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CHARLES WESLEY DOWNS. Son of Frederick G. and R. P., was born at South Berwick, Me., Dec. 17, 1842. Came to Rochester to live April 20, 1857. He enlisted in the Ist Reg't for three months. But that Reg't was full and he entered Co. K, 2d Reg't, for three years. Mustered June 8, 1861. Was in the first Bull Run battle, marching 17 miles to reach the battlefield. The day was so hot that the tongues of the men protruded from their mouths. Had his dipper shot from his side. Was in the Peninsular Campaign under McClellan, at the siege of York- town, and followed the retreating enemy to Williamsburg. Here his leg was shot off, and he died from loss of blood, May 5, 1862. Was buried there, Chaplain Henry E. Parker conducting the burial service. His Captain says that he displayed great courage, even after being wounded. Was highly spoken of by his fellow soldiers, and much esteemed by all his acquaintance.
DAVID W. DOWNS. Enlisted Nov. 1861, and served about three years in Mass- Cavalry, called Butler's Body Guard of mounted riflemen. Promoted First Lieu, tenant. Served afterward under Gen. Banks, at Baton Rouge, Port Hudson. and all through the Red River Expedition. Was in fourteen battles. Discharged for disability. Is now a Methodist minister.
MICHAEL DRAPEAU. Private, Co. E, 2d Reg't. Mustered Nov. 25, 1863. Wounded at battle of Cold Harbor, June 3, and died June 6, 1864.
WILLIAM H. DUNHAM. Private Co. F, 7th Reg't. Mustered Dec. 29, 1863. Captured May 12, 1864. Paroled May 15, 1865. Mustered out July 20, 1865.
TAFILI DUPRAIS. Private, Co. E, 2d Reg't. Mustered Nov. 25, 1863. Mus- tered out Dec. 19, 1865.
BAPTISTE DUPREY. Private, Co. F, 2d Reg't. Mustered Nov. 25, 1863. De- serted Oct. 16, 1864, but was brought back. Mustered out Dec. 19, 1865.
CHARLES W. EDGERLY. Captain, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Had sword presented by citizens, and a revolver from Cocheco Fire Engine Company of which he had been foreman for several years. Commissioned Aug. 10, 1862. Resigned Feb. 17, 1863.
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THOMAS H. EDGERLY. Enlisted in Navy Aug. 29, 1864. Served on ship "Colorado," and was in both attacks on Fort Fisher, afterwards on the " Wino- na," of which ship he was yeoman. Discharged June, 1865.
SAMUEL J. EDWARDS. Private, Co. M, Ist Heavy Artillery. Mustered Sept. 5, 1864. Mustered out June 9, 1865.
AUGUST EHRHORN. Private, Co. K, 6th Reg't. Mustered Jan. 5, 1864. De- serted at Annapolis, Md., April 24, 1864.
WALTER ELLIS. Private, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. " A brave soldier." Wounded in the thigh at Fredericksburg and incapacitated nearly a year. Wounded in the leg at Cold Harbor but continued to carry his musket. Had been sick in hospital three months when he came home with his Reg't, very much ema- ciated. Mustered out June 10, 1865.
MICAJAU D. EMERSON. Private, Co. D, Ist Heavy Artillery. Mustered Sept. 4, 1864. Mustered out June 15, 1865.
THOMAS ENGLAND. 30th Mass. Reg't.
CHARLES H. ESTES. Private, Co. I, 3d Reg't. Mustered Aug. 24, 1861. Slightly wounded three times. Mustered out Aug. 23, 1864.
WILLIAM FARLEY. Private, Co. C, 5th Reg't. Mustered Dec. 28, 1863. Wounded June 3, 1864. Absent, sick, when Reg't was mustered out June 28, 1865. JAMES B. FARRINGTON. Served as private in a Wisconsin Reg't 212 years. Afterward Assistant Surgeon of 3d U. S. Colored Regiment in Florida about four months.
JOSEPH H. FARRINGTON. Private, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 13, 1863. Re-enlisted private, Co. B, 8th Reg't. Mustered March 21, 1865. Mustered out May 6, 1865. Hospital Steward in Kentucky and Tennessee from July, 1865, till March, 1866.
