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"'Resolved, that trusting ourselves to the guidance and protecting care of the Sovereign Ruler of the universe who has so often during this rebellion frus- trated the designs of evil men, and made them efficient workers to destroy what they sought to build up, and to build up what they sought to destroy, that we will continue our efforts in the confident hope and faith that out of this seeming evil he will bring good to an afflicted nation.'
" Remarks were made by C. K. Sanborn and Edwin Wallace strongly endorsing the resolutions, and eulogizing the noble character of the illustrious departed Chief Magistrate. Mr. Wallace was in Washington at the time of the tragedy and related some interesting facts in relation to the same. The resolutions were adopted by the unanimous rising vote of the assemblage. The exercises were interspersed with the singing of appropriate hymns by the Congregational choir led by Thomas Brown."
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The war was ended. Rochester had proved her devotion to the cause of national freedom. She had sent her sons to the field. She had seen them return with depleted ranks, some maimed and emaciated from rebel prisons. She had in several instances received back her dead. With reverential tenderness she had borne their battle-scarred remains to their last resting place, amid the stillness of business cessation, half-masted flags, tolling bells, with maimed veterans for pall bearers, and wasted heroes for mourners, and left them with parting volleys of honor over their graves. Her loyalty was tested and failed not in the hour of trial. As in the revolution there were a few tories, so now there were a few copperheads. Some ventured to say that the departure of the first soldiers was murder. Some, Judas-like, dared to ask " To what purpose is this waste ?" But the spirit of '76 was yet alive, and so prevalent throughout the town, that the mutters of disaffection were faint and few.
Rochester furnished two hundred and seventy-three men for the service at a direct cost of $67,281.89 in money paid by the town. This does not include sums paid by individuals, nor the generous gifts of the patriotic women. These were pre-eminent in hearty devotion to the cause of their country, proving themselves worthy daughters of the women of the revolution. Luxurious idleness, self-indulgence, trifling amusements, were at a discount during the war. Fancy work was laid aside for scraping lint, knitting socks, making flannel garments, and gathering hospital stores. Even at concert or lecture the click of knitting needles at work for the soldiers was heard on all sides, and those who visited sea- shore or other places of summer resort took with them materials for scraping lint or other work for the heroes in the field. They accomplished a vast amount of work, the record of which cannot be given. In these times when people seem to think nothing secular or religious can be done without an organized society represented by a string of cabalistic letters, it is refreshing to find that the ladies of Rochester were too busy and too much in earnest to form any society for this work. They simply went right to work and did it, meeting around at different houses. The Town Hall served them for headquarters where they packed the many boxes and barrels forwarded from time to time. Many remember with a feeling of disappointment to this day that one box of
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garments from new flannel was lost on the way to the army, and never recovered. Not only did they furnish stores for the Sanitary Commission, but the Christian Commission also shared their gifts. On the evenings of March 18 and 19, 1864, a "Soldiers' Levee " was held. The "Rochester Courier " says : -
"The affair was one of those rare successes which are brought about in unpro- pitious times, by the determined and combined efforts of the ladies by whom the word fail is never considered when it is unanimously resolved to do. Charades, tableaux, hot coffee, music, fish-pond, fun, and oysters were among the many inducements held out to entertain the multitude. 'Ye Old Folks' Concert' under the leadership of Col. C. S. Whitehouse gave excellent vocal selections which were admirably executed of course. The receipts net above all expenses $284, which is to be transmitted to the Christian Commission."
The cost of such devotion cannot be measured. It is beyond price both in the sacrifices made and the work accomplished. It seems belittling even to name sums of money in presence of soldiers' graves and the tears of mothers, widows, and orphans of the heroic dead, or to reckon up the cost of such priceless boons as freedom, national honor, and human rights. In fact no self-denial could be too great, and no labor too toilsome, "that the government of the people, by the people, and for the people should not perish from the earth."
The following is the list of Rochester soldiers and sailors in the war, with their military record in brief.
LEVI L. ALDRICH. Private, Veteran Reserve Corps. Mustered Jan. 5, 1864. Three years.
CHARLES ANDERSON. Private, Co. I, 13th Reg't. Mustered Dec. 28, 1863. Transferred to Navy March 13, 1864.
HENRY J. ARMSTRONG. Substitute for James Richards. Private, Co. B, 14th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 14, 1863. Deserted at Washington, D. C., Nov. 4, 1863.
