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There were 11,916 men confined in the prison for the period of one year, most of whom were from North Carolina and Vir- ginia. The prison camp during the early days of its existence was the show place of the region. Along Water Street opposite the grounds were located observation points, where for a small sum, one could have a view of the grounds and the prisoners. The top of the observatories were railed off chairs and spy-glasses
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were available, and those who paid the admission fee were al- lowed to remain as long as they desired.
Nearly 3,000 of the prisoners lie in Woodlawn Cemetery in a beautiful plot set aside for that purpose. Headstones with the name of the soldier, his company, and the date of his death tell the story, the last chapter in the lives of many of the prisoners who played a part in the "Elmira Prison Camp."
The immediate material results of the war on the lake coun- try were beneficial, giving a hint of the prosperity period ahead. Large sums were distributed to producers of all kinds to meet the necessities and waste of war; to laborers, to manufacturers and to public carriers. Many of the urban communities grew rapidly and the entire region was in strong position to withstand the financial reaction of 1873. The region fared much better in that hour of depression than many districts and began the third half century of her life with a proud, firm faith in her future.
It is impossible to obtain any accurate figure of the number of men furnished during the Civil war by each county, city, town and village. The best that can be done is to indicate here the organization (original or new; recruits not considered) to which the counties contributed men; those marked * being en- tirely recruited in the county to which they are credited; all others only in part. The commands recruited in the various counties were :
Chemung County-Cavalry Regiments Second, Third, Fifth, Seventh, Tenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Twenty-first, Twenty- fourth, First Veteran. Artillery Regiments, Batteries B, F, K and L, First; C and M, Third; Fifth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Sixteenth; independent batteries, Thirty-third. Engineers Reg- iments Fifteenth, Fiftieth. Infantry Regiments, Third, Twen- ty-third, Thirty-third, Thirty-fifth, Thirty-eighth, Eighty-sixth, One Hundred Third, One Hundred Seventh, One Hundred Forty- first, One Hundred Sixty-first, One Hundred Seventy-ninth, One Hundred Eighty-seventh, One Hundred Ninety-fourth.
Cayuga County-Cavalry Regiments Eighth, Tenth, Elev- enth, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth. Artillery Regiments, Batteries A (new), C, D (new), G (new), K (new),
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Third, Fourth, Ninth, Sixteenth; independent batteries, First *. Engineers Regiments, Fifteenth, Fiftieth. Sharpshooters, Com- panies, Eighth. Infantry Regiments Nineteenth, Twenty- fourth, Seventy-fifth, One Hundred Eleventh, One Hundred Six- teenth, One Hundred Sixtieth, One Hundred Ninety-third, One Hundred Ninety-fourth.
Cortland County-Cavalry Regiments, Tenth. Artillery Regiments, Third, Sixteenth. Infantry Regiments, Twelfth, Nineteenth, Twenty-third, Seventy-sixth, Ninety-third, One Hundred Fourteenth, One Hundred Fifty-sixth, One Hundred Fifty-seventh, One Hundred Eighty-fifth, One Hundred Ninety- fourth.
Ontario County-Cavalry Regiments, Eighth, Ninth, Fif- teenth, Twenty-fourth, First Mounted Rifles, First Veteran. Ar- tillery Regiments, Battery K, First, Fourth, Ninth, Eleventh, Thirteenth, Sixteenth. Engineers Regiments, First, Fifteenth (new), Fiftieth. Infantry Regiments Eighteenth, Twenty-sev- enth, Twenty-eighth, Thirty-third, Thirty-eighth, Eighty-fifth, One Hundredth, One Hundred Twenty-sixth, One Hundred For- ty-eighth, One Hundred Fifty-fourth, One Hundred Sixtieth, One Hundred Seventy-ninth, One Hundred Eighty-eighth, One Hundred Ninety-fourth.
Schuyler County-Cavalry Regiments, Twenty-fourth. Ar- tillery Regiments, Battery M, Third, Fifth, Fourteenth, Six- teenth, independent batteries, Twentieth. Engineers Regiments, Fifteenth, Fiftieth. Infantry Regiments Third, Twenty-third, Sixtieth, Eighty-ninth, One Hundredth, One Hundred Sixth, One Hundred Seventh, One Hundred Forty-first, One Hundred Sixty- first, One Hundred Seventy-fifth, One Hundred Seventy-ninth, One Hundred Ninety-fourth.
Seneca County-Cavalry Regiments, Eighth, Eleventh, Twenty-second, First Veteran. Artillery Regiments, Battery H, Second; Batteries C. D (new), G (new), Third; Eleventh, Six- teenth. Engineers Regiments Fifteenth (new), Fiftieth. In- fantry Regiments Nineteenth, Twenty-sixth, Thirty-third, Sev- enth-fifth, One Hundredth, One Hundred Twenty-sixth, One Hun-
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dredth Forty-eighth, One Hundred Sixtieth, One Hundred Sev- enty-fifth, One Hundred Eighty-ninth.