EDWARD FLANAGAN. Substitute. Reg't unknown.
CHARLES W. FOLSOM. Enlisted in Navy Oct. 6, 1864, and served on ship "San Jacinto." Discharged April, 1865.
JOHN A. FOLSOM. Enlisted in Navy in spring of 1861. Served on brig " Bain- bridge." Discharged June, 1862.
ALONZO H. Foss. Private, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 13, 1863.
DALLAS Foss. Private, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. Discharged for disability Oct. 30, 1863.
RICHARD H. Foss. Private, Co. I, 3d Reg't. Mustered Aug. 24, 1861. " A good soldier." Wounded three times. Mustered out Aug. 23, 1864.
F. FOSLIN FOURIN. Substitute for Seth T. Hurd. Reg't unknown.
CHARLES H. FRENCH. Musician, Co. B, 6th Reg't. Mustered Jan. 5, 1864. Transferred to Co. E July 6, 1864. Mustered out July 17, 1865.
JOHN FRIEND. Private, Co. A, 9th Reg't. Mustered June 13, 1864. Wounded July 30, and died in consequence Aug. 19, 1864.
ALBERT GALE. Son of Daniel R. of Dover. Had lived in Rochester about five years. Private, Co. A, Ist Reg't. Mustered April 29, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 9, 1861. Enlisted in Regular Army, 18th Reg't Sikes Brigade. Was killed instantly in the seven days' fight near Fair Oaks. Was 23 years old.
AMOS GALE. Private, Co. G, 8th Reg't. Mustered Dec. 20, 1861. Mustered out Jan. 18, 1865.
WILLIAM GALE. Private, Co. G, 8th Reg't. Mustered Dec. 23, 1861. Mus- tered out Jan. 18, 1865.
GEORGE WASHINGTON GARLAND. Son of James M., was born in Rochester Sept. 22, 1842. He was " a promising young man " who had been clerk in a store
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at Gonic for three years. Went to Lowell, Mass., where he enlisted in Co. I, 26th Mass. Reg't. After about three weeks' sickness he died at New Orleans, Aug. 1, 1863, and was buried there.
JOHN ELIPHALET GARLAND. Son of Rice K. and Mary S., was born in Belfast, Me, Aug. 30, 1835. Was second hand in card room of Norway Plains Co. four years. Private, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Died of typhoid fever at Carrollton, La., April 16, 1863. Buried in Rochester. Left a wife to whom resolutions of condolence were sent by the Company.
JOHN F. GARLAND. Private, Co. I, 3d Reg't. Mustered Aug. 24, 1861. Mus- tered out Aug. 23, 1864.
JOHN WESLEY GARLAND. Son of Lewis and Hannah, was born in Rochester Nov. 30, 1838. Was apprentice to a blacksmith at Gonic. Private, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. Died of disease at Knoxville, Md., Nov. 26, 1862. Buried in National Cemetery, Antietam, grave No. 12, Lot A, Section 12. On the second day of the battle of Antietam, while the Regiment was formed in skirmish line, a cry for help was heard again and again. It was discovered to come from a boy of the 8th Conn. Reg't, who had been wounded the day before, and had dug a hole in the ground to protect himself from the sharp shooters. Garland volun- teered and went and brought him in his arms while exposed to a continual fire. " An honorable and brave deed."
JOHN T. GILES, Private, Co. D, 5th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 26, 1861. Discharged for disability May 2, 1863.
MICHAEL GILLIGAN. Substitute for John F. Young. Private, Co. K, 5th Reg't. Mustered Sept. 20, 1864. Transferred to Co. G. Mustered out June 28, 1865.
CHARLES W. GILMAN. Private, Co. B, Ist Reg't. Mustered May 2, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 9, 1861. Re-enlisted Private, Co. H, 5th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 19, 1861. Deserted Aug. 18, 1862.
EDWIN H. GLIDDEN.
