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In the winter of 1835-36 he was appointed keeper of the New Jersey State Prison, then in the old building now known as the State Arse- nal. The new prison was in course of con- struction. He was also appointed to superin- Upon the accession of Mr. Polk to the Presi- deney, Mr. Yard was appointed an inspector in the New York custom-house, which position he filled until the breaking out of the war with Mexico, when he sought and obtained a com- mission as captain in the Tenth United States Infantry. He raised the first company for that regiment, and marched from the city of Trenton within thirty days after receiving his commis- sion with the full complement of one hundred men. In those days this was considered a re- tend the completion of the new prison, and for the first time employed the convicts upon that work, making a great saving to the cost of con- struction. In 1839 he removed the prisoners to the new building, and carried on the work until it was completely finished according to the original plans. In the management of the prison he was entirely successful, returning a surplus of from six thousand to ten thousand dollars annually over the running expenses. In the winter of 1839-40, the Whig party having markable success, volunteers not being found as a majority in the Legislature, he was removed, readily as they were in subsequent years. On but the Democrats having a majority in the : the way to New York publie receptions were election in the fall of 1843, he was reappointed in 1844, and held the office one year, when, the Whigs again suceceding, he was again removed.
Upon his first removal, in 1840, he was ap- pointed to take the census of Burlington County, spring of 1848, when, after suffering for several which he successfully accomplished in three months from the disease incident to that climate, he returned home as the only hope of surviving. After months of illness he recovered. His regi- monthis, the time allotted, traveling the whole county on horseback, and visiting in person
every family in the county, with the exception of the city of Burlington.
This same year he established the auction and commission business in Trenton, in which he was successful, and was enabled to maintain his family respectably and to give his chil- dren such educational facilities as the city then afforded.
In polities he was always a Democrat, easting his first vote for President for Andrew Jackson at the election of 1824. Ile took an active part in what is known as "The Tyler Campaign." The Whig party, under the leadership of Henry Clay, quarreled with Tyler for his veto of the bill to recharter the United States Bank. The Democrats sustained Tyler's policy, and to lend aid to this movement Mr. Yard purchased the Emporium and True American, and conducted it from 1843 to 1846, but, having no practical knowledge of the business, it did not prove remunerative. The object for which he pur- chased it having been accomplished, however, he retired from its management and it passed into other hands. He was an earnest and pop- nlar speaker, and on several occasions " stumped " the entire State in the interest of the Democratic party.
tendered to his company at the principal towns in New Jersey through which they passed. He joined General Taylor on the Rio Grande in the spring of 1847, where he remained until the
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ment followed in the fall, when, after their dis- charge from the service, the non-commissioned officers and privates of the regiment came to Trenton and presented Captain Yard with a gold-mounted sword, bearing an appropriate in- seription. The presentation took place at the Mercer County court-house, on the evening of August 31, 1848, and was accompanied by a letter bearing the signatures of over three hun- dred soldiers.
Upon leaving Reynosa, of which Captain Yard was the military governor for several months, the Mexican officials and leading citi- zens of the town presented him a letter, of which the following is an extract : "He has taken care of the tranquillity and security of our families and of the interest of the town; he has given snecor to the poor and attended them in their sickness, and without any other recompense than that which those wish who believe that there is another life."
After the recovery of his health he was re- instated in the position in the custom-house, which he relinquished upon entering the army; but shortly after the accession of General Taylor to the Presidency, in 1849, he was removed to give place to a member of the Whig party, not- withstanding the pledges of that party during the canvas that none of the soldiers in the war against Mexico should be removed on partisan grounds. This removal was the occasion of much discussion in Williamsburg, N. Y., where Captain Yard then resided, and especially among the merchants and business men of New York City who had their homes in Williamsburg, many of them being influential members of the Whig party. To show their disapprobation of the removal, they suggested the nomination of Captain Yard for the New York Assembly by the Democrats, promising their support. The suggestion was adopted, and, although the dis- trict usually had a reliable Whig majority, Cap- tain Yard was elected. He took a prominent part in the Legislature. He was chairman of the Committee on State Prisons, and also of the special committee "to inquire into the condition of the New York volunteers in the Mexican war, with a view to their relief," many of them being destitute and suffering great privations.