Steuben County-Cavalry Regiments, Sixth, Twenty-second, Second Mounted Rifles, First and Second Veteran. Artillery Regiments, Batteries E and K, First; Fourth, Tenth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Sixteenth; independent batteries, Twenty-eighth. Engineers Regiments Fifteenth (new), Fiftieth. Infantry Reg- iments Twenty-third, Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth, Seventy- eighth, Eighty-sixth, One Hundredth, One Hundred Second, One Hundred Fourth, One Hundred Seventh, One Hundred Forty- first, One Hundred Sixty-first, One Hundred Seventy-fifth, One One Hundred Seventy-ninth, One Hundred Eighty-eighth, One Hundred Eighty-ninth.
Tioga County-Cavalry Regiments, Fifth, Eighth, Twenty- first. Artillery Regiments Third, Thirteenth. Engineers Regi- ments, Fifteenth (new), Fiftieth. Infantry Regiments, Third, Nineteenth, Twenty-third, Twenty-sixth, Sixty-fourth, Seventy- sixth, One Hundred Ninth, One Hundred Thirty-seventh, One Hundred Seventy-ninth, One Hundred Ninety-fourth.
Tompkins County-Cavalry Regiments Fifteenth, Twenty- first. Artillery Regiments, Battery M, Third. Engineers Regi- ments, Fiftieth. Infantry Regiments Nineteenth, Twenty-third, Thirty-second, Sixty-fourth, Seventy-sixth, One Hundred Ninth, One Hundred Thirty-seventh, One Hundred Forty-third, One Hundred Seventy-ninth.
Wayne County-Cavalry Regiments, Eighth, Tenth, Fif- teenth, Twenty-second, Second Mounted Rifles, First Veteran. Artillery Regiments, Battery L, First; Third, Ninth, Fourteenth. Engineers Regiments, Fifteenth (new). Infantry Regiments Thirteenth, Seventeenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-fourth, Twenty- seventh, Thirty-third, Sixty-fifth, Sixty-seventh, Ninetieth, Ninety-sixth, Ninety-eighth, One Hundred Fifth, One Hundred Eleventh, One Hundred Sixtieth, One Hundred Ninety-third, One Hundred Ninety-fourth.
Yates County-Cavalry Regiments, Eighth, Fifteenth, Twen- tieth, Twenty-second. Artillery Regiments, Battery B (new), Third; Thirteenth, Fourteenth. Engineers Regiments, Fiftieth.
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Infantry Regiments Third, Thirty-third, Seventy-sixth, Eighty- seventh, One Hundred Twenty-sixth, One Hundred Thirty-sixth, One Hundred Forty-eighth, One Hundred Seventy-ninth, One Hundred Eighty-eighth, One Hundred Ninety-fourth.
Many of the counties supplied men to the same regiments, so that a resume of the service of all regiments recruited in Central New York will sketch the service of soldiers of the area through- out the Civil war. The cavalry regiments in which were enlisted Central New York volunteers served as follows:
Second Regiment left the state September and October, 1861, for three years; mustered out June 23, 1865.
Third Regiment left the state by companies in August and September, 1861, for three years, transferred July 21, 1865, to Fourth Provisional Regiment of Cavalry, as Companies B, F, H, I and L.
Fifth Regiment left the state November 18, 1861, for three years; mustered out July 19, 1865.
Sixth Regiment left the state December 23, 1861, for three years; transferred June 17, 1865, to Second Provisional Regi- ment of Cavalry as Companies A, B, C, D, E, I, L and M.
Seventh Regiment left state November 23, 1861, for three years; mustered out March 31, 1862.
Eighth Regiment left the state November 29, 1861, for three years; mustered out June 27, 1865.
Ninth Regiment left state November 26, 1861, for three years; mustered out June 17, 1865.
Tenth Regiment left the state December 24, 1861, for three years; transferred July 10, 1865, to First Provisional Regiment of Cavalry, company to corresponding company.
Eleventh Regiment left state May 5, 1862, for three years; mustered out July 21, and September 30, 1865.
Fifteenth Regiment left state from September to November, 1863, and January, 1864, for three years; transferred June 17, 1865, to Second Provisional Regiment of Cavalry as Companies F, G, H and K.
Sixteenth Regiment left state June, August to October, 1863, for three years; transferred August 17, 1865, to Third Provi-
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sional Regiment Cavalry, Company A to Company H, B to C, C to I, D to K, E to D, F to B, G to A, H to L, I to E, K to M, L to F and M to G.
Twentieth Regiment left state September 30, 1863 for three years; mustered out July 31, 1865.
Twenty-first Regiment left state September, October, Novem- ber, 1863, and February, 1864, for three years; mustered out June 23, to August 31, 1866.