ENOS L. GLIDDEN. Private, Co. D, Ist Heavy Artillery. £ Mustered Sept. 5, 1864. Transferred to Co. B, June 10, 1865. Was in defenses about Washington, D. C., till June, 1865, afterward in Fort Constitution, Portsmouth. Mustered out Sept. 11, 1865.
JOHN C. GLIDDEN. Musician, Co. K, 9th Reg't. Mustered Jan. 5, 1864. Re- enlisted drummer, Co. B, 6th Reg't. Died of disease at Camp Nelson, Ky., May 21, 1864. Buried in National Cemetery there, grave No. 37, section D.
ALBION N. GOODWIN. Private, Co. G, 8th Reg't. Mustered Dec. 23, 1861. Re-enlisted Jan. 4, 1864. Promoted Corporal Nov. 1, 1864. Wounded twice at Port Hudson. Taken prisoner for several months in Red River Expedition. Transferred to Co. B, Veteran Battalion Jan. 1, 1865. Mustered out Oct. 28, 1865.
JAMES GOODWIN. Born in Wells, Me. Resided in Lebanon, Me., and moved to Rochester a short time before he enlisted. A stone mason by trade. Private, Co. H, 6th Reg't. Mustered Nov. 28, 1861. Killed at Bull Run Aug. 29, 1862. Left a wife and two children who resided in Rochester about two years and then removed to Farmington.
SHERWOOD W. GOODWIN. Corporal, Co. G, 8th Reg't. Mustered Dec. 23, 1861. Fell through railroad bridge in Louisiana and broke three ribs. Discharged for disability March 8, 1863.
OTIS F. GOWEN. Wagoner, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 13, 1863.
DANIEL GRANT, 3ª. Private, Co. A, 4th Reg't. Mustered Sept. 18, 1861. Dis- charged for disability Oct. 2, 1862.
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HENRY GRANT. Private, Ist Light Battery. Transferred to Co. M, Ist Heavy Artillery. Mustered Dec. 14, 1863. Mustered out June 9, 1865. Was in British Navy in India during Sepoy rebellion. Resides in Gilsum.
MOSES FRANKLIN GRAY. Son of James and Annie. was born in Farmington in 1828. Came to Rochester in 1859 and worked in the factory for about two years. when he married and lived on the Lewis McDuffee farm. Corporal, Co. HI, 9th Reg't. Mustered Ang. 13, 1862. Wounded in the side at Fredericksburg Dec. 13, 1862. Died of pneumonia at Annapolis, Md., April 15, 1864. Was buried at Farmington. Left a wife and two children.
SOLOMON S. GRAY. Private, Veteran Reserve Corps. Mustercd Dec. 29, 1863. Discharged for disability Nov. 19, 1864.
JERRY L. GREY. Private, Co. A, 4th Reg't. Mustered Sept. 18, 1861. Mus- tered out Sept. 27, 1864.
ABNER F. GREENLEAF. Private, Co. H, 6th Reg't. Mustered Nov. 28, 1861. Discharged for disability Jan. 15, 1863. Re-enlisted, substitute for S. A. J. Went- worth, private, Co. H, 5th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 14, 1863. Promoted Corporal. Mustered out June 2, 1865.
GEORGE F. GUPPY. Mustered Aug. 14, 1863. Clerk at headquarters in Con- cord till April 21, 1864. Joined 5th Reg't under Col. Hapgood. Clerk in Adj't General's office under Gen. Hincks at Fortress Monroe till Sept. 7, 1864. Pro- moted Ist Lieutenant, Co. F, Oct. 28, 1864. Was acting Adjutant till Jan. 1, 1865, when he took command of his company. Commanded company through the spring campaign. Slightly wounded April 7, and taken prisoner, but returned on Lee's surrender and led his company home to Concord where he found a commission as Captain dated May 15, 1865. Mustered out June 28, 1865.
ALBERT CLINTON, HALL. Son of Joseph D., was born at Dover Feb. 16, 1846, " He was very ambitious, a good scholar, and anxious for a college education." Partly to obtain money for this purpose he enlisted as private Co. G, 8th Reg't. Mustered Dec. 23, 1861. Wounded in shoulder at Port Hudson. Re-enlisted Jan. 4, 1864. Started on the Red River Expedition, but was sent back sick and died at New Orleans March 17, 1864. Buried there.