DAVID AUSTEN. In Navy May, 1861, and served on schooner " Wanderer." Discharged June, 1862. Re-enlisted Aug. 30, 1864. Served on board " Colorado " in South Carolina, afterwards on board schooner "Hope " at Fort Sumter, rais- ing sunken vessels. Discharged September, 1865.
DANIEL PLUMER AVERY. In Navy, was on board the " Cumberland," witnessed the battle of the " Merrimack " and " Monitor." Re-enlisted private, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 21, 1862. Deserted at Antietam Sept. 17, 1862, when ordered to assist in conveying Col. Titus from the field. Re-enlisted for two years in Gibbs (Mass.) Battery. After a year came home on a furlough, and was advertised to lecture in a school-house in Rochester, where he was arrested as a deserter. Was allowed to return to his Regiment. Served in the "Red River Expedition " where he is supposed to have died, as he has not since been heard from.
FRANK L. AVERY. Private, Co. B, Ist Reg't. Mustered May 2, 1861.
Mus- tered out Aug. 9, 1861.
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JOHN AVERY. Private, Troop E, Ist Cavalry, for three years. Mustered March 24, 1865. Promoted Corporal May 1, 1865. Mustered out July 15, 1865. g Had served in another regiment from which he was honorably discharged.
SAMUEL A. AVERY. Private, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. Deserted with his brother D. P. Avery at the battle of Antietam.
STEPHEN D. AVERY. Private, Co. D, 5th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 23, 1861. Discharged for disability Oct. 28, 1862. Re-enlisted private, Troop I, Ist Cavalry. Mustered April 1, 1865. Shot through the lungs at Fair Oaks and supposed to be killed, but recovered. Mustered out May 6, 1865.
WALTER M. AVERY. Private, Troop I, Ist Cavalry. Mustered April 7, 1865. Mustered out May 6, 1865.
JOHN W. BABB. Drummer, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 13, 1863.
STEPHEN E. BABB. Private, Co. A, 4th Reg't. Mustered Sept. 18, 1861. Re- enlisted for Dover. Mustered Feb. 20, 1864. Wounded June 7, 1864. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Jan. 13, 1865.
JACOB H. BAKER. Private, Co. C, 18th Reg't. Mustered Sept. 14, 1864. Mus- tered out May 29, 1865.
JOSEPH BAMFORD. Private, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 13, 1863. Re-enlisted in Navy, on ship " Albatross." Substitute for Geo. H. Rogers. Mustered Aug. 30, 1864.
MICHAEL BATTY was an Irishman about twenty years of age, a spinner em- ployed by the Norway Plains Co. Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 8th Reg't. Mustered Dec. 23, 1861. Was drowned while crossing a bayou in the night, and buried at Camp Parapet, La.
DAVID SHEPARD BEAN. Son of Wm. M. and Lucy, was born at Newport, Me., Nov. 28, 1843. Was a shoemaker and lived with his brother Henry in Rochester fifteen years. Enlisted private, Co. A, 4th Reg't. Mustered Sept. 18, 1861. Died very suddenly of diphtheria at Hilton Head, Jan. 23, 1862, and was buried there.
GEORGE JUNKINS BEAN. Son of Levi, was a soapmaker. Private, Co. D, 5th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 26, 1861. Was in the battle of Fair Oaks, and the seven days before Richmond. Died after a sickness of five weeks in hospital at Newark, N. J., Sept. 9, 1862. Was buried there in Fairmount Cemetery. Left a wife and one child.
HENRY F. BEAN. Private, Co. A, 4th Reg't. Mustered Sept. 18, 1861. Mus- tered out Sept. 28, 1864.
JOHN BEECHER. Corporal, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 13, 1863. Re-enlisted as substitute for Gershom H. Horne. Private, Co. E, 5th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 14, 1863. Transferred to the Navy April 21, 1864.
ROBERT BENNETT. Substitute for S. F. McDuffee. Mustered Jan. 5, 1865, for three years in Navy.
DAVID BICKFORD. Private, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 13, 1863.
JAMES F. BICKFORD. Private, Co. H, 6th Reg't. Mustered Nov. 28, 1861. Discharged for disability at Hatteras, N. C., May 21, 1862.
