and were forced to surrender to the Confederates. On this day, Horace Acker from Cato was a casualty.
Now prisoners of war, the 111th and men from other New York regiments were sent by foot and by train to Camp Douglas in
Chicago to await their being exchanged for prisoners on the Confederate side. Camp Douglas was a breeding ground of disease as
it was crowded with Confederate troops who were being treated for their injuries. Soldiers from the 111th were treated there for
Typhoid Fever. By Nov. 26, having been traded for Confederate soldiers, the 111th was boarded on trains and sent to Virginia.
After a change in command, the 111th was placed in charge of Col. Clinton MacDougall who was a well respected veteran from
Auburn. The men camped the winter in tents and used this time to do drills which would serve them well in the great battle to come.
The regiment did not have ample food or winter clothing so an appeal was made by Clinton MacDougall in the local papers for
donations of buckskin gloves and warm vests as “the government furnishes neither.” At this time the regiment was eating only small
rations which consisted of nine or 10 hard crackers which were often infested with bugs. A letter received locally from Frank Rich
in March 1863 gave thanks to the ladies of the village of Cato for a barrel of jellied, fried fruits and other items.
By June of 1863 the regiment was on the move and marched for several days with little food and rest. They now joined the rest of
the “Army of the Potomac” now known as the 2nd corps under Col. Willard. About this time, Private Newman Eldred, a Cato lad, met
up with his brother Joe who was in the 147th. Ironically, both survived the war despite the high death rates in both regiments.
On July 2, 1863, the first of several days of battle were at hand in Gettysburg. The men from New York were placed with their
comrades of the 125th, 126th and 39th along the front lines to defend the retreating 3rd brigade who were losing ground to the
confederates. Ironically, the 111th was now fighting against the same group that they fought against at Harper's Ferry which had
resulted in their capture and subsequent labeling of the “Harper's Ferry Cowards.” After the 125th and 126th made their way through
their first round of battle, Col. MacDougall called on the 111th to cover the right flank of the 126th. Under fire of minnie balls and
bursting shells, the 111th finally had the chance to redeem themselves from their previous reputation. During this advance on the
Confederates, many of the men from the 111th were killed or wounded as were many of their commanders. The following day was
to be as deadly with the 111th participating in Pickett's Charge. Wounded soldiers from Cato at Gettysburg were John Ostrander
with a severe leg wound, Mathew Hunter with a slight ankle injury and Sergeant John Lawrence with a wounded hip which he later
died from. The losses from the 111th in Gettysburg were 95 in total.
By Oct. 1863, the regiment participated in the Battle of Bull Run, Va. Wounded on this day from Cato was Charles Todd who
received a slight chest injury. Charles had just been treated in a Baltimore hospital for an unknown condition and had just recently
returned to the regiment.
At the battle of Spotsylvania, a May 1864 newspaper indicates that nine days of fighting were well under way and up to 15,000
prisoners and 54 guns were taken from the Confederates. Wounded this day was Theron Dudley from Meridian.
A battle near South Side Railroad March 31, 1865 resulted in Edwin Acker being shot through both hips and Capt. Reuben Myers
taken prisoner. At some unknown time during the war Erskine Wolford received a head wound which did not require him to leave the
war prematurely. Also, Augebest Turner died of disease in March 1863.
The 111th, having redeemed their early reputation, were now considered to be some of the most courageous soldiers and were well
received in Auburn in June 1865. The regiment was so well admired by Col. MacDougall that yearly reunions were hosted by him for
the survivors.
The following is a list of Cato area soldiers from Company H, 111th N.Y. Volunteer Regiment: Edward and Horace Acker, Benjamin
Ackmoody, Marcus Birg, Lawrence Bulhand, John Chamberlin, George Cowell, Martin Davis, Edgar, Ira and Theron Dudley,
Newman Eldred, Jacob Fay, Frank Hall, Chauncy Hickok, Matthew Hunter, George Johnson, John Lawrence, Joseph Lockwood,
Reuben Myers, Ezra Northrup, George Olmstead, John Ostrander, Frank Pressley, Frank Rich, Clarence Shephard, A. G.
Shepherd, Charles Todd, Augebest Turner and Erskine Wolford.
If readers have any information or the names of missing soldiers from this company, please contact the historian.
Eva Taylor Sholes is the town of Cato historian and can be reached at 834-6306 or by e-mail at evatay@localnet.com
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HDQRS. 111TH REGIMENT NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS, Camp at Mitchell's Ford, Va., October 17, 1863. CAPTAIN: I have the
honor to report that early in the afternoon of the 15th instant, a detachment of this regiment, under command of Capt. Frank Rich,
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was sent out as skirmishers, in front of the brigade and on the left bank of Bull Run and on the left of Mitchell's Ford. The enemy
occupied the rifle-pits on the opposite bank of the stream, and opened fire upon us, which we returned.
The skirmishing was kept up until about 5 p. m., when, the ammunition of the detachment being exhausted, it was relieved by a
detachment from the Thirty-ninth New York Volunteers.
Our loss was only 1 man slightly wounded.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
C. DUGALD MacDougall, Colonel, Commanding 111th New York Volunteers.
Rich, John E., 3d Light Artillery, Cato, 141
RICH, JOHN E.— Age, 18 years. Enlisted, September 3, 1864, at Ira; mustered in as private, Battery A, September 3, 1864, to
serve one year; mustered out with battery, July 3, 1865, at Syracuse, N. Y.
Rich, William H., 75th Vols, Cato, 141
RICH, WILLIAM H.— Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 16 Sep 1861, at Meridian, to serve three years; mustered in as corporal, Co. B, 26
Nov 1861; returned to ranks, no date; re-enlisted as a veteran, 1 Jan 1864; mustered out, 27 Oct 1865, at Albany, N. Y.
Richards, Albert, x, Constellation, 404
Richards, Elias, prisoner at Andersonville until close of war, Cato, 141
19th NY; Battery L, 3rd Artillery; Captured at Plymouth, NC, 20 Apr 1864
In a combined operation with the ironclad ram CSS Albemarle, Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hoke, attacked the
Federal garrison at Plymouth, NC, on 17 Apr. On 19 Apr, the ram appeared in the river, sinking the USS Southfield, damaging the
USS Miami, and driving off the other Union Navy ships supporting the Plymouth garrison. Confederate forces captured Fort Comfort,
driving defenders into Fort Williams. On 20 Apr, the garrison surrendered.
Richardson, John В., x, Marathon, 438
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Jane Exall Tanner, born 11 Oct 1840 in Trenton, Oneida Co., NY; died 13 Jul 1919 in (buried) Marathon, Cortland Co., NY; married
John B. Richardson 11 Oct 1859; born Bet. 1832 - 1833 in Freetown, Cortland Co., NY?; died 16 Mar 1916 in (buried) Marathon,
Cortland Co., NY.
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Richardson, Robert M., (General), Central City, 305
12th Infantry Regiment, Onondaga, NY.
Robert M. Richardson was reared at Vernon and was a graduate of Hamilton College. For his indomitable perseverance and selfcommand, none of his acquaintance will hesitate to vouch.
Charter junior warden of Central City Lodge No. 305 in 1853. Dropped NPD June 29, 1860.
http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/12thInf/12thInfHistSketch.htm
At the battle of Gaines's Mill, June 27th, the Twelfth New York, under command of Lieutenant Colonel Richardson was hotly
engaged, and acquitted itself with honor, receiving high commendation in the official reports. For three long hours the brigade
withstood firmly the repeated attacks of superior numbers, retiring only when nearly surrounded by the enemy. The regiment carried
538 officers and men into action
General Butterfield, in his official report for Gaines's Mill, makes honorable mention of Lieutenant Colonel Richardson and Major
Barnum. In his regimental report Richardson says: "The whole battle and all the movements of our regiment were under the
immediate supervision of the general, whose soldierly, confident bearing as he rode along our lines gave encouragement and spirit
to my entire command. The officers behaved handsomely and were constantly encouraging their men to a vigorous fight. The
gallantry of Major Barnum gave life and spirit to all. Captains Randall and Hoagland, though sick in camp, hearing the firing, joined
the regiment and did good service in the engagement and retreat. Captains Wood, Huson, and Fowler, Lieutenants Estes, Behan,
Auer, and Smith acted bravely. There were many instances of real bravery exhibited by the non-commissioned officers and privates,
but I cannot mention them by name now, but will do so when appointments are to be made. Allow me here to mention with
approbation the conduct of Quartermaster Sergeant Hilton, who, after riding up and down, the ranks encouraging the men,
dismounted, took a musket, went into the ranks, and did good service as a soldier."
For his heroic and able services in this battle, General Butterfield was awarded a Medal of Honor by the War Department.
Four days later, on July 1st, the regiment participated with the brigade in the battle of Malvern Hill. In this action it numbered 407, all
told, and was still under command of Lieutenant Colonel Richardson. Marching to a point on the left where some heavy fighting had
occurred, the Twelfth relieved the Fourth Michigan, and then, at 6 in the evening, made a gallant charge up a steep slope, from
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whose summit it drove the enemy back into his rifle pits at •short musket-range beyond, the Michigan men cheering them on and,
with some of their number, joining in the charge. The regiment held this position, continuing its fire about an hour, and then,
darkness coming on, it was withdrawn. In this famous battle the regiment lost 11 killed, 55 wounded, and 4 missing; total, 70.
Lieutenant Colonel Richardson who commanded it so ably and gallantly in this fighting, says in the course Of his official report: "On
the summit of the hill the gallant and lamented Barnum fell, mortally wounded, while cheering on our men to victory. The color
bearers of the enemy fell four times during the engagement from our fire, and at one time he displayed the American colors. Our
officers and men exhibited great coolness and courage during the fight. Captains Wood, Fowler, Root, Hoagland, and Huson
rendered important service, and seemed to redouble their efforts after the fall of the major, who was the life of all. Captain Fowler
aided me very much in encouraging the men, continually passing along the lines from right to left. Captain Root was wounded
during the action. Lieutenants Ludden, Stanton, Behan, Clark, Bates, Smith, and May behaved handsomely, and were constantly at
their posts. Blackburn's Ford had fixed a stain upon the reputation of the regiment, and every one was determined to wipe it out. The
same general that censured there, commended here."
Major Henry A. Barnum's (also a Brother of Central City Lodge No. 305) wounds were not fatal as supposed at the time. He was
reported as dead, and many sincere regrets were expressed in the official reports and elsewhere at what was deemed an
irreparable loss. But he survived to fight again and win high honor on other fields.
On the afternoon of December 13, 1862, the Twelfth New York, under Lieutenant Colonel Richardson, crossed the river with its
brigade over the lower pontoon bridge and marching into Fredericksburg formed line of battle in rear of the town. Just before sunset
the brigade bugler sounded the advance, and the line moved forward, up the slopes, a distance of half a mile or more, under a
heavy fire of bursting shell and musketry, taking the position as ordered. Darkness soon followed, but the brigade held the position
during the night and the following day. On the 15th the army recrossed the river and the troops returned to their camps.
In this battle the Twelfth, though small in numbers, behaved with commendable spirit and helped sustain the gallant reputation of the
old brigade. They suffered a severe loss in the death of Capt. William D. Hoagland, who was killed in this battle. He had served with
conspicuous ability from the commencement of the war, having been a member of the old Twelfth Militia. During the severe shelling
on the 13th he was lying down with the reserves, but raising his head to give some instructions to his men a bullet struck him under
the eye inflicting a mortal wound. His last words were, "How beautiful the sun goes down." He was buried on the field, but his body
was exhumed a few days after and sent to his relatives in New York.
Throughout the winter of 1862-63 the Twelfth was encamped with the rest of the brigade at Stoneman's Switch, near Falmouth, Va.,
engaged in an uneventful round of camp and picket duty. Lieutenant Colonel Richardson resigned February 6, 1863. On his return
he engaged in the work of raising the Fifteenth New York Cavalry, a regiment in which he served as colonel during the rest of the
war. May 29, 1863, Col. Robert M. Richardson received authority to reorganize the I2th N. Y. Volunteer Infantry, discharged by
reason of expiration of its term of service, as a regiment of cavalry. He resigned from the 15th Cavalry in Jan 1865.
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Battle of Malvern Hill
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.Riddell, E. E., Berdan's Sharpshooters, St. John's, 22
.Riddell, James, x, Maine, 399
Rider, Albert E., (2d Lieut.) 120th Vols, Ancient City, 452
RIDER, ALBERT.— Age, 17 years. Enrolled, July 28, 1862, at Kingston, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, August
22, 1862; wounded (in foot) in action, July 2, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pa.; promoted corporal, prior to December 31, 1863; mustered in
as second lieutenant, to date November 5, 1863; wounded in action, June 17, 1864, near Petersburgh, Va.; discharged for disability
caused from wounds, October 8, 1864. Commissioned second lieutenant, August 26, 1863, with rank from July 22, 1863, vice J. N.
Cockburn deceased; first lieutenant, not mustered, February 9, 1864, with rank from October 9, 1863, vice O. B. Gray discharged.
Riebling (see Reibling above), Augustus J., (2d Lieut.) 4th NY Heavy Artillery, Valley, 109
Riker, Edward, 14th Vols, Kings County, 511
Riley, William H., 14th Regiment of Brooklyn, Joppa, 201
http://books.google.com/books?id=hNQWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA413&dq=%22crystal+wave+lodge+no.+638%22#PPA153,M1 pg 153.
WOR. WILLIAM H. RILEY,
SECRETARY AND PAST MASTER OF JOPPA LODGE.
Bro. Riley was made a Mason under peculiar circumstances. While stationed at Frederick City, Md., in 1864, he, with two other
soldiers of the Federal Army, applied for admission to Columbia Lodge No. 52, and were accepted, being the first candidates
received during the war. The rebel and federal sentiment in the Lodge was so equally divided as to exclude applicants from either
side. Bro. Riley affiliated with Joppa Lodge, Nov. 14, 1866. He served as Librarian in 1877; as Junior Warden in 1879; Senior
Warden in 1880; Worshipful Master in 1882-3; Treasurer in 1885-6; Secretary in 1887-8. He has taken the 33d degree in the
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. He is Past Dictator of Protective Lodge No. 2832, Knights of Honor; Past Regent of Oxford Council
No. 650, Royal Arcanum; Past Commander of Lincoln Council No. 367, American Legion of Honor; Past Chief Councilor Bedford
Council No 188, Order United Friends, arid Deputy Grand Councilor of the latter Order.
Bro. Riley was born in New York city, May 21, 1839; he attended School at St. George's Chapel, presided over by Mrs. Tompkins.
He removed to Brooklyn in 1846, and attended public school No. 1, known as "Daddy White's," until he was thirteen years of age,
when he was sent to Amenia Seminary, Dutchess Co., NY. In 1856 he became connected with his father in the furniture business,
remaining until the breaking out of the war. On August 25th, 1862, just after the second battle of "Bull Run," he enlisted in H
Company of the famous 14th Regiment of Brooklyn, known as the "red legged devils."
He participated in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Fitz Hugh Crossing, Chancellorsville, and Monocacy. In
1864, he was detailed as Chief Clerk U. S. A. General Hospital at Frederick City, Md. The same year he married Miss Melissa
Steiner of that city. He was mustered out of service Aug. 25, 1865, having served three years; returned to Brooklyn and resumed his
connection with his father in the furniture business. He was taken into partnership and continued until 1871, when he sold out his
interest to his father; he then secured an appointment as a superintendent in the Board of City Works. He resigned at the end of a
year to accept a more lucrative position in Jersey City, NJ, still retaining his residence In Brooklyn. In 1875, he was appointed
Deputy Clerk of the City Court, Brooklyn, and has since continued to hold the same position. He still keeps up his old army
associates. He is Past Senior Vice-Commander and Adjutant of Rankin Post No. 10, G.A.R., and A.D.C. on Dept. Comdr.'s Staff;
Secretary of First Army Corps, Society of the Army of the Potomac. He is also a member of the 14th Regiment War Veterans, and a
member of the Veteran Volunteer Firemen's Association of the city of Brooklyn, and President of the South Brooklyn Masonic
Assurance Association.
Riker, Edward, 14th Vols, Kings County, 511
Rising, A. L. (Capt.), 10th Artillery, Watertown, 49
Risler, Valentine Jr., (Corpl.) Co B 185th Regt 1st Brig. 1st Div. 5th Army Corps, Liverpool, 525
Cooper, b. 1844/46, Germany; d. 1 Jan 1913, bur. In Liverpool Village Cemetery, NY; Raised 21 May 1894;
Rivers, A. A., x, Ilion, 591
.Roantree, Robt., (Sergt. Co. B, 157th Regt. NY Vols), Canastota, 231
Robacher, A. С., x, Thermopylae at Marathon, 438
Robbins, Louis L., x, Rockland, 723
Robbins, Moses B., (Capt.) 109th Vols, Central City, 305
http://www.theusgenweb.org/ny/broome/rivrside/brrivrsr.htm
ROBBINS, Moses B . 10 JUL1841 – 13 Nov 1904; sh/s Nettie V YEOMANS ROBBINS; #Capt. Co E 190 Regt NY Vol
ROBBINS, Nettie V YEOMANS 21May1845 – 17 Apr 1906; sh/s Moses B ROBBINS
RIVERSIDE (BRIDGE STREET) CEMETERY READING, ENDWELL (UNION), BROOME COUNTY, NY
Published the “Union News” for about nine years at Union, Broome, NY.
Robbins, Solomon, x, Glen Dale, 497
Roberts, Eugene F., x, Constitution, 241
Roberts, John, (Capt,) 3d N. J, St. George's, 6
Roberts, S. В., 118th Vols, Au Sable River, 149
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Roberts, W. W., x, Boonville, 165
Robertson, Robert, (Capt.), Fort Edward, 267
Robertson, William, (Musician) 79th Highlanders, Scotia, 634
Robie, Jacob C., (Col.) 89th NY Vols, Binghamton, 177
89th Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry
http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/89thInf/89thInfCWN.htm
Lieutenant Colonel Jacob C. Robie, who has been virtually in command of the regiment, owing to the absence of the Colonel, is a
native of New Hampshire, and about fifty years of age. He has held the position of Colonel of three different regiments in New York,
and has been connected with the military some twenty years. He resides in Binghamton, where he has been connected with the
administration of the city government, and has two sons, officers in the United States Navy—one Chief Engineer on the Mohican,
and the other on board the Saginaw, in Chinese waters. He was recently engaged in business in Binghamton, and, though the
regiment was raised by his almost individual efforts, he magnanimously resigned its command to Colonel Fairchild.
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WORTHY OF RECORD. — A letter from an officer who was with Burnside's expedition at the battle of Camden, says:
"I met Col. Robie of Binghamton during the battle, with his cap stuck on the buck part of his head, looking the happiest man I ever
saw. I remember meeting him as he was leading the centre of the regiment over a heavy ditch, with sword drawn, and hearing him
speak to and encourage the boys on. Just then a tremendous volley was poured into the rebel nest. 'That's it! A good one !' he cried.
They returned a perfect shower of grape and canister, tearing through and over us. Col. Robie's countenance was beaming, and
turning to the men, he called out: 'Come on, my children, I'll die with you! Press on, my boys! Now is the time to show yourselves!'
And as a rifled shell goes singing by his head, he cries in his joy: 'Ye gods! Isn't this a handsome Fight !' "
Inventor: Patent No. 1,862, Jacob C. Robie, Binghamton, Broome Co., Rotary Steam Engine, 26 Nov 1840.
http://www.google.com/patents?id=NlFAAAAAEBAJ&dq=robie+%22steam+engine%22&jtp=1#PPA1,M1
Bro. Robie also held the following other Patents:
15 Aug 1854
No. 11,532
Railroad Turn Table
02 Jan 1866
No. 51, 865
Apparatus for Filling Molds for Hard Rubber
02 Jul 1872
No. 128,661
Improvement in Sash Holders
11 Jul 1876
No. 179,667
Improvement in Processing for Molding Celluloid Dental Plates
Robin, John T., (Private) 7th Regt, Continental, 287
.Robinson, Alonzo, 137th Vols, Candor, 411
Robinson, Charles E., x, Oriona, 229
Robinson, С. С., x, Evans, 261
Robinson, E. Jay, 102d Vols, Zeredatha, 483
Robinson, Gilbert P., (Col.), Templar, 203
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3rd Maryland Infantry?
Published: June 24, 1908 - Copyright © The New York Times
Robinson, Giles, 4th Artillery, Sherburne, 444
b. 21 Apr 1843; d. 29 Aug 1898; bur. Sherburne Hill West Cemetery, NY; m. Emily Colwell, b. 11 Apr 1847; d. 9 Sep 1913; they had
a son, James C., b. 25 Jan 1878; d. 18 Jan 1909.
Sherburne 13 Sep [1897]. At noon to-day lightning struck an old locust tree standing in the yard of the old Davison place on State
street, now occupied by Giles Robinson. Part of the electric fluid passed to another large locust tree, about twenty feet distant
between the sidewalk and the gutter, to which was attached a telephone wire. The wire was attached to the northeast corner of
Charles L. Kaston's house, where the corner boards were torn off and a leak made in a rain water tank: At the telephone office, at
the drug store of Shepard & Sholes, a blaze about a foot in diameter and s ix or eight feet in length was seen by Fred I. Shepard to
come from the switch board.
ROBINSON, GILES.— Age, 19 years. Enlisted, December 25, 1863, at Sherburue; mustered in as private, Co. C, December 26.
1863, to serve three years; mustered out with company, September 26, 1865, at Washington, D. C.
Robinson, Henry, 4th Mich. Infantry, x, x
http://home.comcast.net/~richardson156/wagerr.html#raceca
ROBINSON, HENRY, was born in Bridgewater, N. Y., January 2, 1840, son of Henry L. and Mary A. (Maxson) Robinson. At sixteen
years of age he engaged as clerk, and followed that occupation for four years, at which time the war broke out, and he enlisted in
Co. A, 4th Mich. Infantry, and participated in all the engagements of the regiment, including Bull Run, the battles of the Peninsular
Campaign, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Antietam, and Gettysburg, where he was wounded the second day's battle. He was
then in the hospital for nine months, after which he rejoined his regiment, and served out his three years time. In 1866 he married
Sarah A. Brockway, by whom he has two children: Mrs. Burton Bryant of Buffalo, N. Y., and Lynn Robinson. Mrs. Robinson's family
came from Connecticut, and her father settled on the land where the Robinsons now live; and their residence and farm known as
Maple Dell, is one of the prettiest places in Oneida county. Mr. Robinson is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and G. A. R. He
was postmaster under President Johnson, and has been town clerk, and also supervisor of Bridgewater.
.Robinson, James E., 8th Heavy Artillery, Mount Vernon, 3
Robinson, John, x, Frontier, 517
< Robinson, John Cleveland, (Gen.), Binghamton, 177 (photo)
http://www.nycivilwar.us/robinson.html
The student of history who reads the story of the first day's battle at Gettysburg will note with interest
that, of the six infantry divisions which fought that day, five were commanded by New York generals,
- Robinson, Doubleday, Wadsworth, Barlow, and Steinwehr.
John Cleveland Robinson was born in Binghamton, NY, April 10, 1817. At the age
of eighteen he entered the military academy at West Point, where he remained
three years, and then left with the intention of studying law.
After a year of civil life he joined the regular army, in which he received a
commission as second lieutenant in the Fifth Infantry. He was promoted to a first
lieutenancy in 1846, the rank which he held during the Mexican War, in which he
fought with distinction at Monterey, and was present, also, at Palo Alto and
Resaca de la Palma. He was commissioned captain in 1850. He served in 1856,
in the Florida War against the Seminole Indians, a campaign in which he made a further record for bravery and efficient services. At
the close of the Seminole War he was ordered to Utah, where he was assigned to the command of Fort Bridger.
Returning East he was placed in command of Fort McHenry, at Baltimore, where he was stationed at the outbreak of the Civil War.
The Confederate conspirators contemplated a seizure of this important point, the capture of which would have inflicted a serious
blow on the Union cause at that critical period. As the fort was garrisoned by only sixty men, Robinson felt apprehensive as to the
result, but succeeded, through a clever ruse, in making the Confederates believe that reinforcements had arrived, and so their plans
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were abandoned.
With the progress of the war, promotion was rapid in the regular army. Robinson, who had been ordered on duty at Detroit as a
mustering officer, was made colonel of the First Michigan Volunteers, in September, 1861; and, soon after, he received a
commission as major of the Second United States Infantry. On April 28, 1862, he was commissioned a brigadier general of
volunteers, having already been placed in command of a brigade at Newport News, VA. He was transferred soon after to the Army
of the Potomac, where he was assigned to a brigade in Kearny's Division of the Third Corps, with which he participated in most of
the battles before Richmond. General Kearny in his official report of the Seven Days' battle says:
"I have reserved General Robinson for the last. To him this day is due, above all others in this division, the honors of this battle. The
attack was on his wing. Everywhere present, be personal supervision and noble example he secured for us the honor of victory."
On the withdrawal of the Army of the Potomac from in front of Richmond Robinson's Brigade moved with the rest of McClellan's
army to reinforce General Pope, and was actively engaged in the battles around Manassas. With his brigade, he next fought at
Fredericksburg, after which, on December 29, 1862, he was assigned to the command of the Second Division of the First Army
Corps. He was present at Chancellorsville with his division, but was not in action, the First Corps receiving no orders from General
Hooker to advance.
At Gettysburg his division took a prominent part in the hard fighting of the First Corps during the battle on the first day, his troops
holding the right of the corps line. Robinson maneuvered his troops rapidly and skillfully, holding a superior force in check for hours,
and capturing, in an open field fight, a large part of Iverson's North Carolina Brigade. He was brevetted lieutenant colonel of the
regular army for meritorious service at Gettysburg, and colonel, for services at Mine Run and the battle of the Wilderness.
On the reorganization of the Army of the Potomac in 1864, the First Corps was transferred to the Fifth, and, with it, Robinson's
Division. After the battle of the Wilderness, General Grant ordered the army to Spotsylvania, with the intention of seizing that point
before General Lee could occupy it. Robinson's Division moved first, and arriving there found the advance of the Confederate army
already on the ground. Realizing the importance of securing that strategic point, Robinson, without waiting for supports, attacked
promptly and vigorously. In this engagement, known as the battle of Alsop's Farm, May 8, 1864, Robinson, while leading his men in
the fight, was shot through the left knee, and was borne from the field. The wound necessitated the amputation of his leg, and the
gallant general, thus permanently disabled, retired from active service in the field. For his conspicuous bravery in this action, where
he rode at the head of his troops in their assault on an entrenched position, he received from the War Department the decoration of
the Medal of Honor, and was brevetted major general in the United States Army.
As soon as his wound would permit he returned to duty, having been placed in
command of the Military Department of the State of New York. After the war, in 1866,
he served as military commander and commissioner of the Freedman's Bureau in
North Carolina. In 1867, he was at the head of the Military Department of the South,
and, in 1868, of the Department of the Lakes. On May 6, 1869, General Robinson was
placed on the retired list of the United States Army with the full rank of major general,
and his long military career with its honorable and brilliant record was brought to a
close.
But further honors were awaiting him as a civilian, and in 1872, he was elected Lt.
Governor of the State of New York on the same ticket with Governor John A. Dix.
He was chosen commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1877, and in
1887, was elected president of the Society of the Army of the Potomac. For several
years before his death he was blind, and members of the Loyal Legion will long
remember the pathetic scene at one of their banquets at Delmonico's, when the whitehaired veteran, standing with sightless eyes in that brilliant scene, bid his old
companions-in-arms a final farewell. With hearts softened by emotion the 600 officers
present at the banquet arose and gave three cheers for their departing comrade. He
died a few months later, on February 18, 1897, at his home in Binghamton, at the age
of seventy-nine years.
General Robinson's Statue
Dedicated at Gettysburg on September 25, 1917
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Robinson
John Cleveland Robinson (10 Apr 1817 – 18 Feb 1897) had a long and distinguished career in the United States Army, fighting in
numerous wars and culminating his career as a Union Army major general in the American Civil War. He was a recipient of the
Medal of Honor for valor in action in 1864 near Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia, where he lost a leg. After the war, he was elected
as Lieutenant Governor of New York and served two terms as the president of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Early life and career
Robinson was born in Binghamton, New York. Robinson was appointed to the United States Military Academy, West Point, New
York. He was a non-graduating member of the Class of 1839, leaving the academy to study law. After a year as a civilian, he
rejoined the army in October 1839 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 5th U.S. Infantry.
Robinson traveled to Corpus Christi, Texas, in September 1845 to join Gen. Winfield Scott and the Army of Occupation as a
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regimental and brigade quartermaster. In June 1846, Robinson was promoted to first lieutenant and served in the MexicanAmerican War, fighting with distinction in the Battle of Monterey. He also was in action at the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la
Palma. He was commissioned as a captain in August 1850 and served in various garrisons. He led troops in several engagements
against hostile Indians in Texas in 1853–54.
In 1856, Robinson went into combat again, serving in Florida during the Third Seminole War, where he furthered his military record
of bravery and efficient services. He led a series of expeditions against the Seminoles in the Everglades and Big Cyprus Swamp.
At the close of the Seminole War, he was assigned command of Fort Bridger and sent to the Utah Territory. In 1857–58, he fought
in the Mormon War. In the late 1850s, he was ordered back east to assume command of Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland.
Civil War
With the outbreak of the Civil War, Maryland was a border state, remaining loyal to the Union, despite being a Southern slave state.
Secessionists planned to seize Fort McHenry, but Robinson made it appear that reinforcements were imminent for his small 60-man
garrison, and was able to retain control of the fort.
Robinson was soon sent to Detroit as an army recruiting officer, and for a short time, assisted Governor William Dennison in raising
troops in Columbus, Ohio. In September 1861, he was appointed as Colonel of the 1st Michigan Infantry, a regiment he helped
recruit.
That autumn, he was also promoted to Major of the 2nd U.S. Infantry in the regular army, concurrent with his assignment in the
volunteer army. Within a few months, he was commanding a brigade of volunteers at Newport News, Virginia.
With his vast combat experience and with the growing need in the expanding army for senior officers, he was promoted again on
April 28, 1862, this time as a brigadier general of volunteers, and was transferred soon afterwards to the Army of the Potomac,
where he assumed command of a brigade in the division of Philip Kearny in the III Corps. He served with distinction during the
Peninsula Campaign, particularly at the Seven Days Battles. General Kearny lavishly praised Robinson in his official report.
I have reserved General Robinson for the last. To him this day is due, above all others in this division, the honors of this battle. The
attack was on his wing. Everywhere present, by his personal supervision and noble example he secured for us the honor of victory.
He also fought that year during the Northern Virginia Campaign at the Second Battle of Bull Run, but missed the Maryland
Campaign as his brigade was not present. He next fought at the Battle of Fredericksburg. He was transferred to command of
second division I Corps in time to participate in Battle of Chancellorsville.
During the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, Robinson commanded a division in the I Corps north of the borough of Gettysburg. He
and his men fought well on July 1, but eventually had to retire through the streets of the town under the pressure of overwhelming
numbers. For his valor and meritorious performance at Gettysburg, he was brevetted as a lieutenant colonel in the regular army. He
was again brevetted, this time to colonel in the regular army, for his efforts during the Mine Run Campaign and the 1864 Battle of
the Wilderness. In the latter battle, Robinson commanded second division in the reorganized V Corps, which was composed of his
old division plus a brigade of Maryland troops.
Robinson presided over the court-martial of BG Thomas A. Rowley for his conduct at Gettysburg. After the war he received a Medal
of Honor for his actions during a preliminary action to the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, the fight at Alsop's farm at Laurel Hill,
Virginia. According to the official citation, Robinson "placed himself at the head of the leading brigade in a charge upon the enemy's
breastworks; was severely wounded."
He was brevetted as a major general in the regular army. However, having been shot through the left knee and permanently
disabled following its amputation at the thigh, Robinson never returned to field duty after Alsop's Farm. He performed administrative
duty as the head of the Department of New York for the rest of the war.
Postbellum
Robinson remained in the army following the cessation of hostilities and was assigned command of the Freedman's Bureau in
Federally-occupied North Carolina. In July 1866, he was promoted to full colonel in the regular army, and mustered out of the
volunteer army on September 1, 1866. In 1867, he was promoted to command of the Military Department of the South. The
following year, he was again reassigned, this time to lead the Department of the Lakes. Robinson retired from the U.S. Army on 6
May 1869, receiving a full commission to the rank of major general.
Robinson, as with many leading political and social figures of his day, was a Freemason, becoming a member of Binghamton Lodge
No. 177 and rising through its ranks.
Robinson, long a popular figure in New York, was elected as Lieutenant Governor of New York, serving under Republican
Governor John A. Dix. Robinson was active in veterans affairs, and became the president of the national Grand Army of the
Republic from 1877–79. A decade later, he was elected as president of the Society of the Army of the Potomac. In his elder years,
Robinson lost his eyesight and became totally blind. He died at home at the age of 79 and was buried in Plot Section D, Lot 12 at
Spring Forest Cemetery in Binghamton, Broome County, New York. A bronze statue of Robinson stands in Gettysburg National
Military Park near Oak Ridge.
Medal of Honor citation
Rank and Organization:
Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers. Place and date: At Laurel Hill, Va., 8 May 1864. Entered service at: Binghamton, N.Y. Birth:
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Binghamton, N.Y. Date of issue: 28 March 1894.
Citation: “Placed himself at the head of the leading brigade in a charge upon the enemy's breastworks; was severely wounded.”
Robinson, О. С., x, Fort Edward, 207
Robinson, Wm., x, Mariners', 67
Robinson, Wardell G., (Col.) 184th Vols, Oswego, 127
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The 184th regiment, Col. Wardwell G. Robinson, was organized at Oswego, and mustered in the service of the United States for
one year, at Elmira, September 12, 15 and 16, 1864.
See also:
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184TH REGIMENT, NEW YORK STATE VOLUNTEERS; PRESS OF R. J. OLIPHANT, OSWEGO, N. Y.
An Address PREPARED BY WARDWELL G. ROBINSON, LATE COLONEL COMMANDING AND DELIVERED BY HIM AT THE
REGIMENTAL REUNION HELD AT OSWEGO FALLS, OSWEGO COUNTY, NEW YORK, JUNE 5, 1895
Wardwell G. Robinson, enlisted as a Colonel, September 16, 1864. He was an attorney by profession. He died on December 8,
1913 at the age of 84 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Oswego, NY.
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from the Syracuse Herald, December 9, 1913:
COL. WARDWELL G.ROBINSON DEAD.
--------Noted Lawyer, and One of Oswego's Richest Men.
--------HE WAS A FORTY-NINER
-------And Succeeded in His Search For Gold in California's Pioneer Days --A Veteran of the Civil War and a Patron of Many Sports.
-------Oswego, Dec. 9--Col. Wardwell G. Robinson, one of the best known G. A. R. veterans of the civil war in this county, and the dean of
the Oswego County Bar association, died at 10 o'clock last night at his home at the corner of West First and Mohawk streets after a
short illness. He was a man of many peculiarities and in his youth was a patron of all kinds of sports and athletic ventures. He had
the finest and most complete law library in this part of the State, having started in 1854 to purchase almost every law book as it was
issued. This will form the nucleus of the Oswego county law library, as before his death the colonel announced that he would give
his collection to the Bar association, providing that adequate funds could be secured to keep it up to date.
Colonel Robinson until two weeks ago never had a sick day. He was 84 years old and never wore an overcoat, and until late years
no gloves. He daily arose at 5 o'clock and walked several miles before breakfast. He was the leading consulting lawyer of his period,
and in his active practice accomplished a reputation beyond those of the present period. He never took part in politics, but was
once a police commissioner.
Sought Gold Three Years - He was born in Mexico in 1829, the son of Orville Robinson, who was also a noted local lawyer. He was
graduated from Mexico academy and then studied law with his father. When gold was discovered in California young Robinson was
one of the first forty-niners and was successful in his quest after three years' hard work. He then opened a law office here and had
since been in practice, except for the period when as colonel of the 184th New York volunteers, he went to the front in 1862.
He was a member of Post O'Brien, G. A. R., and president of the 184th Reunion association. He was also a member of the Oswego
Lodge, No. 127, F. and A. M. He is survived by two cousins, Mrs. Elsie Hollan of Jersey City and Frank C. Thomas of this city.
Colonel Robinson had always been rated as one of the wealthiest men in the city. On his death he left $5,000 to Tuskegee Institute.
Robotham, Robert, (Sergt. 117th NY Inf.), Syracuse, 501
ROBOTHAM. ROBERT. Age, 23 years. Enlisted, August 8, 1862, at Camden, to serve three years; mustered in as sergeant, Co. B,
August 9, 1862; mustered out with company, June 8. 1865, at Raleigh, N. C.
Rockwell, Hosea H., 23d Infantry, Union, 96
ROCKWELL, HOSEA H. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, May 6, 1861, at Elmira, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Co. K, May 16,
1861; mustered out with company, May 22, 1863, at , NY.
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Rockwell, Hosea H., soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born in 1840 in Tioga county, N.Y. Since 1869 he has practiced law in
Elmira, N.Y. He was a member of the New York state assembly in 1877; for several years was city attorney of Elmira; and in 189193 he was a representative from New York to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.
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Hosea Hunt Rockwell (May 31, 1840 - December 18, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania, Rockwell attended the common schools. He served as a private in the Twenty-third Regiment,
New York Volunteers, in 1861 and 1862. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1869 and commenced practice in Elmira,
New York. He served as member of the State assembly in 1877. City attorney of Elmira.
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Rockwell was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893): was not a candidate for
renomination in 1892. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1896. He served as chairman of the
Democratic State convention in 1896. He resumed the practice of law in Elmira, New York. He died in Elmira, New York, December
18, 1918. He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Roderick, Jos., x, Brownville, 53
20th NY Cavalry: RODERICK, JOSEPH.— Age, 21 years. Enlisted, August 27, 1863, at Fowler; mustered in as private, Co. H,
September 4, 1863, to serve three years; mustered out with company, July 31, 1865, at Fort Monroe, Va.
Rodes, John, x, Susquehanna, 167
Rodman, Mark, x, Citizens' 628
Roe, Francis, (Commodore) Navy, Union, 95
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ROE, Francis Asbury, rear-admiral U. S. N., retired Oct. 4, 1885; b. Oct. 4, 1823; ed. Elmlra Academy; grad. U. S. Naval Acad.,
June, 1847; apptd. acting midshipman U. S. N., Oct. 19, 1841; warranted midshipman, Feb. 3, 1842; promoted passed midshipman,
Aug. 10, 1847; master, Aug. 8, 1855; Lt., Sept. 14, 1855; Lt. -commander, Aug. 6, 1862; commander, July 25, 1866; capt., April 1,
1872; commodore, Nov. 7, 1879; rear-admiral, Nov. 3, 1844.
Served in China, Japan, Polar regions Exploring Expedition, Brazil, E. and W. Africa, West Indies, Mediterranean and Great Lakes.
As executive officer of Porpoise, 1854, had an action with 13 heavily armored pirate junks, at Koulan Bay, China, destroying 6 and
dispersing the others; executive officer of Pensacola, 1861, when it passed down the Potomac through nine miles of Confederate
batteries under constant fire; in Farragut's fleet, 1862-3, and In 6 days' battle below New Orleans and many other fights during war;
suppressed 2 insurrections on great lakes during Civil war. Commanded at Vera Cruz when Maximilian was executed by Republican
army of Mexico; commanded U. S. S. Sassacus, May 5, 1864, in action with the rebel ram Albemarle, in the sounds of N. C., and
defeated the ram; married, Sep 1849, Eliza J. Snyder. Address: 1232 17th St. N. W.. Washington.
USS Sassacus ramming the CSS Albemarle, 5 May 1864
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Francis Asbury Roe, naval officer, was born in Elmira, New York, 4 October, 1823. He entered the navy as midshipman, 19 October,
1841, and was at the Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1847-'8. He left the service for eleven months from June, 1848. In 1851-52 he
served in the mail-steamer "Georgia," on the New York and West India line. He was attached to the brig "Porpoise" in the North
Pacific exploring expedition.
He was commissioned Master, 8 August, 1855, and Lieutenant, 14 September, 1855. In 1857-58 he served in the coast survey. In
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1862 he was executive officer of the "Pensacola" in Farragut's squadron, and, on account of the illness of his commanding officer,
took charge of the ship in passing Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip. He was commissioned Lieutenant Commander, 16 July, 1862,
had charge of the steamer "Katahdin" in 1862-63 in the operations on Mississippi river, defeated General John C. Breckinridge's
attack on Baton Rouge, and assisted in the destruction of the Confederate ram "Arkansas," 7 August, 1862.
In 1864 he commanded the steamer "Sassacus" in the North Atlantic blockading squadron, and captured and destroyed several
blockade runners in the sounds of North Carolina, and co-operated in the defeat of the Confederate iron-clad ram "Albemarle," 5
May, 1864. In this engagement Roe gallantly rammed the iron-clad, which then fired a 100-pound rifle-shell through the "Sassacus,"
killing and scalding many of the crew by exploding in the boiler. In the confusion that was caused by escaping steam, Roe skillfully
handled his ship and compelled the "Albemarle's" consort, the "Bombshell," to surrender. After the war he commanded the steamer
"Michigan" on the lakes in 1864-66.
He was commissioned Commander, 25 Jul 1866, and in 1866-67 commanded the steamer "Tacony" on a special mission to Mexico.
His firmness as senior officer prevented a bombardment of Vera Cruz. On 3 August, 1867, he was detached, and in recognition of
his services was ordered as Fleet Captain of the Asiatic station, where he served until December, 1871.
He was commissioned Captain, 1 April, 1872, and was attached to the Boston Navy Yard in 1872-'3. His last cruise was in
command of the "Lancaster" on the Brazil station in 1873-'5. He was attached to the naval station at New London in 1875-76, on
special duty at Washington in 1879-80, and promoted to Commodore, 26 November, 1880. In 1883-84 he was Governor of the
Naval Asylum at Philadelphia.
He was commissioned Rear Admiral, 3 November, 1884, and placed on the retired list, 4 October, 1885.
Roe, Francis Asbury
Born 4 Oct 1823 in Elmira, New York, son of Isaac and Hanna (Drake) Roe. Received his early education at Elmira Academy.
Married Eliza J. Snyder September 1849. Died 28 December 1901 in Washington, DC.
He received appointment from New York, 19 October 1841. Acting Midshipman, 19 October 1841; Midshipman, 3 February 1842;
Passed Midshipman, 10 August 1847; dismissed from the service, 23 October 1849; reappointed to previous rank, 27 September
1850; Master, 8 August 1855; Lieutenant, 14 Sep 1855; Lieutenant Commander, 6 August 1862; Commander, 25 July 1866;
Captain, 1 April 1872; Rear Admiral, 3 Nov 1884; placed on the retired list, 4 October 1885.
Participated in 5 May 1864 action against the Confederate ram Albermarle, being commended by the Secretary of the Navy and
advanced five numbers for his action. During the Mexican revolution, which ousted Prince Maximilian in 1867, he witnessed the last
evacuations of French troops and escorted Generalissimo Santa Anna as a prisoner to Mexico. Acted as negotiator between various
factions and the new revolutionary government at Vera Cruz and assisted in preserving order, efforts which warranted thanks and a
congratulatory note from President Andrew Jackson. President, Board of Examiners, Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island, JulyAugust 1883; Governor, Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, October 1883-October 1885. In The Line. 1823-1901.
His gravestone in Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery "Erected by his surviving comrades, Farragut Fleet, and his family.
Admiral Roe is buried adjacent to Fayette Washington Roe,
Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army. Regimental Adjutant, Aide-de-Camp. Captain in the line,
Lieutenant Colonel in the Staff, United States Volunteers. 1850-1916.
ROE, ELIZA J W/O FRANCIS A DATE OF DEATH: 03/03/1919
BURIED AT: SECTION W-N SITE 1027 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
WIFE OF FA ROE - R/ADM USN RTD
ROE, F A REAR ADMR USN; DATE OF DEATH: 12/28/1901
BURIED AT: SITE 1027 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
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< Francis A. Roe, circa 1866
Francis Asbury Roe (October 4, 1823 – December 28, 1901) was an admiral in the United States
Navy who served during the American Civil War.
Biography
Born in Elmira, New York, Roe entered the United States Navy as a midshipman on October 19,
1841, and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in 1848.
Roe left the Navy for eleven months, from June 1848 to May 1849, serving aboard the mail steamer SS Georgia. After he returned
to the Navy, he was assigned to Porpoise and served in an expedition to chart the North Pacific. Cape Roe on the Japanese island
of Tanegashima was named for him during this expedition. In 1854, while serving in Porpoise on the Asiatic Station, he participated
in an engagement with 13 Chinese armored junks off Macau. Six of the junks were sunk and the others were scattered.
Roe received his commission as Master on August 8, 1855, and as Lieutenant on September 14 of the same year. From 1857 to
1858 he served in the U.S. Coast Survey.
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During the U.S. Civil War, in April 1862, he was recommended for promotion for gallantry for his actions on board Pensacola while
serving as executive officer, as that ship led Admiral David Farragut's starboard column past Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip. He
was promoted to Lieutenant Commander on July 16, 1862, and placed in command of Katahdin on the Mississippi River. While
commanding Katahdin, Roe defeated Confederate General John C. Breckinridge's attack on Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
Roe was ordered to command Sassacus on the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron in September 1863, and captured and
destroyed several blockade runners in the sounds of North Carolina. Eight months later he was again commended for gallantry for
engaging the Confederate ram CSS Albemarle and capturing the gunboat CSS Bombshell on May 5, 1864.
After the end of the war, Roe commanded Michigan on the Great Lakes. He was promoted to Commander on July 25, 1866, and
given command of the steamer Tacony on a special mission to Mexico. Roe served as fleet captain for the Asiatic Station from 1868
to 1871.
Roe was promoted to Captain on April 1, 1872, and commanded Lancaster on the Brazil Station from 1874 to 1875. He was
promoted to Commodore on November 26, 1880, and to Rear Admiral on November 3, 1884 while serving as governor of the Naval
Asylum at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was transferred to the retired list October 4, 1885.
Roe died in Washington, D.C. on December 28, 1901, aged 78, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
* Report of Lieutenant Roe. U. S. Navy, executive officer of the U. S. S. Pensacola.
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U. S. S. PENSACOLA,
New Orleans, April 30, 1862.
SIR: I respectfully beg leave to report the following facts and incidents connected with our engagement of the 24th instant with Forts
Jackson and St. Philip and their adjacent batteries, and also with the fleet of rebel gunboats and rams: I have reason to congratulate
myself that 1 ordered the men to lie down flat on the deck to receive the first fire of the forts until our guns were in range. By this
means I have no doubt many valuable lives were saved and no ammunition was thrown away by firing at random.
Soon as the battery opened upon the enemy it did great execution by its rapidity of fire and the certainty of its aim. The conduct of
our people was gallant in the highest degree. Too great praise can not be awarded to Lieutenant James Stillwell for his coolness
and activity, lie moved constantly from one division to another, encouraging the guns' crews, instructing them how to act and how to
fire, and when some of them were disabled by their numbers falling, and the wounded lying helpless in the darkness encumbered
the decks, Lieutenant Stillwell, by his presence and coolness, to reorder and maintained an unremitting fire from every gun.
Although himself knocked down by a cannon shot, he recovered his presence of mind, which never forsook him, and was always
found where he was most needed. The forward division, consisting of the Xl-inch pivot and 80-pound rifle gun, was admirably
served under the orders of Acting Master E. C. Weeks. Master's Mate Alfred H. Reynolds came aft on the hammock nettings to
report to me the loss of the rammer of his 80-pounder. While aft, by the bridge, near No. 5 gun, he had his sword belt cut from his
waist in three pieces. But this officer never for a moment faltered in his duty at the forward division. Mr. Cox, the carpenter, was
quite severely wounded in the beginning of the engagement and was compelled to go below.
Mr. Goodrich, the boatswain, was also wounded by a fragment of shell lodging in his arm, and, though suffering great pain and loss
of blood, remained at his station to the end of the conflict. His conduct is worthy of the highest praise.
The crew of No. 5 gun was most severely dealt with. In the very beginning of the action, John Ryan, the gun captain, was mortally
wounded, and several others fell. Patrick Hughes (seaman), who was first sponger, showed himself particularly active, and his
conduct has, in my opinion, redeemed his previous bad character. William Grey, 1st, the first loader of No. 3 gun, very deliberately
picked up a 32-pound shot which landed on deck and threw it overboard, supposing it to be a shell.
I call special attention to the gun captain of the rifled howitzer aft, which, though much exposed, was served with great ability and
activity, although no officer whatever superintended it. James McCloud (captain foretop), a volunteer from the Colorado, was the
gun captain of this piece. I earnestly commend him to your favorable notice. I have also to notice the fine conduct of Louis Richards,
the quartermaster at the wheel, during this terrific tire. All through the din and roar of battle this man never once erred in steering the
ship through the narrow opening of the barricade, and his watchful devotion to my orders contributed in a great degree to the
successful passage of the ship, without once fouling the shore or the obstacles of the barricade. The coolness of this man, at a
station of no ordinary danger, was perfectly heroic.
Assistant Engineer Huntly, stationed at the bell abreast of No. 5 gun, was wounded at the same time that gun's crew was disabled.
He was urged to go below, but refused to leave his station, and remained there all through the action. I must make very special
mention of Thomas Flood (boy), who acted as my aid on the bridge. He was swept from my side along with the signal
quartermaster, Murray, who had his leg shot away by a shell which burst near to them. Flood, finding himself unhurt on the deck
below the bridge, assisted the signal quartermaster to get below. After getting him into the hands of the surgeon, Flood promptly
returned to my side and assisted me very materially by taking the duties of signal quartermaster upon himself. This duty he
performed with the coolness, exactitude, and fidelity of a veteran seaman. I can not speak too warmly of Flood, and I would be glad
to see him appointed a midshipman in the Navy. His intelligence and gentle character are of a high order. The powder division was
perfectly served under the command of Paymaster George L. Davis. Its good order and efficiency are worthy of special notice.
There are but two instances of conduct which I record with pain: John McDonald (seaman), from the Colorado, was the second
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captain of No. 6 gun; when the first captain was wounded by a bursting shell, this man gave up his gun. One of the gun's crew was
heard by Lieutenant Stillwell calling for some one to take charge of the gun, and no one coming, he took charge of it himself.
The other instance is still more humiliating: William Cooper (ordinary seaman), shellman of No. 2 gun, deserted his station and was
twice hauled out from behind the forward bitts by the men of our ship. The scorn and contempt of our crew for this man appears to
be condemnation enough.
Other examples of courage and coolness, however, are so marked and striking that it is a source of pride and congratulation to me
that I have been able to go into battle with such men.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
F. A. ROE,
Executive Officer.
Captain HENRY W. MORRIS,
Commanding U. S. S. Pensacola,.
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USS Pensacola
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In July, when Farragut withdrew from the Mississippi River to attend to his blockaders in the gulf, he left Katahdin in the river with
USS Essex, Sumter, and Kineo to protect Army units in the area and to police the river. During much of this time Katahdin was
stationed at Baton Rouge. 5 August Confederates attacked the Union encampment at Baton Rouge in force. The gunboats
supported the badly outnumbered Northern soldiers enabling them to repulse the attack. Then they fired over the town into the
Confederate camp, forcing them to withdraw out of range. The next morning Kineo and Katahdin guarded the right flank of the
Union Army while Essex’ and Cayuga got underway to engage ironclad ram CSS Arkansas. However, as the Union warships were
closing on Arkansas, the ram's engines failed leaving her unable to flee or fight; she was set afire by her officers and abandoned
before she blew up.
For the next fortnight the threat of an attack kept the ships constantly on the alert to protect the troops which depended upon naval
fire support. Finally, upon orders from General Butler, the Union Army evacuated Baton Rouge 21 August. Just before embarking
the troops, the gunboats beat off an attack on the Union pickets with rapid and heavy fire. Katahdin brought up the rear as the ships
steamed to New Orleans, where they arrived the following morning.
Supporting Union troops at Donaldsonville
After repairs at New Orleans, the gunboat stood up the river 5 September with Kineo and Scioto scouring the banks for information.
With Itasca she covered the landing of Army troops 22 September at Donaldsonville, Louisiana. While the expedition was ashore,
the gunboats protected them; and, shortly before the soldiers reembarked, naval gunfire beat back a Southern attack which
threatened to cut off the landing party. This support prevented annihilation of the landing party by vastly superior forces and enabled
it to retreat to Laurel Hill for passage to safety in New Orleans.
Capturing a large herd of cattle
In the months that followed, the gunboats constantly patrolled the river to protect Union communications, to gather information on
Confederate activity, and to cut the flow across the Mississippi River of food and men to Confederate armies in the East. With 3
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other gunboats Katahdin intercepted a drove of some 1,500 cattle from and loaded them on transports for passage to New Orleans.
The value of this beef to the South can be attested by the fact that, four miles below Donaldsonville, about 3,000 infantrymen
supported by nine field pieces struck back at the ships in a desperate attempt to recapture the cattle. The gunboats opened
promptly and in about 20 minute drove the Confederates from their position.
The months that followed were a period of constant stress and peril for the gunboats. "We are constantly under fire ... as we pass up
and down the river," Lt. Roe, the commanding officer of Katahdin, reported.
"Our fighting is a savage Indian warfare. The troops and guns are concealed, and watch for us as we pass along and fire and flee."
Blockading the Texas coast
In January Katahdin was ordered to reinforce the blockade off Galveston, Texas after that port had been recaptured by the
Confederacy on New Year's Day. While serving in the Gulf off the coast, Katahdin and Owasco chased, captured, and burned
blockade running schooner Hanover 10 May 1863. She captured schooner Excelsior 13 July at San Luis Pass, Texas.
Thereafter Katahdin continued to serve in the blockade of the Texas coast, cutting off supplies sorely needed by the Confederates.
On 30 April 1864 she chased the former revenue cutter Harriet Lane and steamer Alice as they escaped from Galveston; but, after a
brisk and lengthy race, Katahdin was finally outdistanced. She was more successful 31 October when the gunboat overtook Albert
Edward as the British schooner tried to slip out of the same port with a cargo of cotton.
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Contemporary sketch of USS Katahdin operating on the Mississippi River.
Noticing the Albemarle's flank presenting a perfect target at 400 yards, LTCDR Francis Asbury Roe ordered emergency power from
his engine room and prepared to ram. A stoutly-made wooden ship, Sassacus charged at her prey and hit her hard in the aft
section, burying her own bow deep in her adversary and leaving her bronze ram embedded in the ironclad's hull. With the 2 ships
locked together Albemarle loosed 2 point-blank shots, one of which punctured her tormentor's boiler. 5 would die of scalding; for the
Sassacus' men the rest of the battle would be fought in blinding steam, but fight they did. In a 3-hour affray, the ironclad proved
immune to their shot and shell, and defeated attempts to torpedo her and foul her screws as well.
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Roe, Joseph M., 23d NY Infantry. Union, 95
ROE, JOSEPH M.— Age, 23 years. Enlisted May 6, 1861, at Elmira, to serve two years; mustered in as corporal, Co. K, May 16,
1861; mustered out with company, May 22, 1863, at Elmira, NY.
Rogers, Harper N., (1st Lieut. 2d Veteran Calvary), Sandy Hill, 372
ROGERS, HARPER N. Age, 22 years. Enlisted. 8 Aug 1863, at Saratoga; mustered in as private, Co. C, 9 Sep 1863, to serve three
years; transferred to Co. F, date not stated; mustered in as second lieutenant, Co. L, 1 Dec 1863; first lieutenant, 19 Sep 1864;
mustered out with company.8 Nov 1865, at Talladega, Ala; commissioned second lieutenant, 14 Dec 1863, with rank from 30 Nov
1863. original; first lieutenant, 7 Dec 1864, with rank from 18 Sep 1864, vice Covell, promoted.
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In 1871, a Civil War officer, by the name of Harper N. Rogers, established furniture and undertaking business in Sandy Hill, now
called Hudson Falls. Around 1885, an employee named Arthur H. Carleton showed interest in the business, became partners with
Mr. Rogers and they incorporated in 1916 under the name of Rogers and Carleton, Inc. The business was located in Hudson Falls
on the west corner of Wall St. now Park Place where the sign for the St. Mary’s/St. Paul’s Catholic Church now sits. On 3 Feb 1920
that area of the business district was destroyed by fire. Mr. Rogers was an elderly man and decided to divest himself of the
corporation, allowing Arthur Carleton’s son, Will, to take a more active roll in the business.
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Harper N Rogers was born about 1841 in of Greenwich, Washington, New York. He married Sarah Elizabeth Austin on 12 Mar
1858. Sarah Elizabeth Austin [Parents] was born in 1841 in of Greenwich, Washington, New York. She married Harper N Rogers on
12 Mar 1858. Children:
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Sarah Elizabeth Rogers was born in 1858. She died in 1938.
ii Lizzie Rogers was born about 1878 in of Kingsbury, Washington, New York.
< Rogers, Hiram C., (Gen.), Binghamton, 177
Capt. Hiram C. Rogers, b. ca 1836, won a brigadier's star on the Staff of General Henry Warner
Slocum and proved himself worthy of the promotion. He was on the march to the sea through the
Carolinas during the Atlanta Campaign, with the 20th Corps in the Slocum’s Army of Georgia.
27th Regt, NY Inf., Capt., Co. D., Binghamton, NY
Hiram C. Rogers, 26, promoted to A.A.G. on Gen. Slocum’s staff July 20, 1862.
He was a Teller at the Bank of Binghamton, Senior Warden of Binghamton Lodge No. 177, Principal
Sojourner of Binghamton Chapter No. 139, R.A.M., and Junior Warden of Malta Commandery No.
21, K.T.
Rogers, James C., (Gen.), Sandy Hill, 372
XII Corps, Commander, Lt. Col., 123rd NY Inf., under General Henry Warner Slocum. Served at
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Culp’s Hill, Gettysburg.
The regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel James C. Rogers. It brought 495 men to the field, losing 3
killed, 10 wounded and 1 missing. The 123rd was part of 12th Corps - 1st Division - 1st Brigade.
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Colonel James C. Rogers - Headquarters, 123rd New York
Age, 23 years. Enrolled at Sandy Hill, to serve three years, and mustered in as major, August 18,
1862; as lieutenant colonel, May 13, 1863; as colonel, February 20, 1865; mustered out with
regiment, June 8, 1865, near Washington, D.C.; prior service, captain, Co. F, 43rd NY Infantry.
Commissioned major, August 18, 1862, with rank from same date, original; lieutenant colonel, May
21, 1863, with rank from May 12, 1863, vice F. Norton deceased; colonel, December 22, 1864, with
rank from November 19, 1864, vice A. Stevens appointed colonel, 176th NY Volunteers. Photos
courtesy of the Roger D. Hunt Collection and Bob Farrell.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL ROGERS'S REPORT.
HEADQUARTERS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THIRD NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, December 24, 1864.
To Captain D. W. Palmer, Assistant Adjutant-General, First Brigade First Division 20th Army Corps :
CAPTAIN: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of this regiment from the
occupation of Atlanta by the United States forces to the present time.
Shortly after the occupation of Atlanta by our forces, the Twentieth army corps, having been
assigned to the duty of garrisoning the city, this regiment went into camp on the north-east of the
town. The troops built themselves comfortable and commodious quarters, and stringent measures
were adopted for preserving the health of the men, somewhat impaired by the protracted campaign and defective diet With the
exceptions hereafter noted, the regiment remained here in camp until the fifteenth November following, engaged in the customary
duties of the garrison, namely, drills, picket-guards, and fatigue upon the fortifications. On the twenty-first day of October, this
regiment, in connection with other forces, and a large number of wagons, the whole under the command of Colonel Dustin, went
upon a foraging expedition into the Snapfinger Creek and South-River valleys. A large amount of corn and fodder was gathered
here, but I have no definite knowledge or official information of the amount. The expedition returned, without being molested, on the
twenty-fourth October. On the twenty-ninth October, this regiment, with the other regiments of the brigade, went to Decatur in aid of
a foraging party under command of Brigadier-General Geary, and returned the same day without having seen the enemy. On the
fifth day of November, this regiment, in connection with the other regiments of the Twentieth army corps, broke camp, and moved
out upon the McDonough road, and encamped for the night. It returned the next day, and reoccupied its old camp. These
movements comprise all the field operations of this regiment during its stay in Atlanta. During this time, attention was paid to
perfecting discipline, which was somewhat relaxed by a long and arduous campaign. The men were fully clothed and equipped,
convalescents called in from hospitals, the returns of company officers completed and sent in, and every effort made to bring the
command to a condition for active service. The regiment here received eight of their ten months' pay, then due. Forty-three (43)
recruits were received here, but so shortly before moving from the city that but little instruction in drill could be imparted. They are,
however, a good class of men, and have, in the main, proved themselves good soldiers. The elective franchise, conferred by an act
of the New York Legislature, at its last session, was here exercised, and, it is believed, with less of partisan heat and undue
influence than ordinarily occurs at elections held in communities free from military authority. Every preparation having been made, in
obedience to orders which had been previously received, on the fifteenth November the regiment, together with the other troops
composing the Twentieth army corps, moved out of the city on the Decatur road, taking the route via Stone Mountain, Boxbrulge,
and Social Circle, to Madison, which we entered on the nineteenth November. Thence, taking the Milledgeville road, we passed
through Eatonton, and on the twenty second November passed through Milledgeville, crossed the Oconee, and encamped on the
east bank.
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On the twenty-third, the regiment destroyed one mile of the railroad leading to the Georgia
Central. On the twenty-fourth November, we moved from Milledgeville via Hebron, Sandersville
to Tennille, where we encamped the night of twenty-sixth November. Near Sandersville, there
was some skirmishing, and the regiment was moved forward on the double-quick, with aid of
Colonel Robinson's brigade, but the enemy fled, and the regiment was not engaged.
On the twenty-seventh November, we moved to Davisboro. The twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth
November, in connection with other troops, we destroyed all the Georgia Railroad from
Davisboro to Bostwick, with trifling exceptions. This regiment effectually destroyed three (3) miles
of road, tearing up and burning the ties, and twisting the rails. November the thirtieth, the
Ogeechee was crossed without opposition, and we encamped for the night about four miles
south of Louisville. Pushing south-easterly, we passed through Springfield on the eighth
December. The march was much impeded near this place by the marshy nature of the ground,
rendering it very difficult to move the trains of wagons and artillery.
On the ninth day of December, the First brigade, First division, being in advance, at a point near Harrison's plantation, about four (4)
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miles from the Savannah and Charleston Railroad, and fourteen (14) miles from Savannah, when the road passed through a difficult
marsh, the road was found blockaded by felled trees, and a redoubt, with a piece of artillery, planted to command the defile. The
regiment, with the rest of the brigade, forced its way through a dense jungle and marshy ground to the left of the road, and as soon
as it could be formed on solid ground, the brigade advanced in line upon the enemy's works.
Alarmed by our near approach, or that of the cooperating forces, the enemy tied, and we encamped for the night On the tenth
December, we moved upon Savannah, and meeting the enemy, we went into position about four and a half (4 ½) miles from the
city, between the Savannah and Augusta pike and the river, a flooded rice-swamp and canal in our front, with a narrow belt of timber
intervening. With the exception of a slight alteration in position, we remained here until the twenty-first December, subjected at all
hours of the day and night to a heavy fire from the enemy's batteries; but, thanks to fortune or their unskilful artillerists, nearly every
shell flew harmlessly over our heads. As the day dawned on the twenty-first, it was discovered that the enemy had evacuated the
works in our front. The regiment was at once placed under arms, and soon after crossed the swamp, and entered the enemy's
works; and later in the day, went into the camp assigned it on the banks of the Savannah River, just outside the city, where it is now
resting from its labors.
During this movement, the subsistence stores have been gathered almost exclusively from the country. Sweet potatoes have
supplied the place of bread; and beef and pork, gathered in the country, have supplied the usual army rations of meat. Beside what
was consumed at the time, twenty (20) odd beef cattle were turned over by the regiment to the Commissary Subsistence of the
brigade, and a number of fine mules and horses to the Brigade Quartermaster. During the ten (10) days before the city, rice was
issued instead of bread or potatoes. Ten (10) days' rations of hard bread, and three and a half (3½) days of salt meat were the only
issues of those rations brought from Atlanta up to the time of entering Savannah. Fourteen (14) officers and seventy-three (73) men
having been detached for various duties in the corps, the regiment left Atlanta on the fifteenth November with eighteen (18) officers
and four hundred and forty-seven (447) men, and entered Savannah on the twenty-first December with eighteen (18) officers and
four hundred and forty-six (446) men, the only loss during the campaign being one (1) man, Edward Phair, a private of company B,
who, straggling from the regiment near Madison, was probably captured by the enemy's cavalry. The health and physical vigor of
the command has not only been preserved, but greatly improved during the campaign, and the troops are now, with the exception of
clothing, of which they are in great need, better fitted for active service than when they left Atlanta. While the highest state of
discipline could not be preserved from the peculiar character of the movement, I take pleasure in saying that under circumstances of
extraordinary temptation, this command has, in a great measure, been preserved from the vices of straggling and marauding. Both
officers and men have always exhibited a cheerful willingness to perform every duty imposed on them, and a large share of that
unquestioning confidence in the leader of this army, which is so important an element in the success of military movements.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES C. ROGERS,
Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding.
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William Findlay Rogers was born in Forks Township, near Easton, Pennsylvania, on March 1,
1820, the son of General Thomas Jones Rogers. Rogers moved to Philadelphia early in life,
studying at a select Quaker school for five years. His father was a newspaper publisher, and
Rogers learned much about the printing industry. When his father died when William was 12
years old, he was forced to abandon his education and find a job. He returned to Easton where
he secured his first job as a "printer's devil" in the office of the Easton Whig as a printer's
apprentice, soon after mastering the art of typesetting. After two years he went back to
Philadelphia, where he was employed by the Philadelphia Enquirer.
In 1840, when he was 20 years old, he established a newspaper in Honesdale, Pennsylvania,
successfully operating it until 1846. It was at this time that Rogers moved to Buffalo and found a
job at the Courier, "where he was known as one of the best printers, and the most rapid
compositors." He was soon foreman in the office, and held that position for two years.
In 1847, soon after arriving in Buffalo, Rogers became involved with the State militia, becoming a
member of Company D, 65th Regiment, of which he was Fourth Sergeant, promoted to First
Sergeant in 1848. In July 1849 he was commissioned Second Lieutenant; in December 1850 he was made First Lieutenant; and in
June 1851, Adjutant of the 65th Regiment. In December 1853 Rogers was made Captain of Company B and, in July 1854, Captain
of Company C, 74th Regiment, which he held until the outbreak of the Civil War
Around 1848 Rogers was called to take charge of the mechanical department of a political newspaper associated with the
"barnburner" faction of the Democratic party. The newspaper was called the Buffalo Republic, with Rogers acting as business
manager in association with several other men. The paper was not financially successful, and was later merged with another paper
thus becoming the Times-Republic. He was then involved in the formation of the first Sunday newspaper ever published in Buffalo,
the Weekly Bulletin. The public was not ready for a Sunday paper yet, and the Bulletin folded. Rogers returned to his foreman
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position at the Courier and remained there until the outbreak of the war. In 1858 Rogers was elected a member of the Council at the
University at Buffalo Medical School.
When the call for 30,000 men was made by President Lincoln, Rogers immediately volunteered. While in
Elmira, NY in May 1861, awaiting orders, he was made Colonel of the 21st New York volunteers, or "Rogers'
Rangers" as they were called. He prepared his command and reported to Washington in June 1861. He was
ordered to take his regiment to Fort Runyon, where he was placed in command of the post. It was here that his
force was connected with General Wadsworth and went to Arlington Heights and Upton Hill, where they were
on duty until March 1862. At this time they joined the army as they advanced upon the enemy.
During this time General Stonewall Jackson made a raid upon the troops and Colonel Rogers' command was
sent to cut off the advance of rebel troops, which was successfully performed. He was officially commended for
his performance. After this, his regiment was transferred to General Pope's campaign, where they fought
directly with General Lee's troops, involved in the second battle at Bull Run. Unfortunately, Rogers' troops
didn't fare well during this battle, emerging "with honor and banner untarnished, but with fearfully thinned ranks."
Colonel Rogers was placed in command of the First Division of the First Army Corps, becoming involved in the battles of South
Mountain and Antietam. He was placed in command of "the extreme left" at Fredericksburg. After this conflict, he was sent to Aquia
Creek, being given the charge of the defenses. They remained there until May 1863, when they were "mustered out."
After his two years of service was complete, Colonel Rogers returned to Buffalo and was appointed Provost Marshall for the Buffalo
District. In May 1864, he was appointed Colonel of the 74th Regiment and then in March 1865, promoted Brigadier General United
States Volunteers. In April of 1865 he was made Brigadier General of the 31st Brigade. After his military service was complete,
Rogers began work in public office. In 1865 he held the position of auditor. In November 1865 he was elected Comptroller of
Buffalo, which he held in 1866 and 1867, during Mayor Wells' term in office.
As comptroller he took the liberty to discuss and make suggestions to the Common Council in his official report. It was here that he
said "opening up the railroad communication with the coal, iron and lumber regions of Northern Pennsylvania, is an enterprise that
cannot fail to promote the general prosperity of the city." Under his advice the city helped with the construction of the Buffalo, New
York and Philadelphia Railroad.
On October 17, 1867 the Democratic City Convention was held. General Rogers was expecting to be nominated for the office of
Sheriff of Erie County and was surprised to be the candidate for Mayor. He "felt that as a man of moderate means he ought not to
accept the mayoralty nomination," but was persuaded to. On October 19, 1867 the Republican City Convention was held, and
Mayor Chandler J. Wells was nominated by acclamation for another term in office.
