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Some of the records of Darby Post, G. A. R., containing the per- sonal history of many of the soldiers from this vicinity, were destroyed by the fire in the Welch Block in 1893, hence, in compiling this article we are compelled to depend on the personal recollection of individuals, always more or less incorrect ; but as it is, we submit it, trusting the reader will consider the many disadvantages under which we have labored.
In writing this military history of Gowanda we should do an injustice if we failed to mention the company of Home Guards that" was organized here, and did duty on many public occasions, and especially added so much enthusiasm and patriotic fervor to many of the war meetings held here.
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This company, of about ninety, was composed of our oldest men, none of whom were probably under the age of 50 or 60 years. It was officered as follows :
Captain, Amasa L. Chaffee, a veteran of the war of 1812; 1st Lieutenant, Levi W. Strope ; 2d Lieutenant, Samuel C. Springer ; Chaplain, Rev. Dr. Lord ; and Chief Musician, Charles Green.
Who that ever heard Mr. Green has forgotten the enthusiasm and . life that he felt himself and made others appreciate, as he played upon his fife.
This company of men had the respect and confidence of our citizens, for they were all known to be true Union men, and no per- son would doubt that they would, had occasion required, have de- fended our homes and loved ones to the full extent of their power. They watched the result of the nation's struggle with the deepest interest, and rejoiced with hearts overflowing with joy and gladness when victory crowned our armies. Who can estimate the good, and the influence for good, and the upholding of loyal sentiments, that such organizations accomplished in those trying years ?
Col. Thomas J. Parker was instrumental in organizing the 64th Regiment, probably as good a regiment as went from this State. The history of the 64th New York would almost be the history of the Army of the Potomac, for they were engaged in all of its campaigns and were engaged in nearly all its battles.
Col. Parker went to Elmira, August 27, 1861, to complete the organization of the 64th. September 1st, Co. A, of the 64th, went to Elmira from this village and was mustered into the United States Army, December 10, 1861. The first battle this regiment was en- gaged in was at Fair Oaks, Va.
About twenty-five young men from this village were members of the 72d N. Y. Volunteers, five companies of which were recruited from Chautauqua County. The 72d was in all the battles of the Peninsular Campaign, under Mcclellan, in 1862, and was attached to Sickles' Brigade, Hooker's Division, 3d Army Corps, and fought at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1, 2 and 3, 1863, under the command of Gen. Daniel E. Sickles. In the spring of 1864 the 3d and 2d army corps were consolidated, and after that served under Gen. Grant until the , surrender of Gen. Lee at Appomattox.
August 12. 1862, the Persia, Gowanda, Perrysburgh and Dayton members of the 154th Regiment left Perrysburgh depot for James-
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town, to the number of thirty, where they were rendezvoused for some time.
While there the Battle of Antietam was fought, and won, by the Union forces under Gen. McClellan. The people of the North were correspondingly elated, and it was claimed in some quarters that the war would soon close and that the 154th would see no actual service.
What followed proved this conclusion was erroneous.
The first battle in which the 154th was engaged was at Chancel- lorsville. After the Battle of Gettysburg, the 154th was transferred to the western army, the 11th and 12th corps were consolidated, and formed the 20th corps, and were under command of " Fighting Joe" Hooker. This corps joined the army of Gen. Sherman at Chat- tanooga, Tenn., and was engaged in the battles of Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge, and was with Sherman in his Atlanta campaign, and finally went with him in his world-renowned march to the sea.
Frank Sisson was the first man from this village to be killed in battle, and Henry Darby the last one. He was killed in the last, or very near the last, engagement of the war, in fact, it is claimed by many that he was the last man shot in an engagement with the Con- federates.
To compile anything like a correct roster of the men engaged in the late war, just from this locality, requires a large amount of work : information, sometimes incorrect, has to be obtained from sources other than official records.
I believe this roster of the men from this locality is more complete than any before furnished, although it is not claimed to be entirely correct. The following is the roster :
AVERILL, JEROME, Co. A, 154th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted August 14, 1862. Discharged March, 1863. Wounded.