Twenty-second Regiment left state March, 1864, for three years; mustered out August 1, 1865.
Twenty-third Regiment left state May, 1863, for three years; mustered out July 22, 1865; only two companies organized.
Twenty-fourth Regiment left state February 23, 1864, for three years; transferred July 10, 1865, to First Provisional Regi- ment Cavalry, Company to correspondent company.
First Mounted Rifles left state July and December, 1861, and August, 1862, for three years; transferred September 6, 1865, to Fourth Provisional Regiment of Cavalry as Companies A, C, D, E, G, K, and M.
Second Mounted Rifles left state March, 1864, for three years; mustered out August 10, 1865.
First Veteran Regiment left state July, September, October, and November, 1863, for three years; mustered out July 20, 1865.
Second Veteran Regiment left state from August to Decem- ber, 1863, for three years; mustered out November 8, 1865.
Action of Central New York Artillery units follows :
First Regiment left state October 31, and November 21, 1861, for three years; mustered out June 16 to 28, 1865.
Second Regiment left state November 7, and December, 1861; mustered out September 29, 1865; original Battery L became the Thirty-fourth Battery in November, 1863.
Third Regiment left state June 6, 1861, for two and three years; mustered out June 2, 1863, and June 23, to July 24, 1865; originally Nineteenth Infantry.
Fourth Regiment left state February 10, 1862, for three years; mustered out September 26, 1865; Third Battalion orig- inally Eleventh Artillery.
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Fifth Regiment left state May and December, 1862, for three years; mustered out June 24, 26 and July 19, 1865; Third Bat- talion, originally Sixth Battalion of Artillery.
Ninth Regiment left state September 12, 1862, for three years; mustered out July 6, 1865, but the men, not to be dis- charged, transferred June 27, 1865, to Second Artillery as Com- panies I, K, L and M; originally One Hundred Thirty-eighth Infantry.
Tenth Regiment left state September 17 and 20, 1862, for three years; mustered out June 23, 1865, but the men, not to be discharged, transferred to Sixth Artillery as Companies E, F and G; originally Fourth, Fifth and Seventh Battalions of Ar- tillery.
Eleventh Regiment left state June 24, 1863, for three years, the four organized companies transferred July 25, 1863, to the Fourth Artillery as Companies I, K, L and M; the regiment not completed.
Thirteenth Regiment left state October, 1863, and in 1864 for three years; mustered out June 28, 1865, but the men not to be discharged transferred, those of Company F to Company A, of E to C and H to A, D and G and July 18, 1865, Companies A, B, C, D and G to Sixth Artillery as Companies H, I, K, L and M.
Fourteenth Regiment left state April, 1864, for three years; mustered out August 26, 1865.
Sixteenth Regiment left state by companies in October and December, 1863, and in January, 1864, for three years; mus- tered out August 21, 1865.
First Battery left state December 4, 1861, for three years; mustered out June 23, 1865.
Third Battery left state May 18, 1861, for three years; mus- tered out June 24, 1865; originally part of Eighty-second In- fantry.
Sixteenth Battery left state March 10, 1862, for three years; mustered out July 6, 1865.
Twentieth Battery mustered in November and December, 1862, for three years; mustered out July 31, 1865; served in state; originally part of Anthons Battalion.
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Twenty-eigth Battery mustered in December 27, 1862, for three years; mustered out July 31, 1865; served in state; orig- inally part of Anthons Battalion.
Thirty-third Battery left state September 4, 1863, for three years; mustered out June 25, 1865.
Central New York men served in two companies of Engi- neers as follows:
Fifteenth Regiment left state June 29, 1861, for two and three years; mustered out June 25, 1863, June 13 and 14 and July 2, 1865; originally Fifteenth Infantry.
Fiftieth Regiment left state September 20, 1861, for three years; mustered out July 13, 14, 1865; originally Fiftieth In- fantry.
Cayuga was the only county sending recruits to the Sharp- shooters command. They were with the Eighth Company which left the state February 3, 1863, for three years; mustered out July 10, 1865.
Infantry regiments from Central New York saw the follow- ing service :
Third Regiment left state May 31, 1861, for two and three years; mustered out May 21, 1863, and August 28, 1865.
Twelfth Regiment left state May 29, 1861, for two years; mustered out May 17, 1863, except Companies D and F, three year men, which became Companies F and E, Fifth Veteran In- fantry, June 2, 1864.
Thirteenth Regiment left state May 30, 1861, for two years; mustered out May 14, 1863; the three year men being trans- ferred to One Hundred Fortieth Infantry.
Seventeenth Regiment left state June 21, 1861, for two years; mustered out June 2, 1863; the three year men transferred to One Hundred Forty-sixth Infantry.
Nineteenth Regiment left state June 5, 1861, for two years; became Third Regiment of Artillery December 11, 1861.