LIFE AS A MAYOR
Election day was on November 5, 1867, 'Guy Fawks Day,' and General Rogers was victorious over Chandler Wells 8,276 to 6,567,
the largest majority of any mayoral race to date. Many of the Democratic newspapers were calling the Republicans 'radicals.' The
Democrats were victors in most of the races in the city and state. The evening of his victory, Mayor-elect Rogers was serenaded at
his home. Mayor Rogers was administered the oath of office from Mayor Wells on January 6, 1868. When the Council reconvened
at 5:30 p.m., Rogers transmitted his Inaugural Address.
"Called by the voice of our fellow citizens to exercise the functions of coordinate branches of the city government, the responsibilities
of which we are to share in almost equal degree, I have the honor, in accordance with established usage, to communicate . . . the
present condition of our beautiful and rapidly growing city.
"The amount levied upon the taxable property of the city the past year for the support of the municipal government was . . . more
than was required for the same purpose during the previous year. The large increase in the estimates was caused by increased
appropriations for the school, police, fire and market departments.
"Upon you devolves the duty of providing for the wants and guarding the interests of those it is your privilege to represent. Jealous
watchfulness over these interests should control your action in all matters that are persecuted for your consideration . . . The total
revenues, aside from the general tax and the school monies received from the State, are ridiculously small when compared with the
amount it is necessary to raise to defray our ordinary expenses . . . The cry of economy in administration is continually heard, and
this cry has caused councils to apply a remedy, not demanded by the public, by restricting the salaries of public servants to the
lowest limits, and which are comparatively lower than any other city in the Union. To seek for other sources of revenue should be
our first care, and this can be accomplished by establishing a well regulated license system. All occupations, trades and
professions, as such, should be compelled to share in support of their privileges.
"The necessity for a change in the mode of collecting taxes has been so often and earnestly presented to the attention of councils
by my predecessors, that it seems [foolish] to advert to it again.
"The large assessments for local improvements prove a serious burden to many citizens, especially those of small means, who are
unable to pay a large [sum].
"One of the most important matters connected with the present and future well-being of our city is the want of a plentiful supply of
pure water. . . As yet no satisfactory solution . . . has been arrived at. The policy of deferring it, and shifting the responsibility to
future councils, will, I trust, be no longer adhered to, but that your honorable body will at once . . . determine either to purchase the
present works, at what may considered...fair valuation, or enter into such a contract as will enable the company to make
improvements and extensions to meet the prospective wants of the city . . . And early enlargement of the capacity of the works is of
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the highest importance. We have been admonished time and again, of the insufficiency of the supply of water [which] will not feed
more than one steam fire engine at a time.
"The expenses of the [Fire] department were considerably increased during the past year by the erection of three new houses, and
by extensive repairs to two others.
"The fire alarm telegraph has been in operation during the past year and a half. Its successful operation demonstrates the
importance of its further extension and I respectfully suggest that provision be made in the estimates for the present year for an
additional number of signal boxes.
"In this connection I beg leave to renew a suggestion made by my predecessor...in reference . . . of providing a floating steam fire
engine for the harbor. As the fire limits are about to be extended to the other side of Buffalo Creek . . . the necessity of having an
engine of this kind, capable of moving rapidly through the slips and canals, gives new importance to the suggestion.
"A much larger amount of revenue ought to be derived from the rent of stalls in our markets, and from butcher's licenses. Licenses
are granted to sell fresh meat in various parts of the city at merely a nominal sum, leaving our markets almost empty, and rapidly
running to decay for want of use. I . . . suggest that the rent of stalls be fixed at such a rate as will bring the markets a source of
revenue, and that in future, licenses to sell fresh meat inside the old city limits be steadily refused until the markets are filled up. . .
and. . . that a sum will be exacted which will induce all who engage in this business to seek the markets as the legitimate mart of the
butcher.
"Niagara Frontier Police - Subsequent amendments to the law advanced the pay and, by the action of the Common Council , the
number of patrolmen was increased.
"The amended act passed at the last session of the Legislature constitutes the Police Commissioners, a Board of Commissioners of
Excise, in and for the territory under police control. The board is empowered to grant licenses for the sale of spiritous liquors, wines,
ale or beer, in quantities less than five gallons, and all licenses, fees, fines and penalties are paid into the Niagara Frontier Police
Fund. . . except . . . for licenses granted to tavern keepers, hotel keepers, and mechanical and medicinal purposes . . . which shall
be paid to the treasurer of the county for the benefit of the poor fund.
"One hundred and fifty-one lost children were restored to their parents, and 1,958 lodgers were accommodated at the several
station houses during the year.
"During the year, twenty-one patrolmen have been dismissed, forty-six fined, twenty-four reprimanded, and fourteen against whom
charges were preferred, returned to duty.
"On the 9th of April last, the city purchased the premises on the corner of Pearl Street and the Terrace . . . which has been filled up
and is now occupied as the Police Headquarters.
"The law under which the present Police Department was organized, not only takes from the Mayor all authority over the force, but it
also relieved the proper financial officers of the city from the control and disbursement of the large amount of money necessary to
sustain it. The authority is vested in irresponsible commissioners, appointed by the Governor of the State. To the Mayor, by the city
charter, is confided the duty of seeing 'that the laws are faithfully executed,' but the act referred to strips him of the means of
enforcing them. To quietly submit to this arbitrary and despotic policy is a virtual surrender of our chartered rights and privileges, and
if not checked will leap to the establishment of a State Police Force - like a standing army with its headquarters at the State Capital,
its ramifications extending to every town . . . 'to harass our people and eat out their substance.'"
"It is worthy of consideration, whether the time has not arrived for a new subdivisions of the city, into a greater number of wards.
This need not necessarily increase the number of Aldermen; and it occurs to me that the interest of the city would be much better
protected by creating two boards, comprising Select and Common Council - the latter to be composed of one representative chosen
by each ward; and the former, a less numerous body, chosen generally from the body of the people without reference to locality.
"In many of the school districts in the western part of the city, by reason of rapid increase of population, very serious difficulties are
encountered by the teachers for the want of proper accommodations for the large number of children attending the schools in that
quarter . . . Additional accommodations should be immediately supplied for the primary departments.
"During the years 1866 and 1867, acts were passed by the State Legislature to establish six Normal schools in localities where the
citizens were willing to furnish the land and contribute the means for erecting the necessary buildings and furnishing the same, the
State guaranteeing to support the schools when those conditions were complied with. Through the efforts of a committee of
citizens...the State authorities have determined to locate one of these schools in this city. A beautiful and commanding lot of ground,
suitable for this purpose, was conveyed to the city by the late Jesse Ketchum, for [a] nominal sum . . . Pupils from district schools
can enjoy the advantages of instruction in the higher branches of education under the fostering care of the State . . . I trust your
honorable body will see the propriety of extending the aid asked for.
"Nothing has been done during the past year towards carrying into effect the bequest of the late Seth Grosvenor for establishing a
free library in the city. Two years have lapsed since that bequest was made, but this generation will scarcely reap any benefit from it,
unless steps are at once taken to fulfill its object.
"The numbering of houses fronting on our public streets is being pushed forward as rapidly as possible. Two hundred miles of
streets have been measured, one hundred of which are mapped, and the numbers for them received from the contractors.
"My attention has been called, by the Health Physician, to the importance of having a registry of Marriages and Births, as well as
Deaths, filed in the office of the City Clerk.
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"Buffalo, by virtue of its geographical position, is destined to be one of the largest inland cities on this continent. During the past
year, at least one thousand new buildings have been erected. We have now three hundred miles of streets . . . religious privileges
abundant; all the luxuries and comforts of life . . . manufacturing establishments are increasing."
On August 25, 1868, a group of citizens gathered to discuss the subject of creating a system of public parks in the city. The
renowned landscaper, Frederick Law Olmstead, was contacted for his advice. Mr. Olmstead visited the city for a brief period and
mapped out his ideas. These ideas were later exhibited by him at the Philadelphia exposition in 1876 and the Paris exposition in
1878. The basic system was to consist of The Front, The Park, and The Parade. It was changed to include Delaware, and Humboldt
in place of Parade.
Mayor Rogers salary was set at $1,400 for the year 1869, by the Council. When the Common Council met on January 4, 1869, a
committee was appointed to wait upon Mayor Rogers to inform him that the Council of 1869 was in session. At the afternoon
session, the Annual Address of Mayor Rogers was read to the Council.
"In transmitting to your Honorable Body my second annual communication . . . I congratulate you, and those whom you represent,
upon the continued prosperity of our beautiful city in its onward march of progress and wealth.
"While comptroller of the city it was my pleasure to call the attention of the Common Council to the importance of taking immediate
action to secure, while it was yet cheap, land suitable for a public Park. The subject has, for the past year, commanded the attention
of our citizens, and last summer, Frederick Law Olmstead was employed by several gentlemen, at their own expense, to visit the
city and make an examination of the vacant lands adapted to this purpose. Every year that the taking of the requisite land is delayed
will add tens of thousands of dollars to its cost, and I trust that this Council will not hesitate to give its full approval to the project. Let
every citizen...contribute his equitable proportion to establish a Park which will make the Queen City of the Lakes still more attractive
and be a perpetual source of pride and healthful enjoyment.
"The want of dockage facilities has driven from our city many enterprises which else would have been located here. To remedy this
want the construction of one or more swing bridges is imperatively demanded. At least three miles of docks could thus be brought
into immediate use. As every available point on the north side of the river is now occupied, our attention is naturally directed to the
other side of the river, which can be made so easily accessible from our most frequented thoroughfares.
"The water works passed into the possession of the city in August last. By the terms of the purchase the receipts of the company
from the first of May last were paid to the city, less the expense attending their operation. Almost a mile and a quarter of pipe has
been laid during the past season. The total length of pipe now laid is thirty-five miles. Twenty new fire hydrants have been set up on
the lines of pipe...making the whole number of hydrants now in use 365.
"Two new school houses are now in process of construction, one of which will be ready for the reception of pupils in a few weeks.
"The large number of incendiary fires in the months of January, February, and March last, tested the energy and endurance of our
admirable fire department in a remarkable degree. I respectfully recommend that the usual appropriation to each company be
increased to five hundred dollars per annum.
"The fire alarm telegraph continues to give entire satisfaction. I suggest the propriety of gradually increasing the number of signal
boxes until all important points in the city is embraced within its circuit.
"The Legislature at its last session, enacted a law reducing the number of uniformed militia . . . and . . . all regiments outside the
larger cities have been disbanded. Two regiments are located in this city, but the number of enlisted men in each is below the
minimum required by law.
"The numbering of houses has been carried through successfully, and meets the approval of our citizens.
"Although small pox has not prevailed to any noticeable [degree] in the past year, it was deemed advisable to order general
vaccination of the city, and the Health Physician...vaccinated some four thousand children. The ordinances require that no pupil
shall be admitted to the public schools who has not been vaccinated and this regulation should be rigidly enforced.
"Your attention is again called to the importance of having a registry of marriages and births as well as deaths in the city clerk's
office.
"On the 25th of August last, the cattle plague, known as the Spanish fever, and its appearance at our receiving yards, creating no
little alarm in the community. The prompt action by the health authorities prevented the spread of the disease, and the sale of any
cattle affected by it. I join in the recommendation...for the appointment of a . . . local inspector, whose duty it shall be to inspect all
cattle received at the yard, and that none but sound healthy cattle are offered for sale.
"All the railroads that can be induced to center here give additional impetus to all branches of productive industry. The spanning of
Niagara river with an international bridge is a project which has been too long delayed. This matter is again agitated and it is hoped
that it will not be allowed to share the fate of previous spasmodic efforts, but that our citizens will awake to the importance of
securing the completion of this important work."
The Mayor was authorized by an act of the Legislature to appoint a commission of twelve citizens with power to acquire the land
needed to build the park system. Mayor Rogers headed the commission, and the work began at once. Another important project
that was conducted under his administration, and he was instrumental in was the establishment of the State Insane Asylum (Buffalo
State Hospital) in Buffalo He became the first secretary of the board of trustees, and treasurer, which he held for many years. He
did not seek re-election to the office of Mayor.
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PERSONAL LIFE
After his term in office, Rogers returned to private life. He felt the printing profession was "the
greatest calling on earth."
William Findlay Rogers was married in June 20, 1842 to Caroline Waldron, of Honsdale,
Pennsylvania, who died in 1847. They had one son. General Rogers remarried on September
20, 1849 to Phoebe Demony and had three more children. His home while mayor was at
Michigan and Eagle Streets. He moved to Utica and Main Streets and then to Genesee and
Franklin Streets, where the Lockwood building was constructed. From there he moved to 17
Whitney Place.
In 1877, General Rogers commanded the 14th Brigade N. G. S. N. Y. to quell the riots created
during the railroad strike. The rioters were "promptly and effectually" dispersed and order
returned by the militia. In 1878 he was chosen candidate for the state Senate but was
defeated in a district that was largely Republican.
Rogers played a prominent part in the founding of the Soldiers' Home for veterans in Bath,
New York, and in January 1879 he gave the dedication address .
Rogers was an organizer of the Civil Service Reform Association and an ardent supporter of it
from its inception in July, 1881.
In 1882 Rogers was elected to serve in the 48th Congress, serving one term.
In 1887 Rogers was appointed superintendent of the Soldiers' Home, moving his residence there. In 1897 Rogers resigned as
superintendent of the Soldiers' Home in Bath, New York and returned to Buffalo .
Rogers was a prominent mason, at one time a High Priest, Eminent Commander, and Master of his lodge.
William Rogers is known as the "Father of the Park System" for his work in heading the park commission and getting the Common
Council to move ahead on organizing the committee. He was the first president of the Board of Park Commissioners. When he
retired from the office of Mayor in 1869, he was chosen secretary of the Board, and remained in that position until he moved to Bath,
New York. He was also treasurer for many years. South Park and Cazenovia Park were purchased by the city in 1891 and added to
the original system, by the firm of F. L. Olmstead & Co. Grover Cleveland Park was purchased in 1925 and smaller parks acquired
over time.
General Rogers "died with his boots on" in his sleep on December 16, 1899. Up until his death he was still active in many civic
activities. He is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery .
Roller, W. W., (Capt.), 64th Vols, Phoenix, 262
Ronalds, James H., (Brevet Major) 21st Cavalry, Euclid, 656
RONALDS, JAMES H. — Age, 29 years. Enrolled, September 18, 1863, at Albany; mustered in as second lieutenant, Co. F,
September 18, 1863, to serve three years; as first lieutenant and regimental commissary, January 11, 1864; transferred to Co. C,
September 1, 1865; mustered out, to date June 26, 1866, at Denver, Colorado Territory. Commissioned second lieutenant,
November 20, 1863, with rank from September 18, 1863, original; as first lieutenant, and regimental commissary, February 13,
1864, with rank from January 4, 1864, original; as captain, with rank from February 8, 1866, vice Truesdale, resigned.
Roome, Charles, (Brevet Brig.-Gen.) 37th Vols, Kane, 454
Birth: Aug. 4, 1812; Death: Jun. 28, 1890; Bur. Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings
County, NY. Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He served during the Civil War as
Colonel and commander of the 37th New York States Militia. He was brevetted Brigadier
General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "faithful and meritorious services".
< Engraving from the 1888 Grand Lodge Proceedings
Charles Roome (4 Aug 1812-28 Jun 1890)
“A Standard History of Freemasonry in the State of New York: Including Lodge,” by Peter
Ross. 1899. Page 565.
At the annual meeting of 1879 Brother Judson was succeeded by Charles Roome, a
brother whose Masonic spirit may be said to have been inherited, for his father had served
as Master of Independent Royal Arch, No. 2, in 1809, 1810 and 1811, and as High Priest
of Ancient Chapter, No. 1, Royal Arch Masonry, as well as gaining knighthood in
Columbian Commandery. Charles Roome was born in New York in 1812, and was
educated in the common schools. In 1837 he entered the service of the Manhattan
Gaslight Company, became its chief engineer in 1842 and afterward its President. On the
outbreak of the civil war he raised the Thirty-seventh (New York) Regiment, led it to the
front and in time was commissioned Brevet Brigadier- General, while he afterward renewed an old military connection by his
connection with the Seventh Regiment Veteran Association. In connection with the Knights Templars his commanding presence
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invested every parade of which he was the leader with unusual dignity and his engaging manners, graceful carriage and his kindly,
warm heart made him seem the very beau ideal of a Christian knight.
Gen. Charles Roome, was born 4 Aug 1812, a native of New York City. His father, Nicholas Roome (a descendant of Peter
Willemse Roome), husband of Jemima Lewis, was a merchant and a leader among the Masons of the city. The son was educated in
the best schools New York then had, and, on attaining his majority, began a merchantile career. In 1838 he entered the service of
the Manhattan Gaslight Company as assistant engineer, and five years later he was promoted to the post of engineer in chief. In
1855 he was elected President of the company, and was honored with many re-elections.
In the meantime he had shown a liking for military matters and had become a member of the 7th Regiment. When the war of the
rebellion broke out he raised and equipped the 37th Regiment New York State Militia. He commanded the regiment, too, and for
gallantry was brevetted Brigadier General. The 37th Regiment was mustered 29 May 1862 for three months as a result of Jackson’s
Shenandoah Campaign, with a strength of 600 soldiers. After the war he still kept up his soldierly leanings, joining the 7th Regiment
Veteran Association.
Masonic record:
Jan 1866 Raised in Kane Lodge No. 454, NYC; Master 1868-70, 1876. When he retired from office he was honored with a
presentation to him of a costly Past Master’s jewel, a gold watch and chain, and a book of handsomely engrossed resolutions.
1870
District Deputy of the 25th Masonic District, embracing all the city Lodges above 25th Street.
1871-73
Grand Marshal
1878
Deputy Grand Master
1879
Grand Master, F&AM, of the State of New York
1866
Royal Arch degrees
1866
Coeur de Leon Commandery, KT; Eminent Commander 1867-72
1875
Grand Commander, Grand Commandery of the State of New York
1880
Elected Generalissimo of the Grand Encampment, KT
1883
Deputy Grand Master, Grand Encampment of Knights Templar in the United States
1885-86
Grand Master, Grand Encampment of Knights Templar in the United States
1872
Crowned Honorary Member, 33o, Supreme Council, AASR, NMJ
Outside of the Craft, Gen. Roome’s connection with Masonry was best known perhaps through his writing and successful efforts in
aid of the Masonic Temple of New York City. He was a member of the Building Committee having charge of the great work, and he
labored manfully to bring about the realization of the plans for the Hall. At one time he is said to have advanced over $60,000 to
save the Temple from embarrassment.
In the course of his long and busy life he was identified with many societies and associations. Among these was the St. Nicholas
Society, of which he was President at one time. He was a member of the St. Nicholas Club, the Society of Mechanics and
Tradesmen, the American Institute, and the Loyal Legion and other organizations of veterans. For many years he was a Director of
the Consolidated Gas Company.
Gen. Roome was twice married. By his first wife he had two daughters – Mrs. Theodore
Parmele, and Mrs. Louis Sutherland. Mrs. Parmele, dying, left two children, a son, Charles R.
Parmele, and a daughter, Mrs. J. H. Butler. By his second marriage to Mary Marvin Wells he
had two sons, R.’.W.’. & Rev. Claudius Monell (married 23 May 1894, Mary Flocton Croker, d/o
Eugene D. Croker; Asst. Minitster of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Montclair, NJ; Master of
Kane Lodge No. 454, 1891; Grand Chaplain; d. 13 Dec 1920) and William Harris Roome, both
of the Class of 1880, Columbia College.
Portrait of Claudius Monell Roome, by artist Charles Hine – 1864 >
He died 28 Jun 1890 at his home, 29 West 52nd Street, New York City. Owing to his advanced
age he had been feeble for many months, and for some time he had been confined to his
house. The immediate cause of death, however, was bronchitis.
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Camp Belger, Baltimore, Maryland – 1862
37th NYS National Guard – Col. Charles Roome
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1880 Census: New York, New York (Manhattan), New York City-Greater, New York
Charles ROOME Self
M 68 NY
Pres Mangas S. Co.
NY
NY
Mary ROOME
Wife
M 57 NY
Keeping House
NY
NY
Claudius ROOME Son
S 20 NY
Student
NY
NY
Harris ROOME
Son
S 18 NY
Student
NY
NY
Rachel ROOME
Mother S 82 NY
At Home
NY
NY
Hannah DINLEY
Other S 38 IRE
Servant
IRE
IRE
Maggie DIXON
Other S 21 IRE
Servant
IRE
IRE
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ILL.’. BRO. CHARLES ROOME, 33°.
"High thoughts and amiable words and courtliness, and the desire of fame and love of truth,
and all that makes a man, were his in fee."
General Roome was born on 4 Aug 1812, in the City of New York, and died there on 28 June 1890. His father, Nicholas Roome,
was an active Mason, of the old Кnickerbocker stock, and a trusted public officer. He died 5 Sep 1824, when the subject of our
sketch was but twelve years old. Charles Roome began life with a limited education as office boy in a book store. In 1838 he
entered the service of the Manhattan Gas Company as clerk. He qualified himself for the position of engineer, to which he was
appointed, which office he held until 1854, when be was elected president. He was reelected every year until the merging into the
Consolidated Gas Company, in November 1884.
He was chosen president of the new organization, and held the office until January, 1880, since which time he has been chairman of
the Board of Managers. He was prominent in military circles, and before the war held the position of captain in Company D of the
famous Seventh Regiment. At the outbreak of the war he organized and equipped the Thirty-seventh Regiment, NY Volunteers, and
29 May 1862, was commissioned as colonel. He served in the defense of Baltimore and in the Pennsylvania campaign, and was
commissioned Brevet Brigadier-General in 1865, "for faithful and meritorious services."
His Masonic career began 2 Jan 1866, when he was initiated in Kane Lodge, No. 454. From the very first day of his connection with
the fraternity he manifested a deep interest in it, and his devotion to its principles led to his rapid advancement from one position of
honor to another. In 1867 he was elected Senior Warden, and served as Master from 1868 to 1870, and again in 1876. He was a
member of the Building Committee of the Masonic Hall. In times of adversity he was ready to assist with his counsel and his means.
In 1871 he was appointed Grand Marshal of the Grand Lodge, which office he held until 1876. In 1878 he was elected Deputy
Grand Master, and in 1879 was elevated to the highest office in the Grand Lodge.
He was exalted in Jerusalem Chapter, No. 8, R. A. M., .May, 1866; served as High Priest from 1881 to 1884. He was received in
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Adelphic Council R&SM, December, 1870; and became a life member of that body September, 1874. He was knighted in Cœur de
Lion Commandery, November, 1866. He served as Eminent Commander from 1869 to 1871. It was in Templar Masonry that he
became most prominent, and received regular promotion until 1875, when he was Grand Commander. In all his intercourse in the
Grand Commandery his uniform courteous manner and his sound judgment won the esteem of his fraters.
In the highest body in Templar Masonry in the United States—the Grand Encampment—he was elected Grand Generalissimo in
1880. In 188i5 he was chosen Deputy and Grand Master from 1886 to 1889. It was in this position that he proved his firm adherence
to principle and law. His prompt action in the case of the Iowa dissention met with the approval of the Grand Encampment.
General ROOME was a member of the various bodies of the A. and A. Scottish Rite of New York City and had attained the high and
honorary Thirty-third degree in the Northern Jurisdiction, and was an Emeritus Member of Honor of the Southern Jurisdiction.
In all branches of Masonry he evinced a lively interest and brought to their service his ripe judgment and the same ability, the
exercise of which had secured to him a competency of this world's goods, and marked him as a leader.
In all the walks of life General ROOME was honored. He was affectionate and kind. His heart was devoted to those whom he loved,
and the home circle from which he has been taken will sadly miss his kind and endearing words. He was of that type of manhood,
high-minded and sincere, that scorned trickery or insincerity. Fearlessly he advocated justice, and when convinced of the right, he
displayed an uprightness of purpose and determination of character that no consideration of policy or popular Applause could
induce him to compromise or to swerve from the strict course of duty. But his justice was ever tempered with that God-like
attribute—Mercy ! The kindness of his heart, the benevolence of his disposition led him to many acts for the good of his fellowmen,
that only the ages of Eternity will reveal. He knew a poor man’s care and a poor man’s wants, and never hesitated to relieve them.
His early days of trial prepared him for the years when the success achieved by his energy and integrity would enable him to assist
those in need, and he learned his lesson well.
And so his rounded life, with more than its full measure of threescore years and ten, has closed. And from his closing days comes
his bright hope of that immortal life where peace and purity are found forevermore. The funeral service was a fitting tribute to so
great and so good a man.
The arrangements were carried out with simplicity and reverence, in accordance with the wishes of General ROOME. There was no
display or ostentation, only the members of Kane Lodge appearing in regalia. After the services were over the body was conveyed
to Greenwood, where the Masonic ceremony was performed, during which Kane Lodge Quartette chanted "The Lord is my
Shepherd " and "Abide with me," and the sweet strains of the hymns were home into the blue vault of heaven, leading the thoughts
of those around the open grave— "
To that far land, far beyond storm und cloud,
To that bright land where sun doth never set,
To that life land, which has no tomb nor shroud,
Where friends can meet again who oft have met."
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum, Vol. III, part 1. 1890. page 111.
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It is with great regret we record the death, on the 28th of June last, of Bro. General Charles Roome, of New York, who joined our
Circle in May, 1887. Our deceased brother was made a Master Mason in January, 1865, and was a Past Grand Master of New
York, but will be better known as the Past Grand Master of the Knight Templars of the United States. At the commencement of the
Civil War Captain Roome was instrumental in raising the 37th regiment, and served in Baltimore and Pennsylvania, retiring as
Brigadier-General. He was President of the Society of American Gaslight Engineers.
Roome, S. C., x, Copestone, 641
Root, Augustus I., (Col.) (killed in battle), Central City, 305
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Augustus I. Root of Batavia, NY was commissioned Captain of Company K*, 12th New York
Infantry in May of 1861. His regiment was engaged at Blackburn's Ford and was stationed in
reserve during the Battle of 1st Bull Run. The regiment served throughout the Peninsula
Campaign and Seven Days Battles before again being engaged at 2nd Bull Run where Root was
seriously wounded. He was mustered out with the regiment on 17 May 1863 at Elmira, NY. Root
returned to service as Major of the 15th New York Cavalry. Quickly promoted to Lieutenant
Colonel, he served with his regiment in West Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley before rejoining
the Army of the Potomac in the March of 1865. Lt. Col. Root was killed in battle at Appomattox,
VA just hours prior to Lee's surrender. Included here are two accounts published in his hometown
newspaper regarding the 1st and 2nd Battles of Bull Run.
* Note: Captain Henry Alanson Barnum, was of Company I. He was later promoted to Major
General and is also interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Section 12, one lot south of the plot of
Central City Lodge No. 305, of which he was a Brother, on a knoll overlooking it.
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The Daily Republican Advocate
Batavia NY - 27 Jul 1861
We have been permitted to publish the following letter written by Capt. A. I. Root, of the 12th Regt. N.Y.V. on the Tuesday following
the battle of Bull's Run. This Regiment it will be remembered was not engaged in the action of Sunday, it being then in the reserve
at or near Centerville, but took a prominent part in the engagement of Thursday previous. From the facts stated by the Capt. it will
be seen that the retreat of this regiment was under what was supposed to be the order of their Colonel, and not from cowardice as
has been charged. Our confidence in the bravery and "pluck" of the offices and men composing Capt. Root's company remains firm.
Arlington, July 23.
Mr. James M. Willett - My Dear Sir: As we have been on the battle field since I wrote you last, and have been branded as cowards by the newspaper correspondents, I
propose to give you a slight detail of the battle we had on the 18th, and leave it for you to judge whether the newspapers are right or
not. The brigade the 12th is connected with left the Chain Bridge on the 16th, at 3 o'clock P.M., and marched to Vienna, a place
about 7 miles from the bridge, and encamped for the night. We started again early on the morning of the 17th for Fairfax Court
House, which was about 7 miles further on, expecting to have a brush with the rebels there; but when we arrived we found the "birds
had flown," so all we had to do was to follow them, not expecting to find them till we got to Manassas Gap Junction. We marched a
few miles further and encamped for the night. Early on the 18th we were up and off; marched about 10 miles and came up to Bull\s
Run, and found the enemy ready to meet us. We found them in a piece of woods containing about 20 acres, and had no idea, of
course, as to how many we were to meet, but were ready to take our chances, let there be more or less. Carlisle's Battery, of
Pennsylvania, being with us, took a position and commenced throwing shot and shell at them, which they returned quite vigorously
at first, but in about half an hour the firing ceased. Gen. Richardson ordered the infantry to clear the woods.
The 1st regiment of Massachusetts and the 2d of Michigan, to go in on the right, and the 12th NY to engage them in the front. We
marched in about 15 rods, and before we knew where we were, we were fired upon by the enemy from a masked battery and
musketry, which were so close that the power burnt the men's faces. The men dropped on their faces and returned the fire, and then
retreated a few paces, loading as they went, and received the second volley, not only in front, but from the right and left. At this time
a Captain in the left wing of the regiment gave the order to retreat, unbeknown to the Colonel, and left with six companies and about
two thirds of mine. As I did not hear the order, I was surprised in a few minutes after to find that my men had gone. I ran back and
rallied a few of them that I found, and returned, but finding it useless, retreated.
The first volley the rebels fired went over the men's heads, or the most of it. After that the men were lying flat on the ground, and but
few were killed or wounded. It has been ascertained that there were from 10,000 to 20,000 men concealed there. I had three men
wounded, one, Wm. Lathrop, mortally. He was struck by a ball in the shoulder, it coming out at the spine. He lived until Friday
afternoon. His family are at East Pembroke, I believe. Will you be kind enough to see that they are informed of his death in a proper
manner? You can say to them that everything was done that possibly could be under the circumstances. I detailed three men to take
care of him, who were with him most of the time. He arranged his matters with one of his attendants, but as both of my Lieutenants
were so overcome with the heat on the day of the battle that they were obliged to be carried off the field, and have not been able to
do anything since, I have not had tome to attend to anything else than the company, but will see that his matters are attended to
immediately. Wm. Graham was wounded in the abdomen by a bayonet. He is doing well and will live. Alanson Vercillus was slightly
wounded by a buck shot in the shoulder. None were killed - I have much more I wish to write, but am too tired to do it now.
Most Respectfully Yours,
Capt. A. I. Root
Republican Advocate - Batavia NY - 16 Sep 1862 - Capt. Root.
Taken from the 'Syracuse Courier.' - Capt. Augustus I. Root, of Co. I, 12th Onondaga Regiment, is at home the second time,
suffering severely from wounds received in the recent battles. We called upon him at his rooms in the Syracuse House, yesterday,
and although dangerously wounded, and in considerable pain, we found him as cheerful and pleasant as though nothing had
happened. He has a severe bullet wound in the right side, and another on the left hip, having been hit twice, no doubt by some rebel
sharpshooter. From his own lips we gathered the following particulars of Saturday's battle, in the vicinity of Manassas, which will be
interesting to the public. Daylight of Saturday morning, the 30th ult., found the Twelfth Onondaga Regiment five miles west of
Manassas Junction, with orders to march immediately for Centreville. By sunrise the regiment was well on the way, and had made
about half the distance when it was ordered into a corn field, with the balance of Gen. Butterfield's brigade, and prepared for battle.
After laying there an hour or two, Col. Weeks received orders to take command of the brigade, and move forward. Capt. Root was
ordered by the Colonel to take command of the regiment, which took him very much by surprise, and he received it with regret,
inasmuch as it would take him away from the head of his company. Capt. Ira Wood was taken ill the night previous to the battle, and
was not with the regiment. There were but eleven line officers in the regiment, and Capt. Root could not take one of them to his
assistance. Adjutant Watson, a man in whom he had every confidence, and whom he reports as having done his duty nobly, was
the only assistant Capt. Root had during the battle. The regiment moved a few rods into a piece of woods, and halted. Capt. Root
cheered up his men, scanned them closely, found them resolute and determined, and was convinced that they would make a "bully
fight." The first duty assigned the regiment was to charge upon a rebel battery.
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On emerging into the open field, which was only a few rods in advance, Capt. Root ascertained that there were two brigades
besides that of Butterfield's on the charge with him, and speaks of it as the most exciting and beautiful sight a man ever witnessed.
The brigade moved forward in fine style till within about forty rods of the enemy, when the advance was checked on account of the
heavy fire from the rebel batteries. Two regiments being between the Twelfth and the front line, the boys had no chance to fire upon
the enemy. As they could not stand thus, exposed to a raking fire, they pushed through the ranks of the other regiments, formed into
line of battle, and went to work in earnest. The fire from the enemy was terrible, and none but veterans could have withstood it for a
moment. The ranks of the Twelfth were being thinned out very fast, and the force sent against the rebel batteries was not strong
enough to take them. Reinforcements not coming up, the order was soon issued along the whole line to fall back in good order, and
then commenced a scene that beggars description.
The enemy opened upon the retreating column with redoubled vigor, piling the dead and wounded in heaps upon the battle field.
Capt. Root says he has been under heavy fire several times, but never experienced anything like what the rebels dealt out on that
occasion. The smoke from the explosion of shell was so thick that it was impossible to see but a short distance, while solid shot,
grape and cannister, and bullets from Mine rifles and muskets were showered upon them by the bushel. In fact, it hailed iron
missiles, and it seemed a miracle for a man to escape with his life. Capt. Root had got back about three rods, and was
congratulating himself upon having escaped without a scratch, when he was hit in the left hip by a rifle ball. Thinking this was all he
was to get, he kept on with his men, but had only proceeded a few steps further when he was struck in the right side by a ball, the
force of which knocked him forward, and he fell into a small ditch, half filled with water. He made an effort to get out, but found he
could not move, and shortly afterwards found himself in the hands of the enemy. He had been in the ditch but a short time when a
rebel approached, and relieved him of his sword, belt, and pistol. In about the space of half an hour the same audacious fellow
returned and coolly inquired of Capt. Root if he had some ammunition he would give him for the pistol. This appeared to him as a
good joke, and he told his rebel visitor that he was sorry to say he could not accommodate his reasonable and very modest request.
In a short time a fellow came along and relieved the Captain of his hat, a new one, leaving an old, dilapidated one in its stead. Capt.
Root begged his new visitor not to carry off his shat, but he jocosely remarked that "an even exchange was no robbery, so he would
trade with him." As the "secesh" hat had probably been worn before the rebellion broke out, joke No. 2 struck our philosophical
friend, the Captain, as a better one than the first, and he acquiesced, with a smile. Aside from these two little incidents, Capt. Root
says that the enemy, into whose hands he fell through the chances of war, did everything they could to make him both comfortable
and cheerful.
He lay in the ditch during the entire night. Just after daylight the following morning, there came up a tremendous shower, which at
once put our brave friend in fresh trouble. The water began to collect in the ditch, which threatened to drown him. He made a
desperate effort to move out, but found it impossible. His wounds had become swollen and painful, and his joints stiffened. He was
so weak that he could not make a noise or raise an outcry. The water was rising rapidly in the ditch were he lay, when four rebel
scouts happened to come that way, and saw him. They picked the Captain up and carried him to an old shanty about ten rods
distant, and left him under shelter, expressing their wonderment and regret that he should so soon be on the field again to fight
them, after his first wounds of only a few months before.
Capt. Root remained there until about noon of the next day, when our ambulances, having obtained permission to cross the rebel
lines under a flag of truce, arrived, and he was taken charge of, and put into one of them, where he remained until Wednesday
night, was removed to Alexandria, and from thence to this city by railroad and steamboat conveyance. The long journey has been a
painful one to him, but with the kind care and devoted attention that he is receiving, we hope to see him about in a short time.
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Col. Augustus I. Root, than whom no braver man ever drew sword, while out on a reconnaissance towards the front, accompanied
by several of his men, was shot down by the enemy in the streets of Appomattox in front of the Court House. His body was found
the morning after the surrender, lying in the road where he fell, stripped of all outer garments. His remains were temporarily buried
near by, and eventually taken up and forwarded to Syracuse, NY, where they now repose in that's city's beautiful cemetery.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM COMRADES
THE LAST CHARGE MADE IN THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC; THE LAST SHOT FIRED, AND THE LAST UNION SOLDIER
WOUNDED
by Albert O. Skiff, Captain, Co. A, 15th N.Y. Cavalry, from The 15th Cavalry Regimental History, compiled by Chauncey S. Norton;
printed in 1891
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Letting my thoughts wander back o'er the cruel days of bloody war, I find that the remembrance of the 8th of April, 1865, is still
written upon the tablets of my memory in characters so vivid that it has failed to become erased by the years, which since that time
having winged their flight into the past, and as such reminiscences always warms up and sends rushing through our veins the
sluggish blood that has been lying dormant for over twenty-four years, once more it brings to mind the time when to our ears came
daily the shrill notes of the bugle, the clanking of the sabre, the rumbling of the wagon trains, the stern words of command, and lastly
the wild carnage of the battle-field. And as I have never seen it mentioned in any account written of Lee's surrender that a number of
the Union troops found their way to Appomattox Court House, on the eve of the above named day, I now put myself on the skirmish
line for the purpose of describing the event which occurred at that time, I myself being a participant of the scene.
The sun had not yet descended beneath the limits of the western horizon when Sheridan's corps reached Appomattox Station.
There meeting some resistance, a charge was made that soon dispersed the rebels, who were drawn up in line to protect the depot
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and also the wagon trains which extended from the station to the Court House, the distance being about two miles; and while the
15th New York Cavalry were capturing that, the rest of the command were securing four immense railroad trains. Some of the teams
had become so completely entangled as to form a barricade, and to avoid the confusion we were obliged to leave the road.
How vividly it all comes back to me now! I remember I was riding beside Col. Root, and leaning forward in my saddle to move a top
rail we leaped the fence side by side. Soon after our horses regained the road we charged past wagons after wagon, cannon after
cannon, and mule team after mule team; on towards Appomattox, little dreaming the fate in store for us.
Night had settled down wide and still. The sky above us was completely overcast by thickly flying clouds, through which now and
then a few glimmering stars cast a pale and sickly radiance, causing the darkness of earth to become denser and making more
ghastly the grey gloom of heaven. Banishing from our minds all thoughts of fear and trepidation we madly galloped on and soon
dashed into the streets of Appomattox. When we reached this place the party consisted of about a dozen troopers of the 15th New
York Cavalry, among which number were Col. A. I. Root and myself. In the distance we could distinctly hear the heavy tramp of
marching feet and the officers issuing their quick, decisive orders of command, which rang out sharp and shrill upon the chill
evening air. Col. Root leading the onset, we charged immediately in front of the Court House; there receiving a volley of rebel
bullets, we were instantly driven backward. In a moment all was confusion, and after exchanging several shots we were obliged to
retreat. I was just at the point of turning about when a riderless (white) horse sprang to my side. I grasped the reins of his bridle, and
as my eyes fell upon the empty saddle I realized that another true and noble life had been sacrificed at the shrine of our suffering
country, and the bullet which had pierced the brave and manly heart of our gallant colonel had secured to the cruel and relentless
war another ghastly victim.
I shall never forget the scene through which we passed while making our retreat. The wagon train was completely enveloped in
flames, and the boys turning themselves into teamsters, the leader of which was that gallant soldier, Sergeant Gibbs, hitched the
mules to the cannon and drew them rapidly to the rear. Leading Col. Root's horse back over the ground which his brave master had
passed but a moment before, I gave him to Adjutant Mann, who was the Colonel's most intimate friend. When we informed him of
our loss the tears rained down his cheeks in torrents and his manly frame shook with heartfelt sobs, for he realized, as did the rest
of us, that we had lost a friend who was both brave and noble and of whom his country might well be proud. His body, stripped of all
outer garments, was found in the streets the morning after the surrender, and was conveyed to the home of a staunch Confederate
lady at her own request, her womanly heart being full of reverence and respect for the gallant man whose intrepidness cost him his
life. She had the body interred in her own door yard and kept his grave covered with a profusion of beautiful flowers. A year latter,
when his remains were conveyed to the home of his early childhood her tears fell thick and fast, for she had learned to love the
grave of the manly hero and had taken special pride in keeping as a sacred spot the final resting place of our daring Colonel. And as
another mark of esteem and honor, attributed to his memory, a G.A.R. organization in Syracuse, N.Y., is called the "Root Post, No.
151" after the "bravest of the brave." Among the relics placed in their room is a fine painting of the colonel presented by Major
Michael Auer of the 15th New York Cavalry, and in a prominent place may be seen the well known saddle which carried Col. Root to
his last charge, and who, after giving his life for his country's sake, sleeps peacefully among the thousands of brave comrades who
fell while "fighting for home and native land."
The following extract, taken from the Elmira Morning Telegram, of 1 Mar 1885, shows our position on the night of April 8th, also the
exact place where Col. Root was killed. Major T.U. Williams, of Lynchburg, Va., who is now a leading lawyer of that place, who had
charge of the rebel skirmish line at Lee's surrender, said:
"A Federal Colonel and half a dozen soldiers did a foolhardy act the evening before the surrender. They galloped through the town
immediately in front of Lee's headquarters. A saw their dead bodies the next morning lying by the roadside. It was supposed that
they were intoxicated. I did know the Colonel's name but it has passed from my memory".
But the above narrative, written in reply to this correspondence, tends to infer that Major Williams was mistaken, and that he did the
memory of a brave and gallant soldier a great injustice when he says that we were "intoxicated" and the act was "foolhardy," for we
made that charge at the command of Gen. Custer, who expected it to be obeyed. Doing as all soldiers do, we went as far as we
could.
But we overlook all this seeming injustice when we read the following manly explanation, written by Major T.U. Williams, and
appearing in the Telegram 12 Apr 1885:
"I have seen the letter of Capt. Albert O. Skiff in your paper of March 29th; in which he says I have done injustice to the memory of a
brave and gallant soldier. In the information I gave your correspondent, whose letter was published March 1st, in reference to the
persons whose dead bodies I saw lying in the streets at Appomattox Court House, I meant only to say that a little after dark, the
evening before the surrender, I saw the soldiers lying in the road, one of whom I was told was a colonel, and when my informants
told me of the daring bravery of the men, we thought they were foolhardy and perhaps intoxicated. I hasten to say that I am glad to
be corrected. Far be it from me to intentionally do injustice to the gallant men who fought on the other side. It was I who proposed to
the Telegram's correspondent the toast - "To Grant and Lee; health for the living and respect for the dead." And now in view of the
critical health of living heroes, allow me to say I, with thousands of braver and better Southern men, repeat the sentiment - "To the
health of the living and memory of the dead." Please say to Capt. Skiff that I am sorry to have done the seeming injustice to his
gallant friend, Col. Augustus I. Root.
Yours truly,
T. U. Williams
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We will now go back to the eve of the 8th of April, 1865, where I had given the colonel's horse into the hands of Adjutant Mann, after
which our regiment retired into a piece of woods near Appomattox Station to rest for the night. The lights from the burning wagon
train enabled me to find my supper, which consisted of two or three dozen warm wheat biscuit tied up in a pillow case and
abandoned by some poor Johnny Reb in his haste to escape. Having satisfied my hunger, for wheat biscuits in those days were a
rarity, I looked about me and seeing the moss-covered roots of a large tree standing near by
I took my horse by the bridle and lying down slept soundly until the shrill notes of the bugle
told us another day had dawned and duty urged us onward.
Time can never erase from my memory the sensation of fear and dread which took
possession of me as I mounted my horse that morning. In all my four years experience I had
known no felling to equal this. Perhaps the sad fate of Colonel Root may have had
something to do with it, but I felt as I rode out that
morning that to me it was to prove an eventful day. All
mortals are more or less superstitious, but the
sensation which then stole over me I could not shake
off. But as the stern command of our officers rang out
on the morning air we knew that the movement was
forward.
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Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, NY
In 1951, the life-size statue of Col. August Root, 15th
NY Cavalry, one of the first Civil War soldiers buried at
Oakwood, was stolen. The eight-foot granite base has
stood empty since that time. The VA will not pay for the
statue, so the Civil War Reenactors, a non-profit group,
must restore it on their own.
< http://www.15thnewyorkcavalry.org/images/root-1.jpg
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Dress and Field Epaulettes belonging to Captain Augustus I. Root, 15th NY Cavalry.
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Col. Root was originally a Captain in the 12th NY Volunteer Infantry.
While serving in this capacity he wore these epaulettes and shoulder straps.
He became Lieutenant Colonel of the 15th NY Cavalry in 1863,
and was leading the 15th NY through the village of Appomattox Court House on 8 April 1865
when he was shot by an Alabama infantryman from Wallace’s Brigade.
(see also “The Sunset of the Confederacy” by Morris Schaff, 1912. pages 178 & 195)
http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/NYGENESE/2006-10/1160338496
Capt. Root.
~ taken from the 'Syracuse Courier.' ~
Capt. Augustus J. Root, of Co. I, 12th Onondaga Regiment, is at home the second time, suffering severely from wounds received in
the recent battles. We called upon him at his rooms in the Syracuse House, yesterday, and although dangerously wounded, and in
considerable pain, we found him as cheerful and pleasant as though nothing had happened. He has a severe bullet wound in the
right side, and another on the left hip, having been hit twice, no doubt by some rebel sharpshooter. From his own lips we gathered
the following particulars of Saturday's battle, in the vicinity of Manassas, which will be interesting to the public. Daylight of Saturday
morning, the 30th ult., found the Twelfth Onondaga Regiment five miles west of Manassas Junction, with orders to march
immediately for Centreville. By sunrise the regiment was well on the way, and had made about half the distance when it was
ordered into a corn field, with the balance of Gen. Butterfields's brigade, and prepared for battle.
After laying there an hour or two, Col. Weeks received orders to take command of the brigade, and move forward. Capt. Root was
ordered by the Colonel to take command of the regiment, which took him very much by surprise, and he received it with regret,
inasmuch as it would take him away from the head of his company. Capt. Ira Wood was taken ill the night previous to the battle, and
was not with the regiment. There were but eleven line officers in the regiment, and Capt. Root could not take one of them to his
assistance.
Adjutant Watson, a man in whom he had every confidence, and whom he reports as having done his duty nobly, was the only
assistant Capt. Root had during the battle. The regiment moved a few rods into a piece of woods, and halted. Capt. Root cheered
up his men, scanned them closely, found them resolute and determined, and was convinced that they would make a "bully fight."
The first duty assigned the regiment was to charge upon a rebel battery. On emerging into the open field, which was only a few rods
in advance, Capt. Root ascertained that there were two brigades besides that of Butterfield's on the charge with him, and speaks of
it as the most exciting and beautiful sight a man ever witnessed. The brigade moved forward in fine style till within about forty rods of
the enemy, when the advance was checked on account of the heavy fire from the rebel batteries. Two regiments being between the
Twelfth and the front line, the boys had no chance to fire upon the enemy. As they could not stand thus, exposed to a raking fire,
they pushed through the ranks of the other regiments, formed into line of battle, and went to work in earnest. The fire from the
enemy was terrible, and none but veterans could have withstood it for a moment. The ranks of the Twelfth were being thinned out
very fast, and the force sent against the rebel batteries was not strong enough to take them. Reinforcements not coming up, the
order was soon issued along the whole line to fall back in good order, and then commenced a scene that beggars description. The
enemy opened upon the retreating column with redoubled vigor, piling the dead and wounded in heaps upon the battle field. Capt.
Root says he has been under heavy fire several times, but never experienced anything like what the rebels dealt out on that
occasion. The smoke from the explosion of shell was so thick that it was impossible to see but a short distance, while solid shot,
grape and cannister, and bullets from Mine rifles and muskets were showered upon them by the bushel. In fact, it hailed iron
missiles, and it seemed a miracle for a man to escape with his life. Capt. Root had got back about three rods, and was
congratulating himself upon having escaped without a scratch, when he was hit in the left hip by a rifle ball. Thinking this was all he
was to get, he kept on with his men, but had only proceeded a few steps further when he was struck in the right side by a ball, the
force of which knocked him forward, and he fell into a small ditch, half filled with water.
He made an effort to get out, but found he could not move, and shortly afterwards found himself in the hands of the enemy. He had
been in the ditch but a short time when a rebel approached, and relieved him of his sword, belt, and pistol. In about the space of half
an hour the same audacious fellow returned and coolly inquired of Capt. Root if he had some ammunition he would give him for the
pistol. This appeared to him as a good joke, and he told his rebel visitor that he was sorry to say he could not accommodate his
reasonable and very modest request. In a short time a fellow came along and relieved the Captain of his hat, a new one, leaving an
old, dilapidated one in its stead. Capt. Root begged his new visitor not to carry off hi shat, but he jocosely remarked that "an even
exchange was no robbery, so he would trade with him." As the "secesh" hat had probably been worn before the rebellion broke out,
joke No. 2 struck our philosophical friend, the Captain, as a better one than the first, and he acquiesced, with a smile. Aside from
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these two little incidents, Capt. Root says that the enemy, into whose hands he fell through the chances of war, did everything they
could to make him both comfortable and cheerful. He lay in the ditch during the entire night. Just after daylight the following morning,
there came up a tremendous shower, which at once put our brave friend in fresh trouble. The water began to collect in the ditch,
which threatened to drown him. He made a desperate effort to move out, but found it impossible. His wounds had become swollen
and painful, and his joints stiffened. He was so weak that he could not make a noise or raise an outcry. The water was rising rapidly
in the ditch were he lay, when four rebel scouts happened to come that way, and saw him. They picked the Captain up and carried
him to an old shanty about ten rods distant, and left him under shelter, expressing their wonderment and regret that he should so
soon be on the field again to fight the, after his first wounds of only a few months before. Capt. Root remained there until about noon
of the next day, when our ambulances, having obtained permission to cross the rebel lines under a flag of truce, arrived, and he was
taken charge of, and put into one of them, where he remained until Wednesday night, was removed to Alexandria, and from thence
to this city by railroad and steamboat conveyance. The long journey has been a painful one to him, but with the kind care and
devoted attention that he is receiving, we hope to see him about in a short time.
Root, Chas. W., (1st Sergt.) 140 Vols, Monroe, 173
ROOT. CHARLES W.— Age, 23 years. Enlisted, August 12, 1862. at Brockport, to serve three years; mustered in as private. Co. A.
September 13, 1862; promoted corporal, February 28. 1863; sergeant, February 12, 1864; captured in action, May 5, 1864. at the
Wilderness/Va. ; released, April 22, 1865; promoted first sergeant, May 1, 1865 ; mustered out with company, June 3, 1865, near
Alexandria, Va.
Root, Thatcher W., 102nd NY Inf, Lodi, 345
Captain Company K; Regiment, (Van Buren Light Infantry)
Root, William W., (Surgeon) 75th Inf. Vols, Cato, 141
ROOT, WILLIAM W. Age, 25 years. Enrolled at Albany, to serve three years, and mustered in as assistant surgeon, August 20,
1862; as surgeon, December 2, 1864; mustered out with regiment, August 31, 1865, at Savannah, Ga. Commissioned assistant
surgeon, August 27, 1862, with rank from August 13, 1862, original; surgeon, December 7, 1864, with rank from December 2, 1864,
vice W. D. Benedict mustered out.
Rose, Jeremiah A., x, Oriona, 229
Ross, John R., (Brevet Major), Delaware, 561
prob. b. May 1841, prob. In Damascus, Wayne Co., PA; d. 20 Jul 1874, son of Bezaleel C. Ross (b. 2 Mar 1805, Callicoon, NY).
84th PA Vol Inf, Co. I: John R. Ross November 15, 1862; promoted from first lieutenant may 1, 1863; wounded at Chancellorsville,
Va., May 3, 1863; promoted to brevet major April 9, 1865; transferred to company I, 57th P.V. January 13, 1865.
Oct 1864: 84th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Second Brigade), numbering 17 commissioned officers and 215 men, Captain John R.
Ross commanding, relieved Colonel Collis and his command in the fort on the Norfolk railroad in rear of the headquarters Second
Army Corps.
http://www.pa-roots.com/pacw/infantry/84th/84thorg.html
The part taken by the regiment in the Chancellorsville campaign is clearly shown by the following extract from Major Opp's official
report:
"After severe marches, occupying a period of five days from the 28th of April, we were brought in contact with the enemy on the
afternoon of the 2d of May. In a reconnaissance made by two divisions of the Third Corps, to the left of Chancellorsville, and in the
vicinity of an old furnace, the regiment was ordered to advance in line, with flanking companies thrown forward as skirmishers, to
unmask the position of the enemy. Under the immediate supervision of Colonel Bowman, commanding the brigade, the object was
successfully and handsomely attained, with the loss of only two men wounded. On the morning of the 3d, at daylight, we were
judiciously and strongly posted to the left of the plank road, and to the left of Chancellorsville, as a reserve force. The attack of the
enemy had continued but a short time, when one line to the front of us gave way. Colonel Bowman's orders to the Eighty-fourth and
the One Hundred and Tenth, to advance and occupy the position just abandoned, were promptly and gallantly executed. The old
lines were re-gained, and held for about an hour and until all the regiments on the right and left of the Eighty fourth had retired,
leaving us in an isolated and exposed position.
In the hope that reinforcements would arrive, I still held the men in place, maintaining a steady and effective fire to the front. It was
discovered, however, that a large force of the enemy had succeeded, by making an extensive detour under cover of a dense wood,
in gaining our rear, where he was supported by a vigorous enfilading fire from several guns, planted on an eminence to our front and
left. It became obvious that to remain was equivalent to capture in a body, while to retreat was perilous in the extreme. The latter
alternative was adopted. The retreat was executed in good order, but not without heavy losses and severe fighting. In numerous
instances the men clubbed their muskets in hand-to-hand encounters. Parties who had been overpowered, seizing opportune
moments, took up guns at hand, demanded and obtained the surrender of many of their captors. Lieutenant Farley of company F,
who had been captured in the strife, headed a number of our men, and succeeded in extricating himself, and in capturing one,
Captain, two Lieutenants, and twenty-five men. These, with five men captured before the retreat began, made an aggregate of
thirty-three rebel prisoners taken by the regiment. Our own losses were necessarily heavy, from the peculiarity of the situation. Of
three hundred and ninety-one officers and men engaged, two hundred and nineteen were killed, wounded and missing. Captain
Jacob Peterman was among the killed, and Captain C. G. Jackson, Lieutenants William Hays, Albert Steinman, John R. Ross,
George S. Good, and Assistant Surgeon John S. Waggoner severely wounded, most of whom fell into the enemy's hands."
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Ross, W. F., x, Cherry Creek, 384
Rosse, Samuel L., (killed at South Mountain 1882), York, 197
Roundy, J. О., x, Copestone, 641
Rowland, Bradford, 154th NY Inf. Vols, Ellicottville, 307
War was often hell, but it had it lighter moments, as related in some of the following excerpts pertaining Private Rowland & friends:
See below, excerpts from War's Relentless Hand, by Mark H. Dunkelman, pages 170-196.
http://books.google.com/books?id=qJ5AowA2oQIC&pg=PA254&lpg=PA254&dq=%22Bradford+Rowland%22+%22ellicottville%22&
source=web&ots=cD1LmtnKR3&sig=U5b86ilzjasAPqm3rMD6hX7WYRk&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA1
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Rowley, J. D., (Musician) 116th Vols, Silver, 757
Rowley, M. E., (Commissary Sergt.), Canastota, 231
Royal, John, x, Lily, 342
Royall, T. E., 3d Vols, Candor, 411
Rudd, Darwin A, 126th Regt NY Vols, Union, 95
http://books.google.com/books?id=Vy0OAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA492&dq=%22Darwin+A.+Rudd%22 page 492.
DARWIN A. RUDD was born in (Sheldon) Wyoming (Co.), New York, and by occupation was a farmer; he enlisted 12 Aug 1862,
aged thirty years, and participated in the battles of Harper's Ferry, Virginia, September 13th, 14th and l5th, 1862, and Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, July 2d, 3d and 4th, 1863 ; on 27 Jul 1863, he was detailed on recruiting service at Elmira, NY, in which capacity he
served until the close of the war, and was discharged with the Regiment. In the 1870 census he was listed as an ‘invalid.’ He may
have died in 1876, having been born 25 Aug 1831.
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~celiadon/wc08/wc08_241.html
son of Jabez Rudd and Sylvia Butler, he married 13 Sep 1864 Frances Gilbert, by whom he had two children, Harry W. and Darwin
Percy Rudd.
Rupert, Conrad, 177th NY Inf Vols, Newark, 83
b. 1838, Willingshausen, Germany; d. 1909; Cook 177th N.Y. Vol.; m. Anna M. W., b. 1836 in Middlebush, NJ; d. 1919; both bur.
Newark Main Street Cemetery, Town of Arcadia, Wayne Co., NY.
.Russell, Alex. W., x, White Plains, 473
.Russell, John L., x, Fort Edward, 267
.Russell, Robert В., 5th U. S. Artillery, Mount Vernon, 3
Russell, William W., (Lieut.) 64th Vols, Phoenix, 202
Russell, W. H. H., Michigan Vols, Kane, 451
Enlisted in company H, First Infantry, April 2o, 1861, at Ypsilanti, for 3 months, age 20. Mustered May 1, 1861.
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“Annual Report of the American Bar Association,” 1895. page 516.
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bl&ots=bRSliKb7nG&sig=k7csHKAAS3zNaRWSoqzb6tGXl1w&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result#PPA516,M1
William Henry Harrison Russell - Mr. Russell was born among the beautiful lakes and hills of Livingston county, Michigan, in
November, 1840, and named in honor of General William Henry Harrison, that year elected President of the United States. His
parents were born in New England, his mother, Jane Althea Knox, died in 1850, and his father, William S., in 1870.
On the farm of his father he received a common school education. At the opening of the War of the Rebellion, as a bright and
promising student, he was in attendance at the Union School at Ypsilanti, when, like thousands of others throughout the country, he
promptly enlisted under the first call for volunteers for three months' service. Upon the expiration of the term, after participating in the
first Battle of Bull Run, his next elder brother, DeWitt Clinton Russell, having enlisted for three years, and his other brother being in
the government service at Washington, Mr. Russell desired to remain near the old homestead, on account of his enfeebled father
and motherless sisters, and entered the law department of the University at Ann Arbor, from which he graduated with credit, He then
went to Memphis, Tennessee, and commenced practice with Mr. Poston, a distinguished lawyer of that city, and as a young
attorney, very soon attracted favorable consideration in his profession, especially in connection with cases arising from the military
situation.
Shortly after the close of the war he established himself at St. Louis, Missouri, where he soon became prominent in politics and as a
lawyer. Here he remained for about ten years, having in the meantime been elected to the Legislature of the State, where his record
was brilliant. His business in St. Louis was large, many of his cases being handled by him with marked skill and success in the
highest courts of that State and in the Supreme Court of the United- States.
His health failing, however, at the point of his best promise, upon the recommendation of eminent lawyers of New York City,
including ex-Governor Tilden, he left St. Louis and removed to the Metropolis of the country, as affording a higher and broader field
for the exercise of his ability and the preservation of his health. Mr. Russell at once took a high position, but as he was an intense
worker upon all cases, and business entrusted to his charge, his removal to New York did not bring the restoration to health which
he anticipated. During his five years' sojourn there he was continually employed in important litigation, and came into national notice
as a political speaker and desirable orator for social occasions, and scientific and educational purposes.
From New York, principally for his health, he went to California, where he became the special counsel of the International Company
of Mexico, and other corporations, attracting there the same attention and consideration that characterized his career elsewhere. In
18Sit, finding, after all, that the climate of California was not suitable to him, he concluded to return to the State of his birth, and in
1800 took an office with his brother, F. G. Russell, in Detroit. During the greater portion of his residence there several cases of
magnitude in the State and United States Courts were entrusted to his successful management, but for the reasons stated, because
of his literary toiling and persistent work upon his cases, his physical strength was not equal to the demands upon him, and for the
last two years, to the time of his death, he was more or less incapacitated for work in the profession which for thirty years he labored
so meritoriously to distinguish and embellish.
He died at the place of his nativity July 31, 1895, gently, and conscious to the last second, only regretful that ho could not round up
and complete the 'career so masterfully entered upon. Never having married, he left surviving him only one brother, F. G. Russell, of
Detroit, and two sisters.
He was a Mason of high degree, a member of Kane Lodge, New York City, and was buried under the auspices of a little lodge of the
Masonic Order at Brighton, Michigan, in the village burying ground, on August 2d. He was a member of other orders and societies
and of the American Bar Association. Mr. Russell was peculiarly careful in the preparation of all of his cases and investigation of
every legal question submitted to him; he was tenacious and forcible before the courts in his arguments, eloquent and powerful as
an advocate before juries, and most entertaining, convincing and popular as a general orator.
He was a great reader, a careful scrap gatherer of choice items, and extensive contributor to the leading publications of the country,
he had traveled largely at home and abroad, and his brain was a great storehouse of brilliant thought and valuable information. He
was broad minded, kind hearted and especially fond of music. His last business request was that his large and select collection of
miscellaneous books, together with portrait and several valuable steel engravings, should go to the village of Brighton, in his native
county, towards the founding of a public library.
The Von Reisenkampff-Ulrich Family History,” by Bartow Adolphus Ulrich, page 1893.
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ook_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PRA1-PA1893,M1
THE RUSSELL FAMILY.
The Russell family in America are of English descent. Samuel Russell and his sister, who are ancestors of Wm. Sanderson Russell,
came over with William Penn in 1683, and settled in Delaware in 1750.
Wm. Sanderson Russell, born in Riga, NY, Nov. 26, 1817; married Feb. 3, 1832, to Jane Althea Knox ; died Aug. 27, 1870, at the
Russell farm, near Brighton, Michigan. Jane Althea Knox, born Feb. 6. 1817, near Bennington, Vermont: married Wm. Sanderson
Russell Feb. 3, 1832; died Oct. 7, 1855, at the Russell farm, near Brighton, Mich. She was a daughter of Hepzibah Perry, who
married James Knox, of Bennington, Vt. She was the daughter of Oliver Perry, who was the first cousin of Commodore Oliver
Hazard Perry and Commodore Matthew C. Perry, of Rhode Island. Oliver Hazard Perry, the great grandson of Commodore Perry,
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lives at Lowell, near Boston, Mass.
Of the 3 sons and two daughters of Wm. S. Russell and Jane A. were:
i. Marriam H. Russell,
b. Oct. 19, 1834; married Oct. 11, 1814, to Ebenezer Brooks, near Brighton, Michigan.
Francis G. Russell, born April 16, 1836; married to Helen Edwards, at Washington, September, 1863; died at Detroit, Mich.
Dewitt C. Russell, born April 1, 1837; died while in the army, during the Civil War, while defending his country, Sept. 4, 1862,
Washington, D. C.
ii. Francis Grainer Russell, born b. 16 Apr 1837, who biography may seen on page 345 at:
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_j6II9o&sig=krDz1VzBxU770C9daS3kOrwoo7g&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA345,M1
which reads in part:
That the parents were of an enterprising character, as well as independent and self-reliant, is evidenced by the manner of their early
life; leaving a well settled region in Monroe county, New York, traveling through Canada with an ox team until they reached the
Territory of Michigan, they located on the Grand river trail at its intersection with the Huron river, thirty-seven miles from Detroit, and
made a home among the oak openings of Livingston county. His minority was crowded with hard work on the farm, yet not
monotonous, for he utilized every spare moment in reading, inspired by the injunctions of his mother "to fit himself as a proper
representative of his race to take a position among the men of his time."
iii. Wm. Henry Harrison Russell, b. Nov. 24, 1839; died July 31, 1895, at Island Lake, Mich., near Brighton. Mr. Russell was an
attorney; graduated at the University of Ann Arbor; joined the army, and was at the battle of Bull Run; practiced law in Memphis,
Chicago, New York and Detroit.
iv. Helen Amelia Russell,
b. Sept. 22, 1844, at the Russell farm, near Brighton, Mich.; married Bartow A. Ulrich, March
31, 1864, at the farm.
From United States Biographical Dictionary: W. H. H. Russell, St. Louis:
William H. H. Russell, the subject of this biography, from 'Russells' of England, somewhat resembles the English parliamentarian in
physical appearance, so much so that his friends frequently dub him 'Lord John.' His ancestry were of English and Welsh descent,
and emigrated to America from Bristol Gloucestershire, England, in 1681, with the William Penn colony, and settled in Delaware.
Joseph Russell, a large silk dealer in Bidminsiter, England, left a large estate, in which his descendants in America are interested.
The father of Russell, Wm. Russell, was born in Riga, Monroe County, NY, and went to Michigan, settling upon a farm in Green
Oak, Livingston County. The maternal ancestry of Mr. Russell comes from the Perry blood. His mother's maiden name was Miss
Jane A. Knox, Bennington, Vt, a relative of Commodore Perry, of Lake Erie fame. Mr. W. H. H. Russell located in St. Louis as a
lawyer after graduating from the law department of the Michigan University, in class of 1864. Hs was elected to the legislature of
Missouri.
Ruthven, Ed., 30th Vols, Corinth, 684
1836-1887; bur. Conklinville Cemetery, Saratoga Co. NY
Edwin Ruthven, Co. G. enlisted 1861; mustered out with regiment; living at Conklingville
Ryan, George, x, Lansing, 774
Ryder, Alex., 69th Vols, Silentia, 198
Ryder, Stephen O., (2d Lieut.) 7th State Militia, Kane, 451
aka S. Oscar Ryder.
Published: December 24, 1879
Copyright © The New York Times
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Ryer, E. A., x, Warwick, 544
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Sabin, A. C., x, Deer River, 499
Sabins, Aaron B., (Lieut.) 75th (Auburn Regiment) Inf. Vols, Cato, 141
SABINS, HINON.— Age, 18 years. Enlisted at Victory, to serve three years, and mustered in as private, Co. K, 13 Feb 1864; tfr to
Co. C (Veteran Battalion), 19 Nov 1864; mustered out with company, 31 Aug 1865, at Savannah, Ga.; also borne as Aaron Sabins.
He appears as “A. B. Sabins” as a ‘collector’ and ‘constable’ in Victory, NY, ca 1879, and as ‘Aaren’ in the 1865 census, with a
brother Wilbur and mother Esther.
.Sadler, Clark, 2d Vol. Cavalry, Horseheads, 364
Sage, Norton, x, Dundee, 123
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ce=web&ots=TBP_CBSMLT&sig=EV5FC_-yP6IRJLeRK_3JKwuixSY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result pg 1459.
PENELOPE CLARK (dau. of Kenaz and Abigail Clark) b. Oct. 10, 1805, m. Oct. 16, 1832, William Fletcher Sage b. Oct. 5, 1809
(son of Elias Sage and Elizabeth Norton, of Denmark, N. Y.) : in the boot and shoe trade, in Dundee, N. Y.
NORTON SAGE b. Feb. 19, 1843, m. Dec. 30, 1869, Annie Raplee b. July 16, 1848 (dau. of Joseph Raplee and Hetty Skiff): a
shoemaker at Dundee, N. Y.
.Salisbury, Richard L., 7th State Militia, Kane, 454
Sammis, Nath. S., x, Jephtha, 494
Sanderson, Charles, (Musician) 79th Highlanders, Scotia, 634
Santee, Rev. Joseph В., 3d Penn. Cavalry, Whitney's Point, 795
http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/1pa/bios/chaffee/santee-joseph-b.txt
Santee, Joseph B., was born on December 30, 1842, in Fairmount township, Luzerne County, Pa. He attended the school near his
home, and was one year at New Columbus Academy. He was converted in November, 1858, at Grads appointment, on the
Bloomingdale Circuit, in Baltimore Conference, and joined the Church in November, 1858. He was licensed to exhort in September,
1866, and received local preacher's license in October, 1867. He joined the Conference in 1870, received deacon's orders in 1872
and elder's orders in 1875.
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He served as a private in the 3d Pennsylvania Cavalry during the last year of the war of the rebellion.
On February 6, 1869, he married Miss Celestia E. Compton, of Falls, Wyoming County, Pa.
He served Campville as supply one year before joining Conference. His pastorates have been as follows: 1870-71, Hornbrook;
1872, Barton; 1873-74, Vestal; 1875, Lehman; 1876-78, North Abington; 1879, Preston; 1880-81, South New Berlin; 1882,
Edmeston; 1883-84, Springville; 1885-86, Northmoreland; 1887-89, Wyalusing; 1890-91, Meshoppen; 1892, sd.; 1893, Le
Raysville; 1894, Whitney's Point; 1895-1903.
Savage, Edward, 10th NY Artillery, Brownville, 53
SAVAGE, EDWARD.— Age, 19 years. Enlisted, August 7, 1862, at Hounsfield; mustered in as private, Co. A, Third Battalion. Black
River Artillery (later Co. H, Tenth Artillery), September 12, 1862, to serve three years; mustered out with company, June 23, 1865, at
Petersburg, Va.
Edward was the son of Nathaniel Savage, b. ca 1800, County Longford, Ireland, and Mary A. Mowmow, d. 18 Apr 1846.
He married ca 1867 Emma Mary Dureeaux, b. 25 Dec 1847, Alsace Loraine, France, d. 28 Sep 1927, Hounsfield, Jefferson, NY.
Ed was a cook on a boat. His brother John inherited the Watertown farm and gave it to Ed, who lived there & straightened out.