WINFIELD SCOTT BICKFORD. Son of Isaac and Mehetabel (Henderson) Bick- ford, was born in Sanbornton, N. H., Oct. 4, 1841. Had lived in Rochester about five years. Was at work in the woolen mill, though by trade a joiner. Mustered as private in Co. H, 6th Reg't, Nov. 28, 1861. Exposure to a hard storm on the way to North Carolina brought on a brain fever so that he was left behind at Hat- teras, N. C., where he died March 12, 1862, and was buried there.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BLAISDELL. Son of Joseph and Eliza M. of East Roch-
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ester, where he was born Dec. 5, 1845. Worked in dye room of the Cocheco Woolen Co. Determined to serve his country in the war he first tried to enlist at Rochester, but being a minor his father refused his consent. He next tried Con- cord but was rejected on account of slight deafness. Persisting in his design he went to Boston and was mustered as a private in Co. G, 19th Mass. Reg't, March, 1864. May 12 he was in the battle of Spottsylvania. In a skirmish a day or two after the battle he was wounded in neck and shoulder by a musket ball. He returned home where he died from the effects of the wound Nov. 16, 1864.
CHARLES C. BLAISDELL. Corporal, Co. B, Ist Reg't. Mustered May 2, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 9, 1861.
DANIEL G. BLAISDELL. Private, Co. I, 3d Reg't. Mustered Aug. 24, 1861. Re-enlisted Feb. 25, 1864. Slightly wounded May 16, 1864. Appointed wagoner. Mustered out July 20, 1865.
JAMES BLAISDELL. Private, Co. B, 10th Mass. Reg't. Mustered June 21, 1861, under a fictitious name. Had finger shot off at Fair Oaks. Enlisted in 9th N. H. Reg't, and was commissioned 2d Lieut. Co. H. Aug. 10, 1862. Promoted Ist Lieut. Jan. 1, 1863. Promoted Capt. March 1, 1863. After the battle of Antietam he was arrested as a deserter from the 10th Mass. but was honorably discharged from arrest by order of Gen. Burnside. He resigned shortly before the battle at the springing of the mine at Petersburg. He had been on a court martial with Gen. Porter, where they quarreled, and Porter had charges preferred against himn, in consequence of which he was dismissed from service Aug. 4, 1864. He was after- wards offered re-instatement by the War department, which he declined. He received, however, a complimentary notice from Gen. Griffin for bravery and good conduct.
JOHN BLAISDELL. Carpenter in construction Corps about five months.
JOHN W. BLAISDELL. Private, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862, During the charge on Port Hudson was wounded in the thigh June 13, 1863. Mus- tered out Aug. 13, 1863.
CHARLES E. BLACKMAR. Sergeant, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Jan. 16, 1864. Discharged after nearly a year in the hospital at Cincinnati.
CHARLES H. BLISS. Private, Co. A, Ist Reg't. Mustered April 29, 1861. Re- enlisted private. Co. D, 5th Reg't, Oct. 23, 1861. Re-enlisted for Dover, Feb. 19, 1864.
SAMUEL F. BLISS. Private Co. D, 5th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 23, 1861. Deserted April 30, 1862.
PIERRE BOUCHE. Private, Co. F, 2d Reg't. Mustered Nov. 25, 1863. Mus- tered out Dec. 19, 1865.
JAMES L. BOYLE. Private, Co. A, 4th Reg't. Mustered Sept. 18, 1861. Slightly wounded at Pocotaligo Bridge Oct. 22, 1862. Re-enlisted Feb. 15, 1864, for Dover. Mustered out Aug. 23, 1865.
CYRUS BRACKETT. Private, Co. K, 18th Reg't. Mustered April 5, 1865. Mus- tered out May 6, 1865.
MOSES D. BRACKETT. Substitute for George W. Chesley. Private, Co. B, 5th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 14, 1863. Promoted Corporal. Wounded June 3, 1864. Mustered out June 8, 1865.
NICHOLAS BROCK. Private, Co. D, Ist Heavy Artillery. Mustered Sept. 4, 1864. Was in defenses about Washington, D. C., till June, 1865. After that in Fort Constitution at Portsmouth. Mustered out Sept. 11, 1865.
CHARLES BROWN. Substitute for Lewis J. Smith. Private, Co. B, 14th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 14, 1863. Deserted at Washington, D. C., Nov. 14, 1863.
ENOCH G. BROWN. Private, Co. A, Ist Reg't. Mustered April 29, 1861. Mus-
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tered out Aug. 9, 1861. Re-enlisted private, Co. A, 1st Battalion U. S. Regular Army 1861-2-3.
JOSEPH E. BROWN. Private, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Wounded in the hand at Port Hudson. Mustered out Aug. 13, 1863.