During the session of 1850 a bill was passed providing for the ercetion of a penitentiary at Syracuse, designed to be an intermediate prison between the county jail and the State prison. Upon the recommendation of Captain Pillsbury, of the Albany Penitentiary, Captain Yard was appointed to superintend its erection, and was afterwards appointed its warden. He completed the buildings and carried on the operations of the prison successfully for two years, when he was removed to give place to a political favorite of the Board of Supervisors of Onondaga County, in whom the power of appointment was vested.
In 1855, under the administration of Presi- dent Pierce, he was again appointed to a posi- tion in the New York custom house, which he held until the outbreak of the Rebellion, in the spring of 1861. He resided at Trenton at this time, and anticipating the call for troops he, in the morning newspapers of April 15th, issued a call for volunteers. The ranks of his company were filled in a few days and it was the first company raised in the State, and the first in the State to be mustered into the service of the United States. It was named the Olden Guards, in compliment to the then Governor of the State, and was attached to the Third Regiment New Jersey Militia, in General Runyon's brigade, and designated as Company A of that reg- iment. He led the company to the fickl, and it was the first company from the North to occupy the soil of Virginia, being on the right of the Third Regiment, com- manded by the senior colonel of the brigade, which led the advance. He served with his regiment to the close of its term of enlistment and received an honorable discharge. Subse- quently he raised and conducted a company to the field to repel Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania.
The hardships which he had endured in his military campaigns, and the struggles which he had made to maintain his family, now began to tell upon his constitution, and obliged him, much against his inclination, to retire from the active life which he had hitherto led. At the close of the war, his wife having recently died and his children mostly grown up, he removed from Trenton and took up his residence at Farming- dale, with a son and daughter unmarried. Here
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he engaged in the cultivation of a few acres of land and in works of charity and religion. He became a member of the Methodist Episco- pal Church in Trenton at the age of sixteen years and always remained in the communion of that church. In his early manhood he was ac- tive in the service of the church, but in later years the eares of his family and his multifari- ous business engagements drew him away from its active labors. In his declining years he re- sumed them and became an active and zealous worker. He was also zealous in the cause of temperance and became prominent throughout Monmouth County in this field of labor
In 1824 he married Mary Woodward Ster- ling, daughter of John Wesley Sterling, a far- mer then residing near Mount Holly, by whom he had eight sons and three daughters, all of whom grew up to maturity except one son, who died at eight years of age.
Captain Yard died at his residence at Farm- ingdale on the 17th of October, 1878, where, on the occasion of his funeral, publie honors were accorded to his memory. His remains were conveyed to Trenton, where also public exercises were held. The interment was in Mereer Com- etery. The portrait of Captain Yard which arcompanies this sketch, is engraved from a daguerreotype, taken when he was about fifty years of age.
The fact has already been noticed that, in response to Governor Olden's proclamation of the 17th of April, 1861, calling for troops, nearly ten thousand men offered their services, of which number only four regiments (three months' men) could be accepted. Of the large number who were excluded, many, being anxious to enter the service, proceeded to New York, Philadelphia and other points outside the limits of New Jersey, and enlisted in regi- ments of other States. Of the large number who enlisted in this manner,-estimated by the adjutant-general at more than five thousand men from the State,-Monmouth County con- tributed its full proportion, and its men were found in at least fifteen regiments of other States ; but of these it is impracticable to give any correct record.