Children:
1. Robert Savage,
b. Abt 1868
2. Edward G Savage, b. 1882; d. 1959, Brownville
3. George W Savage, b. Abt 1886
4. Emma M Savage, b. Abt 1888
5. May Daisy Savage, b. Abt 1889
6. Mary Savage,
b. Abt 1890
7. Eva Belle Savage, b. 13 Jan 1892, Hounsfield, Jefferson, NY, d. 18 Apr 1972, Ridgewood, Bergen, NJ
8. Arthur J Savage,
b. Abt 1894
Watertown Herald, Saturday, June 8th, 1895
EDWARD SAVAGE, a farmer residing in Brownville, narrowly escaped death in a runaway accident Friday afternoon. He was
returning to his home in a heavy road wagon drawn by a spirited team of horses. When eight miles outside of the city the wiffletree
broke, causing the horses to become unmanageable and run away. Savage was thrown from the wagon to the road. He was found
half an hour later in an unconscious condition and covered with blood. He was terribly bruised about the head and body, but may
recover.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=1969149&GRid=28537935&
b. May 26, 1843, Brownville, Jefferson, NY; d. Feb. 6, 1928; bur. Brownville Cemetery.
Edward Savage, Veteran, Dies - (special to the Times)
Chaumont, Feb 7 (1928) - Edward Savage, 84 died at his home in the town of Hounsfied early Monday morning.
Mr. Savage was born May 26, 1843 in the town of Brownville where he lived until he was two years of age. He then moved into the
town of Hounsfield with his parents. He remained there for the remainder of his life with the exception of three years spent in the
army during the Civil war. He was a member of Company H, 10th New York Artiliery,. He lived for seven years in Jersey City, N.J.
He was honorary member of Brownville Masonic Lodge No. 53 F. and A.M., a member of Watertown Grange No. 7 and of the GAR
post of Dexter.
Surviving are the following children: May D. Savage and Edward G. Savage who lived home, John Savage of Muscalong, Mrs.
Grace J. Wallace of Brownville, George W. Savage of Minneapolis, Minn., Mrs. Emma M. Brooks of East Rodman, Mrs. Eva B.
Ellison [Allison] of Limmerick, Arthur E. Savage of Rochester and nine grandchildren. His wife, Emma Mary Savage, died on Sept
28, 1927. We wish to thank the Sons of Veterans, Masons, The Watertown Grange, also our friends and neighbors for their kind
expressions of sympathy and floral offerings, especially the use of cars in the sad loss of our beloved father, Edward Savage.
John Savage, Edward G. Savage, George W. Savage, Arthur E. Savage
Grace J. Wallace, Emma Brooks, May D., Ferguson, Eva B. Allison
Hounsfield, NY Feb 16, 1928
Savage, Phil., 22d Vols, Corinth, 6«3
Savery, John E., (Capt.) 75th Vols, Cato, 141
Assemblyman
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NRvcFP8&sig=_WRLrNyhQGoy9d1QGcZR5qJ_qjo&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA166-IA1,M1 page 166
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In April, 1904, its quarters and property were for the second time destroyed by fire; notwithstanding these discouraging
circumstances, these energetic and zealous men and masons did not stand idle and lament over their misfortunes, hut with
undaunted pluck soon began a movement which resulted in the erection of a Masonic Temple on the site of the former home of the
Lodge on the corner of Main and South Streets. It was completed and dedicated February 22, 1906; the ceremonies were
conducted by R.'. W.'. BLIN S. CUSHMAN, District Deputy Grand Master of the 30th Masonic District.
An address was delivered by Hоn. JOHN E. SAVERY. In part he said:
"Nearly two years ago fire came to us, leaving but little aside from our building site and charter. For awhile we were stunned by the
blow, hut soon the spirit that animated the founders of the Lodge asserted itself among the present members and rebuilding was
commenced. It was a great undertaking, hut success crowned our efforts and we have this new Masonic Temple, larger, better,
more beautiful and somewhat more fireproof."
Note: 2008. This building still stands at the corner, looking quite the same as in the above picture (except the road is now paved);
the Lodge has moved about a mile to the south (right) into the American Legion building.
Sawyer, С., 118th Vols, Au Sable River, 149
Saxe, Julius C., x, Constitution, 241
Saxton, С. Т., (Sergt.-Major), Clyde, 341
“Select Organizations in the United States,” edited by William Van Rensselaer Miller, 1896. page 167.
http://books.google.com/books?id=jlkQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA167&lpg=PA167&dq=%22saxton%22+%22clyde,+new+york%22&source
=web&ots=Wz4qDt-vh6&sig=epUA4CRq_11Apr25qIkGqNlI4fQ&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result
(Lieutenan t-Governor of New York)
Charles Terry Saxton was born in Clyde, New York, July 2, 1846, the son of Daniel Saxton and
Eliza A. Saxton. He was educated at the Clyde High School where he prepared for college, but the
war breaking out he enlisted in the 90th NY Vols., November 19, 1861, at the age of fifteen and
served until February 19, 1866. He actively participated in the Port Hudson and Red River
Campaigns in Louisiana and the Shenandoah Campaign in Virginia in 1864 and was under twenty
years of age when he was discharged with the rank of Sergeant Major.
He was admitted to the bar in 1867. In 1891 he was Honorary Chancellor of Union University at
Schenectady, delivering the address to the graduating class and receiving the degree of LL.D. from
that venerable institution. He was elected to the Assembly in the fall of 1886 serving during the
session of 1887 upon the Judiciary and other committees. That winter he made an argument in the
Assembly which attracted wide attention, in opposition to the constitutional objections urged by
Governor Hill to the Crosby High License Bill. He was elected to the Assembly of 1888, serving as
Chairman of the Committee on Judiciary and member of the committees on Public Education, Excise and Rules, and of the special
committee to devise improved methods of legislation. During the session of 1888 he identified his name with the Ballot Reform Bill
which passed both houses but was vetoed by Gov. Hill. He was elected to the Assembly of 1889, and served as Chairman of the
Judiciary Committee and the Committee on Public Education and Rules. The Ballot Reform Bill was again introduced by him and
after passing the legislature was again vetoed. He was chosen to the Senate in the fall of 1889 by a plurality of 4, 154, serving as
Chairman of Banks and Poor Laws and member of Finance, Judiciary and Railroads. He again introduced his Ballot Reform Bill in
the session of 1890. Again the bill passed both houses and was vetoed by the Governor. Then he introduced as a compromise
measure the ballot bill which became a law but differs in essential particulars from the measure advocated by him. He also
introduced in 1890 a bill framed by him which became a law and is known as the "Corrupt Practices Act."
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He was re elected to the Senate by a plurality of 16,017, the Democratic party not running any candidate against him; and was a
member of the Committees on Judiciary, Insurance and Miscellaneous Corporations. He served with great usefulness as a member
of the Lexow Investigating Committee and his nomination for and election to the office of Lieutenant-Governor of New York, is too
recent to be spoken of in detail. He is an able, fearless servant of the people, with a record as "clean as a hound's tooth."
Diary of Charles Terry Saxton, 90th N.Y. Volunteers, from January, 1862 to August, 1863.
http://www.londontrees.co.uk/saxton/saxton11.html
See Appendix at end of this present work.
Sayer, Daniel, 124th Vols, Warwick, 544
SAYER, DANIEL.— Age, 43 years. Enrolled, August 16, 1862, at Goshen, to serve three years ; mustered in as first lieutenant, Co.
D, September 5, 1862; wounded in action, May 3, 1863, at Chancellorsville, Va.; mustered in as captain, Co. E, January 1, 1864 ;
mustered out with company, June 3, 1865, near Washington, DC. Commissioned first lieutenant, September 10, 1862, with rank
from August 16, 1862, original; captain, December 17, 1863, with rank from March 6, 1863, vice W. A. McBurney resigned.
With the spring of 1863 came renewed offensive efforts. The next major action for the 124th came at Chancellorsville:
"Looking down the road, I discovered that it was filled with moving artillery, and through the woods could be seen their advance line
of infantry. At this juncture my weak line of skirmishers opened fire, but its only perceptible effect was to hasten the approach of the
enemy who...hastened forward... On came the solid lines of the foe, who...were not forty yards away...the men of my two little
companies came together in battle line, in front of them. Then for the first time I had visions of rebel prisons. There we stood, on the
open ground, one hundred facing ten thousand. A single volley would have swept us out of existence... (I) whispered the order,
'Every man for his life.'... A moment later Sickles' artillery opened in a most furious manner, and the shells were screeching past us
and crashing into the woods beyond... We were caught between the lines, and the terrible Sunday morning's battle of
Chancellorsville burst over us. Turn right or left, grim death stared at us. The heavens above seemed filled with hot-breathed,
shrieking demons. Behind us was an advancing sheet of flame... The knoll beneath us shook like a thing of life. The air was
deadened by the continuous booming of guns, which covered the high ground all about us, and ceased not to eject the huge doses
of powder and iron which begrimed cannoneers continually rammed down their black, gaping throats. Thick, stifling clouds of smoke
rolled back over us, filled with fragments of bursting shells which tore up the ground all around and among us, mangling the bodies
of the gallant men of the old Third corps who almost covered it, and whose dying groans mingled in horrid discord with the piteous
whinnyings of wounded beasts and the shrill shouts of those who were conducting the fight. Soon whistling bullets from the
desperate foe added new horrors to the scene... I heard amid the tumult, in the familiar words and voice of Ellis, the order, "Forward,
my tulips," and saw moving away through the smoke, our regimental colors."
Several times during that battle the regimental flag of the Orange Blossoms was the last to be seen at the fore, rallying and holding,
with Confederate troops in front and on either side, until they were forced to fall back. At dusk the battle for the Union under Hooker
was nearly done, as the 124th passed another sleepless night as pickets for the fresh troops resting in the woods at their rear.
Monday night they were permitted to sleep for a few hours. During the last parts of this conflict, the "Warwick Boys" had become so
used to the battlefield that whether one lived or died seemed of no consequence:
Schaefer, August, 5th NY, Fessler, 576
Schaefer, Geo., 7th Regt. (Steuben), Fessler, 576
Schaeffer, George A., 1st Regt, Continental, 287
Scheider, Jacob, (Sergt.), Dirigo, 30
Schenck, A. D., x, Croton, 496
Seheper, John G., x, Mizpah, 738
Schermerhorn, E. Nott, (1st Lieut.) 18th Vols, St. George's, 6
http://books.google.com/books?id=eWThMMumH2QC&pg=PA86&dq=%22E.+Nott+schermerhorn%22 page 86.
a descendant of one of the oldest families, though a lawyer of ability, has been principally connected with other pursuits. He was
Collector of Internal Revenue from 1864 to 1882, and was appointed receiver of the Jones Car Works, February 4, 1884. He also
conducts an extensive real estate and insurance business.
http://18thny.tripod.com/id27.html
Eliphalet Nott Schermerhorn (December 22, 1838 - November 21, 1905)
E. Nott Schermerhorn was born on 2 Dec1838, in Schenectady, NY. He attended Union College with the class of 1860. E. Nott
enlisted in the 18th New York Infantry on 2 May 1861, at Schenectady. He was mustered into Company E, 17 May 1861, at the rank
of 1st Sergeant. E. Nott then began a chain of promotions starting with Sergeant Major on 14 Nov 1861, 2nd Lieutenant on 2 Dec
1862, 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant on 2 Aug 1862. On 9 Mar 1863, at Fairfax Court House, E. Nott was with General E.H. Stoughton,
one of the youngest Generals in the US Army. Both were captured by Mosby’s Rangers but E. Nott escaped that same night.
General Hooker expressed his appreciation of his services in General Order No. 50. E. Nott had a brother, Jonathan Crane, who
served in the Civil War, but for the Confederates. J. Crane Schermerhorn was 1st Lieutenant, Co. D, 8th Alabama Regt. Both
Schermerhorn brothers were present at the battle of Malvern Hill, on opposite sides, but they never met. Eliphalet served two years
and was mustered out with the Regiment on 28 May 1863, at Albany, NY. Both brothers survived the war.
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After the war, Eliphalet returned to Schenectady and became Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue for the 18th Congressional
District, which office he held for 18 years. He married Gertrude A. Ward on 20 Jun 1864. Eliphalet studied law at the Albany Law
School and graduated in 1877, being admitted to the Bar in the same year. In 1879 he was admitted as attorney and counselor at
Albany, and began active practice. The firm of Schermerhorn & Co. was formed in 1885, in which he was senior partner. He had
four children with his wife. James Ward (b.1866), Bartholomew (b.1870), Linwood Gale (b.1876), and Charles Ellis (b.1883). E. Nott
was a member of the Loyal Legion in Schenectady, and President of the Board of Education for a number of years. He was also
President of the Board of Water Commissioners of Schenectady and was a director of the Schenectady City Bank. In 1884, he was
Receiver for the Jones Car Company. He was a life-long member of the First Reformed Church of Schenectady, holding the office of
Deacon in 1872 and 1873, and was a member of the Consistory in 1880. E. Notts first son, J. Ward, graduated from his father’s
alma mater, Union College, class of 1887. Eliphalet Nott Schermerhorn died on 8 Aug 1908 (21 Nov 1905?), and is buried in Vale
Cemetery in Schenectady, along side his wife. Buried in Vale Cemetery, Schenectady, NY, in Section G.
Schifferdecker. Charles Frederick, 46th Infantry, Mount Vernon, 3
Member of New York state assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1874
attended the public schools of Albany and first started in life as a farmer, bit abandoned this pursuit.
SCHIEFERDECKER, FRIEDRICH.— Age, 25 years. Enrolled at New York city, to serve three years, and mustered in as private,
Co. B, August 5, 1861; promoted sergeant, Co. I, prior to October 31, 1861; second lieutenant, Co. C, March 20, 1862; first
lieutenant, June 21, 1862; captain, Co. K, October 31, 1862, and mustered in, March 24, 1863; mustered out, September 29, 1864;
commissioned second lieutenant, April 9, 1862, with rank from March 7, 1862, vice L. Hennighausen, promoted; first lieutenant, July
18, 1862, with rank from June 21, 1862, vice G. Hoeskerich, promoted; captain, March 24, 1863, with rank from October 18, 1862,
vice C. Seldeneck, resigned.
http://books.google.com/books?id=iYsDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA283&dq=%22Schifferdecker%22&lr= page 283.
Mr. SCHIFFERDECKER, of the first Albany district, is perhaps as good a specimen of the Teutonic element in American civilization,
as we would be apt to meet with anywhere. He is a thorough German, but he is Americanized to that extent that he is devotedly
attached to the institutions of the new world, and he would resent as an insult any intimation that he is other than a truly loyal citizen
of the republic. No one who knows him, however, would venture to make such an intimation, inasmuch as he has proved his loyalty
and right to citizenship upon more than a score of hard-fought battlefields, and still bears the scars of honorable service in the army
of the Republic. He was born in Baden, Germany, on 2 Feb 1836, and came to this country when only eleven years of age. His
grandfather, HENRY SCHIFFERDECKER, was, during a term of seven years, a member of the First Napoleon's body guard, and
was a splendid specimen of physical manhood, being over six feet in height.
HENRY SCHIFFERDECKER, father of the present Assemblyman, ran away from Baden, when the revolution broke out in 1848. He
came to this country with his family, leaving behind him extensive property, he being a man of considerable means.
Young SCHIFFERDECKER was educated mainly in the German common schools. After coming to this country, he went to work in a
furnace at seventy-five cents a week. That sum would then go much farther than it does now, but it did not satisfy our hero, who,
after helping GEORGE SCHWARTZ awhile at butchering, got a very good job in JOHN McB. DAVIDSON'S safe factory. There he
worked seven years. Then he went to Schenectady and resumed butchering, and after an experience of a few months he lost every
dollar he had. Then he tried boiler making in the Hudson River Railroad shops for a few months — all this previous to his twenty-first
year. In 1857, he was married to ANNA RAPP, and shortly after resumed butchering and also resumed the wholesale meat
business. In this he had rather varying success, but when the war broke out he was doing well.
Shortly after the commencement of hostilities, he recruited a company for the 46th New York Volunteers, and was elected its First
Lieutenant, but failed to get his commission. He went to the front, however, as a private, was soon advanced to the grade of
sergeant, and on the 1st of March, 1862, was commissioned Second Lieutenant, and detailed to the quartermaster's department.
The regiment was then under Gen. TERRY in South Carolina. In the June following, after the battle of James Island, he was
promoted to First Lieutenant, and detailed to duty on the staff of Gen. TERRY.
He served with the regiment to the end of the war, performing duty on the Atlantic coast, in Virginia and Maryland, in Tennessee,
and in Mississippi at the siege of Vicksburg. On the 18th of October, at the close of the battle of Antietam, in which he distinguished
himself, he was promoted to the rank of Captain. At Petersburgh, Va., he was in command of the regiment, and was wounded in the
arm. He was also wounded in the right shoulder at Somerset, Ky. During his long and arduous service, he participated in numerous
battles, among the most important of which were those fought at Port Royal, Fort Pulaski, James Island, second Bull Bun, Chantilly,
South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Vicksburg, Jacksonville, Strawberry Plain, Loudon and Knoxville. He was with the Ninth
corps in the famous Wilderness battles in Virginia, and during the terrible campaign which ended with the surrender of the rebel
army at Appomattox. His army record is in every way one to be proud of. He was brave almost to rashness, and ever ready and
enthusiastic in the performance of duty. His many generous qualities also made him a favorite among officers and men, all of whom
were- greatly attached to him.
The war over, Mr. SCHIFFERDECKER gladly returned to the domestic hearth and peaceful pursuits. He resumed his old business
of butchering and meat-selling, which he still continues, and he is now comfortably well off. From an early age he has been active in
politics. First, strange as it may seem, he was a "Know Nothing." He soon, however, became identified with the Republican party,
and has ever since been an active worker in the ranks of that organization. He has not held many political offices. At different times
he has been an inspector of meat and cattle, and clerk of the Albany market, and was a rinderpest commissioner in the town of
Bethlehem. He was also a member of the Albany Board of Supervisors in the years 1870 and 1871.
These, we believe, sum up the public positions he has held; but in all of them he showed ability, and he has always been a hard
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worker in the ranks of the party, and very popular among the Republicans of Albany. His Assembly district is a close one, and
sometimes sends a Democrat to the Legislature. He carried it, however, against a very popular Democrat, BARENT S. WINNE. As a
member of the Committees on Two-thirds and Three-fifth Bills, Expenditures of the Executive Department, and Expenditures of the
House, he has proved to be an active and efficient member. To outside view Mr. SCHIFFERDECKER appears somewhat rough and
unpolished, but the roughness is more apparent than real, as he is generous to a fault, courteous and kindly to all, and overflowing
with genial good nature.
Schmidt, J. M., (Capt.) 103d Vols, Germania, 182
Schmidt, Wm., (Capt.), Concordia, 143
Schmitt, F., 15th Artillery, Germania, 182
Schmucker, John, (Corpl.), Jephtha, 494
Schneider, John Daniel, x, Syracuse, 501
Artificial Flower Maker; b. 20 Jun 1846, Colmar, Alsace, Germany (France); d. 15 Feb 1908; Raised 4 Aug 1875; Mbr. No. 422
Schoeffel, Francis A., (Lt. Col.) 13th NY Inf Vols, Valley, 109
SCHOEFFEL, FRANCIS A. Age, 26 years (b. ca 1835). Enrolled, April 23, 1861, at Rochester; mustered in as captain, Co. E, May
1, 1861, to serve two years; as major, January 9, 1862; as lieutenant-colonel, July 13, 1862; mustered out with regiment, May 14,
1863, at Rochester, N. Y.; commissioned captain, July 4, 1861, with rank from May 1, 1861, original; major, January 13, 1862, with
rank from January 9, 1862, vice O. L. Terry, resigned; lieutenant-colonel, August 4, 1862, with rank from July 13, 1862, vice Carl
Stephan, resigned. Died 1908. 25th NY Inf. Regt.
Francis A. Schoeffel married Sarah Cawthra in 1860. Sarah later would tell a story about how she went up in a balloon with
president Lincoln. Francis served with the NY Volunteers. There were 5 children of this marriage:
i. George Schoeffel b. 5 April 1864
ii. Francis H. Schoeffel b. 30 Nov 1867
iii. John Bernard Schoeffel
b. 14 March 1874
iv. Susan B. Schoeffel b.22 Dec 1876
v. Margaret E. Schoeffel b 25 August 1878
Schoonmaker, Jonathan B., (1st Lieut.) Fifth Vols, Crystal Wave, 638
Schouten, Charles A., (Lieut.) 39th Vols, Constitution, 241
SCHOUTEN, CHARLES A. Sergeant, Fifty-fifth Infantry; transferred to Co. K, this (38th Inf.) regiment, December 23, 1862, and to
Fortieth Infantry, June 3, 1863. Master, 1874 and 1875, of Constitution Lodge No. 241.
Schugens, C. Otto, x, Concordia, 143
Lodge History, page 170, NY Grand Lodge Proceedings. 1907. Otto owned a music store on Genesee Street.
http://books.google.com/books?id=DDdLAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170&dq=%22Concordia+lodge%22+%22buffalo%22&sour
ce=web&ots=3rXMSpjHXd&sig=SRkRWMAmxHRUWy4k9jPCkTuVdAk&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA17
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1880 Census Buffalo, Erie, New York
Otto C. SCHUGENS
Self
M
Marie SCHUGENS
Wife
M
Otto SCHUGENS
Son
S
Edward SCHUGENS
Son
S
Charlotte SCHUGENS
Dau
S
M. Elisabeth SCHUGENS Dau S 15
Amalia SCHUGENS
Dau
S
Louis SCHUGENS
Son
S
Gertrud SCHUGENS
Dau
S
Marie FISCHER
MotherL W
Theo. NOLLENBERGER
Other S
William ORR
Other M
Sarah ORR
Other M
69 BAVARIA
47 ALSACE
24 NY
20 NY
8 NY
NY
13 NY
11 NY
2 NY
73 ALSACE
21 SAXONY
22 CAN
19 CT
Musician
Keeping House
Musician
Musician
At Home
BAVARIA BAVARIA c. bef 1907
ALSACE ALSACE d. aft 1907
BAVARIA ALSACE
BAVARIA ALSACE
BAVARIA ALSACE
BAVARIA ALSACE d. 25 Dec 1907
BAVARIA ALSACE
BAVARIA ALSACE
BAVARIA ALSACE
At Home
ALSACE ALSACE
Works In Tannery SAXONY SAXONY
Jeweler
CAN
CAN
PRUSSIA NY
Schumacher, Fritz, 6th N. G, Germania, 182
Schwarzkopf, Robert, x, Klopstock, 760
Scofield, D. B., x, Savona, 755
Scott, Chester, Jr., (Musician), Allegany, 225
http://mountford.net/cgi-bin/genweb/igmget.cgi/n=Mountford?I6039
b. Mar 1830, Friendship, Allegany, NY; d. 1910, son of Chester Scott, Sr. & Abigail Hackett; bur. Maple Grove Cemetery,
Friendship, NY. m. 8 Dec 1849 Eliza A. Higgins, b. 1 Apr 1832 in Allegany County, NY.
Children:
Hugh Scott,
b. 1851 in Allegany, NY
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Maybell Scott,
b. ABT JAN 1865 in Friendship, Allegany, NY
Llewellyn C. (Wella) Scott, b. 1866 in Friendship, Allegany, NY; m2. 1 Dec 1892 Mary A. Van Velzor, , b. 8 JAN 1839 in NY
Scott, James В., x, Copestone, 641
.Scott, Leonard, (Capt.), Allegany, 225
.Scott, L. B., (1st Lieut.), Allegany, 225
Scott, Warren, (Musician), Allegany, 225
possibly: http://mountford.net/cgi-bin/genweb/igmget.cgi/n=Mountford?I5989
(Warren L. Scott, b. 1834)
Scott, Wm., 9th Regt. S. M. 83d Vols, York, 197
Scudder, Ambrose Salibury, 64th NY Inf Vols Co. F, Randolph,159
http://www.e-familytree.net/F240/F240838.htm
Saloon Keeper; b. 7 Sep 1841; d. 18 Nov 1899; bur. Randolph Rural Cemetery; son of Spencer & Caroline Salisbury Scudder
Age 21, enlisted at Randolph, 9 Dec 1861, Pvt/Sgt, discharged for disability 27 Nov 1862.
Brother of Ogden H. Scudder, below.
Scudder, Ogden H., 89th IL. Vols, Randolph, 359
http://www.e-familytree.net/F240/F240838.htm
b. 23 Nov 1838 at Randolph, Chautauqua Co, NY; d. there d: 9 May 1910
http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/NYCATTAR/2000-01/0948040729
Ogden H. Scudder, son of Spencer, was born in Randolph, Nov. 23, 1838, attended the common schools and Randolph Academy,
and in 1859 went to Illinois. In Aug., 1862, he enlisted in Co. E, 89th IL. Vols. He participated in the battles of Chickamaugua,
Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, and Resaca, was captured at New Hope Church, May 27, 1864, and sent to Andersonville
prison, to Charleston, and to Florence, and was paroled at City Point, March 2, 1865. He was discharged June 2, 1865. On his
return he was a conductor on the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad until 1876 and on the Bradford & Eldred railroad from
1876 until 1800. Since then he has been a farmer and breeder of registered Holstein cattle. Aug. 20, 1868, he married Antoinette,
daughter of Dr. O. Guernsey, and has a son, and a daughter. He was the brother of Ambrose Salisbury Scudder, above.
Ambrose’s and Ogden’s father was Spencer Scudder, son of Marvin, born in Victor, NY, 17 Sep 1814. 3 Oct 1836 he married
Caroline Salisbury in Randolph, NY. Children: Egbert M., Ogden H., Ambrose S., and Adaline A. He married, second, Ann Loux, of
Ellery, NY, who was the mother of his son A. Hamilton. Mr. Scudder died in Galesburg, Ill., 29 Sep 1878. He was a justice of the
peace twenty consecutive years and was supervisor in 1852.
Seabury, A. A., x, Frontier, 517
Seagers, Rev. V. M., x, Candor, 411
b. May 27, l832
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Mr. Vine Seagers - On the 11th instant, at the residence of his son, V. M. Seagers, in Westfield, after a painful illness, Vine Seagers,
aged 84 years. One of our most valued, charitable, and kind hearted citizens, and an early pioneer of Tioga county, has passed
away. The announcement of his death will cause inexpressible pain and regret to all those numerous friends and acquaintances to
whom he had become endeared by his many kind acts and his honorable and upright life. Mr. Seagers was born in Massachusetts,
5 Dec 1788, where he grew up, married, and had one child. He served as teamster in the war of 1812. In 1815 he came into this
country, making the journey with his family, in the then usual manner, with ox team and wagon; and settled in Charleston, near
Wellsboro, which then contained only two houses. For some time he was compelled to go to Tioga to do his milling over a road
almost impassable even for oxen. He raised 10 children who lived to marry and become heads of families, nine of whom are now
living, and being a man of great energy, industry and robust constitution, he labored faithfully, and cheerfully endured the hardships
and privations of a pioneer life. In 1844 he removed to the town of Westfield, and has, since losing his wife in 1859, resided with his
son, Vine M. Seares. He was much pleased by a ride over the new railroad last Autumn, while on a visit to one of his daughters
living in Charleston, also visiting one of his great grand daughters who is married. A member of the Baptist church, he was a
zealous and conscientious Christian, and loved, venerated, and full of years as he was, he has passed from the places of his love to
the home of his hope. (Tuesday, 31 Dec 1872, The Tioga County Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Seaman, H. W., x, Old Oak, 253
Seaman, L. E., x, Clyde, 341
Seaman, Tunis D., (Sergt. 127th NY Inf.), Rockland, 723
SEAMAN, TUNIS D. Age, 26 years. Enlisted. August 14, 1862, at New York city, to serve three years; mustered in as sergeant, Co.
B, September 8, 1862; promoted, first sergeant. November 1, 1864; wounded in action. December 9. 1864. at Deveaux Neck, S. C.;
discharged, May 9, 1865, at New York city.
Seaman, Warren W., Private Co C 117th NY Vols, Syracuse, 501
SEAMAN, WARREN W. Age, 24 years. Enlisted, August 6, 1862, at Westmoreland, to serve three years; mustered in as private,
Co. C, August 11, 1862; transferred to Invalid Corps, October 19, 1863; also borne as Seamen.
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Searls, Charles, x, Franklin, 90
Sears, Alfred Francis, (Major) 1st NY Engineers, Kane, 454
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Alfred Francis SEARS (Maj), BIRTH: 10 NOV 1826, Boston, MA; DEATH: AFT 1910
Father: Zebina SEARS, Mother: Elizabeth Lloyd DEXTER
Augusta BASSETT, m. 29 JAN 1850, Bridgewater, MA
Children:
Augusta Francis SEARS
Alfred Francis Jr SEARS
Mary Lizzie SEARS
Bro. Sears was a civil engineer, and connected with Metropolitan Railway Co., Portland, OR. The Peruvian government decreed an
immense concession to our fellow citizen, Major Alfred F Sears, and it has been confirmed with great unanimity by the Congress.
This concession is to build an irrigation work in the department of Piura, the most northern of that republic, and carries with it the
right to 750,000 acres of public lands. The water rents are made obligatory on the people of the district, and are secured by their
crops. "The studies and location of this work were made by Major Sears in 1874 and 1875, and the grant is the result of a three
year's struggle on his part and that of his friends. Important American and English houses have already offered to raise the capital.
The English house is known in this country as bankers and cotton brokers. The concern has a house in Piura, which is a cotton
producing district. The work embraces a dam eighty feet high and 4,000 feet long, by which is formed an artificial lake eighteen
miles long and three miles wide. This lake will be navigable and feed navigable canals to a point near the coast. [Oregonian Nov,
1889.] "It is now an open secret that Major Sears is the author of 'The Lost Inca,' a dazzling tale of adventure in a Peruvian
wonderland, containing graphic and accurate descriptions of natural scenery in Peru, fauna and flora, atmospheric phenomena and
quaint folk legends. !Barbara Sears Mc Rae (gr-gr-grandaughter) Alfred wrote" I enlisted in the First New York Engineers in June
1861 in Newark, NJ, where I raised a company of which I was commissioned the Captain and then as Major, being at that time
Engineer in charge of the construction of Ft Clinch, FL."
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MAJOR ALFRED F. SEARS.
To a great majority business activity indicates the concentration of effort in a single place. The profession to which Major Alfred F.
Sears turned his attention, however, called him to various sections not only of the United States but also of Mexico and various
South American countries. As a civil engineer his labors were of inestimable value in promoting railway and business projects that
have been of the utmost worth in developing the different sections in which he has labored. He has come to an honored old age, for
he has traveled life's journey for eighty-four years — years in which mental development has been a continuous force in his life, the
precious prize of keen intellect remaining his to the present day. Advanced scientific attainments have gained him prominence in his
chosen field of labor, and with a mind receptive and retentive, he has also gleaned in his travels knowledge of far-reaching purport
and interest concerning the lands he has visited and the peoples among whom he has lived.
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, November 10, 1826, and is descended from Pilgrim Revolutionary stock. His greatgrandfather, Zachariah Sears, of Yarmouth, Cape Cod, was a lieutenant of militia in 1776, although then seventy-two years of age.
His grandfather, Joseph Henry Sears, when but fourteen years of age, joined the regiment commanded by Colonel Nat Freeman, of
Yarmouth, and served with the American troops in Rhode Island. His father, Zebina Sears, inherited the family passion for liberty
and in 1816 commanded the brigantine Neptune, a cruiser in the service of the states of La Plata, then engaged in their war for
independence from Spain. He made three successful voyages between New Orleans and Buenos Aires with men, arms and
ammunition for the patriots, but was finally captured by a Spanish frigate which he fought until his own ship was sunk. He was taken
to Spain for trial and sent for life to the penal colony of Melilla, on the coast of Morocco, from which he at length made his escape by
aid of brother Masons, and eventually reached Boston.
Major Alfred F. Sears, the fourth in a family of seven children, pursued his education in the public schools of his native city, where
he won a Franklin medal for scholarship on graduation from the Winthrop school in 1841. He then entered the English High school
and was graduated with the class of 1844. The following year was spent in a mercantile counting house, and another year in an
architect's office, but preferring outdoor life he took up civil engineering, for which he was well adapted. He had pursued a special
course in mathematics from Master Sherwin, of the high school, and this proved a good foundation for further preparation for his
chosen profession.
On the 8th of June, 1846, he entered upon active business connection with the profession at the Boston water-works, under the
distinguished civil engineer, E. S. Chesbrogh. He was afterward connected with the Cheshire Railroad of New Hampshire and
subsequently became resident engineer of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, under the late Benjamin H. Latrobe.
At the outbreak of the Civil war Major Sears was acting as surveyor of Newark, New Jersey. He resigned in June of that year to
raise a company which was afterward enrolled as Company E, First New York Volunteer Engineers, and in October was sent to
Hilton Head, in the expeditionary corps for the capture of Forts Beauregard and Walker. After about a year Captain Sears was
stationed with his company at Hilton Head in hard service and also in the initial work of investing Fort Pulaski. In that connection he
located and built the battery in the rear of Pulaski on Jones Island in the Savannah river, known as Fort Vulcan, thereby cutting off
all communication by steamer between the fort and the city of Savannah. He also destroyed three-quarters of a mile of telegraph
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line between these points. He was next sent to Florida on important service and following his return rejoined his company. After the
battle of James island on the 16th of June, 1862, he was ordered to Fort Clinch, Florida, to prepare the fort for defense against land
attacks. Shortly afterward he came north to confer with General Totten, the chief engineer of the army, and during the visit, in
October, 1862, through special dispensation of the grand lodge he was made a Mason in Kane Lodge of New York city. A week
later he returned to Florida where he remained until December, 1865 — six months after the muster-out of his regiment— when he
returned to Newark, New Jersey, having in the meantime been promoted to the rank of major. He was the only volunteer officer of
engineers who was permitted to report directly to the chief engineer of the army at Washington.
Following his return to the north, Major Sears was employed as assistant engineer of the Newark (New Jersey) water works, being
engaged chiefly in building the Belleville reservoir. Shortly afterward he was elected chief engineer of the Newark & New York
Railroad, located that line and also designed signed and located the first elevated railroad in the United States, passing over the
New Jersey Railroad and to the city limits, over twenty blocks. When that road passed into the hands of the New York Central
Railroad he was superseded by the chief engineer of that line. Many of the positions to which he has been called in later years have
come to him by reason of his power as a linguist, for he is versed in Italian, Portuguese, French and Spanish. He was engaged by
an American company to visit Costa Rica where he made preliminary surveys across the continent from the Gulf of Nicoya to Puerto
Limon on the Caribbean sea, and on his return to the United States was selected as the chief engineer of a railroad in Central New
York which he left in 1869 to take charge of the Atlantic division of the Costa Rica Railroad from Puerto Limon to the division line
between the oceans. In the following year the Costa Rican government became bankrupt and Major Sears was invited by the late
Henry Meiggs, railway king of South America, to visit Peru where he made a contract with the Peruvian government by which he
entered the national corps of engineers of which he was a member until 1879. He lived in Peru for seven years, during which period
he was appointed inspector of railroads for the government in the north of the republic. He was also chief engineer of the irrigation
commission for devising a system of water works and sewerage for the cities of Callao, Paita and Piura. Finally he became chief
engineer of the Chimbote, Huaraz and Reouay Railroad, where he remained until the war with Chili had bankrupted Peru.
As his son had settled in Portland, Major Sears, came to Oregon in 1879. Upon his arrival here he was appointed umpire engineer
of the Oregonian railway which was then being constructed for a Scotch company of Dundee. Because of his familiarity with the
Spanish language, however, he was soon invited to Mexico to become assistant general manager of the Mexican Central Railroad
Company, from which position he was called a year later by the Mexican government to take charge as general manager of the
Tehuantepec Inter-oceanic Railway. After three months' work, finding the government bankrupt and having received only one
month's pay, he became disgusted and returned to Portland, where he has since resided, although frequently visiting the east,
Europe and South America.
On again taking up his abode in Portland Major Sears began the practice of his profession here and also soon became a prolific
periodical writer and lecturer, appearing several times before the University of the City of New York, the American National
Geographical Association of New York, the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences and the Long Island Historical Society, while on
many occasions he has delivered lectures and addresses in Portland. In 1881 he lectured in Portland on the Iron and Railroads of
the World, giving an account of an iron street-car he had built in New York in 1856 for the Sixth avenue line and a sixty-passenger
car for a New Jersey line to Hackensack, and he said at that time that iron street passenger cars had been in successful use on
English roads in India and "they will be in use eventually the world over."
In 1881 he presented to the people of Portland, in the columns of the Oregonian, The Law of Commercial Geography, which has
since created discussions in the commercial and scientific worlds, and has been presented in lectures and papers to the
geographical societies of the country and the American Society of Civil Engineers, exciting antagonism until it has become accepted
as immutable law in the world's economy, namely : It being understood that commerce does not consist in shipping freight from a
port, but is simply the exchange of a country's productions for the supplies of the producer, "the commercial metropolis of a region
will be that point nearest the producer which can be reached by a deep sea ship."
On the 4th of November, 1900, he published in the Oregonian a letter drawn out by the visit of Mr. Mellen, president of the Northern
Pacific Railroad, in which he delivered himself on notions antagonizing his position; the letter concluded with this prophecy: "The
Northern Pacific Railroad will be forced into Portland by the most direct route possible. This is simply its helpless fate, on which
Portland may sleep. The law of commerce, as I have stated it, is the inexorable, immutable law without exception in the world's
economy." In a communication published in the Oregonian on the 12th of May, 1883, he suggested to the port of Portland board as
follows: "I can think of no port so analogous in conditions to Portland as that of Glasgow, Scotland." After stating the conditions the
letter continued: "If our river is to be kept open it must be done by a board like the Clyde trust, working in the interest of Portland and
with her money." Shortly after this he was called to Mexico, but Ellis G. Hughes, who was associated in the Oregonian Railroad
Company as attorney, of which Mr. Sears was engineer, took up the matter, visited the legislature and secured the charter for the
present organization. This was the origin of the port of Portland commissioners.
In 1889 Major Sears, while engaged as chief engineer of the first electric railway built in the northwest, was urged by the people of
Peru to return to the region where he had made irrigation surveys and plans, a very promising concession being made him. He was
also called by capitalists to England where a syndicate for the work was formed, but the plans were upset by the failure of
the house of Barring Brothers, due to the repudiation by Argentina of her bonds held in England. He then recovered his concession
from the English company and tried to organize a company in New York. He had just succeeded when, in August, 1894, the
revolution broke out in Peru and the project was abandoned. At the request of eastern capitalists he again secured the concession
in 1898 for a party who agreed to put up the necessary guarantee bond but who failed of execution. In the meantime he had
expended all of his means in his devotion to an idea, suffering heavy losses in his confidence in unworthy men.
He has since lived a retired life in Portland except for some activity in civic affairs. On the 29th of January, 1850, Mr. Sears was
married to Miss Augusta Bassett, the youngest daughter of Paschall Bassett, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and descended on
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both sides from Puritan ancestry. Her mother traced her ancestry directly to Mary Chilton, who was the first woman to land from the
Mayflower. Unto Major Sears and his wife were born three children, of whom one reached maturity, Alfred F., Jr., who became a
prominent lawyer and was on the bench in Oregon when he died, in 1907.
Major Sears is an honored member of various societies. He belongs to the Sons of the American Revolution, the Loyal Legion, the
Grand Army of the Republic, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the National Association of Civil Engineers of Peru and is a
corresponding member of the Geographical Society of Lima, Peru.
One who knows Major Sears well has written of him: "He is essentially a polite man, a gentleman in all that the term implies. The
real gentleman must possess a kindly nature, a heart bent upon goodness. The manners of Major Sears would adorn any station. I
have seen him when general manager of a railroad go the entire length of a railway car to assist a poor Indian peasant woman in
raising a car window with which she was struggling. This illustrates the quality of his nature. He is void of selfishness and has in an
unusual degree the quality of thoughtfulness for others. He is inclined to diffidence and has been accused of supersensitiveness, yet
is not slow to strenuously resist what he deems encroachment upon his rights or those of others in whom he is interested. One of
his strongly marked qualities is his ability to win the confidence and the admiration of the humbler classes of both men and women,
this frequently taking the form of an expression of admiration for intellectual predominance. "Passing to a consideration of
intellectual qualities, it may be said that Major Sears is especially developed on the side of perception. Had he held office in a
parliamentary body he would have been distinguished, nay almost invincible in debate. He has cultivated an exceptionally pure
rhetorical style, unique and forceful, rarely surpassed in beauty by men whose life is not devoted to literature. He has been
throughout his life a student, more in the lines of science, sociology, philosophy and some branches of politics than in other fields of
learning. His temperament is essentially radical, or more correctly, non-conservative. As might be deduced from the few traits
delineated above, he has the very structure of the reformer and the philanthropist. The term philanthropist is used here with full
appreciation of its meaning. He has been such in both theory and action. If the evidences of his work are not more numerous it is
because of the conflicting demands of an exacting and laborious profession and business life which have prevented a constant
abiding in one community. He may be said, in truth, through life to have loved his brother man."
Secor, Gabriel Henry, 91st Vols and Co. I 61st Vols, Ancient City, 452
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b. 1844; d. 6 Dec 1923, son of Peter Winne Secor and Jane Toles; m. ca 1868 Emma Louise Brimhall. 3 children: Irving, Henry
(Harry) Brimhall and Geraldine. of Berne, Albany Co., New York.
Secor, Leonard H , 4th NY Artillery,Croton, 368
Lodge Master, ca 1885.
SECOR, LEONARD H.— Age, 21 years. Enlisted, August 25, 1862, at Bedford; mustered in as private, Co. A, August 26, 1862, to
serve three years; mustered out, June 3, 1865, near Alexandria, Va., as Seacore, Leonard H.
Sedgwick, R., x, Caneadea, 357
Seele, Alex, x, Concordia, 143
Seeley, J. D., x, Walton, 559
.Seeley, Luke D., (Capt.), Central City, 305
Seely (Seeley), A(aron). P(latt)., (Col.) 111th NY Inf Vols, Palmyra, 248
Seely, Aaron P., husband of Sophia, b. 8 Nov 1832, Fairfield, CT; d. Dec. 30, 1920, 88y, Civil War
Seely, Sophia E., wife of Aaron, d. May 31, 1910, 75y 8m 28d
SEELEY, AARON P. — Age, — years. Enrolled, August 1, 1862, at Auburn, to serve three years; mustered in as captain,
Co. A, August 15, 1862; wounded in action, May 5, 1864, at The Wilderness, Va.; mustered in as lieutenant-colonel, May
24, 1864; discharged for disability, August 18, 1864. Commissioned captain, September 9, 1862, with rank from August 15, 1862,
original; lieutenant-colonel, May 23, 1864, with rank from April 2, 1864, vice I. M. Lusk, resigned.
The 8 companies of the 111th New York (Companies B and C absent) were raised from Cayuga and Wayne counties. The
commander at Gettysburg was Col. Clinton D. MacDougall (1839-1914). When MacDougall was wounded in battle on July 3, Lt.
Col. Isaac M. Lusk (1826-1908) took command. When Lusk was also wounded, command fell to Capt. Aaron P. Seeley (18321920), a carriage maker from Palmyra. The nearly 400 men of the 111th New York suffered well over 200 casualties at Gettysburg
fighting near Ziegler’s Grove.
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Report of Capt. Aaron P. Seeley, One hundred and eleventh New York Infantry (at Gettysburg).
----, ---, --, 1863. Lieut.: I have the honor to report to the commandant of the brigade that the One hundred and eleventh New York
Volunteers marched at 3 a. m. to the heights south of Gettysburg with the brigade on the morning of July 2, and lay in rear of the
One hundred and twenty-sixth and One hundred and twenty-fifth New York Volunteers, with the battalion of the Thirty-ninth New
York Volunteers in our rear. We lay in this position until about 5 p. m., most of the afternoon under a furious shelling from the
enemy.
About 5 p. m., by order of Col. Willard, One hundred and twenty-fifth New York Volunteers, commanding brigade, the regiment fell in
with the rest of the brigade and moved by the left flank about half a mile to the left; then, by order of the same officer, moved a short
distance to the right, and formed a line of battle with the brigade, the One hundred and eleventh holding the right.
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During the movement to the right, we were under a heavy fire of shell and canister from the batteries of the enemy, commingled with
the bullets of a triumphant horde of rebels who had forced their way up to the position previously held by others of our Union forces,
who had been compelled to give way before their attack, with the loss of four of our cannon.
At the command, the regiment with the brigade--not a man in the whole line faltering or hesitating for an instant--hurled themselves
upon the advancing foe. The rebel ranks were broken through, and, as they hurriedly retreated, volley after volley was poured into
them by our still advancing regiment. The ground over which the first of the charge was made was a sort of swale, covered with
rocks, thickly interspersed with bushes, scrub oaks, and trees. Beyond was open ground, ascending toward the west. As we
emerged upon the open ground, we were met by a terrible storm of grape and canister. Without an instant's hesitation the regiment
still advanced until they had driven the enemy from the possession of the four cannon previously captured by the rebels. The Thirtyninth New York Volunteers afterward brought in those guns. In obedience to the order of Col. Willard, the regiment then came to the
right-about, and at quick time, the rebel fire of shell and canister continuing, moved back to the position it held before charging.
Skirmishers were thrown out to the front, and, after about half an hour, the regiment moved back to its original position.
Some idea of the fire under which the regiment passed during the charge may be formed from the fact that the right company (A)
lost 33 men killed and wounded; the next two companies to the left lost 27, killed and wounded. We lost Lieut. A. W. Proseus, of
Company E, during this charge, a gallant officer, who was leading his company forward.
The next morning (July 3) the regiment fell in at 3 a. m., the enemy having commenced a furious shelling upon our position at that
time, which fire died away at about 9 a. m. The quiet which then succeeded was unbroken until about 1 p. m., when there was
opened upon our position a cannonading and shelling unparalleled, it is believed, in warfare. During the hottest of this fire the
regiment formed and marched by the right flank up to the crest of the hill, and formed a line of battle in rear of the Twelfth New
Jersey, who were lying under the shelter of a low stone wall. We here lay down upon the ground, the shot and shell filling the air
above our heads and often striking among us.
We lost a number of men during this shelling, among them Lieut. John H. Drake, of Company F, an officer loved and lamented by
the whole regiment.
After this infernal shelling had lasted for about two hours, we rose to our feet to meet the assault of the enemy, who were seen
advancing in three heavy compact lines, preceded by a cloud of skirmishers. Not a man flinched, but every brow was knit and lip
compressed with stern determination to win or die, and win they did. The number of dead and wounded in front of our position after
the battle was over and the rebel mass had been hurled back showed the accuracy of our fire.
Over 400 prisoners were counted by one of our officers as taken by the regiment. A number of stand of colors were also captured,
but it is impossible to state the number.
I may add that during the whole of both these days of battle the One hundred and eleventh had skirmishers in front of their position
continually.
Owing to the loss and absence of commissioned officers and of the non-commissioned officers having the regimental and company
rolls in their charge, it is impossible to give a correct statement of our loss. From the best information I can obtain, we took into the
action about 400 men, rank and file. Our loss in killed is 57, and wounded and missing 171. In the killed are included First Lieut.
John H. Drake, Company F; Second Lieut. Granger, Company D; First Lieut. Proseus, Company E, and Sergt. Maj. Irving P.
Jaques. Among the seriously wounded are Col. C. D. MacDougall; Acting Adjutant Capron; Capt. Holmes, Company D, Capt. Mead,
Company I, and Capt. Smith, Company K.
Lieut.-Col. Lusk was thrown from his horse and seriously injured during the first part of July 3, thus leaving no field officer with the
regiment.
I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,
A. P. SEELEY, Capt., Comdg. One hundred and eleventh New York Vols.
Seely, John, x, Binghamton, 177
Seely (Seeley), Jonas S., 5th U. S. Artillery, Union, 95
Shoemaker; ‘boot treer’
SEELY, JONAS S.— Age. 19 years. Enlisted, March 5, 1862, at Horseheads; mustered in as private, Co. C, March 7, 1862, to serve
three years; discharged, to enlist in Battery L, Fifth Regiment, U. S. Artillery. January 23, 1863.
Seers, W., x, St. John's, 22
Seitz, Friederich, x, Germania, 722
Seng, Chris, 8th Vols, Solon, 771
.Serr, M. E., 64th Vols, Onondaga, 802
Servis, Henry, 18th NY Cavalry, Oswego, 127
SERVIS, HENRY.— Age, 29 years. Enlisted, August 31, 1863, at Watertown; mustered in as private, Co. H, October 16. 1863, to
serve three years; appointed corporal, April 29, 1864; sergeant, October 1, 1865; mustered out with company, May 31, 1866, at
Victoria, Texas; also borne as Survis.
Shafer, Matthew, x, Walton, 559
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Shaffer, Calvin, 15th Heavy Artillery, Mount Vernon, 3
5th Artillery: SHAFFER, CALVIN.— Age, 35 years. Enrolled, August 9, 1862, at Albany;
mustered in as first lieutenant, Co. B, August 9, 1862, to serve three years; resigned, April 11,
1863; commissioned
first lieutenant, December 23, 1862, with rank from October 26, 1862,
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Calvin Shaffer, Late Major & Brevet Lt. Col.
15th Regt. New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery, written by Donald LeBuis
Calvin Shaffer was born June 12, 1827. He married Anna P. Pelham on Sept. 27, 1858 in the
Palenville M.E. Church, Catskill, Green Co., NY. Their first of three daughters, Minnie was born
in Brooklyn, NY on April 24, 1861. From February until August 9, 1862 he actively recruited men
for the 5th Regt. New York Volunteer Artillery and was mustered into Co. B of this regiment in
New York Harbor as a 2nd Lt. with rank from July 31, 1862. He was Commissioned 1st Lt. by
NY Gov. Ed. Morgan on Dec. 23 of that same year with rank from Oct. 26.
His regiment was attached to the 8th Army Corps, Middle Dept. in defense of Baltimore, MD.
While on duty there he supervised the construction of parapets (walls of earth and stone) at Ft. McHenry where forty-eight years
earlier on Sept. 14 Francis Scott Key composed the words to “The Star Spangled Banner” while being detained aboard a British
warship during the bombardment of the fort. Following his discovery of dissension and an attempt to disgrace and court martial Col.
Samuel Graham, the regiment commander whom he supported and advised, he resigned his commission on April 11, 1863. His
‘fraudulently altered’ resignation which now read ‘on the grounds of confessed incompetency’ was accepted by the War Dept.,
A.G.O. in Washington on June 20, 1863. After a review of his appeal by the Adjutant General of the Army in Washington, his
resignation was amended and he was granted an Honorable Discharge. Col. Graham was personally exonerated of all of these
false charges by President Lincoln shortly after and resumed his command of the regiment.
During the late spring, summer and fall of 1863 1st Lt. Shaffer recruited men for a soon to be formed 15th Regt. New York Volunteer
Heavy Artillery. He was mustered in as Captain, Co. F of this regiment on Dec. 3, 1863 with rank from Nov. 29, 1863.
Capt. Calvin Shaffer was promoted to Major on August 28, 1865 with rank from June 2 and breveted Lt. Col. at his discharge on
August 22. Displayed [somewhere?] are Brevet Lt. Col. Shaffer’s engraved sword, his business card embossed with a colored
depiction of his ‘Civil War Veteran’s Medal’ as well as an original of that same medal. This sword he carried while serving in both the
5th and 15th Regts., New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery from August 9, 1862 until his discharge August 22, 1865 and it is ‘proudly
displayed with all the honor and respect which it deserves.’ Col. Shaffer died September 20, 1903 and is buried in the Village of
Catskill Cemetery (Thompson Street Cemetery), Catskill, NY.
http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/artillery/15thArtHvy/15thArtHvyShafferLetters.htm
15th Artillery Regiment
Shaffer letters
Transcribed and Donated by Donald LeBuis
Shaffer letter No. 1
(handwritten in ink)
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The real reason for my not getting mustered on the 6th of March 1862 was a financial reason. Captain Combs had arranged with a
Mr. Munson or a Captain Munson of the 6th to give his son a commission as Second Lieutenant for the consideration of $200 to be
paid when the son (Albert L. Munson) was secured in a Lieutenant’s position some $90 had already been paid over to the Captain.
The remainder was retained subject to the muster of said Albert L. Munson. He had been elected as junior 2nd Lieutenant at the
request of the Captain. It remained for him to be mustered before the balance of the money was paid. He could not be excepted by
giving him my place. That was done. I was left out in the cold and decided to fill up the Company which I proceeded to do under
difficulties. When I had nearly filled the Company and but 13 more men were wanted, Captain Combs made an effort to sell me out
again. Lt. Mott overheard the proposition, sent word to me and I reported it to the Colonel who immediately took
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measures to prevent it. I can only account for his conduct toward me by ascribing it to jealously. The scene at the election for
Company Officers had developed the fact that I had more friends in the Company even then, than he had and as his incompetency
(sp.) was then demonstrated and his habits were better known, he had gained nothing in their esteem. You will therefore perceive
that I was in no way responsible for the delay. Captain Combs was dismissed for incompetency (sp.), drunkeness (sp.) on duty and
for conduct unbecoming an officer or a gentleman about 2 months after I was commissioned and mustered and 1st Lt. Geo. P. Mott,
was promoted to fill the vacancy and thus I became Senior 1st Lieutenant. Henceforth the utmost harmony prevailed amoung the
Company officers but trouble was brewing in higher quarters. The 1st and 2nd Battallions (sp.) were organized into a regiment by
consolidating a couple of embryo organizations known as the 2 N. Y. Heavy Artillery and the 2 New York Light Artillery respectively.
Samuel Graham, Col. of 2 Heavy, Edward Murray, Colonel of 2 Light. In the consolidation, Samuel
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Graham was made Colonel of the new organization, he having brought the most men though we had not been recruiting as long by
two or three months. Edward Murray was made Lt. Colonel. He was disappointed. The disappointment manifested itself when during
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the winter of 1862 and 63, at his instigation, charges & specifications were preferred against Col. Graham who was deprived of his
command and placed in arrest and ordered to seek quarters in the City of Baltimore. I had been detailed to superintend the work of
finishing up the slope of the Parapet of the Fort to grade the grounds and otherwise improve them, and consequently had no
knowledge of the trouble until the trial was nearly over. Soon as I heard of it and learned the nature of the charges, I sent my
compliments to the Colonel and a tender of my sympathies and services if he desired them. He returned his thanks and requested
me to call upon him which I did and received from him a full statement of the case as it then stood. I assured him there was but one
charge against him which he need fear, but that one being acknowledged by him was fatal as the law
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settled it, but inasmuch as the violation of law was technical only and as the Government and not himself had been the beneficiary,
and that the use of the money received was for the purpose of defraying some of the necessary expensed of recruiting and that he
had so announced when receiving it, he should show that and then throw himself upon the mercy of the President there being but
one course open to the Court. He followed my advise and was ultimately restored to his Command but not without a fight for it.
Before the papers reached the President, the Asst. Adj. General at Washington had copied the finding and sentence of the Court,
and as an act of friendship and in compliance with Col. Graham’s request forwarded it to him, under seal, through the regular
Military channels. When it reached Regimental Head Quarters Lt. Col. Murray opened the letter, or caused it to be opened, made or
caused to be made a copy thereof and with it proceeded to Albany and obtained a Commission as Colonel, upon which he was
mustered. Others were promoted to fill vacancies this appearing to be made. When the matter was referred to me I denied the
validity of the promotions on the ground that
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no vacancy had occurred whereas Lt. Col. Murray could have mustered s Colonel and therefore his muster was illegal and void. Col.
Murray called me to account for my opinions. I told him plainly that I did not and could not recognize him as Colonel and I gave my
reasons, told him we could not have two Colonels and as yet Samuel Graham was our Colonel, notwithstanding his Commission &
Muster. Then he grew angry and threatened me with Court Martial for impudence to my Superior Officer. When I became indignant,
invited him to proceed in that direction as quick as he pleased, turned on my heel after bidding him good day and left him. The
papers of Col. Graham finally came, “findings approved as in accordance with evidence, sentence confirmed as in accordance with
law, but in consideration of the fact the accused made no attempt to appropriate the money received (for appointment of suiter) but
used it to defray expense of recruiting, and for the benefit of the Government, the sentence if hereby revoked. Signed A. Lincoln.
There it was, plain as day, the same stroke of the pan that approved and confirmed, revoked. There had not been one instant of
vacancy. Yet Brig. Gen Morris
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Com’d’g Brigade and Don -----, Chief of Department Staff, held that Col. Graham was a Colonel in the United Stated Military Service
but not a Colonel in the Fifth Regiment M. Y. Vol. Artillery. He refused to permit Col. Graham to assume command of his regiment,
and Lt. Col. Murray called out a company (C) of troops to escort him off the grounds. This action I denounced as arbitrary
insubordination, and said if I was Col. Graham I would have my rights or I would know the reason why, and advised Col. Graham
since he had the Brig. Commander and Department Chief of Staff (Commander was absent) against him, he should appeal to the
Washington Authorities to issue a Special Order placing him in command, first stating the situation fairly and fully. He did so and the
order came. Lt. Col. Murray was ordered to assume his position as Lt. leave his muster as Col. being void for want of a vacancy.
That was my position exactly. Col. Graham assumed command and the conspirators set themselves to work to concoct fresh
charges and in about three weeks, they had again procured his arrest and he was tried. He disproved the charge but was still held in
arrest while Lt. Col. Murray worked his little games to get rid
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of the active friends of Col. Graham and make himself as solid as possible. He hit upon a plan. An examining committee would be
just the thing if he could only get one rightly constituted. Of course he could since he had the sympathy of the appointing ------. A
committee of three was appointed. Col. Peter A. Porter, of the Eighth N. Y. Heave Art’y was President of the Board. He was a
gentleman a scholar and brave soldier. The other two members were detailed from new regiments recently arrived and proved to be
born companions of Lt. Col. Murray. I was ordered before that board, together with others. I looked into the matter and had no
difficulty in deciding what it meant for me and some others. I was the chief offender. I had refused to acknowledge his promotion. I
had counselled (sp.) and advised Col. Graham and had been sustained in opinion by high authority. t meant me plainly, go home,
discharged as incompetent. I could read it as plainly as though it were printed on a card. I reported to Col. Porter, told him I should
not obey that order and told him why. He asked me a few questions, said I could pass and need fear no board. Told him it would
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not be a question of merit. The mater was already decided. He had but one vote, two against one would win every time. He said if
matters were as I said he did not blame me for doing what I proposed. I sent in my resignation, assigning as a reason that I was
unwilling to go before a board organized in the interest and at the instigation of an avowed enemy who was anxious to get me out of
the regiment and not particular as to the means used. That resignation was detained at Regimental Head Quarters for some 3 days.
Col. Graham hearing of it sent for me and besought me to recall it saying he would soon be in command of the Regiment and did
not want all his best Officers and warmest friends to leave him. I at first refused but finally consented to withdraw the resignation
which I attempted to do the next morning, when the Adjutant was mounted and sent with the document to Department Head
Quarters, got the same accepted and on his return net an orderly with the withdrawal letter on his was to Head Quarters. The order
of discharge recited that my resignation was accepted “on the ground of confessed incompetency (sp.).” As I had made no such
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confession, and did not fell disposed to let the matter rest there. I obtained form my Captain a certificate of my efficiency, another
from my Colonel and also one from Major Urban, each of whom certified in the most emphatic manner of my competency and
general efficiency.
Armed with these and my “discharge” I proceeded to Washington, and laid them before the Adjutant General together with my
original draft of resignation with all its erasures, interlineations and corrections, and a statement of the situation of affairs in the
regiment. The General told me he was aware of the trouble in the regiment and thought he understood it. He would take the papers,
investigate the matter and notify me of the result. I told him I only asked that justice be done and if I had been so stupid as to
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“confess incompetency (sp.)” where none existed to let it stand as it was, if not, to correct the record. He took my address and in
about 3 weeks I received an order revoking the original “acceptance” and granting me an honorable discharge. This, remember,
after an investigation and comparison with original resignation, with no outside influences. I left him entirely to
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himself and the records. I stood vindicated. A little later, I was further vindicated. The other Officers went before the board confident
of their ability to pass with one exception and he told me he could not answer a single question yet he passed and was the only one
who did. He was ordered there as a blind and I told him so. He had not been active in his support Col. Graham, hence had not the
incurred the enmity of Lt. Col. Murray. The other Officers who went before the board were discharged for “incompetency (sp.).” Lt.
Toplangi (?), one of the “incompetents” a week or two later went before a board of Regular Officers at Washington and was passed
for Major. I stood fully vindicated and justified in the course I had pursued.
I have stated a few of the facts that you may know why I was not mustered at the organization, that I was then sold out, and also
that you may know why after being mustered I so soon left the regiment. You are at liberty to make such use of this “Statement” as
in your judgment may seem proper.
Respectfully submitted
(signed) Calvin Shaffer
Hon. Cha. F. Tracy
Washington, D.C.
Albany Feb’y 18th 1890
Shaffer letter No. 2
(handwritten in pencil)
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My commission as 1st Let. 5th Regt. H’y Arty., N.Y. Vols. was dated Aug. 9th 1862 with rank from July 31st 1862. I was assigned to
Co B of said Regiment where I had been elected as Lieutenant in February of the same year. I performed the duties of First Let. on
recruiting service from on or about Jan’y 9th 1862 to Aug. 9th 1862, with Head Quarters at the City of New York, sending men to Co
B of said regiment at intervals. I kept with me on such service, as assistants after their enlistment several men whom I had recruited
and who were accounted for as members of said company, the papers having been turned over to the Captain of said company
though they do not appear to have been accounted for on the Company rolls until July 31st 1862 when they were present with their
company and were mustered for pay. I having brought them on from New York, reaching
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the regimental Camp at Fort Marshal, Baltimore Md. on that day in time for Muster. The company had its full compliment of men
enlisted prior to July 31st and the company morning report should have shown it and would have done so had the men who were
assisting me on recruiting service been properly accounted for on said reports as the enlistment papers were in the possession of
Captain Elias Combs then comd’g Co. prior to Aug 9th 1862, and information of their enlistment by me had been conveyed to him
prior to August 1st 1862. All the men I recruited were assigned to said Co B, for which they had been recruited. I recruited no men
for any other Company then Co B prior to Aug 31st 1862.
Shaffer letter No. 3
(handwritten in pencil)
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On or about Jan 9th 1862
I was authorized by Col. Samuel Graham to recruit men for Co B of the organization then known as the 2nd N.Y. H’vy Art which on
muster into the US Service became the 5th Reg H’vy Arty N.Y. Vols, was elected by the men of said Co as 2nd Lt. 1st St. & Capt
respectively giving way to others on the three first for reasons satisfactory and accepting Senior Second, Feby 1862, at the time
suposing (sp.) all the Lieutenants would be mustered on organization of the Regiment on minimum numbers of men to the company.
Albert L. Munson was elected Jr 1st at same company election. On March 6th 1862 the Field and Staff Officers together with a
Captain, First and one Second Lieutenant to each Co were mustered into the U.S. Service. I was at the time at the camp assigned
to its command for the 24 hours ending at 9 AM March 6th 1862. On presenting my papers for muster I learned to my surprise that
but two Lieutenants could be mustered to the company and that the said Munson had been mustered in my absence on duty, in the
position to which I had been elected. I had recruited than half the men of the company which the Muster Rolls of the company will
show in part. Mr Munson is accredited with one man only and he came to the Office of the Captain should have received the credit
for the man. Mr Munson was mustered into the Office to which I had been elected and was entitled. It was the result of a cash
transaction between said Munson and Captain Elias Combs, the consideration being $200, nearly half of which had already been
paid said Albert L. Munson himself being my informant as to these facts. On being informed of the facts in the case and on my
proposition to continue recruiting and filling up the company to its maximum number of men provided I could be protected, Col
Samuel Graham gave me
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positive assurance that I should not be sold out again but that he himself would see that I should receive what I was so clearly
entitled to as soon as the required number of men was recruited and assured me that I should have a First Lieutenant on the 9th of
Aug 1862. The company having then its full compliment of men. In fact the men had been enlisted prior to July 31st 1862, and the
papers turned over to the Captain and should have been accounted for in his reports as the men were retained to assist me on
recruiting service and relieved from that duty and by myself delivered over in their proper persons together with men for other
companies some as altogether then stationed at Fort Marshal, Baltimore Md. on August 31st 1862 when I served faithfully as such
First Lieutenant.
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Shaffer letter No. 4
(handwritten in pencil)
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On or about Jan’y 20th I united with the Military organization then known as the 2nd New York Heavy Artillery recruiting for the US
Military Service Samuel Graham Com’dg and was immediately placed upon recruiting service with the understanding that on the
completion of the Regiment I was to be mustered as a First Lieut as we then supposed the four Lieutenants would be mustered on
the company having the minimum number of men as the 4th Art’y and other Regiments had done who had preceded us. The
Officers were finally mustered in the United States Military Service as the 5th Regt N.Y. Vol. Artillery (Heavy) on or about ------ 1862
while deponent was in command of camp in City of Brooklyn. On being relieved deponent proceeded at once to Head Quarters of
Col Geo Bliss Jr then in charge of Vol recruiting service NY Vols and on presentation of papers was surprised to learn that he could
not be mustered as the Co was not filled to the maximum number required by law. Up to this time I had recruited about 40 men for
the organization most of whom were passed to the credit of the Captain and they so appear upon the records of the company. Still
resolved to enter the service deponent resumed recruiting and on or about July 7th 1862, the Co then having the maximum number
of men as certified by the Capt and also Col Samuel Graham, I proceeded to Albany and on the 9th of said month was
commissioned by the Gov E D Morgan and
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duly mustered on the same day by Major Sprague USA as a First Lt 5th Regt Hvy Art’y NYS Vols. Deponent further says that said
Jan’y 20th until Aug. 9th he served faithfully and with the full determination and expectation of entering the US Military Service for
the period of three years and in pursuance thereof was mustered as aforesaid at the earliest opportunity. Deponent further says that
from said 20th Jan’y to and including the 8th day of Aug 1862 he received no pay from the Government nor any other source that he
used his own private funds freely for the benefit of the service a small portion of which only was returned to him.
Deponent further says that he served faithfully with his Regiment until on or about April 13 1863 when owing to malicious
persecution on the part of Lt. Col Edward Murray then in temporary command of the Regt he was constrained to resign his official
position and returned home. That on or about May 20th he received from the Adgt. NY State authority to recruit for the 12th Arty
which being mustered in and consolidated with the 2 Battalions then organizing as a Regiment subsequently known as the 15th
Regt Hvy Arty NY Vols whereupon deponent received renewed authority to recruit for said Regt and a Captaincy therein that he
continued to so recruit having recruited about 50 men when he was mustered into the U.S. Military Service as Captain of F Co 15th
Regt Hvy Art’y on or about Dec 3rd 1863, and served
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therein faithfully until the close of the war being mustered out on or about Aug 20th 1865 and discharged with his regiment at New
York City on or about Sept 1st 1865., that deponent received a commission as Major to rank from June 2 1865 but was not
mustered thereon but performed the duties of that rank in addition to his duties as Captain during said time that during the Summer
& Fall of 1864 he commanded the Artillery Reserve A.P. and had charge of the ammunition train A.P. in addition to his duties as
Captain of his said Co. That from said May 20th to& including Dec 2nd Deponent has received no pay for his services and but a
small portion of his disbursements in the interests of the service has been returned to him. That deponent has submitted his claim to
the Pay Master Generals Department but while acknowledging the justice of the claim rejected it for lack of authority in law.
Deponent therefore respectfully but earnestly prays the Congress of the United States for relief and that a law may be passed
authorizing the payment of his just claims of pay allowance as 1st Lieut of 5th Regt Hvy Art’y NYS Vols from Jan’y 20th 1862 to Aug
8th 1862 both inclusive. As Capt. 15th Regt Hvy Art’y NY Vols. from May 20th 1863 to Dec 2nd both inclusive.
(signed) Calvin Shaffer
Shaffer letter No. 5
(typewritten carbon copy)
Note: See “Shaffer letter No. 3”
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State of New York, County of Albany
In the matter of the claim of Calvin Shaffer, 15th Reg’t, New York Artillery Vols..
On this 7th day of Dec., 1894, personally appeared before me a Notary Public, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Calvin
Shaffer, whose Post Office address is Western Ave. near Allen St., Albany, N.Y., well known to me to be reputable and entitled to
credit, and who being duly sworn, declares in relation to his aforesaid pending claim as follows:
On or about January 9th, 1862, I was authorized by Col. Samuel Graham and Capt. Elias Combs, to recuit (sp) men for Co. B of the
organization then known as the 2nd Reg’t Heavy Artillery N.Y. Volunteers, which subsequently and on muster into the U.S.Service
became the 5th Regiment Heavy Artillery, N.Y. Volunteers. I was elected by the men of said company Captain, Senior 1st Lieut.
Junior 1st and Senior 2nd Lieutenants respectively, having for satisfactory reasons declined the three first and accepted the last,
yeilding (sp.) the former to others. I had no doubt at the time by all four lieutenants would be mustered into the U.S.Service, on the
Organization showing the minimum number of men for company organization. Albert L. Munson was elected as Junior 2nd
Lieutenant, at the same election, which occurred sometime during February 1862. I do not remember the exact date. On March 6th,
1862 the Field and Staff Officers, together with the Captain and first Lieutenant and one second Lieutenant to each company were
mustered into the U.S.Service, which completed the Organization with the minimum number of men and it was thereafter known as
the 5th Regiment
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Heavy Artillery, N.Y Volunteers. I was at the time of such muster at the camp having been detailed as commandant thereof on
March 5th for the 24 hours ending March 6th at 9 o’clock A.M.. On presenting myself for muster after having been relieved from
camp duty, I was surprised to learn that but two Lieutenants could be mustered to the company on minimum number of men, and
that I could not be mustered because the said Munson had been mustered into the place to which I has been elected. I had recuited
(sp.) more than half the number of men in the company which the rolls show only in part as I had accredited my first men to Capt.