JOSEPH F. BROWN. Private, Co. A, 4th Reg't. Mustered Sept. 18, 1861. Dis- charged for disability Jan. 9, 1862. Re-enlisted in Navy. Mustered Sept. 1, 1864, for one year.
JOSIAH BROWN. Private, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Deserted at Concord Oct. 21, 1862.
ROBERT BROWN. Private, Veteran Reserve Corps. Mustered Dec. 29, 1863, for three years.
JOHN W. BROWNING. Substitute for Thomas Hall. Marine Corps. Mustered Aug. 22, 1864, for four years.
JAMES M. BRYANT. Substitute for Peter Donlay. Private, Co. F, 11th Reg't. Mustered Feb. 2, 1864. Supposed to have deserted en route to Reg't.
LOUIS BUCKLEY. Private, Co. D), 6th Reg't. Mustered Dec. 28, 1863. Sup- posed to have deserted en route to Reg't.
EDWARD BURKE. Private, Co. D, Ist Heavy Artillery. Mustered Sept. 4, 1864. Deserted at New York city Sept. 11, 1864.
JOHN BURKE. Private, Co. D, 6th Reg't. Mustered Dec. 26, 1863. Wounded June 17, 1864. Taken prisoner at Poplar Grove Church, Va., Oct. 1, 1864. Re- leased and returned to Reg't. Mustered out July 17, 1865.
BENJAMIN F. BURNS. Private, Co. B, Ist Reg't. Mustered May 2, 1861. Mus- tered out Aug. 9, 1861. Re-enlisted Sergeant, Co. G, 8th Reg't. Mustered Dec. 23, 1861. Wounded by a buck-shot in the thigh at Port Hudson, and remained in hospital till close of service. Mustered out Oct. 24, 1864.
WILLIAM BUTTERFIELD. Private, Veteran Reserve Corps. Mustered Jan. 5, 1864. Mustered out Nov. 13, 1865.
PATRICK CAINE. Substitute for George S. Hussey. Marine Corps. Mustered Sept. 1, 1864.
GEORGE W. CALEF. Private, Troop E, Ist Cavalry. Mustered March 24, 1865. Mustered out July 15, 1865. Was taken sick about this time and died in Rochester Aug. 7, 1865, æt. 34 years and 8 months.
CHARLES WILLIAM CANNEY. Son of Edward M., was born in Tuftonborough, had lived in Rochester two years. Private, Co. D, 5th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 23, 1861. Promoted Sergeant. Killed at battle of Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864, æt. 19 years, and buried there.
EDWARD MOODY CANNEY. Father of the preceding, and son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth, was born at Tuftonborough. Had lived two years in Rochester working at his trade of house carpenter. Private, Co. H., 6th Reg't. Mustered Nov. 28, 1861. Killed in the second Bull Run battle Aug. 29, 1861. He had been detached to work at building bridges, but by his own request was permitted to leave his work to engage in this battle. His last words after he had fallen were " Boys, go in; I'm done." He was 45 years old, and left a wife and five children.
AUGUSTUS CATE. Private, Co. D, 5th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 23, 1861. Dis- charged for disability Sept. 24, 1862.
JOHN G. CATE. Private, Co. H, 18th Reg't. Mustered Feb. 8, 1865. Mustered out July 29, 1865. Died in Rochester.
ANDREW JACKSON CATER. Son of Otis and Lovey, was born at Farmington in 1842. Had been shoemaker in Rochester about two years. Private, Co. D, 5th Reg't. Mustered April 20, 1862. Contracted fever by exposure in severe storms at battles of Fair Oaks. Was sent to hospital at Long Island. His brother went
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on and attended him there till he died July 13, 1862. Was buried in Cypress Hill Cemetery, L. I.
ISAAC C. CATER. Enlisted Sept. 1861, in Navy for one year. Visited the Western Islands and the Mediterranean on sailing vessel " Onward," and was after- ward discharged. Re-enlisted Sept. 15, 1862. Served on the "Colorado," and on the " Winona." Was in several expeditions on Santee River, and at the bombardment of Fort Fisher. Re-enlisted 1864. Discharged June, 1865. Died at Rochester Sept. 26, 1865, æt. 28 years, 2 months, and 7 days, leaving a wife and one child.
OWEN CARROLL. Enlisted in Navy for one year. Served on the " Colorado." After second attack on Fort Fisher was transferred to another boat.
ARTHUR CAVANAUGH. Private, Co. E, 2d Reg't. Mustered Nov. 25, 1863. Slightly wounded June 3, 1864. Promoted Corporal April 1, 1865. Mustered out Dec. 19, 1865.