AUSTIN, IRVIN E., 100th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted January 1, 1861. 3 years.
AVERILL, WEBSTER, Co. D, 72d -N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted May 27, 1861. Killed at Malvern Hill, Va.
ALVERSON, ANSON, Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted November, 1861.
ALBRO, JEROME, Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted January, 1862. Died Camp Convalescent April 4, 1863.
BROWN, EDWIN, Corp., 100th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted October 11, 1861. Died from wounds May 29, 1862.
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BACON, ESEK. P., Co. B, 154th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted July, 1862. 3 years.
BARR, GEO. W., Surgeon, Co. B, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted November 20, 1861. 3 years. Now at Titusville, Pa.
BECK, FRED, Co. E, 72d N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted May 27, 1861. 3 years. Now at Spring Creek, Pa.
BAKER, HENRY, Co. E, 72d N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted May 27, 1861.
3 years. At Leon, N. Y.
BAILEY, FRANK, Co. E, 72d N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted May 27, 1861. 3 years.
BURNS, WILLIAM, Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September, 1861. Killed at Coffee Hill, Va., October, 1863.
BURK, EBED M., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September, 1861. 3 years. Re-enlisted as Veteran Volunteer.
BURK, ALBERT D., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September, 1861. Died in hospital, Virginia.
CHAFFEE, NEWTON A., Co. B, 154th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted Sep- tember 2, 1862. Promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant. 3 years. CONGDON, GEO. B., Co. B, 154th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted August 14, 1862. 1 year.
CAMP, WILLOUGHBY, Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted Septem- ber, 1861. 3 years.
CHASE, ARNOLD P., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted Septem- ber, 1861. 3 years. Promoted to Captain.
COWDRY, ALBERT, Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September, 1861. Transferred to Invalid Corps November, 1863.
DARBY, HENRY A., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted Septem- ber 16, 1861. Promoted to Captain. Killed in battle Potomac River, Va., April 8, 1865.
DARBY, ALBERT, 1st Lieutenant Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. En- listed September 16, 1861. 3 years. Discharged as Captain. EMERY, FRANK, Co. E, 72d N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted May 27, 1861. 3 years. Lives at Reading, Mich.
FOLEY, PATRICK, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September 20, 1861. Discharged for disability. Re-enlisted as Sergeant 154th N. Y. Infantry, September, 1862. Lives at Leon.
FARNSWORTH, MARVIN F., Co. D, 72d N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted May . 27, 1861. Discharged July, 1862, for disability.
Fox, JOHN, Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September, 1861. 3 years. Now at Buffalo.
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GEIRING, MATHIAS, 97th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted August, 1863. Served till close of war.
GARDNER, CLAYTON A., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted Sep- tember 23, 1862. Killed at Battle of Gettysburg July 3, 1863. GRANNIS, CASSIUS E., 116th N. Y. Infantry. 3 years. Now lives in Chicago.
GRIFFITH, THOMAS, 116th N. Y. Infantry. Killed at siege of Port Hudson.
HENRY, WILLIAM W., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted Sep- tember 16, 1861. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. Discharged for disability May, 1863.
HALL, CHARLES, Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September 16, 1861. Discharged November, 1862. Disability.
HENRY, JAMES E., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September 16, 1861. Died at Yorktown, Va., May 4, 1862.
HALL, WILLIS G., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September 16, 1861. Died of wounds at South Mountain, Va., December 28, 1862.
HOWARD, GEORGE M., 18th Iowa Infantry. Enlisted April 13, 1862. Discharged for wounds August, 1862. Served also 6 months in Mexican War in 10th N. Y. Infantry.
HOWE, RALPH P., Co. D, 72d N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September, 1862. Leg shot off in front of Petersburgh, Va. Lives at Washington, D. C.
HURDLEY, JOHN B., Co. A. 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted Septem- ber, 1861. Transferred to Invalid Corps November, 1863. Lives at Minneapolis, Minn.