Elias Combs. Mr. Munson is accredited with but one man and he should properly have accredited to Capt. Combs as he came to his
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office in response to his advertisement. Said Munson has the position to which I had been elected and was clearly entitled, by not
only election, but by services actually and faithfully rendered. It was the result of a cash transaction between the said Munson and
Capt. Elias Combs, the consideration being two hundred dollars, nearly half of which had already been paid, the said Munson
himself being my informant as to the facts and not denied by Capt. Combs when charged therewith. On being informed of the facts
in the case and n my proposition to fill the company to its maximum number of men provided I could be protected against a
repetition of the bargain and sale, Col. Samuel Graham gave me positive assurance that I should receive that which I was already
so clearly entitled to, and that as soon as the required number of men was recuited (sp.) I should be commissioned and mustered as
a First Lieutenant. When I had but nine men to get to
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complete the number, Captain Combs attempted to repeat his formet (sp.) tactics, his negotiations were overheard by Lieut. George
P. Mott, who afterwards became Captain, and reported to me. I in return charged the Captain with his faced him with the proof, thus
compelling an acknowledgement when I reported to the Colonel, who nobly redeemed his promise, and at his request, on a
certificate from the Captain later on, that the requisite number of men were enlisted and were present or properly accounted for, I
was commissioned and mustered as a first Lieutenant in said Company B, of said Regiment, where I served faithfully until I resigned
and took service in another regiment as Captain, where I served faithfully to the close of the war. Co B of the 5th Regiment had its
full complement of men prior to July 31st, 1862 and the company reports should have shown it as the enlistment papers had been
forwarded to the Captain though some of the men had been detailed to assist me on recuiting (sp.) service with the knowledge and
consent of both Captain Combs and Col. Graham. I brought the men with me into camp on Sunday morning about 11 A.M. at Fort
Marshall, Baltimore, Md. and turned them over with other (lined through) men for other companies, about 40 in all, if my memory
served me right, to the adjutant, who in turn sent them to the companies for which they had enlisted. Date of arrival, Aug. 31, 1862.
Calvin Shaffer.
Sworn to, and subscribed before me this 7th day of Dec. A.D. 1894
C. H. Zeilman, Notary Public.
Shaffer letter No. 6
(typewritten carbon copy)
Note: See handwritten “Shaffer letter No. 4”)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress Assembled,
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, directed o pay to Calvin Shaffer, of the City and County of Albany, State of
New York, late a First Lieutenant, B Co, 5th Regiment, Heavy Artillery, New York Volunteers, the pay and allowance of a First
Lieutenant of the Fifth Regiment, Heavy Artillery, New York Volunteers, from the 8th day of January, 1862, to and including the 8th
day of August, 1862. Also the pay and allowance as Captain of 15th Regiment, Heavy Artillery, New York Volunteers, from May 22,
1862 to Dec. 2, 1863. the same as allowed all Volunteer Officers at those dates, the same being for faithful official services rendered
to the United States before muster.
Shaffer letter No. 7
(typewritten carbon copy)
(Copy)
General Head-quarters, Stat of New York, Adjutant General’s Office,
Special Order Albany, May 22, 1863.
No. 3468.
Calvin Shaffer having furnished satisfactory evidence of his fitness for a company officer, is hereby authorized to enroll volunteers to
serve in the Army of the United States for three years or during the war to be attached to the 13th Regiment of Artillery N.Y. Vol’s.
This authorization is granted on the express condition that such enrollment shall be, in all respects, in conformity with the provision
of General Order No. 110, War Department Series of 1863 and General order No. 20 from this Department, dated May 6, 1863,
together with such other orders and regulations as have been or may be established. When one half a company has been mustered
into service, the first Lieutenant thereof can be mustered in, and when the organization of the company is completed the Captain
and Second Lieutenant can be mustered in.
By order of the Cammander (sp.)-in-chief,
(signed)
L.S. A.A. Adjutant General.
The foregoing is a true copy of record in the office of the Adj. General, S.N.Y
Albany, Feb. 3, 1890 Col. and A.A.A.
Shaffer letter No. 8
(typewritten carbon copy)
(Copy)
General Head-quarters, Stat of New York, Adjutant General’s Office,
Special Order Albany, June 11, 1863.
No. 3637.
Calvin Shaffer having furnished satisfactory evidence of his fitness for a company officer, is hereby authorized to enroll volunteers to
serve in the Army of the United States for three years or during the war to be attached to the 12th Regiment of Artillery N.Y.Vol’s.
This authorization is granted on the express condition that such enrollment shall be, in all respects, in conformity with the provision
of General Order No. 110, War Department Series of 1863 and General order No. 20 from this Department, dated May 6, 1863,
together with such other orders and regulations as have been or may be established. When one half a company has been mustered
into service, the first Lieutenant thereof can be mustered in, and when the organization of the company is completed the Captain
and Second Lieutenant can be mustered in.
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By order of the Commander-in-chief,
(signed) J. B. Stonehouse,
L.S. A.A. Adjutant General.
The foregoing is a true copy of record in the office of the Adj. General, S.N.Y.
Albany, Feb. 3, 1890. Col. and A.A.A. General
Shaffer letter No. 9
(typewritten carbon copy) (Copy)
General Head-quarters, State of New York, Adjutant General’s Office,
Special Order Albany, July 3, 1863.
No. 3835.
Calvin Shaffer having furnished satisfactory evidence of his fitness for a company officer, is hereby authorized to enroll volunteers to
serve in the Army of the United States for three years or during the war to be attached to the 15th Regiment of Artillery N.Y. Vol’s.
This authorization is granted on the express condition that such enrollment shall be, in all respects, in conformity with the provision
of General Order No. 110, War Department Series of 1863 and General order No. 20 from this Department, dated May 6, 1863,
together with such other orders and regulations as have been or may be established. When one half a company has been mustered
into service, the first Lieutenant thereof can be mustered in, and when the organization of the company is completed the Captain
and Second Lieutenant can be mustered in.
By order of the Commander-in-chief,
(signed) J. B. Stonehouse,
L.S. A.A. Adjutant General.
The foregoing is a true copy of record in the office of the Adj. General, S.N.Y
Albany, Feb. 3, 1890. Col. and A.A.A. General
Shaffer letter No. 10
(handwritten in ink)
Mailed affidavit in application for travel pay June 25th 1894 at Let. 5th He’y Arty NYV.
(signed) Calvin Shaffer
Shaffer letter No. 11
(typewritten carbon copy on letterhead of William W. Durbin)
Special attention given to Travel Pay, Arrears of Pay, Bounty and All Other Claims before the Department at Washington.
Always enclose stamp for reply.
- LAW OFFICE OF –
WILLIAM W. DURBIN
(LATE EXAMINER OF CLAIMS, WASHINGTON, D.C.)
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Kenton, Ohio, Sept. 29, 1894.
Calvin Shaffer, Esq.,
#487 Western Avenue, Albany, New York.
Dear Sir:I inclose (sp.) herewith an affidavit in your travel-pay claim which please execute and return to me as soon as possible.
Yours truly,
(signed) W.W. Durbin
(Dictated)
Shaffer letter No. 12
(typewritten carbon copy on letterhead of William W. Durbin)
Special attention given to Travel Pay, Arrears of Pay, Bounty and All Other Claims before the Department at Washington.
Always enclose stamp for reply.
- LAW OFFICE OF –
WILLIAM W. DURBIN
(LATE EXAMINER OF CLAIMS, WASHINGTON, D.C.)
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Kenton, Ohio, Dec. 7th 1895.
Calvin Shaffer,
No.487 Western Avenue,
Albany, New York.
Dear Sir:-
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I am in receipt of a letter from the Department enclosing duplicate receipts to be signed by you in your claim, both of which you will
please sign opposite the cross marks made with pencil, and in the presence of two witnesses, who write, and then return the same
to me as soon as possible. The claim is now in process of settlement, and when settled, the Department will insert the amount found
due you in the top space, which you will please leave blank. They are sent out now so that they can be signed and returned by the
time the claim is settled, so there may be no delay in the payment of the claim.
The Department also requires your discharge order from the 15th New York Heavy Artillery, or, if lost, your statement of that fact
over your own signature.
If you employed two private servants other than enlisted men from June 11th, to September 2nd, 1865, please execute and return
the inclosed (sp.) affidavit relative to same.
Yours truly,
(signed) W.W. Durbin
(Dictated)
Shaffer letter No. 13
(typewritten carbon copy on letterhead of William W. Durbin)
Special attention given to Travel Pay, Arrears of Pay, Bounty and All Other Claims before the Department at Washington.
Always enclose stamp for reply.
- LAW OFFICE OF –
WILLIAM W. DURBIN
(LATE EXAMINER OF CLAIMS, WASHINGTON, D.C.)
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Kenton, Ohio, Dec. 20th, 1895.
Calvin Shaffer, Esq.,
No. 487 Western Avenue, Albany, New York.
Dear Sir:I am in receipt of your letter refusing to sign the duplicate receipts for the reason as you state that I have no concern with your claim.
In answer to this you are informed that under the present rulings of the Department whenever a claim and power of attorney is filed,
it makes no difference for what the power of attorney is, the attorney is nevertheless recognized as attorney in the whole claim, and
it is under this ruling that I have been recognized and I hope you will sign the receipts and send them on, as you undoubtedly wish
to receive the money due you. If you have any doubts as to whether I am recognized as your attorney, you are at liberty to write to
the Department and they will inform you as to whether I am, or not.
Please send me the receipts, and also if you employed two private servants other than enlisted men from June 11th, to September
2nd, 1865, execute and return the affidavit which I sent you relative to same.
I hope to hear from you by return mail.
Yours truly,
(signed) W.W. Durbin
(Dictated)
Shaffer letter No.14
(typewritten carbon copy on letterhead of W. A. Redmond)
W. A. REDMOND
ATTORNEY AT LAW
McGILL BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D. C.
Capt. Calvin Shaffer, May 20, 08
Albany, N. Y.
My dear Sir:
As I believe there is money due you under the Act of March 4, 1907, on account of your service in the Army, I enclose a declaration
for you to make claim for the same. Please sign the declaration and return it to me, with one of the fee agreements, and I will give
the case immediate attention.
As you will observe from the enclosed fee agreement, you pay no fee until you receive the check in payment of the claim, when you
remit the fee stipulated therein, being 25 per cent. of the sum recovered. I enclose the names of a few clients for whom I have
prosecuted similar claims.
Hoping to hear from you at an early date, I am,
Yours truly,
Dictated. (signed) W A Redmond
Shaner, Adam, x, Downsville, 464
Shankland. R. W (Hooker). Jr., (Quartermaster) 5th Cavalry, Ellicottville, 307
b. 1 Oct 1813; d. 1 Nov 1889
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http://www.thejeffersoninn.com/innhistory01.htm
When Robert Shankland was 21 years old in 1835 he came to Ellicottville and
purchased The Republican a weekly newspaper for $200. The newspaper then called
the Cattaraugus Republican was a source of state and national news and given that
the area was sparsely settled, and mail poor it was an important source of news.
Robert was active in the democratic party at all levels serving in various capacities
including Supervisor of Ellicottville.
Robert had one son, Robert who lived and worked in this area and with his second
wife he had three children. Palmer was the editor of the Jamestown newspaper,
Rachel (McVean) resided in Michigan. Eliza never married and lived next door in a
house built on the property and deeded to her in December, 1886. Eliza Shankland
was evidently a painter of some ability.
Robert's obituary dated November 6, 1889 stated "He died in the old home where he
had lived continuously for the past 54 years."
Sally Maria Hooker (Jonathan,6 Joseph,5 Joseph,4 John,3 Samuel,2 Thomas1),
daughter of Jonathan and Cynthia (Cоe) Hooker, b. 1816; m. August, 1837, Robert
Shankland of Ellicotville, NY. He was an Editor and Surrogate of Cattaraugus County,
N. Y. She died Sept. 3, 1844.
CHILDREN:
i. Robert Hooker,
b. 1838, at Ellicotville, N. Y.
ii. Maria Louisa,
b. 1840, at Ellicotville, N. Y.
He married 2 Julia Huggins, b. 1824, d. 1853.
http://www.paintedhills.org/CATTARAUGUS/Ellicottville1879Bios/Ellicottville1879Hist.htm
Robert H. Shankland settled in the village early in 1835. In the spring of that year, soon after his arrival, he purchased the
Ellicottville Republican, which (with change of name to that of Cattaraugus Republican) continued under his management for twenty
years. Soon after his sale of this journal. In 1855, he commenced the publication of the American Union, of which, under the name
of the Cattaraugus Union, his is still the editor.
Mr. SHANKLAND is a native of Cooperstown, Otsego County, and a practical printer. He passed an apprenticeship in the office of
the Freeman’s Journal at Cooperstown, under the proprietorship of Col. John H. PRENTICE and Col. Wm. H. STONE. Afterwards
he was employed in the offices of HARPER & BROTHERS and of the Courier and Enquirer in New York. During these and other
engagements in the city, he became intimate with many whose names afterwards became famous; among whom were the four
brothers HARPER,-- James, John, Wesley, and Fletcher, –Maj. M. M. NOAH, James Gordon BENNETT, James Watson WEBB,
and Horace GREELEY. With the last named, he was most intimate. They stood together as journeymen at the case; and when in
the last year of his life, the great editor had received the nomination for the first office in the people’s gift, he wrote in this wise to his
old friend at Ellicottville:
“N.Y. Tribune, NY, July 23, 1872.
“My old Friend, – I thank you for yours of the 20th instant at hand.
“If you and I ever come together again, let us stick a few lines of type, side by side, in memory of Auld Lang Syne.
“I hope my letter of acceptance, which appears tomorrow, will please you.
“Yours,
“Horace Greeley.
“Robt. H. Shankland. Esq.,
“Ed. Union, Ellicottville.”
http://www.paintedhills.org/CATTARAUGUS/Ellicottville1879Bios/Ellicottville1879Hist.htm
ROBERT H. SHANKLAND
One of the oldest living printers and newspaper publishers in western New York, and possibly in the State, is he whose name heads
this notice. He was an associate of the late Horace GREELEY, of Cornelius WENDELL, afterwards congressional printer at
Washington, of Edwin CROSSWELL, State printer at Albany, and others well known in the field of literature and journalism.
Robert H. SHANKLAND, son of Thomas and Rachel SHANKLAND, was born at Cooperstown, Otsego, NY, 1 Oct 1813. His father
was taken prisoner by the Indians at the burning of Cherry Valley, and kept in captivity for two years, when he was bought by a
British officer for two Indian blankets. Robert received a common-school education, and in the year 1827, apprenticed himself to the
printing business in the office of the Freeman’s Journal, at Cooperstown, then edited by Col. John H. PRENTISS. Two years later,
he went to New York City, where he clerked in a dry goods store for a short time, but this being not to his taste, he shipped as a
sailor to the East Indies. After being out nine days, the vessel was driven back in distress; an experience which ended his career as
a seaman. He next entered the book-printing establishment of J. & J. HARPER, New York (since and long known as HARPER
Bros.), and there finished his apprenticeship to the “art preservative.” Subsequently, he was employed as a journeyman printer in
the office of the Courier and Inquirer, of which Jas. Gordon BENNETT was city editor, and James Watson WEBB managing editor;
also in the Methodist Book Concern and in WEST’s office in Chatham Street, working side by side with Horace GREELEY, both
being engaged as compositors on a work by Professor BUSH.
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He left New York City and returned to Cooperstown, assuming the foremanship of the Journal office, which he retained until he
came to Cattaraugus County in April 1835. He located at Ellicottville, where he bought the office of the Republican, and issued his
first number May 1, 1835. He continued its publication until 1854 when he sold the establishment and purchased The Union office,
of which he has since been the proprietor, editing and publishing the Cattaraugus County Union without interregnum, down to the
present time.
Col. SHANKLAND has been honored with many offices of honor and trust. He has served as supervisor of his town, and was
surrogate of the county for nine years. He was a presidential elector in 1844, being the youngest member of the electoral college.
He held the position of State agent for the Onondaga Indians in New York, and for two years officiated as United States Indian agent
during the administration of President POLK. He has always affiliated and acted with the Democratic party of which his paper is the
recognized organ in Cattaraugus County.
Connected as he has been for nearly a half century with the press of this county, it is eminently fitting that the portrait and life sketch
of this veteran printer, editor, and publisher should have a place in these pages; and now at the age of sixty-five, he is still to be
found at his post performing as of yore the varied duties connected with his business, with a constitution hale and hearty, and
promising many years of future usefulness.
.Sharp, William, x, Waverly, 407
Sharpp, Stephen, 110th Vols, Onondaga, 802
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyononda/FAMILY/sharp.pdf
Stephen Sharp was born May 8, 1845, in Oswego County, New York. According to the June 1890 United States Military Census,
Stephen Sharp was a Private in the 110th NY Infantry in the Civil War and was mustered in August 6, 1863 and out September 1,
1865. In 1890, Stephen is listed as living in Dewitt, New York, Onondaga County, however his post office address is listed as being
East Syracuse, New York, Onondaga County. There are no disabilities listed, nor any additional comments recorded on this
document. Stephen Sharp married (?) March 24, 1874, and died December 4, 1910.
< Shaw, A. Percival, (1st Lieut.) 5th Penn. Res, Union, 95
Promoted to 1st Lt., July 1, 1862; discharged April 30, 1864
Member of Union Lodge No. 108, F&AM, Towanda, Bradford Co.,
PA, 30 Aug 1865 to 22 Dec 1875.
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Shaw, John, x, Alcyone, 695
Shaw, Pat, x, Cherry Creek. 384
Sheapard, J.,11th Battery Light Artillery, St. John's, 22
Shedd, Geo. N., (Lieut.) 3d Ohio Vols and 69th Ohio Vols, Cattaraugus, 239
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George SHEDD, son of John D., was born in Jamestown, NY, Feb. 19, 1836. April 22, 1861, he enlisted in Co. F, 3d Ohio Vols.,
while on a visit in Hamilton, Ohio, and was discharged at the expiration of his three months' term of enlistment. Sept. 4, 1861, he
enlisted as sergeant in Co. F, 69th Ohio Vols., and in the battle of Stone River at Murfreesboro, Tenn., Jan. 2, 1863, he received a
severe wound from a six-pound solid shot, which carried away the upper part of his right shoulder. He was discharged for disability
Sept. 13, 1863. Nov. 5, 1863, he received the commission of lieutenant-colonel of Ohio State Militia and was assigned to duty on
the borders of Ohio and Kentucky, where his regiment did duty, and where he served out his term of five years, being mustered out
of service near the close of the year 1867.
Colonel SHEDD returned to Hamilton and served on the police force until the spring of 1870, when he removed to his native town
and resumed the trade of harness making, which he had commenced before he entered the army. Two years later he removed to
Randolph, where he prosecuted his trade eight years, serving two years of the time on the police force. Jan. 1, 1882, he settled in
Salamanca, where he is engaged in harness manufacturing. Two brothers of Colonel SHEDD were soldiers in Co. D, 35th Ohio
Vols., and both died of wounds. Sept. 13, 1862, he married Mary E. CARR, of Hamilton, Ohio. Their only son, Albert, born
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March 27, 1864, enlisted in the regular army in Sept. 1886, has served a term of five years in the 5th United States Regulars, and
ten days after his discharge he re-enlisted for five years more. He was stationed with his regiment in New Orleans.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohbutler/cyc/230.htm
An account of the conduct of Company F in the battle of Murfreesboro, 2 Jan 1863:
"The fight commenced early on Wednesday morning. Company F was ordered into the woods as a reserve to support the
skirmishers, who were hotly engaged, sometimes our boys driving the enemy to their rifle-pits. Company F behaved most gallantly,
while the tops of trees were falling and bombs bursting, grape and canister plowing through the woods, and the roar of the musketry
was dreadful. Such a sight we never witnessed before, but with all this the boys behaved splendidly and every man was at his post.
It was then that Sergeant George SHEDD was wounded with a cannon ball. He stood directly in front of the company, the ball
striking a stump close by me and glancing, striking Sergeant SHEDD on the shoulder. I supposed he was killed at the time, being
carried off the field. I am proud to say he was not, for he is a brave boy and would never turn his back to the enemy.
A number of the company distinguished themselves on that day. I had four men wounded and four missing. Sergeant SHEDD, Pat
MURPHY, James HAVENS, and John SIMMONS were wounded. S. P. MILLER, Geo. SEARGRIST, Simon WATERS, and Oscar
BRUIN were missing. I have entertained the idea that the missing were taken prisoners. I will give a short account of Friday's fight.
In the charge across Stone River Company F were in the hottest. They fought with desperation. They were in advance, or at least
the whole regiment was in advance. The enemy was on the one side of the river, and we on the other, but our boys were
determined to cross the river, which they did. Now the fight became terrible. Every time the boys pulled trigger down came a rebel,
till they could not stand the storm any longer, so off they went, throwing away guns, knapsacks, and accouterments, our boys
pressing, capturing, and killing them by hundreds. The field was strewn with the dead and dying of the enemy, but still our boys
pursued them nearly a mile, capturing one battery - the Washington Battery - said to be the best one in the service. I did not lose a
man. Company F behaved most gallantly in this dreadful fight and deserved a great deal of credit for it, and they are ready and
anxious for another fight. They are all well and in good condition. We are encamped one mile south of Murfreesboro at the present
time."
Sheldon, Adelbert, Pvt. 2nd Mass Vol. Calvary , Cuba, 300
Massachusetts Adjutant General's Office: 2nd Mass Vol. Calvary, Priv. — Res. Cuba, NY; farmer; 22; enl. Jany. 26, 1863; must.
Feb. 5, 1863; must. out July 20, 1865, Fairfax Court House, VA, as Saddler. Later listed as a Telegrapher Repairer at Cuba, NY.
The 2nd Regt. Mass. Vol. Cav. was recruited during the fall of 1862 and the winter following. The first company, "A", was raised in
California and was known as the ”California Hundred. This company was mustered in at San Francisco, Dec. 10, 1862. It arrived in
Boston, January. 3, 1863, and was assigned to the quota of Boston. The remaining companies were raised largely in Boston and
other places in the easterly part of Massachusetts. The main body of the regiment left Readville, Mass. for the seat of war May 11,
proceeding to Washington and camping near that city until July 19, during which period it was engaged in raids and scouting
expeditions in the region between Washington and the Blue Ridge.
Sheldon, Albert S., (Capt.) 1st NY Light Artillery, Seneca River, 160
SHELDON, ALBERT S,—' Age, 33 years Enlisted, August 24, 1861, at Baldwinsville; mustered in as first lieutenant. Battery B,
October 21, 1861, to serve three years; as captain, August 10, 1863; wounded, June 2, 1864, at Bethesda Church, Va.; discharged
for disability, December 16, 1864; commissioned first lieutenant, November 91, 1861, with rank from August 29, 1861, original;
captain, July 27, 1863, with rank from May 31, 1863, vice Pettit, resigned.
“Final Report on the Battlefield of Gettysburg,” page 1325.
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On July first, Battery B, including the detail from the Fourteenth, arrived at Taneytown, Md., and encamped a short distance beyond
the village. The battery, which was then in the Reserve Artillery, was under the command of Lieut. Albert S. Sheldon of B. At
evening an order was received transferring it to Hazard's Artillery Brigade of the Second Corps. The battery after marching all night
arrived at Gettysburg on the morning of the 2d, and went into position on the line of battle of the Second Corps to which it now
belonged. While awaiting the opening of the battle, Captain (James McKay) Rorty of the Fourteenth New York Battery arrived and
took command, he having been assigned to this duty that day.
Under command of Captain Rorty the battery was actively engaged on the evening of July second in repelling the advance of
Anderson's Division, of Hill's Corps. In this fighting the combined battery lost nine men in killed and wounded, and thirteen horses
disabled.
On the morning of the third, Rorty's four guns — 10 pounder Parrott's — were placed on Cemetery Ridge, next to and south of the
famous "clump (copse) of trees." The infantry of Gibbon's Division, Second Corps, were in line to the right, left, and rear. There was
but little firing during the forenoon. But at 1 P. M., the Confederates suddenly opened a cannonade from 135 guns, the greater part
of which was concentrated on the batteries of the Second Corps.
The Union artillery replied with vigor, and for over an hour 200 pieces of artillery were engaged in an appalling tumultuous conflict.
At no place was the Confederate fire more deadly and destructive than in the immediate vicinity of Rorty's guns. His command lost
more men killed than any other battery at Gettysburg. During the action Captain Rorty was killed and Lieutenant Sheldon was
wounded.
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The Confederate artillery fire having ceased, a double line of gray clad infantry, 14,000 strong, advanced to the assault. Moving
across the intervening plain in perfect order and steady movement they crossed the Emmitsburg Pike, and then rushed in a
desperate charge against the position of the Second Corps. Pushing through an opening in the line a party of Confederates reached
the guns of Battery B, but were driven back by the artillerymen, who fought with handspikes, rammers, and whatever weapons came
handy. The attack was repulsed all along the line, and Longstreet's column fell back in disorder to Seminary Ridge.
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.Sheldon, O. N., x, Randolph, 359
Shepard, Marion Elvert, x, Syracuse, 501
Carpenter; b. 9 Apr 1837, Skaneateles, NY; d. 24 Jan 1915; Raised 19 Apr 1875 in New Decatur Lodge No. 491, Alabama; Affiliated
with Syracuse Lodge No 501 on 14 Oct 1897; Mbr. No. 977
Shepherd, Oliver L., (Gen.) U. S. Infantry, Clinton, 140
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OLUDD-WfO&sig=igKYjJNfJDhjPG-JUrO38uUX_RU&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result page 538.
Shepherd, Oliver L. (Colonel and Bvt. Brig. Gen. U. 8. A.). Born in New York. Retired; app. from NY; graduated from Mil. Acad.,
class of '40. Actual rank Bvt. 2d Lieut. 4th Inf. July 1, '40; 2d Lieut 3d Inf. Oct. 2, '40; 1st Lieut. Nov. 8, '45; Capt Dec. 1, '47; Lieut
Col. 18th Inf. May 14, '61; accepted June 25, '61; Col 15th Inf. Jan. 21, '68; retired at his own request for over thirty years' service
Dec. 15, '70. Brevet Capt August 20, '47, gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco; Major Sept.
18, '47, gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Chapultepec; Col. May 17, '62, gallant and meritorious services in the siege
of Corinth, Miss; Brig. Gen. March 18, '65, gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Stone River, Tenn. Served in the Florida
war, the Military Occupation of Texas and the war with Mexico; on garrison and frontier duty, including scouting and skirmishing with
Indians, to '61; participated in the Tennessee and Mississippi campaign of '61-2. Engaged in the battles of Palo Alto, Resaca de la
Palms, National Bridge, Plan del Rio, Oka Lake, Contreras, Churubuaco, Chapultepec and capture of the city of Mexico.
Commanded a brigade of regulars in the battles of Stone River (Battle of Murfreesboro) '62-3.
At the Battle of Stone River, the brigade of United States infantry, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver L. Shepherd commanding, was on the
extreme right. On that body of brave men the shock of battle fell heaviest, and its loss was most severe. Over one third of the
command fell, killed or wounded; but it stood up to the work and bravely breasted the storm. Colonel Shepherd's regular brigade lost
five hundred men, killed and wounded.
Shepherd, Oliver L. (1818-1894) lieutenant colonel, 18th U. S. Infantry Rgmt. commanded a brigade in the Army of the Cumberland
(incorrectly identified in the article as killed)
http://www.library.ci.corpus-christi.tx.us/MexicanWar/shepherdol.htm
Military History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1836, to July 1, 1840, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army
to Bvt. Second Lieut., 4th Infantry, July 1, 1840. Second Lieut., 3d Infantry, Oct. 2, 1840.
Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Gibson, I. T., 1840-41; in the Florida War, 1841-42; in garrison at Ft. Stansbury, Fla., 1842-43, -- and
Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1843-44; on frontier duty at Ft. Jesup (Camp Wilkins, La.), (First Lieut., 3d Infantry, Nov. 3, 1845), 1844,
1845; in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; in the War with Mexico, 1846, being engaged in the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8,
1846, -- and Battle of Resaca-de-la-Palma, May 9, 1846; on Recruiting service, 1846-47; in the War with Mexico, 1847-48, being
engaged in the Skirmish at the National Bridge, Aug. 12, Plan del Rio, Aug. 15, and Ocalaca, Aug. 16, 1847, -- Battle of Contreras,
Aug. (Bvt. Captain, Aug. 20, 1847, for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct in the Battles of Contreras and Churubusco, Mex.)
19-20, 1847, -- Battle of Churubusco, Aug. 20, 1847, -- Storming of Chapultepec, Sep. 13, 1847, -- and Assault and Capture of the
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City of Mexico, (Bvt. Major, Sep. 13, 1847, for gallant and Meritorious Conduct in the Battle of Chapultepec, Mex.)
Sep. 13-14, 1847; in garrison at East Pascagoula, Miss, 1848; on frontier (Captain, 3d Infantry, Dec. 1, 1847) duty at San Antonio,
Tex., 1848-49, -- March to El Paso, 1849, -- Ft. Bliss, Tex., 1849-50, -- Dona Ana, N. M., 1850-51, -- Ft. Conrad, N. M., 1851-52, -Camp Vigilance, N. M., 1852, -- Ft. Defiance, N. M., 1853, -- on Court Martial at Ft. Fillmore, N. M., 1853-54, -- Ft. Defiance, N. M.,
1854, -- Navajo Country, 1854, -- Ft. Defiance, N. M., 1855, -- Court Martial at Ft. Bliss, 1855, -- Albuquerque, N. M., 1855-56, -Scouting, 1856, against the Apache Indians, being engaged in a Skirmish on the Sierra del Almagre, N. M., Mar., 1856, -- Ft.
Defiance, N. M., 1856-57, -- Albuquerque, N. M., 1857, -- Gila Expedition, 1857, being engaged in a Skirmish at the Canon de los
Muertos Carneros, N. M., against Mogollon Indians, May 24, 1857, -- Ft. Defiance, N. M., 1858-59, -- Navajo Expedition, 1859, -- Ft.
Defiance, N. M., 1859, -- Scouting, 1859, -- Ft. Defiance, N. M., 1859-60, being engaged in its defense against Navajo Indians, Apr.
30, 1860, -- March to Texas, 1860, -- Ft. Clark, Tex., 1860-61, -- and Ft. Duncan, Tex., 1861; en route to Indianola, and thence to
New York, 1861; and in garrison at Ft. Hamilton, N. Y., 1861.
Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861-66: in command of battalion of 3d Infantry in the defense of Washington,
D. C., May-June, 1861; on mustering duty at New York city, July (Lieut.-Colonel, 18th Infantry, May 14, 1861) to Dec., 1861; in the
Tennessee and Mississippi Campaign (Army of the Ohio), Dec., 1861, to June, 1862, being engaged in the Advance upon and
Siege of Corinth, Miss., Apr.-May, 1862, routing a Rebel camp, May 17, 1862, -- and (Bvt. Colonel, May 17, 1862, for Gallant and
Meritorious Services at the Siege of Corinth, Miss.) pursuit of the Rebels to Baldwin, Miss., May 30-31, 1862; in Major-General
Buell’s movement through Alabama and Tennessee to Louisville, Ky., July to Sep., 1862; on Court of Inquiry at Allegheny Arsenal,
Pa., Oct. to Nov., 1862; in Major-General Rosecrans’ Tennessee Campaign (Army of the Cumberland), Nov., 1862, to Apr. 17,
1863, commanding (Colonel, 15th Infantry, Jan. 21, 1863) brigade of regulars in the Battle of Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862, to Jan. 3,
1863; and as Superintendent of Regimental Recruiting Service at Ft. Adams, R. I., May 7, 1863, to Feb. 13, 1866.
Bvt. Brig.-General, Mar. 13, 1865, for Gallant and Meritorious Services at the Battle of Stone River, Ten.
Served: on leave of absence, Feb. 21 to Nov. 10, 1866; in command of regiment, headquarters Macon, Ga., Nov. 10, 1866, to Dec.
31, 1867; on leave of absence and awaiting orders, Dec. 31, 1867, to Mar. 6, 1868; in command of regiment and Sub-District of
Alabama, Mr. 6 to Aug. 12, 1868, -- and post of Marshall, Tex., Aug. 27 to Sep. 3, 1868; awaiting orders, before Sub-Judiciary
Committee of the U. S. House of Representatives, and on Court of Inquiry, 1868-69; in command of regiment, June 11 to Nov. 13,
1869; and on leave of absence to Dec. 15, 1870; and (Retired from Active Service, Dec. 15, 1870, on his own Application, After 30
Consecutive Years of Service) in confinement, undergoing sentence of Court Martial, Apr. 2, 178 to Apr. 2, 1879.
There is an extensive account of Oliver L. Shepherds attempt to obtain Brevet General rank in the book, That Body of Brave Men,
By Mark W. Johnson, page 624 op cit., excerpts of which may be found at:
http://books.google.com/books?id=xYGI_7FKo5YC&pg=PA631&lpg=PA631&dq=%22Battle+of+stone+river%22+%22shepherd%22&source=web&ots
=0TRdKY-Z46&sig=WFgnaKquSGLwudfdkm2yxPSsgOU&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result#PPA623,M1
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923&w=570
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From October of 1862 until the end of the war, Fort Adams served as the headquarters of the 15th Infantry Regiment
of the Regular Army, under the command of Colonel Oliver L. Shepherd. In this capacity the Fort Adams was used as a recruit
depot and new enlistees would report to the fort for induction into the Army, be given their uniforms and equipment and then be sent
to join the units of the regiment deployed in the south. (Mercury, October 25th, 1862.)
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The 15th was one of nine "super" regiments authorized by Congress in 1861. These regiments were much larger than the standard
regiments which had 10 companies and a total strength of about 1,000 men. The new regiments had 24 companies organized into
three eight company battalions for a total strength of about 2,400. As each battalion was almost as large as a regular regiment they
could operate independently of one another.
Sheridan, Joseph B., (Lieut.), Bunting, 655
Sherman, H. E. (sic) should be A. E., 189th NY Inf Vols, Sandy Creek, 564
Landmarks of Oswego County, NY. 1895
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyoswego/oswegocounty/famsketch1b.html
Sherman, Albert E., was born in Sandy Creek July 19, 1846, a son of Elijah, born in Little Falls, NY, who died aged thirty-seven,
and Prudence Cole, born in Marietta, Ohio, who died aged sixty-nine. Their children were: Franklin O., Hymeneus E., Sarah E.,
Albert E., Oscar G. and Julia P. Albert was educated in Sandy Creek, and was a clerk until 1864, when he enlisted in the 189th NY
Vols., Co. E, serving till the close of the war. He was present at Lee’s surrender, and was discharged at Washington and mustered
out at Elmira, NY. He clerked for a time, then went to Mannsville, where he had charge of the post-office for two years.
Returning to Sandy Creek he began working in the marble yards of Warriner & Soule, then in 1871 managed a drug store for two
years, the firm being A. E. Sherman & Co. He then bought an interest in the marble yard, and with the marble business commenced
the manufacturing of granite memorial work, which he has continued to the present time, the different firms being Wright &
Sherman; Wright, Sherman & Wart; Wright & Sherman; Sherman & Allen, and Sherman & Hollis, the present firm. They have
several salesmen on the road and ship their goods all over New York State, turning out annually about $25,000 worth, the principal
granites used being Barre and Quincy and some coming from Scotland. Mr. Sherman is a member of the G. A. R. Post No. 217, and
Sandy Creek Lodge No. 564 F. & A. M., also Pulaski Chapter. May 7, 1876, he married Frances H., daughter of Major Minot A. and
Helen (Wood) Pruyn, the former a soldier in the late war. The children of Mr. Sherman are Maude, Hattie and Nora. Maude married
Fred N. Sargent, a merchant of Sandy Creek; Hattie married Chena A. Powers a printer; and Nora is a graduate of Sandy Creek
High School, residing at home. Mr. Sherman has served as president of the village, trustee, water commissioner, and a director in
the gas company.
Sherman, Isaac N., 110th NY Inf Vols, Morning Star, 524
SHERMAN, ISAAC N. Age, 26 years. Enlisted at Syracuse, to serve one year, and mustered in as private, Co. E, September 3,
1864; mustered out with company, August 28, 1865, at Albany, N. Y.
He was a successful manufacturer of paper at Marcellus Falls, NY; Sherman Bros Paper Mills, established in 1865. Manufactured
Straw Wrapping Paper. The mill is the first on the creek below the village, and employs nine hands. In 1865 the mill was sold to
Isaac N. and Lorenzo D. Sherman. S. D. Tompkins acquired a half interest, and the capacity was doubled. Sherman Brothers
continued it successfully from about 1870 till the death of Lorenzo D. in September, 1893, since when Isaac N. was the
proprietor. The capacity was about two and a half tons of paper daily. He was also Village President 1875, 1876 and 1880 and
Trustee in 1901 and 1902.
http://petershumway.org/fam/fam01135.htm
John Sherman, b. 25 Sep 1799; d. 14 Aug 1854; m. 2 Feb 1831, m. Sally Ann Shumway, b. 20 Oct 1810, Chatham, Columbia, NY;
d. 24 Feb 1888; daughter of Isaac Shumway and Mary Evens. Sally also married Abraham Ely and Henry John Marshall
Children:
Lorenzo D. Sherman,
Mary Sherman,
Isaac N. Sherman,
Eliza Ann Sherman,
b. 14 Dec 1831; d. 13 Sep 1893
b. 25 Jan 1834; d. 1 Apr 1896
b. 12 Aug 1838
b. 25 Jun 1842; d. 5 Apr 1852
Sherwin, Alonzo, Oneida Independent Co. Cavalry, Oneida, 270
SHERWIN, ALONZO. — Age, 34 years. Enlisted, January 4, 1864, at Lenox, N. Y.; mustered in as private, Oneida Independent
Company, Cavalry, January 4, 1864, to serve three years; mustered out with company, June 13, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
Shiley, Jacob В., 4th NY Artillery, Fayette, 539
SHIRLEY, JACOB B.— Age, 24 years. Enlisted, December 28, 1863, at Fayette; mustered in as private, Co. I, December 28, 1863,
to serve three years ; mustered out, June 3, 1865, at Washington, DC; also borne as Shiley, Jacob B.
Shilson, Henry, x, Mizpah, 738
.Shirts, Morgan B., (Lieut.) US Vols, Union, 95
Shoemaker, Angus McDuffie, Capt. 7th Heavy Artillery, Mount Vernon, 3
Born 9 Apr 1844, Albany, NY; died 27 Feb 1900 ; Civil War hero and School Commissioner. Member of the Sons of the American
Revolution. Son of Jacob Shoemaker and Ellen McDuffie; married Louisa Duncan.,
SHOEMAKER, ANGUS McDUFFIE.— Age, 18 years. Enlisted, August 7, 1862, at Albany; mustered in as private, Co. E (originally
113th Infantry), August 11, 1862, to serve three years; promoted corporal, August 18, 1862; received two wounds, June 3, 1864, at
Cold Harbor, Va.; captured, June 16, 1864, at Petersburg, Va.; paroled, April 28, 1865, at Jacksonville, Fla.; promoted sergeant,
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date not stated; mustered out on individual muster-out roll, June 30, 1865, at Albany, NY; also borne as Angus M. Shoemaker.
Shoemaker, J. M., x, Dundee, 123
.Shultz, Howard H., 11th Ind. Battery, Mount Vernon, 3
Shurger, Rodney, 4th Artillery, Genoa, 421
SHUGER, RODNEY. — Transferred, as musician, from Co. I, 111th Infantry, to Co. A, this regiment, June 5, 1865; reduced, date
not stated; mustered out with company, September 26, 1865, at Washington, D. C., as Shurger, Rodney.
He died 30 Jan 1919. He married Grace L. Grazley, d. Feb 1870, daughter of Juday Gazley and Maria Gustin Maria.
Sibley, F., x, Glendale, 497
Siegelhurst, С., x, Concordia, 143
Sigler, G. С., x, Mystic Tie, 272
Sigler, H. V., x, Mystic Tie, 272
Silas, J. Loveless, 11th NY Cavalry (Scott’s 900), Cato, 141
LOVELESS, SILAS. Age, 18 years. Enlisted. January 25, 1864, at Clay; mustered in as private, Co. B, January 25, 1864, to serve
three years; transferred to Co. D, July 21, 1865; mustered out with company, September 30, 1865, at Memphis, Tenn.
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lovelace/gedcoms/ward/fam00024.htm
Silas J LOVELESS, Born: 13 Mar 1847 at Lysander, NY; Married: 9 Jan 1888 Delia VAN PATTEN, Born: 4 Sep 1856; Father:
Jonas LOVELESS; Mother: Clarissa SMITH
Children:
Jay Silas LOVELESS Born 30 Oct 1888 Cato NY
Frank V LOVELESS
Born 9 Feb 1891 Cato NY
Thara Blanche LOVELESS Born: 4 May 1895 Cato NY
Delia M LOVELESS
Born 16 Sep 1899 Cato NY
.Silvernail, Andrew J., 128th Vols, Poughkeepsie, 266
Simkins, John W., x, Social, 713
Simmonds, William A., 44th Mass. Vols, Kane, 454
Simonds, Andrew M., (Sergt.) 189th Vols, Oneida, 270
SIMONDS, ANDREW M.— Age, 36 years. Enlisted, September 1, 1864, at Lenox, to serve one year; mustered in as private, Co. E,
September 23, 1864; promoted sergeant, no date; mustered out with company, May 30, 1865, near Washington, DC; also borne as
Simons.
Simonson, John W., 20th Maine, Commonwealth, 409
Simpson. Joseph H., 2d Ohio and 7th Regt. S. M, Excelsior, 195
Sixby (Sixbey), Herman, (Lieut.) Co. E 112th NY Inf Vols, Union, 95
http://virts.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sigsbee/fam00245.htm
b. 8 Sep 1838, Montgomery Co., NY; d. 6 Feb 1921, Mayville, Chautauqua, NY; son of Rev. Charles Sixbey and Mary Ann
Sherman. Married Marianne Buck; 7 children. County clerk 1875.
SIXBY, HERMAN.— Age, 23 years. Enrolled, August 13, 1862, at Westfield, to serve three years; mustered in as sergeant, Co. E,
August 16, 1862; promoted first sergeant, October 22, 1862; mustered in as first lieutenant, March 24, 1863; wounded in action, July
30, 1864, before Petersburg, Va. ; discharged for his wounds, February 3, 1865. Commissioned first lieutenant, April 3, 1863, with
rank from December 19, 1862, vice S. R. Myrick, resigned.
The Days We Celebrate - Celebrations for Patriotic Days, by Robert Haven Schauffler
http://books.google.com/books?id=8i7XEzLJ8fYC&pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dq=%22Herman+sixby%22&source=web&ots=1GOIFRvqT&sig=EXIRqVRkByz-kfB8gffzh68kVqU&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result page 57.
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1846
Feb 1860
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln
While Lincoln is usually portrayed bearded, he first grew a beard in late 1860,
at the suggestion of 11-year-old Grace Bedell and others
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Bedell
Grace Bedell Billings (1849 – 1936) was an American woman, notable as the person who, as an eleven-year-old, influenced
Abraham Lincoln to grow his now-famous beard.
On 15 Oct 1860, a few weeks before Lincoln was elected President, Grace Bedell sent him a letter from Westfield, New York, urging
him to grow a breard to improve his appearance. Lincoln responded in a letter on 19 Oct 1860, making no promises. However,
within a month, he grew a full beard. He later met with her.
This anecdote became a popular children's story following Lincoln's assassination. A statue depicting a meeting between Lincoln
and Bedell is located in the center of the village of Westfield, at the intersection of US 20 and NY 384. Bedell later married a Union
veteran and moved to Delphos, Kansas, where she died in 1936.
Text of Grace Bedell's letter
Hon A B Lincoln... Dear Sir
My father has just home from the fair and brought home your picture and Mr. Hamlin's. I am a little girl only 11 years old, but
want you should be President of the United States very much so I hope you wont think me very bold to write to such a great man
as you are. Have you any little girls about as large as I am if so give them my love and tell her to write to me if you cannot
answer this letter. I have got 4 brothers and part of them will vote for you any way and if you let your whiskers grow I will try and
get the rest of them to vote for you. You would look a great deal better for your face is so thin. All the ladies like whiskers and
they would tease their husbands to vote for you and then you would be President. My father is going to vote for you and if I was
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a man I would vote for you to but I will try to get every one to vote for you that I can I think that rail fence around your picture
makes it look very pretty I have got a little baby sister she is nine weeks old and is just as cunning as can be. When you direct
your letter direct to Grace Bedell Westfield Chautauqua County New York.
I must not write any more answer this letter right off Good bye
Grace Bedell
Text of Lincoln's response
Springfield, Ill Oct 19, 1860
Miss Grace Bedell
My dear little Miss
Your very agreeable letter of the 15th is received - I regret the necessity of saying I have no daughters - I have three sons - one
seventeen, one nine, and one seven years of age - They, with their mother, constitute my whole family - As to the whiskers,
having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly affectation if I were to begin it now?
Your very sincere well wisher
A. Lincoln
Second Letter
Bedell wrote a second letter to Lincoln in 1864 when she was 15. She asked for Lincoln's help gaining a job with the Treasury so
that she could financially support her parents. This letter was discovered by a researcher in 2007.
Skellen, George W., 7th State Militia, Kane, 454
Skiff, James A., x, Glen Dale, 497
Skiff, Truman L., 22nd NY Inf Vols, Senate, 456
SKIFF, TRUMAN L.— Age, 25 years. Enlisted, November 5, 1862, at Glens Falls, to serve unexpired term of two years; mustered in
as private, Co. E, same date; mustered out with company, June 19, 1863, at Albany, N. Y.
.Skinner, Daniel T., x, Seneca River, 160
Skinner, James A., Quartermaster-Sgt & Lt.1st NY Artillery, Seneca River, 160
SKINNER, JAMES A.— Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 30 Sep 1861, at Baldwinsville; mustered in as private, Battery B, 1 Oct 1861, to
serve three years; appointed corporal and quartermaster-sergeant, dates not stated; mustered out, 30 Sep 1864, at camp near
Petersburg, Va.; commissioned second lieutenant, 12 Aug 1864, with rank from 1 May 1864, vice Smith, promoted ; declined.
Skinner, N. A., x, Clyde, 341
Skinner, S. W., x, Ilion, 591
.Slater, James S., x, Union, 95
Slater, N. В., x, Au Sable River, 149
Slayton, Edward M., (1st Lieut.), Port Byron, 130
Principal Sojourner, Morris Chapter No. 156, R.A.M.
http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycayuga/misc/natcartruck.html
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Rochester Democrat And Chronicle - December 15, 1897 - Page 4
"Big Car Truck Company" Largest Enterprise Ever Organized by Port Byron Capitalist- Looking For A Boom - Great Things Expected From The New Car
Truck Company Which Has Been Organized With A Capital Stock of $200,000 - CayugaOne of the largest enterprises ever organized by Port Byron capitalists has just been incorporated under the laws of New York. The
company is to be known as the Port Byron Car Truck Company and numbers among its stockholders several prominent capitalists
and substantial business men. The capital stock is $200,000, most of which is held by Port Byron men. The company is organized
for the purpose of manufacturing and selling six-wheel radial street car trucks. The truck is the invention of John P. Faye of
Binghamton. The company was organized through the efforts of Charles Thompson, a mechanical engineer of New York. John W.
Barrus is president of the new company. The vice-president is Edward M. Slayton, postmaster.
From the Auburn Citizen newspaper:
Slayton Narrowly Escaped Serious Injury and Possibly Death.
Port Byron, March 9 (1914) — E. M. Slayton narrowly escaped injury and possibly death recently. He had gone to a neighbor's for a
pail of water and, returning unconsciously stopped. As he did so about a ton of ice and snow slid from the roof of a house and fell
immediately in front of him. Had he taken a step forward he would have been buried underneath the mass. Mrs. Slayton, who
witnessed her husband's narrow escape, was overcome.
From the Cayuga Chief newspaper:
17 Jul 1915 - E. M. Slayton. who recently returned from a visit to Fairfax. Va., is seriously ill at his home. Mr. Slayton contemplates
moving his family south just as soon as his health improves.
Sleaman, John, x, Mystic Tie, 272
Sloat, Charles Watson, 94th Infantry, Watertown, 49
http://www.onlinebiographies.info/ny/jeff/sloat-cw.htm
Sloat, Charles W., was born in the village of Great Bend, Jefferson county, N. V., October 10, 1840. He acquired a liberal education
from the public schools of the towns of Pamelia and Watertown, and when the call for volunteers was issued he was among the first
to answer and enlisted in Co. H, 94th N. Y. Vols., and served his country faithfully for three years, being discharged in 1864 as first
lieutenant. After the war he returned to Watertown and purchased a planing mill, and after two years formed a co-partnership with L.
C. Greenleaf under the firm name of Sloat & Greenleaf, and has since been engaged in the lumber and milling business. Mr. Sloat
has served on the Boards of Aldermen and Education of the city and as one of the supervisors from the city on the county board. He
is a member of Watertown Lodge, F. & A. M., and of the G. A. R., of which latter organization he is past commander. He was
married in 1868 to Miss Ada L. Budlong of Clinton, N. Y.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyjeffer/cwbsloat.htm
Charles Watson Sloat
Union Soldier - Distinguished Service
Charles Watson Sloat was born October 10, 1840, the son of John Sloat and Lydia Doane and at the age of 21 enlisted in
Watertown, NY., on October 12, 1861 in the 94th New York Volunteer Infantry, Company H. for 3 years. He enlisted as a private.
Within months he was promoted to sergeant and on June 19, 1863 promoted to second lieutenant. Charles participated in the
battles of Cedar Mountain, the second battle of Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Mine Run,
Gettysburg, Cold Harbor and the assault and siege at Petersburg. He was captured at Gettysburg for a short time then released and
continued to fight until his discharge on December 18, 1864. He returned to Watertown, NY, and lived there until his death, August
23, 1924. Burial was in Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, NY.
The Watertown Daily Times Tuesday, May 27, 1913
HIS MEMORIES Of GETTYSBURG - ONE SOLDIERS EXPERIENCES
SOMEWHAT BRIEF STORY BY CHARLES W. SLOAT
Veteran of 94th Infantry Taken Prisoner on First Day of Fight But Was Paroled After Battle.
The following paper on the battle of Gettysburg was . . . written by Charles W. Sloat, a veteran of the 94th New York Infantry who
participated in the battle.
I am to remember for you over a space of 50 years the part my regiment, the 94th NY, took in the campaign into Pennsylvania in
1863 and who participated in one of the Worlds greatest battles, the battle of Gettysburg, who's adventure in itself was so damaging
on the morale of the North, could have been wished in connection to the situations all of Vicksburg, it marked the limit of the highest
hopes of the southern confederates and foretold its final hours as a separate nation. The confederate commander, Gen. Lee, who
had stood during the winter of '62 and '63 across the road of the Union march to Richmond, and had to his credit the defeat of
Burnside at Fredericksburg and Mine Run, and of his successor, Hooker, at Chancellorsville, in June, '63, boldly struck camp, and
made for the Shenandoah valley and for an invasion of the Northern States. It would be tiresome for you, as it was to us foot
soldiers at the time, to follow his northern march, and our strenuous endeavor to head him off, before he could work too much havoc
among cities, towns and homes of our own. Probably the march of troops in war meant more to the welfare of the world and the
destinies of free institutions, than did that of the hordes of both sides, struggling northward on those burning days of the summer of
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1863. Rumor, of which there was usually an abundance in the army, had so far failed to keep the boys in the ranks posted as to the
movement and location of Lee's army, and on the evening of June 30 some 15 miles out from Gettysburg, on the Emmetsburg road.
It seemed to be a historical fact that neither Meade nor Lee were looking for trouble at Gettysburg, so when on the morning of July 1
Buford's cavalry discovered a considerable body of enemy not very far distant in a northwesterly direction from the peaceful village,
it found both armies with forces badly scattered. Of these the First and Eleventh corps were the nearest to the scene and hurried
orders were sent for their presence there. The First, our corps, out on the Emmetsburg pike was the first to start. Wadsworth's
Division, leading these two corps, as I remember the situation, had spent the night of June 30th on or near the Emmetsburg road,
and probably about eight to twelve miles from Gettysburg. At this time, the evening of June 30th, to the rank and file of the army,
there was nothing to indicate the stirring times so near at hand and not until the middle of the forenoon of the 1st of July was there
much to disturb the usual orderly march of troops. At this time the rapid movements of aides and orderlies and the tense order of
company and line officers of " close up men," was indication to all that war was about to again present her dread front. The
occasional bark of a field piece and the rattle of musketry on the road ahead, were the nerve trying sounds that greeted us.
Gettysburg lies in a more than usual fertile valley and is some 40 miles a little north and west of Baltimore, and some 70 miles from
Washington. A place of then, perhaps, 2500 people, until this invasion of rebel hordes, it must have been the very example of peace
and rural happiness. Its placidity was about to be rudely changed to the very opposite all that noise and confusion could create. On
the west side of the valley, and about one half mile from the village runs a range of hills, not of great height, but enough to mark the
western boundary of the valley called Seminary Ridge, on the northernmost extremity of which is called the Lutheran Seminary. It
was on the plateau of this ridge and in front of the seminary building where the battle of the first day began and it was, perhaps,
some 100 rods in front of the building where Geo. Reynolds was killed. It was in the cupola of the seminary that Reynolds found
Gen. Ruford of cavalry fame and said "John, what's the matter?" In reply, John said, "The devil is to pay, which is no doubt so."
It must have been about the time of this genial intercourse of these seasoned warriors that the 94th regiment back on the
Emmetsburg Pike near the farmhouse of N. Cordon? got the urgent orders to take to the fields on the left to hurry forward to the
assistance of their comrades at the front. As yet we had seen nothing of the village and we who had not access to the maps, knew
no more of where we were, then we were in the State of Pennsylvania. On our arrival in front of the seminary, the battle for the
moment had somewhat subsided, and after the usual delay, incident to uncertainty as to where we would be needed most, we were
marched to a slope of the ridge looking towards the town and ordered to lie down. Unless there is a substantial earthwork in front of
him, the order to lie down is the most unwelcome one a soldier gets. I think he is much less nervous when marching towards the
enemy.
I remember that while lying on this slope, of having my nerves as badly tried as they have ever been in battle. From some battery,
some distance away, the rebels had gotten our range and were dropping an occasional shell uncomfortably near. A few rods north
of this point was the grade, a cut and embankment, of a prospective railroad. The western end of the cut had already been the
scene of desperate fighting and at the moment was in the hands of the Union forces. It now became time for our brigade and
regiment to go forward and we were ordered across the grade of the railroad and through a considerable wood, and joined our right
to the left of the eleventh Corps, which had established its lines north, and about a mile from the village.
On getting to the farther, or northern, edge of the woods, we were in position to see the operations of the enemy in that quarter.
Their skirmish line had been advanced towards the wood, to within some 40 rods and for the moment, were seeming to be waiting
advance of the main line. We were ordered to advance and drive them out, which we proceeded to do. At the same time a large
body of troops were seen approaching from the northern slopes. They were in line of battle and seemed to be moving with the easy
confidence of hardened victors. It is known that they constituted Rhodes' division and in great strength. Its march proved so
powerful that the lines of the Eleventh and right of the First, and finally the whole of the Union force was pushed back, and through
the town.
I, personally, have never dwelt with pride upon what I saw of our action at that time. We should, no doubt, have been over whelmed
in the end, but after the march of Rhodes' men began there was practically no fight put up by the Union forces on the first day of the
battle, unless, possibly, by the artillery. The retreat was akin to panic. The 94th had, for the moment, by the slight wounding of Col.
Root, had been in command of its captain and of Major Moffat, who, in absence of orders, simply drifted back through the woods. At
the point where the railroad cut went through the hills and of that in which our advance began, at about 4 p. m. my company found
itself seeking a way to Gettysburg. The only available track was that of the railroad grade, which was completely filled with our army,
foot, horse and artillery. A mouse would have found cramped traveling. The regiment had gone into line of battle as they came in
sight of the enemy, at the northern edge of the wood, which formation was maintained by facing about on the retreat. The regiment
at that time had only about 400 men with it, but it's line of battle was so extended that its left end was considerably nearer the village
than the right and right center, which was at the railroad cut and grade which it found so congested and impassable. Further retreat
towards the seminary was seen to be cut off by a line of the enemy, which was already well on its way to the village. The men of this
line, that could be easily seen, were jubilant over their expected victory, which at that moment seemed assured. The writer saw an
officer leading them, his hat held aloft on his sword, and shouting. "Come on, men, we've got 'em now."
Seeing the futility of further attempts to escape in that direction, the order was given to the remnant of the regiment in the cut, some
60 to 80 in number to face about and be ready to receive the line of the enemy, which we knew to becoming behind. But before
anything could be done, a voice was heard from the bank above "Hold on there, Yanks, we'll treat you well," and thus ended, for the
time, the fighting career of the left wing of the 94th New York Volunteers.
A considerable number of the other wing of the regiment succeeded in getting through Gettysburg, and were finally formed upon
Cemetery Ridge and became part of the line that successfully resisted the onslaughts of the following day of battle. The interest
which st??ches to soldiers that have become prisoners of war is not of a thrilling nature, so as this paper has already become too
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long, I will, in as few words as possible, tell what became of us. The capture was made by a North Carolina regiment, commanded
as we understood by a Col. Dan??? W???her, a relative of one of President Wilson's cabinet, also from North Carolina, I am able to
say. A body of us prisoners were assembled on the knoll overlooking the field towards the village, when one of our batteries from
the cemetery opened on us with shell which was unpleasantly frequent in their delivery. Our captors said to us "Well, you'd better
get out of here; you don't want to be shot by your own men." We were marched to the rear of their line and corralled in a field near
some farm buildings. We had plenty of company, there were some 4,000 in this squad. The next day we were in one long line and
addressed by the Confederate commissary of prisoners, who explained an order issued by our government, which announced that
paroles on the field would not be recognized, and that men so paroled would be returned to their commands. However, command of
the 94th did accept the paroles and when the battle was over were retained at Gettysburg for a time to assist in the care of sick and
wounded until such time as their cases could be determined, the final result being that we were returned and took part in most of the
further operations of the Army of the Potomac, and those who re-enlisted were allowed to take part in the final campaign, the result
of which was Appomattox, the 50th anniversary of which was celebrated April 9 of this year. Your superintendent honored me by an
invitation to talk to you of Gettysburg. You have seen my capture on the first day of the battle, that my opportunity of observation of
that field as a whole was greatly curtailed, as that like all the rest of you I am dependent upon history for the operations of the
following day. I did see something of the rebel army and of their way of doing things in my short stay with them, in a way they were
our brothers, but the influence of the environment of most of them made them a mighty interesting lot, and their outfit was so curious
a character as to make us wonder to their efficiency. Their wagon trains, comprising their transportation facilities, were made up of
all sorts of vehicles, and showed the straits to which they were put to keep themselves in the field.
The participants in that great war are rapidly passing on, but as one of them, I should feel that I had been remiss in duty if I did not
lend my voice to warn against the resort, except in the direst necessity to the arbitrament of war. War is looked upon as a dreadful
thing, but If you have not met it face to face, you cannot appreciate its awful mien. "Let us have peace."
Watertown Daily Times
Thursday, August 23, 1924
FALL FATAL TO CHAS. W. SLOAT
WELL KNOWN BUSINESS MAN AND VETERAN DIES
FRACTURED LEG ON MAY 19
Had Been Confined To His Bed Since That Time - long Prominent In Civic Affairs.
Charles Watson Sloat, 83, died at his home, 406 Franklin street, at 11 this morning following an illness of long standing, death being
directly the results of a fall which Mr. Sloat suffered on May 19 at his home at which time he suffered a fractured right leg. Mr. Sloat
suffered a stroke about four years ago and for a time he was partly paralyzed. He recovered from the effects of the stroke and had
been in good health up to the time he fell about ten weeks ago. Since the fall he has been confined to his bed nearly all of the time.
His condition showed marked improvement during the last three weeks and he had been critically ill only a few days. The
seriousness of the fall was enhanced by Mr. S1oat's advanced years.
Charles W. Sloat was one of the best known and most highly respected citizens of the city, having been a prominent lumber dealer
in the city for many years. He was also prominent in the affairs of the city, having served on the board of education and the old
public works board. He was for many years the senior member of the lumber firm of Sloat and Greenleaf of this city. He was also a
veteran of the Civil war. Mr. Sloat was born in this city 10 Oct 1840, the son of the late John and Lydia Doane Sloat, and had spent
practically all of his life here. On his 21st birthday, 10 Oct 1861, he enlisted as a private at Watertown in Company H of the 94th NY
volunteer Infantry. Shortly after his enlistment he was made a sergeant and on 19 Jun 1863, he received the commission of second
lieutenant, which rank he held until the expiration of the three year enlistment term, he being discharged from the Union forces in
December, 1864. He was taken prisoner by the Confederate forces during the first day's fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg. He was
also engaged in the battles of Cedar Mountain, the second battle of Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, Mine Run, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor and the assault and siege at Petersburg. He was paroled soon after his
capture at Gettysburg. Mr. Sloat told many interesting stories of the war of the rebellion. In 1914 there appeared an article in The
Times in commemoration of the birthday of Lincoln which was written by Mr. Sloat. In the article the former soldier told an interesting
story of seeing the war president review the Union forces under Pope, at which time Mr. Sloat saw Lincoln. In the article Mr. Sloat
paid a high tribute to Abraham Lincoln and vividly described him riding a horse as he passed down the long columns of soldiers.
Mr. Sloat was married in Clinton, NY, on 17 Jun 1868, to Miss Ada L. Budlow of that village. After his marriage he returned to this
city and entered the lumber business. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Sloat, all of whom survive him.
Mr. Sloat received his education in the schools of the city. He was a student at the Stone school house on Bradley street and at the
old Institute on the present site of the State street school. He first went into the lumber business with his uncle and later on 30 Mar
1876, he organized the lumber firm of Sloat and Greenleaf and continued to be senior member of the business for a number of
years. About eleven years ago his son, Wallace B. Sloat, entered into partnership with his father and the business later became
known as the firm of Sloat and Son. Mr. Greenleaf, the former partner of the firm, died about two years ago. The firm of S1oat and
Son is one of the best known in the city and for many years has done an extensive business in lumber and mill work, paints, glass,
roofing material and all kinds of builders' supplies. The mill and offices of the company are located at 408-420 Mill street.
17 Jun 1918 was the golden anniversary of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Sloat and the occasion was celebrated by a reception to old
friends and relatives at their home. Rev. William P. Payne who married them 50 years ago previous was present at the reception.
Mr. Payne was pastor of the Clinton Universalist church at the time he married Mr. and Mrs. Sloat. Last October Mr. and Mrs. Sloat
were the guests of honor at a family dinner party in honor of their birthdays which fell near together; both in the best of health.
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Mr. Sloat is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ada B Sloat, two daughters, Mrs. C. E. Pierce and Miss Helen M. Sloat, all residing at the
family home 406 Franklin street and by one son, Wallace B. Sloat of 327 West Main street, this city. The funeral services will be held
from his late home, 406 Franklin street Sunday afternoon at 2. Rev. Harry Westbrook Reed, pastor of All Souls Universalist church
officiating. Burial will be made in Brookside cemetery.
Sources:
Jefferson County Gen Web, US Civil War Service Records, "Electronic," for Charles W. Sloat
Jefferson County Gen Web, CITY OF WATERTOWN CIVIL WAR VETS FROM 1890 CENSUS
Jefferson County Gen Web, Brookside Cemetery Records, Watertown, NY. for Charles Sloat
Newspaper - The Watertown Daily Times - TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1913
Our Country And Its People - A Descriptive Work On Jefferson County, New York - Edited by Edgar C. Emerson The Boston History
Company Publishers, 1898
Biography of Charles Sloat Newspaper - The Watertown Daily Times - Thursday, August 23, 1924
Slocomb, Frank D., 7th Regt, Continental, 287
Slocum, Dr. John O., (Surgeon), Sapphire, 768
Dr. John O. Slocum (surgeon in the army, and brother of the late Maj.-Gen. Henry W. Slocum); Charter member of Sapphire Lodge
No. 768, Camillus, Onondaga, NY. (papers at the Onondaga Historical Association)
SLOCUM, JOHN O. Age, 42 years. Enrolled at Syracuse (122nd NY Inf – Ruggles’ Regt), to serve three years, and mustered in as
assistant surgeon, August 14, 1862; discharged, July 1, 1863, by promotion to surgeon, One Hundred and Twenty-first Infantry.
Commissioned assistant surgeon, September 10, 1862, with rank from August 14, 1862.
Sly, Norman A., 124th Vols, Warwick, 544
Smallman, Joshua, x, Ellicottville, 307
From “Cattaraugus County in the Civil War”:
Aug. 1862, 20th Conn. (New Haven), Age 48 in 1865; Born in Ireland; Served 16 months; Discharged for disability 28 Sep 1863;
Spine injured by fall of tree while building huts at London Valley, VA.
Smart, John, (Sergt.) 103d U. S. Colored Vols, Excelsior, 195
Smart, J. H., x, Old Oak, 253
Smith, A. H., x, Genoa, 421
Smith, Adam, 64th Vols, Phoenix, 262
Smith, Albert, x, Walton, 559
Smith, Almon В., x, Olive, 575
Smith, Andrew, (Sergt.) 134th Vols, Cobleskill, S94
Smith, Andrew J., Col. 122nd NY Inf, Central City, 305
SMITH, ANDREW J.— Age, 25 years. Enrolled at Syracuse, to serve three years, and mustered in as adjutant, July 26, 1862; as
captain, Co. G, October 8, 1862; discharged, June 6, 1865, to accept appointment as major and assistant adjutant-general of
Volunteers. Commissioned first lieutenant and adjutant, September 10, 1862 with rank from July 26, 1862, original; captain,
November 7, 1862, with rank from October 8, 1862, vice H. H. Jilson died of disease.
Captain, Co. G: ANDREW JACKSON SMITH, from October 8, 1862, to June 6, 1865.
Adjutant: ANDREW JACKSON SMITH, from July 26 to October 8, 1862.
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From The Syracuse Courier. Col. Andrew Jackson Smith, Governor of the Soldiers' Home at Leavenworth, Kan., previous to
going West lived in this city. At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted and went through that sanguinary conflict with an excellent
reputation for bravery. He was a personal friend of Gen. "Phil" Sheridan, and it was owing to the influence and recommendations of
Sheridan that Col. Smith received the appointment as Governor of the Soldiers' Home at Leavenworth. Col. Smith has undoubtedly
instituted many practical reforms, and has been indefatigable in his efforts to promote the interests of the National Keeley League, of
which he was elected President at Harrisburg- last year. Twenty years ago no man was better known or more esteemed in
Syracuse than Andrew J. Smith. He was a. member of the insurance of Hinman & Smith, his partner being James H. Hinman, who
now resides in Chicago. Col. Smith was a very popular citizen, a great practical joker and story teller, and his wit was recognized on
all sides. It was these Qualities which attracted Gen. Sheridan to him and gave him at that period almost a National fame in army
circles. The Colonel prided himself upon his accomplishment as a public speaker and was an elocutionist of no mean repute. In his
younger days his oratorical efforts attracted the attention of a prominent Episcopal clergymen in Syracuse, himself a dramatic pulpit
orator, and by his influence Mr. Smith was induced to study for the ministry. The ladies of the congregation made him a present of a
handsome gold watch, and he went to Geneva. I believe, to enter upon his studies for the ministry under the auspices of the
Episcopal Church.
Mr. Smith, however, soon found out that he was not fitted for the ministry, and he returned the gold watch the ladies had given him
and decided to try for the stage. He went to New-York with that object in view and succeeded in obtaining a hearing from Edwin
Forrest, the eminent tragedian, who patiently listened to his recitations and then advised him not to go on the stage. Mr. Smith came
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back to Syracuse and, the war breaking out, enlisted and went to the front. After the war Mr. Smith frequently acted on the stage in
company with other amateurs for charitable objects. He was an intimate personal friend of Edwin Adams, the tragedian, and was not
satisfied until he appeared in conjunction with Mr. Adams at the Wieting Opera House. The play was "Damon and Pythias," Mr.
Adams acting Pythias and Mr. Smith Damon. The house was crowded, and the performance was a great success. Mr. Smith's
Damon was very creditable, and he was greeted with hearty applause by his friends, who had packed the theatre. Col. Smith was a
great admirer of Roscoe Conkling, and was fond of imitating the haughty manner and lordly bearing of that gentleman. He had his
speeches down fine. He often amused his coterie of friends by imitating Conhling's style of oratory. No man could do this better than
he. As a wit and humorist, Syracuse never had a superior to Col. Smith, with the exception of his brother, D. Lewis Smith. One day
Col. Smith went into his office and announced to his partner and one or two friends present that he had fulfilled another duty of
citizenship by becoming a. freeholder. "Yes," said he, "I feel now as if I was really beginning it in the proper manner. I have bought a
fine house, an imposing domicile. It will give me credit and standing to be known as its owner. It has a fine, large cupola on it, and, I
must add, a mortgage bigger than the cupola." Wit ran in the Smith family. All of Col. Smith's brothers were witty and original, and
the Colonel himself in those days was a type. He is a magnificent man physically, and. it is said, was one of the most dashing and
handsome soldiers in his army.