WILLIAM B. CAVERLY. Private, Co. A, 7th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 29, 1861. Discharged for disability Jan. 4, 1863. Re-enlisted in Veteran Reserve Corps.
GEORGE W. CHADWICK. Musician, Co. G, 2d Reg't. Mustered Jan. 5, 1864. Transferred to Co. H, 10th Reg't, June 21, 1865. Mustered out Dec. 19, 1865.
CHARLES W. CHASE. Served nearly three years in Ist California Cavalry in Arizona.
JOHN CHESLEY. Substitute for John W. Hall. Private, Co. H, 7th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 18, 1864. Supposed to have deserted en route to Reg't.
WILBUR H. CHOATE. A blacksmith by trade. Private, Co. I, 3d Reg't. Mus- tered Aug. 24, 1861. Slightly wounded three times at James Island, Morris Island, and Deep Bottom. Mustered out Ang. 23, 1864.
CHARLES H. CLARK. Son of Samuel of Rochester. Private, Co. I, 2d Reg't. Mustered Nov. 20, 1863. Promoted Corporal July 1, 1865. Mustered out Dec. 19, 1865.
JAMES F. CLARK. A currier at Wallace's. Private, Co. I, 3d Reg't. Mustered Aug. 24, 1861. Wounded in knee at James Island, and was in hospital four months at Port Royal. Mustered out Aug. 23, 1864.
CHARLES H. CLAY. Private, Co. A, 4th Reg't. Mustered Sept. 18, 1861. Re- enlisted in same Co. Feb. 18, 1864. Mustered out Aug 23, 1865.
HOSEA CHAPMAN CLAY. Son of Alpheus, was born in Madbury, May, 1841. At an early age went to Chelsea, Mass., where he learned the carpenter's trade, and by his upright conduct and industry won the confidence of his employers. On the first call for three months' volunteers he enlisted as a private in a Massachusetts Regiment and served his time faithfully. Re-enlisted in Dover and was mustered as Sergeant, Co. H, 6th Reg't, Nov. 28. 1861. Promoted 2d Lieutenant July 4, 1862. " Was favorite among both officers and men. In time of danger his voice was heard ' Come, boys, follow me,' and they were always ready to follow so zealous a leader." He was in five battles but escaped without a wound. Into one action he led his company of 47 men, only 8 of whom returned. He acted as Captain of his company for several weeks, struggling manfully against a debilitating malady which compelled him at length to ask a furlough. He died at the house of his sister in South Boston Nov. 3, 1862. Was buried with military honors in Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover. He married about the time of his enlistment a daughter of Charles Nutter of Madbury. He brought his wife to Rochester, which he seems to have chosen for his home, and where she resided during his absence in the war, but went to Boston with their infant child, to take care of him in his last sickness.
GEORGE EDWIN CLOUGH. Son of John and Sarah, was born in Effingham, July 22, 1843. Resided in Rochester about six months before entering the army. First served in a Maine Regiment in the early part of the war, and was discharged
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for disability at Ship Island. Re-enlisted private, Troop B, Ist Cavalry. Mustered March 26, 1864. Received a severe injury by falling from his horse while fording a river about two months after his enlistment. Was sent to a hospital where he remained several months. Obtaining a furlough, he was brought home to his parents in Effingham, Nov. 15, where he died Dec. 12, 1864.
JOAKIN COLADO. Private, Co. C, 14th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 14, 1863. De- serted at Washington, D. C., Jan 31, 1864.
STEPHEN COLBY, alias John D. Ross. Private, Co. D, Independent Battalion Minn. Cavalry. Enlisted Sept. 21, 1863. Served 2 years and 9 months, mostly against the Indians in Dakota.
BENJAMIN F. COLCORD. Private, Co. I, 3d Reg't. Mustered Aug. 24, 1861. Transferred to U. S. Signal Corps, Oct. 13, 1863. Mustered out Aug. 23, 1864.
ANDREW COLLINS. Private, Co. HI, 9th Reg't. Deserted from railroad train in Indiana on way to Vicksburg, June 6, 1863.
JAMES COLLINS. Private, Co. A, 4th Reg't. Mustered Sept. 18, 1861. Dis- charged for disability, Feb. 17, 1863. Re-enlisted private, Co. K, 12th Reg't, Dec. 17, 1863. Wounded, and discharged July 22, 1865.