After the acceptance of the three months' men, it very soon became apparent to the au- thorities at Washington that it would be neces- sary to call into the field a much larger number of regiments, to be made up of men enlisted for a longer term of service; and thereupon the President issued a call for thirty-nine additional regiments of infantry and one of cavalry, to be enlisted for three years or the continuance of the war. Under this call, the quota of New Jersey was placed at three full regiments, and a requisition for these was received by Governor Oklen on the 17th of May. No difficulty was found in furnishing them, for a sufficient num- ber of companies had already been raised, and were anxiously waiting to be mustered into the service, and the Governor, in notifying the Secretary of War of that fact, added that " If the occasion required their services, this State would willingly furnish twice as many regiments to serve during the war." From these com- panies there were organized, without delay, the First, Second and Third (three years') Regi- ments, which were mustered into the United States service for that term, being mmiformed and furnished with camp and garrison equipage by the State of New Jersey, but armed by the general government. The three regiments left Trenton on the 28th of June, 1861, and were reported to General Scott, at Washington, on the following day. In each of these regiments there were enlisted a considerable number of Monmouth County men, though no one of their several companies was exclusively so made up.
On the 24th of July, three days after the great disaster of Bull Run, Governor Olden received from the President a requisition for five more regiments, to be enlisted for three years or the war, and " to be taken, as far as convenient, from the three months' men and officers just discharged, and to be organized, equipped and sent forward as fast as single regi- ments are ready, on the same terms as were those already in service" from the State of New Jersey. Under this requisition there were formed and organized the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Regiments of New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. The Fourth, with Hexamer's battery attached, was the first of these which moved to
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the front, and it reached Washington on the 21st of August. The others followed very soon afterwards.
In the Fifth Regiment (three years') New Jersey Infantry Volunteers was one company (K) of men from Monmouth County. Its original eaptain was Vincent W. Mount. The regiment was organized at Camp Olden, Tren- ton, and left the State for the seat of war August 29, 1861. It went into camp at Meri- Captains .- Vincent W. Mount, resigned June 6, 1862. Edward A. Acton, mustered in June 11, 1862; first lientenant company F, August 28, 1861; captain, vice Mount, resigned ; killed at Bull Run, August 29, 1862. dian Hill, Washington, and in the following December was assigned to the Second New Jersey Brigade, under Colonel Samuel H. Starr, whielt became the Third Brigade of General Guy Bryan, mustered in August 28, 1861 ; transferred from company I; resigned February 11, 1863. Hooker's division on the Lower Potomae. The Fifth was differently brigaded several times Cyrus 11. Rogers, mustered in June 1, 1863; first lieutenant company C, May 10, 1862; captain, vice Bryan, resigned ; discharged by order War First Lieutenants .- John T. Cottrell, resigned May 14, 1862. Department ; mustered out May 30, 1864. afterwards. In April, 1862, it moved with Hooker's division to the Virginia Peninsula, where its battle record commenced. During its term of service it took part in the following-named engagements, viz. : Siege of Yorktown, ending | Theodore Young, second lieutenant, August 29, 1861; May 4, 1862; Williamsburg, Va., May 5, first lieutenant, vice Cottrell, resigned; commis- sioned captain December 4, 1863; not mustered; Second Lieutenants .- William Newman first sergeant company E; second lieutenant, rice Young, pro- moted. mustered out September 7, 1864. 