EDWIN F. HALL. Private, Co. I, 3d Reg't. Mustered Aug. 24, 1861. Re-en- listed Jan. 1, 1864. Promoted Corporal March 26, 1865. Mustered out July 20, 1865.
JOSEPH DANIEL HALL. Son of Daniel and Sarah, was born in Alton. Was a painter and lived about a mile below Rochester village. He enlisted with his son Albert, saying to the author as he bade him good by at the railroad station, " I don't believe in sending off the boys to fight the country's battles while the fathers stay at home, but the fathers ought to go with their boys to set them the example of patriotism and to have a care over them." Private, Co. G, 8th Reg't. Mus- tered Dec. 23, 1861. Died at Carrollton, La., after a long sickness, Nov. 13, 1862. Left a wife and two children.
CHARLES F. HAM. Private, Co. H, 13th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 19, 1863. Wounded near Petersburg June 15, 1864, and died two days after.
CHARLES HARRISON HAM. Son of John and Lydia, born in Barrington Oct. 20, 1846. Worked in mills at Rochester. Private, Troop A, 1st N. H, Cavalry. Was sick for a long time at York Hospital, Philadelphia. Came home on a fur- lough and lingered eight weeks when he died March 14, 1865.
SYLVESTER HAM. Corporal, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. Pro- moted Sergeant. Discharged for disability May 27, 1864. CHARLES E. HAMMETT. Private, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 13, 1863.
CHARLES B. HANSON. Private, Co. A, 4th Reg't. Mustered Sept. 18, 1861. Re-enlisted Feb. 15, 1864. Mustered out Aug. 23, 1865.
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WILLIAM E. HANSON. Private, substitute in Strafford Guards. Mustered May 5, 1864. On garrison duty sixty days at Portsmouth. Mustered out July 28, 1864.
ALONZO HARTFORD. Son of Benj. P. and Betsey P., was born in Conway Feb. 1, 1840. Had lived seven or eight years in Rochester. Went to Massachusetts with others seeking employment at his trade of shoemaking, but not readily find- ing it, enlisted as private in 26th Mass. Reg't. Promoted Corporal. Died of small pox on the Rappahannock River, Va., Dec. 26, 1863. Buried in National Cemetery at Arlington, Va., No. 66, row 10, section E.
FRANCIS M. HARTFORD. Son of John and Hannah, was born at Barrington in 1840. The family moved to Rochester before the war, living on a farm below Gonic. Private, Co. G, 8th Reg't. Mustered Dec. 23, 1861. Died of yellow fever at Camp Parapet, La., Sept. 30, 1862, and was buried there. "He was a steady young man highly respected by the members of his company."
GEORGE E. HARTFORD. Brother of Alonzo, was born in Conway Oct. 26, 1837. Worked in the bobbin factory. Private, Co. A, 4th Reg't. Mustered Sept. 18, 1861. Died of disease at Hilton Head, S. C., Feb. 2, 1862, and was buried there. Married Susan O., daughter of Benj. Clark, who survives him.
JOHN T. HARTFORD. Shipped in Navy Sept. 15, 1862.
ALBERT W. HAYES. Raised a company. Commissioned 2d Lieutenant, Co. D, 6th Reg't Nov. 22, 1861. Promoted Ist Lieut. Aug. 4, 1862. Promoted Captain Oct. 22, 1862. Wounded at 2d Bull Run Aug. 29, 1862, arm paralyzed from wound. Was at siege of Vicksburg under Grant. Appointed Ist Lieutenant, Vet- eran Reserve Corps Sept. 30, 1863. Promoted Captain Dec. 10, 1863. Was six months at Alexandria in charge of recruits, on provost duty at Washington, D. C., till Sept. 1864. Provost marshal at Syracuse and Elmira, N. Y. Was ordered to Louisiana Jan. 13, 1866, where he was engaged about six months on same duty, when he resigned.