HURDLEY, DANIEL W., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted Sep- tember, 1861. Promoted to Major. 3 years.
HENRY, LEWIS W., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted Septem- ber, 1861. Discharged June, 1862, for disability.
HENRY, HIRAM F., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted October, 1861. Discharged as musician, by order War Department, Sep- tember, 1862. ( Proprietor Hi Henry's Minstrels. )
HOWARD, GEORGE W., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted Sep- tember, 1861. Discharged as musician, by order War Depart- ment, September, 1862.
KAVANAUGH, JAMES, Co. D, 72d N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted under name of James K. Palmer, May 27, 1861. Discharged June 21, 1864. Taken prisoner at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. Con-
RESIDENCE OF HON. J. M. CONGDON, CHESTNUT STREET.
RESIDENCE OF J. A. BESTRUP, ERIE AVENUE,
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fined at Libby and Belle Isle, Richmond, Va. Released on parole, December 23, 1863. Wounded at Richmond, August 24, 1863.
KERR, ALBERT D., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September, 1861. Promoted to Lieutenant. Wounded at Bristol Station, Va. Discharged order War Department.
KRAMER, CHRIST, Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September, 1861. Discharged February 26, 1863, for disability.
LOCKE, EMERSON, Co. B, 154th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September, 1862. 3 years. On editorial staff of Buffalo Courier.
LINDSLEY, RICHARD, Co. E, 72d N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted May 27, 1861. 3 years.
LORD, ALBERT A., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted Septem- ber, 1861.
MATTHEWS, HENRY, 90th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September 13, 1864. 1 year.
MATTHEWSON, JAMES M., Sergt. Co. K, 154th N. Y. Infantry. En- listed August 31, 1862. 3 years.
MATTHEWS, JOHN, Co. L, 10th N. Y. Cavalry. Enlisted August 9, 1862. Served 2 years, 3 months.
MATTHEWS, JOSEPH F., Co. L, 10th N. Y. Cavalry. Enlisted August 9, 1862. Discharged July 31, 1865, order War Department.
MATTHEWS, FRANK, Co. D, 72d N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted May 27, 1861. Died in lower Maryland winter of 1861.
MORGAN, BENJ. F., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted Septem- ber, 1861.
MANHART, GEORGE, Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted Septem- ber, 1861.
MANHART, LYMAN, Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted Septem- ber, 1861.
MORGAN, JOHN W., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted Septem- ber, 1861. Transferred to Invalid Corps.
MCCUTCHEON, EDWARD T., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September, 1861. Served 3 years and 6 months. Promoted to Captain. Prisoner 9 months in Charleston and Columbia, S. C., and Macon and Savannah, Ga.
MILLER, -, Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September, 1861. MYERS, CHAS., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September, 1861. OGLIVIE, ALEX., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September, 1861.
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PLACE, THOS. S., 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September, 1861. 3 years.
PARKER, THOS. J., Colonel 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted Septem- ber 16, 1861. Resigned October, 1862.
PERSONS, KIMBLE, Co. L, 10th N. Y. Cavalry. Enlisted August 9, 1862. Killed in Battle of Wilderness.
PROSSER, EMMET, Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September, 1861. 3 years.
PALMER, GEO. A., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted Septem- ber, 1861. 3 years.
PARKER, JAMES W., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted Septem- ber, 1861.
PALMER, FRANK G., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted Septem- ber, 1861.
RUSSELL, WM. W., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted Septem- ber, 1861. 3 years. Promoted to Lieutenant.
RICH, JOSHUA, 154th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September 6, 1862. 3 years.
ROLLER, W.M. W., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September 16, 1861. Promoted to Lieutenant and Captain. Resigned January, 1865, on account of wounds. Resides at Salida, Col. RUGG, CORYDON C., Assistant Surgeon, 154th N. Y. Infantry. En- listed November 3, 1862. 3 years. ( No braver man and no more tender hearted and obliging officer than he was in the army.
