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Flint. Joseph N., age 24. Enlisted Aug. 4, 1862, at Burns ; mustered as ser- geant, Co. I. Aug. 16, 1862: appointed Sergt .- Major Oct. 12, 1862; mustered as Second Lieut. March 1, 1863 : mustered out June 30. 1865. Brevetted First Lieu- tenant and Captain, with rank from March 13, 1865. served as aid-de-camp on staff of Major Gen. during the summer campaign of 1864; died at San Francisco 1907.
Flint, Josiah H., age 21. Enlisted Aug. 2, 1862, at Burns ; mustered in as private to serve three years ; captured May 7, 1864. died in Andersonville prison, May 26, 1864.
Freeman, Franklin E., age 28. Enlisted Feb. 6, 1864, at Nunda ; mustered out with company.
Freer. Gilbert I., age 18. Enlisted at Nunda Ang. 1. 1862. He received from John C. McNair, veteran of the war of 1812. a colt, which was kept for him till his return, it was offered for the first man who would enlist in this new com- pany. Mustered as private. Co. I. Sept. 3, 1862; appointed bugler, Sept. 1, 1863. corporal April 20, 1865 : mustered out with company.
Resides at Portageville, N. Y. Fry, Henry, age 31. Enlisted Aug. 27, 1864, at Angelica ; mustered in as private, Co. I. Sept. 6, 1864, to serve one year ; mustered out with company.
Emmons, John W., age 15 (gave his age as eighteen ) ; he died at Elmira. and was buried at Nunda, his exact age was fifteen years nine months, and four ‹lays.
Garhart, George Adelbert, age 19. Enlisted Ang. 8. 1862, at Portage; mus- tered in as private. Co. I, to serve three years ; appointed corporal, Jan. 5, 1865; mustered out with company. Resides at Buffalo, N. Y.
Gelzer. Simeon, age 18. Enlisted Jan. 19, 1864, at Grove; mustered in as private, Co. I. Jan. 19, 1864 ; captured May 7, 1864, at Todds' Tavern, Va. Died in prison.
Gilbert, Edward L., age 37: Enlisted Aug. 8, 1862, at Burns ; mustered in as corporal. Co. I, appointed commissary sergeant. Sept. 1, 1863 ; absent in general hospital, when the regiment was mustered out.
Goldthwait, Milo S., age 20. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. at Nunda : mustered as . corporal, Co. I. promoted to commissary Jan. 3. 1865 ; mustered out with company. Resides Nunda, N. Y.
Goldtliwait, Norton S., age 23. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, at Nunda, N. Y .: mustered as private, Co. I. discharged for disability, April 3, 1865, at Rochester, N. Y., died at Nunda.
Gordon, George .\., age 18. Enlisted April 7, 1865, at Scio, private, Co. I, mustered out with company. Resides Scio, N. Y.
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Gothard, John, age 34. Enlisted Feb. 17, 1864, at Nunda, N. Y .; mustered as private, Co. I, Feb. 19, 1864, at Newtown, Va.
Gray, Thomas B., age 27. Co. I. deserted at Portage.
Greenfield. Henry R., age 24. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862, at Nunda ; mustered in as private, Co. I, to serve three years ; appointed Sept. 1, 1863 ; mustered out with company.
Haight, Ransom, age 21. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, at Grove, N. Y. ; mustered in as private, Co. I, Aug. 16, 1862, to serve three years ; wounded at Trevillian Station, Va. June 11, 1864; mustered out at Washington, D. C.
Hamilton, George T., age 28. Enrolled Oct. 1, 1862, at Suffolk, Va. as First Lieut., Co. A, to serve three years ; wounded June 11, 1864, at Trevillian Station : mustered in as Captain, Co. F. Nov. 19, 1864, with rank from Sept. 19. 1864; (Vice Capt. Alexander Thorp, kilied) : it is believed he perished in Cuba ; previous service in the 33rd and 104th N. Y.
Harwood, Elijah, age 40. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, at Grove, to serve three years ; wounded as private, Co. I. Aug. 16, 1862 ; died June 6, 1863, of disease at U. S. A. Hospital, at Hampton, Va.
