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the Vermont State line, and in 1855 was sold on a mortgage to parties who formed a new company, whose corporate name of Saratoga and Whitehall is now borne by the road.
The second railroad of the county was built in 1851 and 1852, under the name of the Troy and Rutland Railroad, running through the towns of Cambridge, Jackson and Salem to the village of Salem. It was opened June 28, 1852, and then leased by the Rutland and Washington Railroad Company, whose road ran from Salem to Rutland, Vermont. Three years later it passed into the hands of a re- ceiver and was operated in connection with the Albany Northern.
The canal and the remaining pikes of the county now had a formidable rival for the' freight of the one and the freight and passen- gers of the other.
But a dark shadow was falling on railroad and canal alike, and on every farm and shop, and the country from a peace dream of half a century was rudely summoned to meet the shock of civil war.
The latter part of the pike and the canal and railroad periods, stretching for a half cen- tury through peaceful times, were now to be succeeded by the civil war period, that was to become an important chapter in the history of every county in the United States.
CHAPTER XIV.
COMMENCEMENT OF THE CIVIL WAR- REGIMENTAL HISTORIES AND MORTU- ARY LISTS -PEACE.
COMMENCEMENT OF THE CIVIL WAR.
On that dark April day in 1861, when the storm of civil war burst upon the Nation. and the Union was apparently rent in twain, there was no county in the United States more de- votedly loyal to the Federal government than
Washington county, New York. All through the war it gave no uncertain support to the Union, and every call for troops received a prompt support from each town and village.
The county sent its sons by hundreds to the battle-field, but most of them, and in many in- stances, whole companies of them, were en- rolled in regiments recruited in other counties of the State.
One distinctively Washington county regi- ment was in the Federal service, and while its record is one of imperishable glory, yet every company that went in other regiments made for itself a history of splendid and brilliant achievements.
REGIMENTAL HISTORIES. .
We give a brief account of each regiment or some mention of its career, in which were any companies from Washington county.
TWENTY-SECOND NEW YORK INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized June 6, 1861, and being fired on by a Baltimore mob on the 28th, when passing through that city, returned the fire. The 22d fought with great bravery at Second Bull Run, out of which it came with only one hundred men fit for duty. It also fought at South Mountain, Antietam, Chancellors- ville, and Fredericksburg, and was mustered out of the service on June 19, 1863. Capt. Thomas J. Strong became lieutenant-colonel, and Duncan Cameron and Lucius E. Wilson were mustered out as captains of companies G and D.
Four companies of this regiment were re -. cruited in Washington county, as follows :
Company. Recruited. Captain.
B Fort Edward, Robt. E. McCoy.
D . Cambridge, Henry S. Milliman.
G Whitehall, Edmund Boynton.
H. Sandy Hill, Thomas J. Strong.
MORTUARY LIST.
Company G-Capt. H. S. Milliman, Cam- bridge, wounds; Lieut. W. T. Beattie, Sa-
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lem, killed ; Corp. J. W. Arnold, White Creek, died; Sergt. C. S. Eaton, White Creek, died.
Company B-Lieut. D. Lendrum, killed ; Edward Blanchard, Kingsbury, died ; L. Chamberlain, Kingsbury, died; C. H. Bowen, Kingsbury, died ; Rollin Wyman, Kingsbury, killed ; Stephen Podoin, Kings- bury, wound ; James Wythe, Hartford, killed ; G. W. Miner, Hartford, killed ; S. L. Whitney, Kingsbury, killed.
Company D-Louis LaDoo, Fort Ann, killed ; Isaac Plue, Fort Ann, killed.
Company G-L. Y. Johnson, Greenwich, killed ; C. J. Greene, Cambridge, -.
Company D-C. D. Whittaker, Greenwich, died.
FORTY-THIRD NEW YORK INFANTRY.
The 43d was raised in the summer of 1861; suffered terribly in the Peninsular campaign, especially in the Seven Days' Fight ; and bore well its part at Fredericksburg, Chancellors- ville, Gettysburg, and Second Winchester. It was mustered out of the service June 27, 1865.
One company-F -was raised at Sandy Hill and vicinity, under Capt. James C. Rog- ers, and suffered such loss that it finally be- came a part of Company B. No list could be found of its loss. Lieut. Hugh Knicker- bocker, of this company, was killed at Chan- cellorsville, and Sergt. Charles H. Davis, of Company G, and a native of Greenwich, died of wounds ; R. W. Walker, of Company F, of Dresden, died.
