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By E. E. Russell.
The company lost but three prisoners during the war. Those were confined at Danville, Va., two of whom died in prison, viz : Lonis Lichard and James Clifford. After the surrender of Lee, our 6th Corps, with Sheridan and his cavalry, went to intercept Johnson, whom Sherman was forcing through the Carolinas. We marched into Danville and found the third prisoner from our company, Henry Behmer, who came out to meet us. The boys had the satisfaction of properly marking and caring for the graves of our two other comrades, who were buried there.
OFFICERS, AND REGISTER OF COMPANY B.
Captain FREDERICK W. COLEMAN
First Lieutenant JAMES LOUNT.
Second Lieutenant, JAMES G. SHEPPARD. Sergeants,
FRED R. DERRICK, EDWARD E. RUSSELL, JOHN A. MARONEL, GEORGE W. WOWIE. JOHN WHELAN.
Corporals, CHARLES GILL, EVERETT IL. ALLEN, ZEB S. PARSON, PAUL KEINE, PETER P. JACKSON, ALBERT B. KIDDER, WILLIAM E. WALSIL, JOHN J. DEMPSEY.
Musician, THOMAS SAMWAYS.
Wagoner, MARK C. WHITE.
ALBRIGHT, FREDERICK-Age, 19 years. Enlisted, Aug- ust 26, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; nmistered out with company June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
ALDRICH, ALDEN-Age, 18 years. Enlisted, August 19, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; mustered out with company, Jme 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
ALLEN, EVERETT II .- Age, 18 years. Enlisted, August 28, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as corpor- al, Co. B, October 22, 1862; promoted sergeant, no date; umstered out with company, June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
BARBER, JOSEPH-Age, 35 years. Enlisted August 30, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co B, October 22, 1862; captured in action, July 9, 1864, at Mon-
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ocacy, Md .; paroled, February 22, 1865, at Richmond, Va .; dis- charged June 27, 1865, at Annapolis, Md.
BARTHOLOMEW, MARVIN W .- - Age, 18 years. Enlisted August 27, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; captured in action, no date; died of disease, September 24, 1863, at Richmond, Va., a prison- er of war.
BEHMER, HENRY-Age, 26 years. Enlisted August 27, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; umstored in as pri- vate, Co. B, October 22, 1862; promoted corporal, no date; was a prisoner at Danville; mustered ont with company, June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
BELL, HENRY II .- Age, 44 years. Enlisted August 26, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B. October 22, 1862; promoted corporal, no date; discharged March 28, 1864.
BENNETT, VERNON Enlisted at Rochester, to serve one year, and mustered in as private, Co. B, August 31, 1864, dis- charged, June 15, 1865, at Whithall Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.
BREWSTER, JAMES D .- Age, IS years. Enlisted Septem- ber 4, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; mustered out with company, June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
BRODIE, VIVIAN G .- Age, 18 years. Enlisted at Buffalo, to serve three years, and mustered in as private, Co. B, March 8, 1865; mustered out with company, June 26, 1865, near Wash- ington, D. C.
BROWN, CYRUS O .- Age, 21 years. Enlisted August 30, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; mastered ont with company, June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
BROWN, EDMUND C .- Age, 31 years. Enlisted, August 27, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1863; nmstered out with company, June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
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BYRON, JOHN-Age, 21 years. Enlisted, August 29, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; mustered out with company, June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
CAHILL, RICHARD-Age, 21 years. Enlisted August 30, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; discharged, March 15, 1863.
CLIFFORD, JAMES- Age, 30 years. Eulisted, August 26, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; captured in action, no date; died of disease, January 9, 1865, at Danville, Va., a prisoner of war.
COLEMAN, FREDERIC W. Age, 29 years. Enrolled at Lockport, to serve three years, and mastered in as captain, Co. B. September 5, 1862; wounded in action, June 1, 1961, at Cold Harbor, Va .; discharged for disability from wounds, October 17, 1864; see major, One Hundred and Sixty-second Infantry; subsequent service as first lieutenant, Fifteenth U. S. Infantry. Commissioned captain, November 10, 1862, with rank from Sep- tember 5, 1862, original.
COOLEY, WILLIAM-Age, A3 years. Enlisted September 13, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustored in as pri- vate, Co. B, October 22, 1862 ; died of disease, no date, at Anna- polis, Md.
