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So far as we are able to learn, Dr. Samuel Redfield, who was the first physician of Dayton, and was the only resident who was a soldier of the Revolutionary War. He enlisted from Old Guilford, Conn. ; came to Dayton in 1821, and died here in 1836.
The following residents of Dayton were soldiers of the war of 1812-1815. William Hall served a few days in Capt. Moss' New York Company; Thomas Newcomb, Ebenezer Roberts served under Capts. Lilly and Campbell, he received bounty lands; Alanson Wilcox.
Mexican War: Oscar F. Winship.
WAR OF THE REBELLION.
The real military history of the town of Dayton commenced in 1861. And it is a history of which her people may well be proud. From the time when the President's first call for men was made known until the death of the great Rebellion made further calls unnecessary the young men, the midle-aged men, the old men, the father and the son responded to each appeal with an alacrity and a patriotism not to be excelled. Dayton lost many sons during those years of the nation's peril and all love to honor their names and memory. The following is a complete record of officers, soldiers and seamen, composing the quota of the troops, furnished to the United States by the Town of Dayton.
ROSTER OF SOLDIERS IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION FROM TOWN OF DAYTON.
Badgero, John W .; private, 154 Inf. enlisted Aug. 30, 1862; promoted to 2nd lieutenant, died in the service June 4, 1863.
Brown, Chas. F., Co. H. 44th Inf. Three years.
Bailey, George, Private 54th Inf .; enlisted Sept. 1862; discharged in July 1865. Now a resident of Wesley.
Blair, William W., Corp. 154th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 6, 1862; discharged for disability. Now a resident of Illinois.
Bacon, Esek P., Private, 154th Inf. Enlisted July 21, 1862. Died as a prisoner of war at Andersonville, May 5, 1863.
Darbee, Augustus, Private, 64th Inf. Enlisted Dec. 16, 1861; discharged Oct. 1864. Resides at Cottage.
Darbee Henry, Private 44th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 30, 1861. Killed at Malvern Hill.
Darbee, Horace, Private 154th Inf. Enlisted Aug. 1862. Discharged Aug. 1865. Died in Michigan.
Gregg, Adgate T., Private 44th. Inf. Enlisted Sept. 1861. Discharged in 1865. Resides at Dayton.
Hooker, Hull, Private 44th. Inf. Enlisted Sept. 1861. Killed in Seven Days Battle.
Hull, Jason, C. K., 154th Inf. Enlisted in Sept. 1862; discharged ----. Died in Pennsylvania.
Hull, Marvin, Private 44th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 1861. Died in Service.
Hull, Samuel, Private 112th Inf. Enlisted Aug. 1862. Killed at Petersburg, March 23, 1864.
Hullet, Marcus, Private 154th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 10, 1862. Discharged in 1865.
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Hall, Charles W., Private 154th Inf. Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862. Promoted to Corporal. Discharged Sept. 1865. Resides at Wesley.
Hunt Leonard, Private 154th. Inf. Enlisted Sept. 1862. Discharged September 1865. Resides at Perrysburg.
Howlett, Horace, Private 154th Inf. Enlisted Aug. 1862. Discharged Aug. 1865. Resides at Cottage.
Hammond, David, 187th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 1864. No record.
Haupt, Charles, Co. K. 154th Inf Enlisted Sept. 1.1862. Three years. Hubbard, Philander, Private 154th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 1862. Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. Discharged on account of disability June 1863. Died in Michigan.
Hooker, Leroy, J., Private 44th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 1861; discharged for disability in 1862. Resides at Washington, D. C.
Haggerdon, Henry, Private 154th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 1862. Resides at South Dayton.
Inman, Burt, Private 44th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 1861. Promoted to Corporal. Discharged in 1864. Resides in Dayton.
Inman, Harvey, Private 154th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 1862. Died at Cottage. Johnson, Erwin, Private 44th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 1861. Promoted to Corporal. Discharged at expiration of term.
Johnson, Calvin S , Private 154th Inf. Enlisted Aug. 30, 1862. Died of disease June 17, 1864.
Jolls, Jerome, Private 64th Inf. Enlisted for three years. Served fourteen months. Resides at Dayton.
Johnson, Giles N., Private 154th Inf. Enlisted July 1862. Promoted to Sergeant. Discharged on account of wounds May 1864. Resides at Cottage. Le Barron, Sylvester, Private 111th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 1864. Discharged Sept. 1865. Resides at Meadville, Pa.