AUGUSTUS HAYES. Private, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 2, 1864. Trans- ferred to Co. H, 6th Reg't June 1, 1865. Mustered out July 17, 1865.
FRANKLIN HAYES. Private, Co. A, 4th Reg't. Mustered Sept. 18, 1861. Re- enlisted Jan. 1, 1864. Promoted Sergeant. Mustered out April 23, 1865.
JAMES E. HAYES. Navy.
WILLIAM HAYWARD. Private, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 13, 1863. An Englishman, worked at East Rochester. Re- enlisted in 19th Mass. Reg't. Captured with whole brigade on Welden R. R., and was in prison 512 months at Belle Isle, Libbey, Andersonville, and Florence. Re- sides at Pittsfield.
WILLIAM W. HEARD. Private, Co. I, 6th Reg't. Mustered Jan. 1, 1864. De- serted at Camp Nelson, Ky., Feb. 3, but brought back Feb. 6, 1864. Was cap- tured and died of disease and starvation at Andersonville Aug. 26, 1864. Buried there. Grave No. 6875.
WILLIAM H. HEDRICK. Substitute for Dudley W. Hayes. Private Co. E, 14th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 14, 1863. Deserted March 16, 1864.
MICHAEL HESTER. Private, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. Wounded at Fredericksburg Dec. 13, 1862. Deserted en route for Vicksburg, June 6, 1863.
JOHN W. HINCKLEY. Substitute for George W. Springfield. Private, Co. C, 5th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 19, 1864. Killed near Petersburg, March 25, 1865. Buried at City Point, Va.
BENJAMIN HOBBS. Son of Josiah H. and Rhoda, was born in Wakefield. Studied medicine in Rochester with Dr. E. C. Dow. Here also he married Harriet M. Chase, and united with the Congregational Church. Was among the first to enlist, and was three months on duty in the Fort at Portsmouth. Was afterwards
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Surgeon or Ass't Surgeon in the U. S. army for over two years. While he was Surgeon of the 116th Reg't of U. S. Colored Troops he was sick in Port Hospital, Brazos-Santiago, Tex. Before he had recovered his health the cholera broke out in the Reg't. He determined at onee to return to his post, " although his attend- ing physician and friends urgently warned him against it. Exposing himself day and night, he contracted gastro-enteritis, of which he died at White Ranch, Tex., Aug. 28, 1866." Sympathetic and highly complimentary resolutions were sent to the family by the Reg't.
CHARLES A. HODGDON. Private, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 21, 1862. Deserted at Concord the same day.
JOHN S. HOLMES. Private, Co. F, 5th Reg't. Mustered April 20, 1862. Deserted 1862.
HARLAN P. HORNE. Private Co. K, 18th Reg't. Mustered March 23, 1865. Mustered out May 6, 1865.
JOSEPH DAVIS HORNE. First volunteer from Rochester. Son of Lewis F. of Gonie, where he was born March 7, 1841. Enlisted at Lowell in 6th Mass. Reg't. Needham, the first martyr of the rebellion, was shot by his side in Baltimore. Re- enlisted Co. I, 26th Mass. Reg't. Died of disease at New Orleans, Sept. 25, 1863. His Captain says, "He was as brave a fellow as ever lived, always one of my best men." The " Lawrence American " says of him, " Humble in position, honorable in character, and rich in love for his country, he has fallen an early martyr to her noble cause."
LEWIS F. HORNE. Private, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 13, 1863. Re-enlisted private, Co. C, 18th Reg't. Mustered Sept. 14, 1864. Transferred to Co. I, June 10, 1865. Mustered out July 29, 1865. Was cook for officers.
ALBERT HORNEY. Private in Cavalry. Mustered March 30, 1864. Mustered out July 15, 1865.
CHARLES G. HORNEY. Private, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 13, 1863.
EDWARD HORNEY. Private, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. Mus- tered out June 10, 1865.
HENRY HORNEY. Son of Gilbert, was born in Rochester about 1833. Private, Co. H, 6th Reg't. Mustered Nov. 28, 1861. Re-enlisted Jan. 4, 1864. Started for home on a furlough, but was taken sick on the way, and died at Schenectady, N. Y., Jan. 27, 1864. Brought home for burial. Left a wife and one child.