CRAWFORD, MATHEW -- Age, 19 years. Enlisted Angust, . 22, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as pri- vate, Co. B, October 22, 1862; promoted first sergeant, no date; mastered ont with company, Jime 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
CROUT, LEWIS-Age, 43 years. Enlisted August 30, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; died of disease, April 19, 1864, at Culpepper, Va.
CROWDER, AARON-Age, 19 years. Enlisted, August 30, 1862, at Lewiston, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; mustered out with company, June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
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CROWDER, JOHN-Age, 40 years. Enlisted, September 2, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; discharged for disability, April 7, 1863, at hospital, Baltimore, Md.
COWPER, JOHN-Age, 21 years. Enlisted August 30, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mastered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; transferred to One Hundred and Sixty sixth Company, Second Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps, April 24, 1864; discharged, June 27, 1865, at Point Lookont, Md.
DAMEROW, WILLIAM-Age, 18 years. Enlisted, Angust 30, 1862, at Niagara, to serye three years ; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, no date.
DART, CHRISTOPHER C .- Age, 31 years. Eulisted, Au- gust 5, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as pri- vate, C'o. B, October 22, 1862; promoted sergeant, no date; dis- charged, December 21, 1864, on consolidation.
DAVIS, AUGUSTUS --- Age, 41 years. Enlisted at Lockport, to serve three years, and mustered in as private, Co. B., Feb- ruary 18, 1865; discharged, June 29, 1865, at Harewood Hospital, Washington, D. C.
DAY, THOMAS-Age, 21 years. Enlisted, August 30, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B,, October 22, 1862; mistered out with company, June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
DEMPSEY, JOHN J .-- Boru, December 15, 1842, in New York City, son of Thomas Dempsey and Margaret Dunn ; was engaged in hotel business, until his enlistment, August 21, 1862, at Niag- ara Falls, to serve three years; mustered in as corporal, Co. B, October 22, 1862; promoted color sergeant; promoted for gal- lantry on the field of battle at Sailor's Creek ; he served continu- ously with the regiment until mustered ont with company, JJune 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C. All the male portion of his family were engaged in the Union Army from 1861 to 1865, while his prospective wife gallantly fought the Copperheads of Herki- mer Co., N. Y. Married Jane A. Carrol in 1871. Has resided in
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Suspension Bridge and New York City, hotel business being his occupation. Has been messenger and clerk in the Depart. ment of Public Works; fuel inspector, board of education, at present, clerk and process server, Court of Special Sessions, New York City.
DERRIC, FRED R .- Age, 24 years. Enrolled, August 25, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mistered in as first ser- geant, Co. B, October 22, 1862; promoted sergeant-major, no date; instered in as second lientenant, Co. B, February 19, 1863; discharged, Apr. 7, 1864, by promotion to first lieutenant, Eighth Artillery. Commissioned second lieutenant, January 7, 1863, with rank from December 13, 1862, vice G. J. Oakes promoted; first lieutenant, declined, not mustered, February 6, 1861, with rank from December 30, 1863, vice JJ. C. Schoen promoted.
DIEMER, FRANK -Age, 18 years. Bulisted, August 19, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, C'o. B, October 22, 1862; promoted corporal, no date; mustered ont with company, Jume 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
DONNELLY, THOMAS -Age, ++ years. Enlisted, Septem- ber 29, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; captured in action, November 28, 1863, at Mine Run, Va .; no further record.
EASTMAN, JR., A. IL .- Age, 22 years. Enlisted, October 7, 1862, at Lockport, to serve three years; nstered in as private, Co. B, October 10, 1862; died of Jaundice, February 2, 1863, at regimental hospital, Baltimore, Md.
FISHER, JACOB-Age, 43 years. Enlisted, August 26, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; mmstered ont with company, June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
GILL, JACOB CHARLES -Born, Decembr 17, 1837, at Oril- lia, Canada ; son of Jacob and Sarah Sutherland Gill; carpenter. Enlisted, August 29, 1862, (as Charles Gill) at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as corporal, Co. B, October 22, 1862; promoted first sergeant; mustered in as second lieutenant, Feb- rary 14, 1865; wounded in action, April 2, 1865, at Petersburg,
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Va. ; discharged for disability, from wounds, June 2, 1865. Com missioned second lieutenant, Jannary 31, 1865, with rank from January 21, 1865, original. Married, 1884, to Martha M. Gill; has four children; has resided at Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Eric, Pa .; and at Orillia, Canada since 1873; occupation a carpenter.