Smith, Charles, x, Architect, 519
Smith, Clark E., x, Island City, 586
Smith, C. W., (Musician) 3d Mich. Infantry, Phoenix, 2(И
Smith, D., (Capt.), Randolph, 359
Smith, Elisha Brown, (Col.) 114th Inf. Vols (killed at Port Hudson), Norwich, 302
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114th NYSV. Born Feb. 7 (17), 1817 in the village of Norwich to Judge
Elisha and Adosha Smith; elected to several town offices; under-sheriff
1844-47; a Mason, Norwich Lodge No. 302; Democratic delegate to the
NYS Constitutional Convention; his Hunker (conservative) stance in the
Democratic party lost him his postmaster position in 1854 (he served
through 1853); the county war committee unanimously chose him as
commander of the regiment to come from the 23d Congressional
District; raised the regiment; served as acting brigadier general from the
time his unit went to the Dept. of the Gulf; led the 114th at Bisland; sick
in New Orleans, but left when informed of the planned attack on Port
Hudson; commanding General Weitzel's brigade for the day on June
14, 1863, he went down with a third of his regiment in that day's assault;
died June 19; his remains left New Orleans on June 30; funeral in
Norwich on July 12.
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SMITH, ELISHA B.— Age, 45 years. Enrolled at Elmira, to serve three
years, and mustered in as colonel, 8 Sep 1862; wounded (in the spine)
in action, 14 Jun 1863, and died of his wounds, 19 Jun 1863, at Port Hudson, La.
History of the 114th Regiment. 1866. Pages 309-317
“Record of the 114th Regiment, N. Y. S. V.,” by Harris H. Beecher, page 206.
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As soon as the Brigade had formed as good a line as the nature of the ground would permit, Colonel Smith ordered a charge. With
a yell of defiance the men jumped forward. The rebels, with renewed vigor, hurled forth a withering storm of bullets; but still the boys
kept on their course, scrambling over logs and bush heaps. At this time a staff officer from General Weitzel ordered Colonel Smith
to halt the Brigade, and re-form his lines, before making the final effort to mount the works. Under the partial protection of a small
ridge, the men laid flat upon the ground, to await further orders.
Colonel Smith went busily to work to make a new alignment. While standing upon a small knoll, and in foil view of the rebel sharpshooters, giving some directions relative to the formation of the line, he was hit by a musket ball, which entering his abdomen,
passed out through the spine. He fell helpless upon his face, and refused for some time to be earned off the field, saying to those
who offered their services: " You must not stop on my account; your duty is to be in the advance."
There now being a little lull in the firing, the whole line made another forward movement, and this time the Regiment went within
four or five rods of the entrenchments, and took shelter in a little gully that ran parallel with the works. Here they remained some
minutes, and then made another trial. This time they went clear to the ditch — some of the men into the ditch — but the enfilading
fire was so galling, the impossibility of getting across the ditch and over the works so apparent, that they were obliged to fall back
again under cover of the ridge.
. . . Back in the woods, some half a mile in rear of the camps, was situated the Brigade Hospital, which was nothing more than a
neatly constructed bower of green branches and twigs entwined together. Here, within the sound of booming cannon, at 1 o'clock A.
M. of Friday, the 19th of June, Colonel Smith breathed his last. His death had been anticipated for several days, and it produced
no such shock upon the Regiment as it otherwise would. Yet the blow was a severe one, and the men felt it deeply. That day will
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long be remembered as the saddest the Regiment ever experienced. During the day, very many of the boys were permitted to visit
the hospital, and look for the last time upon the face of him whom they felt to have been their father. It is a singular fact, that
notwithstanding the cruelties of war, soldiers, above all other people, seem to be possessed of more tender sensibilities, with hearts
more keenly touched with sympathy and sorrow. Their feelings were unalloyed with selfishness or hypocrisy when they shed bitter
tears over the remains of their beloved Colonel. Amid their grief, they were consoled with the thought that he expired without a
pang, in full consciousness, stating that he was cheerfully resigned to his fate. His remains were carefully encoffined, and sent to
New Orleans. From thence, under charge of Lieutenant Pellet, they were conveyed on the long journey to Norwich, to sleep among
the graves of his kinsfolk.
Good-bye, Colonel Smith ! As your love for your Regiment was unbounded, so shall your memory be cherished by your men, while
they shall live; and dying, they shall leave posterity the record of your estimable qualities and noble deeds.
Ibid. pages 507-513:
COLONEL ELISHA BROWN SMITH
The ancestors of the subject of this sketch were of English descent, and emigrated to Rhode Island about the time of the settlement
of Providence, by Roger Williams. The lineage upon the paternal side is nearly related to the Rev. Charles Brown, who came over
with Williams, and was the first Baptist clergyman in the Colony.
Benjamin Smith came from Rhode Island, to Whitestown, Oneida County, about the year 1800. He had three daughters, a Mrs.
Samuel Ladd, late of Sherburne, Mrs. Winsor Coman, of Eaton, one never married, and one son by the name of Elisha. Elisha
Smith settled in Greene, N. Y., about the year 1803. He was sub-agent of the Lord Hornby property, an immense landed estate
located in the south-west part of Chenango County. He was called the father of the settlement of the Hornby estate, himself clearing
off large tracts of land. He kept a small store in Greene, and supplied the early settlers, who were generally poor, with grain and
other necessaries of life. His generosity was proverbial. From 1804 to 1808 or '9, he was Judge of the County Court, and a
magistrate about the same length of time. In 1810, Judge Smith married Adosha, daughter of Judge Wattles, of Unadilla. In 1813
they removed to Norwich. Four sons and two daughter were the fruits of their marriage, all of whom are dead except Charles
Benjamin.
Elisha Brown Smith, the third child, and the elder son. was born in Norwich, February 17th, 1817. There was nothing in particular to
distinguish his early life from that of other boys who are obliged to work their way up under adverse circumstances. With but a
limited education, yet possessed of much native shrewdness and good sense, prepossessing in his appearance, and courteous in
his address, while still quite young, various offices of trust were conferred upon him, and he gradually grew into the confidence of
the public.
In 1844 he was appointed Under Sheriff of the County, which office he retained for about three years. In 1846 he was elected a
Delegate to the Convention to amend the Constitution of the State, and in 1847 was the Candidate on the Democratic ticket for the
office of Canal Commissioner. In 1848 he was a Delegate to the National Convention held in Baltimore, which resulted in the
nomination to the Presidency of Lewis Cass. In 1852 he was the Democratic candidate for Congress in the District of which
Chenango formed a part, and came within a few votes of an election. In the spring of 1862 he was commissioned Postmaster of
Norwich, which position he held for a year and a half. In September, 1840, he was married to Lucinda P., daughter of the late
Whitman Willcox, Esq., of Norwich.
General Bruce declining to accept the appointment tendered him by the War Committee, in July, 1862, as commandant of the
Regiment to be raised in the 23d Senatorial District, Elisha B. Smith, unsolicited upon his part, was at once recommended. After
prayerfully deciding what was his duty in answer to the calls of his country, he threw his whole soul into the work of recruiting his
Regiment, and fitting himself for the responsible duties that devolved upon him. The result was, that in less than four weeks a
Regiment one thousand and forty strong, composed of the best men of the County, were in readiness for the seat of war. On the 6th
of September it took its departure. Its history is but a counterpart of the history of its commander, from that time to the day he fell.
Whatever position he occupied, whatever duties he was called upon to discharge, however trying the circumstances, he was the
same kindhearted officer, the same genial friend. It is not necessary to claim for Colonel Smith qualities that he did not possess. He
had not received a military education, and it is not asserted that he was a great military man. Indeed, time and opportunity were not
permitted him to develop his capabilities, or the power and extent of his military genius. Others, we know, not more promising or
conspicuous in the beginning, have acquired national renown. In the ever-varying fortunes of the war, had he lived, it is not difficult
to conceive of brilliant achievements, in the expanding career before him.
It was the fortune of the writer (being in charge of a Post Hospital at Berwick City) to see much of Colonel Smith, during the time
intervening between the battle of Fort Bisland and the siege of Port Hudson. In the seclusion and quietude of the sick chamber,
during his illness last preceding his fall, there was a communion, a companionship, it is seldom one's privilege to enjoy. Of his
family, which he devotedly loved, he spoke moat tenderly — of himself, calmly and freely. He said he had thought it all over; his
mind was fully prepared; his arrangements were all made; he was in readiness for whatever might befall him. In fact, he seemed to
have taken a rational and philosophic view of the vicissitudes and casualties of war, as perhaps few have done; considered what
might be the end, from the beginning, and like a wise man, prepared himself for it. He was ready, and if necessary willing, to make
the soldier's last sad sacrifice.
His attachment to his Regiment was unbounded. With all the tenderness of his loving nature, with the solicitude and anxiety of a
lather or a brother, he cared for his men, extending aid and sympathy in all their troubles and trials. He looked upon his soldiers as
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his children; they looked up to him as a child to a parent. In his anxiety to be with his command — from which he had been
separated by serious illness — against the advice of his Surgeon, he hastened to join it, only a few days before the fatal 14th of
June. His men immediately went to work to build for him is the woods a cottage of trees and boughs, and covered it with canvas.
One day, while standing looking admiringly upon it, a fellow-officer riding past made the remark: - “You have a nice house, Colonel."
"Yes," says the Colonel, "but it is not likely I shall occupy it long." How prophetic were those words I
The result of that terrible day has passed into history, and the names and deeds of those who participated in that fearful struggle
have become matters of record. There were none truer, braver, nobler, more patriotic, that day, than Colonel Elisha B. Smith.
Temporarily in command of Weitzel's daring old Brigade, he fell at its head mortally wounded, leading in the charge. He was carried
upon a litter to the Brigade Hospital, in the woods, where with others he received all the attention it was possible to bestow.
To show his concern for his men, himself wounded unto death, a single instance is worthy of mention. Shortly after Colonel Smith,
Captain Searles was brought into the hospital, terribly wounded in several places, the blood gushing from his mouth. He was placed
upon the table, examined, and laid aside to die. Presently the Colonel inquired for Captain Searles. When told of his condition, and
the probable result, he urged upon the Surgeon and Colonel Per Lee that he be brought back and re-examined. It was done, and
to-day the Captain acknowledges the saving of his life to his dying Colonel.
During the few days that intervened ere the lamp, nickering in its socket, was extinguished, Colonel Smith, perfectly aware of his
situation, was as peaceful and serene as the ocean unruffled by a wave. He was comforted and sustained by the beautiful and
inspiring thought, that though he and his brave comrades might perish, the Nation would still survive. His faith was stayed on God.
He said that although he had never made a public profession of religion, although he had not lived in the popular acceptation the life
of the devoted Christian, he felt that he was sustained by the arm of Him "who doeth all things well."
A little past the hour of midnight, on the morning of the 19th, in the solemn wood, surrounded by his soldiers and a few personal
friends, his spirit took its flight, and returned to God who gave it. His exit was calm and trustful — his end was peace. He fell asleep
gently as a child, like one
"Who wraps the drapery of his couch
Around him, and lies down to pleasant dreams."
His men shed tears of anguish when they thought that they should never look upon his like again in the flesh, but they were
consoled in the cheering reflection that their loss was his gain, and that they might find him an inhabitant of that imperishable
temple, secure from sieges, and conflicts, and war, into which death cannot intrude, and where life and bliss will be immortal and
eternal. His body was taken to New Orleans, carefully encoffined and sent North, in charge of an officer, to be entombed in his own
native village, in the burial place of his fathers.
A telegram informed the people of Chenango valley that the steamer bearing the remains of Colonel Smith had arrived in New York.
At Chenango Forks a delegation of citizens awaited the arrival of the body, to escort it to Norwich. As the mournful cortege moved
up the valley, on Friday afternoon, July 10th, the road was lined with people, who with sad countenances and tearful eyes had
ceased from their labors to view the sad spectacle. Both at Greene and Oxford the shops and stores were closed, and the whole
population, with civic societies and fire companies, turned out in large processions, to escort the remains through their respective
villages. The tolling of bells and the discharge of minute guns in both villages, added to the solemnity of the occasion. Early in the
evening, the body, with its escort, reached the outskirts of Norwich. Church bells and deep-toned cannon summoned the people to
join the procession that was conducting the remains into the town. Stores and shops were immediately closed, flags were lowered
at half-mast, and everything gave evidence of the gloom that pervaded the breasts of the people.
The family had anticipated, ere long, a short visit from the husband, father and son. He came sooner than looked for, and in a very
mysterious manner. He came, attended by a large retinue — not in the garb of a laurel-crowned conqueror, but decked in the
insignia of mortality. He came, not the vigorous, active, living being who departed scarcely a year before, full of hope and of
promise. Instead of the living hero, he returned upon his shield. In the mellow sun-light of departing day, the cortege halted before
the door of his late residence, but no parent, companion or son entered the dwelling.
Amid the most expressive demonstrations of grief, the body was conveyed to the Court House, where it was laid in state in the
centre of the hall. Here the coffin remained exposed to the gaze of throngs of tearful friends, till Sunday morning, when the last
opportunity was given to pay their respects to the martyred soldier. Upon that day the people from every section of the County
poured into the village, in carriages and on foot, to participate in the burial services. Two fire companies from Oxford, and one each
from Sherburne and Smyrna, came to assist in the impressive ceremonies. Large number of Masons were also convened from
Oxford, Ureene, Sherburne and Hamilton, to pay their respects to a deceased brother; Before the services, the coffin was
beautifully draped, and gentle hands had adorned it with wreaths and flowers. Upon its top it bore the hat and sword of the
deceased. Inscribed upon the coffin plate were these words:
Col. E. B. SMITH, 114th Reg't.
Wounded at Port Hudson,
June 14th;
Died the 19th, 1863,
Aged 46 years.
At 1 P. M., the remains were removed to the family residence, where short religious exercises were conducted by Rev. Mr. Scoville.
The funeral procession was then formed under the superintendence of George Rider, Esq., Marshal, on the part of the Masons, and
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Colonel Rhodes on the part of the citizens, the following gentlemen, citizens and Masons, acting as Pall Bearers: H. R. Mygatt,
Rufus Chandler, T. J. Noyes, Walter M. Conkey, B. P. Rexford, P. B. Prindle, Ezra Hewitt, Warren Newton, Roswell Curtiss,
Thomas Milner, W. P. Noyes, J. W. Weller, Edward Childs, C., M. Lewis N. E. Beals, M. Wicks, J. T. Brennan, J. G. Thompson, B.
B. Andrews, Lee Talcott, N. P. Wheeler, Daniel Cornell.
The vast procession moved to the public square, the hearse being draped with the American Flag, and the coffin fully exposed to
view. A solemn and affecting prayer was offered by Rev. A. N. Benedict, and a hymn sung by the united choirs of Norwich, when
the immense audience of five thousand people were feelingly addressed by the Rev. Samuel Scoville, from the steps of the Court
House.
"He spoke of the virtues of the deceased, of the love and respect entertained for him in this community, of his gallant conduct in
battle, of his honorable career as a soldier, of his social and public worth, of his Christian character, of his anticipated return on a
visit to his family during the present month, contrasting it with the solemn scene then Before him, and feelingly alluded to that other
occasion, lees than a year since, when, prior to his departure, his friends, neighbors and follow-citizens assembled in nearly equal
numbers, and in the same place, to present him with a war-horse and trappings, and to render honor to him as the living soldier
instead of the dead hero." His theme was the sufferings and sacrifices of the Savior.
After the exercises upon the public square, the imposing procession re-formed, and moving to the solemn strains of music, minato
guns being fired, proceeded to the village cemetery. The body was committed to the earth, according to the beautiful and touching
ceremonies of the Masonic ritual. Roewell K. Bourne, Esq., Master of the Norwich Lodge, read the impressive burial service. An
appropriate and eloquent closing prayer was offered by Rev. William Searls, a member of the Order, in which he said:
"Here we stand by the grave of a son. The mother that cradled him in infancy, stands alone upon the hill of yore, waiting for the
gleaners to gather her to that rest in Heaven. Here lies her son, stricken down in the high-noon of life. She had thought that his
arms would in due time bear her to the grave, and place the dust most artfully on her aged breast. But to-day she weeps that those
hopes have been dashed aside and her son— her noble son — is dead. Lord ! may thy grace enable her to say ' Thy will be done.'
"We stand beside the grave of a husband. Here, in mourning, is his early love —the choice of his youth— the mother of his children.
She has shared with him the joy and sorrow of life. Long and pleasant has been their journey; but it is now ended — though not
their love, for love can never die. She gave him one year ago to the God of battles, and he fell in the thickest of the strife.
"We stand beside the grave of a father. Here are the children he so dearly loved. These tender plants, watered so often by the
fathers tears, weep tears of keenest sorrow to-day. Temper the winds to these shorn lambs— thou God of the orphan and widow,
hear our prayer, and bless these afflicted ones !
"We stand beside the grave of a patriot. These weeping thousands tell how dearly he was beloved, and how highly esteemed.
These tell the great sacrifice he made, when he left the home and friends of his youth, in response to the call of his country. The
riderless horse tells of his daring in the field; and this Fraternity, of which he was an honored member, tell of his generous deeds
and noble heart.''
In the beautiful valley with which his name is so intimately associated, we leave our valiant leader in the grave of the soldier. Around
him the everlasting hills keep eternal guard, and the unwavering love of his stricken family watches with tender devotion his sacred
dust. Cycles may roll their untiring rounds, generations may pass from the stage of action, the works of man may crumble and
decay, but the name of Elisha B. Smith will still be revered and honored. His fame shall grow brighter and brighter, as history shall
more fully do justice to his memory, and as remote posterity shall proudly repeat the traditions of these days.
"He was the noblest Roman of them all;
His life was gentle, and the elements
So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world, this was a man."
[William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Act V, Scene V].
Smith, Ezekiel, 107th Infantry, Union, 95
Smith, Francis A., (Lieut.) 3d Vols, Adirondack, 602
Smith, F. S., (Capt.), Windsor, 442
Smith, George, x, Glen Dale, 497
Smith, G. W., x, Silver, 757
Smith, Henry E., (Corpl.), Rockland, 723
Smith, Henry Petitt, (Capt.) 93rd Inf, Syracuse, 501
Clerk; b. 16 May 1837, Kellogsville, Cayuga, NY; d. 19 Jan 1911; Raised 31 Oct 1862 in Fish House Lodge No. 298, Northampton,
Fulton, NY; Affiliated with Syracuse Lodge No. 501 on 3 Dec 1884; Mbr. No. 623.
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http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgibin/viewer.exe?CISOROOT=/portraits&CISOPTR=323&CISORESTMP=&CISOVIEWTMP=&CISOMODE=grid (photo)
< Henry P. Smith, age 24, Co. D. Northampton, enlisted Oct. 7, '61, elected 1st lieutenant (Co. D)
Nov. 7, '61, pro. captain Oct. 12, '62, pro major Dec. 24, '64, m. o. as captain Oct. 7, '64, ex. term of
service. Has followed railroad business since leaving service. Now resides at Syracuse, where the
latch string is always out for any comrade of the old 93d. He is a regular attendant at the reunions,
and, among others, incidentally tells that all of Company D was once in the guard house. He is the
same dignified and precise individual and finds great joy in entertaining his comrades. No person
ever regrets the time spent in company with Henry P.
Smith, Hiram T., (Q.-M. Sergt.) 23d Infantry, Union, 95
Lumber inspector, Elmira, NY, ca 1872. Married 19 Oct 1849 Julina A. Wisner, daughter of John T.
Wisner.
SMITH, HIRAM T.— Age, 37 years. Enlisted, May 16, 1861, at Elmira, to serve two years; mustered
in as quartermaster-sergeant, same date; mustered in as second lieutenant, Co. E, April 2, 1862;
mustered out with company, May 22, 1863, at Elmira, NY; commissioned second lieutenant, May 13,
1862, with rank from April 2, 1862, vice Baldwin, promoted; first lieutenant, May 8, 1863, with rank
from March 9, 1863, vice Baldwin, promoted; not mustered.
Smith, Isaac C., (Lieut.), St Johnsville, 611
Smith, James E., x, Social, 713
Smith, James H., (Sergt.) 23d Infantry, Union, 95
SMITH, JAMES H.— Age, 24 years. Enlisted, May 6, 1861, at Elmira, to serve two years; mustered
in as sergeant, Co. F, May 16, 1861; mustered out with company, May 22, 1863, at Elmira, N. Y.
Smith, James W., (died in service), Seneca River, 100
Smith, John C., (Navy), Crystal Wave, 63S
Smith, John F., (Corpl.), Canastota, 231
Smith, John W., x, Oakland, 379
Smith, Joseph, x, Allegany, 225
Smith, J. H. В., x, Progressive, 35i
Smith, J. M., x, Alden, 594
Smith, О. В., x, Fort Edward, x
Smith, Plumb, x, Cherry Creek, 384
Smith, Randolph, x, Phoenix, 262
Smith, Royal W., (Corpl.) “Scott's 900” 11th Sergt NY Cavalry, Liverpool, 525
Farmer; b. ca 1842/43, Gouverneur, NY; died 25 Sep 1913. Affiliated 15 Nov 1899 from Centerville Lodge No. 648, North Syracuse,
NY; Mbr. No. 146
SMITH, ROYAL W.— Age, 19 years. Enlisted August 30, 1862, at Fowler; mustered in as private, Co. M, September 13, 1862, to
serve three years; appointed corporal, March 1, 1304: mustered out, June 12, 1865, at Memphis, Tenn.
Smith, S. A. Jr., 28th Vols, Commonwealth, 409
Smith, Truman T., 75th Vols, Cato, 141
SMITH, TRUMAN T.— Age, 22 years. Enlisted, September 20, 1861, at Cato, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. G,
November 26, 1861; captured in action, September 8, 1863, at Sabine Pass, Texas; paroled, July 25, 1864, at Red River Landing,
La.; mustered out, December 6, 1864, at Auburn, NY.
Smith, Т., x, Randolph, 359
Smith, William, 47th Vols. Neptune, 317
Smith, W. Charles, 19th Infantry, Union, 95
Manager of the Elmira Opera House during the Civil War
.Snider, Emmons, x, Oriona, 229
Sniffin, Merwin, 6th Artillery, White Plains, 473
SNIFFIN, MERWIN. Age, 26 years.. Enlisted, August 19, 1862, at White Plains; mustered
in as private, Co. B, Sixth Artillery, September 2, 1862, to serve three years ; mustered
out with company, June 28, 1865, at Petersburg, Va., as Sniffin, Marvin.
Sniper, Gustavus, Colonel 185th NY Inf, Salina, 955
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mstone/sniper-g.html
General Gustavus Sniper was born 11 June 1836 near Frieberg in Baden, Germany, and
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to Syracuse when he was three. He attended the public schools and also night school. In 1850 he learned cigar-making in George
Hier’s firm. In 1856 he formed a partnership with Nicholas Grumbach (Grumbach and Sniper), engaging in the manufacture of
cigars at North Salina and Union Streets, which was continued for a time after the cessation of hostilities. In 1854 he joined the
ranks of the Syracuse Light Guards and later also joined the Syracuse Grays and the Davis Light Guards. In 1859-1860 he
organized a company, the Monroe Cadets, and served as their captain until the war broke out. Grumbach, coincidentally had
presented his petition for the degrees in Masonry on 3 Oct 1861, with Bro. Sniper being Raised on 2 Jan 1862.
Through his study of military texts and his preparation in the militia service, he was qualified to perform extraordinary services during
the war, namely in the 101st and the 185th Regiments. Following the was, he was Commander of the Civil War Veterans
Association. He also played an outstanding role in politics. In 1870 he was elected to the State Legislature and served three terms
there. In 1876 he was appointed Deputy County Clerk and rose to County Clerk in 1882 where he served for nine years, and then
became a Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue. He married in 1863 the former Miss Katharina Miller. His later years were occupied
in insurance, with an office in the Wieting Block, and he remained active in the affairs on the North Side until his death on 29 March
1894, survived by his widow and two children, Lavina C. E. Sniper and Gustav Sniper.
Bro. Sniper was perhaps our most distinguished brother serving in the War of the Rebellion. When the 185th Regiment was
mustered into service on 23 Sep 1864, he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel. Their principal movements were:
Sep 1864
Oct 1864
7-11 Dec 1864
5-7 Feb 1865
29 Mar 1865
9 Apr 1865
3 Jun 1865
Petersburg
South Side Railroad
Weldon Railroad
Hatcher’s Run
Quaker Road
Pursuit of Lee to Appomattox
Return to Syracuse
http://www.historicalartprints.com/hap/collection/viewitem.jsp?id=54
Union Officer's Smoking Caps
These beautifully embroidered smoking caps were presented to Colonel Gustavus
Sniper of the 185th New York Volunteers by one of his officers. Caps like this were
popular undress wear while in quarters. Sniper was brevetted 31 Mar 1865 Brigadier
General for gallantry at Quaker Road and White Oak Rd, VA.
The engagement at Quaker Road is worth recounting.
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s brigade was ordered to make that charge to force
back the Rebel line and move toward the key road junction of the Boydton Plank and
White Oak Roads for a final push to the South Side Railroad. Little did they know they
would face over 6000 Confederate veterans from Virginia and North Carolina; they
were outnumbered three to one. Charge and countercharge surged back and forth
during an hour of continuous rifle firing and hand to hand combat. Rebel sharpshooters
in the trees took their toll. The 185th under the brave and dynamic leadership of
Colonel Gustavus Sniper was slowly forced back until the unit was parallel to the
Quaker Road. They held. They bent, but they did not break---they bent, but they did not
run!
< Rare Photograph of General Gustavus Sniper (center) and his Staff Officers of the
185th Regiment
A fierce encounter ensued, with the Union forces being repulsed. The second division was retreating in great disorder, when
General Chamberlain, in command of the First Brigade, rode up to the Colonel of the 185th, saying, “For God’s sake, Colonel
Sniper, can you save the day with you regiment?” The Colonel replied, “General, I can try.” He immediately formed his men in line of
battle. They were ordered to charge the enemy, the attack being made with great spirit over and eminence where they met the
advancing column of the Rebels in pursuit of the retreating Union forces. Making a desperate assault, they hurled back the foe, but
with great loss to our intrepid regiment.
This encounter lasted scarcely more than half and hour, but it was one of the most desperate and important in its results of any
during the war. The aim of the Confederates seemed to be to shoot down our colors. The Color Bearer, Sergeant B. H. Wilson, was
twice wounded. The Sergeant of the Color Company, William H. Tyler, in whose hands the colors were then placed, was killed.
Herman Reiss, on of the Color Guard, then seized the standard but received a cranial injury. Captain D. N. Lathrop of Company D
next grasped the flag, but was severely wounded in the foot.
At this juncture, Colonel Sniper, being dismounted in the thick of the charge, seeing the colors drop, rushed ahead, seized them
and, whirling them above his head shouted, “Men of the 185th, forward.” A wild yell was sent up from the ranks and, rapidly
advancing with their heroic leader, the day was won.
After the hostilities, the General Officers complimented Colonel Sniper in unison upon the gallantry and valor of his regiment in the
terrible charge and said that it had saved the day. In the short period of this engagement, the regiment lost a least 25 per cent of its
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available material with 30 killed, and 180 wounded, about ten per cent of the latter mortally. Survivors look back at this sudden sharp
“Fight of the saw-dust pile,” as it was popularly described, as a horrible dream.
Frank Leslie’s Magazine dated 29 Mar 1865 published an illustration showing the general in the act of picking up the fallen colors
that afterward made his name a household topic in every soldier’s home in the Union. He was brevetted Brigadier General on 31
Mar for gallantry at Quaker Road and White Oak Road, VA.
http://web.cortland.edu/woosterk/genweb/sniper.html
Summary of his service as it appears on page 4066, volume V, of Phisterer's New York in the War of the Rebellion:
SNIPER, GUSTAVUS, late Lieutenant-Colonel, 101st Infantry; mustered in as Lieutenant-Colonel, this regiment [185th], September
23, 1864; promoted Colonel, February 3, 1865; mustered in as such, March 10, 1865; mustered out with regiment, May 30, 1865,
near Washington, D.C.; Brigadier-General, U.S. Volunteers, by brevet, from March 13, 1865; commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel,
November 29, 1864, with rank from September 17, 1864, original; Colonel, February 14, 1865, with rank from February 3, 1865, vice
E. S. Jenney, discharged.
Muster-In Roll of Col. Gustavus Sniper
may be viewed more clearly by enlarging screen to 150% or more
http://web.cortland.edu/woosterk/genweb/sniper.html
Bro. Sniper lived at 504 Prospect Avenue, not far from Schlosser Park, 400 Block of North Salina Street
where his memorial was raised in 1906, twelve years after his death:
Sniper Camp 66, Sons of Union Veterans, spontaneously organized a movement to raise a memorial to
him. With the help of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Women’s Relief Corps, and many friends, the
equestrian statue (the only one of its type in Syracuse) of the General and his horse, “Bill,” reviewing the
troops was dedicated on Memorial Day 1905. Following a parade, the monument (completed by the
German Company of New York City) was unveiled with civic ceremonies before a crowd estimated at
10,000 people.
The General’s home at 504 Prospect Avenue had been purchased by Dr. Serafino F. Chiarulli in 1912.
Most items of historical interest were reportedly given to the Onondaga Historical Society at that time.
However, this was later discussed with Mr. Richard Wright, Director, who stated that no acquisition of
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this type was on record. Dr. Chiarulli died in 1932, but his son, Eugene, also a physician, continued to use the home as his office,
having extensively remodeled the first floor in 1956. He recalled seeing a plaster bust of General Sniper in the attic and kindly
allowed Dr. Peacher to see it on 15 Mar 1962. It was a good likeness of the general in uniform, although portions of the bus had
broken off. In addition, there was a heavy metal base with a figure of Sniper in bas-relief which was used to hold a large plant in
front of the house. There were also about 100 books strewn over the floor beneath the front windows of assorted Reports,
Transcriptions, Manuals, &c.
Snook, Fred. M., (Capt.) 109th NY Inf Vols, Waverly, 407
b. ca 1839; d. ca 8 Feb 1908, Waverly, NY, age 69.
SNOOK, FREDERICK M.— Age, 23 years. Enrolled, August 7, 1862, at Spencer, to serve three years; mustered in as sergeant, Co.
I, August 8, 1862; as second lieutenant, December 2, 186-4; mustered out with company, June 4, 1865, at Delaney House, D. C.;
also borne as Snooks. Commissioned second lieutenant, November 21, 1864, with rank from November 5, 1864, vice A. P.
Coddington, promoted; first lieutenant, not mustered, April 22, 1865, with rank from March 8, 1865, vice De Witt L. Cole, promoted.
http://www.joycetice.com/clippings/tcobt142.htm
DR. FREDRICK M. SNOOK – WELL KNOWN WAVERLY DENTIST WHO EXPIRED AFTER AN ILLNESS OF A FEW HOURS.
Waverly, NY, Feb. 8 (ca 1908) —Dr. Frederick M. Snook died at his home on Pennsylvania Avenue at about 1 o’clock on
Wednesday morning, aged sixty-nine years. His demise was very sudden. Dr. Snook and family had entertained some friends
during the evening, and at a late hour the party dispersed, leaving their host and hostess apparently in the best of spirits. A little later
Dr. Snook complained of a pain in the region of the heart, and Dr. William E. Johnson, the family physician, was summoned, but
death ensued at the hour stated. Dr. Snook was a native of Tompkins county. His parents removed to Spencer, NY, when he was a
boy. He enlisted in company I 109th Regiment New York State volunteers, and served with commendable valor throughout the
rebellion. At the close of the war he returned to Spencer, and shortly afterwards came to Waverly and engaged in the profession of
dentistry, which he practiced continuously up to the time of his death. He was an enthusiastic volunteer fireman, being the first
president of Gioga Hose company, upon its organization. He was a member of Waverly lodge, No. 407, F&AM. He was at one time
a deputy collector of internal revenue for this district, and was once appointed postmaster, but did not serve. He was also engaged
for a number of years with O. E. Hart, now in the post-office department at Washington, in the fire and life insurance business, the
firm name being Snook & Hart. Besides his widow, he is survived by two sons, Dr. Fred Snook, of Pittsburg, and Dr. Theodore P.
Snook, of Waverly; and two daughters, Miss Dorelle E. Snook, now teaching in Portland, Ore., and Mrs. Harold L. Lindsay of
Waverly. Funeral services were held from his late residence at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon, the Rev. Charles T. Raynor, rector of
Grace Episcopal church officiating. As a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, all business places were closed during the
hours of 3 and 4 p.m. Interment was made in Forrest Home cemetery, and the remains were committed to the earth with Masonic
honors.
Snow, Archibald Bamber, (Capt. 97th NY Inf), Boonville, 165
b. 30 Jan 1841, Boonville, NY; d. there, 28 Apr 1919.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bake&id=I31882
Father: Samuel Eaton SNOW b: 01 Jan 1809, Boonville, NY; Mother: Martha BAMBER b: 15 Apr 1818 in Antrim County, Ireland.
Married 16 Aug 1881, Prospect, NY, Jennie Lind MULLER b: 07 MAR 1860 in Constableville, New York, USA
Children:
Leon Eaton SNOW b: 05 MAY 1883 in Boonville, New York, USA
Arch Muller SNOW b: 29 OCT 1884 in Boonville, New York, USA
Martha Bamber SNOW b: 16 SEP 1888 in Boonville, New York, USA
http://books.google.com/books?id=LvUYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA163&dq=%22Snow,+Archibald%22 page 136.
SNOW, Archibald Bamber, entertainer; 6. Boonville, NY, Jan. 30, 1841; ed. Boon ville High School; in Civil War, 1861-5, every rank
from pvt. to capt.; wounded at Gettysburg and Wilderness; prisoner for six months; m. 18 Aug 1881; was actor, under name of A. A.
Armstrong, 1867-81; post cmdr. Wheelock Post No. 97, G. A. R.; Past Master Boonville Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 165.
Author: The Best Man in the Regiment; A Picture on the Wall; A Waif of the Wilderness; and others. Mag. contr. Entertainer:
Random Recollections of the Field and Camp- fire; The Royal Art of Storytelling; Reminiscences of the American Stage; Fun, Facts
and Fancies, in Song and Story; Sunshine and Moonshine. Began Lyceum work, 1893, ind., NY; since with Glz., Emp., Cent., G.
W., Eby., Bldg. Address: Boonville, NY.
http://home.comcast.net/~richardson156/wagers.html
SNOW, ARCH R. (sic), was born in Boonville, 30 Jan 1841. His father, S. E. Snow, was also born here 1 Jan 1809, and is to-day
the oldest inhabitant of local birth. Mr. Snow's paternal ancestors were from Massachusetts, and he was an active participant in not
less than twenty battles in the Civil war. He first enlisted in 1861, in Co. I, 97th Regt., was soon promoted to corporal, then to first
sergeant, then to lieutenant, and in 1865 received commission as captain. He was disabled by a shot in the face (chin) at
Gettysburg, and was captured while acting as aid-de-camp at Weldon Railroad in 1864, remaining a prisoner of war at Libby,
Salisbury, and Danville prisons for six months. Mr. Snow is now a dealer in boots and shoes at Boonville, and in 1881 he married
Jennie Muller, by whom he has two children: Archibald and Martha. He was the charter commander of Wheelock Post, No. 97, G. A.
R., and is of high rank and degree in the Masonic fraternity. He has had a varied experience beyond the lot of most men of his age.
We quote the following from a short biographical sketch in the Grand Army Journal: "For many years, under the stage name of A. A.
Armstrong, he acted in the best theatres of the United States, Canada, and the British West Indies, and as a dialect actor,
personator of quaint character parts, and high class vocalist, obtained an enviable reputation." During the past three years he has
taken a prominent place among monologue entertainers, and as a humorist, sensational reciter, and descriptive vocalist, ranks with
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the best. His fun is infectious, and the moral tone of his entertainments is high and pure. His "Random Recollections of the Field and
Camp fire," in Grand Army entertainments have been a great success, and of late there has been a growing demand for his services
at church society entertainments. He also contributes much valuable historical material to the local press, and an occasional warstory from his pen finds ready sale.
Final Report on the Battlefield of Gettysburg, by NY State Monuments Commission for the Battlefields of Gettysburg, page 24.
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ljfE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result page 24.
A tablet, erected at the Lutheran Church, in memory of Chaplain Howell, states that he was "cruelly shot," a phrase liable to create a
wrong impression as to the facts. An eye witness of the affair, Capt. Arch. B. Snow, of Boonville, NY, gives in a recent letter the
following version of the shooting:
Snow was then a sergeant in the Ninety-seventh New York, and knew Chaplain Howell by sight, as both belonged to the same
brigade. Snow was shot through the jaw, and went to the Lutheran Church Hospital, where his wound was dressed. He then started
to leave the hospital, and passed through the front door of the church just behind Chaplain Howell, at the time when the advance
skirmishers of the Confederates were coming up the street on a run. Howell, in addition to his shoulder straps and uniform, wore
the straight dress sword prescribed in Army Regulations for chaplains, but which was very seldom worn by them. The first
skirmisher arrived at the foot of the church steps just as the chaplain and Snow came out. Placing one foot on the first step the
soldier called on the chaplain to surrender; but Howell, instead of throwing up his hands promptly and uttering the usual, "I
surrender," attempted some dignified explanation to the effect that he was a non-combatant, and as such was exempt from capture,
when a shot from the skirmisher's rifle ended the controversy. A Confederate lieutenant, who came up at this time, placed a guard at
the church door, and, to the protests of the surgeons against shooting a chaplain, replied that the dead officer was armed, in proof
of which he pointed to the chaplain's sash, and light, rapier like sword belted around the chaplain's body. The man who fired the
shot stood on the exact spot where the memorial tablet has since been erected, and Chaplain Howell fell upon the landing at the top
of the steps.
Snow, Benjamin, Jr., x, Pulaski, 415
Past Master and Secretary. Married Lovina Warner; six children to include Charles (d. 1826), Charles (1831-1889), Benjamin Jr. (b.
30 May 1834, Pulaski, Oswego, New York; d. 1909; married ca 1867 Mary Watson), and Emily Lovina Snow (b. 23 Jul 1837).
The Eagle Furnace (Pulaski foundry) here mentioned was purchased by Benjamin Snow (Sr.) in 1832, and among its proprietors
were Snow & Greenwood, Snow, Brown & Simmons, Snow & Thomas, Snow & Dodge, Snow & Fisher, Fisher & Norman Snow,
His son was John Ben Snow, whose biography is at http://web.syr.edu/~snowshoe/johnbensnow.htm
.Snow, Henry A., x, Groton, 496
Snyder, John, 35th Vols, Liberty, 510
Snyder, J. P., x, Mystic Tie, 272
Snyder, William, (Corpl.) 137th Vols, Candor, 411
Snyder, William L., x, Canastota, 231
146th NY Inf Vols: SNYDER, WILLIAM L.— Age, 28 years. Enlisted, September 2, 1862, at Lee, to serve three years; mustered in
as private, Co. F, October 10, 1862; promoted corporal, February 1, 1863; captured in action, May 5, 1864, at the Wilderness, Va;
paroled, April 1, 1865 ; mustered out, July 23, 1865, at Syracuse, N. Y.
.Snyvan, Robert, x, Lily, 342
Soule, R. A., x, Oswego, 127
Soule, Tibbets, 10th Cavalry Vols, Phoenix, 262
SOULE, TEBBITS. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, January 13, 1864, at Collins; mustered in as private, Co. D, January 13. 1864, to serve
three years ; mustered out with company, August 10, 1865, at Petersburg, Va.; veteran; also borne as Tibbets Soule.
Southworth, A. S., x, Walton, 559
Southworth, W., (2d Lieut) 117th Vols, Schuyler's Lake, 162
b. 1840; d. 23 Apr 1924, age 84.
SOUTHWORTH, WILLIAM.— Age, 23 years. Enrolled at Westmoreland, to serve three years, and mustered in as sergeant, Co. H,
August 14, 1862; promoted first sergeant, May 23, 1864; mustered in as second lieutenant, March 29, 1865; mustered out with
company, June 8, 1865, at Raleigh, N. C. Commissioned second lieutenant, April 22, 1865, with rank from March 29, 1865, vice J.
Rogers not mustered.
http://www.rsmercury.com/pages/articledetails.asp?cat=10&art=6065
Mrs. Nellie (Nellie Anna Thompson) Southworth, 99, teacher, church leader, past postmaster and oldest citizen of Schuyler Lake,
died January 2, 1958, in Clark Nursing Home, Richfield Springs. She had been a patient there less than a week. She was born
November 5, 1858, in the home now owned by Gordon Cushman, Schuyler Lake, the daughter of Charles F. and Cordelia Palmer
Thompson. She was a teacher in the valley before her marriage to Civil War veteran William Southworth in 1892. He died about 25
years ago. Mrs. Southworth gave up a teaching career to become a housewife and mother to six stepchildren. The devotion of the
Southworth grandchildren and great-grandchildren is testimony to her success in this role.
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Sowerby, William, x, Oriona, 229
Spahr, Casper, 9th NY Artillery, Germania, 722
SPAHR, CASPER. Age, 27 years. Enlisted, August 26, 1862, at Lyons; mustered in as private, Co. D, One Hundred and Thirtyeighth Infantry, August 26, 1862 (which became the Ninth Artillery, December 19, 1862), to serve three years; discharged for
disability, February 8, 1864, at Fort Foote, Md.
Sparks, Charles K., x, Constitution, 241
Spence, John, 79th Highlanders, Pyramid, 490
Spencer, Abm., x, Copestone, 641
.Spencer, Darwin L., x, Lodi, 345
Spicer, Hiram D, 2d Cavalry, Senate, 456
http://www.jowest.net/Genealogy/Jo/Sargent/SpicerNewsArticles.htm
The Sentinel - Thursday, November 24, 1898
H. Spicer, a well known and eminently worthy citizen, died at 8:45 o'clock Saturday [19th] evening, aged seventy-two years. He was
born in Ticonderoga, and had lived in Glens Falls for forty-five years. He served in the war of the rebellion; was a personal friend of
General Sheridan, and one of the few persons, outside of the officers directly involved, to witness the surrender of Lee at
Appomattox. He was actively interested in the local fire department in early days; and was at one time an officer of Old Defiance
Engine company. He was prominent in Masonic circles, at first as a member of Glens Falls lodge, of which he was master for
several terms, and recently of Senate lodge. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and one of the official board for
several years. Genial and companionable, an entertaining conversationalist and sympathetic counselor, he made many warm
friends. As husband and father, he was the embodiment of kindness, always manifesting an earnest solicitude for the welfare of the
members of his household. He is survived by his wife, two daughters and two sons-- Miss Adelaide Spicer, of Glens Falls; Mrs.
William H. Parker, of Hartford, Conn.; Porter Spicer of Ticonderoga, and Harvey D. Spicer of Port Henry. The funeral was conducted
from the house on Ridge street with Masonic honors at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon.-- Glens Falls Morning Star.
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Hiram D. SPICER, b. 21 Jan 1828 in New York; d. 19 Nov 1898 in Glens Falls, Warren Co, New York
Occupation: BET 1860 AND 1880 Blacksmith; A personal friend of General Sheridan, and one of the few persons, outside of the
officers directly involved, to witness the surrender of Lee at Appomattox.
Father: Daniel SPICER b: ca 1797 in Ticonderoga, Essex, NY; Mother: Abigail PORTER b: ca 1807 in Ticonderoga, Essex, NY
Marriage 1 Emelia\Elnora A UNKNOWN b: ca 1827 in New York
Children
1. Harvey D SPICER b: ABT 1849 in Warren Co, New York
2. Porter J SPICER b: 22 JUN 1854 in New York
3. Adelaide SPICER b: ABT 1859 in Warren Co, New York
4.
Lillian M SPICER b: MAR 1870
in Warren Co, New York
Spies, Christian, x, Germania, 722
Spore, Abram H., (Capt. 185th NY Inf Vols), Syracuse, 501
Painter; b. 1830, Berne, Albany, NY; d. 14 Apr 1874; bur. Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, NY; Raised 1 Jun 1864; Mbr No. 126
SPORE, ABRAM H.— Age, 35 years. Enrolled, September 3, 1864, at Syracuse, to serve one year; mustered in as captain, Co. K,
December 12, 1864; mustered out with company, May 30, 1865, near Washington, D. C. Commissioned captain, November 30,
1864, with rank from September 19, 1864.
From a genealogical posting we may read: “Sarah/Sally was the sister of Abram SPORE who was living in Van Buren, Onondaga
Co., NY, in 1873 when he died. Abram names his "sister Sally Clark" in his will. . . . I believe his parents to be Hendrick
SPOHR/Henry Spore and Neeltje KALIER/Cornelia COLIER who married in Fonda, Montgomery Co., NY, and in 1814 moved to
Baldwinsville, Onondaga Co., NY.”
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/SPORES/1997-11/0879971417
There is further this entry to be considered: Company D, 149th New York Volunteer Infantry; Second Lieutenant ABRAM H.
SPORE, from 7 Dec 1862, to 27 Feb 1864.
Spring, C. E., x, Social, 713
.Springmann, Edward, x, Glen Cove, 580
Stafford, A. M., x, Evans, 201
Stafford, Samuel S., (1st Lieut.) Co. A. 114th NY Inf Vols, Oxford, 176
Enrolled at Preston, NY, Age 25; Assemblyman; Lodge Master 1887-89
http://www.anyheart.org/oxford/history.html
Samuel S. STAFFORD was born in Preston, NY, 8 Jun 1837. He read law with Solomon BUNDY and was admitted in May 1867,
when he commenced practice in Oxford, where he has since continued. Previous to commencing the study of law he spent ten
terms in the Oxford Academy, closing in Jun 1862. He entered the army as First Lieutenant of Co. A., 114th Regiment, and was
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wounded in the leg in a reconnaissance during the siege of Port Hudson, on 11 Jun 1863, from the effects of which he was
discharged 8 Jul 1863. He was a Member of Assembly from this county in 1865; was School Commissioner of the 2nd District of
Chenango county in 1867-69; was Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue one year; for nine years preceding May 1879, village
Treasurer; and served the seventh year as Loan Commissioner.
From the Annals of Oxford:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nychenan/annals11.htm
Samuel S. Stafford passed away 4 May 1904, after an illness of ten days. The direct cause of his death was from a wound received
in the service of his country during the Civil war. At the age of twenty years Mr. Stafford entered Oxford Academy to prepare for a
college education, in the meantime teaching four terms of district school. At the call of President LINCOLN, July 2, 1862, for three
hundred thousand men, the 114th Regiment of volunteers was formed. Major O. H. CURTIS, then a young lawyer in Oxford,
enlisted Company A, which Mr. Stafford joined 23 Jul 1862, and assisted in recruiting. Volunteering his services in defense of his
country caused the abandonment of his cherished plans for a collegiate education. Upon recommendation he was commissioned a
First Lieutenant, with rank from 6 Aug 1862, and was presented with a handsome sword, sash and belt by the officers and men of
Co. A. He served with his regiment until 11 Mar 1863, when he was detailed a member of a General Court Martial sitting at Brashear
City, Louisiana. The court was in session one month, after which Lieutenant Stafford joined his regiment, and participated in the
battle of Fort Bisland, the skirmish at Franklin and the siege of Port Hudson. It was at Port Hudson, 11 Jul 1863, while bravely
leading his men on the assault of the enemy's breast works that he received the wound that eventually caused his death. He was
sent home to recuperate, and for ten months was confined to his bed, and 8 Jul 1864, was honorably discharged from the service
on "account of wound received in action."
While recovering from his wound Mr. Stafford was tendered the nomination for Member of Assembly by the Republican party, an
office he had not sought and was ignorant of the fact that he was to be thus honored. He accepted the nomination, was elected and
went to Albany on crutches, serving in the Legislature of 1865. On his return from the Assembly he studied law with Solomon
BUNDY, was admitted to practice and elected to the office of School Commissioner for the second district of the county, and later
appointed one of its Loan Commissioners, an office he held for several terms. He was Supervisor of the town for three years, 1886
to 1888, and for many years corporation attorney for the village. To all elective offices he received nearly the unanimous vote of his
party and many votes from the opposing party, so well was the trust in his integrity and honor established. Conscientious and
painstaking in the discharge of one public duty he was so in the many entrusted to him, and has left a clean and bright record. As a
lawyer his office work was perfect, and as a counselor he was a model, for no opinions were given without mature deliberation and
in belief that they were for the best interest of the client, though they might contrary to his expectations.
Mr. Stafford was a Past Master of Oxford Lodge, No. 175, F. & A. M.; had served one term as District Deputy Grand Master of the
Masonic district; was Past Commander of Breed Post, No. 196, G. A. R., and secretary of the 114th Regimental Association. To
these organizations he was devoted and gave much attention and counsel. With Major CURTIS he did much to keep up the
regimental reunions and perpetuate the regiment's glorious achievements. He was a communicant of St. Paul's church, and at his
death a member of the vestry. Mr. Stafford was the eldest son of Job and Wealthy Stafford, and was born 8 Jun 1837, in Preston,
NY. He married 12 Dec 1866, Mary A. GILBERT of Oxford.
Stafford, Spencer H., (Col.) U. S. С. Т, Oneida, 270
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Col. Stafford died 25 Dec 1888. He was born in Utica and his boyhood was passed in Albany; was graduated at Williams College;
studied law in Union, and pursued his profession in Oneida and New York city, where he was established in successful practice at
the outbreak of the civil war. He volunteered and was made major, lieutenant-colonel and colonel. On the surrender of New Orleans,
1862. He became provost marshal under General Butler, and was assigned the painful task of hanging Mumford for taking the
Union flag from the United States Mint.
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CHILDREN OF SARAH S. EAMES (3) AND SPENCER STAFFORD, JR.
1. SPENCER H. Stafford., born April 7, 1822; died Dec. 25, 1888; married Esther Dudgeon, April 7, 1853, who died Feb. 25, 1870.
2. JOHN EAMES,
born Feb. 1, 1824; died Aug. 10, 1860.
3. JEDEBIAH S.,
born June 22, 1826; died Feb. 24, 1828.
4. EMELIA ANTHON,
born June 21, 1829; died Feb. 4, 1839.
5. WALTER S. E.,
born July 10, 1830.
6. SARAH MARIA,
born May 22, 1833; married Rev. Thomas N. Benedict, Nov. 14, 1854.
7. CORNELIA WINNE,
born May 21, 1836; died June 2, 1884
Stanbrough, Dr. J. R., (1st Lieut.) 124th Vols, Ahwaga, 587
STANBROUGH, JOHN B.— Age, 32 years. Enrolled, August 20, 1862, at Newburgh, to serve three years; mustered in as first
lieutenant, Co. I, September 5, 1862; discharged, November 12, 1862, Commissioned first lieutenant, September 10, 1862, with
rank from August 20, 1862,
Standenmeier, John, x, Germania, 722
Stanley, Thos. С., x, Silentia, 198
Stanton, Clarence W., 104th Vol, Liberty, 510
.Stanton, John W., (Corpl.), Canastota, 231
Starney, S. S., x, Silver, 757
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Stearns, Benj., x, Silver, 757
.Stebbins, James E., (Lieut.) 33d Vols, St. Paul's, 124
Stedman, Gilbert R., 2nd NY Heavy Artillery, x, x
STEDMAN, GILBERT.— Age, 19 years. Enlisted, October 28, 1861, at Taberg, NY; mustered in as private, Co. M, November 1,
1861, to serve three years ; mustered out, November 3, 1864, at Elmira, N. Y.
http://home.comcast.net/~richardson156/wagers.html#salisburyac
STEDMAN, GILBERT R., was born July 15, 1842, in the town of Lee, where he lived until seven years of age, at which time his
parents moved to the town of Annsville. He was educated in Lee and Annsville. He was a son of Oliver and Sophia (Sanford)
Stedman, who had a family of nine children: Ellen, Joseph (deceased.), Elizabeth, Gilbert R., Ann, Susan, Ida, E. K., and Carrie. In
1861 Gilbert Stedman enlisted in the 2d New York Heavy Artillery and served three years, being in the battles of Cold Harbor,
Spotsylvania, Deep Bottom, etc. He is now engaged in farming, owning a fine farm of ninety-seven acres. He married Julia daughter
of William Streeter, of Annsville, one of the first settlers of the town. They have five children: William, Bertha, Arthur, Jessie, and
Frederick. Mr. Stedman was supervisor of the town in 1882 and again in 1888, was commissioner in 1878 and overseer of the poor
in 1885 and 1886. He was commander of Ballard Post, G. A. R., No. 551, for many years and is now senior-vice; he is also a
member of the Masonic fraternity.
http://www.tqsi.com/cgi-bin/igmget.cgi/n=steadman?I10771
Gilbert R. Stedman, b. 14 Jul 1842; d. Jul 1914; bur. Maple Hill Cemetery, Annsville, Oneida Co., NY
Father: Oliver Stedman, b. 28 FEB 1811, NY; Mother: Sophia King Sandford, b. 20 Sep 1813
Married Julia E. Streetor, b. ABT. 1847 in Annsville, Oneida Co., NY
Children:
1. William S. Stedman, b. 23 DEC 1868 in Lee, Oneida Co., NY
2. Bertha Stedman, b. in Lee, Oneida Co., NY
3. Arthur G. Stedman, b. 1873 in Lee, Oneida Co., NY
4. Jessie Stedman, b. in Lee, Oneida Co., NY
5. Frederick Stedman, b. in Lee, Oneida Co., NY
6. Fredrika Stedman, b. in Annsville, Oneida Co., NY
Steele, D. H., x, Ilion, 591
Steele, L. E., x, Walton, 559
Steers, Edward Sr., (1st Lieut.) U. S. V, Richmond, 66
Stein, Christian, x, Germania, 722
Steiner, Edward, x, Island City, 583
Stengel, John, x, Concordia, 143
Sterbeck, Sanford, x, Windsor, 4-1:2
.Sterzing, Herman, (.Col.) Burnham's Regt. Conn, Klopstock, 760
Stevens, А. С., x, Binghamton, 177
Stevens, John H., x, Lodi, 345
Stevens, Joseph W., 43d Vol. Infantry, Ancient City, 452
Stevens, L. N., (Lieut.), Cuba, 306
Stevens, M. U., x, Lowville, 134
Stevens, Park, 13th NY Artillery, Cattaraugus, 239
b. 1845; d. 1908, shoe Maker; m. Susan ______, b. 1849; d. 1931, a tailoress; both bur. in Wildwood cemetery, Salamanca, NY
STEVENS. PARK.— Age. 21 years. Enlisted, August 29, 1864, at Buffalo; mustered in as private, Co. C. August 29, 1864, to serve
one year; mustered out with detachment, June 21, 1865, at Norfolk, Va.
Stevens, Silas С., 13th NY Artillery, Cattaraugus, 239
b. 1849; d. 1901; bur. in Wildwood cemetery, Salamanca, NY
STEVENS, SILAS. — Age, 18 years. Enlisted, August 15, 1864, at Buffalo; mustered in as private, Co. C, August 15, 1864, to serve
one year; mustered out with detachment, June 21, 1865, at Norfolk, Va.
Stevenson, John H., (Pay Director) U. S. Navy, Continental, 287
Stevenson, Ralph, x, Sayona, 755
Stever, H. A., x, Waverly, 407
Stever, Jacob E., x, Newark, 83
Stewart, James P., x, Savona, 755
Stewart, John, (Lieut.) U. S. Vols, Union, 95
Stewart, Joseph, (Sergt.) 79th Highlanders, Copestone, 641
.Stewart, Mark B., (Lieut.) 15th Engineers, Columbia, 98
Stewart, Robert F., (Capt.) 109th Infantry, Union, 95
141st NY Inf Vols: STEWART, ROBERT F. — Age, 32 years. • Enrolled, August 22, 1862, at Elmira, to serve three years; mustered
in as second lieutenant, Co. C, September 11, 1862; discharged for disability, November 11, 1863; also borne as Stuart;
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subsequent service as captain, One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Infantry. Commissioned second lieutenant, November 3, 1862, with
rank from September 11, 1862.
179th NY Inf Vols: STEWART, ROBERT F. —Age, 34 years, Enrolled at Caton, to serve three years, and mustered in as captain,
Co. B, April 13, 1864; wounded in action (lost left foot), June 17, 1864, at Petersburg, Va.; discharged for wounds, January 6. 1865.
Commissioned captain, June 28, 1864, with rank from April 8, 1864,
.Stewart, Thomas W., 15th Engineers, Columbia, 98
Stewart, William J., x, Syracuse, 501
Merchant; b. 1838, Oriskany, Oneida, NY; d. aft 1882; Raised 19 Feb 1879; Mbr No. 507
Stickney, Charles H., 22nd NY Inf Vols, Fort Edward, 267
STICKNEY. CHARLES H.— Age, 27 years. Enlisted, May 10, 1861. at Fort Edward, to serve two years; mustered in as sergeant,
Co. B. June 6, 1861; killed. September 14, 1862, at South Mountain, Md.
In September, 1865, agreeable to the (Lodge) brother's request, the remains of Bro. Charles H. Stickney, who fell in battle at South
Mountain, Md., on the 14th of September, 1862, were brought to Fort Edward and given a Masonic burial in the Union cemetery,
when citizens and Masons honored themselves by turning out and showing respect for the Mason and soldier who had laid down his
life that the nation might live.
Stiner, D. M., x, Noah, 754
St. John, W. H., (Sergt.) 35th Vols, Liberty, 510
Stocking, W. B., x, Evans, 261
Stoddard, Leonard, x, Groton, 496
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DAVID CURTIS STODDARD
The first of the Stoddard family in America was John Stoddard, who appears on record as a
landowner in Westfield, Conn., as early as June 18, 1645. Two years before this he had
married Mary, daughter of Nathaniel Foote. Their descendants became conspicuous in the civil
and commercial life of New England, and for generations were acknowledged leaders in the
affairs of their communities. From them descended Aaron Stoddard, the great-grandfather of
David C. who was born July 15, 1739. He enlisted in Capt. Bezaleel Beebe’s company from
Litchfield, Conn. And served in the Revolutionary war until his death on January 12, 1777. His
only son, David Stoddard, was born in Litchfield, November 13, 1773, was married in 1793 to
Dorcas Kent, and in 1803 moved to De Ruyter (now Otselic) Chenango county, N. Y., where
he engaged in farming and also in buying and driving cattle. Dorcas, the wife of David, died in
Otselic October 11, 1830, while his death occurred in Groton, N. Y., and May 5, 1848. Their
son, David D. Stoddard, was born in Litchfield, Conn., October 1, 1795, and was married in
Otselic, N. Y., on October 19, 1826, to Mary Salome Warner, who was born in Ballston
Springs, N. Y., on August 15, 1795. David D. Stoddard was originally a Whig in politics, but
very early became an active abolitionist, and in 1840 cast the only vote of that party in his
town. In November, 1859, he moved to Mazeppa, Minn., where he died June 1, 1870. His wife died there in 1878. Their children
were William Harmon born September 12, 1824, deceased; Albion born February 14, 1826, of South Shore, S. Dak.; Eliza Ann born
October 29, 1827, died in 1892; Salome Jane born July 13, 1829, of Mazeppa, Minn; David Curtis, the subject of this sketch; Lyman
born January 19, 1833, killed in the army December 28, 1862; Mary Caroline (Mrs. Charles Duncan) Born October 17, 1834,
deceased; Emily born June 8, 1838, died January 7, 1854; and Charlotte born August 18, 1843, died August 21, 1849.
David Curtis Stoddard was born August 3, 1831, in the town of Otselie, Chenango county, NY, upon a farm his father had subdued
from the primeval forest, and which was surrounded in part by the same unbroken wilderness. It was a rough, hilly, stony countyhard to clear of timber and hard to cultivate afterwards- producing not bountifully in the best seasons, and very scantily often, with
long cold and severe winters in which was consumed all the product of the summer. Educational facilities were very scant in quantity
and quality; the school house was half built and poorly furnished; seats were made of slabs or planks, unplanned and without backs;
the stove or fireplace was supplied with wood, green and just cut and hauled from the forest; which the fire refused to feed upon, but
the well-seasoned and oft used rod of the master often supplied the heat the fire should have made. It was under these
circumstances that he received what education this school could give; but when grown to a young man he added to this three or four
terms at select or private schools, with two terms in an academy, so that at nineteen years of age he commenced the teaching of
these district schools in the winters. These advantages only resulted in fairly perfecting him in the common branches of learning
without the benefit of a higher culture. Books were scarce, and but for the little district library just before established, would have
been few indeed, as those hardworking men and women had to struggle for bread and could spare nothing for books. What books
could be reached he thoroughly read and they have been great advantage to him, but he has always felt the want of an early
education, and the want of books of general information at that time in his life.
In early manhood he became a Whig in feelings and at majority cast his first vote for General Scott in the presidential election of
1852, and at each election sustained it by his vote until its disappearance in the Republican party, which he has supported an
sustained till the present time. In January, 1853, he commenced to study law in the office of Hon. Sidney T. Holmes, the county
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judge of Madison county, and finished his studies and was admitted to the bar at Utica, N. Y., in January, 1853, commencing at
once the practice of law at that city, which he continued until September, 1861.
After the first battle of Bull Run and the call for 500,000 volunteers immediately thereafter, although knowing nothing of military
matters, like thousands of other young men in those stirring times, he resolved to do what was in his power to aid his country to put
down that cruel rebellion against the best government the world had then seen. He associated with George Klinck and John S. Hunt
(son of Hon. Wart Hunt) to recruit and have mustered into service an artillery company, which was done in the short time of two
weeks, and on the organization the company, was chosen and then commissioned second lieutenant of said company, which
formed Co. E of the 2nd N. Y. Heavy Artillery Vols., and was soon afterwards commissioned first lieutenant in place of Hunt. Early in
the next November this regiment was at the front and formed part of the garrison of the chain of forts defending Washington from
the south side of the Potomac River, where it remained (Except taking part in the battle of Second Bull Run) drilling, making forts
and perfecting itself as a regiment until May, 1864, when it had 2,000 men in its twelve companies of first-class officers and soldiers,
it was ordered to join General Grant in that celebrated campaign against Richmond; and the dead bodies of these brave men were
left upon every battlefield from the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House. On arriving at the front the regiment was attached to and
formed a part of the First Brigade (commanded by Gen. Nelson A. Miles, now commander-in-chief of the U.S. A) First Division
(commanded by Gen. Francis C. Barlow) Second Corps (commanded by Gen Winfield Scott Hancock), all then and ever since
celebrated as brave and superior officers. He served with this company and regiment, participating in all its battles, long marches
and hardships until his discharge in October 1864, by reason of expiration of term of service, and during his whole service in the
army was not obliged to go to a hospital. In August 1864, he received a commission as captain in the regiment, but his health being
temporarily impaired by the hardships of that summer, he declined to muster under it and was honorable discharged after three
years of service.
Returning to his family and home his health improved rapidly and with strength came the desire to return to the army. He could not
content himself with business, and in December, received a commission from the secretary of war as first lieutenant in the 1st Regt
U. S. Vet. Vols (Hancock’s Corps) he again entered the service and was stationed at Utica to recruit veteran soldiers who had
served at least two years and were physically sound; and during the following winter recruited 150 veterans who were mustered into
the service and formed part of the 20,000 veterans which General Hancock was authorized by the war department to raise
throughout the country and to command in the field. Early in March he was ordered to join his regiment, then serving in the
Shenandoah Valley, and on arriving immediately took part in an expedition against General Mosby, the celebrated guerrilla of the
Blue Mountains of Virginia, and here he heard the last hostile bullet in a short skirmish with this brave and daring leader. After the
surrender of Lee his regiment was sent to the Wilderness to collect the bones of the unburied dead of that fierce struggle and bury
them, mark the graves of the dead there and at Spotsylvania Court House, and then returning to Washington was the guard inside
the prison at the execution of Mrs. Surrat, Harold and others for the assassination of the lamented Lincoln. In July he was ordered to
Baltimore and promoted to be captain of Co. C. of the same regiment. He was in command of Fort Federal Hill and Camp
Distribution in that city, and was honorable discharged at the muster out of service of his company and regiment in February, 1865.
Returning to Utica, after long and valiant service in the army, Mr. Stoddard resumed the practice of law and in 1871, formed a copartnership with Edwin H. Risley, which continued until 1884. Since then he has practiced his profession alone. Having been elected
in the fall of 1871 he qualified and entered upon his duties as district attorney of Oneida county on January 1, 1872, and served in
that capacity for a term of three years. Among the many important trials which he conducted as prosecuting officer was that of
Josephine A. McCarthy for shooting and killing Henry H. Hall, of Ogdensburg, while riding in a Genesee street car in Utica. This was
one of the most celebrated cases in the criminal annals of the State and lasted three weeks, and out of it grew the indictment, trial
and conviction for libel of the editor of the Daily Bee for printing an attack upon the presiding judge. In 1878 Mr. Stoddard was
candidate for surrogate on the Republican ticket, but owing to an organized effort to carry the office to Rome he was defeated by
Stephen Van Dreaser by a very small majority. After this he retired permanently from politics and devoted his attention wholly to his
profession, in which he has won brilliant achievements and a wide reputation.
Mr. Stoddard is a member of Utica Lodge No. 47, F. & A. M. and Oneida Chapter No. 57, R. A. M., and a charter member of Yahnun-dah-sis Lodge of Perfection Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. He is also a charter member of Post Bacon, No. 53, G. A. R.,
and has served as its quartermaster and commander two terms each. For a time he was judge advocate-general on the staff of
General Barnum, Department Commander State of New York. He has always taken a lively interest in public affairs, and in the
progress and prosperity of the city of Utica, where he occupies a prominent place both as citizen and lawyer.
July 13, 1859, Mr. Stoddard was married to Miss Sarah B., daughter of Leonard Gibbs, of Utica. She was born in Boston, Mass., in
1833. Their children are David Curtis Jr. born March 6, 1862, and George Lyman born May 26, 1869, both of Utica.
Stoecker, John, 14th NY Inf Vols, Syracuse, 501
Jeweler; b. 6 Mar 1841, Nuernburg, Bavaria; d. 12 Feb 1912; Raised 16 Jun 1867; Mbr No. 302
STOECKER, JOHN.— Age, 20 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1861, at Utica; mustered in as private, Co.
C, May 17, 1861, to serve two years; promoted corporal, December 24, 1861; sergeant, July 1,
1862; reduced, May 1, 1863; mustered out with company, May 24, 1863, at Utica, N. Y., as
Storcker; also borne as Stocker.
watchmaker and jeweler, clocks, spectacles, Syracuse , N.Y.
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Horace Greeley Stone
Bro. Stone was born 29 May 1849 at Fillmore, Putnam, Indiana. He enlisted as a private in
Company F, 133rd Infantry*, Indiana Volunteers, 9 May 1864, being discharged 5 Sep 1864. He
moved to Syracuse in 1868, and in 1871 established himself in the dry goods business which he
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continued until his death, being at that time the oldest merchant continuously doing business under his own name. He was an active
member of the First Baptist Church during his residence in Syracuse. He was listed at 410 University Avenue in 1917.
* Following is almost the entire regimental history of the Indiana 133rd Infantry according to Dyer: "Organized at Indianapolis, Ind.,
and mustered in 17 May 1864. Ordered to Tennessee and assigned to duty at Bridgeport, Ala., and as Railroad Guard, Dept. of the
Cumberland, till September. Mustered out 5 Sep 1864."
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/CIVIL-WAR/1998-01/0885414378
Masonic Record:
27 Jun 1877
Master Mason in Syracuse Lodge No. 501; served as JD 1896;
SW 1908-09; Master in 1910-11. Member No. 486.
1911
Grand Sword Bearer
1888
Central City Chapter No. 70, RAM; Master of the Second Veil, 1893-94;
Captain of the Host, 1896-97; Scribe, 1898.
19 Jun 1889
Central City Council No. 13, R&SM; Captain of the Guard, 1888-98; Principal Conductor, 1894;
Deputy Master 1895-01.
15 Feb 1889
Central City Commandery No. 25, KT; First Guard, 1890-91; Standard Bearer, 1892; Captain General, 1893-94;
Generalissimo, 1895-96; Eminent Commander, 1897-98.
1902-04
Representative of the Grand Commandery of Colorado, near the Grand Commandery of New York
21 Jan 1889
Degrees of the Scottish Rite in Central City Lodge of Perfection; JGW, 1890-91; SGW, 1892;
Thrice Potent Master, 1893-95
11 Feb 1889
Central City Council of Princes of Jerusalem; JGW, 1892-95
18 Feb 1889
Central City Chapter of Rose Croix; JW, 1890-92; SW, 1893-95; Most Wise Master, 1896
29 Mar 1889
Central City Consistory; 2nd Lt. Commander; 1893-95; 1st Lt. Com., 1896-98;
Commander-in-Chief, 1899-01.
1895
Council of Deliberation of New York; 1st Lt. Commander
17 Sep 1895
Crowned an Honorary Member, 33o, Supreme Council, AASR, NMJ, at Buffalo, NY
27 Sep 1898
Admitted a member of the Masonic Veterans Association of Central New York
He entered into rest on 30 Jan 1920 after a severe illness of several years, but his mental faculties were alert until a few days before
his death.
Family and siblings of Bro. Stone:
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=1416046&frompage=99
William Robinson STONE
Father of Bro. Horace G. Stone Born: 17 Jan 1817 Mercer City, KY; Died: 1 Jul 1889 Poland, Clay, IN
Married: 3 Nov 1841Poland, Clay, IN
Father: Enoch STONE; Mother: Mary ‘Polly’ Thomas DENNY
Wife: Lucinda Ann DUCKWORTH Born: 1 Aug 1823 Washington City, IN; Died: 24 May 1901Poland, Clay, IN; Buried: 26 May 1901
Poland, Clay, IN; Married: 3 Nov 1841Poland, Clay, IN; Father: John R. DUCKWORTH; Mother: Sarah SELLARS
Children:
1. Lucinda STONE Born: 1843 Putnam, IN
2. Sarah Elizabeth STONE Born: 3 Jan 1851 Manhattan, Putnam, IN; Died: 25 May 1902 Poland, Clay, Indiana
3. Mary Sophronia STONE Born: 5 Oct 1856 Manhattan, Putnam, IN; Died: 12 Aug 1919 Fort Wayne, Allen, IN Buried: 14 Aug 1919
Poland, Clay, IN
4. Marvin Cowgill STONE Born: 1 Apr 1842 Manhattan, Putnam, IN
5. Horace Greeley STONE Born: 22 May 1849 Manhattan, Putnam, IN
6. Louis Preston STONE Born: 1 Dec 1844 Manhattan, Putnam, IN; Died: 1 Jan 1921
7. Emily Jane STONE Born: 23 Dec 1846 Manhattan, Putnam, IN; Died: 30 Jun 1906
Grandfather:
Enoch Stone (b. 20 Jun 1787, Mercer Co., KY; d. 6 Jun 1871, Putnam Co., IN) who married Mary Thomas Denny,
20 Sep 1810. Mary "Polly" Thomas DENNY was born on 21 Jan 1795 in Mercer, KY. She Died on 2 Jul 1832 in Putnam Co., IN.
Buried on 5 Jul 1832 in Enoch Stone Cemetery. She married Enoch STONE on 21 Sep 1810 in Mercer County, KY. Enoch STONE
was born on 20 Sep 1787 in Mercer County, KY.