JACOB COLONY. Private, Co. I, 3d Reg't. Maistered Aug. 24, 1861. Discharged for disability May 15, 1862. Re-enlisted Aug. 30, 1862, private, Co. I, 15th Reg't. On detached service to care for the sick. Discharged for disability after nine months.
TIMOTHY O. CONNER. Corporal, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. Deserted at Milford, Penn., March 28, 1863.
AARON F. CORSON. Private, Co. K, 3d Reg't. Mustered Aug. 24, 1861. Pro- moted Corporal. Discharged for disability Nov. 20, 1862. Re-enlisted in Veteran Reserve Corps. Mustered Jan. 4, 1864.
JAMES F. CORSON. Private, Co. G, 3d Reg't. Mustered Aug. 23, 1861. Slightly wounded June 16, 1862. Re-enlisted March 26, 1864.
JOHN R. CORSON. Private, Co. A, 4th Reg't. Mustered Sept. 18, 1861. Pro- moted Corporal. Mustered out Sept. 27, 1864.
WILLIAM F. CORSON. Private, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. De- serted while on furlough. Returned and was transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. Mustered out July 5, 1865.
CHARLES COURTLAND. Enlisted for three months in 5th Mass. Reg't. Was in first Bull Run battle. Re-enlisted Ist Sergeant, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 13, 1863.
CHARLES F. CROCKETT. Substitute for Edwin Wallace. Private, Co. F, 5th Reg't. Mustered Sept. 7, 1864. Captured April 6, 1865. Exchanged and mus- tered out June 9, 1865.
EZRA P. CROSS. Private, Co. D, 2d Reg't. Mustered June 1, 1861. " A first rate soldier." Mustered out June 21, 1864. Re-enlisted private, Troop L, Ist Cav- alry. Mustered June 27, 1864. Mustered out July 15, 1865.
GEORGE P. CROSS. Private, Co. F, Ist Mass. Heavy Artillery. Died Aug. 24, 1867, æt. 23 years and 6 months.
JAMES CROSS. Was a private in a Mass. Reg't in the early part of the war. Afterwards private in 2d N. H. Reg't. Died June 22, 1865 .*
ROBERT CROSSLEY. Private, Co. B, Ist Reg't. Mustered May 2, 1861. Mus- tered out Aug. 9, 1861.
GEORGE CURTIS. Private, Co. F, 14th Reg't. Substitute for Simon L. Horne. Mustered Aug. 3, 1864.
* This and the preceding lie buried in the old cemetery in Joseph Cross's lot. Richard Cross says they were sons of Joseph and born in Rochester.
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THOMAS J. DAILY. Substitute. Private, Co. B, 5th Reg't. Mustered Sept. 1, 1864. Supposed to have deserted en route to Reg't.
CHARLES H. DAME. Private, Co. D, Ist Heavy Artillery. Mustered Sept. 4, 1864. Promoted Corporal. Mustered out June 15, 1865.
CHARLES W. DAME. Private, in 26th Mass. Reg't. Served two years at New Orleans, Ship Island, and vicinity. Afterward in Shenandoah Valley, and then at Savannah. Discharged Sept. 23, 1865.
JAMES DAME. Private, Co. A, 4th Reg't. Mustered Sept. 14, 1861. Deserted at Manchester Oct. 1861.
JOSEPH WINGATE DAME. Son of Daniel and Abigail, was born at Farmington in 1840. Worked at shoemaking with his brother Charles H. in Rochester a year before enlistment. Private, Co. I, 3d Reg't. Mustered Aug. 24, 1861. Served out his time and re-enlisted in same Co. Jan. 1, 1864. Wounded at Drury's Bluff May 16, 1864, and died in consequence at New Haven, Conn., Aug. 30, 1864.
WILLIAM L. DAMZEN. Substitute for David F. Ham. Private, Co. A, 5th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 12, 1864. Mustered out June 28, 1865.
JAMES DAVIS. Private, Veteran Reserve Corps. Mustered Dec. 29, 1863. JOHN DAVIS. Substitute for George W. Clark. Private, Co. C, 14th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 14, 1863. Deserted in New York March 17, 1864.
JOHN H. DAVIS. Navy. STEPHEN J. DEALAND. Troop I, Ist Cavalry. Mustered March 30, 1864. " Played sick, and did no duty." Mustered out July 16, 1865.
CHARLES T. DONAHUE. Substitute. Reg't unknown, three years.
PATRICK DONAHUE. Substitute for Enos H. Hussey. Private, Co. A, 5th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 15, 1864. Mustered out June 28, 1865.
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