LeBarron, Hiram, Private 90th Inf. Enlisted Feb. 1, 1864. Discharged in 1865. Died at Cherry Creek June 29, 1889.
Lafferty, Wiley, Private 64th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 11, 1861. Discharged Feb. 1863. Died at Cottage, July 2, 1900.
Luce, Israel, Private 44th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 1861. Discharged at expiration of term.
Markham, Sylvanus, Private 44th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 1861. Discharged and re-enlisted in sharpshooters. Resides at Balcom.
Markham, Philo A., Corp. 154th. Enlisted Sept. 1862. Discharged Oct. 1865. Resides at Dayton.
Mayer, John, Private 44th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 5, 1861. Killed at Fredericksburg.
Markham. Aaron, Private 44th Inf. Enlisted Jan. 1862. Killed at Petersburg, June 19, 1864.
Merrill, Brazilla, Private Co. K .. 154th Inf. Enlisted Aug. 30. 1862. Killed in Battle of Chancellorsville May 3, 1863. Father and son both killed in Battle of Chancellorsville.
Matteson, David, Private 154th Inf. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862, Discharged in Feb. 1865. Resides at Dayton.
Merrill. Alva C , Private Co. K. 154th Inf. Enlisted July 28, 1862. Killed at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863.
Merrill, Wilbur, Sergeant 44th Inf. Enlisted Sept 6, 1861. Discharged at expiration of term. Resides at Perrysburg.
Newcomb, George W., Private 154th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 30, 1862 Starved to death in Libby Prison.
Nash, Clinton D., Private 9th Cavalry. Enlisted 1861. Died at Yorktown, April 1862.
Nash, Heart E., Private Co. A., 64th N. Y. Vols. Enlisted Oct. 1862.
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Nash, Clayton S , 13th Wisconsin Vols. Enlisted May 1862. 10 months in Cawhawber (Ala. ) prison.
Oakes, William R , Private 90th Inf. Enlisted Aug. 1864. Discharged in May 1865. Resides at Ellington.
Parkes. Anson N., Private Co. B, 154th. Enlisted Sept 24, 1862. Died at Chattanooga.
Prosser, Emmett R., Private 64th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 1861. Discharged in 1864. Died recently in ----
Oakes. John F., Private 112th Inf. Enlisted Aug 27, 1862. Wounded at Cold Harbor and Fort Fisher. Discharged June 1865. Resides at South Dayton.
Real, George, Private Co. B, 154th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 1862. Discharged on account of wounds in 1863. Resides at Wheeling, Livingston County, Missouri.
Randall, Henry, Private 154th Inf. Enlisted July 26, 1862. Discharged in Aug. 1865. Died at Cottage.
Rice, Henry T., Private 44th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 1861. Discharged on account of wounds 1862. Resides at South Dayton.
Robinson, Horace, Private 154th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 1862. Discharged at expiration of term. Died at Cottage.
Randall, Harvey, Private 154th Inf. Enlisted July 1862. Died in the service.
Stewart, Ira B., Private 64th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 10, 1861. Discharged in 1864. Resides at Ellis, Iowa.
Snyder, John, Private 154th Inf. Markham.
Enlisted Sept. 1862. Died at
Strickland, Chester, Private 154th Inf. Enlisted Aug. 1862. Discharged in Sept. 1863. Resides at Perrysburg.
Seeker, Wm. H., Private 154th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 1, 1862. Died in service Oct. 14, 1863.
Stone, John S., Private 154th Inf. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Killed in battle at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863
Shults, Edward, Co. K, 154th Inf. Enlisted Aug. 30, 1862. Died Washington, D. C., Feb. 21, 1864. Schneider, John G., No record. Ulmer, Jacob, Private 154th N. Y. Enlisted Sept. 1862. Discharged Oct. 1863.
Vosburg, Emory K., Private 154th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 1862. Died of disease Jan. 26, 1863.
Wells, John L., Private 64th Inf. Enlisted Oct. 3, 1861. Died of wounds June 22, 1862.
Wiegand, Frederick, Private 154th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 1862. Discharged in 1863. Resides at Markham.
Wolf, William, Private 154th. Enlisted Sept. 1862. Resides at Fair Plain.