1862; Fair Oaks, May 31 and June 1, 1862; Seven Pines, June 25, 1862; Savage Station, June 29, 1862 ; Glendale, June 30, 1862 ; Mal- vern Hill, July 1, 1862 ; Second Malvern Hill, August 15, 1862; Bristow Station, August 27, William J. Rusling, mustered in January 6, 1863 ; sergeant-major; second lieutenant, rice Newman, deserted; first lieutenant company I, March 18, 1863. 1862; Second Bull Run, Angust 29-30, 1862; Chantilly, August 31, 1862 ; Centreville, Sept. 2, 1862 ; Fredericksburg, December 13-14, 'George W. Dally, mustered in August 20, 1863; cor- 1862; Chancellorsville, May 3-4, 1863; Gettys- poral company H ; second lieutenant, rice Rus- ling, promoted; resigned January 25, 1864, dis- ability. burg, Pa., July 2-3, 1863 ; Wapping Heights, July 24, 1863; MeLean's Ford, October 13, 1863; Mine Run, November 29 to December First Sergeant .- Edwin G. Smith, prisoner, mustered out September 21, 1864. 1, 1863 ; Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864 ; Spottsyl- Peter Il. Dye, corporal, August 29, 1861; re-enlisted December 23, 1863; sergeant, September 10, 1864; first sergeant, November 1, 1874; promoted second lieutenant company B, seventh regiment, Sergeants .- George H. Mitchell, promoted second lieu- tenant company B May 16, 1862. November 13, 1864. vania, May 8 to 18, 1864; North Anna River, May 23-24, 1864; Tolopotomoy, May 30-31, 1864; Cold Harbor, June 1-5, 1864; Peter burg Defenses, June 16-23, 1864; Deep Bottom, July 26-27, 1864; Mine Explosion, July 30, 1864; North of James River, August George Stults, corporal, June 5, 1862; sergeant, April 1, 1863 ; mustered out September 7, 1864. 14-18, 1864; Fort Sedgwick, September 10, 1864; Poplar Spring Church, October 2, 1864; William A. Wines, corporal, November 1, 1862; ser- geant, August 1, 1863; mustered out Septem- ber 7, 1864. Boydton Plank-Road, October 27, 1864; Fort Morton, Va., November 5, 1864.
The regimental officers of the Fifth were : Colonels, Samuel H. Starr, William J. Sewell ; Lieutenant-Colonels, Gershom Mott, John Ramsey ; Majors, William S. Truex, Ashbel | otherwise noted.
W. Angel ; Adjutants, Caldwell K. Hall, Wil- lian H. Hill ; Quartermasters, James F. Rus- ling, George Sandt; Surgeons, James C. Fisher, Henry F. Vanderveer; Assistant Surgeons, Addison W. Woodhull, Oliver S. Belden, Wil- liam Blundell; Chaplain, Thomas Sovereign. Following is a list of officers and enlisted men 1 of the Monmouth County company of the Fifth :
' As given in Adjutant-General Stryker's " Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War, 1861- 1865."
The date of muster in is August 29, 1861, except as
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Corporals .- William Yetman, mustered out September 7, 1864.
Robert D. Silvers, mustered out September 7, 1864. Musician, James Martin, mustered ont Sep. 7, 1864. Privates .- Brady, J., mustered out September 7, 1864. Fisher, David R., mustered ont September 7, 1864. Fratt, Henry L., mustered ont September 7, 1864. Fratt, John R., mustered out September 7, 1864. Riddle, Daniel, mustered out September 7, 1864. Riddle, John, mustered out September 7, 1864. Robbins, Samuel V., mustered out September 7, 1864. Sayers, Nehemiah, mustered out September 7, 1864.
Discharged.
George W. Paynton, sergeant, discharged, disability, Washington, D. C., December 22, 1862.
John H. Van Pelt, corporal, discharged, disability, Washington, D. C., October 25, 1862.
Charles B. Morris, corporal, discharged, Fort McHenry, Md., October 6, 1862; wounded in ac- tion.
Ashman, Matthew, private, discharged, disability, at camp, near Budd's Ferry, December 8, 1861.
Barricks, William, private, discharged, disability, at camp near Washington, D. C., December 2, 1861. Barton, Shelton, private, discharged to join regular army, October 28, 1862.
Belt, George, private, discharged, disability, hospital, Philadelphia, October 1, 1863.
Best, Lewis, private, discharged, disability, Budd's Ferry, Md., May 31, 1862.
Brasted, Daniel, private, discharged, disability, March 15, 1862.