GROSS, JOSEPH -- Age, AB years. Enlisted, August 26, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years ; minstored in as private, Co. B. October 2, 1862; captured in action, no date; died of disease, September 29, 1864, at Andersonville, Ga., a prisoner of war.
HANEY, JAMES - Age, 42 years. Enlisted, August 19, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mastered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; mustered out with company, June 26, 1565, near Washington, D. C.
HEGEL, ANDREW -- Age, 33 years. Enlisted, August 30, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; mustered ont with company, June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
HENLY, SYLVESTER-Age, 42 years. Enlisted, August 21, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; died of disease, December 10, 1863, at hospital, Frederick, Md.
HEWITT, ALVIS-Age, 18 years .. Enlisted, Angust 30, 1862, at Niagara ,to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; mustered out with company, June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
HOFFMAN, JAMES L .- Age, 18 years. Enlisted, Septem- ber 29, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; discharged, December 11, 1862, to enlist in U. S. Army.
HORROCKS, WILLIAM-Age, 38 years. Enlisted, Septem- ber 13, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustored in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; discharged, December 1,, 1862, to enlist in U. S. Army.
HUGH, WILLIAM-Age, 28 years. Enlisted, October 10, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private,
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Co. B, October 22, 1862; transferred to Second U. S. Cavalry, December 9, 1862.
JACKSON, PETER P. Age, 28 years. Enlisted, August 29, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mistered in as cor- poral, Co. B. October 2, 1862; promoted commissary ser- geant, no date; mustered out with regiment, June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
JOHNSON, EDWARD A .- Age, 18 years, Enlisted, August 30, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; mustered ont with company, June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
KELBURN, JACOB --- Age, 34 years. Enlisted, August 26, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, . Co. B, October 22, 1862; killed in action, September 19, 1864, at Opequon, Va.
KIDDER, ALBERT B. - Age, 22 years, Enlisted, August 25, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as corporal, Co. B, October 22, 1862; promoted sergeant, no date; mustered out with company, June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
KIMBALL, ANDREW-Age, 38 years. Enlisted, Septem- ber 3, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as pri- vate, Co. B, October 22, 1862; promoted corporal, no date; trans- ferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, March 7, 1864.
KING, THOMAS-Age, 20 years. Enlisted at Buffalo, to serve three years, and mastered in as private, Co. B, March 1, 1865; mustered ont with company, June 26, 1865, near Washing- ton, D. C.
KITTLE, HENRY-Age, 23 years. Enlisted, August 27, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; mustered out with company, June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
KLINE, PAUL-Age, 20 years. Enlisted, August 20, 1862, at Lewiston, to serve three years; mustered in as corporal, Co. B, October 22, 1862; discharged for disability, March 20, 1863, at Baltimore, Md.
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KLINK, MATHEW- Age, 21 years. Enlisted, August 27, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; discharged for disability, December 21, 1863.
KRUEGER, JOACHIM-Age, 27 years. Enlisted, Aug. 29, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mnstered in as private. Co. B, October 22, 1862; mustered out with company, June 26. 1865, near Washington, D. C.
LANDER, LOUIS-Age, 37 years. Enlisted, Angust 27, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private. Co. B, October 22, 1862.
LOUNT, JAMES-Age, 28 years. Enrolled at Lockport, to serve three years, and mustered in as first lieutenant, Co. B. Sep- tember 5, 1862; discharged, March 8, 1864. Commissioned first lieutenant, November 10, 1862, with rank from September 5, 1862, original.
MAHANA, ROBERT-Age, 21 years, Enlisted, Angust 30, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; wounded in action at Mine Rum, Va .; discharged for disability from wounds received in action in 1864.
MAHER, THOMAS-Age, 28 years. Enlisted, August 30, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; nmistered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; mustered out with company, Jime 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
MILLER, AUGUSTUS-Age, 21 years. Enlisted, August 6, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; promoted corporal, no date; mustered out with company, June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
MORONEL, JOHN A .- Age, 24 years. Enlisted, August 28, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mistered in as sergeant, Co. B, October 22, 1862; killed in action, November 27, 1863, at Locust Grove, Va.