Harwood, George R., age 20. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, at Grove, N. Y .; mus- tered in as private, Co. I, Aug. 16, 1862, to serve three years ; mustered out with company. North Adams, Mich.
Harwood, John, age +4. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, at Grove, N. Y .; mustered in as private. Co. I. Aug. 16, to serve three years ; discharged Oct. 5, 1863, for disability at Mannassas Junction, Va .; died at Nunda, buried at Fillmore, N. Y.
Harwood, Joseph, age 18. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, at Grove; mustered as private. Co. I, Aug. 16, to serve three years ; discharged May 6, 1865, for disability.
Rochester, N. Y.
Havens, Cassius M., age 18. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, at Nunda : mustered as private, Co. I, appointed corporal Aug. 1, 1863 : sergeant July 1, 1864 ; mustered out with company. Died at Detroit, Mich.
Havens, Chancellor L., age 35. Enlisted Aug. 11. 1862, at Grove ; mustered as private, Co. I, for three years ; discharged for disability at Hampton Hospital, Va.
Haver, James H., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 15, 1864: mustered as private. Co. I, Sept. 15 : appointed corporal Jan. 5, 1865 ; mustered out with company.
Resides at Pasadena, Cal.
Haynes, Randall, age 19. Enlisted Aug. 7. 1862, at Nunda ; mustered as private, Co. I, to serve three years : captured May 7. 1864, returned Feb. 6, 1865 : mustered out with company.
Heath, Mark W., age 20. Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, at Nunda ; mustered in as private to serve three years ; mustered out with company.
Resides at Swains, N. Y.
Hendershott, William C., age 21. Enlist- Aug. 13, 1862, at Nunda ; mustered as private, Co. I, to serve three years ; mustered out with company.
Resides at Perry, N. Y.
Hicks, Amariah, age 18. Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, at North Dansville ; mus- tered as private, Co. I, to serve three years ; promoted to sergeant Sept. 3, 1862: first sergeant Oct. 12, 1862 ; Second Lieut. Co. D, March 2, 1864, with rank March 16, 1864.
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Hills, Milton T., age 32. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862, at Nunda : mustered as private, Co. I. to serve three years; appointed corporal Aug. 16, 1862; sergeant Sept. 1, 1863 ; captured at Todds' Tavern, May 7, 1864, enrolled Aug. 18, 1864; mustered out with company. Resides at La Veta, Colo.
Graves, Harrison S., age 37. Enlisted Aug. 11, 1864, at Avon, private, Co. I. to serve one year : discharged for disability, April 16, 1863, at Petersburg, Va. North Cohocton, N. Y.
Jackson, Andrew, age 18. Enlisted Jan. 18, 1864, at Nunda, to serve three years ; appointed corporal Nov. 2, 1864; mustered out with company.
Jackson, Paschal T., age 18. Enlisted Dec. 30, 1863, at Nunda ; mustered as private, Co. I, to serve for three years ; mustered out at close of war.
Resides Dalton, N. Y.
Jacques, Albert W., age 21. Enlisted Aug. 11. 1862, at Burns, N. Y .; mus- tered as private, Co. I. Sept. 3, 1862 ; transferred Feb. 12, 1863 to battery D fourth U. S. Artillery.
Columbus, Ohio.
Johnson, Isaac, age 18. Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, at Nunda ; mustered as private, Co. I, Sept. 3, 1862, to serve three years ; discharged for disability May 30, 1864, at Washington, D. C., died six days afterward at Nunda, N. Y.
King. Elias, age 23. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, at Nunda ; mustered as private, Co. I. to serve three years ; discharged for disability Sept. 4, 1863, at Manassas Junction, Va., died Jan. 1. 1908, buried at Nunda.
Kneeland, Benjamin T. Enrolled as Surgeon of the 130th N. Y. V. at Port- age, entered the service from Nunda July 29, 1862. He was four times brevetted. first by N. Y. State as Lieut. Col., and Col. of N. Y. State Vol. ; and by the U. S. Government as Lieut. Col. and Col. of U. S. Volunteers. This is the recommenda- tion of Col. Gibbs that was endorsed by Major Gen. Sheridan "for assiduous and unwearied services to the wounded on the field of battle." Col. Kneeland was beloved by the officers and men of his regiment, he lived to reach his 80th birth- day, and died at Nunda village Sept. 3, 1906, he was buried at Hunts Hollow.