FORTY-FOURTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.
This regiment was known as the "Ells- worth Avengers," and was intended to be com- posed of two picked men from every town in the State. It served in all of the battles of the Army of the Potomac from 1862 to Octo- ber, 1864.
From twenty to thirty men from Washington county served in its companies, and of these men we have record that three died. Two
were John H. Pullman and Charles Van Val- kenburg, both of the town of Greenwich, the former of Company B, and the latter of Com- pany G. The third, James F. Burnett, of Putnam, and a member of Company C, died in 1863. John Brackett, of Company K, and James Clements of E, died of wounds. Wil- liam Craig, of Greenwich, was in Company C and died of wounds.
D' EPINEUIL'S ZOUAVES ( FIFTY-THIRD NEW YORK INFANTRY).
Count Lionel J. D' Epineuil, of France, the author of a new drill, came, in 1861, to New York and endeavored to raise a brigade of French Americans, but failed, and his men, including some Germans, were mustered in as the 53d regiment, whose weakness of numbers led to its being mustered out of the service early in 1862.
Some fifty of his men were recruited at Whitehall, but we have not been able to ob- tain any list of those who never returned.
SEVENTY-SEVENTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.
This regiment participated in several hard battles, and of the men in its ranks from this county we have record of six that never re- turned. From Greenwich, and in Company I, were: Lieutenant-Colonel N. E. Franklin, who died of wounds ; Sergeant Pat. Gilroy, missing, and J. E. Davidson, killed. Peter S. Taylor, Erastus Wade, and S. H. Warner, who died, were from Easton.
EIGHTY-SEVENTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.
This regiment was raised principally in Brooklyn, in 1861, and served gallantly on the Peninsula, where it was so depleted by battle and disease that it was consolidated, in September, 1862, with the 40th regiment, into which it was merged, and served until June 27, 1865.
Company A, of the 87th, was raised in the towns of Dresden and Putnam, this county, and we find record of three of its members from Dresden who died. They were : Leon-
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ard W. Barrett, A. P. Chase and J. J. Wetherby.
NINETY-THIRD NEW YORK INFANTRY.
This regiment was raised at Albany in 1861 by Col. John S. Crocker, of Cambridge, and contained three Washington county compan- ies. It did headquarter and provost guard duty during the Peninsular campaign and until May, 1864, when it was relieved from guard duty, and fought bravely through the Wilderness battles. It suffered heavily at Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. The regiment was at Deep Bottom and served under Sheri- dan in the closing hours of the Southern Con- federacy, when it was commanded by Lieut .- Col. Haviland Gifford, of Easton.
The three companies of this regiment, re- cruited in Washington county, were as fol- lows :
Company. Recruited.
Captain.
F
Fort Edward, Wm. B. Moshier.
G . Cambridge,
M. S. Gray.
I.
N. J. Johnson.
Company I was recruited at Granville, Argyle and other points in the county.
MORTUARY LIST.
Company D -Thomas McGwerk, Easton, wounds.
Company G - Serg. - Maj. N. W. Gray, Cam- bridge, -; First Serg. W. B. Barber, Hamp- ton, wounds ; Lient. R. L. Gray, White Creek, killed.
Company E-Lieut. E. W. Gray, White Creek, killed.
Company G -- Corp. A. M. Lawton, White Creek, killed; James Smith, White Creek, disease ; Corp. W. H. Pierce, White Creek, disease ; Corp. A. McGeoch, Jackson, disease ; P. A. Goodell, Hartford, died ; A. J. Beattie, White Creek, killed; L. N. Ford, White Creek, died.
Company H - I. Fairbrother, White Creek, died.
Company G - D. Millington, White Creek, killed.
Company I - Welcome Thomas, Granville, disease ; William Searles, Hampton, disease ; Jerome Sears, Greenwich, killed; Albert Honey, Hampton, disease; V. W. New, Hampton, disease.
Unknown companies- Dan'l Morgan, Gran- ville, --; Thomas Clark, Putnam, disease ; C. B. Pitney, -
NINETV-SIXTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.
This regiment was raised in 1861 and served with great gallantry in the armies of the James and the Potomac, and made a desperate charge at Cold Harbor, in which it lost nearly half its officers and men. It served until 1866, and company E was raised by Capt. James S. Cray at Sandy Hill and Fort Edward.