Discharged in 1865.
Wheelock, Theodore, Private 154th Inf. Enlisted Sept. 27, 1862. Discharged in 1865. Died at Fredonia, Dec. 30, 1898. Wickham, Cullen J., Private 112th Inf. Enlisted Aug. 1862. Discharged in 1865. Resides at Foster Brook, Pa.
Wilson, Thomas, Private 115th Inf. Enlisted Jan. 4, 1864. Discharged in July 1865. Resides in California,
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PRESENT RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF DAYTON ENLISTED FROM OTHER TOWNS.
Shults, Charles, Private Co. 1, 37th Reg. Enlisted May 14, 1861. Discharged June 23, 1863. Resides at South Dayton.
Wood, Daniel T., Sergeant Co. K, 64th N. Y. Vols. Enlisted Sept. 14, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, right arm shattered. Discharged Sept. 21, 1863. Resides at South Dayton.
Palmer, Jerome L., Private Co 1, 9th Indiana Cal. Enlisted Oct. 15, 1863. Discharged March 15, 1866. Resides at South Dayton.
Persons, Levi, Private Co. F., 154th Inf. Enlisted Aug. 29, 1862. Discharged 1863. Resides at South Dayton.
Mason, Henry C., Private promoted to Corporal Co. C, 64th. Enlisted Sept. 16, 1861. Discharged Sept. 3, 1862. Resides near South Dayton.
Stafford, Frank J., Private 49th N. Y. Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Discharged May 16, 1865. Resides at South Dayton.
Hulett, Andrew J., Musician Co C, 112th. Enlisted 1862. Discharged July -. Resides at South Dayton.
McCune, John, Private Co. F., 4th Heavy Artillery. Enlisted Dec. 28, 1864. Discharged Sept. 1865. Resides at South Dayton.
Remington, G. P., Private Co. C, 64th. Enlisted April 29, --. Discharged- Resides at Markham.
Whipple, B. A., Co K, 112th. Enlisted May 11, 1862. Several times promoted. Discharged Oct. 20, 1865. Resides at South Dayton.
Essex, John, Private Co. C, 112th enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Discharged Aug. 2, 1863. Resides at South Dayton.
Traber, Christopher, Private 96th N. Y. Enlisted in 1864. Discharged in 1865. Resides at Dayton.
Wood, Alonzo, Private 9th N. Y. Calv. Enlisted 1864. Discharged 1864. Resides at Dayton.
Crowell, Charles H., Private Co. H, 100th N. Y. Enlisted in 1861. Discharged in 1862. Resides at Dayton.
Howard, Dr. C, Co. E, 50th N. Y. Vols. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1864. Discharged July 1865. Resides at Dayton.
Parke, Porter A., Private Co. K, 25th Wisconsin Vols. Enlisted- Discharged Feb. 16, 1865. Resides at Wesley.
Hall, Amos M., Private Co. A, 16th Vermont. Enlisted Aug. 16, 1862. Discharged Aug. 1863. Resides at Dayton.
Ashdown, Jas., Private Co. B, 111th. Enlisted July 1862. Discharged June 1865. Wounded, and served five months in Libby Prison. Resides at Dayton.
Parke, Andrew G., Sergeant Co. B, 154th. Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Discharged June 17, 1865. Resides at Wesley.
Green, Abner D., Private 110th N. Y. Vols. Enlisted Aug. 1864. Discharged Sept. 2, 1865. Resides at Dayton.
George, Nicholas, Corporal 100th Regiment. Enlisted 1861. Discharged in 1866. Resides at Dayton.
F. H. BAILEY.
Dayton is represented in the United States Navy in the person of Frank H. Bailey, Lieutenant Commander, U. S. N. Bureau of Steam Engineering, with headquarters at Washington, D. C. Lieutenant Bailey was born at Elk Creek, Erie County, Pennsylvania, in June 1851. Soon after he moved with his mother to Gowanda, where he resided until he was fifteen years of age. Since that time when off duty he has resided here and at Gowanda, owning an elegant home at the latter place. On December 28, 1881, he was married
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to Miss Anna Markham, daughter of the late Henry J. Markham, of Markham. They have four children, two sons and two daughters, and all are now residing at Washington, D. C. He was educated in Scio College, Ohio, and in that institution showed remarkable proficiency in mathematics. Though the influence of a. Senator from Ohio he received the appointment to the Annapolis Naval Academy from which institution he graduated with high honors. Four years were spent in Washington as Chief of the Bureau of Engineers, and it is a noteworthy fact that with one exception the engines designed under his supervison, proved perfect and have stood the test of war.