Ref: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/DENNEY/1998-02/0887860170
Died on 6 Jun 1871 in Putnam County, IN. They had the following children:
i. Rachel Thomas STONE
ii. William Robinson STONE
iii. Mary Jane STONE
iv. Sara Denny STONE
Gr Grandfather: James Stone (b. ca 1755-60, Fauquier, VA; d. 1826, Mercer, KY) and Jane Ellis (m. 25 Dec 1781)
Horace m. Married Ella Finnell (Ellen Fennell)
“Encyclopedia of Biography of New York,” by Charles Elliott Fitch. 1916. page 41-42.
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eb&ots=MtW5Nu20Nd&sig=3Pry8Ytm2S_J35_2ZaEWlMW8aqo&hl=en#PPA42,M1
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Walter R. Stone, (son of Horace Greeley Stone) - Merchant, Public Official.
The November elections, 1915, put Walter R. Stone into the mayor's chair by the largest majority ever recorded for a candidate in
any municipal election held in the city of Syracuse. This honor came to Mr. Stone, not as a partisan, but in recognition of his twenty
years' active interest and useful cooperation in the public and semi-public affairs of the city to which he was brought an infant. His
record as president of the park commission included the establishment of playgrounds and a vast improvement as well as extension
of the park system ; as a purveyor to the amusements of the people he aided in the organizations of the "Mystique Krewe," served
as its first treasurer and still continues his active interest, and was one of the kings of the carnival ; to the business interests of the
city he had contributed fifteen years of active work in the Chamber of Commerce, while to the voters-at-large he was known as a
Republican, but one with strong independent tendencies, not as a politician. To this and his sterling manly qualities he adds a
personality most pleasing, and with such an equipment he went forth to contest for election to the chief executive office in his city.
The response was most gratifying to him, and as he is yet but hardly in life's prime, it is not the culmination of a career, but an
incident. Mayor Stone was not born in Syracuse, but his parents were residents of the city, at that time but temporarily absent. They
returned to Syracuse when their son was six weeks old and from that time his years, forty-four, have been spent in the city of which
he is now the executive head. He is an enthusiast where Syracuse and her interests are concerned and in his duties as mayor he
renders a correspondingly devoted service.
Walter R. Stone was born 1 Jan 1873, son of Horace Greeley and Ellen (Fennell) Stone. His father was born in Filmore, Indiana, 22
May 1849. He became a leading dry goods merchant of Syracuse, head of a retail business long established in the city. He served
as a private in the One Hundred and Thirty-third Indiana Infantry during the Civil War. He is a member of the First Baptist
Church, of the Citizens' Club and Masonic Temple, having attained the thirty-third degree in the Masonic order. He married, 4 Oct
1868, at Greencastle, Indiana, Ellen Fennell, who bore him two children: Walter R. and Mabel E.
Walter R. Stone obtained his early and preparatory education in the public schools of Syracuse, completing courses of study at the
Madison School and graduating from high school. He then entered Amherst College in the class of 1895. On completing his college
course the young man became associated with his father, Horace G. Stone, in the dry goods business, and has so continued.
During the years since 1895 he has not only been diligent in business and a worthy, energetic man of affairs, but has manifested a
public spirit that has impelled him to active participation in public affairs. For several years he was a member of the Syracuse Park
Commission and served in that body as secretary, later as president. When first appointed to the commission there was little
sentiment in favor of public playgrounds, but Mr. Stone brought the subject prominently before the body of which he was a member
and was one of the strongest advocates among the pioneers in a movement now so popular For fifteen years Mr. Stone has been
an active member of the Chamber of Commerce, ranking with the "workers" of that organization. For several years he has been a
member of the board of directors, also filling the office of treasurer for several years. He has given liberally of his time to the work of
the Chamber and as chairman and member of important committees rendered efficient and valuable service. During the winter of
1913- 14, he was appointed by Mayor Will a member of the committee on unemployment, a work to which he devoted himself most
unselfishly. In political faith Mr. Stone has been consistently Republican, but extremely independent in political thought and action.
He was one of the incorporators of the Syracuse Escort, a famous Republican club founded in 1864 and incorporated about 1902.
For two terms Mr. Stone was president of the "Escort" and has long been a member of its board of directors. He served as a
member of the Republican county committee from the seventeenth ward, and for two years was treasurer of the committee. Until his
canvass for the mayoralty in 1915 he never sought a public office, those he had held were by appointment, without solicitation, and
carried no salary. Louis Will, the Progressive candidate, was elected mayor of Syracuse in 1913 in a triangular contest, but in 1915
Republicans and Progressives united, the Progressive city committee endorsing the candidate of the Republican convention, Walter
R. Stone. His victory at the polls was most complete, the returns showing majorities in every ward in the city and in eighty-three out
of eighty-six election districts. Mr. Stone's plurality was nine thousand six hundred and ten, he receiving eighteen thousand and
seventy-four votes against eight thousand four hundred and sixty-four for his Democratic opponent. Mayor Stone is identified with
many social and fraternal organizations; is a past commander of Merriman Camp, Sons of Veterans; was a trustee of the First
Baptist Church, belongs to the Citizens' and Rotary clubs, and is interested in the philanthropy of his city. Walter R. Stone married
Alice M. Palmer, of Syracuse, daughter of Manning C. Palmer, and has two daughters: Alice and Ellen.
Stone, Lyman S., x, Bunting, 655
b. 1845, d. 12 Jul 1912; bur. Kensico Cemetery; lived 3410 West 131st Street; m. Anna ____; member of Alexander Hamilton Post
No. 182, G.A.R.; President of New York City Christian Endeavor Union.
Stone, Robert, x, Jerusalem Temple, 721
Stone, Samuel F., (Capt.) 86th Infantry Steuben's Rangers, Union, 95
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, Fredericksburg, Virginia, page 184.
www.nps.gov/frsp/upload/Roster--Revised.doc
(2003) Stone, Samuel F. Captain. Co. H, 86 NY. Age - 24. Prior service in 3 U.S. Art. Enlisted at Fort McHenry, MD for three years.
Mustered in as a Sergeant 10 Nov., 1861. Mustered in as a First Lieutenant 31 Dec, 1863 and as Captain 15 Feb., 1864. Killed in
action 10 May, 1864 at the Po River (SR). Originally buried at McCoull's Farm, Spotsylvania.
http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/86thInf/86thInfHistSketch.htm
The survivors who participated in the trials and hardships of those eventful days will remember the desperate fighting at the Brock
Road and Po River, in which our regiment had a fierce encounter with the enemy at close quarters, hand-to-hand. We lost 32 men
killed, and had a large number wounded. In that engagement every member of our color guard was either killed or wounded, and it
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was the good fortune of the writer to be able to carry the colors from the field and to save them from capture by the Rebels. The
regiment went into the engagement with 300 men, of which number 150 were numbered among the killed, wounded, or missing . . .
Capt. Samuel Stone was killed the same day at Alsop's Farm, where Capt. Vincent was severely wounded.
Stoneman, G. A., (Sergt.), Urania, 810
.Stout, Charles W., x, City, 408
Stout, Isaac H., Engineer Corps, Lodi, 345
http://books.google.com/books?id=bKMAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA262&dq=%22Isaac+H.+stout%22&lr= page 262.
“American Education,” by Boston University School of Education, 1903. page 229.
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THE recent death of Dr. Isaac H. Stout cast a gloom over the State Department of Public Instruction in whose service he had been a
faithful and progressive worker since 1887. His popularity extended throughout the State, into every county where the duties of his
office called him. His influence was felt wherever he went , as his geniality, kindly spirit, and helpful sympathy endeared him to all
with whom he came in contact, and in the teaching profession perhaps none was more universally beloved. As an indication of the
love with which he was regarded by his associates, memorial exercises were held at the office of the state department, Nov. 23.
Superintendent Skinner presiding. Speeches in eulogy of Dr. Stout were made by Henry R. Sanford of Penn Yan, the institute
conductor longest in the service of the state, and Charles H. Howell of Riverhead, Suffolk county, the oldest school commissioner of
the state in point of service. The following made brief remarks:
Deputy Superintendent Ainsworth, Miss Anna E. Friedman of Buffalo, institute instructor:
Percy I. Bugbee, A. M., D. Sc., principal of the Oneonta Normal school, and Miss Gracia L. Rice, supervisor of drawing of the
Teachers' Institute and daughter of former State Superintendent Rice. Letters and telegrams were received from Dr. M. B. Reinick of
Geneva, pastor of Dr. Stout's church; Andrew S. Draper, president of the Illinois state college, and from the president and faculty of
Hobart college. During the exercises Superintendent Skinner delivered an impressive tribute, manifesting his warm personal regard
for Dr. Stout, concluding as follows:
"Close association with him gave a new meaning to friendship. He was so genuine, so loyal, so strong, so brave; always so ready to
receive everybody and to give abundantly of his ripe counsel, founded upon long experience, and that helpful sympathy which goes
so far to make life useful and happy. It is hard to lose such a friend. He was so well-fitted to live, and work and help ! In the faithful
performance of his duty he carried out the impulse of his heart. He often told his associates that it was one's duty always to help the
weak; that the strong could better take care of themselves. "The educational work of the state has lost one of its most generous,
diligent and faithful laborers, against whom I have never known an unkind word to be said. We who knew him so well have met with
a loss which others cannot understand. He lived such a beautiful life, may we not feel that when he left this life of activity and
usefulness for that other world which awaits us all his influence illumined not only the life he left, but also the glorious one into which
he has entered."
Dr. Stout was born in Geneva, in 1845. He was educated at the Geneva Classical and Union school, going from there to Groton
seminary. His teaching experience began at Lodi, where he remained until the outbreak of the civil war when he went to the front,
serving in the engineering corps. After the war he became a surveyor in the employ of the Union Pacific Railroad company. Later he
again became a teacher. He was principal of Dundee academy for several years, leaving that place to accept a similar position in
the high school at Farmer. While principal of that school he was elected school commissioner of Seneca county. He resigned the
office of school commissioner in 1887 at the time of his appointment by State Superintendent Draper as an institute conductor in the
state department of public instruction. From the time of his appointment in 1887 until 1898 he served as an institute conductor and
at once became recognized as one of the strongest men engaged in the public school work of the state. In 1898 he was appointed
supervisor of teachers' institutes in the state department of public instruction, which position he held at the time of his death. Both
Hamilton college and Hobart college conferred upon him the degree of master of arts, and from Alfred university he received the
degree of LL.D.
Stout, Hiram, 1st NY Artillery, Lodi, 345
b. 29 Jun 1834; d. 14 May 1914 in Lodi, Seneca Co., NY
Served as a private in the Civil War with the 148th NY Volunteers, Company E.
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STOUT, HIRAM.— Age, 30 years. Enlisted, September 30, 1864, at Seneca Falls; mustered in as private, Battery C, September 3,
1864, to serve one year; mustered out with battery, June 17, 1865, at Elmira, NY.
.Stover, James H., x, Lodi, 345
Stowell, Merrick, 24th NY Inf Vols, Oswego, 127
STOWELL, MERRICK.— Age, 22 years. Enlisted, May 1, 1861, at Oswego, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Co. B, May
17, 1861; promoted corporal, December 15, 1861; first sergeant, January 1, 1863; mustered out with company, May 29, 1863, at
Elmira, N. Y.
Oswego County Judge, 1899; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 35th District, 1915.
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Merrick Stowell. County Judge of Oswego county, was born in the town of Scriba on 3 Oct 1838. His father was Shubael W.
STOWELL, a native of Jefferson county, NY. Merrick STOWELL, at the age of thirteen, commenced to earn his own livelihood by
working as a boatman upon the New York State canals, which occupation he followed continuously for seven years – the first three
as a canal driver, the remaining four in other positions. His principal ambition at that early age was to acquire a liberal education.
He attended the country district schools winters; afterward the district schools of Oswego, and the excellent High School of the city,
where by his naturally studious habits and retentive memory he fitted himself for a teacher. He had already spent two years in this
vocation before graduating from the High School in 1860, thus securing the necessary means to carry out his cherished plan of
going through college. But the outbreak of the great civil war, which changed the current of so many men’s lives, found a ready
response in the young man’s breast, and he shouldered a musket as a private in the gallant Twenty-fourth Regiment, gave his
country two years of faithful service and returned with the rank of sergeant. The record of the Twenty-fourth Regiment is elsewhere
given in this work, and in its varied struggles Mr. Stowell bore his honorable part.
Returning to Oswego at the close of his term of service, he resumed teaching for two years, regretfully abandoning his desire for a
collegiate education. The following six years were passed by him as bookkeeper in the Lake Ontario Bank, succeeded by six years
in the same capacity for a large lumber firm. Finding himself now in circumstances that justified his engaging in business on his own
account, he joined with Charles W. SMITH to form the firm of Smith & Stowell, lumber dealers, which connection continued three
years to 1876.
Leaving the lumber business Mr. Stowell became associated with Messrs. Cheney AMES and Coman C. AMES in the grain and
milling industry, which continued three years, which brought to a close his connection with trade and manufacturing.
In politics he has always been an earnest Republican, and before the year last named had become well known in the local councils
of the party, where his knowledge of the field and grasp of the situation when important issues were at stake, gave him deserved
prominence. His official life began with three terms as school commissioner. In the fall of 1879 he was given the nomination for the
office of county clerk, was elected by a handsome majority and served three years, 1880-82. Meanwhile in consonance with his
natural liking and his more recent associations, he began studying law in 1878 with B. F. CHASE, now of the city of Chicago. In the
spring of 1883 he was admitted to the bar at Rochester and opened an office in Oswego. His practice was commensurate in extent
with his expectations and his success gratifying to himself and his friends. In the fall of 1887 he was nominated and elected district
attorney, in which office he served three years to the satisfaction of the bar and the people of the county; receiving a renomination,
he was, in the uncertainty that often prevails in local politics, defeated. Resuming his practice he continued until the fall of 1892
when he was further honored by his fellow citizens with the nomination and election to the office of county judge, in which he is now
serving his third year, with marked favor.
The professional career of Judge Stowell is one of the seldom occurring examples of success following the beginning of an entirely
new calling in middle life. He was forty years old when he began the study of the law, and it was five years later before he was
admitted to practice. Within the succeeding ten years he had risen to the highest county judicial office. While this result may,
perhaps, be creditable to some extent to the fact of his having rendered valuable military and political services, it is nevertheless
true that it is far more largely due to his exceptional fitness for the office; the qualifications acquired through the most energetic,
persistent, and unflagging study, with such other fitting attributes as are his by nature. If he is not classed among the more brilliant
lawyers whose greatest success is attained through eloquence before court and jury, Judge Stowell is accorded the confidence of
his professional associates in his knowledge of the law, his fairness and impartiality as a judge, while as a man he is esteemed by
the entire community. He is a member of the Congregational church of Oswego, and is ever found ready to turn his hand to good
works.
Judge Stowell married in 1863 Melinda W. EVERTS, of Mexico, daughter of Frederick EVERTS. They have four children, one son
and three daughters, all of whom are living.
Stowell, Rufus R., 148th Infantry Union, 95
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~twintiers/sket10.html
Rufus R. Stowell born in Elmira NY, May 18, 1838, was educated in the Elmira Academy. Mr. Stowell was in the mercantile pursuits,
and conducted a first class grocery on the south side. August l6, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and forty eighth
Infantry New York Volunteers. He was several times wounded, once in the battle of Cold Harbor, and in the left knee at Gaines'
Farm, June 2d and 3d, and was honorably discharged at the close of the war. December 20 1868, he married Mary Ann Breese,
youngest daughter of John and Mary Breese of Horseheads. They had six children John S., Harry C., Mary Elizabeth, Edgar S.,
Ralph C., and Grace A.
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Mr. Stowells father, Abel was born in Worcester, Mass, in 1806, and married Elizabeth Stronger. They came to Binghamton about
1830. They had nine children of whom these were living: Charles. M., Rachel R., Rufus R, William H. John E., and Henry C.
Stratton, Whitman, 89th NY Infantry, Norwich, 302
b. 7 Sep 1840 at South Oxford, N.Y; carriage maker; son of William Frink Stratton and Maria Symonds; m. 30 Apr 1867 Margaret
Sheffer. 4 children.
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=PA159&q=1328#PPA115,M1
William served three years in Company E, 89th NY Infantry; Private, enlisted 16, Sept. 1861, discharged as Sergeant, 6 Oct 1864 at
Bermuda Hundred, Virginia. Took part in over 20 battles and skirmishes Antietam, Fredericksburg, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. His
brother Avery b. Mar. 31, 1844; m. Louisa A. Wood, Aug. 27, 1864. Served in Navy, 1862-3, on U. S. Frigate Potomac, and other
vessels at Pensacola and Arkansas Pass, and took part in battle of Galveston; discharged on account of health, Aug. 26, 1863; d.
Sept. 3, 1865.
Streeter, Buel G., Medical Director Army of the Shenandoah, Senate, 456
Dr. Buel G. Streeter was graduated at the Medical College at Castleton, Vt., in 1853, and located at Granville, Washington county,
NY. He took an active part in the Rebellion, and filled a number of prominent medical and surgical positions. After the war he came
to Glens Falls. He died 24 Jul 1900, Glens Falls, NY, age 68. Examining Surgeon for Pensioners 1885-1900.
History of Warren County, H. P. Smith, Chapter XXIII: The Medical Profession
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nywarren/countyhistory/smith/xxiii.htm#Buel_Goodset_Streeter page 324-327.
Buel Goodset Streeter was born 25th July, 1832, at Warsaw, Wyoming, NY. His father's name was Joab Streeter. His mother's
name was Sophia Wheat. His father was a Methodist preacher. He was one of Bishop Philip Embury's first class of converts in
Hampton, Washington county. He began preaching when he was about twenty years of age; first at home as a local preacher, from
which he moved to the tract called "The Holland Purchase," about the year 1828, and filled the position of traveling preacher until
the time of his death which occurred in 1868, at Carlton, Orleans, NY, aged 72.
The subject of this sketch at the time of his mother's death, which occurred when he was nine years old, was thrown as a waif upon
the mercies of a heartless world - thenceforth destined to carve out his own career, working as a chore-boy wherever he could get a
job of work and receiving such chance advantages as were to be obtained by an irregular attendance upon the public schools until
he was sixteen years of age, when for two winters he became a teacher himself. He all this time lived in and about Warsaw.
When eighteen years of age (1850) he moved to West Poultney, Vt., where he entered the Troy Conference Academy, where he
remained for a year, and at the same time commenced and prosecuted the study of medicine under the tutelage of Dr. Wm. H.
Miller, a young physician of promise and ability, who had then but recently settled there, and who afterward completed his life work
at Sandy Hill, NY, where he died about the year 1873. In 1852 he entered Castleton Medical College, from whence he graduated at
the end of a second term, 4 Nov 1853.
He was married soon after to Lizana Hotchkiss, daughter of Captain Hiram Hotchkiss, of Hampton, Washington county. He
embarked in the practice of medicine in Hampton, where he remained until about the year 1858 when he moved to Granville
(Bishop's Corners), and resumed the general practice of his profession.
At the breaking out of the Rebellion, moved by the same patriotic impulses which actuated so many of the brave and daring spirits of
the North, he tendered his services and was commissioned assistant surgeon of the Ninth NY Cavalry, 25 Jun 1862. His command
was attached to Siegel's celebrated corps, then operating in front of the defenses of Washington, and was in action at the battle of
Cedar Mountain and the second battle of Bull Run. The ensuing fall Siegel's command was turned over to the Army of the Potomac,
and constituted the Eleventh Corps under the command of General O. O. Howard. During this period, preceding Burnside's famous
"mud march," the Ninth Cavalry was detached and incorporated with other regiments of that arm of the service into the cavalry corps
of the Army of the Potomac under the command of Major General George Stoneman. During this period the battle of
Chancellorsville occurred, in which this brigade was a participant, acting as provost guard, the remainder of the corps being
detached on a raid to the rear of the rebel lines. General Stoneman was superseded soon afterward by Major General Alfred
Pleasanton, under whose leadership the subject of this sketch was promoted to the position of surgeon, and transferred to the
Fourth NY Cavalry in the same brigade.
On 9 Jun 1863, the entire corps was ordered to make a reconnaissance in force across the Rappahannock from the vicinity of
Stafford C. H., and in discharging that duty struck the right flank of the rebel army under General Lee at Brandy Station, where a
severe all-day action occurred, resulting in being driven back across the Rappahannock, two heavy skirmishes having taken place
previously at Beverly's and Kelly's Fords. From opposite Brandy Station - the two armies moving in parallel lines down the
Shenandoah Valley, and a spur of the Blue Ridge - the corps was ordered to make a reconnaissance through Ashby's Gap to
determine the enemy's strength and location; here at Aldie on the 17th the corps encountered a division of Jeb Stuart's cavalry and
had a severe engagement in which the colonel, Louis P. Di Cesnola, was wounded and taken prisoner. The rebels were driven
through and beyond Middleburg on the Little Valley Pike where they remained until the 19th, the interval being devoted to bringing
up the supplies and caring for the wounded; then moving forward encountered the enemy again a little beyond the town where
another severe action took place, resulting in again driving the enemy. On the 21st another encounter took place at Upperville,
which resulted in the dispersion of the enemy in the direction of their main army. During these various actions, casualties to the
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number of several hundred occurred which kept the medical force in general, and Dr. Streeter in particular, in active employment,
engaged in amputations and superintending the removal of the wounded. Here it was definitely ascertained that the enemy had
determined upon invading the Union territory, and the cavalry corps, acting as an army of observation, retired slowly before the
enemy's advance until the famous battle-field of Gettysburg was reached, when the division of General Gregg, in which the Fourth
NY Cavalry was included, was stationed to guard the right flank of the Union army and protect the immense trains of supplies and
stores in the rear.
After the defeat of the rebels at Gettysburg this division was dispatched in pursuit of the retreating army, with the rear guard of which
they had an active engagement at Falling Waters. From this time forth Dr. Streeter's regiment participated in all the active
movements of the cavalry corps of the Army of the Potomac until the close of the campaign and then went into winter quarters at
Culpepper Court House. In the following May, 1864, the Army of the Potomac, being under the leadership of General Grant, and the
command of the cavalry having been transferred to General Sheridan, this force crossed the Rapidan at Germania Ford and
participated in the series of engagements known in history as the battle of the Wilderness. After the action of Todd's Tavern (one of
the series), Dr. Streeter was ordered to take a large ambulance train of wounded and medical supplies and establish a hospital for
the care of the wounded and sick of the cavalry corps, numbering about 2,000. Of this he had charge from two to three weeks, his
time being fully occupied in the cares and duties devolving upon so important a responsibility.
At the end of this period the hospital was broken up and the sick and wounded placed on transports and sent to Washington, the
doctor being ordered to rejoin his regiment, which he found stationed at Whitehouse Landing. Crossing the James River with his
regiment, he remained with the Army of the Potomac until Washington was again threatened by the invasion of Early from the
valley, when two divisions of the cavalry (including the doctor's brigade) were dispatched to the relief of the national capital, under
the command of General Sheridan, whose name is now a household word in every hamlet of the North. The enemy speedily retired
up the valley followed sharply by Sheridan's troopers, and in a sanguinary engagement at Newton, something like 200 men being
wounded, the doctor was ordered to remove the disabled and wounded to Winchester and thence to Washington so soon as the
railroad, which had been torn up by the vicissitudes of war, was reconstructed, he was afterward ordered to rejoin his regiment. In
this attempt, after having discharged the duty assigned him, he was captured by Mosby's guerilla band near Kernstown, four miles
above Winchester.
He was sent to Richmond and confined in Libby prison for twelve days, and was finally released through the kindness and
intervention of Captain Semple, of the rebel army and inspector of rebel prisons, who had previously, when wounded and a prisoner,
received many kindnesses and attentions at the hands of the doctor, and through his agency and instrumentality the latter was
released unconditionally and sent forward to the Union lines, reaching his regiment at Charleston Heights on 12 Sep 1864. Here the
doctor resigned his commission as regimental surgeon to accept the position of acting staff-surgeon of the U. S. army, having a
commission from the general government, and was at once assigned to duty as surgeon-in-chief of Powell's Division of Cavalry, in
the cavalry corps of the Shenandoah Valley. On the 15 Nov 1864 he was assigned to duty as medical director of the cavalry corps
of the Army of the Shenandoah; on 10 Jan following he was assigned to duty as medical director of the Army of the Shenandoah, in
which capacity he served until 1 Jul, 1865, when he with the army was mustered out by general orders, and he returned to his home
at Granville, where he remained in practice until 1 Apr 1867, when he removed to Glens Falls.
He was elected coroner two terms, and served as trustee of School District No. 2 from 1872 to 1881, when, upon the consolidation
of five of the village districts into the Union Free School No. 1, of Glens Falls, he was elected one of the board of directors. The
doctor felt justly proud of his relations to our public schools, and had, during his extended term of service, proved an energetic,
faithful, and efficient officer. Upon the organization in January last, in Glens Falls, of a board for the examination of pension
claimants, he was appointed a member and elected treasurer of the same. In his profession, the doctor earned a wide-spread
reputation as a skillful surgeon and successful practitioner of medicine. He was in the prime and vigor of an active manhood, and
gave promise of many coming years of activity and usefulness.
Stringham, Irving A., Lt., Windsor, 442
b. 20 Jul 1839; d. 7 Jul 1901
Strong, Josiah C., 6th Cavalry (Artillery), Candor, 411
STRONG, JOSIAH C.— Age, 36 years. Enlisted, September 3, 1864, at Candor; mustered in as private, unassigned, September 3,
1864, to serve one year; no further record.
Struble, Hanford, (Lieut.) 148th NY Inf Vols, Dundee, 123
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eh9lQp&sig=tgKFWiOdQkyQCPqSoWgSH3OuZQY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPA292,M1 page 292.
also: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/yates/biofam/biotreeS.htm
Mr. STRUBLE is an able and prominent lawyer of Yates county, and a young man of more than ordinary ability. He is also a
gentlemen of fine presence, and few would meet him casually without bestowing upon him an involuntary second glance. Physically,
he is a fine specimen of manhood. Deep-set and piercing black eyes, an ample moustache and a wealth of flowing black hair, serve
to adorn a remarkably well-shaped head, every characteristic of which denotes force of character and a high degree of intellectual
power. As an orator, Mr. STRUBLE has few, if any, superiors on the floor of the Assembly. To a deliberate and impressive style of
delivery and a happy facility in the choice of language is united a deep and musical voice, whose tones penetrate every corner of
the chamber, enabling him to command the attention of all within hearing. He does not often address the House, but when he does,
his words are worthy of attention.
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Mr. STRUBLE was born in Milo, Yates county, on the 14th of May, 1842, the eldest of three children born to Levi and Mary
(MISNER) STRUBLE. He was also the grandchild of Adam and Mary (DEAN) STRUBLE, pioneers of Milo. The young life of our
subject was spent on the farm, and in the common schools of the town.
He received his preliminary education in Starkey seminary from 1853 to 1857. Afterward he entered Genesee college, from which
he graduated with honor in the class of 1861. For some time subsequently he followed teaching, being, in 1861 and 1862, principal
of Dundee academy. After the war closed he studied law, and in 1867 received a diploma from the Albany Law school, and was duly
admitted to the bar. From that time to the present, he has practiced the legal profession with a good degree of success.
In September, 1862, he entered the army as first lieutenant of company B, 148th New York Volunteers. Early in 1 863, he was
appointed on the staff of General EGBERT VIELE, and for nearly a year subsequently, he was Provost Marshal of Portsmouth, Va.
He then served with honor on the staffs, successively, of Generals WILD, POTTER and VOGDES, and so highly was he regarded
by his superiors; that in January, 1864, he received from Secretary STANTON an appointment as permanent Aid on the staff of
General GEO. F. SHEPLEY. In February of the following year he was assigned to duty before Richmond, under General WEITZEL,
and he entered that city with the victorious army on the 3d of April ensuing.
At the close of the war, he held the rank of brevet-major, and he received his honorable discharge from the service in July, 1865.
Major STRUBLE performed long and arduous service for the Union cause during the war, and his record as a soldier is without a
blot.
Politically, Mr. STRUBLE has always been fully identified with the Republican party, and his activity and zeal have been of great
advantage to the Republicans of Yates county. He is recognized as occupying a leading position, and his counsel is sought by men
much older in politics than himself.
During two terms he has held the office of District-Attorney of Yates county, being elected in 1868 and 1871, and he discharged the
duties of the office with signal ability. He is making an excellent record during the present session of the Assembly, and, though in
the minority, he is influential in shaping much important legislation. Early in the session he attracted attention by introducing a pro
rata freight bill, and he has been quite persistent in his efforts to secure its passage, despite adverse influence. He is a wide-awake
minority member of the Judiciary Committee, and because of his agreeable personal traits, is very popular among members of both
parties. He married in 1868, Laura J. Backus of Canandaigua, daughter of Clinton C. Backus. They had a son, Clinton B. Harrison
Struble (b. 1874?) and Henry Albert (b. 1878?), both were single. Hanford died October 30, 1903.
Strunk, Joseph, (Major) 2d Vet. Cavalry, St. George's, 6
STRUNK, JOSEPH.— Age, 19 years. Enrolled, August 26, 1863, at Saratoga; mustered in as first lieutenant, Co. B, August 26,
1863, to serve three years; as captain, December 19, 1863; mustered out with company, November 8, 1865, at Talladega, Ala.; not
commissioned first lieutenant; commissioned captain, December 14, 1863, with rank from December 5, 1863. He was made a
brevet major at the close of the war with the New York Volunteers.
.Stryker, Daniel, 34th Vols, Onondaga, 802
Stuart, Russell Redfield, (Corpl.), Syracuse, 501
Civil Engineer; b. 23 Mar 1847, Hamburgh, NY; d. 17 Jan 1912; Raised 28 Jan 1892 in Fraternal Lodge No. 625, Hamburgh, NY;
Affiliated with Syracuse Lodge No 501 on 5 Sep 1895; Mbr No. 924
Stumpf, С. V., 38th N. G, Germania, 182
.Sturtzkober, Gustav A., 5th N. G, Fessier, 576
.Sullivan, Florence, (Lieut.) 23d Infantry, Union, 95
Summers, Moses, 149th Inf Vols Quartermaster, Central City, 305
There are veterans' grave markers on this hill surrounding the monument in concentric circles.
Moses Summers
Quartermaster
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Moses Summers was born in Wexford, Ireland, on 1 Jan 1820, migrating to New York State with
his parents in infancy. His father worked as a stone mason during the construction of the Erie
Canal, the family residing variously at Utica, Rochester, Lockport, and Buffalo. Following
completion of the canal, the Summers settled in Oswego where Moses received his preliminary
education. After the death of his father from cholera in 1832, he became an apprentice printer to
Richard Oliphant, publisher of the “Free Press.” He concluded his services as a journeyman
printer with John Carpenter, who published the Oswego “Palladium.” Bro. Summers then moved
to Syracuse in 1841, entering the office of he Onondaga Standard with A. L. Smith and Marcellus
Farmer, later becoming foreman. He was present at the gunpowder explosion in Syracuse on 20
Aug 1841, and was a member of the rescue squad.
Summers bought Smith’s interest in the newspaper in 1848 and formed a partnership, Agan and
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Summers, with the editor, Patrick H. Agan, a fearless and independent writer. The Standard had absorbed the Syracuse Reveille in
1850. In the ante-bellum period, Summers had been an active abolitionist and was one of the prime instigators of the widely
publicized “Jerry Rescue” slave case in Syracuse on 3 Oct 1851. He was prosecuted with other participants by the United States
authorities for the alleged offense, but the case was abandoned after several years of litigation:
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Instead of taking Jerry out of the city, the rescuers took him to the densest part of it, and set him down at the front door of the
Syracuse House, in Salina Street, where the Judges of the Supreme Court and its officers, surrounded by fastidious politicians,
were huddled together to look at him. Though it is impossible to name all the persons who took part in carrying Jerry in this imperial
procession, special notice is due one of them.
When Jerry came down the steps, his head and one of his shoulders were delivered to Moses Summers, one of the editors of the
Daily Standard, then the democratic organ of the city. Mr. Summers did not quit that position, but as after stated, until Jerry entered
the carriage that took him off. As the procession was passing the Townsend Block, it was assaulted by B. L. Higgins, one of the
democratic Aldermen of the city, at the point where Summers was engaged. Summers instantly quit his hold, and laid the officious
Alderman in the gutter, and again took his position. Higgins got up out of the dirt, and followed by the side of the procession, and
again stepped in front of it and commanded the liberators to lay Jerry down and obey the laws. Full of the spirit of the occasion,
Summers gave his place to Peter Reed, a colored man, and turned upon the meddling Alderman and knocked him down. This
quieted the officious Alderman, and Summers returned to his place again.”
-------“From the door of the Syracuse House Jerry was taken and deposited at the Rail Road Depot -- but the mass was so dense that the
carriages to take him off could not come to him -- and still the tumult was so great that but few knew where Jerry was.
When in prison, it was an object to collect the people--now it was important to disperse them, that he might find a place, unknown to
his enemies, where his chains could be broken, and he could refresh his bruised and broken body with food, medicine and slumber.
Several rescuers now ran in opposite directions through the crowd, crying "Fire! fire! Fire!" This was a successful ruse de guerre.
The masses, wild with excitement, ran every way, crying "Fire! fire! fire!" -- some, doubtless, scenting the stratagem, and others
falling into it.
In a short time Jerry was left alone with James Davis, Jason S. Hoyt, Moses Summers, and a few other brave and stalwart men,
who lifted him, groaning with pain into a carriage, and he was taken, by a circuitous route, to a colored man's house in the eastern
part of the city. A proposition to call at Doctor Hoyt's office. and have his wounds dressed, was overruled in regard to prudence. As
the carriage rolled away, the Liberators sent up a "Hurrah!" at the top of their voices, which drew up the sympathizing voices of
thousands in all directions, and the heavens vibrated with delight.
Without delay, Jason S. Hoyt brought his cutting bar -- a powerful instrument -- and cut Jerry's shackles apart, leaving each of his
limbs free, but bruised and bleeding, and encumbered by the dissevered irons. Not daring to leave Jerry with the colored man, he
was disguised in female attire, and led from house to house among the colored people, who were willing to receive him, but who,
nevertheless, those who had him in charge, to wit, Jason S. Hoyt, James Davis, &c., feared to trust, because of a possible lack of
prudence or discretion. Therefore they led him to the house of Caleb Davis, on Genesee Street -- a man whose heart was big with
the love of liberty, and whose mind they knew to be charged with qualities fitting their purpose.
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Quartermaster Moses Summers was mustered into service at Albany, NY on 28 Aug 1862, under a commission as Quartermaster
dated 18 Apr 1862, rank 28 Aug 1862. He enlisted in the 149th Regiment, New York State Volunteers, in Aug 1862, and began
active duty 18 Sep 1862 as Lieutenant and Quartermaster under Colonel Henry A. Barnum. He was detached for duty as A. A. Q.
M. on the staff of Colonel Ireland, command the 3rd Brigade at Stevenson, Alabama, 22 Apr 1864. He was subsequently
discharged 1 Jul 1864 to accept a commission as Captain and A. A. Q. M. of US Volunteers in the same staff. Captain Summers,
from the time of his appointment on the staff of Colonel Ireland, continued to serve at Brigade H.Q. until the close of the war. He
also acted as scribe throughout the various fortunes of the regiment until it was mustered out of service 12 Jun 1865. He reported
regularly to his newspaper, “The Standard,” under the caption, “The Sword and the Pen.” Following his pithy messages, the notes
were signed: “Yours for the Union, and against secession,” or “Yours for the Union and against traitors wherever they are,” etc.
Many interesting and amusing anecdotes have survived, such as speaking of the first night in Virginia he said, “That was the
dreariest night I ever experienced, and I never or expect to see another.” The old saying, “misery loves company” was certainly true
the same night on bivouac. Lieutenant Collins was purloined of his valise by itinerant nocturnal predators. Lieutenant Summers,
Wheeler, Westcott, and Stevens were simultaneously relieved by the visiting Washington “gentlemen.” But all things have their
compensation. “Thing of those new boots, what pain and suffering they were saved by their loss.”
He was an intelligent and efficient officer, and performed the duties assigned to him in a creditable manner.
Bro. Sommers fought with the men at Lookout Mountain, 14 Nov 1863; Missionary Ridge, 25 Nov 1863; and Ringgold, 27 Nov 1863.
During Sherman’s Campaign in Georgia, 2 May to 13 Dec 1864, he was commissioned a Captain, his unit being attached to the 2nd
Brigade of the 20th Corps. Summers was among the first of the troops of Sherman’s Corps on its famous “March to the Sea” to
enter Savannah. By order of Major-General John W. Geary, he seized all the printing equipment of the city and collected it in one
office. The first issue of the new publication, “The Loyal Georgian,” appeared the next day, much to the surprise of all. Summers
continued his editorship for several months, the newspapers attracting wide attention. He was also the author of the articles
appearing from time to time in the Syracuse Daily Standard entitled "The Sword and Pen".
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He then continued with his command to Raleigh, where the rebellion ended with the surrender of Johnston. The unit participated in
the post-war Grand Review at Washington, where he was brevetted a Major. He returned home overland with a number of animals
and property purchased from the government. He later held a commission of Lieutenant Colonel and Quartermaster in the Sixth
Division of the New York State National Guard on the staff of Major-General D. P. Wood.
Moses Summers returned home in 1865 and continued at the head of the paper until May 9, 1866, when Charles E. Fitch, a gifted
writer, acquired an interest in the establishment. On July 23 of the same year the firm of Summers & Company was formed,
consisting of the Summers Brothers, Charles E. Fitch and Henry A. Barnum, with whom he served in the 149th Regiment. Mr. Fitch,
Moses Summers, and F. A. Marsh (the later acting as city editor) acted as editors of the paper, while William Summers was
business manager. A more vigorous and aggressive policy was adopted, the paper was made a nine-column sheet and it soon
advanced to a leading position among the journals of the State.
Summers was elected Alderman of the Sixth Ward in 1861, serving on the Board of Supervisors for two years, and was Treasurer in
1866. His main interest was in the political field, and in 1869 he was elected Member of Assembly from Onondaga County’s Second
District and was the recipient of political preferment on several occasions, but never received the full recognition due him for his
merits and great services rendered in behalf of the country, owing to partisan jealousies engendered against him as on the leaders
of the party in the county of Onondaga.
As an officer he was meritorious and efficient, as a citizen and as a friend he was faithful and loyal. He retired from the profession in
1875 and was made Warden of the Port of New York, and his untimely death on 15 Jun 1882, caused
by an accident while serving
in that capacity, in the full vigor of his manhood, was universally regretted. At the close of the war he
received the brevetted rank of Major.
Obituary of Moses Summers
from The N.Y. Times, June 16, 1882, p. 5
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Col. Moses Summers, of No. 21 Delancey Street, New York, the Port Warden, while walking on the
beams fell into the hold of the bark Prince Albert, at the foot of Amity street, Brooklyn, on Saturday,
June 3, died at the Long Island College Hospital last evening.
His spine was both dislocated and fractured by the fall. Col. Summers was born in Wexford County,
Ireland, on the 1st of January, 1819, and was brought to this country by his parents when only 1 year
old. They settled in Oswego, and here young Summers learned the trade of printer. In 1841 he went to
Syracuse, and was employed as journeyman printer on the Syracuse Standard. That year, when Jerry,
the escaped negro slave from Missouri, was arrested and brought into court in Syracuse, Col. Summers
was one of the party that rescued the fugitive. He was indicted for the offense, but his trial never came
off. He worked as a printer on the Standard until 1848, when he purchased a half interest in that paper
and assumed editorial management. He was a great friend of Gen. Henry A. Barnum, and when that
gentleman took the One Hundred and Forty-ninth Regiment into the field he appointed Col. Summers
Quartermaster. Col. Summers at once left his position, abandoned his property and marched out to
defend the Union.
This was in 1862. He served with the regiment in the Army of the Potomac until after the battles of
Gettysburg, when the command was transferred to the Department of the Cumberland in the West. In
the early part of 1864, upon the recommendation of the Hon. Thomas T. Davis, then member of Congress from Onondaga District,
President Lincoln appointed Summers Captain and Assistant Quartermaster in the Army, and he was assigned to duty in the
brigade commanded by Gen. Barnum in the Twentieth Army Corps. He served in this position until the close of the war, being
present at the battles of Wauhatchie, Lookout Mountain, and Chattanooga, and making the campaigns with Sherman of Atlanta,
Savannah, and the Carolinas, and his large property accounts with the Government were found to be absolutely correct, and were
promptly settled. For his efficient services in the field he was brevetted Lieutenant-Colonel of Volunteers.
After the war he was appointed Quartermaster on the staff of the Major-General commanding the Sixth Division of the National
Guard of this State, and held this position until his death. He resumed editorial charge of the Syracuse Standard in 1865. Two years
ago he was appointed Port Warden in the City, and one year ago he resigned the editorial management of his paper. He was an
enthusiastic Republican, and was regarded as a man of keen judgment and great foresight in political affairs, and his advice was
often sought by the leaders of the party.
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4TH REGIMENT. - Quartermaster Summers arrived home from New York on Sunday morning. The supplies of clothing, &c., were
very scarce, owing to the rapidity which regiments are coming in. He succeeded in procuring the blankets, and it is expected the
uniforms will be shipped before many days. (Syracuse Daily Courier and Union 2 Sep 1862)
CLOTHING FOR THE NEW REGIMENT. We learn that a full supply of army blankets, of good quality, has been received by
Quartermaster Summers, for the Fourth Onondaga Regiment, and they will be served out to the men as fast as they are ready to
take up quarters in Camp. It is impossible at the present time to obtain uniforms and other necessary articles of clothing, but they
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will be forthcoming at an early day. Since the appointment of our “local” friend Moses, of the Standard, to the position of QuarterMaster of the new, or Fourth Onondaga Regiment, he has been very active in seeing to the wants of the men, and has displayed the
same agility and untiring perseverance which has at all times characterized his connection with the press, as an able and
industrious local editor. We are not apprised as to who will be his successor in the local Chair, but whoever he may be, with all due
deference to whatever talent he may bring to his aid, we are quite sure that the readers of the Standard will miss the pungent pen of
our former cotemporary, while we shall be relieved from many a sharp poke in the ribs. But notwithstanding all this, which to his
reader, like the fable of the boy and the frogs was “fun to them but death to us,” we, too, shall miss his genial, every day association,
and the frank, generous and courteous manner in which he has always treated us, personally. Ever willing to impart any information
to us within his knowledge, which might be of service to us, we found him accommodating and communicative to an extent that
perhaps we had no right to expect. But what his former readers will loose through his absence as local editor, they will gain it in the
service of interesting letters that he will be able to send his paper from time to time, from the seat of war. As Quarter-Master of the
regiment, the gallant boys will find in our old friend Moses, one ever alive to their best interests, and who will be constantly on the
alert to supply their every want in time of need. In taking leave of him as one of our most genial and clever city cotemporaries, our
regards shall follow him upon the tented field, coupled with hopes for his personal safety and future prosperity and when, at the end
of the war he shall return home, conscious of having performed his whole duty to our common country, none will be more rejoiced at
the opportunity of extending to him a warm greeting and the right hand of editorial fellowship than his humble servant the “local” of
the Courier and Union. (Syracuse Daily Courier and Union 3 Sep 1862)
CONSOLIDATION OF THE FOURTH ONONDAGA REGIMENT. This regiment was consolidated on Wednesday under the
designation of the One Hundred and Forty-ninth (149th) Regiment, when all the Captains and most of the Lieutenants were
appointed. We like the number designating the regiment. It sounds strong, and looks invincible. Quarter-Master Summers furnishes
his paper with some items of interest in regard to camp matters, which we subjoin :
The Camp of the 4th Regiment has been named Camp White in honor of Ald. White, the well known and popular commander of Co.
D, of the 51st regiment. Major Cook is in command of the camp, and strict military discipline is enforced. Captain Townsend and
some fifty men went into camp this morning before breakfast, and took possession of one of the barracks. There are now five
companies Capts. Light, Lynch, Townsend, Graves and the Pompey company, in camp, and others will go there to-day and tomorrow. The Manlius Company, Captain Graves marched to town this morning, and went into camp. The march of eight miles must
have been a tiresome one, but the boys bore the fatigue like heroes. Capt. Lindsay and his company will be in camp this afternoon.
It is understood that 950 men have enlisted in the Regiment, but probably all will not pass muster. However, it is safe to say that the
Regiment will soon be filled to the maximum. (Syracuse Daily Courier and Union 5 Sep 1862)
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LAST CALL. All persons having claims against the 149th Regiment must present their bills this forenoon to the Quartermaster or his
Sergeant. The regiment will march immediately, and the bills require the approval of the Colonel and Quartermaster to make them
valid. MOSES SUMMERS, QUARTERMASTER. (Syracuse Daily Courier and Union 22 Sep 1862)
DEPARTURE OF THE FOURTH ONONDAGA REGIMENT. The 149th regiment has received positive orders to leave Camp White
today for the seat of war. The exact time for its departure has not come to our knowledge, but preparations were being made
yesterday for the breaking up of camp at an early hour this morning. Nearly all the men were out on furlough yesterday, making a
last visit to their friends, and enjoying themselves as they pleased. The regiment will go to Washington via Elmira, by the New York
and Erie road. Noncommissioned officers were detailed to gather in the stragglers yesterday, and a large number were picked up in
various parts of the city. The livery stables reaped a rich harvest, as everything in the shape of horse flesh was engaged by the
soldiers at high prices. The soldiers having received their bounty monies were quite flush, and it changed hands rapidly. The
Daguerrean artists got their share of it, while the boys exchanged daguerreotypes with their lady-loves. Groups of soldiers could be
seen upon the corners of the streets, exhibiting to each other the likenesses of dear friends, wives, sweethearts, sisters and
brothers. We have not seen the streets so crowded in a long while as they were on Saturday, caused by an influx to the city of the
friends and relatives of the soldiers, whom they were anxious to spend a few more hours with before their departure, many of them,
perhaps, never to return. Trying scenes will be enacted today when the regiment takes its departure, of such a mournful character
that we should prefer not to witness. P.S. Since the above was put in type, we have later intelligence in regard to the movement of
the regiment.
Quarter-Master Summers returned from New York at 4 A.M. yesterday, bringing with him a full supply of haversacks, canteens, and
every other needful article, which were distributed to the men at Camp White yesterday. He has been quite active and untiring in his
exertions to provide the men of his regiment with a complete outfit, and this he has finally accomplished at the expense of much
hard labor and considerable outlay upon his part, to the entire satisfaction of the members of the regiment. “Moses” looks “ripe
peaches” in his uniform, and will make a “bully” officer. Col. Barnum is expected home early this morning, to direct the movements
of his regiment. (Syracuse Daily Courier and Union 22 Sep 1862)
LAST DAY OF THE 149TH REGIMENT. The announcement made in the daily papers that the regiment would leave for Washington
yesterday, drew a large concourse of the friends and relatives to the city, who loitered about the depot for many hours, expecting to
see the regiment off and bid the boys “God speed.” They were much disappointed at the delay, particularly upon learning that the
regiment would not leave until 7 o’clock this morning. They expected to see them off at 6 o’clock last evening, but their departure
was postponed until 7 A.M., today. The route is by Geneva and Seneca Lake to Elmira, and thence via Harrisburg and Baltimore to
Washington. The National Colors ordered by the Salt Company, was presented to the regiment at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon at
the camp grounds. The Citizens Corps acted as an escort, and Col. Barnum received the flag in behalf of his regiment, which was
drawn up in line. The stand of regimental colors being prepared by the Israelite ladies of the Seventh Ward, are not yet ready, and
will be formally presented the regiment through the Mayor, who will follow them on Friday next. Lieut. Savage, of Capt. Lynch’s
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company, was presented with a sword and pistol on the camp ground Sunday afternoon, by a party of his friends. The presentation
address was made by John Molloy, Esq., in his usual felicitous style, and responded to by Robt. F. Trowbridge, Esq., on the part of
Lieut. Savage. Matthew J. Dolphin was called upon, and in response made a very effective speech. Capt. Lynch, himself, was the
recipient of an elegant and costly sword, a tribute of respect from Lieut. F. D. Murray, and M. E. Lynch, Esq. This was an informal
presentation and done so quietly that we had no opportunity to notice it heretofore.
A handsome sword, sash and belt were presented to Capt. Grumbach by the Board of Supervisors on Saturday. Col. Barnum is to
receive a valuable sword before the regiment leaves, and we understand it was to be presented yesterday afternoon, at the same
time with the flag presentation. A number of the friends of Quartermaster Summers presented him with a horse and equipments at
the camp ground yesterday morning, at nine o’clock. The presentation was made by Mr. Samuel Rooney, to which “Moses”
responded in his usual “gilt edged” style. Alexander McKinstry, ex-Inspector, now orderly Sergeant of Co. E, 149th, was on
Saturday evening made the recipient of an ivory-handled, silver-mounted Colt’s Revolver and a sash, by his recent co-laborers in
the Canal office. Lieut. Col. John M. Strong received the gift of a valuable war charger, on Saturday last, from his friends in
Onondaga. The horse was purchased by Sanford D. Evans and Earl B. Alvord, who were appointed a committee for that purpose by
a meeting of citizens, at a cost of $200. The ceremony took place at Col. Eaton’s new hotel at Onondaga Hill, when R. H. Gardner,
Esq., of this city, made a neat presentation speech in behalf of the donors, to which the Lieut. Col. responded in an able and
patriotic manner. Speeches were also made by Jas. Johnson and H. Case, Esq., and the occasion passed off with great éclat. Capt.
J. Forman Wilkinson is to be complimented with a splendid sword, elaborately finished and appropriately engraved, before he takes
his departure with the regiment. It will be the gift of his former railroad employees, which is sufficient to guarantee that it will be a
costly and elegant affair. A number of the friends of Lieut. Ahio. L. Palmer, Co. H, 149th regiment, presented him with a splendid
sword and sash, on Saturday evening last. The affair came off in the parlor of the Sherman House, and everything connected with it
passed off in the most happy manner. Lieut. Palmer leaves with the regiment this morning, and carries with him the best wishes of
all our citizens. (Syracuse Daily Courier and Union 23 Sep 1862)
THE QUARTERMASTER OF THE 149TH REGIMENT. Editor Courier. There are some points made in the letters published by you
on Monday morning from the 149th regiment, which justice demands that attention should be called to, as there are utterly
groundless causes of complaint against the Quartermaster, however much somebody higher in authority and beyond his regiment
may be at fault. 1st. The Quartermaster must issue the kind or quality of food that is issued to him by the Brigade Quartermaster,
with the privilege however of having spoiled food condemned by Board of Survey and returned - drawing other rations in its stead.
The lack of vegetables and the kind and quality of rations is therefore no fault of the Quartermaster, unless in the latter case he
refuses to have them condemned and returned. 2d. That "thinking more of his pocket than of the good of his men" has any bearing,
I cannot see, as no opportunity occurs for him to convert the rations into money, and the Sergeant drawing the company rations
ought to be sharp enough to know whether he gets his weight and measure or not. 3d. The lack of full or any rations is at times
entirely beyond the control of the Quartermaster, and is only one of the many "sufferings" incident to a soldier's life. Particularly is
this true when troops are moving from place to place, which it seems has been the chief occupation of the 149th since its departure
from home. I make these remarks for the benefit of the men who complain to their friends at home as well as that of the
Quartermaster. A new regiment, with officers who have not seen service has much rough usage which experience will enable them
to avoid, and the most experienced officers, serving as Quartermaster, cannot fail at times to be censured for errors not his own,
though it is sometimes difficult to make those who suffer to believe that the fault can exist beyond the officers of their own regiment.
I ask you to publish these comments with the hope that they may allay some of the fears of the friends of both the Quartermaster
and the complaining men. Respectfully yours. H. A. BARNUM. (Syracuse Daily Courier and Union 22 Oct 1862)
.Sutherland, Clark E., x, St. Johnsville, 611
Sutphin, John, 3d Vol. Cavalry, Monroe, 173
.Suttie, Geo. L., 79th Highlanders, Copestone, 641
Swain, George, (Capt.) 107th Infantry, Union, 95
SWAIN, GEORGE.— Age, 42 years. Enrolled, July 24, 1862, at Elmira, to serve three years; mustered in as second lieutenant, Co.
B, July 26, 1862; as first lieutenant, June 2, 1863; slightly wounded in the leg in action, May 25, 1864, at Dallas, Ga.; mustered in as
captain, September 25, 1864; mustered out with company, June 5, 1865, near Washington, DC. Commissioned second lieutenant,
September 6, 1862, with rank from July 24, 1862, original; first lieutenant, May 11, 1863, with rank from March 20, 1863, vice M. V.
B. Bachman, promoted; captain, September 19, 1864, with rank from July 8, 1864, vice A. N. Sill, promoted.
.Swain, Geo. W., x, Bethany, 821
Swain, James В., Capt. Scott's 900, Continental, 287
Swartout, Leander, 121st NY Inf Vols, Remsen, 677
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SWARTOUT, LEANDER, M.D., was born in Pamelia, Jefferson county, NY, April 30, 1842, son of Enoch and Sally Swartwout.
Leander Swartwout was educated in the district and select schools of Jefferson county, and in 1861 entered the Fairfield Academy.
In 1862 he enlisted in Co. C, 121st Regt. N. Y. Vols., and was discharged in 1863. In 1864 he again entered the Fairfield Academy,
where he graduated. He taught school for forty terms, and in 1878 he entered the Albany Medical College, where he graduated in
1880, and since which time he has practiced in Prospect. He is a member of the Oneida County Medical Society, and was once its
president, and for three years was a delegate to the New York Medical Society and is a member of same, and he was also coroner
for three years. He married Sarah E. C. Northrup, by whom he had three children: Anna K., Addie F., and George A. He married for
his second wife, Mrs. Mary E. Hibbard, by whom he has four children: Kate L., Caradori, Manuela, and Ruth. He is a member of the
Remsen F. & A.M., I.O.O.F., and I.O.R.M. of Prospect, and also of the Thomas Post, of which he was commander for several
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Sweeney, Wm., (1st Sergt.) 173d Vols, Pyramid, 490
Sweet, A. M., x, Cherry Creek, 384
Sweetman, W. H., x, Croton, 3R8
Swift, C. L., (Lieut. -Col.), Silver, 757
Swift, H. J., (Capt.) 2nd NY Mounted Rifles, Cuba, 306
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Hon. Harlan J. Swift, Buffalo, son of Calvin and Sevila (Ault) Swift, was born in New Hudson, Allegany, NY, 2 Oct 1843. He is
descended from William Swift (a brother of Sir Goodwin Swift and an uncle of Dean Swift), who came from England in the Boston
immigration of 1631-32 and afterwards settled at Sandwich, MA, where he purchased in 1687, a farm which is now owned by and
has always been in the family.
Judge Swift's great-grandfather, Jirah Swift, died of wounds received while fighting in the battle of Bunker Hill. His father's maternal
grandfather. Joseph Campbell, of Scotch-Irish descent, was in the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill, being severely wounded in
the latter. Wyatt Swift, grandfather of Harlan J., participated in the battle of Ogdensburg in the war of 1812; he removed from
Burlington, Vt., to Syracuse (then Salt Point), NY, afterward to Perry, NY, and thence to New Hudson, where he died. Among judge
Swifts maternal ancestors was Major Lyon, of the Revolutionary war. His mother's father, Peter Ault, son of Nicholas and Catharine
Loucks, married Roxanna, daughter of William and Mehitable (Lyon) Eaton. The Ault family came from Saxony and Hesse,
Germany.
Judge Swift's parents removed in 1823 to New Hudson, Allegany county, NY, thence to Cuba, in the same county and next
adjoining New Hudson. He was educated in the common schools of Cuba, at Rushford Academy, at Alfred University, and at the
Albany State Normal School, and in Sep 1863, enlisted in Co. H, 2d NY Mounted Rifles, as a private. He was promoted
commissary-sergeant, second lieutenant, and was acting adjutant of his regiment, declined the appointment of adjutant, was made
first lieutenant and later captain of his company, and was mustered out 10 Aug 1865, but served two weeks longer making out the
rolls. He was under Grant in the Army of the Potomac from the campaign of the Wilderness to Appomattox, serving
as infantry until Nov 1864, when the regiment was remounted. Judge Swift led his company in every battle and was
granted a medal of honor by Congress for gallant and meritorious conduct at the Mine Explosion before Petersburg,
30 Jul 1864.
Medal of Honor Citation
Having advanced with his regiment and captured the enemy's line, saw 4 of the enemy retiring toward their
second line of works. He advanced upon them alone, compelled their surrender and regained his regiment
with the 4 prisoners.
He returned home 3 Sep 1865, and two days later entered the law office of N. P. & B. D. Loveridge, of Cuba, NY.
He was graduated from the Albany Law School, and was admitted to the bar in Nov 1866. He began practice in
Cuba, and was a partner of B. D. Loveridge from 1867 to 1882, when Governor Cornell appointed him county judge
of Allegany county. In 1883 he came to Buffalo, where he has since resided. He is an able lawyer, an unusually strong advocate
before a jury, and a man of the highest professional and business integrity. He was a charter member and for five years commander
of Bartle Post No. 183, G. A. R., of Cuba, was judge advocate general of the Department of the State of New York under Gen. John
A. Reynolds, and is a member of Bidwell-Wilkeson Post No. 9. G.A.R., of Buffalo, and the Military Order of the Loyal Legion,
Commandery of New York. He is a member and past master of Cuba lodge No. 306, F. & A. M., was district deputy grand master of
that district, and a member of Valley Point Chapter, R.A.M., of Cuba, and of St. John's Commandery No. 24, K.T., of Olean. 26 May
1869, he married Martha A., daughter of Michael D. Higgins, who had removed from Rushford, NY, to Orange Court House, Va., in
1867. She died 7 Sep 1891, leaving a son, Parton Swift, born 14 Jul 1876, now a student at Cornell University, class of 1898.
Source: “Our County and Its People - a descriptive work on Erie County, New York,” Edited by Truman C. White, The Boston History
Company, Publishes 1898
“Deeds of Valor,” by Walter Frederick Beyer, Oscar Frederick Keydel, Henry Martin Duffield, 1907. page 404.
http://books.google.com/books?id=8SgWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA404&lpg=PA404&dq=%22Harlan+J.+Swift%22&source=web&ots=WQ
Wnk9hyRS&sig=Z4u93qmtNrfIbz2WtnSBV0AD1HQ&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result
AN IMPROVISED BODYGUARD
WHEN on the 30th of July, 1864, the Confederate works at Petersburg were converted by the explosion of Lieutenant-Colonel
Pleasants' mine into the horrible " Crater," Company H, of the Second New York Mounted Rifles, dismounted, was posted about 100
feet away from the enemy's works and with the crash and tumult of the explosion they received the order to charge with the
remainder of the brigade across a small rise of ground and take position at the first line of the Confederate defenses. Second
Lieutenant Harlan J. Swift, of Company H, a medal winner in this affair, relates:
"Of course it was hot work, but was in no way a surprise, because our entire line had been waiting long for just such an experience.
We reached the objective point in short order, to see the enemy going pell-mell toward their second line of defense, a considerable
distance away on the Jerusalem plank road. As we reached the top of the first line I could see several Confederates not far off, and,
calling my company to halt, I sprinted on after the fugitives. I was very good on my feet and soon overhauled four of the men who,
with guns loaded and bayonets fixed, had given me such a stubborn chase.
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“Placing the muzzle of my revolver against the temple of one of the 'Johnnies' while still running, I ordered the four to surrender,
which they did instantly, fancying, I suppose, that I had my whole company at my back. Then I formed them on either side and in
front of me — as a protection against possible shots from their more speedy companions — and so marched them back to our line.”
.Syke, James S., x, Trumansburgh, 157
Syme, Charles, 79th Highlanders, Scotia, 631
SYME, CHARLES.— Enrolled at New York city, to serve three years, and mustered in as sergeant, Co. E, May 27, 1861; as second
lieutenant, October 16, 1862; discharged, April 22, 1863. Commissioned second lieutenant, October 24, 1862, with rank from
September 24, 1862, vice Alexander Fraser resigned.
T
Taft, Miletus, x, Franklin, 90
Taft, Thos, (Capt.), Jerusalem Temple, 721
.Taft, Wm. H., x, Speedsville, 265
Tailby, John, x, Trumansburg, 157
Talbot, J. E., x, Binghamton, 17
Talbot, Martin, x, Glendale, 497
Talcott, Chauncey ‘Chan’ (Chanay) Goodrich, (Capt.), Silver, 757
Tanner and Currier; b. 6 Oct 1834, Silver Creek, Chautauqua, NY; d. 1909; son of William David Talcott and Persis B. Gage; m. 7
Dec 1858, Maria L. Lee: Lodge Secretary, Hanover, Chautauqua, NY
http://ronaldtalcott.com/Talcott%20Family/b2794.htm#P2812 see also:
“Talcott Pedigree in England and America from 1558 to 1876,” by Sebastian Visscher Talcott, page 238.
http://books.google.com/books?id=CD1WAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA239&dq=%22talcott%22+%22Hanover,+NY%22#PRA2PA238,M1
William David, son of (1688) David Talcott and Anna Goodrich, was born Glastenbury, Ct., March 3, 1811, married Persis
Brandegee, daughter of Asa and Nancy Gage (b. in Winfield, Herkimer Co., N. Y., Feb. 7, 1814), Sept. 10, 1833, and had
i. Chauncey Goodrich, b. Oct. 6, 1834; m. MARIA L. LEE, Dec. 7, 1858 ; resides at Silver Creek ; no ch.
ii. Anna Elizabeth,
b. Sept. 27, 1836 ; m. GILBERT K. HARROUN, of Corfu, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1858.
iii. Asa Gage,
b. April 20, 1839; m. MARY A. FARNHAM, of Silver Creek, Sept. 4, 1860.
iv. William David,
b. Dec. 12, 1841 ; d. Oct. 12, 1844.
v. Walter (twin),
b. Feb. 15, 1844; m. MARY S. CHAPMAN, July 28, 1869
vi. Wallace (twin),
b. Feb. 15, 1844; m. FANNIE A. HEATON, Oct. 20, 1870.
vii. William Stevens,
b. Oct. 26, 1849; m. IDA E. SCOTT, Aug. 27, 1873.
viii. Charles Henry,
b. Aug. 19, 1854.
William David Talcott removed from Glastenbury to Silver Creek, Chautauqua Co., NY, Nov. 22, 1831, where he resided. On his
removal from Connecticut to Silver Creek he first engaged in the saddle and harness business which he pursued until 1839, when
he entered into the lumber trade at the same place for Oliver Bugbee, of Buffalo, NY, in whose employment he remained until 1848,
when he commenced the same business on his own account, and removed his office to Buffalo, where he continued in business
until 1876. He was elected a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church in 1861. He was elected Supervisor of the town of Hanover, NY,
in 1864, served in that capacity until the close of the Rebellion. His wife came to Silver Creek with her parents, in 1817. She is a
descendant of Gen. Gage, of Revolutionary fame, and of the Brace family, of Hartford, Ct.
Charles Brace, of Hartford, married her grandmother, Persis Brandegee, of Berlin, and removed to Winfield, N. Y. The children of
WILLIAM DAVID TALCOTT were all born in Silver Creek.
Talcott, William Stevens, x, Silver, 757
b. 26 Oct 1849, Silver Creek, Chautauqua, NY; son of William David Talcott and Persis B. Gage; m. 27 Aug 1873 Ida E. Scott
Talcott, W. W., x, Silver, 757
Tallcott, Edwin C., (1st Sergt.) 7th Vol. Cavalry, Central City, 305
Edwin Charles Tallcott (aka Talcott)
“Proceedings of the Supreme Council, AASR,” 1905. page 307
Ill.’. Bro. Tallcott was born at Richfield Springs, Otsego, NY, on 14 Jan 1845, the son of
Edwin Talcott (b. 31 May 1815 in Warren, Herkimer, NY; d. 18 Dec 1863 in Cleveland,
Oswego, NY) and Eliza C. Wimple (b. 16 Jan 1818 in Richfield Springs, NY; d. 24 Dec
1858 in St. Anthony, Stearns, MN). His sister, Frances Louise Kathern (m. Robert Harding,
5 Jun 1867), was born on 25 Jan 1843, and his brother, George N., was born 12 Jan 1854.
Masonic Record:
2 Mar 1869 Raised in Central City Lodge, No. 305
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25 Jun 1869
21 May 1888
17 Dec 1869
5 Jan 1870
20 Sep 1892
Central City Chapter No. 70, RAM
Central City Council No. 13, R&SM
Central City Commandery No. 25, KT
He received the degrees of the Scottish Rite in the
Central City bodies, Valley of Syracuse, NY
Crowned an Honorary Member, 33o, Supreme Council, AASR, NMJ.
Brother TALLCOTT in his position as secretary of all the Masonic bodies of the Valley, naturally formed an extensive acquaintance,
and was recognized among the brethren with whom he came in contact, as a pleasant and genial gentleman, ready at all times to
respond to any call for his services, or any information that might be required in any of the bodies, by any of the brethren. A zealous
and active Mason, he spent many of the best years of his life in the service of the Masonic bodies of this city. He served for a time in
the cavalry during the Civil War, was a prisoner at Andersonville, and was a member of Bro. Augustus I. Root Post No. 151, G. A.
R., of Syracuse. He was twice elected a member of the Board of Education and was its president for one term.
Stricken on Memorial Day, 1905, while he was paying tribute to his dead comrades in the exercises of that day, our brother sank
slowly but surely to his final rest on 21 Jun 1905. We who were startled at the news of his affliction, and had hoped against hope for
his recovery, have bowed in submission to His will, and reluctantly dropped our roses on his bier, sorrowfully bidding farewell to his
mortal remains. "His body will return to dust; his spirit has gone to God who gave it." May his soul rest in peace. He passed to his
final rest, regretted by his associates and friends.
"Our lives are albums, written through
With good or ill, with false or true;
And as the angels turn the pages of our years,
God grant they read the good with smiles
And blot the bad with tears."
Abel G. Cook, 33o
Syracuse, NY, 1 Jul 1905
22 Jun 1905, Copyright © The New York Times
1880 Census, Danforth (Syracuse), Onondaga, New York
Edwin C. TALLCOTT
Self
M
35
NY
Issabella TALLCOTT
Wife
M
34
NY
Clerk in Store
Keeping House
NY
IRE
NY
IRE
Edwin married ‘Bella’ C. Carbery, 3 Aug 1869, in Syracuse, New York.
Ancestry and Descent of Edwin C. Tallcott
“Talcott Pedigree in England and America,” S. V. Talcott (Compiler), Published by: Weed, Parsons and Company, Albany, NY 1876
http://ronaldtalcott.com/Talcott%20Family/b1505.htm#P1517
http://ronaldtalcott.com/Talcott%20Family/b14.htm#P34
2. John TALCOTT was born about 1558 in Colchester, Essex County, England. He died in 1604 in Braintree, Essex County,
England. John, son of John Talcot and ----- Wells, was born (probably) in Colchester previous to 1558; married Anne, daughter of
William Skinner.
John Talcott died in Braintree about fourteen miles from Colchester (where he resided) the early part of the year 1604. His widow,
soon after his death, married "Moyses Wall," of Braintree, who died, fall of 1623, leaving her again a widow. All the children were
minors at his death, but as the Braintree records, previous to 1660 are deficient, the date of their baptism cannot be ascertained.
John TALCOTT and Anne SKINNER were married in Braintree, Essex County, England. Anne SKINNER (daughter of William
SKINNER) was born in Branford, Suffolk County, England. She died in Braintree, Essex County, England. John TALCOTT and
Anne SKINNER had the following children:
i.
The Worshipful John TALCOTT.
ii.
Rachel TALCOTT born in Braintree, Essex County, England; died in Braintree, Essex County, England. Unmarried in 1623.
iii. Anne TALCOTT born in Braintree, Essex County, England. Married.
iv. Mary TALCOTT.
v. Grace TALCOTT born in Braintree, Essex County, England. Unmarried in 1623.
vi. Sarah TALCOTT born in Braintree, Essex County, England. Unmarried in 1623
-------11. The Worshipful John TALCOTT emigrated on 22 Jun 1632 from England. He died in Mar 1660 in Hartford, CT. He was born in
Braintree, Essex, England. John, son of John Talcott and Anne Skinner, his wife, was born in Braintree, Essex, England, married
Dorothy, the daughter of (probably) Mark Mott, Esq., and Frances Gutter, of Braintree, Essex, England.
John Talcott was left a minor by the death of his father in 1604, and was an only son. The 1st wife of Baggot Eggelston, who came
first from Dorchester in 1630, and thence to Windsor, was a Mary Talcott, whom he married in England before he came to America.