ALBERT HOWARD. Musician, Co. F, 10th Reg't. Mustered Jan. 5, 1864. Transferred to Co. G, 2d Reg't, June 21, 1865. Mustered out Dec. 19, 1865.
CLARENCE HOWARD. Private, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. Discharged for disability, Dec. 2, 1862. Re-enlisted private, Veteran Reserve Corps. Mustered Dec. 29, 1863. On guard duty at Boston the following winter. Sept., 1865, was in Invalid Corps at Springfield, Mass.
DAVID M. HOWARD. Private, Co. I, 3d Reg't. Mustered Aug. 24, 1861. Pro- moted Corporal May, 1862. Reduced to ranks June, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 23, 1864. Re-enlisted Sergeant, Co. H, 18th Reg't. Mustered Jan. 27, 1865. Mustered out July 29, 1865.
ELBRIDGE W. HOWARD. Private, Co. I, 3d Reg't. Mustered Aug. 24, 1861. Re-enlisted Feb. 27, 1864. Mustered out July 20, 1865.
EPHRAIM HOWARD. Private, Co. H, 18th Reg't. Mustered Jan. 27, 1865. Mustered out July 29, 1865.
GEORGE N. HOWARD. Private, Troop C, Ist Cavalry. Mustered March 30, 1864. Wounded accidentally in wrist by revolver, June 11, 1864. Mustered out July 15, 1865.
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IRA T. HOWARD. Son of Richard, was born in Rochester about 1824. Pri- vate, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. Wounded in right arm and side June 19, 1864. Had not fully recovered when he was engaged in the battle of Peeble's Farm, Sept. 30, 1864. Being in danger of capture, his comrades encour- aged him and helped him all they could to escape, but he was so discouraged that he said he would as lief die, and sank down weary and exhausted, and no more was seen of him. Left a widow and seven children.
JOHN H. HOWARD. Private, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. Slightly wounded at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. Mustered out June 10, 1865.
LEVI HOWARD. Private, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. Cap- tured at South Mountain Sept. 14, 1862. Prisoner 22 years. Mustered out July 18, 1865.
MARTIN V. B. HOWARD. Private, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. Wounded at South Mountain Sept. 13, 1862. Discharged for disability Feb. 26, 1863.
SIMON O. HOWARD. Private, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. Promoted Corporal Sept. 1, 1864. Mustered out June 10, 1865.
WILLIAM H. HOWARD. Private, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. Wounded at Spottsylvania Court House May 12, 1864. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Sept. 28, 1864. Mustered out June 10, 1865.
RUFUS A. HOYT. Private, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 13, 1863. Enlisted in Navy Aug., 1864. Served on " Colorado "; was at Fort Fisher; afterwards on " Winona ", in Santee River expedition. Dis- charged June, 1865.
ASA P. HULL. Carpenter in Construction Corps about five months.
H. HUNTER. Substitute for E. G. Wallace. Reg't unknown.
CHARLES HURD. Private, Co. A, 14th Reg't. Mustered Sept. 18, 1861. Re- enlisted wagoner in same Co. July 16, 1864. Mustered out Aug. 23, 1865.
GEORGE F. HURD. Private, Co. D, Ist Heavy Artillery. Mustered Sept. 4, 1864. In defenses about Washington till June, 1865, then at Fort Constitution, Portsmouth. Mustered out Sept. 11, 1865.
GEORGE W. HURD. Private, Co. A, 4th Reg't. Mustered Sept. 18, 1861. Re-enlisted in same Co. Feb. 24, 1864. Mustered out Aug. 23, 1865.
JOHN HURD. Private, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 13, 1863. Re-enlisted substitute for David Foss. Private, Co. B, 5th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 14, 1863. All the fingers of his right hand shot off June 3, 1864. Discharged for disability Feb. 7, 1865.