FRANK H. BAILEY,
Lieutenant=Commander United States Navy.
During Lieutenant Bailey's service in the navy he has spent considerable time abroad, and of course is familiar with many interesting phases of foreign life. Some time before the declaration of war he was assigned to duty on board the ship Newark which cruised about the Cuban coast in search of filibustering expeditions. He was assigned to duty on the Raleigh in time to participate in the great naval parade in New York in honor of the unveiling of the Grant Monument. He remained on the Raleigh and after an extended cruise, joined the Asiatic squadron. As a member of that squadron his ship was the first to fire a shot on the memorable morning in May when the fleet steamed into Manilla harbor in search of the Spanish ships.
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44th N. Y. VOLUNTEERS.
On the death of the gallant officer Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth a few patriotic people of Albany, N. Y., conceived the plan of raising a regiment of select men in his honor. Circulars were according sent into every town and ward in the State embodying the proposed plan. It was provided that each applicant for admissions into the regiment must be under thirty years of age, at least five feet eight inches tall, unmarried, temperate, of good moral character, bring credentials that he represented some town or ward in the State of New York and pay into the regimental fund $100.00. The circular also provided
-From Photo, 1864.
COL. E. A. NASH.
that applicants for admission should meet at Albany on the Sth day of August, 1861. A few days before that day a meeting was held in the hotel of Leonard Metzker at Markham, for the purpose of choosing a representative for the town of Dayton. It was the first war meeting held in the town and was largely attended. The Battle of Bull Run had been fought and lost. The patriotic sons of Dayton seized upon the first opportunity to put themselves on record in favor of the perpetuity of the government. They did not take any backward steps during the war. There were several competitors for the honor of being Dayton's representative. It was a worthy ambition to aspire to represent
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such a people in such a cause. The meeting was organized by making Hon. N. M. Allen, Chairman, and A. M. DeLong, Secretary. The choice of the candidate was by ballot. Eugene A. Nash, a recent graduate from the Albany Law School was chosen. Proper credentials were prepared and $100.00 were at once raised, to pay the entrance fee into the regiment. Dayton's representative was admitted into the regiment and served something over three years. The regiment was called the 44th N. Y. Vols., or People's Ellsworth Regiment. Before leaving the barracks at Albany he was commissioned 2nd lieutenant. After the Battle at Hanover Court House he was appointed acting adjutant of the regiment. After the seven days fight he was promoted to the rank of Captain for gallant and meritorious conduct. During the winter of 1862-63 he was appointed assistant inspector General of the third brigade, 1st division and 5th corps. In the spring of 1864 he passed an exam- ination by Casey's Board and received the appointment of Lt. Colonel U.S.C T., and thereafter received an order from the war department to take command of the 23rd U. S. C T. Before receiving that order he was severely wounded and unable to enter that service. It is proper in this connection to state that the plan of the organization of the 44th N. Y. Vols. was so far changed before its completion that more than one representative might be received from the same town or ward, provided the other qualifications were adhered to. The following are the names of the additional members who joined the regiment, from the town of Dayton. Henry Darbee, John Meyer, Aaron Markham, Hull Hooker, Henry T. Rice, Charles H. Blair, H. Burt Inman, Adgate T. Gregg, Ervin E. Johnson, Wilbur H. Merrill, Sylvanus Markham, Charles Brown, Marvin Hull, Israel Luce. The first four of these were killed in battle. Henry T. Rice, Charles H. Blair and Burt Inman were seriously wounded. Luce lost his health and Hull died early in the service. The army contained no better or braver soldiers than these furnished by the town of Dayton. They all belonged to Company H. They honored the town of Dayton and rendered faithful and valiant service in defence of their country's honor and unity.
ECHOES OF THE CONFLICT.
As taken from the files of the Gowanda Reporter under dates given:
February 26, 1862 .- Sergeant W. W. Roller, recruiting officer, advertises for a few able -bodied men for Col. T. J. Parker's 64th Regiment. Pay from $13 to $21 per month and a bounty of $100 in gold.