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No other family of the name ever emigrated to this country, and all of the Talcotts here are descendants of the above named John,
who settled in Hartford, Ct. He first came to Boston, Mass., with others of the Rev. Mr. Hooker's Company in the ship Lion, which
sailed from England 22 Jun 1632, and arrived there Sunday, 16 Sep 1632.
The ship Lion was Commanded by Capt. Mason, and had 123 passengers (among whom were 50 children) and they all arrived in
good health after a passage of twelve weeks from England.
This company first settled in Newtowne, now Cambridge, near Boston. John Talcott was admitted a freeman by the General Court at
Boston, 6 Nov 1632; was one of the Representatives in the General Court together with Mr. Goodwin and Mr. [William] Spencer*
[9th Gr. Uncle of the present compiler), for Newtowne, 14 May 1634. At a general meeting of the whole town of Newtowne, held 4
Feb 1634, he, and Haynes, Bradstreet, and four others, were chosen Select men of Newtown to do the whole business of the town.
He was the fifth greatest proprietor of houses and lands in the town, out of eighty enumerated in the registry of 1634, "of those only
who were considered townsmen."
* Note: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~george/b83.htm#P533 William Spencer, one of the ‘Four Spencer
Brothers,’ was Deputy to the Massachusetts General Court, 1634 thru 1637, and representative to CT General Court,
1639-1640; son of Gerard and Alice Whitbred Spencer.
. . . A copy of will & testament of William Spencer, late of Hartford, dec. presented in Court vpon oath of John TALYCOTT
(John Talcott Jr., 1598-1660) and John Pratt (Sr.1620-55), of said town. . . . Also my mind is, my Cosen Matthew ALLYN
(1606-1675), my brother John PRATT and John TAYLCOATE, that these three partyes or any two of them shall have the
Oversight of my Estate . . .
John owned four houses in the "West End," and maintained and kept in repair, thirty-six rods of public fence.
These are his houses and lands as recorded in the "Newtowne Register book, 5 Oct 1635." In the "West End" his dwellings, outhouses, etc., with 3 1/2 acres of land. In the "Old-fields," 3 3/4 acres of land in one piece, and 2 acres in another. In "The Neck," 32
acres of land in one piece, and 45 in another. In the "Ox Marsh," 2 1/2 acres. In the "Large Marsh," 7 1/2 acres. In the "Great
Marsh," 27 1/2 acres in one piece, and 50 acres in another. And in the "Windmill Marsh," 5 acres.
The Rev. Mr. Hooker joined his people in Newtowne, and they, becoming dissatisfied with their location, after repeated efforts and
much difficulty, obtained permission from the General Court to remove to the Connecticut River. John Talcott thereupon sold all his
possessions in Newtowne to Nicholas Danforth, 1 May 1636, and with about one hundred others left Newtowne in June of that year
(having first sent a carpenter Nicholas Clark, over the previous year to build him a house, which stood on the ground where the
North Church [late Dr. Bushnell's] now stands, and was the first house built in Hartford), led by the Rev. Hooker, and went on foot,
through the wilderness, to the Connecticut River, where they founded the present city of Hartford; here he took an active part in the
affairs of the town, was a member of the General Court for many years, and was styled "The Worshipful Mr. John Talcott;" he was
one of the committee appointed 1 May 1637, to take into consideration the propriety of a war with the Pequot Indians, and upon
whose recommendation a war was accordingly declared. He was one of the Chief Magistrates of the Colony until his death, which
occurred at his Mansion at the head of Main Street, in Hartford, in March 1660. He left by his will his property to his wife and two
sons (his daughter having previously died), and grandchildren. He was buried in Hartford, CT, and his name is inscribed upon the
monument erected by the citizens of that place to perpetuate the memory of the founders of the Colony of Connecticut.
Referring to the death of John Talcott, the Rev. John Davenport, of New Haven, writes to Governor John Winthrop, Jr., under date
of 29 Mar 29, 1660, "I am sorry for your loss of Mr. Talcott, whose decease I heard of, but not how his diseases were found
incurable, 'till I received your letter of the 27th, whereby it is most to me that no art of man could cure him."
Note,----"17 May 1660, Mr. Bray Rossester, for and in consideration of his pains in coming to and attending Mr. Talcott in his
sickness, was allowed 5(lbs.), and paid out of the Treasury."
The Worshipful John TALCOTT and Dorothy MOTT were married in Braintree, Essex County, England. Dorothy MOTT (daughter of
Mark MOTT Esq. and Frances GUTTER) died in Feb 1669/70 in Hartford, CT. She was born in Braintree, Essex, England. Dorothy
Mott, widow of the worshipful Mr. John Talcott, died in Hartford, CT, February 1670. She is supposed to have been the daughter of
Mark, son of Thomas and Alice (Mead) Mott, of Braintree, Essex, England, who was born 25 Apr 1549, married Frances Gutter.
Mark Mott was the ultimate heir of his father Thomas, who was the owner of Sheme Hall, Lexenden hundreds, and other real estate
in 1599.
Frances, wife of Mark Mott, died in Braintree, and was buried 23 Feb 1615.
Mark Mott died in Braintree, and was buried 14 Dec 1637.
Dorothy Mott, widow of the Worshipful John Talcott, made her will in Hartford, CT, 22 Sep 1669.
As there is no mention made in either the will of John Talcott, or that of his wife, of property possessed by them in England, it is
presumed that they disposed of it all before they came to this country, with the exception of the house they lived in Braintree, which
was sold by Mr. Mott, brother of Dorothy, in the year 1644, by order of her husband.
The Worshipful John TALCOTT and Dorothy MOTT had the following children:
i.
Mary TALCOTT.
ii.
Lieutenant Colonel John TALCOTT.
iii. Captain Samuel TALCOTT.
-----32. Captain Samuel TALCOTT son of the worshipful Mr. John Talcott and Dorothy Mott, was born in 1634/35 in Cambridge,
Middlesex, MA; died on 10 Nov 1691 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT. He married Hannah, daughter of the Hon. Elizur Holyoke and
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Mary Pynchon, his wife, (born 9 Jun 1644), 7 Nov 1661. Hannah died in Wethersfield, 2 Feb 1677/8, and he married Mary __, 6 Aug
1679 by whom he had no issue. His will was made in April 1691. His widow Mary died 5 Jan 1710-11, ae. 73 years.
Capt. Samuel was graduated at Harvard College in 1658, and made a freeman in 1662. His father settled him upon land which he
possessed, in Wethersfield. From 1669 to 1684 he was Commissioner for Wethersfield; from 1670 to 1684, Deputy to the General
Court, of which he was Secretary, in the absence of Col. Allyn, during the October session of 1684. 16 May 1676 he was appointed
"one of a standing committee to order measures and dispose of such affairs as shall be necessary to attend to in the intervals of
General Court. 12 May 1677, confirmed Lieutenant of Wethersfield Trained band; 14 Oct 1679, Lieutenant of the Troop; 16 Oct
1681, Captain of the Troop of Hartford of Hartford Co. From 1683, except during Andros' administration, was Assistant till his death.
Capt. Samuel, was one of the original proprietors of the town of Glastenbury, and owned the lot which was purchased by his Father,
in 1643, of Samuel Sherman and Richard Gildersleeve, "being 44 rods wide, running back from the river three miles to the great
wilderness." It is still owned by his descendants. He was the scholar of the family, and to him, his Father bequeathed all his books,
except his "Martyr Book," which he gave to his son John. From these two sons, John and Samuel are descended all of the name
Talcott in America.
The wife of Capt. Samuel Talcott was a daughter of Capt. Elizur Holyoke and Mary Pynchon, who resided in Springfield, MA. Capt.
Elizur Holyoke was the son of Edward Holyoke and Prudence, daughter of Rev. John Stockton, of Farnsworth, Suffolk, England. He
married Mary, daughter of Hon. William Pynchon, of Springfield, MA, 20 Nov 1640, and had John, b. 27 Aug 1641; d. 8 Oct 1641;
John, b. 5 Aug 1642; d. 6 Feb 1712; Hannah, b. 9 Jun 1644; m. Capt. Samuel Talcott, of Wethersfield, CT, 7 Nov 1661; d. 2 Feb
1678; a daughter born dead, 21 May 1646; Samuel, b. 9 Jun 1647; d. 31 Oct 1676; Edward, b. 8 Aug 1649; d. 16 Jun 1708; Elizur,
b. 13 Oct 1651; m. Mary dau. of Jacob Eliot, 2 Jan 1678; d. 11 Aug 1711; Mary, b. 14 Nov 1656; m. James Russell; he d. 11 Aug
1711; she d. 14 Jul 1678.
Mary, the wife of Capt. Elizur Holyoke, died in Springfield, 26 Oct 1657. Her monument, which is still standing in that place, bears
the following inscription: "Here lies the body of Mari, wife of Elizur Holyoke, who died 26 Oct 1657.
"She that lies here was, while she stood,
A very glory of Womanhood;
Even here was sown most precious dust,
Which surely will rise with the just."
Capt. Elizur Holyoke married, 2nd, a Stebbins, who was 1st widow of John Maynard, and 2nd widow of Robert Day, of Hartford. She
died 24 Oct 1688. Capt. Elizur Holyoke died in Springfield, MA, 6 Feb 1676. He was a prominent man in the Massachusetts Colony,
and held various offices of trust under the Government. His Father, Edward Holyoke, of Tamworth, Suffolk, England, was married to
Prudence, daughter of the Rev. John Stockton, of Kinholdt, England, 18 Jun 1612, and had Elizur, m. Mary Pynchon, 20 Nov 1640.
Elizabeth, m. George Keyser; Ann, m. Thos. Putnam, 7 Oct 1643; Susanna, m. Michael Martin, 12 Sep 1656. Sarah, m. -- Andrews.
Edward Holyoke resided in Lynn, MA, as early as 1630, and was admitted freeman in 1638. After residing for a time in Springfield,
MA, he returned to England and died at Rumsey, where he had large estates, 4 May 1660. He had two children born and died
before he came to America, Edward, who died 30 Dec 1631, ae. 13; John, who died in 1635.
Mary Pynchon, wife of Capt. Elizur Holyoke, and mother-in-law of Capt. Samuel Talcott, was the daughter of the Hon. William
Pynchon, one of the original settlers of the Colony of Massachusetts. He was one of the Patentees of the Charter of Charles the
First, granted to Massachusetts, 4 Mar 1629. He was chosen Assistant Magistrate by the General Court of the Massachusetts
Company in London, 20 Oct 1629. Came to this country in 1630, and settled in Roxbury, MA. He was subsequently chosen
Treasurer of the Company and removed to Springfield, MA, of which town he was one of the original proprietors. He returned to
England in 1652, and died at his seat at Wraisburg on the Thames, Oct 1662, ae. 72 or 74 years. He had by his first wife, who died
in New England, Aug 1630, John, b. 1625; Amy, dau. of Gov. George Wyllys, 30 Oct 1645; she d. 9 Jan 1698, ae. 74; he d. 17 Jan
1703. Anna, m. Henry Smith, returned to England. Margaret, m. Capt. William Davis, 6 Dec 1644; d. 3 Jul 1653. Mary, m. Capt.
Elizur Holyoke, 20 Nov 1640; d. 23 Oct 1657.
The Hon. William Pynchon married a 2nd wife, Frances Sandford, who died at Wraisburg, Buckinghamshire, Eng., 10 Oct 1657.
The Hon. William Pynchon was the son of John Pynchon and -------- Orchard, and was probably born in Springfield, Essex, England.
The Father of this John, was John, son of Nicholas Pynchon, of Wales, who was sheriff of London in 1532. John lived in Weittle,
Essex Co., and married Jane, daughter and heiress of Sir Richard Empson, had six children. William, m. Rose Reeding; John, m. -------- Orchard (Sir) Edward; Agnes, m. Thos. Chicele, of Hingham Ferries; Elizabeth, m. George Gates, of St. Edmonds Bury; Jane,
m. Andrew Pascal, of Springfield, Essex Co.
John died in 1573, and his widow, Jane, married Dr. Thomas Wilson, Secretary of State.
Captain Samuel TALCOTT and Hannah HOLYOKE were married on 7 Nov 1661 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT. Hannah HOLYOKE
was born on 9 Jun 1644 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. She died on 2 Feb 1677/78 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT. Captain Samuel
TALCOTT and Hannah HOLYOKE had the following children:
i.
Coronet Samuel TALCOTT.
ii.
John TALCOTT was born in 1663 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT; died there after 1691.
iii. Hannah TALCOTT.
iv. Elizur TALCOTT.
v. Deacon Joseph TALCOTT.
vi. Deacon Benjamin TALCOTT.
vii. Rachel TALCOTT.
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viii. Sargent Nathaniel TALCOTT.
Captain Samuel TALCOTT and Mary - married 6 Aug 1679 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT. Mary - died there on 5 Jan 1710/11.
---------62. Deacon Benjamin TALCOTT son of Capt. Samuel Talcott and Hannah Holyoke, was born on 1 Mar 1674 in Wethersfield,
Hartford, CT. He died at his homestead on 12 Nov 1727 in Glastenbury, Hartford, CT, aged 53 years, 8 months and 12 days,
leaving his property by will to his surviving children. He second married Sarah, daughter of Mr. John Hollister and Sarah Goodrich,
his wife, 5 Jan 1699. Sarah died in child-bed, at the homestead in Glastenbury, CT, 15 Oct 1715, aged 34 yrs, 11 mos and 20 days.
He then married a second wife who is referred to in his will, but by whom he had no issue, and of whose name and the date of
whose marriage there can be found no record.
Benjamin settled in Glastenbury, and built a house in 1699 (into which he moved Nov 22nd of that year) upon the farm given to him ,
by his father's will, which was purchased of Mr. Samuel Sherman and Mr. Richard Gildersleeve, in the year 1643. This house was a
large wooden building on Main street, and was fortified and used as a place of refuge from the frequent attacks of the Indians, and
bore the marks of the bullets, until it was taken down, soon after the year 1854. This farm and buildings thereon are now owned and
occupied (1876) by Jared G. Talcott, one of his descendants, having been in the family over 200 years. Deacon Benjamin Talcott
held also the rank of Lieutenant in the "Trained Band" of Connecticut. He left a large estate.
Sarah Hollister, wife of Deacon Benjamin Talcott, was descended from the Hollisters, of Bristol, in England, an old family as early as
the reign of Henry VIII. The name is derived from "Holly-terre" or land of the Holly tree.
John Hollister, the emigrant, settled in Wethersfield, CT, in 1642; was admitted freeman 10 May 1643; in 1644 was in Weymouth,
MA, and a representative in that colony, the same year he returned to Wethersfield, CT, and was a representative in that colony until
his death in 1655. He was engaged in a church controversy with the Rev. John Russell, which caused the removal of the latter to
Hadley. He was born in Glastenbury, England, in 1612 and married Joanna, daughter of Richard Treat, Sen., and had John, b. 1642
or 44; m. Sarah, dau. of William Goodrich, 29 Nov 1667; d. 24 Nov 1709. Stephen, m. 1st Abigail dau. of Matthew Treat; 2nd
Elizabeth, widow of Jonathan Reynolds. Thomas, m. 1st Elizabeth Latimer, 2nd Elizabeth Williams, 1690; d. 8 Nov 1701. Joseph, d.
29 Aug 1674. Lazarus, b. 1656, d. Sep 1709. Mary, m. John Well. Sarah, m. 1st Rev Hope Atherton, of Hartford, 1674; 2nd Lieut.
Timothy Baker, 1679; d. Dec 8, 1691. Elizabeth, m. Samuel Wells.
John Hollister, Sen., died in Wethersfield, CT, April 1665, ae. 53 years. Joan, his widow, died in 1694.
John, son of John and Joan Hollister, was born in Wethersfield, in 1642 or 44, married Sarah, daughter of William and Sarah
(Marvin) Goodrich, 20 Nov 1667, and had John, b. 9 Aug 1669; m. Abia, dau. of Lieut. Thomas Hollister, 7 Jun 1693; d. 13 Dec
1741, ae 72. Thomas, b. 14 Jan 1672; m. Dorothy, dau of Joseph Hill, 7 Jun 1696; she d. 5 Oct 1741, he d. 12 Oct 1741. Joseph, b.
8 Jul 1674; m. Ann -----, 22 Nov 1694; she d. 2 Oct 1712; he d. 14 Jul 1746 ( he had a 2nd wife named Sarah ----). Sarah, b. 25 Oct
1676; m. Dea. Benjamin Talcott of Glastenbury, CT, 5 Jan 1698; d. 15 Oct 1715. Elizabeth, b. 30 Mar 1678; d. in childhood. David,
b. 21 Nov 1681; m. Charity -----; he d. 27 Dec 1753; she d. 12 Jan 1786. Ephram, b. 15 Mar 1684; m. Elizabeth Green, 1 Apr 1707;
he d. 1733. Charles, b. 29 Jul 1686. Elizabeth, m. Joseph Steel, 16 Feb 1750.
Sarah, wife of John Hollister, died in 1700. John Hollister died at Glastenbury, CT, 24 Nov 1711.
Deacon Benjamin TALCOTT and Sarah HOLLISTER were married on 5 Jan 1699 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT. Sarah HOLLISTER
(daughter of John HOLLISTER and Sarah GOODRICH) was born in 1681 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT; died on 15 Oct 1715 in
Glastenbury, Hartford, CT. Deacon Benjamin TALCOTT and Sarah HOLLISTER had the following children:
i.
Sarah TALCOTT.
ii.
Benjamin TALCOTT.
iii.
Capt. John TALCOTT.
iv.
Hannah TALCOTT.
v.
Capt. Samuel TALCOTT.
vi.
Col. Elizur TALCOTT.
vii.
Mehitabel TALCOTT.
viii. Abigail TALCOTT was born on 10 Oct 1715 in Glastenbury, Hartford, CT; died there on 28 Oct 1715.
---------Capt. John TALCOTT son of Deacon Benjamin Talcott & Sarah Hollister, was born on 17 Dec 1704 in Glastenbury, Hartford, CT;
died on 25 Aug 1745 in Provincetown, Barnstable, MA. He married Lucy, daughter of the Rev. William Burnham, in 1731.
John was the captain of the "Transport Gull," which carried troops who fought at Cape Breton, in 1745. On a monument in a deep
depression of the sand hills, in the village grave yard at Provincetown, is the following inscription:
"Here lies interred the remains of Capt. John Talcott, of Glastenbury, son to Deacon Benjamin Talcott,
who died here on his return after the victory of Cape Breton, A. D. 1745, in the 41st year of his age."
Capt. John TALCOTT and Lucy BURNHAM were married in 1731, resided in Hebron, and had the following children:
i.
John TALCOTT.
ii.
Sarah TALCOTT.
iii.
Lucy TALCOTT was born on 4 Nov 1736 in Hebron, Tolland, CT
iv.
Daniel TALCOTT was born in Hebron, Tolland, CT.
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John TALCOTT, son of Capt. John Talcott and Lucy Burnham, was born in 1731 in Hebron, Tolland, CT; died there on 15 Jul 1760.
He married Abiah, daughter of Ichabod Phelps. His widow married Simeon Dunham, of Chicopee, MA, and had 12 children. She
died June 23, 1804.
Children:
i.
John TALCOTT was born in 1753 in Hebron, Tolland, CT. He died there on 30 Sep 1771
ii.
Sarah TALCOTT was born in 1754 in Hebron, Tolland, CT.
iii.
Lucy TALCOTT.
iv.
Mary TALCOTT.
v.
Daniel TALLCOTT.
vi.
Anna TALCOTT was born in Hebron, Tolland, CT.
--------Daniel TALLCOTT, son of John Talcott and Abiah Phelps, was born in 1758 in Hebron, Tolland, CT; died Aug 28 1843 in Warren,
Herkimer, NY. He married Lydia Ellis (b. 1761; died in Warren, NY, 27 Aug 1827, ae. 66). He spelled his name "TALLCOTT," as his
descendents continue to do.
Children:
i.
John TALLCOTT was born in 1784 in Warren, Herkimer, New York. He died on there 21 Jan 1808.
ii.
Lydia TALLCOTT.
iii.
Daniel Whiting TALLCOTT.
iv.
Lucy TALLCOTT.
v.
Chester TALLCOTT.
vi.
Anna TALLCOTT was born in 1798 in Warren, Herkimer, NY. She died on there 2 Sep 1815.
vii.
William TALLCOTT.
---------Daniel Whiting TALLCOTT son of Daniel Tallcott and Lydia Ellis was born on 3 Aug 1789 in Lenox, Berkshire, MA; died on 20 Jun
1849 in Albany, NY. He married the widow Lovicy (Graves) Kathern (b. 20 Feb 1786), Aug. 7, 1814.
Daniel Whiting Tallcott died in Albany, NY, 20 Jun 1849, ae. 60. Lovicy, his widow, died in Rochester, NY, 14 Aug 1864, ae. 79.
Lovicy (Graves) Kathern died on 14 Aug 1864 in Rochester, Monroe, NY.
Children:
i.
Edwin TALLCOTT.
ii.
Lucy M. TALLCOTT was born on 17 Jun 1817 in Warren, Herkimer, NY. She died there on 29 Sep 1819.
iii.
William H. TALLCOTT was born 3 Apr 1819 in Warren, Herkimer, NY. He died on there 22 Aug 1819.
iv.
Lydia M. TALLCOTT.
v.
Julia A. TALLCOTT.
vi.
Daniel Whiting TALLCOTT.
---------Edwin TALLCOTT was born on 31 May 1815; died on 18 Dec 1863 in St. Anthony, MN. Edwin, son of Daniel Whiting Tallcott and
Lovicy Kathrin, was born in Warren, Herkimer, NY, 31 May 1815, married Eliza C. Wimple (b. 16 Jul 1818), 6 Jan 1841.
Eliza C., wife of Edwin Tallcott, died at St. Anthony, MN, 24 Dec 1858; he married 2d Mary Smolk, 1 Jan 1862; no children. Edwin
Tallcott died in Cleveland, NY, 18 Dec 1863.
Children:
i.
Frances Louisa Kathern TALLCOTT.
ii.
Edwin C. TALLCOTT.
iii.
George N. TALLCOTT was born on 12 Jan 1854.
Tambling, Benj. W., 164th Vols, Liberty, 510
1828-1908; bur. Mapleview Cemetery, Cohocton, NY
Tarbell, —, (Major) 32nd NY Inf Vols, Groton, 498
Apparently the one called “Doctor Tabell,” as follows:
TARBELL, DOCTOR.— Age, 22 years. Enlisted. May 1, at Ithaca, to serve two years; mustered in as sergeant, Co. A, May 31,
1861; promoted commissary sergeant, July 1, 1861; mustered in as first lieutenant, Co. A, June 23, 1862; resigned, March 14, 1863,
to accept commission as commissary of subsistence of volunteers; commissioned first lieutenant, March 10, 1862, with rank from
February 15, 1862, vice W. O. Wyckoff, promoted.
Landmarks of Tompkins County, New York, by John H. Selkreg, 1894; D. Mason & Co., Publisher
http://nytompki.org/Landmarks/tfam24.htm
TARBELL, Thomas B., was bon in Delaware county, N.Y., March 21, 1800, his parents coming from Southern Vermont and the
parent stock back four generations from Saxony. Lydia MILLER was born in East Lansing, March 12, 1804, her father, Joseph
MILLER, coming from New Jersey. He owned a very large tract of land running north and south from the road leaning west from the
Baptist church and was the owner of slaves until about 1790. A descendant of his last one freed is now (1894) living in Ithaca.
Thomas B. TARBELL and Lydia MILLER were married October 15, 1823, at East Lansing. The issue of that marriage was thirteen
children, ten boys and three girls.
Doctor Tarbell
The seventh (eighth?), born May 16, 1838, in the west part of Groton, NY, was called Doctor TARBELL. Young Doctor like all the
rest of the children, was brought up on a farm, going to school winters and working on the farm at home or for neighbors in the
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summer. In 1857 he started out for additional educational advantages and attended the fall term in Homer Academy, hiring a room
and boarding himself, his whole expense for this term, room, books, provisions, etc., being $18.75. He taught the winter term (185758) in the first district north of Peruville and the following fall attended again at Homer, and returned and taught in his own, known as
the Benson district, teaching and attending school alternately until 1861, when he was in school at Ithaca, expecting to enter Union
College in September in the class of 1865.
But when Fort Sumter was fired upon in April, 1861, he volunteered as a private in Company A, Second Regiment, the first military
organization to leave Tompkins county. Early in May he was made sergeant; in November, 1861, second lieutenant, in February,
1862, first lieutenant, and as such volunteered to lead a forlorn hope of one hundred men across the Chickahominy River in front of
Richmond on June 2, 1862, to drive the enemy's sharpshooters back so that General WOODBURY's engineers could work on a
new bridge which was needed by McCLELLAN's army north of Richmond. The day was successful, Lieutenant TARBELL, with a
squad of his men, escorted WOODBURY during the day back nearly one-half mile in the enemy's country. There was where he won
his captaincy from President LINCOLN in United States Volunteers, which was given him in October, 1862. At Malvern Hill, July 4,
he was called by General NEWTON to serve on his staff. He had been with his company at Bull Run, July, 1861, and in all its
skirmishes and battles through the Peninsular campaign.
From now on he served as a staff officer with General NEWTON at South Mountain, Crampton's Pass, Maryland, and Antietam, till
November, then with General David A. RUSSELL, Third Brigade, First Division, Sixth Corps, till March, 1863, when by order he was
sent to General WHIPPLE's division, Third Corps, and was with him at Chancellorsville, May, 1863, where General WHIPPLE's
division was so terribly slaughtered, General WHIPPLE being mortally wounded. Captain TARBELL was the only member of the
staff not wounded or killed. The remnant of General WHIPPLE's division being divided among the other two divisions of the Third
Corps, Captain TARBELL was sent to Third Corps headquarters early in June. He served with General SICKLES in the Maryland
land and Pennsylvania campaigns and rode with him on the Gettysburg battle ground July 1, 1863. The story of the part the Third
Corps took in that memorable engagement a bright page in history and is too known to need a word here. Captain TARBELL
served with the Third Corps till it was disbanded. He was then assigned to the Cavalry Corps, serving with Generals CHAPMAN,
WELLS, and WILSON through all the campaigns in the summer of 1864.
He was captured by MOSBY September 21, 1864, near Winchester, Va., and sent to Libby Prison, from there October 10, to
Salisbury, N. C., October 15, transferred to Danville Prison, February 18. retransferred to Libby, where he suffered, as only Union
prisoners know all the torments of cold, filth, hunger and disease. When parolled (sic) February 22, 1865, he telegraphed his
confidential clerk, Professor S. B. HOWE, "Out of prison. Purgatory has no terrors." On arriving at Annapolis, Captain TARBELL
was granted a thirty day leave of absence. Although he was captured September 21, his friends in the North had no tidings from him
till in January, 1865, and for a long time mourned him as dead.
Captain TARBELL married Mary L. CONANT, March 14, 1865 at Peruville while enjoying his thirty day leave of absence. He was
officially declared exchanged March 28, and ordered to report to General Sheridan for duty, on expiration of leave of absence. On
his way to the army he stropped a few days in Washington and was present in Ford's Theater on the night of the assassination of
President LINCOLN, April 14, 1865. He received a commission as major by brevet in United States Volunteers, for meritorious
services. He left the United States service in August, 1865. After Cornell University opened in 1868, he attended five terms; was
elected county clerk of Tompkins county in 1870, and re-elected 1873. He is now engaged in the life insurance business,
representing the Equitable Life Assurance Society as general agent and has a very large range of duties. He is a total abstainer,
using neither tobacco or liquor. In religion he was raised a Baptist, in politics a Republican, a scholar of Greeley's New York Tribune.
His home is now with his family at No. 10 North Geneva Street, Ithaca.
Doctor Tarbell married Mary Lucy Conant on 14 Mar 1865 in Peruville, Tompkins Co., NY. Mary was born in 1838; died in 1899.
Children:
i. George Schuyler Tarbell
born in 1868. He died in 1935.
ii. Bertha Mary T. Tarbell
born in 1873.
iii. Clarence D. Tarbell
born in 1878.
http://www.clements.umich.edu/Webguides/T/Tarbell.html
William L. Clements Library - The University of Michigan
Tarbell, Doctor, b. 1838 Papers
The Tarbell Papers contain the correspondence of the straight-laced Doctor Tarbell of Groton, NY. It covers a period from his war
time service in the Union Army to his post war career. The Civil War letters form a remarkably dense series that highlights the
intimate relationship of Tarbell and his fiancée. This collection is very unusual in that both sides of the correspondence are present.
Doctor Tarbell enlisted in the 32nd New York Infantry on February 15, 1862 and served as a commissary in the Army of the
Potomac until his discharge on July 27, 1865. He entered as a first Lieutenant, was promoted to Captain (1862.11.26) and Brevet
Major (1865.07.27). Both Tarbell and his fiancée, Mary Conant, write in an unusually literary style, and they seem to have had a
very affectionate relationship. At the beginning of this series, between January and February, 1864, both Tarbell and Conant write
almost exclusively of their relationship, however as the Army of the Potomac moves southward, both writers' letters begin to focus
more on the progress of the war, and both writers assume a more fervently committed Patriotic tone.
Mary's letters are enlivened by occasional political asides ('Does the Army weary of Gen. Meade, or is it politicians & aspirants that
wish to oust him?' 1864.03.13), patriotic bellicosities, references to life at home during war-time, and she includes a few extended
lyrical passages. Her pro-Union sentiments come across, at times as almost fanatical, but her letters are enjoyable and chocked
with vivid vignettes.
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In his returns to Mary, Tarbell finds space to refer to military matters, his work as a commissary and army morale. At times his
patriotism and pride in his commission shine through (as during the inspection by Gen. Grant, 1864.04.18). In a few letters, Tarbell
allows himself to expand at greater length on the drive to Richmond, with details of his movements, what he knows of the progress
of the war, the actions of the 6th Cavalry Corps, and his encounters with Southern civilians. Tarbell was captured by Confederate
cavalry near Winchester, Va., shortly after September 6, 1864, and sent first to Libby Prison, to Salisbury, N.C., and finally to
Danville, Va., where he remained until he was 'paroled' before May 1, 1865. Somewhat mysteriously he married Mary on March 14,
1865, during the period of his imprisonment. After the war, Tarbell appears to have enrolled at Cornell.
Other letters in the collection include a few written to Tarbell by his parents and several to Mary Conant from relatives. Letters
written to Mary during Tarbell's imprisonment are filled with sympathy and encouragement; others more commonly concern family
news. One of the more interesting of these is a letter from Mary's niece, Hattie Carpenter (apparently a child), from Iowa describing
the return of soldiers; and a Nov. 18, 1866 letter from Mary A.E. Wages to Miss Hardy requesting funds to establish a freedman's
'high school' in Richmond. 'The black people of Richmond are the only loyal people in the whole city...They not only need help, but
are worthy objects of it.' The series of 13 letters from 1881 suggests that the Tarbell's were in some unspecified financial difficulty,
and that he had been employed as a typewriter agent.
Tarble, Frederick, x, Thermopylae at Marathon, 438
Tattenbach, x, x, Glen Dale, 497
Taylor, A. F., (Comm. Sergt.), Allegany, 225
Taylor, D. H., 18th Cavalry, Alexandria, 297
Taylor, George G., x, Jerusalem Temple, 721
Taylor, Jos., x, Ilion, 591
Taylor, O. P., x, Wellsville, 2.40
Taylor, R. W., x, Prattsburgh, 583
.Tennant, Charles R., x, Dundee, 123
Tennant, John H., (1st Sergt.) 79th Highlanders, Pyramid, 490
.Tenner, Andrew M., x, Lansing, 774
.Tenny, Oliver S., x, Deer River, 49
Ter Haar, Derrick., x, Olive, 575
Terry C. W., x, Randolph, 359
.Terry, Ira M., x, Waverly, 407
Thetford, John, x, (Navv) Silentia, 1!18
Thomas, Frank, (1st Lieut.), Montgomery, 504
Thomas, James D., x, Lowville, 134
.Thompson, Ambrose, (Lieut.), Groton, 496
.Thompson, A. W., (2d Lieut,) 2d Cavalry, Senate, 456
Thompson, David A., 79th Highlanders, Scotia, 644
THOMPSON, DAVID A.— Age, 30 years. Enlisted, May 13, 1861, at New York city, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co.
C. May 27, 1861; promoted corporal, no date; discharged for disability, February 22, 1863, at Annapolis, Md.
Thompson, Delos W., Co. E. 44th NY Inf Vols, Oneida, 270
140th NY Inf Vols: THOMPSON, DELOS.— Private, Co. E, Forty-fourth Infantry; transferred to Co. B, this regiment, October 6,
1864; absent, sick, at muster-out of company.
THOMPSON, Delos.— Age 21, Enrolled Aug. 14, '62, 3 yrs. Co. E.; wounded in action July 2, '63, Gettysburg, Pa.; transf. Co. B.
140th NYVI Oct. 11, '64; absent sick at Muster Out of Co. June 3, '65. [P. O. Oneida, NY]
Rome Sentinel - March 27, 1900
March 27, -- Delos Thompson, better known as “Let” Thompson, died suddenly yesterday afternoon at his residence here. Death is
supposed to have been caused by heart disease. Mr. Thompson was a well known citizen of the town of Verona and was also
known in Oneida. He had been a resident of this vicinity nearly all his life. Besides his widow, he is survived by one daughter, Miss
Leila Thompson, who resides at home. (Note burial in Verona Cemetery)
Thompson, Jacob., x, Island City, 586
Thompson, James D., x, Franklin, 90
Thompson, John В., x, Waverly,
Thompson, J. G., x, Evans, 261
Thompson, W. S., x, Somerset, 639
Thorn, Robert F., 1st NY Light Artillery, Seneca River, 160
THORN, ROBERT F.— Age, 25 years. Enlisted, August 24, 1861, at Baldwinsville; mustered in as private, Battery B, August 30,
1861, to serve three years; appointed corporal, date not stated; mustered out, August 29, 1864, near Petersburg, Va.; also borne
as Thorne. Wounded at Gettysburg.
Battery B, First Regiment New York Light Artillery, known as Pettit's Battery, was raised at Baldwinsville and composed chiefly of
Onondaga county men. It was mustered into the State service at Baldwinsville, August 24, 1861, and into the service of the United
States at Elmira, August 31, 1866. On its arrival in Washington it was the first battery to be fully mounted, and remained in camp in
the vicinity of Washington till the spring of 1862. The record of its engagements during the war is as follows:
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Warrenton Junction, Va.
Fair Oaks, Va.
Peach Orchard, Va.
Savage Station, Va.
White Oak Swamp, Va.
Malvern Hill, Va.
Centerville, Va.
Antietam, Md.
Charlestown, Va.
Snicker's Gap, Va.
Falmouth, Va.
March 28, 1862.
June 1-28, 1862.
June 29, A.M., 1862.
June 29, P.M., 1862.
June 30, 1862.
July 1, 1862.
September 1, 1862.
September 15-17, 1862.
October 19, 1862.
November 3, 1862.
November 17, 1862.
Fredericksburg, Va.
Chancellorsville, Va.
United States Ford, Va.
Gettysburg, Pa.
Mine Run, Va.
Spotsylvania, Va.
North Anna, Va.
Tolopotomoy, Va.
Bethesda Church, Va.
Petersburg, Va.
December 12-17, 1862.
May 1-3, 1863.
May 6, 1863.
July 2-3, 1863.
November 30, 1863.
May 12, 1864.
May 23, 1864.
May 29, 1864.
June 2-3, 1864.
June 16-20, 1864.
Thornton, Joseph, 79th Highlanders, Pyramid, 490
Thurber, Geo. W., (1st Sergt.) 71st Militia, Neptune, 317
Lodge Master
Thurston, A. H., (Major), Ind. Royal Arch, 2
Thurston, W. W., x, Oriona, 229
Tibbits, James M., 7th Heavy Artillery, Cobleskill, 394
TIBBITS, JAMES M.— Ago, 21 years. Enlisted, July 28, 1862, at Albany; mustered in as private, Co. E (originally 113th Infantry),
August 18, 1862, to serve three years; mustered out with detachment, June 16, 1865, at Baltimore, Md.; also borne as Tibbitts.
Tidball, Wm. L., x, Bunting, 6
Tiffany, Lyman G., 7th State Militia, Kane, 454
Enlisted as a Private on 25 May 1862 at the age of 24, in Company G, 7th Infantry Regiment New York. Mustered out on 5 Sep1862
in New York, NY
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Lyman Tiffany, second son and child of Francis Alfonzo and Mary Lydia (Fox) Tiffany, was born May 21, 1838. He first entered
business life as a member of his father's firm, and then on his own account in the firm of Doming & Tiffany. He removed to
Washington in 1880, where he has an elegant home and a large collection of curios and works of art. He has been an officer in the
militia, and at the outbreak of the Civil war was a member of the Seventh Regiment and marched to the protection of the national
capitol. He served the full time of three enlistments, and on retirement was elected captain of Company G. Seventh Regiment.
His father, Francis Alfonzo Tiffany, second child of Lyman and Sabra (Jenks) Tiffany, was born at Pawtucket, Rhode Island,
December 24, 1809, died at Saratoga Springs, New York, June 20, 1873. He married, in New York, June 6, 1836, Mary Lydia,
daughter of William W. Fox and his wife, Charlotte Leggett. Mr. Tiffany was educated at the Boston Latin School, and had a special
fondness for languages and literature. He went to New York in 1835 and entered mercantile life under the firm name of Hutchinson
& Tiffany (Woollen and Cotton Goods Commission Merchants), at No. 50 Exchange Place. The firm failed during the panic of 1857,
and his business career was continued in Wall street. He was highly esteemed by his associates and was possessed of a well
cultivated mind and polished manners.
His children were:
1. George Fox, born April 5, 1837, died at West Farms, Westchester county, February 12, 1868. He served in the same Militia
company (G) and regiment (7th) as his brothers, Lyman Tiffany and Henry Dyer Tiffany.
2. Lyman, see above.
3. Francis Howe, born November 25, 1839, died March 19, 1868.
4. Henry Dyer
5. Charlotte Fox, born September 1, 1843.
6. Mary Pearsall, born May 9, 1847, died September 27, 1885.
7. Isabel.
8. Ida, born November 17, 1857, died the same day.
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April 19, 1861, the regiment, commanded by Col. (Brother) Marshall Lefferts (see above), left the State, en route to Washington, D.
C., where it was mustered in the service of the United States for thirty days, April 26, 1861; it served at Washington and was
mustered out at New York city, June 3, 1861.
May 25, 1862, the regiment, still commanded by Colonel Lefferts, again left the State, and was mustered in the United States
service at camp Hamilton, Va., May 29, 1862, for three months, from May 26, 1862. It served most of this time at Baltimore, Md.,
and was mustered out of the United States service, September 5, 1862, at New York city.
June 16, 1863, it again re-entered the United States service, and was mustered in at New York city, for thirty days. It left the State
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on the 17th, under the command of Colonel Lefferts, served at Baltimore, and Frederick, Md., in the 2d Separate Brigade, Middle
Department, 8th Corps, and was mustered out of the United States service, July 20, 1863, at New York city. In its service, in 1861, it
lost one enlisted man, accidentally killed, and it took part in: The advance into Virginia, May 24, 1861, and the New York city riot July
16, 1863.
Tiffany, W. O., x, Groton, 496
Tilden, Oliver P., (Capt.) 38th NY Inf Vols, Lily, 342
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The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War was established in 1881 as the successor to the Grand Army of the Republic, the
Union Army Veterans' organization. It was chartered in 1954 by Act of Congress. The Oliver Tilden Camp was created in 1884 and
is now one of two Camps in the downstate area of New York State. The Camp was named for Captain Oliver Tilden who lived in
Morrisiania, an area of the Bronx. When the Civil War came, Tilden formed Co. E, 38th Volunteer New York Infantry. He was killed
at Chantilly (Ox Hill), Virginia on 1 Sep 1862. Tilden is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.
The 38th NY Infantry, shown in the above map, was right in the path of General Kearney’s charge (view at 270% enlargement).
Gen. Kearney was killed in the same engagement, just to the right of their position.
Union casualties and losses at this battle were about 2,100 soldiers; Confederates, 800.
General Kearney’s Gallant Charge
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http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=11584
CAPTAIN OLIVER TRIANGLE - 1.19 acres
This triangle, located at the junction of East 161st Street, Third Avenue, and St. Anne’s Avenue in the Bronx neighborhood of
Morrisania, honors the memory of Captain Oliver Tilden (1828-1862), the first Morrisanian soldier to give his life for the Union cause
during the Civil War.
Oliver Tilden was born and raised in Morrisania, and opened a small carpentry shop on 162nd Street and Eagle Avenue. At the
outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Tilden enlisted in the Union Army and helped organize Company A of the 38th Volunteer New
York Infantry Regiment. The 38th Regiment consisted of five infantry companies from New York City and five companies from
Westchester. As the New York Regiment joined with the Army of the Potomac, Tilden was appointed Captain of Company E. During
the war, Tilden fought in several bloody engagements, including the Battle of Manassas and the Seven Days Battle.
After a grueling year and a half of fighting, Tilden was killed in a combat near Chantilly, Virginia on 1 Sep 1862. When his body was
returned to Morrisania, Tilden was buried in the Bensonia Cemetery on St. Anne’s Avenue. In 1878 his remains were transferred to
Woodlawn Cemetery, making Tilden the first Civil War soldier to be buried there. With the demise of the Confederacy in 1865,
surviving Union veterans formed the Grand Army of the Republic. Bronx veterans of the Morrisanian Post, No. 96 renamed their
post in memory of Tilden. In 1883, the Sons of Veterans of the Civil War supplanted the Grand Army of the Republic as the sponsor
for the post, but the new local chapter continued to honor the Civil War captain, renaming Oliver Tilden Camp.
In 1948 the City of New York purchased this property and transferred control of it to the Bronx Borough President. In 1961 the City
gave Parks responsibility for the maintenance of this property. On 5 Dec 1974, due in large part to the suggestion of Bronx County
Historical Society Member Berthold Sack, a grandson of two Civil War veterans, the Morrisania property was renamed to honor
Tilden. In the spring of 1998, Parks planted young apple trees (Roseceae malus) in the triangle’s woodchip area.
Captain Oliver Tilden Triangle
Tilden, Rev. Alanson, (Chaplain), Waverly, 407
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pTbTmkO&sig=F5DfvXjrXKpcadEcETtDIhberk0&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result page 686.
Alanson Tilden, son of Ithiel and Susan (Bostwick) Tilden, was born in Verona, NY, July 29, 1828.
He married in Troupsburg, NY, Feb. 20, 1854, Nancy Reynolds. She was born in Troupsburg, NY, Apr. 16, 1835. In the Civil War he
served as Chaplain of the 59th New York Vet. Vol. Inf., from Mar. 23, 1865, to July 12, 1865.
Children:
i. ARTHUR TILDEN,
b. July 30, 1860; m. Dec. 5, 1882, Flora A. Miller.
ii. ANGELETTE TILDEN, b. Sept. 9, 1862; m. Aug. 21, 1883, Rev. William J. Coulston.
http://joycetice.com/church/esmitsunsch.htm
East Smithfield, Smithfield Township, Bradford County, PA.
Rev. Alanson Tilden became pastor of the church in Nov 1878, and 1 Jan 1880, was elected superintendent of the Sunday school.
Pastor Tilden’s interest in the school and in its work was second to none; not only in superintending, but in teaching a class of young
men, for which he is especially fitted. He missed no opportunity of seeking to advance its interests. In 1880 he commenced to raise
money to buy a library. The first sociable was held at his house and netted $10. Sociables were held at other places. When $50 was
raised, he proposed an entertainment in the church, with recitations, music and tableaux, which netted $40. Money was raised in
other ways until May 1882, having in hand $115 he went to New York and purchased 208 volumes. To purchase a library case, an
ice cream social was held at George West’s, which netted $26. A vote was passed that the collections taken on the first Sunday in
the month should constitute a library fund for repairs and additions, which has prevailed to this day. Amos T. Allen, Mrs. Emma
Wood, and N. L. Bird were made a permanent committee to have charge of the library repairs and the purchase of new books when
the fund reached $10, if it seemed advisable. The thoughtful care of the successive librarians and the committee has been so great
that up to date only one book has been lost. Pastor Tilden contributed several volumes from his library, and we felt we had one of
which we might justly feel proud. In 1882, during Pastor Tilden’s superintendency, the school reached its highest point in numbers.
Scholars enrolled, 241, with an average attendance of 100 during the year. For several weeks during the summer the attendance
was 135, and one Sunday it was 150, the highest number ever reached. Number of scholars over eighteen, 129; number heads of
families, forty-three; number male scholars, sixty-one; number of females, 121; officers and teachers, fourteen; membership of
church, 209.
Tilford, G. W., (1st Lieut.) 9th Iowa Cavalry, Silentia, 198
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Tilton, Luther, 14th Artillery, Sandy Creek, 564
Lodge Master, 1887-88.
TILTON, LUTHER.— Age, 19 years. Enlisted, October 21, 1863, at Watertown; mustered in as private, Co. G, December 17, 1863,
to serve three years; mustered out with company, August 26, 1865, at Washington, D. C.
Titus, Joseph H., U. S. Gunboat "Galatea", Poughkeepsie, 266
USS Galatea (1862) was a large steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union
Navy as an escort gunboat in support of the Union Navy, mostly in various parts of the Caribbean Sea, such as in Haiti, where her
role was to protect American citizens. She was sold to the Haitian government in 1865 after becoming unseaworthy because of
leaks.
GALATEA,
Cape Haitien, April 23, 1864.
ADMIRAL! On my last convoy I found this vessel leaking considerably (from 12 to 18 inches per hour) and the leak constantly
increasing. On my return to this port an examination of the scams above the copper has proved them all open. I have had a sheet of
copper removed and find the seams worse under the copper than above it. I therefore do not feel justified in taking this ship to sea
without applying for a survey, as in case of heavy weather I fear by the working of the ship I shall take in too much water.
I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN GUEST,
Commander, Commanding U. S. S. Galatea.
Tobias. Bradley, x, Restoration, 777
Todd, Wm., 125th Regt. Vols, New Hope, 730
.Tomlinson, Wm., (Corpl.) 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Union, 95
Tompkins, Moses J., x, Cyrus, 208
There was a Moses Tompkins in the Civil War, as shown below, but there is no apparent connection between him and Cyrus Lodge
or New York City at this time.
Kate Travers who was born in Albany, NY on July 5, 1840 and died in Esperance, NY in 1916. She married a Moses J. Tompkins (b.
March 25, 1842, Esperance, NY; d. 1916, Esperance, NY. He fought in the American Civil War). Kate was evidently an intellectual
and responsible for starting the first library in Albany.
76th Infantry: TOMPKINS, MOSES.— Age, 18 years. Enlisted, October 21, 1861, at Middleburg(h), to serve three years; mustered
in as private, Co. I, October 22, 1861; promoted corporal prior to October, 1863; returned to ranks, April 3, 1864; wounded and
captured in action, May 5, 1864, at the Wilderness, Va.; died, November 16, 1S64, at Florence, S. C., a prisoner of war.
See also http://www.bpmlegal.com/76NY/76tompkinsm.html - Civil War Letters.
Tompkins, Warren Baker Scipio Lodge No. 110, Sgt, Co. E, 75th NY Infantry.
http://scipiocenterny.blogspot.com/2009/02/civil-war-scipio-men.html
Warren Barker Tompkins was born 15 February 1840, son of Benjamin Franklin Tompkins and Eliza Forbes. Warren enlisted from
Scipioville as a sergeant in Company E, New York 75th Infantry Regiment on 17 September 1861. He was promoted to full 1st
sergeant on 17 December 1862 and mustered out at New Orleans, LA on 23 July 1863. Records list him as having been wounded.
Warren survived to marry (1st) Mary A. Watkins 14 November 1865. Their daughter, Mary Esther Tompkins married Arthur A.
Rorapaugh. Warren married (2nd) Helen Maria Post, and they had two daughters: Sarah Church Tompkins and Bessie Frank
Tompkins. Bessie married Hobart Duane Loyster, a prominent Scipio farmer who lived on the north side of Manchester Road, west
of Cork Street.
Warren Barker Tompkins died 1 February 1920 at his home on Chapel Street in Union Springs, Springport, Cayuga Co., NY. At the
time of his death, he was the oldest member of the Scipio Lodge, F. & A. M. at Scipio Center. He is buried in Chestnut Hill
Cemetery, Union Springs.
.Toot, John W., x, Onondaga, 802
Topping, Benjamin W., (Capt.) 140 (150?) Penn, Union, 95
Prisoner from October 27, 1864, to February 16, 1865 - promoted from Sergeant to Sergeant Major on February 7, 1864 to 1st Lt.
on March 29, 1865 - commissioned Captain on June 1, 1865 - not mustered - mustered out with company on June 23, 1865.
Tousey, G. H., (Sergt.), Phoenix, 115
Tousley, F. M., 147th Vols, Greenbush, 337
Tower, Abm. W., 50th Vols, Commonwealth, 409
Townsend, W. V., x, Somerset, 639
Towsey, Charles H., x, Cattaraugus, 239
Lodge Master, 1897-98.
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Tracy, Benjamin Franklin, Col. 109th NY Inf, Friendship, 153
b. 26 Apr 1830, Owego, NY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_F._Tracy
Benjamin Franklin Tracy (April 26, 1830 – August 6, 1915) was a United States political
figure who served as Secretary of the Navy from 1889 through 1893, during the
administration of President Benjamin Harrison.
A native of the Apalachin hamlet near Owego, NY, Tracy was a lawyer active in Republican Party politics
during the 1850s. During the Civil War, he commanded the 109th New
York Infantry Regiment, and served as a Union Brigadier General. He was
awarded a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of the
Wilderness on May 6, 1864. According to the official citation, Tracy
"seized the colors and led the regiment when other regiments had retired
and then reformed his line and held it." He reentered the law after the war and became active in New
York state politics, serving as a U.S. District Attorney and as a New York State appeals court judge.
Tracy was noted for his role in the creation of the "New Navy", a major reform of the service, which
had fallen into obsolescence after the Civil War. Like President Harrison, he supported a naval
strategy focused more on offense, rather than on coastal defense and commerce raiding. A major ally
in this effort was naval theorist Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, who had served as a professor at the
new Naval War College (founded 1884). In 1890, Mahan published his major work, The Influence of
Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783—a book that achieved an international readership. Drawing on
historical examples, Mahan supported the construction of a "blue-water Navy" that could do battle on
the high seas.
Tracy also supported the construction of modern warships. On June 30, 1890, Congress passed the Navy Bill, a measure which
authorized the construction of three battleships. The first three were later named USS Indiana (BB-1), Massachusetts (BB-2), and
Oregon (BB-3). The battleship Iowa (BB-4) was authorized two years later.
After leaving the Navy Department, Tracy again took up his legal practice. In 1896, he defended New York City Police
Commissioner Andrew Parker against Commission President Theodore Roosevelt's accusations of negligence and incompetence,
in a performance that significantly embarrassed Roosevelt. (ref. Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, p.555) He also
helped negotiate a settlement to the boundary dispute between Venezuela and Great Britain.
In 1897, Tracy was the regular Republican candidate to be the first Mayor of Greater New York City when her five boroughs
consolidated in 1898. He came third behind Robert A. Van Wyck (Democratic) and Seth Low of the Citzens’ Union (but well ahead
of Henry George's posthumous independent candidacy), winning 101,863 of the 523,560 votes cast in the election of 1897.
Tracy died at his farm in Tioga County, New York in 1915.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3310
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. A prominent
member of the New York Bar, he was commissioned as Colonel and commander of the 109th New York Volunteer Infantry on
August 27, 1862. For a large part of the unit’s service, it was held out of the conflict, spending over a year and a half guarding first
Annapolis, then the vital railroad junction in Laurel, Maryland that led to Washington, DC. In March 1864 the 109th NY was
transferred to the Union Army’s IX Corps, then operating in Virginia. Colonel Tracy led the regiment in the early part of General U.S.
Grant’s 1864 Overland Campaign, participating the bloody and brutal fighting in the Battles of the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania. At
the Wilderness, on May 6, 1864, he took charge of his battle line after it had broken under Confederate pressure, grabbed his
regiment’s flag, and rallied his and other men, which eventually stabilizing the Union’s position. For this bravery he was awarded the
CMOH on June 21, 1895, 31 years later.
On May 20, 1864 he resigned his commission with the 109th New York to become Colonel and commander of the 127th United
States Colored Troops. Soon after, In September 1864, he was named commander of the Union Prison in Elmira, New York,
replacing Colonel Seth Eastman. The prison then and now had a well-earned reputation for being a severely brutal place (its
nickname as “Hellmira” still endures). During his tenure as commandant, Colonel Tracy was concerned for the welfare of the
prisoners, but was unable to effectively fight the government bureaucracy to improve the conditions there.
He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for “gallant and meritorious services during the war”. After
the end of the conflict he became a highly successful attorney, holding several Federal posts, and was the defense lawyer for
preacher Henry Ward Beecher when he was involved in the then-sensational adultery lawsuit filed against him by Theodore Tilton.
He was appointed as the United States Secretary of the Navy during the administration of President Benjamin H. Harrison, serving
from 1889 to 1893. During his tenure in office he instituted a number of major modernizing Naval reforms that resulted in changing
the fundamental role of the Navy from one of defense and protection of merchant vessels to one of strong offensive involving
modern fleets. He oversaw the construction of the United States’ first world–class capital ships (exemplified by the doomed USS
Maine, which he personally launched in 1889), and the reorganizing and restructuring of the Navy into powerful, well equipped
fighting force. His efforts while Naval Secretary born fruit in the late 1890s and early 1900s, when the US Navy crushed the forces of
Spain in the Spanish-American War, and when the presence of American sea power contributing greatly to American prestige in the
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early 1900s. His last years were spent in New York City, where he died in 1915. His Medal of Honor citation reads “Seized the
colors and led the regiment when other regiments had retired and then reformed his line and held it”.
He was one of two 109th New York soldiers to be awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery during the war, the other being Colonel
and Bvt. Brigadier General Isaac S. Catlin (Benjamin F. Tracy’s brother-in-law), who assumed command of the regiment when
Colonel Tracy left to lead the Colored Troops.
In 1973 historian Benjamin F. Cooling published a biography of General Tracy titled “Benjamin F. Tracy: Father of the Modern
American Fighting Navy”. (bio by: Russ Dodge)
Burial: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY, Plot: Section 139, Lot 27142
Published: August 7, 1915
Copyright © The New York Times
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Tremain, Russell, 2nd Battalion, Wellsville, 230
“The History of the Treman, Tremaine, Truman Family in America,” by Ebenezer Mack Treman, Murray Edward Poole, page 236.
http://books.google.com/books?id=PThZAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Russell+tremain%22+%22wellsville%22&pg=PA242&lpg=PA242&q=
wellsville#PPA236,M1
RUSSELL TREMAINE. (Daniel6, Russell5, Julius4, John3. Joseph2. Joseph'.) 2755. He was born Jan. 27, 1841. He married, July
2, 1863, Sylvia E. Burrell. She was born Sept. 20, 1841, at Belfast, NY. Soldier in the Civil War, wounded at Perryville, Ky.
Honorably discharged, Feb. 4, 1863, at Louisville, Ky. Oil producer. Post Commander G. A. R. President of the village of Wellsville.
President of the Board of Education. Residence, Wellsville, N. Y.
Children :
5111. Elizabeth Miriam. b. 3 Apr 1871. Married William Henry Judd.
5112. Robert.
B. 27 Nov 1875; d. 31 May 1876.
Tremper, John, (2d Lieut.) 111 NY Inf Vols, Clyde, 311
TREMPER, JOHN.— Age, 27 years. Enrolled, July 30, 1862, at Auburn, to serve three years ; mustered in as second lieutenant,
Co. B, August 15, 1862 ; discharged, February 28, 1863. Commissioned second lieutenant, September 9, 1862, with rank from
August 15, 1862.
http://searches2.rootsweb.com/th/read/TREMPER/2005-07/1121425798
John Tremper, born about 1835 at Port Byron, Cayuga Co, NY and died 9 June 1883 in Wayne Co. He is buried in Clyde, Wayne
Co. He married Margaret (Maggie) Smith (1840-1926). They had children Edith and George S. Tremper.
John had a sister Ella, born about 1853, died in 1872 in Clyde/Galen, Wayne Co, NY who is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery there.
Other siblings are James, born about 1842; Kate E., born about 1848 and died 1882 at Clyde/Galen, Wayne Co., NY.
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Tripp, S. H., 94th and 186th Infantry, Watertown, 49
Trotter, F. Eugene, (Col.) U. S. Vols, Union, 95
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8150766
b. 25 Apr 1838; d. 28 Jun 1892; bur. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester, NY, with D. Sickels Trotter, his wife (?).
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Like many men from New York, he entered a New York Militia regiment upon the
outbreak of the Civil War, serving as a Private in the 7th New York Militia for three months. He then was commissioned into the
102nd New York Volunteer Infantry, rising to Major of the unit. Wounded in battle and unable to serve in the field, he entered the 1st
Veterans Reserve Corps as its Lieutenant Colonel. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for
"gallant and meritorious services during the war". He remained in the United States Regular Army after the end of the conflict, rising
to Major before dying in Tacoma, Washington in 1892 while on active duty.
http://books.google.com/books?id=6jABAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA493&dq=%22trotter,+frederick%22&lr = page 493.
Trotter, Frederick Eugene, soldier, was born in New York. In 1801 he was captain in the 102nd regiment New York infantry; and in
1805 he was brevetted colonel and brigadier-general of volunteers. He died June 28, 1892.
http://books.google.com/books?id=w-VCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA298&dq=%22trotter,+frederick%22&lr = page 298.
Trotter, Frederick E. Born in NY. Appointed from NY; member of the 7th New York State Militia; captain 102d N. Y. Volunteers April,
1861; in the defenses of Washington, DC; engaged at the actions of Bolivar and Maryland Heights and Banks' Shenandoah Valley
campaign; major 102 N. Y. Volunteers July, 1862; engaged at the battle of Cedar Mountain (wounded in foot and arm); must, out
March, 1863, by reason of disability arising from wounds received; captain Vet. Res. Corps June, 1863; in the provost-marshal's
Bureau, Washington, DC, and superintendent War Department building to November, 1864; major 1st Regiment Vet. Res. Corps
March, 1864; comdg. Draft Rendezvous, camp of rebel prisoners, provisional brigade, and provost-marshal of troops, Elmira, NY;
lieutenant-colonel 1st Regiment Vet. Res. Corps March, 1865; bvt. colonel and brigadier-general U. S. Volunteers; major 44th U. S.
Inf. October, 1866; appointment revoked December, 1866; captain 45th U. S. Infantry, to date from July, 1866; brevet major and
lieutenant-colonel U. S. Army for faithful and meritorious services during the war; trans. to 14th Infantry July 22, 1869.
http://books.google.com/books?id=ZwMVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA232&dq=%22colonel+trotter%22+%22elmira%22 page 232.
HEADQUARTERS DEPOT PRISONERS OF WAR,
Elmira, N. Y., February 25, 18V5.
Respectfully returned to the Commissary-General of Prisoners with the following extracts from the report of Lieutenant-Colonel
Trotter, in charge of the detachment, as to transportation:
The train left Elmira at 5 p. m. February 13 and reached 'Baltimore, via Northern Central Railroad, at 10 a. m. February 15, after
many delays. During the night of February 14 neither water nor lights were provided for any car upon the train, as required by the
terms of the contract, and three of the prisoners died from the con- tinned exposure. The train consisted of seventeen cars, with only
one brakeman for the entire number, to which ten or more cattle cars were added when the train left Williamsport. * * * I would beg
leave to call attention to the indifference of the officials of the Northern Central Railroad, who paid not the least attention to repeated
applications for lights for the cars, which I was finally compelled to purchase myself. Neither did they supply any water or fuel after
the train left Elmira. " * * The surgeon was strictly charged to send no one unable to endure the journey. It requires a pretty strong
man, however, to endure a railroad journey of forty-one hours during such weather as prevailed at the time this party of prisoners
was forwarded.
B. F. TRACY,
Colonel 127th U. S. Colored Troops, Commanding Depot.
Truesdell, Geo., (Paymaster) Navy?, Central City, 305
http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/12thInf/12thInfCWN.htm
APPOINTMENT AS PAYMASTER.-Captain George Truesdell, late of the 12th regiment N. Y. V., has been appointed to a
Paymastership by the Secretary of War. It is a handsome compliment, and is most worthily bestowed. We congratulate Capt.
Truesdell. (Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, 1868)
The original owner was Col. George Truesdell – the first major developer of Eckington (Manor). He most likely named the building
after the 12th Onondaga Regiment, of which he was Paymaster and saw action in the Civil War.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eckington,_Washington,_D.C
In 1887, Eckington (Onondaga) was bought by George Truesdell and his wife (Martha) Frances Prindle, who subdivided the
property, improved it substantially for habitation, sold lots, and built several houses. Truesdell undertook extensive grading
operations to level the landscape of his 87 acre Eckington subdivision. He laid down water and sewer pipes, paved streets in
asphalt and concrete, and erected a stand pipe near the old Gales house. A steam pump brought water to the stand pipe, which
distributed water throughout the new neighborhood. Truesdell erected five “pretty cottages” which, according to an 1888 newspaper
account, were “all fitted up as city houses,” with steam heat and hot and cold running water. Eckington was wired for electricity in
1889, two years before electricity was installed in the White House. In three years Truesdell spent $500,000 improving the
subdivision.
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The contractor for Truesdell’s houses was John H. Lane, who moved from Dupont Circle into one of those houses at 1725 Third
Street. From 1889 to 1897, Lane developed nearly twenty properties in Eckington. None of Truesdell’s original five houses exists
today, although several detached houses from the late 1800s, by Lane and others, dot the streetscape of Eckington. . . .
Truesdell placed restrictive covenants in the deeds of Eckington’s residential properties which required that each house cost at least
$2,000 and be set back 15 feet (4.6 m) from the building line. There was to be no manufacturing, “nor shall spirituous liquors be sold
therein. The Union Army veteran did not place racial restrictions in the deeds, although as late as 1930 there were no African
American families living in Eckington.
Col. Truesdell’s subdivision straddled the narrow tracks of the Metropolitan Branch of the B&O Railroad. The Met Branch was a line
which brought commuters into the city from Maryland beginning in 1873. . . .This freight center spurred the development of
manufacturing and warehousing along the west side of the tracks from Florida Avenue north to Rhode Island Avenue, Truesdell’s
covenants notwithstanding. . . . When the tracks were greatly expanded after the construction of Union Station, the east side of
Eckington disappeared under them, including two of Truesdell’s original houses. One could no longer travel east from Eckington
between New York and Rhode Island Avenues.
Tucker, Melvin, x, Mount Hermon, 572
Tucker, R. A., x, Randolph, 359
.Tuffts, A. B., x, Ilion, 591
.Tuller, Rollin B., x, Cuba, 306
Tunison, Abram V., x, Lodi, 345
d. Aug. 12, 1915 ae 74y; Grove Cemetery, Town of Ulysses, Tompkins Co., NY
Co E-148th Reg NY Vol
Turner, H. E., (Col.), Lowville, 134
Henry E. Turner, b. 1 Apr 1830, Winchester, NH.
26th NY Cavalry: TURNER, HENRY E.— Age, 33 years. Enrolled, January 30, 1865, at Lowville; mustered in as second lieutenant,
Co. H, January 31, 1865, to serve one year; captain, February 22, 1865; mustered out, July 7, 1865, with company, at Madison
Barracks, N. Y. Not commissioned as second lieutenant; commissioned captain, April 6, 1865, with rank from February 22, 1865.
http://books.google.com/books?id=Y-IDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA239&dq=%22henry+e.+turner%22+%22lowville%22&lr= (photo)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hubbard/NNY_index/turner.html
Robert, son of Captain William H. Turner, was born at Glastonbury, 1804. He was
educated in the common schools. and began when a boy to follow the seas. When he
was twenty-three years old he went to Winchester, New Hampshire, to enter the
employ of his elder brothers, who were engaged in the manufacturing of woolen
goods in that town. In 1841 he removed to New York state and located in the town of
Vienna, Oneida county, and for three years manufactured woolens there. He then
removed to Stockbridge, Madison county, New York, and continued in the same line
of business until 1865. Then he located at Dexter, Michigan, and carried on woolen
manufacture until 1874, when he retired. He then made his home at Saginaw,
Michigan, where he resided the remainder of his life.
His death in May, 1893, was caused by an accident. He married, Coraline, born at
Orange, Franklin county, Mass., 1808, daughter of Seth and Susanna (Cheney) Ellis.
The Cheney family has been prominent in New England from the first settlement.
Children: 1. Henry E., mentioned below. 2. Helen, widow of William W. Whedon, of
Ann Arbor, Michigan. 3. Susanna W., widow of Rev. Edwin Spence, of Ann Arbor. 4.
Sarah C., married Charles H. Holland, of Saginaw. 5. Child died aged two years.
Henry E. Turner was a Republican and during the campaign of 1856 gave his
earnest support to Fremont and Dayton. He was unexpectedly nominated for the
office of district attorney and to his own surprise was elected. In the three years of his
term he failed to secure a conviction in the cases he tried in but one case. In 1859 he
was elected country judge and was at that time the youngest man on the bench of
New York state.
While serving his term as judge the civil war appealed to his patriotism and he
decided to go to the front. He aided in raising the First New York Light Artillery
Regiment and was chosen lieutenant-colonel. He sent his resignation of the office of
county judge to the governor of the state and it was refused. Judge Turner was given, instead, a leave of absence from the army in
order to hold court during the next term. He had had military training as a private in the Lowville Company of the National Guard, in
which he enlisted in 1858, becoming captain in 1860. He was with his regiment in the winter of 1861-62 in Washington and
Maryland. In March 1862, he was given command of the reserve and light artillery depot for the Army and of the Potomac near
Washington, and for his efficient service received the special commendation of General Barry, chief of artillery, Army of the
Potomac. On account of continued ill health he resigned his commission in the army, April 30, 1862, and his illness lasted during the
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entire summer following. In the winter of 1864 he again entered the service as captain of Company H. Twenty-sixth New York
Cavalry. In April, 1865, he was ordered to hold his command in readiness to join General Sheridan in Texas, but subsequently was
ordered to Madison barracks, where he and his command were mustered out July 10, 1865. On the recommendation of General
John A. Dix, under whom Judge Turner had served, he was tendered a captain's commission in the regular army, but he declined.
After the war he resumed the practice of law in Lowville. In 1870, though he declined to be a candidate, he was nominated and
elected district attorney. During the term of office he tried more cases than any predecessor in the same period of time.
He was elected from the eighteenth district, comprising Lewis and Jefferson counties, to the state senate for the term beginning Jan.
1, 1878. He was appointed to the judiciary committee and was also chairman of the committee on privileges and elections. His work
as a legislator was untiring and efficient. He received the formal thanks of the New York Chamber of Commerce and the New York
Board of Trade and Transportation and of the students of the Law School of New York City for his efforts in behalf of good
government in matters in which those organizations were especially interested. Largely through his efforts the Soldiers' Home at
Bath, New York, was established.
During his second winter at Albany he introduced and carried through a bill to appropriate $300,000 to equip the National Guard of
the state with overcoats, knapsacks, haversacks, canteens, blankets and tentage. His interest in military affairs did not cease with
the close of the war. He was appointed inspector with the rank of lieutenant-colonel on the staff of the major general commanding
the Fourth division; was promoted in 1871 to the rank of colonel, serving as assistant adjutant general. In 1881 he was elected a
member of the board of regents of the State University, serving until April, 1904, when he declined to become a candidate for reelection. In 1886 he was again elected county judge of Lewis county and he continued on the bench until Jan. 1, 1903. In June,
1901, the degree of L.L.D. was conferred upon Judge Turner by Alfred University.
In September, 1882, he joined the Grand Army of the Republic and was elected commander of Post No. 200, of Lowville, and with
the single exception of the year 1889 he has served in this office by annual re-election to the present time. He was adjutant general
of the Department of New York, Grand Army of the Republic. He has been a member of Lowville Lodge, No. 134, Free and
Accepted Masons, since 1859; of Lowville Chapter, No. 293, Royal Arch Masons, since May 1868. He is a member of the
Presbyterian church. Judge Turner's law partner is Frank Bowman and the present firm name is Turner & Bowman.
He married in January 1857, Amadna L., born 1838, daughter of W. W. Hill and grand-daughter of Ebenezer Hill, one of the first
settlers of Lowville. Mrs. Turner was an amiable and gifted woman, an artist of rare ability. She died May 25, 1894. Children:
1. William Henry Allison,
b. Dec. 1858, died May 25, 1900; educated at Lowville Academy, Hungerford Institute at Adams and at
the Albany Medical College; practiced medicine at Denmark, Lewis county, for a time; removed to Wisconsin, where he practiced
successfully until his death.
2. Edith L.,
b. Sept. 15, 1861; married Daniel J. Dorance, of Camden, New York, cashier of the First National Bank;
children: John Gordon, Neil H. and Henry T. Dorance.
3. Cornelia A.,
b. May 12, 1865; resides at home with her father.
4. Louise,
b. Sept. 7, 1872; married Edgar A. Barrell, of New Bedford, Mass.: child, Edgar A. Barrell. Jr.