Company E was in the dreadful Cold Har- bor charge of its regiment, and lost its captain, James S. Cray, who fell mortally wounded, and twenty of its rank and file that were killed or wounded. We find no record of its fallen heroes and have obtained only three of their names beside that of Captain Cray, and they were William Ansment, of Granville, who died; Francis A. Granger, of the same town, who died at Andersonville, and G. R. Hopkins, Dresden, who died.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THIRD NEW YORK INFANTRY.
The regiment of which Washington county may be justly proud until the end of time was the one which bore her honored name and was known as the 123d New York Infantry. It was raised in Washington county after the disas- trous Peninsular campaign, in response to Lin- coln's call for three hundred thousand men in the summer of 1862. War meetings were held all over the county after Lincoln's call, and it was resolved that the men raised should con- stitute a Washington county regiment. Camp Washington was established at Salem, and companies were recruited in every part of the county. The regiment was practically full by the last of August, and its companies were :
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Company.
Recruited.
Captain.
A
. . .
Greenwich,
Abram Reynolds.
B
Kingsbury,
Geo. W. Warren.
C .... Whitehall,
Adolph H. Tanner.
D
Ft. Ann, Dresden, Putnam,
John Barron.
E
Hartford,
Norman F. Weer.
( Hebron,
F
Argyle,
Duncan Robertson.
1
White Creek,
Henry Gray.
H
Salem,
John S. Crary.
I.
ยง Cambridge,
Orrin S. Hall.
K
7 Hampton,
Henry O. Wiley.
The field and staff officers were : Colonel, A. L. McDougal ; lieutenant colonel, Franklin Morton ; major, James C. Rogers ; adjutant, George H. Wallace ; surgeon, John Money- penny ; assistant surgeons, Lysander W. Ken- nedy and Richard S. Connelly ; quartermaster, John King ; and chaplain, Henry Gordon.
The non-commissioned staff were: Sergeant- major, Walter F. Martin ; quartermaster ser- geant, Charles D. Warner ; commissary ser- geant, Clark Rice; and hospital steward, Seward Corning.
On September 4th, 1862, the Washington county regiment was mustered into the United States service as the 123d New York volunteer infantry. It reached Washington on the 9th, and in October was assigned to the 22d brig- ade, Ist division of the 12th corps.
The regiment was in the " mud march " on Richmond, and received its baptism of fire and blood at Chancellorsville, where it lost one hundred and fifty men killed, wounded and missing. The 123d was engaged at Get- tysburg, and on September 24th, 1863, was sent west as a reinforcement to General Rose- crans, whose base of supplies it guarded for several months. Under Sherman, in the spring of 1864, the 123d entered upon the
Atlanta campaign, through which it passed after fighting several hard battles.
From Atlanta the Washington county regi- ment swung loose with Sherman in his " March to the Sea," and, after reaching Savannah, marched north into North Carolina, where Sherman received the surrender of Johnston's army. The regiment took part in the grand review at Washington, was mustered out on June 8th, 1865, and left for home the next day.
Quite an interesting history of this regiment has been written by Rev. Seth C. Carey, one of its adjutants.
MORTUARY LIST.
Company A-Capt. W. H. Dobbin, Green- wich, disease ; Sergt. W. J. Hamilton, Green- wich, killed ; Albert Allen, Greenwich, dis- ease ; Evander Bertis, Greenwich, disease ; William Bartlett, Greenwich, killed ; Oscar Baumes, Greenwich, killed ; Charles Lapoint, Greenwich, killed ; John H. Lampson, Green- wich, wounds ; Alexander Mitchell, Green- wich, disease; Albert Potter, Greenwich, killed ; Leroy Wright, Greenwich, killed.
Company C-Sergt. William Hutton, jr., Putnam, wounds.
Company D-Corp. R. O. Fisher, Fort Ann, killed ; Sergt. J. L. Cummings, Put- nam, wounds; Sergt. A. C. Thompson, Put- nam, disease ; William Anderson, jr., Put- nam, disease ; H. A. Dedrick, Putnam, dis- ease ; Darwin Easton, Putnam, disease ; Jere. Finch, Fort Ann, killed ; Charles Grout, Fort Ann, disease ; J. H. Haynes, Putnam, dis- ease ; James H. Loomis, Fort Ann, disease ; John Lapraine, Fort Ann, disease ; Isaac Mc- Nutt, Fort Ann, wounds ; J. M. Mattison, Fort Ann, disease ; Edward Rice, Fort Ann, disease ; A. Ward, Dresden, disease.