Lemen, James, age 47. Enrolled at Portage as Captain of Co. I from Nunda : wounded June 1I, 1864, at Trevillian Station, he commanded his company during the entire time they were in the service and was mustered out with them June 25. 1865. Honored and loved by all for his uniform courtesy and kindness and un- flinching bravery in battle "in the hottest of the conflict he retained his usual serenity, and free from excitement, led his men as if to drill or parade." (J. R. B.) lle was brevetted major and Lieut. Col. for meritorious services. He died at Nunda Aug. 23, 1890.
Lewis, Charles E., age 18. Enlisted at Nunda ( after a year spent at West Point ) Aug. 13, 1862 as private, Co. I; appointed first sergeant Sept. 3, 1862, promoted to Second Lieut. Oct. 12. 1862 ; captured with others at Todds' Tavern, May 7, 1864 ; paroled and Fastered out with company.
Kinney, Charles A., age 35. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, at Portage : mustered in as corporal, Co. I, Sept. 3, 1862 ; died of disease Sept. 12, 1864, at Newbern, N. C.
Lovejoy, Corydon, age 20. Enlisted Dec. 18, 1863, at Nunda, N. Y. ; mus- tered in as private. Co. I, captured May 7, 1864, at the Wilderness, Va. ; died at Andersonville, Ga.
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Luce, William A., age 21. Enlisted Aug. 6. 1862, at Ossian, N. Y. ; mustered in as private, Co. I: wounded June 11, 1864, at Trevillian Station, Va .; died Oct. 1, 1864, at Ossian, N. Y.
Marr, Nathaniel. age 32. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, at Burns: mustered as private, Co. I, to serve three years ; wounded April 17, 1863, at Suffolk, Va .: died June 3, 1863. from accident at Clouds Mills, Va.
Morris, Sidney S., age 21. Enlisted July 31, 1862, at Nunda ; mustered as private, Co. I, to serve three years ; appointed commissary Rgt. (date not given ) ; Regimental commissary sergeant June 20, 1865 : mustered out with the regiment June 30, 1865 ; he received a watch given by Rev. W. Metcalf as the first soldier to enlist in Co. I.
Mosher, Philo, age 21. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. at Nunda ; mustered in as private, Co. I, appointed corporal Nov. 2, 1864; mustered out with company at Clouds Mills, Va. Taught a military school on the Hudson, and died 1881.
Niles, William H., age 30. Enlisted Aug. 15, at Grove ; mustered in as cor- poral, Co. I, Sept. 3, 1862 ; appointed wagoner Feb. 2, 1863; mustered out with company.
Olney, Corydon C., age 21. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862, at Nunda ; mustered in as a private, Co. I. to serve three years ; appointed corporal May 2, 1864; mustered out with company. Resides at Centerville. Cal.
Olney, Corydon C .. age 21. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862, at Nunda ; mustered in as private, Co. I, appointed corporal Jan. 1, 1863, sergeant April 1, 1864, first ser- geant Oct. 19, 1864 : mustered in as Second Lieut. to date Jan. 31, 1865 ; mustered out with regiment ; brevetted First Lieut. and Capt., died at Long Branch, N. J. Oct. 8, 1886. "As a soldier he stood high in the estimation of his company, always at his post of duty, filling his several positions with courage and ability."
Orton, Horace C., age 20. Enlisted Aug. 4, 1862, at Nunda ; mustered in as a private, Co. I ; captured May 7, 1864, at Wilderness, Va., died at Andersonville. Ga. (date not stated).
Parker, Milan, age 25. Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862, at Grove, N. Y .; mustered as private, Co. I ; died of disease, Sept. 10, 1864, at Washington. D. C.
Pendergrast, James, age 23. Enlisted Jan. 27, 1864; mustered as private. Co. I, served term of enlistment : mustered out with company. Canaseraga, N. Y.