Tuthill, Henry G., (Col.) 104th NY Inf Vols, Painted Post, 117
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H. G. Tuthill, in September, 1861, raised a company of volunteers for the Union army at Nunda,
NY. It became Company A, 104th Regiment, N. Y. S. V., and he was made its captain. In
October, 1862, he was promoted to be lieutenant-colonel of the regiment for distinguished
bravery at the battle of Antietam. Later he was brevetted colonel. He was wounded at Antietam
and Gettysburg, being shot through the body during the latter battle, and was in the enemy's
hands from July 1st to July 5th. He remained in the service until October, 1866. Colonel Tuthill
organized the first Grand Army Post in Corning, and was elected its commander. In 1869 he
was elected Superintendent of the Poor of Steuben County, being the only Republican elected
on the county ticket. He is the father of five well-known and accomplished sons. The firm of H.
G. Tuthill & Son, architects, of Corning, has been for years past the designers of nearly all of
the finest buildings and most elegant residences that grace the capital city. The senior member
is a member of the Western New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and the
junior partner, Eugene Tuthill, fitted himself for the profession by a course in the School of
Architecture of Cornell University, and by years of practical business experience.
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Washington, D.C., November 20th, 1862.
To His Excellency, Gov. Morgan of New York.
Sir, I take great pleasure in recommending Capt. Henry G. Tuthill of the 104th Regt. as a gallant officer, efficient subordinate and
brave. He has been engaged in the following battles: Rappahannock, Bull Run, Chantilly, Thoroughfare Gap, South Mountain, and
Antietam, the latter engagement the Captain was severely wounded and lost several of his fingers.
I take especial interest in his welfare and promotion because I have witnessed his courage upon the field of battle and known him to
be a reliable officer and it affords me much gratification to present him this my recommendation.
I Have the Honor to be Your Obt. Servt.,
A. Duryee, Brig. Genl.
P.S. Capt. Tuthill is senior Captain in the Regt. and was at the time of the promotion of Capt. Pray,
but was absent with leave on acct. of his wounds.
A recruitment notice for Company A of the 104th Regiment (Wadsworth Guards), organized as part of the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division,
1st Corps, read as follows:
'WAR, WAR, WAR:
COME ONE, COME ALL
AND ENLIST IN A FIRST CLASS COMPANY:
Company A
Commanded by Capt. H. G. Tuthill of Nunda and Lieut. L. C. Skinner, the first Company organized and in first class Regiment.
The Wadsworth Guards
Are now in camp at Camp Union, Geneseo and are to be attached to Gen. Wadsworth's Brigade.
This Company is now organized and nearly full, consequently only a few more volunteers wanted.
Pay $13 to $23 Per Month: and $100 bounty at close of the War; or time of discharge and all other enrollments received by any
other Regiment. Pay rations and Uniforms furnished from date of enlistment.
Volunteers may enlist and be forwarded to the camp by applying to S. A. Ellis, 78 State Street, Rochester or at our tent on the camp
ground where are now quartered at Camp Union, Geneseo, Livingston County, New York.
Capt. H. G. Tuthill
Lieut. L. C. Skinner
Recruiting Officers'
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Excerpt from: Raymond G Barber and Gary E Swinson (ed.), The Civil War Letters of Charles Barber, Private, 104th New York
Volunteer Infantry, privately published by Gary E Swinson, 20705 Wood Ave, Torrance CA 90503, 1991.
"Camp Wadsworth near Washington D C Apr 3rd - 1862 ..... I am well and hearty our camp is on high dry ground we have good
water better than I expected I think it is a healthy camp ground here our regt is healthy excepting about two hundred of our men and
boys that have got diseases from abandoned women there is 175 been to our surgeon to get cured they gor cold on the march and
had a hard time of it some of them are married men."
And a little later: "one of our men is in the guard house for threatening to shoot our Captain. He is being Court martialed to day it
may go hard with him he has a wife and two children." But from a later letter of Apr 13th 1862: "The man who was under arrest for
threatning [sic] to kill Captain Tuthill has had his trial he was condemed [sic] and then pardoned when I get home I can tell
thousands of stories that I cannot write."
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John TUTHILL, was born on Long Island, Sept. 8, 1742; his son, Samuel TUTHILL, was born May 17, 1768; and his son, Samuel
TUTHILL, Jr., was born in Windham county, Vt., May 29, 1797. He married, Oct. 17, 1822. Previous to his marriage Mr. TUTHILL
had been to East Otto, selected a farm, and cleared a small piece of land; after his marriage he, with his wife, started for their
wilderness home, where they arrived Jan. 23, 1823. About two years later he located on the farm later owned by Harvey TUTHILL,
where he resided till his death. Mr. TUTHILL was for many years a prominent citizen of the town, holding several offices of trust and
responsibility. He and his wife were constituent members of the Baptist church, of which he was chosen one of its first deacons in
1825. He left a family of two sons and two daughters. Col. Henry G. TUTHILL raised a company in Nunda in 1861, joined the
104th N. Y. Vol. Inf., and was a brave and efficient officer through the war. He was wounded at Antietam, and at Gettysburg was
shot through the groin and still carries the ball in his body. He is an architect in Corning.
Tuthill, Robert K., M.D. (Major) 145th Vols, Poughkeepsie, 206
TUTHILL, ROBERT K.— Assistant surgeon, Eightieth Infantry; mustered in as surgeon, this regiment, April 30, 1863; mustered out
with regiment, January 6, 1864. Commissioned surgeon, April 11, 1863, with rank from March 30, 1863, vice William Rockwell
resigned. died June 9, 1909.
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History of Duchess County (sic - Dutchess County), New York with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of some of its Prominent
Men and Pioneers, by James H. Smith, assisted by Hume H. Cale and William E. Roscoe, published by D. Mason & Co., 1882,
Syracuse, New York, page 451
Samuel Tuthill, M. D., father of Robert K. Tuthill, was born in Blooming Grove, Orange, NY, 2 Apr 1811. He was next to the
youngest of the ten children of Samuel and Eunice Youngs Tuthill. His father, who was a farmer by occupation and originally from
Long Island, died when he was but twelve years of age. He remained on the farm with his mother and elder brother Hiram until his
eighteenth year, with no other educational advantages than those afforded by the common district schools of the time. He was
brought up in the Methodist Episcopal Church in which his father and mother had long been consistent members.
In 1837, Mr. Tuthill commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Thomas Lapham a well-known "Thomsonian" physician in
Poughkeepsie, and entered upon his professional career in Kingston, NY, in 1840. In 1848, he returned to Poughkeepsie where he
has since successfully practiced in what is known as the "Eclectic School of Medicine," and in which he has risen to a high rank;
having been licensed and honored as an M.D.., by the Syracuse Medical College, and the Medical College of the City of New York.
Since the organization of the District Eclectic Society he has been its President. He is Treasurer of the New York State Eclectic
Society, and has been its President. Although never identified with the "Old School" of medicine, he has uniformly enjoyed the
confidence and respect of its members. In addition to a large city practice, he has an extensive country ride, and probably no
physician in the county is more generally known than he.
Dr. Tuthill is a man of unusually fine physique, dignified and courteous in manner and a general favorite with many, on account of
his kindness of heart and good sense. For years he has represented a respectable constituency in the common council of the city as
an alderman, and in the "County Legislature" as a supervisor, where he is known as a ready, witty and direct speaker. He married
Sarah M. Kelley in 1833. Five of their six children are now living, two of whom are prominent physicians; Robert K. Tuthill, M.D., of
Poughkeepsie, and James Y. Tuthill, M.D. of Brooklyn, N.Y. "Doctor Robert" was a surgeon in the Union Army.
For many years he and his family have been in the communion of the Cannon St. M.E. Church of Poughkeepsie, and for many
consecutive years Dr. Tuthill has been one of the District Steards and Lay delegates in the New York Annual Conference and is one
of the present Board of Trustees of the Poughkeepsie district. It may be truly said of him that he is a representative man, in
medicine, in politics and in the church.
Tuthill, Wm. L., x, Manitou, 106
Lodge Master, 1886
Tuttle, Irving, 12th NY Infantry, Oneida, 270
TUTTLE, IRVING.— Age, 18 years. Enlisted, May 1, 1861, at Canastota; mustered in as corporal, Co. G, May 13, 1861, to serve
two years; discharged for minority, August 25, 1861, at Washington, D. C.; also borne as Irvin Tuthill.
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Tuttle, Wm. E., (1st Lieut.), Rockland, 723
Tyler, H. H., x, Binghamton, 177
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.Uhrich, Charles F., (Brevet Major) 31st U.S. Col. Infantry, Kane, 454
.Ulyett, James H., (Corpl.), Phoenix, 115
Underhill, J. E., 157th Vols, Oneida, 270
Underwood, Wm. H., 10th Artillery, Brownville, 53
1843-1915; also of Dexter, NY; proprietor of the Underwood House and village president, 1884-87.
UNDERWOOD, WILLIAM H.— Age, 19 years. Enlisted, August 5, 1862, at Brownville; mustered in as private, Co. A, Third
Battalion, Black River Artillery (later Co. H, Tenth Artillery), August 13, 1862, to serve three years; transferred to Co. I, August 13,
1862; promoted corporal, October 28, 1863; mustered out on individual muster-out roll, May 24, 1865, at Ira Harris General Hospital,
Albany, NY.
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Be it Remembered, That heretofore, to wit: on the 11th day of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety
five Wm H. Underwood of Dexter Jefferson County New York sole Executor named in the Last Will and Testament of Joseph
Underwood late of the town of Brownville in the County of Jefferson, deceased, appeared in open Court before the Surrogate of the
County of Jefferson and made application to have the said last Will and Testament which relates to both Real and Personal Estate,
proved: and on such application the said Surrogate did ascertain by satisfactory evidence who were the widow heirs at law and next
of kin of the said testator, and their respective residences, and they are as follows, viz: Julia Underwood widow of said testator of
full age of town of Brownville Jeff. Co. N.Y. P.O. address Dexter Jeff. Co. N.Y. -- and three sons as follows -- William H. Underwood,
Charles Underwood both of Brownville aforesaid & the P.O. a. of said Charles is Limerick, Jeff. Co. N.Y. & Morell Underwood
residing at Terre Haute, Vigo Co Indiana Each one & all of the above named persons are of full age, and said four persons
Constitute all of the legatees & devisees named in said will.
Uptegrove, William, 124th Vols, Warwick, 544
UPTEGROVE, WILLIAM P.—Age, 19 years. Enlisted, August 9, 1862, at Otisville, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co.
E, September 5, 1862; appointed wagoner prior to April 10, 1863; promoted sergeant, August 1, 1863; commissary sergeant,
September 3, 1863; mustered out with regiment, June 3, 1865, near Washington, D. C.; also borne as Uptergrove.
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.Vail, Benjamin M., 21st Militia, Poughkeepsie, 206
Vail, Rufus C., (Artificer) 50th Eng,, Union, 95
VAIL, RUFUS C.— Age, 21 years. Enlisted, December 24. 1863, at Veteran; mustered in as private, Co. G, December 24, 1863, to
serve three years; promoted artificer, September or October, 1864; mustered out with company, June 13, 1865, at Fort Barry, Va.
Van Ama, C, 9th NY Cavalry, Randolph, 259
VANAMA, CHARLES.— Age, 23 years. Enlisted, August 23, 1864, at Randolph; mustered in as private, Co. G, August 23, 1864, to
serve one year; mustered out, June 6, 1865, at Winchester, Va.; also borne as Vanorne, Charles.
Van Amburgh (Amberg), Abram Moffett, 27th NY Inf, Syracuse, 501
Loco Foreman; b. 4 Aug 1837, Lock Berlin (town of Galen), Wayne, NY; d. 7 Apr 1917; Raised 5 Apr 1864 in Hiram Lodge No. 10,
Washington, DC; Affiliated with Syracuse Lodge No. 501 on 22 Sep 1880; Mbr No. 532.
VAN AMBURG, ABRAM M.— Age, 25 years. Enlisted, May 2, 1861, at Lyons, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Co. B,
May 21, 1861; discharged for disability, August 3, 1862, place not stated.
Van Brackle, Charles H., (Adjutant) 14th Heavy Artillery, Watertown, 49
VAN BRACKLE, CHARLES.— Age, 29 years. Enrolled, December 16, 1863, at Rochester; mustered in as first lieutenant and
adjutant, December 16, 1863, to serve three years; discharged for disability, December 20, 1864; commissioned first lieutenant and
adjutant, January 7, 1864, with rank from December 8, 1863, vice Job O. Hedges, promoted.
Captain General, Watertown Commandery No. 11, Knights Templar. B. ca 1834, bookkeeper, living in 1880 (census) with Gennie,
his wife. Buried at Brookside Cemetery, Watertown (1837-1891) with Georgiana (1841-1895).
Van Brunt, George B., (Lieut. -Col.) 47th Regt. Inf Vols, Continental, 287
VAN BRUNT, GEORGE B. Enrolled, June 3, 1861, place not stated, to serve three years; mustered in as first lieutenant, Co. H,
January 18, 1862; as captain, January 19, 1862; as major, August 6, 1862; as lieutenant-colonel, November 16, 1862; discharged,
March 31, 1863; colonel New York Volunteers by brevet; commissioned first lieutenant, February 19, 1862, with rank from
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December 16, 1861, vice J. J. O'Halley, resigned; captain, March 27, 1862, with rank from January 1, 1862, vice P. C. Kane,
promoted: major, September 3, 1862, with rank from August 5, 1862, vice Kane, promoted; lieutenant-colonel, December 31, 1862,
with rank from November 10, 1862, vice Kane, discharged.
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Colonel GEORGE B. VAN BRUNT was born at Sylvan Brook, Staten Island, on the 30th day of May, 1829. Both of his grandfathers
were soldiers in the war of the Revolution. He was educated in the public schools of New York; and upon the breaking out of the
rebellion, enlisted in the 47th Regiment of New York Volunteers, June 3d, 1861. He was not long in achieving rank, being in turn
First Lieutenant, Captain, Major, and Lieutenant-Colonel. His regiment was attached to the Department of the South, consisting of
the States of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. His record is that of an industrious, courageous and efficient officer — and he
took part in every engagement in which the regiment participated.
After his discharge, he received the appointment of Deputy Surveyor of the port of New York, in December, 1864. Being in early
manhood a Whig, and afterward a zealous Republican, he was dismissed from office in April, 1867. He opened an office
immediately as a Real Estate Broker, at No. 146 East Fiftieth street; and in the Fall was nominated for the Assembly in the
Twentieth District, receiving a plurality of 106 votes over HENRY CLAUSEN, Mozart Hall Democrat. He is a staunch Republican,
preferring principle to position, and doing yeoman's service in whatever he undertakes. He is an effective member of the Assembly.
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X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PRA1-PA1994,M1 page 1994.
CHAP. 2736. — An Act Granting an increase of pension to Ellen M. Van Brunt. June 6, 1906. [H. K. 13577.]
Ellen M. Van Brunt - Pension increased. Be it enacted by the Senate and Howe of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll,
subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Ellen M. Van Brunt, widow of George B. Van Brunt, late
lieutenant-colonel Forty -seventh Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of twenty dollars per
month in lieu of that she is now receiving.
SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 79. / HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH,
Hilton Head, Port Royal, S. C., February 13, 1863.
The Forty-seventh New York Regiment, Lieut. Col. George B. Van Brunt, will proceed to the mouth of the Ogeecbee without delay.
The commanding officer will report to these headquarters for further instructions.
By command of Maj. Gen. David Hunter (10th Army Corps)
.Van Buren, Sydney M, x, Trumansburgh, 157
Van Buren, Thomas B., (Col. 102nd Inf), Ind. Royal Arch, 2
VAN BUREN, THOMAS B. Age, 37 years. Enrolled at New York city, to serve three years; mustered in as lieutenant-colonel,
December 16, 1861; as colonel, February 8, 1862; discharged, December 13, 1862. Not commissioned lieutenant-colonel;
commissioned colonel. May 1, 1862, with rank from March 5, 1862. (Van Buren Light Infantry).
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The One Hundred and Second Regiment Veteran Volunteers—A Card From Col. Van Buren.
To the Editor of the New-York Times:
The One Hundred and Second Regiment Veteran Volunteers reached here on Sunday afternoon from Chattanooga, where they led
the advance in the storming of Lookout Mountain and Ringgold. Everywhere on the route the reputation of the regiment secured the
men warm greetings and kind attentions. On reaching New-York, however, they marched in silence to the Park Barracks, and
neither the Corporation, nor citizens, nor the militia, can be induced to give them a reception of any description.
Personal applications have been made to portions of the militia, but not even a company can be persuaded to turn out, although it
was offered to defray all the expenses of the music.
An effort has been made to raise a small fund to provide a collation for the regiment, but aside from the writer and an eminent
merchant, distinguished for his liberality and patriotism, not one of the fifty bankers and merchants applied to would subscribe a
cent. This treatment disheartens and exasperates the men and is doing more to prevent enlisting in New-York than any other one
cause. Soldiers can encourage or discourage recruiting more than any other class of men. If motives of patriotism will not induce the
citizens of New-York to treat their returning veterans differently, self-interest should.
It is determined by the officers to parade the regiment, independent of all assistance, hoping to meet some citizens in the street
whose patriotism is not bounded by the horizon of their pockets.
T. B. VAN BUREN.
Colonel 102d N. Y. V.
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VAN BUREN LIGHT INFANTRY.
This is a first class regiment, organized strictly as light infantry. The officers are gentlemen of experience and military ability, who
have returned from the field for the express purpose of organizing this regiment, and making it second to none that has left or will
leave for the seat of war It is recognized and accepted by the Governor, and is under the auspices of a well-tried soldier and
gentleman, the Hon. Thomas B. Van Buren, Paymaster General of the State of New York, to whom the colonelcy has been
tendered. It is being rapidly filled up with good, able-bodied, intelligent men. There are a few vacancies in the line for experienced
officers, with full or parts of companies. The head-quarters are at 482 Broadway, where any information may be obtained of Lieut.Col. McLean, or Major James A. Stevenson.
Van Buskirk, J. T., (1st Lieut.), Clyde, 341
Van Cott, Wm. H., 22d Conn. Vols, Senate-, 456
Lodge Master, 1874-76
.Van de Water, A., x, Brownville, 53
.Van Dewenthen, Charles H., (Commissary) 192d Vols, Clinton, 140
Van Dusen, John H., x , Newark, 83
Van Duser, Sylvester В., 2nd Mounted Rifles, Newark, 83
VAN DUSER, SYLVESTER.— Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 19 Dec 1863, at Arcadia; mustered in as private, Co. F, 19 Dec 1863, to
serve three years; appointed bugler, date not stated ; mustered out with company, 10 Aug 1865, at Petersburg, Va.; veteran.
Van Gorder, Robert D., 23d Infantry, Union, 95
VAN GORDER, ROBERT E.— Age, 21 years. Enlisted, May 6, 1861, at Elmira, to serve two years; mustered in as private, Co. K,
May 16, 1861; discharged for disability, December 29, 1862, at New York city.
Van Hise, George W., 14th New Jersey Vols, Greenbush, 337
Transferred to Vet. Res. Corps, Jan. 1, '65; discharged therefrom July 21, '65; Corporal Aug. 18, '62; Private Aug. 1, '63.
Van Housen, A., (Sergt.), Savona, 755
Van Houten, Isaac, 7th Regt, Continental, 287
Van Houten, Wm. В., 124th Vols, Warwick, 544
VAN HOUTEN, WILLIAM B.— Age, 28 years. Enrolled, August 13, 1862, at Goshen, to serve three years; mustered in as sergeant,
Co. D, September 5, 18Ci2; promoted sergeant-major, May 1, 1863; mustered in as first lieutenant, Co. I, July 1, 1863; appointed
adjutant, same date; discharged, January 23, 1865, as Van Horten. Commissioned first lieutenant, August 21, 1863. with rank from
May 15, 1863, vice I. M. Martin, dismissed; adjutant, October 6, 1863, with rank from September 17, 1863, vice W. Brownsan
resigned.
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William B. Van Houten was recorded in the household of Isaac and Catherine Van Houten in Chester, Orange Co., NY in 1850 (age
16) and 1860 (age 27) and in Isaac and Catherine's household in Warwick, Orange Co., NY in 1880 (age 47; he is also recorded in
this census as the son of Isaac and widowed, and a grandson of Isaac. William also appears in the 1870 census in New York City's
16th Ward in the household of James and Maria Anderson (he was recorded as age 38 in the first enumeration, and age 35 in the
second enumeration the next January.) The service record of William B. Van Houten records that he enlisted at the age of 28 at
Goshen and mustered in on Sep. 5, 1862 as Sergeant of Co. D, 124th New York Volunteers, called the ‘Orange Blossoms,’ and was
later promoted to Sergeant Major (May 1, 1863), Lieutenant of Co. L (Aug. 21, 1863), and finally Adjutant (Oct. 6, 1863), which rank
he held until his resignation and discharge on Jan. 23, 1865. William B. Van Houten was also recorded in the 1890 Veteran's
Schedule as living in Brooklyn, where he was recorded as serving as Adjutant of the 124th NY Infantry, and was residing in Warwick
in 1893, the year of his mother's death.
Van Iderstine, Peter Jr., 7th Regt. NY State NG, Kane, 451
d. 22 Dec 1893 in Brooklyn, aged 67. Owned a fat rendering works.
Van Orsdale, Frank, Co. I 141st NY Inf Vols, Allegany. 225
VAN ORSDALE, FRANK.— Age, 23 years. Enlisted at Amity, to serve three years, and mustered in as private, Co. 1, December 28,
1863; wounded in action (in the foot – severely). July 20, 1864, at Peach Tree Creek, Ga. ; transferred to Co. B, Nineteenth
Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps, no date; discharged with detachment, August 7, 1865, at Elmira, N. Y.
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b: 11 Feb 1842 d: 14 May 1882 in Friendship, NY of disease contracted in the Army; m2. 31 Dec 1859 Nancy M. Crandall, b. 10
May 1839; d. 8 Jun 1864, age 25y 29d; both bur. Forest Hills Cemetery, Amity, NY
Child: Mae Van Orsdale, b. 24 Apr 1861.
m2. 28 Feb 1865 Clarinda E. Crandall, b. 22 Nov 1844 in Eagle, NY; d. 8 Nov 1914, age 69y 11m 2d
Children
1. Nannie VAN ORSDALE b. 30 Mar 1866 in Belfast, NY
2. Bertha VAN ORSDALE b. 1 Apr 1877 in Friendship, NY
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Van Vleet, James F., x, Lodi, 345
Van Vliet, W. D., x, Goshen, 365
.Van Wagenen, James, 124th Vols, Warwick, 544
.Van Wagenen, James G., x, Oxford, 175
Van Wagner, I .M., x, Rockland, 723
Van Wagoner, Charles, (Corp.) 141st Infantry, Union, 95
Lodge Master, ca 1882; Baggage master Erie R R, 1888
VAN WAGONER. CHARLES.— Age. 18 years. Enlisted, August 20, 1862, at Elmira, to serve three years; mustered in as private,
Co. C, September 11, 1862; promoted corporal, 1 Oct 1864; mustered out with company, June 8, 1865, near Washington. DC.
Annual report of the State historian of New York, III, p. 109-127.
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FROM WAUHATCHIE TO THE CAPTURE OF SAVANNAH.
AN INTERESTING NARRATIVE FROM THE DIARY OF CHARLES VAN WAGONER,
LATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIRST NEW YORK INFANTRY.
Of the many interesting contributions received by this office the diary of Mr. Van Wagoner stands conspicuous. In spite of the
vicissitudes, the hardships, the privations through which he and his regiment passed, he seems to have been able to jot down daily
occurrences, with a fidelity and accuracy that are commended by survivors of his regiment who have perused his record.
It will be remembered that after the Chickamauga campaign, when Grant's army, cooped up in Chattanooga, was on the point of
starvation, the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps were sent from the Army of the Potomac to reinforce the Army of the Cumberland.
Mr. Van Wagoner's diary begins October 2d, 1863, the day of arrival of the Eleventh Corps at Bridgeport, Ala. His narrative includes
the battle of Wauhatchie, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, the toilsome and discouraging march to Knoxville and the return to
Chattanooga in the depth of winter, the Atlantic Campaign, the March to the Sea, the North Carolina Campaign, and closes with the
grand review at Washington.
When the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps were consolidated and formed into the Twentieth Army Corps, the One Hundred and Fortyfirst New York was attached to the First Brigade, First Division.
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, WAUHATCHIE, MISSIONARY RIDGE AND KNOXVILLE CAMPAIGN.
The Eleventh Corps arrived from the Army of the Potomac and encamped at Bridgeport, Ala., October 2d, 1863. Nothing but the
usual routine of camp life for the next eight days. The railroad bridge at this point has been burned.
Oct. 10th. Our brigade, Second Brigade, Third Division, Eleventh Army Corps, was sent to Stephenson, Ala., as it was feared an
attempt would be made to blow up the railroad tunnel. After making a reconnaissance and discovering nothing, returned to
Stephenson and boarded a train, laden with corn for the use of the army horses at Bridgeport.
The grade to the latter place being very steep, and the brakes being poor, all control of the train was lost for a time, and it looked
very much as if we would all be dashed over the high embankment at Bridgeport. But at the last mile, the brakes began to take hold
and the train was brought to a standstill at Bridgeport and the One Hundred and Forty-first disembarked, pretty well scared, but
none the worse for their perilous ride. Nothing but camp life until . . .
Oct. 27th. Left Bridgeport and crossed the Tennessee river on a pontoon bridge and marched toward Chattanooga. Bivouac for the
night at Whitesides.
Oct. 28th. On the march again at 6 a. in., and during the afternoon came in sight of Lookout Mountain. The advance now
commenced skirmishing and driving the enemy back near Wauhatchie. The batteries on Lookout Mountain shell the column and
killed one man in the One Hundred and Forty-first.
We march into Lookout Valley with bands playing and colors flying. The troops about Chattanooga were glad to see us and called
us the Cracker Boys, as now communications by the route we had come were opened to Bridgeport and they could get rations,
which they were very much in need of at that time.
Geary's Division of the Twelfth Army Corps encamped at Wauhatchie, while we went on to near Brown's Ferry. About 10 p. m. a
detail for a reconnaissance was made from the One Hundred and Forty-first, under command of Major O. W. Clauharty, and went
beyond the picket lines a short distance, when they were abruptly halted by some one. The Major, being a great tactician, wanted
everything done right, so he hallooes out, ''Why don't you challenge us right?" supposing he was talking to one of our own pickets.
The fellow answered back, "How should I do it?" "Say halt, advance one and give the countersign!" says Clanharty. The picket
repeated the words as he (Clanharty) instructed him, and a man by the name of Wellington C. Hurd, of Company "B,'' was sent
forward and quickly taken prisoner, and then the Major became aware that he had been teaching a rebel how to do picket duty. The
Confederates now opened fire, and our men returning the tire, and slowly falling back, the Major occasionally ordering Lieutenant
Eccles. who was more to the left of the line of skirmishers, "Hold your position, Eccles, at all hazards," which the enemy would catch
on to and repeat. The firing roused the sleeping camps below and gave them time to prepare themselves, and it was lucky too that
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they did, for Longstreet now came down off from the mountain and made a fierce assault on Geary's Division at Wauhatchie. The
battle lasted about three hours and until after midnight before they were repulsed.
The One Hundred and Forty-first was among the troops sent to Geary's support. Their loss was 1 killed, 1 wounded and 1 taken
prisoner. But for the reconnaissance sent out that night from the One Hundred and Forty-first, Geary would undoubtedly have been
surprised, and the result hard to tell.
Oct. 29th. The One Hundred and Forty-first occupied a ridge near Lookout Mountain. During the afternoon, headquarter wagons
from Bridgeport arrived, and were shelled from the mountain as they crossed an opening in the woods, but came through all right.
About this time, a shower of bullets came whistling over our heads, but did no harm.
We were ordered to fall in and marched about two miles out on the Kelly's Ferry road, and encamped at the right of the road in a
heavy oak woods, where we lay until November 23d, the time being occupied in repairing roads and fixing up quarters, which were
constructed by splitting out plank from the oak trees, notching them together, and putting our tents on this rough cabin for a roof.
They were crude, but very comfortable.
Nov. 22d. We fell in about 3 p. in. in light marching order, and marched toward Chattanooga, leaving our camp in charge of the sick,
etc., who were excused by the surgeons. We crossed the Tennessee at Brown's Ferry. From the peculiar course of the river at
Moccasin Bend it was necessary to cross twice in order to reach Chattanooga, which we did shortly after dark, and bivouacked a
short distance from Fort Wood, on some high ground facing Missionary Ridge. The camp fires of Bragg's army were twinkling and
glimmering all along the ridge, and the enemy could plainly be seen as they moved about among their fires.
Nov. 23d. Dawned cold and cloudy, and the air was raw. After we had eaten our breakfast we surveyed the situation.
The whole side of the ridge facing us was covered with the quarters of the enemy. Just in front of us, a short distance was the
railroad; on one side of it, our pickets; on the other side, the enemy's; neither side was firing at the other. Aids and orderlies were
seen riding in every direction, and it was evident to the rank and file "that something was going to happen." Somewhere in the
neighborhood of 2 p. m., we saw General Grant on a platform in a tree, occupied by the Signal Corps in Fort Wood.
Presently the troops began to march out from their camps, and as they came out, regiment after regiment, brigade after brigade,
with their colors flying, they made a grand and imposing appearance.
But for the stretcher bearer's taking position just in rear of them, one might have thought that a review was to take place, and I have
since heard that's just what the enemy did think.
When the line was thus completed, one of the 64-pounders in Fort Wood let go a shot at the enemy's camp, followed by another
and another, and this being the signal for the "Ball to open," our pickets fired into the enemy's, who returned the fire and hastily
retreated, followed closely by the line of battle, which soon disappeared into the woods. The rattle of musketry now became one
general roar, and the wounded now began to come to the rear; that is, all who could help themselves. The position of the One
Hundred and Forty-first at this time was in rear of the centre, in second line, in support of first line of battle, thus giving them an
excellent opportunity to witness the opening of this engagement. Just before dark we were moved to the left, and then forward to
near Orchard Knob and more in front of Fort Wood. The enemy's tents had nearly all disappeared. We moved up near the first line
and laid down in line of battle; many balls go humming about our heads. As we were in the woods now, our opportunities to observe
were not as good as at the opening of the battle.
Orchard Knob had been captured during the afternoon; we lay in line of battle all night, the firing having died down to picket firing.
Nov. 24th. A drizzling rain during the forenoon. 'No fighting on this part of the line. We are marched across Citico creek, and up the
river to the left of Sherman's lines. During the early part of the afternoon we hear Hooker's guns firing onto the enemy on the side of
Lookout, and presently we can see the lines fighting for a time, and then a mist or fog, together with the smoke from the musketry
and artillery, settled about half way down the mountain, obscuring the contestants from our view for a time, and then, after a while,
they could be seen fighting far up the mountain, above these clouds. This probably is what gave the engagement the name of "The
Battle above the Clouds." The roar of cannon and din of musketry was loud and incessant until dark, when it died down to skirmish
or picket firing. As we paced our beats through the night, we watched the flashes of these pickets firing at one another, and
wondered how the tide of battle was going.
Nov. 25th. The day dawned bright and clear, and as the sun came up over Lookout mountain, it revealed the Stars and Stripes,
floating to the breeze from her loftiest peak, and then went up simultaneously, from every throat of that vast army about
Chattanooga, a glad hurrah! Cheer after cheer rent the air, for all knew then that "Fighting Joe Hooker" had won the battle that was
to make him famous, in all the ages to come, as the Hero of Lookout mountain — "The Battle above the Clouds." We now turned
our attention to the crest of Missionary Ridge, where vast numbers of Confederate troops seemed to be massing in Thomas' front.
About 10 or 11 a. m., the fighting commenced again, with Sherman on the left, Thomas in the centre, while Hooker came in on the
right, by way of Rossville. The One Hundred and Forty-first was again in second line and was moved up in a piece of woods close to
the first line. The fighting as we could hear it, and what we could see of it, was terrific at times. During the afternoon we constructed
good works, but by the middle or latter part of the afternoon, the enemy was routed and retreating toward Ringold, and thus ended
the three days at Chattanooga.
Nov. 26th. We move out of our camp and with the rest of the army are following on Bragg's heels. During the afternoon we pass
through Chickamauga — the station and a lot of Confederate commissary stores having been fired to keep them from falling into our
hands. Tents were left standing in some of the Confederate camps, so hurriedly had they retreated. The roads were strewn with
broken caissons, muskets and ammunition, and played-out wagons, the wagons in every instance having the spokes cut to render
them useless. As Longstreet had Burnside besieged at Knoxville, and the way was now open to send the much needed relief,
accordingly on November 27th the One Hundred and Forty-first was among the troops that started for that point, passing through
Graysville, Cleveland, Charleston, Mouse Creek, Sweetwater, Athens and to London.
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The day before reaching Loudon, the enemy's cavalry was sighted, but a few shells from one of our batteries soon dispersed them,
and next morning, just before daylight, we entered the place, but found it nearly deserted. There were a few Confederate sick there.
The town was about destitute of provisions, the railroad bridge had been burned, and a large amount of equipments, for both
infantry and cavalry, thrown into the river. On the opposite bank were some nice barracks, which had been erected and occupied by
Burnside's troops before falling back on Knoxville. We spent the day hunting the town over for something eatable or wearable, as
we were quite destitute of both, not having any means of procuring anything to eat except what we foraged from the country as we
went along, and it had been so over run with troops there was but little to forage. A little corn meal, or musty wheat flour, or perhaps
a cow or stray pig that had been missed, or was too poor for the enemy to take, was about all there was to be had; and not being
able to obtain clothing before leaving our camps at Chattanooga, on account of the limited means of transportation, our shoes and
our trousers were giving out, and no help for it but to grin and bear it. We lay at London two days and one night, then marched up
the river some 5 or 6 miles, to where the Pioneers had constructed the most unique bridge it has ever been the fortune of the writer
to see, for an army to cross the river on. It was made by taking all the old wagons that could be found in that country, anchoring
them up and down the stream, and then laying boards and planks from one wagon to another. And on this novel bridge the troops
crossed. When Company "A" of the One Hundred and Forty-first reached the opposite bank, they halted until the balance of the
regiment closed up. Henry Miller, a member of that company, accidentally discharged his gun, the ball passing up through his head,
killing him instantly. During the afternoon we pass through Unita, a Quaker settlement, and encamp about nine miles from Knoxville.
This was about December 5th.
Dec. 6th. We do not march, and it is soon rumored that Longstreet, knowing of our coming, had raised the siege and departed and
that we were to return to Chattanooga, which proved true.
Dec. 7th. We started on the return march, and passed through the same places we did coming. If provisions had been scarce
before, they were doubly so now; if our suffering from want of clothing, sickness, etc., had been great, it was increased tenfold now.
It was December 16th and we had made a good march, those who were about barefooted having the privilege of picking their way.
We went into camp as we supposed for the night. The clouds had looked threatening all day, indicating that a heavy storm was at
hand. The troops had their tents up, fires kindled, and were preparing their meagre supper, when we received orders from General
Howard to make 15 miles farther, to where he had established his headquarters. The boys fell in and grumbled. The storm that had
been threatening all day now burst upon us in all its fury; the rain came down in torrents, the darkness was intense; except for the
flashes of lightning now and then the men could hardly see their way over the rough roads.
Some cursed, others sung, while still others swore they would go no farther that night, when no enemy was pursuing nor being
pursued, so they left the ranks and found shelter wherever they could. The majority of us plodded along through the sleet and rain
until about 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning, when tired nature could stand no more, and the One Hundred and Forty-first settled down
in an old cornfield. Some rolled themselves up in their blankets and tried to sleep, only to awaken in a short time to find their
blankets frozen stiff and themselves so cold they could scarcely move; while others gathered brush and made fires, but the brush
was so wet, that the fires gave out but little heat. And so we waited and watched for daylight to come,
Dec. 17th. At 6 a. m. we move on; we had no breakfast because we had nothing but empty haversacks. So we plodded along, and
in the afternoon marched through the railroad tunnel, under Missionary Ridge, and around the outskirts of Chattanooga, and over a
new macadamized road that had been built around the base of Lookout mountain during our absence, and in a short time were in
our old quarters in Lookout valley, having been absent since November 22d, in which time we had marched 250 miles under the
most difficult circumstances. No member of the One Hundred and Forty-first can ever, while life lasts, obliterate from his memory the
suffering of that last night's march — half starved and poorly clad as they were. The stragglers were coming in for a week after, and
much sickness prevailed, and the seeds of disease, planted on the Knoxville march, are bearing fruit unto this day. Our quarters
were rude and humble, but they looked like palaces to us, after the rough usage we had been subject to. Rations were still limited,
as the most of them came by boat, and then hauled 8 or 9 miles from Kelly's Ferry; and the carrying capacity of these river boats
was very limited indeed. It was a very common sight, the next two or three weeks, to see men around camp in their stocking feet,
because they had no shoes, or without trousers, because there were none to be had, a pair of drawers doing duty for those useful
garments. This was the state of affairs until the railroad was opened, and then clothing and rations were soon forthcoming.
1864. Jan. 25th. We broke camp and marched 20 miles to Shell Mound. We stay at Shell Mound Station until March 11th, when we
moved our camp about one mile up into a ravine known as Nick-a-Jack Cove. We had plenty to eat and wear here and the duty
consisted of drills, patrol, making and repairing roads, until May 2d, when, having been assigned some time previous to the
Twentieth Army Corps, on the date mentioned we joined the First Brigade, First Division, at Shell Mound and marched to Whiteside.
May 3d. Marched toward Chattanooga, reaching Wauhatchie about noon, and the valley between Lookout Mountain and Missionary
Ridge in the afternoon, and where we encamped for the night.
May 4th. Marching through a portion of the battlefield of Chickamauga, and at night we encamp on, the banks of Chickamauga
creek. There is nothing of interest until May 15th. We move along nearly every day, passing through Snake Creek Gap, and on the
14th we are feeling for the enemy nearly all day and conforming our lines to theirs, and at night find ourselves on a wooded ridge in
line of battle, where we had come hurriedly to the support of the Fourteenth Army Corps. But our Third Brigade had helped them out
of their trouble by the time we arrived. We lay with our harness on all night in line of battle.
"THE MARCH TO THE SEA."
1864. Nov. 15th. The One Hundred and Forty-first New York Volunteers, under command of Captain William Merrill of Company
"D," brigade under command of Colonel (James L.) Selfridge, Forty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers, left the smoking and ruined city
of Atlanta and marched out, in an easterly direction, toward Decatur, Ga.., a small village about six miles from Atlanta on the
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Augusta railroad. Reached Decatur about noon and halted for dinner. In the afternoon the march was resumed; encamped that night
near Stone Mountain.
Nov. 16th. Troops on the march at an early hour. The One Hundred and Forty-first strung out in two ranks along the Wagon Train.
Crossed the Yellow river at a late hour, marched a short distance and went into camp.
Nov. 17th. One Hundred and Forty-first occupy same position on the march as the day before (guarding Wagon Train), which the
boys begin to find tedious and not at all to their liking, as some wagon was continually breaking down or would get stuck in mud
holes, thereby blocking everything behind them and causing the mule-drivers to' unload their vocabulary of cuss words at the longeared animal hauling the aforesaid wagons. But it was not considered any sin in the Army for a mule driver to swear; it was
considered a necessary evil. Crossed Big Haines creek late in the afternoon. Went into camp just before the midnight hour.
Nov. 18th. Again guarding Wagon Trains. If a wagon breaks down it is burned to prevent it doing the enemy any good in the future.
If a mule gives out, he is shot, for the same reason.
The boys are beginning to utilize the time when the Wagon Train is delayed from any cause, in the following manner: — In the
daytime, by visiting nearby plantations and helping themselves to chickens, sweet potatoes, turkeys, geese, ducks and pigs— in
fact, anything and everything eatable that seems to strike their fancy.
Passed through the little hamlet of Social Circle, Ga,, about noon; halted for dinner just beyond the village. March resumed in an
hour, making cam]) about 11 p. m.
Nov. 19th. Again on the march. This country gets better, and provisions for both man and beast more plentiful as we advance. The
potato holes are just bursting, they are so full, and the poultry and pigs are just waiting for us to come and rescue them from the
Confederacy. This diet beats hard-tack and sowbelly all to 'pieces, but these citizens will have a hard time to get enough to eat after
we have passed. We pass through Madison, Ga., about 4 p. m. It is much the finest place we've seen on this march. There are
many fine residences, the door-yards decorated with the most luxurious shrubbery. The whole colored population seems to have
turned out to see the Army pass and a good share of them are following it away, they know not where, but it’s "the Day of Jubilee" to
them, and with all their earthly effects packed into a bundle, pail or washtub, and nicely balanced on the head, they follow
"Sherman's Bummers" away.
There were old Pomps, young Pomps, She Pomps and pickaninnies, and as they trudge along they form a grotesque procession
and one that should be seen to be appreciated. Encamp about four miles beyond Madison.
Nov. 20th. The One Hundred and Forty-first are rear guard of the Twentieth Army Corps. Do not leave our camp until 1 p. m. This
means a march for us that will reach well into the night. Commenced raining about 4 p. m.; rained very hard all night. During the
evening a two-wheeled ox cart containing young darkies, drawn by an ox hitched in the fills, and led by an old colored man, became
stuck in a creek; the boys pulled the pin and dumped the young darkies in the creek, which was foot deep. It afforded them great
amusement to see the old Aunties fish the young mokes out of the stream. Went into camp about midnight.
Nov. 21st. We are on the move again at 7 a. m. The roads are heavy and muddy from yesterday's rain, and travel is extremely
difficult. We are living on the fat of the land; somebody stop us or we will burst with turkey and sweet potatoes. Made camp about 10
p. m.
Nov. 22nd. It froze the mud a little last night, making travel a little better to-day. Details are at work destroying the railroad as we
move along. Crossed the little river on pontoons to-day. The railroad bridge was burned, making a grand conflagration.
This is a magnificent farming country, and we pass many fine residences. We reach and pass through Milledgeville during the
afternoon; crossed the Oconee river and encamped on a wooded knoll at the right of the road. It is rumored that many of the citizens
have gone out into the country to visit their relatives until we pass by.
Nov. 23rd. Very frosty; it froze quite hard during the night.
We do not march to-day, and the men are helping themselves to anything they want. Many messes are eating their noonday meal
from Queensware, spread out on nice white tablecloths, which they have borrowed for the occasion from the families who suddenly
had business out of town when they heard we were coming, and which Queensware will doubtless be found by its owners (if it ever
is) just where the boys left it previous to taking their departure from the city. In the afternoon a detail from the One Hundred and
Forty-first, accompanied by others, went out and destroyed many miles of railroad. This was done by upsetting long sections of it,
ties, stringers and rails, then knock them apart, pile up ties and stringers, lay the rails on top of the heap, then fire the heap. When
the rails were heated in the middle, the ends being cold, they were easily bent out of all shape for use on a railroad until introduced
to a rolling mill. But our friends on the other side have no time for that just now. The railroad bridge across the Oconee is burned this
evening; besides large fires from public buildings and stores illuminate the country for miles around. Many of the boys are displaying
Georgia bonds and Confederate money, which they have purloined from some building in their wanderings to-day, the purchasing
power of which is fast departing.
Nov. 24th. The march resumed at 5 a. m. The roads are frozen and the air frosty; everything goes along smoothly to-day. One of
Company "C's" men was about to take the last hog a man had to-day, when ho protested so strongly that the "bummer"
compromised with him by offering a $100 Confederate bill, which pleased him, for he accepted it readily, remarking that he could
buy 5 or 6 hogs for that money back in the country.
Nov. 25th. Again on the march, shortly after daylight. About 10 a. m. come to a stream that will have to be bridged. About 2 p. m.
crossed the stream and are again on the move. (The stream was called Buffalo creek.) After marching 5 or 6 miles, the head of the
column was fired upon by some Confederate cavalry. A skirmish line is thrown out to develop their position; pickets are posted and
the troops go into camp for the night. Some firing on the picket line during the night. This is the first opposition since leaving Atlanta.
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Nov. 26th. Move out of camp about 9 a. m. There is quite brisk firing at the head of column, but we move along with very little delay,
the enemy falling back as our troops advance. About noon we enter and halt for dinner at the village of Sandersville. Our enemy
consists of some cavalry and a few citizens calling themselves "The Home Guard of Saudersville," and who were nearly all captured
and "marched to the Sea," with Sherman's bummers, as prisoners. Marched to and encamped for the night at Tennile Station.
Nov. 27. The march resumed at daylight. First Brigade, First Division, Twentieth Army Corps, on the lead; One Hundred and Fortyfirst New York at the head of column; Company "С" about one-quarter of a mile in advance with the Corps scouts. This is a grand
country, overflowing with good pigs, poultry and sweet potatoes. Many a good mule and horse is also being confiscated these days.
The wagon train mules are daily being recruited; also the camp negroes, every three or four privates having a servant, which they
have hired for from $10 to $12 per month. It makes but little difference to the private what wages he's agreed to pay; he won't do it.
But when the march is ended, he will discharge the coon with a promise to pay when in funds. We moved along nicely to-day,
making splendid time. About 3 p. m. a barricade was discovered across our road, on a rise of ground, just where it entered a piece
of woods. The One Hundred and Forty-first deployed as skirmishers and advanced. Suddenly there was a puff of smoke, a report,
and 8 or 10 Confederate cavalrymen were seen scampering from behind that rail pile. At the same time a number of bullets whistled
harmlessly over our heads. We pushed on rapidly after and discovered them trying to burn a bridge that here spanned a small
stream. The cornstalks they were using for kindling wood were damp, together with the near proximity of the One Hundred and
Forty-first's skirmish line caused their efforts to end in failure. They retreated to a ridge on the opposite side of the village of
Davidsboro, on the Central Railroad of Georgia, which we were now entering, and where we encamp for the night, while the corps
scouts drive the enemy from view.
Nov. 28th. We are engaged at tearing up and burning the Central Railroad of Georgia. We made about twelve miles to Spier's
Station to-day, leaving a track of ruin and desolation behind us. The course we have traveled during the day can be traced by the
reflection of the burning ties and bridges on the sky to-night; it is truly "a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night."
Nov. 29th. Again engaged in tearing up and destroying railroad tracks and bridges. Reach Bartow's Station about 5 p. m. Burned a
sawmill and large amount of lumber. Anything an enemy could make use of is destroyed.
Nov. 30th. We have left the railroad and again we are marching with the wagon trains.
Nov. 30th, Dec. 1st and 2nd. Are marching with the wagon train. As we near the coast the country is not so good. There are vast
stretches of low ground covered with sand as white as snow and very difficult to travel through. The forage for either man or beast is
not so plentiful, but by sending out large foraging parties, have no trouble in obtaining all we want. The boys are becoming adepts at
finding articles that these Southern families had secreted from them. What they do not find, I am afraid is not there, for they will
search every place, even to a grave, for hidden treasure. The negroes are all loyal to the "boys in blue."
The enemy's cavalry are now showing themselves daily, but they are not strong enough to bother us much. They do occasionally
capture some of our foragers, who are altogether too venturesome.
Dec. 3rd. Near Milieu. Country sandy and plenty of second-growth timber. The march is telling on some of the new recruits received
before leaving Atlanta, diarrhoea being the prevailing complaint, caused, no doubt, by the diet or water.
Dec. 4th. Nothing of importance. The heads of columns of the different corps are all meeting with more or less opposition, but not
enough to cause any delay.
Dec. 5th. Still on the march. This country through which we are now passing is alternated with patches of sand and marsh.
The wagons often get stuck in the mud, causing long and tedious marches in the night to come up with the advance. Some of the
boys occupy their time during these waits playing chuckluck, draw and whiskey poker.
Dec. 6th, 7th and 8th. Country about the same as the three preceding days. There is now less individual foraging done than at the
beginning of the march, as many of the boys have been captured, while thus engaged, by venturing too far alone. A whole, or half,
of a company goes out together nowadays and forages for the balance of the regiment. We are on what is known as the middle road
to Savannah, which city, the rank and file have concluded, is our destination.
Dec. 9th. We are again marching along a splendid turnpike road, with stone mile posts giving the distance to Savannah.
Country low and quite thickly wooded with second-growth, interspersed with swamps. About noon one of these thickly wooded
swamps — Monteith's Swamp — was reached, and where our road passed through it the enemy had felled large trees across it,
and had also built a small dirt fort to command it, into which they had a section or two of artillery, with which they commenced to
shell us as we came in sight. The First Brigade was ordered to wade the swamp, while the Second Brigade went around to the left,
to come in on the enemy's flank and rear. The One Hundred and Forty-first waded the swamp just at the left of the road, jumping
from bog to bog, sometimes miring in the black, inky mud and water to their waists. After perhaps half an hour they had wormed
themselves up so close to the fort that they could hear the enemy talk. In a short time a yell was heard from the flanking column,
and at the same time we rushed forward and over the enemy's works; but the enemy, doubtless smelling a mouse, had skedaddled
just too soon for us. We now went into camp for the night.
Dec. 10th. We are early on the march, following the same road used the day before. We come to several plantations and help
ourselves to potatoes, rice and pigs. Some one in advance of us has taken the chickens and turkeys. At the rate we are marching,
and the number of miles to Savannah, indicated by the mile-posts, it won’t take long to make it. At the forenoon we hear the boom of
cannon in our front (this was confederates training their guns on our road). About noon the mile-posts indicate 5 miles to the city.
We move out of the road into the forest and move forward until the line was parallel with an old road that bordered an immense
swamp and ran down to the Savannah river, which was about one mile to our left. A picket line was established about 80 or 100
yards in front, on the extreme edge of this swamp, which at this point was from 200 to 300 yards across. The enemy's pickets were
posted on the opposite side of the swamp.
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Their earthworks were also in plain view.
Dec. 11th to Dec. 19th. Good substantial earthworks are built. Our rations are pretty small, as we have cleaned out the country in
our rear of provisions, and Hardee with a large force, in our front. There is a mill for shucking rice about ten miles in our rear, in
which the negroes, who are with us, in large numbers, are set to work preparing the rice for the use of the army.
On the 13th, communication with the fleet that had been "waiting and watching " below. We received mail from home once more,
and sent our good fat letters away, telling of the wonderful things we have done since leaving Atlanta. The enemy has a floating
battery with which they shell us unmercifully every night. They run up the river until opposite our left flank and then let go for us.
Nearly every tent in the One Hundred and Forty-first is barricaded with logs of trees, and even then these shells burst over us and
the pieces come down through the tents.
They are altogether too free with their hardware. They also drop shells into, and send solid shots through, our camps any time of
day or night they think about it.
The amount of it is, its mighty dangerous, and the only safe place is on the picket line. The Confederate pickets asked us last night
how many mules we had eaten. We denied the allegation.
Thank God, we have not come to that yet, nor do I believe we will, if the signs are true, for they are planting some siege guns in
position to-night that will wake those fellows up across the swamp to the queen's taste. Last night too they drove Geary's Division all
up into our camp to avoid the shells from their river battery. Provisions are pretty low; the cattle we would not eat on our way here
comes very acceptable now, and the livers are worth a dollar and the tails fifty cents.
Dec. 20th. The shelling to-night from the river battery and from their works in our front is unusually severe, the flying pieces striking
our tents and barking the trees.
Dec. 21st. The enemy's fire suddenly ceased about 3 o'clock this morning, when it was soon learned that they had evacuated.
We were in line by daybreak, crossed the swamp on some narrow paths on top of the dykes, and there we laid for several hours.
We see troops pouring into Savannah from all directions. We pass through a portion of the city about noon, march about one and
one-half miles up the river and encamp in a forest of live oaks, which, with the large tufts of Spanish moss hanging from their
branches, made a very picturesque appearance. 'Many of the men went to the city and helped themselves to the abundance of rice,
found stored there, while the camp was being marked out. Received a mail and drew rations of hardtack, pork and coffee, this
evening. Everybody feels like celebrating to-night; the great march has been a success. Although Hardee and his army have
escaped, we still have Savannah, with all her forts, stores and ammunition, cars and locomotives. We've left a track of ruin and
desolation in our rear, from 30 to 40 miles wide. The amount of damage, — the blows inflicted to the Confederacy by this march
from Atlanta to Savannah, is inestimable.
Dec. 22d. The boys are all busy building good quarters, as the prospects seem very good to stay here some time. There is plenty of
good material here for the getting. There is a vast swamp between us and the river. The old river battery the enemy shelled us so
unmercifully with a few nights ago is sunk over near the South Carolina shore, her smokestack just showing above the water. Let
her rest.
The time until December 30th was occupied in fixing up quarters, cleaning up, mending clothes and equipments, for the campaign
had been pretty hard on clothing and equipments. The health of the boys, as a rule, is good; the most of the sickness that does
prevail is among the recruits, who are not used to such vigorous campaigning.
Dec. 30th. There is a general review to-day, and that means a move of some kind before many days. The Twentieth Army Corps, as
it passed in review before General Sherman, presented a neat and soldierly bearing. Our dress parades have been resumed, and
we also have a new Cornet Brigade Band that has just arrived from Boston, Mass. I understand they will be paid by a tax on the
commissioned officers' pay. That will be good enough for "we uns." We occasionally get passes and visit the city, where sutlers are
selling apples at six for one dollar, and other things in proportion. General Geary's Second Division, Twentieth Corps, is doing duty
in the city. Details from the various commands are daily at work on the fortifications and thus we put in the time daily until January
17, 1865, when we start on the Carolina Campaign.
An account of our daily moves on that campaign I can furnish with the exception of loss by disease.
Loss of the 141st
The loss on "March to the Sea," from November 15th to December 16, 1864:
Wounded and died
1
Killed
1
Those who died of disease, or were missing on this march, I cannot give, with the exception of Company "C," of which I have nearly
every member accounted for:
Missing from Company "С"
1
Died of disease, Company "С"
5
Total 6 (All recruits received at Atlanta.)
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Van Wyck, Benj. W., 128th Vols Commissary Sgt, Poughkeepsie, 266
Vanaranam, Hiram H., 16th Ny Inf Vols, Au Sable River, 149
b. 1838; d. 1910; m. Sarah Sophia Adgate. b. ca 1838, New York. d. bur. b. Sep 26, 1846 [aka Van Arnam]
VAN ARNAM, HIRAM H. — Age 24, 5’ 8”, Aug 16 1862 tr C 121 N Y tr sig corps Aug 22 1863 mustered out June 24 1865 Ausable
Chasm N Y
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Vandenburgh, J. O. W., x, Montgomery, 501
Vanderbilt, George, x, White Plains, 473
Vandergrift, G. W. M., x, Caneadea. 357
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Vanderhoof, Fred. D., (Surgeon) 111th Vols, Newark, 83
Master of Sincerity Lodge No. 200, Phelps, NY, for 13 years: 1871-76, 79-83, -85-86; served as District Deputy Grand Master, 1884.
http://books.google.com/books?id=qygVAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA357&dq=%22Vanderhoof,+Frederick%22&lr= page 357.
Vanderhoof, Frederick D., Phelps, was born in Manchester April 28, 1843, one of six children (four now living) of Peter and Margaret
(Doxtater) Vanderhoof. Jacob, the grandfather, was born in New Jersey, coming to Manchester and settling in early life. Frederick D.
married in 1814 Armeda, daughter of John R. and Hannah C. Hyde of Newark, NY. They have four children: Ina H., Fred, Neva W.,
and Bertrand G. Mr. Vanderhoof was educated at the schools at Clifton, read medicine with Dr. Pomeroy, of Newark, graduated
from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York city in March 1864. He entered the service as assistant surgeon until the
close of the war. In February, 1867, he came to Phelps and engaged in the practice of his profession,
Vandermark, Lawrence, x, Montgomery, 504
Vane, Frank, (1st Lieut.) Oneida Co. Cavalry, Oneida, 270
http://www.midyork.org/Oneida/OPL_LOCAL_HISTORY/OPL_OIC_Capt_Mann.htm
< Frank Vane of Oneida enlisted in the Oneida Cavalry on August 10, 1861 at the age of 29 years.
He mustered in as second lieutenant that September 4. He re-enlisted three years later and was
mustered out with the company on June 13, 1865. (Annual Report of the Adjutant General, 1868.
Oneida Public Library, Local History Collection. Photo: U.S. Military History Institute.)
Brother Henry J. Howe (above) was also a member of this unit.
VANE, FRANK.— Age, 29 years. Enlisted, August 10, 1861, at Oneida, N. Y.; mustered in as
second lieutenant, Oneida Independent Company, Cavalry, September 4, 1861, to serve three
years; mustered in as first lieutenant, to date June 7, 1864; mustered out with company, June 13,
18fr3, near Washington, DC; not commissioned second lieutenant or first lieutenant.
The Oneida Cavalry Camp at Army of the Potomac Headquarters, Petersburg, Virginia, March 1865.
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Bro. Frank ran a Billiard Parlor in Oneida and was the holder of a U.S. Patent for a Billiard Chalk-holder:
.Vannett, David E., (Band) 79th Highlanders, Copestone, (Ml
.Vanorman, H. H., x, Deer River, 499
Vanornum, Wm. H., x, Iroquois, 715
Vanwie, Andrew G., 77th NY Infantry, Montgomery, 504
VAN WIE, ANDREW G.— Age, 23 years. Enlisted, August 21, 1862, at Stillwater, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co.
C, September 18, 1862; promoted corporal, May 17, 1863; returned to ranks, July 1, 1863; promoted principal musician, July 1,
1864; mustered out, June 21, 1865, while in Ira Harris Hospital, at Albany, N. Y.
Vaughan, T. W., 132d Vols, Commonwealth, 409
Vedder, Commodore Perry, (1st Lieut.) 154th Vols, Ellicottville, 307
Army nicknames “Com” and “Yawpy Boy.” Member of New York state assembly from Cattaraugus County 1st District, 1875.
“Genealogical and Family History of Western New York,” Vol. II, by William Richard Cutter, 1912. page 660-662.
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Commodore Perry Vedder, son of Jacob and Margaret (Gouverneur) Vedder, was born in Ellicottville, Cattaraugus county, New
York, February 23, 1838, died there December, 1910. His career was a most remarkable one. Born in a log house on a newly
settled farm, he obtained such education as the district afforded and worked at home until he was thirteen years of age. At that age
he became a driver boy on the Erie canal and a year later was raftsman on the Alleghany river, going to Pittsburg and down the
Ohio to Cincinnati. From the latter city he made his way to Cleveland, Ohio, where he shipped before the mast on the brig "Alert,"
bound for Chicago. He followed the life of a sailor on the lakes for three years, becoming first mate, and in 1858 and 1859
commanded a vessel, being yet under legal age. He saved his money and, returning to New York, entered Springville Academy to
complete his preparatory education, intending later to enter college. During the winters of 1859-60-61-62 he taught school, and in
1861 began the study of law with Judge David H. Bolles.
The civil war changed all his plans, and leaving all his prospects behind he went to the defense of his country's flag. He enlisted in
August, 1862, as a private in the One Hundred and Fifty- fourth Regiment, New York Infantry, and for gallant conduct was promoted
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first lieutenant and later captain. At the battle of Lookout Mountain he was brevetted major by President Lincoln in the regular United
States army "for gallant and meritorious conduct," and also received four other commissions for bravery. At the battle of Rocky Face
Ridge he was wounded, but declined to accept a furlough after leaving the hospital. Not being able yet for field duty, he was
appointed by President Lincoln to examine applicants for commissions in colored regiments, with headquarters at Chattanooga,
Tennessee. Again taking the field with his regiment, he was in the bloody battle of Chancellorsville, where he was taken prisoner
and for two weeks was confined in Libby prison at Richmond. He was paroled and while under parole was detailed by the secretary
of war to take charge of the camp of paroled prisoners near Alexandria, Virginia. In the fall of
1863 he was transferred with the Army of the Cumberland.
He participated in the battles: Chancellorsville, Wauhatchie, Lookout Valley, Lookout
Mountain, Mission Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, siege of Savannah, and was with Sherman on
his celebrated march from Chattanooga to Knoxville, Tennessee, to relieve General Burnside.
He was also with Sherman from "Atlanta to the Sea." He was promoted as before stated, and
for "bravery in battle" in the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta was commissioned
lieutenant-colonel. He was honorably
discharged at the close of the war and returned to more peaceful pursuits.
He resumed the study of law and during the winter of 1865-66 attended Albany Law School,
and on May 7, 1866, was admitted to the New York bar at Buffalo. His success in civil life as a
lawyer and a legislator and a business man was as complete and conspicuous as his record
in the army was honorable and brilliant. In May, 1867, he was admitted in the district court of
the United States for the northern district of New York. In the same year he was appointed
register in bankruptcy, resigning that appointment in 1875 to enter the state senate. From
1872 to 1875, inclusive, he was a member of the assembly.
In 1869 he had been appointed United States assessor of internal revenue, holding that office
for two years. In 1872, as a member of the judiciary committee of the house, he assisted in
investigating the charges against the unjust judges of New York City, Cardozo, McCunn and
Barnard. He was chairman of the committee to draft articles of impeachment against Judge
Barnard and was appointed one of the managers on the trial of that official before the high court of impeachment for
maladministration in office. In 1875 he was elected state senator, serving during the sessions of 1876-77, holding the chairmanship
of the committees on Indian affairs and internal affairs.
In 1880 he was appointed state assessor by Governor Cornell, holding office three years. It is asserted that no man ever did more to
lighten the burdens of taxation upon those least able to bear them. In 1884 he was again elected to the senate, holding under three
consecutive rе-elections. During his last eight years in the senate he was chairman of the committee on taxation and retrenchment.
At all times he took a leading part in the debates and deliberations of the senate. Holding membership on several important
committees, he influenced much legislation besides the bills that bore his name. He introduced the bill to tax gifts, legacies and
collateral inheritance that became a law in 1885. Also the bill amending the collateral inheritance act, which amended act became a
law in 1891, under which the succession by death of personal property of $10,000 or more is taxed one per cent. He drafted and
introduced a bill taxing corporations for the privilege of organizing, which became a law in 1866. As a result of these acts millions of
dollars have been paid into the treasury of the state and a permanent source of revenue provided. In 1894 he was chosen a
delegate-at-large to the constitutional convention held at Albany, of which Joseph Choate was president, and after, by his
solicitation, Senator Vedder was president pro tern.; he served on several important committees. Of the thirty-three amendments
proposed by the convention and adopted by the people, he drafted and introduced four.
Too much cannot be said of the sagacity, zeal and untiring devotion to the public interest displayed by Mr. Vedder in every position
of public trust and responsibility to which he has been called. The constitution and laws of his state alike attest his wisdom and his
worth. Another bill which does not bear his name but which was a modification of a bill he had ready to introduce is the liquor law,
known as the "Raines Law.'' Many conferences were held at Ellicottville between Senators Vedder and Raines, the result being the
bill introduced by the latter. In the business world Colonel Vedder was an important factor. He was president of fourteen
corporations and maintained a business office in New York City. For twenty years he was president of the Bank of Ellicottville, and
for twenty-four years president of the Bank of Norwood in St. Lawrence county, New York; also president of the New York and New
Jersey Ice Lines, of New York, and of Elko Milling, Mining and Manufacturing Company, of Randolph. He was professionally
associated as partner with William Manley, of Ellicottville, for several years; with Judge Rensselaer Lamb from 1869 until the judge's
death in 1871; with George M. Rider from 1876 until 1884 as Vedder & Rider, and with James O. Clark, of Ellicottville. Having
accumulated a large fortune, his latter years were spent in comparative retirement, surrounded by all that makes life pleasant. He
held membership in many societies, clubs and institutions of various kinds and was everywhere treated with distinguished
consideration. He held membership in the Grand Army of the Republic and was ever the friend of the old soldier. He was devoted to
the interests of his native town, which he furthered in every possible way. His useful, honored life closed with about the
allotted scriptural period "three score years and ten."
He married (first) in 1862, Betty E. Squires, of Springville, who bore a son, who died in 1882. She died 1884. He married (second),
1892, Mrs. Geneviève A. (Hill) Wheeler, daughter of Thomas A. and Hannah (Warren) Hill, of Chicago, and granddaughter of Arthur
Hill, of Baltimore. Her maternal grandparents are Cotton Mather and Annie (Fairfield) Warren. Mrs. Genevieve A. Vedder survives
her husband and resides in New York City.
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excepted from “War's Relentless Hand,” by Mark H. Dunkelman, 2006. page 174.
Note: “Yawpy Boy” was a nickname for Bro. C. P. Vedder; see also Bro. Bradford Rowland above (nicknamed “Mouse Ear”).
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sn-g9VyCqyY3b4PuTRA&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result#PPA174,M1 page 174.
Published: December 25, 1910
Copyright © The New York Times
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Vega, Rafael, (Lieut.), La Universal, 751
Veling, Jacob, Oneida Co. Cavalry, Oneida, 270
b. ca 1838, Germany.
VELING, JACOB.— Age, 28 years. Enlisted, August 31, 1864, at Lenox, N. Y.; mustered in as private, Oneida Independent
Company, Cavalry, August 31, 1864, to serve one year; mustered out May 18, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
Verney, John, (Corpl.), Glen Cove, 5SO
Viele, Egbert Ludovicus, (brevet Major-General), Kane, 454
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egbert_Viele
Egbert Ludovicus Viele (Vee-lee) (June 17, 1825 – April 22, 1902) was a civil engineer and United
States Representative from New York, as well as an officer in the Union army during the American
Civil War.
Viele was born in Waterford, New York (Saratoga County), a son of Kathline Schuyler
(Knickerbacker) and John L. Viele. He graduated with honors from The Albany Academy and studied
law briefly before entering the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He
graduated on July 1, 1847, and was commissioned as a brevet second lieutenant in the Second
United States Infantry.
He served in the Mexican-American War and was promoted to second lieutenant in the First United
States Infantry on September 8, 1847. From 1848 to 1849 he was assigned to establish a military
camp at Laredo, Texas, which was named "Camp Crawford." Viele married Teresa Griffin on June 3,
1850, and was promoted to first lieutenant on October 26 the same year. He resigned from the
service in 1853 to become a civil and military engineer.
He received an appointment as State Engineer of New Jersey in 1855 with a commission to conduct a topographical survey of the
state. He also surveyed the environs that would become Central Park and submitted a design proposal. A competition was held
which was awarded to "the Greensward Plan" from Olmsted & Vaux). Viele was appointed engineer-in-chief of Central Park in 1856,
and engineer of Prospect Park, Brooklyn in 1860.
Viele was a captain in the Engineer Corps of the Seventh New York Regiment in 1860, and brigadier general of United States
Volunteers in 1861, at the beginning of the Civil War. He commanded forces on the Savannah River during the siege of Fort Pulaski
and was appointed Military Governor of Norfolk, Virginia, in 1862. He resigned from service on October 20, 1863, to again engage in
civil engineering.
"Viele Map" - Sanitary & Topographical Map of the City and Island of New York (1865)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Viele_Map_1865-Topographical_New_York_City.jpg
Viele was author of a color map, a "Sanitary and Topographical Atlas of the City and Island of New York" first published in 1865, and
now called the "Viele Map", which shows his survey of the original streams, marshes and coastline of New York City, superimposed
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over the street grid. The map is still used by modern structural engineers and planners to design the foundations of new buildings
and structures in the city.[1] Two years later he worked as chief engineer on the Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Rochester Railroad. He and
his wife were divorced in 1872, and he later married Juliette Dana. From 1883 to 1884 Viele was the commissioner of parks for New
York City
He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887) and an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress; he resumed his former business pursuits and engaged in literary work. Viele died at the
age of 77 in New York City, and was survived by his second wife and four children. Francis Viélé-Griffin, the symbolist poet, was
one of his sons. He and his second wife are entombed in a pyramid shaped monument, guarded by a pair of sphinxes, in the Post
Cemetery at West Point, New York.
According to an official video about West Point he had a fear of being buried alive and had a buzzer installed in his mausoleum
which if pressed by him would alert someone in the cemetery office to come and let him out. After twenty years the buzzer wire was
finally cut.
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Viele's plan for Prospect Park, 1861. (Annual Reports of the Brooklyn Park Commissioners)
Vischer. Thomas E., 110th Vols (101st?), Oneida, 270
VISCHER, THOMAS.— Age, 26 years. Enlisted at Syracuse, to serve three years, and mustered in as private, Co. B, November 16,
1861; promoted sergeant prior to August, 1862; discharged for shortsightedness, August 5, 1862, at Harrisons Landing. Va.; also
borne as Thomas E. Visher.
Vogt, William, x, Herder, 608
Volz, Jacob, x, Antiquity, 11
Von Dresser, A. P., x, Oriona, 229
Vose, Richard, (Col.), Independent Royal Arch, 2
“History of the 71st Regiment, N. G., N. Y., American Guard,” by Augustus Theodore Francis, George Edward Lowen, page 373
and other pages . . .
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Colonel RICHARD VOSE - 1872—1884
Upon the retirement of Colonel Rockefeller, Lieutenant-Colonel Vose was elected Colonel (September 11th). Richard Vose was
born in Whitesboro, Oneida County, NY, 2 Sep 1830. His father died when Richard was thirteen years old, leaving him not only
dependent upon his own resources, but with a mother and two brothers and two sisters, to whose support he contributed for years.
Compelled at this early age to work for his living he educated himself. With various business experiences, he established, in 1868,
the firm of Vose, Dinsmore & Co., of which he was a member at the time of his election. Of ample means and not embarrassed for
time he was in no way hampered in performing the duties required. It was simply a question — was he the man for the position?
With the exception of Parmele his predecessors were well known in the regiment by service and promotion and were surrounded by
those who were also. Colonel Parmele's staff was comprised of men who were old members.
During this administration an entire new field and staff came into office and as a rule were men who had no previous connection with
the regiment, to whom it was not their Alma Mater. They were proud to hold office in it and without question tried to uphold its past
glorious record, shared in the pride of it, and felt as much attachment as could be expected from a good step-father. Colonel Vose
took command of a regiment thoroughly organized, of ten commands numerically about the average and standing high in the
estimation of the public; a splendid foundation for the right man to build a strong regiment.
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