Brewer, Bela, private, discharged, disability, Decem- ber 16, 1861.
Brown, John, private, discharged to join regular army. October 28, 1862.
Conover, Johu, private, discharged to join regular army, October 28, 1862.
Cottrell, Richard. private, discharged, disability, August 3, 1862.
Dey, William W., private, discharged, disability, Baltimore, September 26, 1862.
Earles, Charles, private, discharged, disability, March 16, 1862.
Edmunds, Lawrence, private, discharged to join regu- lar army, October 28, 1862.
Forbes, James, private, discharged ; paroled prisoner, May 23, 1862.
Gravatt, Charles H., private, discharged, disability, June 13, 1862.
Grover. Brazilla, private, discharged, disability, Oc- tober 19, 1862.
Grover, Joseph, private, discharged to join regular army, October 28, 1862.
Hale, Joseph, private, discharged, Philadelphia, No- vember 29, 1862; wounds received in battle.
Hampton, Thomas, private, discharged, Newark, N. J., May 13, 1864 ; wounds received in battle.
Jones, Benjamin R., private, discharged, disability, October 1, 1861.
Lake, Joseph, private, discharged, disability, Decem- ber 7, 1861.
Lane, Stephen, private, discharged, disability, Octo- ber 21, 1862.
Leonard, Charles B., private, discharged, disability, December 3, 1863.
Lucas, George R., private, discharged, disability, June 13, 1862.
McBride, Thomas, private, discharged, disability, No- vember, 14, 1862.
Mullen, Thomas, private, discharged to join regular army, October 28, 1862.
Newman, Joseph, private, discharged, disability, June 23, 1862.
Parker, Thomas H., private, discharged, disability, August 14, 1862.
Riley. John, private, discharged, disability, Baltimore, October 21, 1862.
Rose, Charles H., private. discharged to join regular army, October 28, 1862.
Rue, William H., private, discharged, disability, Sep- tember 15, 1862.
Southard, Joseph, private, discharged, disability, con- valescent camp, Alexandria, Va., Dec. 28, 1862. St. Clair, Henry, private, discharged to join regular army, October 28, 1862.
Van Note, Robert, private, discharged to join regular army, October 28, 1862.
Wilbur, Theodore, private, discharged to join regular army, October 28, 1862.
Williams, Conrad, private, discharged, Washington, D. C., March 10, 1864; loss of arm by wound re- ceived in battle.
Transferred.
Cole, William E., sergeant ; transferred to company G, seventh regiment ; re-enlisted Dee. 23, 1863. Bellis, James O., sergeant ; transferred to company G, seventh regiment ; re-enlisted Jaunary 9, 1864.
Brown, James, private; transferred to company G, seventh regiment ; re-enlisted December 23, 1863.
Brown, Joseph R., private; transferred to company G, seventh regiment ; re-enlisted December 23, 1863.
Buckelew, William D., private; transferred to vet- eran reserve corps January 15, 1864; dis- charged therefrom August 31, 1864; corporal, August 29, 1861 ; private, December 10, 1862.
Carey, William II., private; transferred to veteran reserve corps; discharged August 29, 1864.
Chenier. Alfred, private; mustered in October 8, 1863; transferred to company G, seventh regi- ment.
Dey, William H., private ; transferred to company G, seventh regiment ; re-enlisted December 26, 1863.
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Hayden, Peter S., private ; transferred to veteran reserve corps September 1, 1863; discharged August 29, 1864.
Hendrickson, Charles, private; transferred to con- pany G, seventh regiment ; re-enlisted December 23, 1863.
King, James, private ; transferred to veteran reserve corps November 1, 1863; discharged September 5, 1864.
Murdock, Benjamin, private ; transferred to company (, seventh regiment ; re-enlisted December 23, 1863.
Pierce, Abraham, private; transferred to veteran reserve corps February 15, 1864; re-enlisted April 13, 1864; discharged November 21, 1865.