Phelps, Hulcy, age 30. Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, at Grove; mustered in as private, Co. I, appointed corporal Feb. 2, 1863. sergeant June 19, 1863; Q. M. Sergt. (date not stated ) ; mustered out with company. Died at Canaseraga, 1907.
Philips, George J., age 18. Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, at Belfast, N. Y. ; mus- tered in as private. Co, I : died of disease Dec. 28, 1862, at Suffolk, Va.
Quant, Peter, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 15, 1864, at Portage ; mustered as pri- vate, Co. I ; died of disease Dec. 30, 1864, Baltimore, Md., buried at Pennycook Cemetery.
Riddle, Robert W., age 25. Enlisted Sept. 2, 1864, at Avon, N. Y. ; mustered out with company.
1 .N. Cohocton, N. Y. Riker, Elias, age 40. Enlisted Sept. 1864 at Avon, N. Y. as private, Co. I : mustered out with company. N. Cohocton, N. Y. Robbins. Lorenzo, age 36. Enlisted Sept. 27. 1864, at &son, N. Y. ; mus- tered as private, Co. I ; mustered out with company. Canaseraga, N. Y.
Roff, Hiran J., age 18. Enlisted Aug. 6, 1862, at Nunda : mustered as pri- vate, Co. I; killed May 7, 1864, at Todds' Tavern, Va.
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Rodgers, James W. ,age 18. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, at Nunda; mustered in as private, Co. I : mustered out with company, died at Soldiers Home, Dayton, Ohio.
Rude, Emerson, age 21. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862, at Nunda ; mustered as private, Co. 1, appointed corporal Jan. 1. 1863; wounded in action May 7, 1864. at the Wilderness, Va. ; died May 10, 1864, by reason of wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va.
Russell, Byron, age 24. Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862; mustered as private, Co. I ; mustered out with company. Resides at Grand Rapids, Mich.
Russell, Leonard, age 18. Enlisted Feb. 25, 1864; mustered as private, Co. I ; wounded May 7, 1864, died of wounds May 22, 1864, at Fredericksburg, Va.
Seeley, Hiram O., age 34. Enlisted Ang. 13, 1862, at Nunda ; mustered as private, Co. I; died at Nunda, Nov. 12, 1863, buried at Sparta.
Sessions, Stillman, age 23. Enlisted Sept. 2, 1864, at Skaneateles, N. Y .; mustered as private, Co. I; mustered out with company.
Shute, Horace N., age 29. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862, at Nunda ; mustered as private, Co. I : transferred Sept. 2, 1863, to Co. E, 7th V. R. C. from which dis- charged June 29, 1865, at Washington, D. C. Ionia, Mich.
Smith, Christian, age 34. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, at Nunda ; mustered as private, Co. I : appointed corporal Aug. 16, 1862, sergeant 1863 ; wounded May 7, 1864, at Todds' Tavern, Va .; transferred Dec. 27, 1864, to 48th Co. second bat- talion V. R. C. from which discharged June 26, 1865, at Fortress Monroe, Va .. died at Nunda.
Smith, Edward, age 25. Enlisted July 21, 1862; mustered as private, Co. I. Sept. 3; wounded at Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864; mustered out with company.
Resides at Millbrook, Kas.
Smith, Godfred, age 27. Enlisted at Nunda, Aug. 20, 1862; mustered in as private, Co. I : appointed corporal Jan. 1, 1865 ; mustered out with company.
Smith, Henry, age 21. Enlisted Ang. 27, 1864, at Angelica ; mustered as private. Co. I ; mustered out with company.
Smith, Jesse W., age 19. Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, at Grove: mustered as private. Co. I: mustered out May 29, 1865, from Satterlee U. S. Gen. Hospital, West Philadelphia, Pa. Nunda.
Smith, Philip, age 21. Enlisted Aug. 20, 1862, at Grove ; mustered as private, Co. I; discharged for disability. March 20, 1865. at Philadelphia, Pa.
Smith, William, age 26. Enlisted Aug. 7. 1862, at Nunda ; mustered as pri- vate, Co. I; appointed corporal 1863: wounded at Trevilian Station, Va., June 11, 1864; died of wounds July 17, 1864.