Company E-Capt. Norman F. Weer, wounds ; Lieut. John H. Daicey, killed ; F. Archambolt, Hartford, killed ; Alexander Bev- eridge, Hebron, disease ; Byron Briggs, Hart- ford, killed ; John Bell, Hartford, killed ;
G
Jackson,
Easton,
Granville,
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James Dickenson, Hartford, disease ; George Donley, Hebron, killed; W. J. Gilchrist, Hebron, disease; Smith Hewitt, Hebron, disease ; A. Jeffaway, Hartford, killed ; Sam- uel Johnson, Hebron, disease ; Ira Munson, Hebron, disease ; James McEchron, Hebron, disease ; John Patrick, Hebron, disease ; Nath. Raymond, Hebron, disease ; Philo Smith, Hebron, disease ; H. L. Thomas, Hartford, killed ; John Wright, Hartford, killed.
Company F-Sergt. J. M. Ronan, Argyle, wounds ; James Cartwright, Argyle, disease ; W. H. Emerson, Argyle, disease ; Theo. Hogart, Argyle, disease ; T. A. Hopkins, Ar- gyle, killed ; George Mckibben, Argyle, kill- ed ; J. H. Morrish, Argyle, disease ; H. M. Reid, Argyle, disease ; D. G. Stewart, Ar- gyle, wounds ; George L. Taylor, Argyle, wounds ; W. J. Wood, Argyle, killed.
Company G-Clarence Coulter, Jackson, wounds ; A. J. Coon, White Creek, disease ; Peter Cromby, White Creek, wounds ; Thos. Dickenson, Hartford, disease ; John McUm- ber, White Creek, wounds ; W. H. Martin, White Creek, killed ; Chancey Parker, White Creek, disease ; H. W. Welch, Jackson, killed.
Company H-Corp. J. H. Cowan, Salem' disease ; Corp. J. C. Gray, Salem, disease ; Corp. W. H. Stewart, Salem, wounds ; Corp. F. I. Williamson, Salem, disease ; J. L. Beattie, Salem, killed ; M. H. Brown, Salem, disease ; Charles Billings, Salem, disease ; Henry Danforth, Salem, wounds; Jacob Heber, Salem, - ; A. Johnson, Salem, wounds ; J. A. Mains, Salem, killed ; Charles Marshall, Salem, killed ; J. McMurray, Hart- ford, -; P. McNasser, Salem, killed ; W. J. Orcutt, Salem, disease ; W. L. Rich, Salem, killed ; George Sweet, Salem, disease ; H. G. Sweet, Salem, disease ; D. H. Warner, Salem, disease; Rich. West, Salem, disease.
Company I- Joseph R. Beade, Easton, disease ; Alonzo Morehouse, Hebron, disease.
Company K-Capt. Henry O. Wiley, Gran- ville, killed ; Serg. H. E. Howard, Granville,
wounds ; W. C. Allard, Hampton, disease ; Visti Bodevin, Granville, disease ; D. S. Car- mody, Granville, disease; Horace Dowd, Granville, disease ; A. W. Doane, Granville, killed ; James Gordon, Granville, disease ; R. E. Hall, Granville, disease ; George Os- borne, Granville, disease ; A. C. - Osborne, Hampton, killed ; John Pitts, Granville, killed ; William Reardon, Hampton, disease ; Milo Shaw, Granville, W. A. Tooley, Granville, killed ; H. H. Tooley, Granville, killed ; Edward Tanner, Granville, killed ; N. G. Thayer, Granville, killed ; William Walter, Dresden, killed ; Edson Whitney, Granville, disease ; C. H. Waite, Granville, disease ; B. F. Wright, Granville, disease.
On the soldiers' monument in Woodlands cemetery in the town of Cambridge appears the following names of " fallen heroes " who were members of the 123d regiment : Serg. C. Darrow, Corp. C. L. Coulter, J. Herman, W. Skellie, C. C. Parker, W. J. Scott, J. P. Wood, A. J. Coon, R. K. Bishop, J. J. Mc- Comber, J. Foster, R. Hennelly, J. L. Skellie, D. Baldwin, jr .; W. H. Martin, R. W. Skellie, P. Crombie, W. H. Welch, W. H. Phelps, and H. King.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY- FIFTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.