CHARLES BURNEY HUSSEY. Son of Paul, was born in Rochester Nov. 18, 1844. Corporal, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. Wounded in the hip at Spottsylvania Court House, and captured May 12, 1864. Died of his wounds a prisoner at Richmond, Va., May 31, 1864, and was buried in Richmond National Cemetery.
DANIEL HUSSEY. Corporal, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Pro- moted Sergeant. Color-bearer. Mustered out Aug. 13, 1863.
LOUIS MCDUFFEE HUSSEY. Private, Co. B, Ist Reg't. Mustered May 2, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 9, 1861. Re-enlisted Sergeant, Co. A, 4th Reg't. Mustered Sept. 18, 1861. Re-enlisted Jan. 1, 1864. Promoted Ist Lieutenant Nov. 9, 1864. Promoted Captain Feb. 17, 1865. Was second Rochester man who enlisted.
OLIVER W. HUSSEY. Private, Co. G, 8th Reg't. Mustered Dec. 23, 1861. Mustered out Jan. 18, 1865.
WALTER S. HUSSEY. Private, Co. I, 3d Reg't. Mustered Aug. 24, 1861. Pro- moted Corporal June 1, 1862. Discharged for disability March 15, 1863.
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JOHN HENRY JACKSON. Born in Dover Oct. 1835. Brought up by Cyrus Jen- ness of Rochester. Was a puny boy, but on the farm grew up a strong, hearty man. Private, Co. A, 4th Reg't. Mustered Sept. 18, 1861. Re-enlisted Feb. 15, 1864. Promoted Corporal. Captured at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864. Died of cruelty and starvation in prison at Salisbury, N. C., Dec. 18, 1864, and was buried in National Cemetery there.
JEREMIAH JACOBS. Carpenter in Construction Corps about five months.
STEPHEN C. JACOBS. Enlisted in Navy Aug. 1864. Served on "Colorado "; was at Fort Fisher ; afterwards on " Winona "; in Santee River expedition. Dis- charged June, 1865. Died of consumption, 1869.
CHARLES JENNESS, JR. Private, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Mnstered out Aug. 13, 1863. Re-enlisted private, Co. D, Ist Reg't Heavy Artil- lery. Mustered Sept. 4, 1864. Mustered ont June 15, 1865.
FREEMAN JENNESS. Corporal, Co. I, 3d Reg't. Mustered Aug. 24, 1861. Re- dneed to ranks Nov. 22, 1861. Deserted at Morris Island July 19, 1863. After- wards surrendered himself and enlisted in Navy.
GEORGE JENNESS. In Farragut's Fleet 2 to 3 years.
JAMES M. JENNESS. Private, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 18, 1862. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Aug. 1, 1863.
JOHN JENNESS. Private, Co. F, 5th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 6, 1862. Re-enlisted private, Veteran Reserve Corps. Mustered Dec. 29, 1863. Afterwards in Navy.
JONATHAN HAM JENNESS. Son of Charles and Betsey (Ham) Jenness, was born in Rochester Nov. 21, 1842. Was a shoemaker. Private, Co. II, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. Died of measles at Washington, D. C., Feb. 17, 1863. Buried in Rochester.
STEPHEN B. JENNESS. Substitute for G. F. Falls. Private, Troop I, N. H. Battalion New England Cavalry. Mustered Dec. 17, 1861. Promoted Corporal July 13, 1862.
STEPHEN S. JENNESS. Was seaman four years before the war, and witnessed the fall of Sumter. In 1862 enlisted in Navy, and served two years. Re-enlisted private, Co. K, 18th Reg't. Mustered March 21, 1865. Mustered out May 6, 1865.
GEORGE WASHINGTON JOHNSON. Son of Samuel and Hannah, was born in Strafford July 22, 1827. Was a shoemaker in Rochester 15 or 20 years. Said to some of his friends he never should forgive himself if he did not enlist. Private, Co. H, 18th Reg't. Mustered Jan. 28, 1865. "A faithful soldier." Was at the capture of Richmond. Died suddenly of disease, at Washington, D. C., May 27, 1865. Buried in National Cemetery at Arlington, Va. Funeral services in his memory were held at the Gonic Church. Left a wife and five children.
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