Snyder, John L., age 20. Enlisted 5, 1862, at Portage : mustered into Co. I as private : transferred Sept. 3, 1863, to V. R. C. Angelica, N. Y. Spicer, William H. Enlisted Ang. 7. 1863, at Nunda ; mustered as a private, Co. I, Sept. 3, 1863 : transferred Sept. 28 to V. R. C. from which discharged June 26, 1865, Washington, D. C ..
Spike. John L .. age 18. Enlisted Ang. 11, 1862 it Grove ; mustered as pri- vate. Co. 1: transferred Feb. 12, 1863, to Fourth U. S. Artillery. Swain, N. Y. Sphoon, William A., age 18. Enlisted Aug. 15. 1863, at Grove ; mustered in as private. Co. 1 : mustered out with company.
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Sphoon, George H., age 36. Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862, at Grove, N. Y. ; mus- tered in as private, Co. I ; captured at Todds' Tavern, Va. May 7, 1864, perished in captivity.
St. Clair, Romeo, age 21. Enlisted Aug. 5, 1864, at Nunda ; mustered as private, Co. I; discharged for disability at New York City. Candor, N. Y.
Stevens, Jefferson I., age 23. Enlisted Feb. 20, 1865, at Big Flats, N. Y., as private, Co. I ; mustered out with company.
Stickland, Charles L., age 22. Enlisted at Nunda, private, Co. I ; transferred to U. S. Sig. C. July 11, 1863. Marengo, Ill.
Swift, Albert, age 30. Enlisted Aug. 5, 1862, at Portage ; mustered as private, Co. I ; appointed Q. M. Sergeant Sept. 1, 1863, First Sergt. April 1, 1864 ; mustered out with company. Brownsdale, Minn.
Swift, Prosper, age 34. Enlisted Aug. 5, 1862, at Portage ; mustered as ser- geant, Co. I, Aug. 16, 1862. appointed first sergt. April 1, 1864; promoted to First Lieut. Nov. 19, 1864: killed Oct. 19, 1864, at Cedar Creek, Va. Died before re- ceiving his commission. Buried at Union Cemetery, Nunda.
Taylor, Sidney, age 19. Enlisted April 7, 1865, at Scio, N. Y. ; mustered into Co. I; mustered out with company.
Terry, William, age 25. Enlisted Sept. 1, 1864, at Avon, N. Y .; mustered out with company.
Tilden, Orville S., age 22. Enlisted Aug. 6, 1862, at Burns; mustered as private, Co. I, Sept. 3, 1862 ; mustered out with company. Canaseraga, N. Y. Town, Benjamin F., age 21. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, at Nunda, N. Y .; mus- tered as private, Co. I; mustered out with company.
Town, Francis Marion, age 20. Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, at Nunda : mustered in as private, Co. I ; mustered out with company. Castile, N. Y.
Town, Walter E .. age 18. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, at Nunda ; mustered in as private, Co. I. appointed corporal Jan. 1, 1865 ; mustered out with company.
Treehouse, John, age 28. Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862, at Grove; mustered as private, Co. I; discharged for disability Feb. 25, 1863, at Suffolk, Va.
Hornell, N. Y.
Utter, George W., age 19. Enlisted Feb. 13, 1864, from Nunda ; transferred to Co. D 18th Regt. V. R. C. from which discharged July 19, 1865, at Washington, D. C.
Waldo, George D., age 21. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862, at Nunda ; mustered as private, Co. I ; appointed hospital steward Aug. 20, 1862; mustered out with regi- ment, died at Philo, Il1.
Ward, Horace, age 40. Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862, at Portage ; mustered as pri- vate. Co. I ; appointed corporal April 1, 1864: wounded June 12, 1864, at Trevilian Station, Va. ; transferred Sept. 28, 1864, to V. R. C. from which discharged June 26, 1865, at Washington, D. C.
Ward, Sepheremus, age 21. Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862, at Portage ; mustered as private, Co. I : transferred Oct. 29, 1864, to 65th Company, V. R. C. from which discharged June 29. 1865, at Washington, D. C.
Way, George H., age 19. Enlisted April 7, 1865. at Wirt. N. Y. ; mustered as private, Co. 1 : mustered out with company.