MOSSEY, JEPHREY -- Age, 19 years, Enlisted, August 23, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years ; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; died of disease, August 15, 1864, at Fort Deleware, Del.
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OCKULY, EDMUND-Age, 30 years. Enlisted. August 26, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; mustered out with company, June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
O'HARA, CHRISTOPHER -- Age, 19 years. Enlisted Ang. 21, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; promoted corporal, no date; mustered out with company, June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
OLIVER, RALPH-Age, 25 years. Enlisted, August 28, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years ; mustered in as private, Co. B. October 22, 1862; died of disease in November 1863, at hospital, Washington, D. C.
PARKER, JAMES-Age, 28 years. Enlisted at Stafford, to serve three years, and mustered in as private, Co. B, February 20, 1865; mustered out with company, Jime 26, 1865, near Wash- ington, D. C.
PARSONS, ZEB S .- Age, 28 years .. Enlisted, August 26, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as corporal, Co. B, October 22, 1862; promoted sergeant, no date; killed in action, July 9, 1864, at Monocacy, Md.
PERIGO, JOHN-Age, 22 years. Enlisted, September 25. 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mistered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; discharged, December 11, 1862, to enlist in U. S. Army.
POWERS, RICHARD -- Age, 31 years. Enlisted, Sept. 29, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private. Co. B, October 2, 1862; mustered out with company, June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
PULLMAN, JOHN II .- Age, 35 years. Eulisted, Angust 26, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; mustered out with company, June 1865, near Washington, D. C.
RILEY, WILLIAM L .- Age; 23 years. Eulisted, Angust 30, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years ; mustered in as private,
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Co. B, October 22, 1862; discharged, April 18, 1864, by promotion to second lieutenant, Twenty-first Cavalry; died at Fortress Monroe.
ROBINSON, DAVID ANDREW-Age, 21 years. Enlisted, Angust 30, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; absent, in hospital, Washing- ton, D. C., at muster-ont of company.
ROBINSON, DAVID - Age, 45 years. Enlisted, September 2, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; discharged for disability, no date.
RUSSELL, EDWARD E .- Born, June 30, 1839, near Roch- ester, N. Y .; son of Perry and Abigail A. Russell; was a druggist before his enlistment, August 30, 1862, at Niagara Falls, to serve three years; mustered in as sergeant, Co. B, October 22, 1862; mustered in as first lientenant, March 9, 1864; as adjutant, February 9, 1865; was always with the regiment, except abont three weeks, when he served as aid on the staff of General Sey- monr ; umstered ont with the regiment, June 26, 1865, near Wash- ington, D. C .; commissioned first lientenant, May 18, 1864, with rank from March 9, 1864, vice J. Lount resigned ; adjutant. Jan- mary 31, 1865, with rank from January 11, 1865, vice J. A. Jewell promoted. Married, 1859, to Margaret C. Griffith; has one daughter, and one son, who is a prac- tieing physician at Niagara Falls, N. Y .; one son now de- ceased, served four years in 18th U. S. Infantry and four years in U. S. Marine Corps, also served on the U. S. battleship Indi- ana during the Spanish war. Mr. Russell has been in the drug business since his discharge, until 1901 ; is a member of Dudley Donnelly Post 133 G. A. R. ; member of Veteran Fireman's Asso- ciation; is also prominent in several Masonic bodies; has held offices of justice of the peace, assessor, trustee, president and su- pervisor 1st ward in the city of Niagara Falls, N. Y., where he now resides, still active in public affairs.
SAMWAYS, THOMAS-Age, 15 years. Enlisted, September 12, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as musician, Co. B, October 22, 1862; mustered out with company, June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
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SHEPPARD, JAMES G .- Sergeant, Forty-fourth Infantry; mustered in as second lieutenant, Co. B. this regiment, Septem ber 5, 1862; as first lieutenant, Co. A, February 28, 1863; dis- charged for disability from wounds, April 14, 1863. Comis- sioned second lieutenant, November 10, 1862, with rank from September 5, 1862, original first lieutenant, January 7, 1863, with rank from December 12, 1862, vice C. Bogardus, promoted.
SMITH, AMOS-Age, 40 years. Enlisted, August 28, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; died of disease, November 22, 1562, at Lafay- ette Square Barracks, Baltimore, Md.