The 125th was raised in 1863 in Rensselaer county; fought in the principal battles of the army of the Potomac from Gettysburg to Petersburg, and was mustered out June 5th, I865.
Part of one company was raised in the town of Easton, and Capt. Lewis H. Crandell of the regiment was from Easton.
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.
Like the 125th regiment, so the 169th was raised in Rensselaer county, excepting com- pany F, commanded by Capt. Warren B. Col- man, that was recruited at Sandy Hill. The regiment was in the siege of Fort Wagner, fought at Cold Harbor and around Petersburg;
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was in the storming of Fort Fisher, and served until July 19, 1865.
MORTUARY LIST.
Corp. J. D. Warren, Granville, killed.
Company F-Serg. S. O. Benton, Fort Ann, wounds; Serg. H. Chamberlain, Fort Ann, killed; Alex. P. Blowers, Fort Ann, killed ; W. H, Chase, Fort Ann, disease ; Len. Fish, Fort Ann, killed ; Amos Green, Fort Ann, disease ; Albert Keech, Fort Ann, disease.
Company C-Alanson Lewis, Easton, dis- ease ; Michael McBryan, Granville, -.
SECOND NEW YORK CAVALRY. (BLACK HORSE CAVALRY).
This regiment was organized in 1861, and was mustered out of the service March 31, 1862, because the War Department concluded that there was too much cavalry in the field at that time.
Company A of this regiment was recruited at Salem, but contained men from several towns. It was raised and commanded by Capt. Solomon W. Russel, jr.
SECOND NEW YORK CAVALRY (HARRIS LIGHT
CAVALRY. )
This regiment was known as the Harris Light Cavalry for some time after the Second Cavalry was mustered out of the service, and then received its name. The regiment was raised in 1861, and saw the last days of its active service at Appomattox. It did a large amount of skirmishing and raiding, but did splendid fighting at Brandy Station and Get- tysburg, was in the two celebrated raids on Richmond, and served in the valley under Phil. Sheridan.
Company E of this regiment was raised at Fort Edward, but contained men from other towns.
MORTUARY LIST.
Company F - N. L. Allard, Hampton, -. Company K - Lorenzo Palmer, Fort Ann, wounds.
Company L - Lent. Smith, Fort Ann, dis-
ease ; J. H. Smith, Fort Ann, disease ; J. L. Perry, Fort Ann, disease; William Keech, Fort Ann, disease.
SECOND NEW YORK VETERAN CAVALRY.
In 1863 many veteran soldiers desired to re-enter the cavalry service, and two New York regiments were organized to accommo- date them. One of these regiments was the 2d Veteran cavalry. It served in the Red River expedition, where it did splendid fight- ing at Pleasant Hill ; afterward made two dar- ing raids in Mississippi and Florida, and ren- dered efficient service in Alabama from the siege of Mobile until November, 1865, when it was mustered out.
Company D, commanded by Capt. Thomas F. Allen, was from Whitehall, and parts of Companies A, E, and M were from Washing- ton county.
The Cambridge Soldiers' monument bears the names of M. L. Moore, J. Smith and W. Pratt, of this regiment.
FIRST NEW YORK MOUNTED RIFLES.
In July, 1862, the mounted battalion known as Wool's Body Guard was made the nucleus of a regiment that was raised in Rensselaer county, and became the First New York Mounted Rifles. The regiment was engaged in scouting, raiding and picket duty, under General Butler, and around Petersburg, until the fall of Richmond. In July, 1865, it was consolidated with the 3d New York cavalry, and the new organization became the 4th Provisional cavalry, which was mustered out in November, 1865.
Twenty or thirty men of Company E were recruited at Salem, and Cornelius S. Masten, of that village, was one of the captains of the company.
THIRTIETH NEW YORK CAVALRY.
This regiment served in the Army of the Potomac, and was engaged at Second Bull Run and in other hard battles. Several men from the county served in its ranks.
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MORTUARY LIST.
Company I-Sergt. J. M. Burdick, Green- wich, disease.
Company B-D. B. Cunningham, Easton, killed ; A. E. Gage, Cambridge, -
Company H-S. P. Milliard, Easton, dis- ease.
SIXTEENTH NEW YORK HEAVY ARTILLERV.