Webb, George, age 24. Private, Co. I, from March 10, 1865, to June 30, 1865.
Chicago, Ill.
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Weed, Seth H., age 29. Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862, at Grove ; mustered as ser- geant, Co. I ; killed May 7, 1864, Todds' Tavern, Va. Canaseraga Post G. A. R. named for hin1.
Weller, Robert C., age 21. Enlisted April 1, 1862, at Mt. Morris ; mustered as private, Co. I ; appointed corporal April 1, 1864, sergeant Jan. 1, 1865; mustered out with company. Portage City. Wis.
Wendell, Becker, age 23. Enlisted Feb. 20, 1865, to serve one year ; mustered out with company.
Wheeler, Harrison H., age 18. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, at Nunda, as private, Co. I; mustered out with company.
White, Adonijah J., age 31. Enlisted Aug. 7, 1862, at Portage ; mustered as private, Co. I ; transferred Sept. 1, 1864, to V. R. Corps. Oakland, N. Y.
Whitenack, Asher C., age 19. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, Nunda, N. Y .; mus- tered as private, Co. I ; mustered out June 8, 1865. at Jarvis, U. S. Gen. Hos- pital, Baltimore, Md. Died at Nunda, 1890, buried at Mt. Hope, Rochester.
Wilber, Adelbert, age 18. Enlisted April 7, 1865, from Scio, private, Co. I ; mustered out with company.
Wilcox, James, age 37. Enlisted April 3, 1865, at Genesee, N. Y., private, Co. I; mustered out with company.
Wood, Marcus W .. . age 26. Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862, at Grove; mustered in as private, Co. I; appointed corporal Sept. 1, 1863 ; wounded in action, May 7, 1863, died of wounds May 16. 1864, at Fredericksburg, Va.
Woodward, Hiram J., age 26. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862 at Burns ; mustered as private, Co. I. Sept. 3, 1862: appointed corporal April 1, 1864 ; captured May 7, 1864; died Sept. 19, 1864, at Andersonville, Ga.
Wright, John D. H., age 36. Enlisted Aug. 6, 1862, at Ossian, N. Y .; mus- tered as private, Co. I: appointed saddler, Sept. 1, 1863; mustered out with company.
Wright. William J., age 26. Enlisted Aug. 4, 1862, at Portage ; mustered as private, Co. I : died of disease, Nov. 6, 1862, at Suffolk, Va., buried at Nunda.
Wymans. Oliver C., age 18. Enlisted Dec. 21. 1864, at Nunda ; mustered as private, Co. I : mustered out June 27 at Jarvus, U. S. Gen. Hosp. Baltimore, Md. Youells, Henry E., age 21. Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, at Nunda ; mustered as private, Co. I : died of disease April 10, 1863, at Suffolk, Va.
Young, James A., age 19. Enlisted April 7, 1865, Scio ; mustered as private, Co. I; mustered out with company.
Walker, John C., age 18. Enlisted from Nunda in 1864; mustered as private, Co. I, soon afterward transferred to Co. D. Nunda, N. Y.
Latta, Emmet G., age 15. Enlisted April 7, 1865, at Wirt, private, Co. I; mustered out with company ; probably the youngest soldier on these records.
Friendship, N. Y.
Dragoons Who Have Lived in Nunda Belonging to Other Companies Besides Company I
Brick, Thonias, age 18. Enlisted Jan. 4. 1864, from Nunda ; mustered into Co. B; mustered out with Company.
Carpenter. William. age 26. Enlisted at Mt. Morris, to serve three years.
Chambers. George, Co. B. Was captured Aug. 18. 1864, at Berryville, Va .; mustered out June 28, 1865.
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Clark, Charles Henry, age 21. Enlisted at Leicester in Co. B, July 25, 1862 : appointed wagoner, date not given ; mustered out with company. Nunda.
Cudebec, Clarence L., age 26. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862, at Allen, N. Y., pri- vate, Co. F; appointed corporal Sept. 3, 1862, Sergt. Major May 15. 1863, com- missary sergt. Aug. 1, 1863, first sergt. May 5, 1865 ; mustered out with company. lived in Nunda many years, served successfully as pension attorney, was killed by falling from an apple tree, he suffered from heart trouble which probably occasioned his fall.