Loved by all who knew him. ) Died at Jamestown, N. Y.
RECTOR, FRANKLIN, Co. B, 154th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted August 15, 1862. 3 years.
RUSSELL, RANSOM, Co. B, 154th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted August 12, 1862.
RUDD, GEORGE, Co. L, 10th N. Y. Cavalry. Enlisted August 9, 1862. Discharged for injuries received just after battle of Fred- ericksburg.
ROFFEY, W.M. T., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September, 1861. 3 years.
ROFFEY, WM. HENRY, Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted Janu- ary, 1862.
STATTS, WM. H., Corporal, 72d N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted May 27, 1861. Discharged June, 1864.
SHELMADINE, B. B., 154th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September 16, 1862. Killed at Battle of Chancellorsville.
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STATTS, THOS. J., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September 18, 1861. Died in prison at Salisbury, N. C., January 18, 1864. STONE, JOHN S., Co. B, 154th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted July 21, 1862. 3 years.
STONE, PETER, Co. K, 154th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted August 20, 1862. 3 years.
SPRINGER, HORATIO, Co. E, 72d N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted May 27, 1861. 3 years. Promoted to Lieutenant.
SMITH, GEO. F., Co. E, 72d N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted May 27, 1861, as fifer. Discharged 1863 ; disability.
SISSON, FRANK S., Co. D, 72d N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted May, 1861.
Killed at Battle of Williamsburg, Va., May, 1862.
SMITH, BENJ. F., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September, 1861.
SHERMAN, JOB, Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September, 1861.
STEVENS, LYMAN F., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted October, 1861. Discharged November, 1862 ; disability.
SHIPPY, ALFRED H., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted October, 1861. Died, Fairfax Seminary, April 10, 1862.
SAVAGE, JOSEPH L., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted Septem- ber, 1861. Lost arm at Chancellorsville, Va. Promoted to Sergeant-Major.
TORRANCE, STILES C., 103d Ohio Infantry. Enlisted August, 1862. 3 years.
TORRANCE, GEORGE S., 72d N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted May, 1861. Discharged July, 1863 ; disability.
TYRER, GEORGE, Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September 18, 1861. Killed in Virginia.
TYRER, THEO., Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September 18, 1861. 3 years.
TWOGUNS, NOAH, Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted October, 1862. 1 year.
VINCENT, HIRAM, Sergeant Co. K, 154th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted August 31, 1862. Died in prison at Richmond, Va., February 9, 1864. Taken prisoner at Chancellorsville.
WILBOR, CHARLES H., Co. E, 72d N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted May 26, 1861. Discharged June. 1864.
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WILKINSON, BENJAMIN, Sergeant Co. K, 154th N. Y. Infantry. En- listed August 30, 1862. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. WALLER, DANIEL, 1st N. Y. D. G. Enlisted February 24, 1864. Died of disease March 17, 1865.
WHITE, ORLANDO, Co. K, 154th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted August 11, 1862. 3 years. Now at Cattaraugus, N. Y.
WILKINS, FRANKLIN, Co. B, 154th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted August 14, 1862. 3 years.
WRIGHT, ABRAHAM, Co. B, 154th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted August 14, 1862.
WALKER, JESSE L., Co. E, 72d N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted May 22, 1862. Discharged June 21, 1864.
WASHBURN, RUFUS, Captain Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September, 1861. Wounded at Battle of Antietam. Lives at Irving, N. Y.
WHIPPLE, OSCAR F, Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted Sep- tember, 1861. Discharged for disability. Now lives at Buffalo, N. Y.
WILCOX, JAMES, Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September, 1861. 3 years and 6 months.
WALLER, MYRON, Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September, 1861. Discharged at Ft. McHenry for disability. YOUNGS, HENRY, CO. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September, 1861. Died in hospital, Virginia.
YOUNGS, JOHN, Co. A, 64th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September, 1861. Died in hospital, Virginia.