In December, 1863, Col. Thomas J. Strong sought to raise a new regiment but was re- fused, as no new regiments were being author- ized. He then made an arrangement to raise four companies for Colonel Morrison's 16th Heavy Artillery that was not yet full. Col- onel Strong agreed to serve as Major of this regiment. The 16th numbered four thousand men when it assembled in Virginia, and was the largest regiment that was ever seen in the new world.
About eight hundred of these men came from Washington county. Company I, com- manded by Capt. Henry C. Sherrill, was or- ganized at Sandy Hill. Thirty men from Sa- lem and Cambridge were in Company K, and the remainder of the men from the county were transferred to other regiments, as the government had to send hundreds of this mammoth regiment to other organizations. The regiment was left with fourteen compa- nies and two thousand eight hundred men, and then had been more than once mistaken for a brigade. The government could not furnish them cannon at that time and they were mostly armed as infantry. The 16th lost heavily by battle and disease around Pe- tersburg, and one part of it was given cannon and did good service in the attack on Fort Fisher and afterward on Cape Fear river. The regiment was mustered out on August 21, 1865.
MORTUARY LIST.
Company H-W. J. Graham, Hebron, dis- ease ; William Armstrong, Argyle, disease ; George Congdon, Argyle, disease ; John Scott, Argyle, disease.
Company K -- Geo. F. Burke, Greenwich, wounds ; John Shields, Greenwich, disease ; Rufus Hall, Greenwich, disease; Ira Haw- thorne, Jackson, disease ; A. E. Higby, Hart- ford, disease.
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OTHER NEW YORK REGIMENTS.
Second Regiment - C. H. Westcot, Hamp- ton, wounds.
Second Rifles -- G. C. Fairbrother, Salem, disease.
Third Cavalry - A. McLaughlin, Putnam, disease.
Seventh Cavalry - M. L. Moore, Jackson, killed.
Twelfth Infantry -- Jas. Cassidy, Hampton, killed.
One Hundred and Seventy-Sixth- J. M. Austin, White Creek, disease; N. Tucker, White Creek, disease.
One Hundred and Seventy-Seventh -C. W. Billings, Easton, killed ; Elisha Hurley, Easton,
One Hundred and Ninety-Second - George Parrish, Easton, disease.
VERMONT REGIMENTS.
First - Thomas Cassidy, Hampton, killed. Fifth -T. W. Taylor, White Creek, wounds. Seventh- Lieut. R. M. Green, Hampton, disease.
Tenth - J. S. McBride, Hebron, disease.
Eleventh -C. B. Russell, Hampton, wounds; N. Coda, White Creek, wounds ; E. C. Allard, Hampton, disease ; Isaac Susment, Granville, wounds.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Corp. A. Wilson, Granville, wounds; Corp. John A. Wiley, Granville, wounds.
Serg. J. A. Norton, Hartford, killed ; Henry Orcutt, Hartford, killed ; John Wright, Hart- ford, killed; Barney Shandy, Fort Ann, wounds ; Jos. Kearney, Salem, wounds.
COLORED TROOPS.
Twentieth United States-S. P. Chase, disease.
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Thirtieth United States - Henry Jones, dis- ease.
Thirty-first United States -Abner Jackson, killed.
No mortuary lists, at this writing, can be obtained of the towns of Cambridge, Fort Edward and Whitehall ; and, despite the most zealous efforts of many citizens of the county, it has not been possible to secure but a ma- jority of the names of those from Washing- ton county who yielded their lives as a sacri- fice for their country's liberties.
PEACE.
l'eace has her victories as well as war ; and, with the close of hostilities, we turn to trace again the progress of the county so sadly in- terrupted by four years of war, of bloodshed, and of ruin.
CHAPTER XV.
LATER RAILWAYS-PRESENT INDUSTRIES -COUNTY PROGRESS.
LATER RAILWAYS.
With the end of the war business revived throughout the county, and manufactures and agriculture again received their full share of attention. Hundreds of soldiers returned from the army to the field, the workshop and the manufacturing establishment, and every industry was quickened into new life and in- creased production.
The railroad period had been suddenly checked by the war, and the latter was suc- ceeded by a period of development into which the old and some new railways were import- ant factors.
The Greenwich and Johnsonville railway, the earliest of the new railways, was projected as far back as 1857, but the war stopped its building, and it was not completed until 1870. Its length is fourteen miles, running through the towns of Cambridge and Easton. This
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