Barney, Joshua, age 25, Co. F. died at Suffolk, Va., Nov. 19, 1862 ( tour brothers served in the army and only one returned ).
Bush, Philander H., age 21. Enlisted Dec. 9, 1863, from Nunda ; mustered as private, Co. F ; died of disease Sept. 22, 1864, in hospital at Washington, buried at Oakland.
Haven, Myron H., age 18. Enlisted Dec. 21, 1863, at Nunda; served as private, Co. F ; mustered out with the regiment, lost an arm in the service.
Hamsher, William J., age 23. Enlisted from Sparta, private, Co. B ; killed at Todds' Tavern, May 7, 1864.
Lowell, William L., age 22. Enlisted Dec. 16. 1863 ; private, Co. F. wounded May 11, 1864 ; mustered out in hospital June 6, 1865. Hilsdale, Mich.
Lowell, George W., age 20. Enlisted Dec. 16, 1863, private, Co. F. died in hospital, New York City.
Kelly, William H., age 22. Enlisted Dec. 9, 1863, from Grove; mustered as private, Co. F ; appointed sergeant Jan. 20, 1865 ; mustered out with company : elected Supr. of town of Grove.
Beech, William J., age 21. Enlisted Jan. 8, 1864, at Oakland ; mustered as private, Co. F, Jan. 29. 1864: mustered out with company, died July 7, 1865.
Nelson, Edger R., age 26. Enlisted Dec. 28. 1863, at Nunda : mustered as private, Co. H : mustered out June 5. 1865, at Elmira, N. Y. Nunda, N. Y.
Randall, David L., age 18. Enlisted Dec. 21, 1863, at Oakland ; mustered as private, Co. F ; mustered out Jan. 17. 1865, at Elmira, N. Y.
Van Lieu, Martin, age 38. Enlisted Feb. 23, 1864, at Nunda : mustered as private, Co. H ; mustered out with company.
Dailey, Charles L. Enrolled Aug. 7, 1862, at Portage ; mustered as Second Lient., Co. A. to serve three years ; discharged for disability Oct. 6, 1862, died Nunda, 1906.
Alstead, Cullen, age 25. Enlisted at Pike, Aug. 7, 1862 ; mustered as private. Co. A. wounded May 30, 1864, at Coald Harbor. died July 1864 at Washington. D. C., buried at Arlington Heights, Va.
Hungerford. Marshall, age 19. Enlisted Feb. 9, 1864, at West Sparta, N. Y .. as private, Co. A : died March 28. 1864. Perhaps this was the shortest service of anyone in these records.
Holmes, William, age 18. Enlisted Nov. 4, 1863, from Grove : mustered as private, Co. E : discharged May 15. 1865. Dalton, N. Y.
Hall. Joseph V. R., age 34. . Enlisted Aug. 19, 1862, at Independence ; mus- tered as private, appointed ferrier Aug. 11, 1863 ; mustered out with company.
Dimmick, Isaac C., Corpor&. Co. K. Resides Nunda, N. Y.
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List of Captives from the 1st New York Dragoons
Lieut. Charles E. Lewis, Josiah Flint, Hiram Woodard, Horace Orton, Sergt. Milton T. Hills, Randall Haynes. Walter E. Town. George A. Sphoon, Gordon Lovejoy, James H. Foland. Simeon Goelzer.
These men were captured May 7th, 1864, at Todds' Tavern. The officers were separated from the men. \ corporal and nine others were sent to Anderson- ville, the others remained at Richmond. Sergeant Hills was detailed for hos- pital work and fared better than the rest. Of the 11 sent to Andersonville all but two, Walter E. Town and Randall Haynes, died.
There are others from this Regiment that suffered from prison life. Among them Col. T. J. Thorp. It was the privilege of the author to entertain and wel- come back to liberty this hero of emergencies, this conqueror of adverse condi- tions, at Marlborough Bridge. North East Branch of Cape Fear River, where sev- eral thousands of soldiers were exchanged. The Colonel says, the soup and tomato sauce served on this occasion were the choicest food he ever ate, and I do not care to contradict him.
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