Record of veterans now or after the war residents of this village, but who lived, and enlisted, elsewhere :
WHITE, FRANK, from Perrysburgh, Co. H, 90th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted September, 1863.
ARNOLD, SILAS H., from Aurora, N. Y., Co. B, 116th N. Y. Infantry. YOUNGS, WILLIAM H., from Hamburgh, N. Y., Co. A, 116th N. Y. Infantry.
PHELPS, DUDLEY, from Allegany, N. Y., Co. C, 154th N. Y. Infan- try. Enlisted Angust 6, 1862. 3 years.
DORSEY, HENRY W., from Canandaigua, N. Y., Co. F, 20th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted June 22, 1864.
TAYLOR, FRANK W., from Collins, 10th N. Y. Cavalry.
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GAUGER, CHARLES W., from Buffalo, 15th N. Y. H. A., Co. I. En- listed August 14, 1863. 2 years, 2 months.
BROWN, GEORGE P., from Coldspring, Co. A, 154th N. Y. Infantry. Enlisted July 24, 1862.
MALTBIE, JULIUS B., Capt. Co. C, 64th N. Y. Infantry, from Otto, N. Y.
ARLIN, W.M. H., from Fremont, O. Enlisted spring of 1862, Co. A, 11th Ohio Infantry. 14 months. Re-enlisted in 3d Ohio Cav- alry. Mustered out at Columbus, O., June, 1865.
KING. RANSOM G., from Collins, N. Y. Enlisted 1861, 10th N. Y. Cavalry. 3 years.
BABCOCK, HORACE, from Weyauwega, Wis., as Surgeon 2d Wisconsin Infantry. Enlisted December, 1862. Resigned October, 1863, for disability.
CROSS, SILAS B., from Otto, N. Y., 9th N. Y. Cavalry.
The following were born and lived for some time in this village, but lived at time of war, and enlisted, elsewhere :
HENRY and LEONARD PIERCE, brothers, both served in a Pennsylvania regiment, and without doubt died in the service.
ALFRED DAVIS, enlisted from Reading, Mich .; died in the service. LAWRENCE TOEPP, enlisted 1864; wounded, discharged at close of the war. Died at Gowanda April 29, 1877, aged 40 years.
JOHN DONLY, Co. K, 154th N. Y. Infantry, served 3 years. Taken prisoner at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863. Wounded at Rocky Face Ridge, Tenn. Lives at Jamestown, N. Y.
JOHN M. HENRY, Lieut. 154th N. Y. Infantry. Served 3 years. Taken prisoner at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863. Confined in Southern prisons 22 months. Died at Fond du Lac, Wis.
During the War of the Rebellion so much of public interest was occurring, that to receive more than passing notice an incident must be of more than usual interest.
Co. A, of the 64th Regiment N. Y. Vols., was recruited largely from this locality, and naturally the departure of this company for , the seat of war was a matter of deep interest to the people of this vicinity, so much so that the ladies of the village prepared a flag. which was presented to the company.
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The following account of what took place on that occasion is taken from the Gowanda Reporter, under date of September 20, 1861 :
PRESENTATION OF A BANNER TO CO. A BY THE LADIES OF GOWANDA - DEPARTURE OF THE COMPANY FOR ELMIRA - GRAND DEMON- STRATION BY THE PEOPLE !
The ceremony of presenting a flag to Co. A by the ladies was interesting in the extreme. The members of the company began to assemble early in the day (Saturday) to arrange for an election of officers, which was appointed to take place at one o'clock. Long before that hour the relatives and friends of the recruits, together with a large number of other persons, came in to assist in the ovation. After the election was held, Lieut. Woodward formed the company in line in front of the armory, where each man was furnished with a musket, and thus equipped, for the first time assumed something of " the pomp and circumstance of glorious war." The Gowanda brass band was in attendance, and to the stirring notes of Hail, Columbia ! the company marched to the encampment on Jamestown Street, and, after remaining there a short time, the company, headed by the band, marched to the square in front of the Barker House, where the flag was presented, and the company addressed by Miss Hattie Davis, on the part of the ladies, as follows :
" The ladies of Gowanda and vicinity take much pleasure at this time in presenting to you the Flag of our Country -the emblem of the Union as our fathers gave it into our hands, and we commit it to you to bear on the field of battle, where Treason has raised her fratri- cidal arm to strike a death blow to the foundations of the sacred Temple of Liberty, and it is with much satisfaction and heartfelt gratitude that we see you standing bravely forth in its defense.