SMITH, JOHN-Age, 42 years, Enlisted August 26, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years ; mustered in as private, Co. B, Oct. 22, 1862; absent at Baltimore, Md. At nmister-out of company.
STEINER, CHARLES -Age, 22 years, Enlisted, August 29, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, C'o. B, October 22, 1862; mustered out with company, June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
STEUBER, DANIEL-Age, 42 years. Enlisted, Angust 27, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; mustered out with company, June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
TARPEY, THOMAS-Age, 37 years. Enlisted, August 21, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; discharged May 19, 1865, at MeCellan Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.
TILLAPAUGH, G. W .- Age, 21 years. Enlisted, August 31, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; promoted corporal, no date; wounded in action, May 31, 1864, at Totopotomoy, Va. ; died of his wounds, June 21, 1864, at Stanton Hospital, Washington, D. C.
TODD, FRANKLIN O .- Born, August 15, 1840, at Lockport,. N. Y .; son of Mary Brewster and Andrew D. Todd, who superin- tended the contract of building the Erie canal locks at Lockport,. in 1848. F. O. Todd was educated in public schools, and gradu- ated from Bryant and Strattons' merchantile college; enlisted, August 30, 1862, at Niagara Falls, to serve three years; mus-
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tered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; was with the regi- ment in every engagement, nothwithstanding he suffered from sun-stroke, fever, and several wounds; he captured a fine rifle from a rebel sharpshooter at Winchester, which be used in later engagements, and still keeps as a trophy; discharged, June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C. Married, 1868, to Julia Marion Day. Hlas resided in Indianapolis, Cincinnati, East St. Louis, and Chicago, in railway service. Was New York Central freight clerk at Suspension Bridge for twenty years. Resides at Niag- ara Falls, N. Y., engaged in agency work.
TURK, ULRAH -- Age, 34 years. Enlisted, August 29, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862; mustered out with company, June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
UDELL, BENJAMIN-Age, 30 years. Enlisted, August 25, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, October 22, 1862 ; died of disease, October 1863, at hospital, Alexandria, Va.
WALSH, WILLIAM E .- Age, 34 years. Enlisted, August 27, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years ; mustered in as corpor- al, Co. B, October 22, 1862; badly injured by a shell; mastered out with company, June 26, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
WERNER, SEBASTIAN-Age, 35 years. Enlisted, August 25, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years; mustored in as pri vate, C'o. B, October 22, 1862; discharged, April 2, 1863, at Bal- timore, Md.
WHELAN, JOHN-Age, 33 years. Enlisted, Angust 20, 1862, at Niagara, to serve three years ; mustered in as sergeant, Co. B, October 22, 1862 ; discharged, June 29, 1865, at Mower Hospital, Philadelphia. Was one of the six hundred, at Balaklava in 1854.
WHITE MARCUS C .- Age, 34 years. Enlisted, September 12, 1862, at Lockport, to serve three years; mustered in as wag- oner, Co. B, October 22, 1862; discharged for disability, March 20, 1863, at Baltimore, Md.
WRIGHT, GEORGE-Age, 28 years. Enlisted at Buffalo, to serve three years, and mustered in as private, Co. B, February 23, 1865; mustered out with company, Jne 26, 1865, near Wash- ington, D. C.
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COMPANY C, IN ITS INITIAL STAGE
By D. W. Griffis.
Many people in the dark days of 261-65, seemed to take de- light in asserting that the men enlisted in the spirit of adventure, or for the purpose of seeing the country, and having a pleasant outing. Another favorite explanation was that they enlisted for the pay, clothing , rations, etc. The latter is too absurd to notice. The former may be true to a very limited extent.
When the trouble was looked upon as a mere riot, which could be quelled in thirty days or less, no doubt some few wild fellows went to the front for the fun and excitement there was in it. But that idea was soon dissipated, and when the 151st N. Y. was or- ganized, every man knew it was real war. Our regiment was com. posed of exceptionally intelligent men. Every man loved his country and the flag, and he knew his country needed him at the front to help save it from destruction by those in rebellion. In the early summer of 1862, myself and two chums, Henry Scott and Jolm Alpangh, splendid young men of my own age, 19 years, were frequently together and the theme of conversation was al- ways the war. Notwithstanding the fact that I bad an older brother from whom I received letters describing battles and other hardships in which he had participated, and of which we had read in the papers, we were still of the opinion that it was on duty to go and help the boys at the front.
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