Powelson, William, private; transferred to veteran reserve corps January 15, 1864; re-enlisted April 10, 1864; discharged July 1, 1865.
Rhodes, John C., private; transferred to veteran re- serve corps March 31, 1864; discharged August 15. 1864.
Rice, John, private; transferred to company G, sev- enth regiment ; re-enlisted December 23, 1863.
Rosswick, Henry, private; transferred to veteran reserve corps November 15, 1863; discharged September 1, 1864.
Soden, John, private ; transferred to company (, seventh regiment; re-enlisted December 23, 1863.
Died.
Estell, Thomas H., first sergeant ; died of disease, Georgetown, D. C., February 3, 1863.
Estell, Benjamin H., first sergeant; died at Washing- ton, D. C., May 19, 1862.
Dubois, Isaac (., sergeant; killed in battle, Wil- liamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862.
Shackelton, Samuel, sergeant; killed in battle, Get- tysburg, July 2, 1863.
Stahl, Henry, corporal; killed in battle, Chancellors- ville, May 3, 1863.
Clayton, John B., corporal; killed in battle, Bull Run, Va., August 29, 1862.
Applegate, William W., private; died at Fair Oaks, Va., May 15, 1862, of wonnds received at battle ! of Williamsburg.
Blake, Alfred, private; died at Hightstown, N. J., of wounds received at battle of Williamsburg.
Brewer, John H., private; died at Yorktown, Va., of , following, and proceeded to the vicinity of fever, June 28, 1862.
Button, William J., private ; died September 24, 1863, of wonnds received at Gettysburg.
Chapman, Alexander, private; died at Freehold, Confederate army into Maryland in the cam-
N. J., July 5, 1862, of wounds received in battle of Williamsburg.
Cook, George W., private; killed in battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864.
Donaldson, James, private ; died at Freehold, N. J., September 26, 1864.
Easch, John, private ; missing in action at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863 ; supposed to have been killed.
Golden, Joseph R., private; died of disease at Alex- andria, Va., December 11, 1×62.
Headden, George M., private; missing in action at Spottsylvania Court-House, Va., May 12, 1864; supposed to have been killed.
Ingerman, Frederick, private; died of disease at Manassas, Va., November 16, 1862.
James, George F., private ; killed in battle of Chan- cellorsville, May 3, 1863.
Lockerson, John, private; killed in battle of Bull Run, August 29, 1862.
McBride, Lewis, private; died of disease, May 13, 1862.
Michael, Philip, private; died at Yorktown, Va., June 8, 1862, of wounds.
Moss, William, private; died of disease at Newport News, Va., May 19, 1862.
Remson, Andrew J., recruit ; mnstered in April 15, 1864; missing in action at Wilderness, May 5, 1864; supposed to have been killed.
Reynolds, Peter, recruit; mustered in January 29, 1864; died at Washington, D. C., July 30, 1864, of wounds received in action before Petersburg, June 17, 1864.
Rhodes, James H., private ; killed in battle of Chan- cellorsville, May 3, 1863.
Names of deserters omitted.
The Fourteenth Volunteer Infantry of New Jersey was one of the State's quota of five regi- ments required under the call for three hundred thousand men issued by President Lincoln on the 7th of July, 1862. It was raised and organized at Camp Vredenburgh, near the old Monmouth battle-ground, a short distance northwesterly from the town of Freehold, and it contained three companies (A, D and G) of Monmouth County men. Several of its other companies contained a considerable number of Monmouth sokliers. The regiment was mus- tered into the service for three years or the con- tinuanee of the war, on the 26th of AAngust, 1862. It left the State on the 2d of September Monocacy, Md., where it was stationed to guard the Monocacy bridge during the advance of the paign of South Mountain and Antietam. There, and at various threatened and expo-ed points in that vicinity, it remained until the 9th of July. 1863, when it was attached to the Third Corps, and took its place in the front, with the
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