" Take, then, this flag, which we entrust to your hands, feeling cer- tain, as we do, that it will return with you from victory ; and when on the battlefield may it remind you of home and friends who are anxiously and prayerfully awaiting your honorable return, when our country shall be rescued from the hands of traitors who seek to despoil us of our fair inheritance.
"Hoping to meet all of you again, in our country's name, we thank you for the love which you show for it in thus going forth to its rescue. We commend you to God, and may He watch over you and crown your efforts with success, so that future generations may
THE BARKER HOUSE.
NºC. ITMAN
M. H. BARKER, PROPRIETOR, CORNER OF MAIN AND WATER STREETS,
.NEW YORK. GOWANDA :0:
Mr. Barker having again assumed the proprietorship of this large and commodious House. is prepared to en- tertain the travelling community, and all who may favor him with their patronage, in good style.
" An Express leaves this House twice a day for Dayton Depot, N. Y. & E. R. R. Passengers conveyed to any place desired by Livery. Gowanda, March 11, 1859. n3ett
Reprodneed from GOWANDA REPORTER of March 15, 1859.
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honor you even as we do our forefathers; and may our flag again wave in triumph and peace over every portion of our beloved country."
This address was received by the company with tremendous cheering.
A patriotic song was sung by the glee club, under the supervision of H. Johnson, when Mr. Daniel Hurdley responded on the part of the company, in the following address :
" LADIES AND GENTLEMEN :
" In behalf of the company, which has been doubly honored in the presentation of this beautiful banner by the ladies of Gowanda, I arise as their representative in the performance of a task, the sub- limity and delicacy of which has never been equalled within the shades of our native valley. Situated as we have been heretofore, in the enjoyment of domestic tranquility, and surrounded by true- hearted friends whose kindness has been most nobly manifested this evening, we must acknowledge, in severing these bonds of friendship and ties of kindred, that the fount of our emotions has many a sigh to heave, and many a tear to shed. But, friends, while we regret to part with so many of you for an uncertain period, we go with the assurance that your hopes and prayers are ever to be with us and our cause ; and while upon the tented field, far removed from the cher- ished scenes of other days, we gaze with pride upon that noble emblem of our country - also of your love and affection. Memory will recall the long-to-be-remembered scenes - these friends and this feeling - and nerve us with a courage unsurpassed by the defenders of Thermopyla.
" Be assured, friends, that your generosity and kindness to this company clustered here to witness it, will never, no, never, be for- gotten by the humblest of its members, but will continue to live and ripen long after the sods have become green over the grave of Secession.
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" In the name of my companions, I tender to you our united thanks, from hearts overflowing with gratitude, for this noble gift. Truly, now, do we begin to realize the meaning the poet so beau- tifully expressed :
. Flag of the free hearts, hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ; Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven.'
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" And now, friends, this is the last occasion we may ever have of seeing your familiar faces, or of meeting you again ; we leave you with our best wishes for your success, your prosperity, and your felicity.
"And now, ladies, once more receive the heartfelt thanks of the company for your beautiful gift. With these words we bid you a reluctant yet affectionate farewell."
Further speeches were made by Rev. C. B. Lord, Dr. Wilson, Messrs. Torrance, Woodbury and Hickox, when the proceedings were closed and the crowd dispersed.
Monday was the time appointed for Co. A to leave, and at noon the members were invited by the patriotic proprietor of the Barker House to dine at his hotel, an invitation which was gladly accepted.
At one o'clock the command was formed in line, and, escorted by the Home Guard, numbering 40 muskets, started for the railroad station.
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