June 11, '62 .- Report of the battle of Fair Oaks says Col. Parker's horse was shot twice; Harrison Clark and G. Palmer of Collins were killed.
August 13, '62 .- Yesterday afternoon the Perrysburg, Dayton and Persia boys of this Company District left Perrysburg Depot for Jamestown to the number of 30. An appropriate celebration was held in honor of their departure, and a table spread near the depot so laden, as to present the most beautiful sight commonly allotted to the vision of a hungry man. It must have been a feast indeed to our two typos, who are now, or expect shortly to be, members of the glorious U. S. Army.
The names of the volunteers from Dayton and Perrysburg are reported to be, from Dayton : Giles Johnson, Emory Vosburg, Geo. E. Real, Andrew Parke, C. W. Hall, A. C. Merrill, Philo Markham, Henry ----. David
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Mattison, Leonard W. Metzker; from Perrysburg: J. Byron Brown, L. L. Hunt, Henry Randall, Jonas Stafford, John Grow, I. Kelley, B. R. Harvey, Jas. Dallas, Thomas R. Aldrich, Silas W. Bunce and D. W. Hlines.
The militia of the towns of Persia, Perrysburg, Dayton, Leon and New Albion are ordered to meet at Cattaraugus next Monday armed and equipped.
September 3, '62 .- The quotas for the last two calls for troops are as follows: Persia, 40; Perrysburg, 55; Dayton, 40; Otto, 35; and Leon, 44. Dayton has sent her forty men, and three or four more; the whole town is awake, and money pours forth freely. One man, who leaves a large family, receives $43 per month while he is gone in addition to the bounty. Thomas Newcomb alone becomes liable, if the men are required in the service the three years, to pay $1,332, having promised two men he induced to volunteer $12 per month and a third $14.
October 1, '62 .- The Reporter learns from the Jamestown Journal that the 154th Regiment is officered and ready to start. A. G. Rice of Ellicottville is colonel Dr C. C. Rugg of Gowanda, assistant surgeon; N. A. Chaffee of Dayton, quartermaster-sergeant; Orville Bishop of Gowanda, drum major, and Henry Hugaboon of Perrysburg, captam of Company K.
October 22, '62. - A draft has been ordered for November 10th. Wm. Woodbury is the commissioner to superintend the same in Cattaraugus County.
Judge Woodbury gives notice that he will hear claims for exemptions from the towns of Perrysburg, Dayton, Leon, New Albion, Otto and Persia at the Barker House, Gowanda, November 3rd and 4th.
Town officers who give bonds are required to put a 50-cent stamp on their oaths of office.
July 15, '63 .- Contains a report of some of the casualties of the Battle of Gettysburg to men from this vicinity. The report says: Of the 154th but forty remain; the majority of the rest are supposed to be prisoners.
Dr. C. C. Rugg is among the missing, Ralph Howe and J. K. Palmer were taken prisoners, but Howe escaped. The 64th went into the battle with over 200 men and afterwards could account for only eighty-five. Capt. Fuller, Lieutenants Babcock and Lewis were killed, also Clayton A. Gardner.
E. T. Mccutcheon, J. A. Darby, G. W. VanVlack, Benj. H. Smith, Peter Boardway and Andrew Reggles were wounded; Corporals Henry H. Darby and Emmet W. Prosser were reported missing.
Aug. 2, '63 -The Draft for Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties commenced at Dunkirk Monday. The drawing was performed by Patrick Mahon, a blind man and a resident of Dunkirk for the past ten years. Of course there has been no disturbance. Yesterday (Thursday) the drawings commenced for this county. The following were drawn for the town of Dayton : 29 drawn : Wm. B. Smith. Peter Speier, James E. Barker, Peter Bartley, Wm. Perry, Samuel B. Covey, L. Ranlett, E. C. Bartlett, Benj. Shears, William W. Newcomb, John Locke, John Press, John Speier, Joseph Kramer, Jerome Jolls, Gerrit Remington, Oscar English, Mordicai Matteson, Refine Wood, Oliver Stafford, Chas. Wellman, Norman M. Allen, Wash- ington Milks, Michael Frank, William Near, Aaron Hulett, Charles Dressel, Henry T. Rice and Ripley Bentley.
August 5, '63 .- Capt. Albert Darby has tendered his resignation, which is accepted. The rebel ball which he received in his leg at Chancellorville, remains still unextracted, and will probably so continue, as in the case of the veteran Scott, a life-long legacy of the affection of his country's enemies. (Albert Darby was a grandson of Azariah Darby, late of Dayton. )
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CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR.
BY A. W. FERRIN.
Cattaraugus County was ablaze with the patriotic fire during the memorable struggle which opened with the firing upon Fort Sumpter in April, 1861, and closed with Lee's surrender at Appomattox in April, 1865. Every appeal made by President Lincoln met with prompt response from the yeomanry poured forth from our hills and valleys with the firm resolve to make every sacrifice required for the preservation of our Union. Nearly 3,500 men enlisted from the County and followed the flag faithfully through the long and terrible conflict. The County was represented in more than 180 different regiments and there was also a number of Cattaraugus boys in the navy.
A. W. FERRIN.
There were one or more companies in eight different regiments and in two regiments a majority of the companies were raised in this county. The first organizations to leave the County were those afterward known as the Companies H and I of the 37th Regiment, N. Y. Infantry. They were recruited immediately after the firing upon Fort Sumpter under President Lincoln's first call for troops. One company was raised at Allegany by Capt. Luke G Harmon, and the other was raised at Ellicottville by Capt. William T. Clark. The first was called the "Chamberlain Guards" and the other the "Cattaraugus Guards." These organizations left the County May 20, 1861, and at New York were made a part of the 37th regiment. The regiment was in the first battle of Bull Run and served in the Penninsular Campaign in the spring and summer of 1862, participating in the battles of Williamsburg,
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Fair Oaks, Charles City, Cross Roads, and Malvern Hill. It also had a part in the Second battle of Bull Run, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. The 37th was a fighting regiment, and the Cattaraugus Companies always contributed their share to the work which made up its excellent record. The term of enlistment was for two years and the regiment was mustered out in June, 1863. The 64th New York Regiment was the next organization to leave the County. This was a military organization which had been in existence for several years. After the Union disaster at Bull Run, in July, 1861, it became evident that the war was to be of much greater magnitude and of longer duration than had been supposed and when a new call for troops was made, Colonel T. J. Parker promptly tendered the service of the 64th. The offer was accepted and six companies of this county, two from Allegany, and one each from Tioga and Tompkins were mustered into the United States service for three years in November, 1861.
The 64th served in the Penninsular Campaign and its first battle was that of Fair Oaks, where it lost forty men killed and 132 wounded a total of 172. In the Seven Days fight, when Mcclellan made his change of base from the Chickahominy to the James River, the 64th was engaged in the battles of Gaines Hill, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Glendale and Malvern Hill. It was in the battles of South Mountain and Antietam, of Maryland in August 1862, where it lost 50 men in killed and wounded. In Burnsides ill-fated attack upon Fredericksburg, in December 1862, the 64th New York lost 72 men killed and wounded and at Chancellorsville its loss was 44. At Gettysburg the 64th played an important part on the second day of the battle. Its charge through the historic wheatfield, driving back the rebel line of battle for more than half a mile was one of the historical achievements of that day. Out of a fighting force of 187 men the regiment lost 97 a percentage of over 53. The 64th was actively engaged in the Wilderness campaign under Meade and Grant, participating in the engagements at Spotsylvania Court House, Po River, North Anna, Tolopotomy, and Cold Harbor. It was in the siege of Petersburg and in several of the battles which intervened between the capture of Petersburg and the collapse of the Confederacy at Appamattox. During its nearly four years of service lost in killed and those dying of wounds, 301 men. Its total casualties were 873 out of a total enrollment of 1,400 men. Cattaraugus has a right to be proud of the record of the fighting 64th. Cattaraugus furnished two companies of the 9th N. Y. Cavalry which was mustered into the United States service in September 1861. This was one of the crack cavalry regiments of the army of the Potomac, and its battle record is to long for reproduction here. It participated in more than thirty battles and skirmishes. At Gettysburg, the 9th was in the first days of battle and the record on its battle monument, shows that it fought desperately to hold the Rebel army in check while Meade was bringing forward the Union forces, to brake the Confederate power in the final struggle on the following days. The monument stands well to the front on the first line of battle on Seminary Ridge, and is an enduring proof of the valor of the gallant 9th. The regiment lost ninety men in those killed or those dying from wounds and its total casualties during the time of its service were 223.
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