Twenty-third Regiment left state July 5, 1861, for two years; mustered out May 22, 1863; three year men transferred to Eightieth Infantry.
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Twenty-fourth Regiment left state July 2, 1861, for two years; mustered out May 29, 1863; three year men transferred to Seventy-sixth Infantry.
Twenty-sixth Regiment left state June 19, 1861, for two years; mustered out May 28, 1863; three year men transferred to Ninety-seventh Infantry.
Twenty-seventh Regiment left state July 10, 1861, for two years; mustered out May 31, 1863; three year men transferred to One Hundred Twenty-first Infantry.
Thirty-second Regiment left state June 29, 1861, for two years; mustered out June 9, 1863; three year men transferred to One Hundred Twenty-first Infantry.
Thirty-third Regiment left state July 8, 1861, for two years; mustered out June 2, 1863; three year men transferred to Forty- ninth Infantry.
Thirty-fifth Regiment left state July 9, 1861, for two years; mustered out June 5, 1863; three year men transferred to Eightieth Infantry.
Thirty-eighth Regiment left state June 19, 1861, for two years; mustered out June 22, 1863; three year men transferred to Fortieth Infantry.
Sixty-fourth Regiment left state December 10, 1861, for three years; mustered out July 14, 1865.
Sixty-fifth Regiment left state August 27, 1861, for three years; mustered out July 17, 1865.
Sixty-seventh Regiment left state August 21, 1861, for three years; mustered out July 4, 1864; the men not enlisted to be discharged or transferred to Sixty-fifth Infantry September 1, 1864.
Seventy-fifth Regiment left state December 6, 1861, for three years; mustered out August 23, 1865.
Seventy-sixth Regiment left state January 17, 1862, for three years; mustered out July, 1864, to January, 1865; the men not enlisted to be discharged were transferred to One Hundred For- ty-seventh Infantry.
Eighty-sixth Regiment left state November 23, 1861, for three years; mustered out June 27, 1865.
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Eighty-seventh Regiment left state December 2, 1861, for three years; Company B transferred September 11, 1862, to One Hundred Seventy-third Infantry; the remainder of regiment to Fortieth Infantry, September 6, 1862.
Ninetieth Regiment left state January 5, 1862, for three years; mustered out February 9, 1866.
Ninety-third Regiment left state March 7, 1862, for three years; mustered out June 29, 1865.
Ninety-sixth Regiment left state March 11, 1862, for three years; mustered out February 6, 1866.
Ninety-eighth Regiment left state March 8, 1862, for three years; mustered out August 31, 1865.
One Hundred Third Regiment left state March 5, 1862, for three years; mustered out December 7, 1865.
One Hundred Fifth Regiment left state April 4, 1862, for three years; transferred March 17, 1863, to Ninety-fourth In- fantry as Companies F, G and I.
One Hundred Seventh Regiment left state August 13, 1862, for three years; mustered out June 5, 1865; the men not entitled to be discharged were transferred to Sixtieth Infantry.
One Hundred Ninth Regiment left state August 30, 1862, for three years; mustered out June 4, 1865; men not entitled to be discharged were transferred to Fifty-first Infantry.
One Hundred Eleventh Regiment left state August 21, 1862, for three years; mustered out June 3, 1865; men not entitled to be discharged were transferred to Fourth Artillery.
One Hundred Fourteenth Regiment left state September 8, 1862, for three years; mustered out June 8, 1865; men not en- titled to be discharged were transferred to Ninetieth Infantry.
One Hundred Sixteenth Regiment left state September 5, 1862, for three years; mustered out June 8, 1865; men not en- titled to be discharged were transferred to Ninetieth Infantry.
One Hundred Twenty-sixth Regiment left state August 26, 1862, for three years; mustered out June 3, 1865; men not en- titled to be discharged were transferred to Fourth Artillery.
One Hundred Thirty-sixth Regiment left state October 3, 1862, for three years; mustered out June 13, 1865; men not en- titled to be discharged were transferred to Sixtieth Infantry.
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One Hundred Thirty-seventh Regiment left state September 27, 1862, for three years; mustered out June 9, 1865; men not entitled to be discharged were transferred to One Hundred Sec- ond Infantry.
One Hundred Forty-first Regiment left state September 15, 1862, for three years; mustered out June 8, 1865; men not en- titled to be discharged were transferred to Sixtieth Infantry.
One Hundred Forty-third Regiment left state October 14, 1862, for three years; mustered out July 20, 1865.
One Hundred Forty-eighth Regiment left state September 22, 1862, for three years; mustered out June 22, 1865; men not entitled to be discharged were transferred to One Hundredth Infantry.
One Hundred Fifty-sixth Regiment left state December 4, 1862, for three years; mustered out October 23, 1865.
One Hundred Fifty-seventh Regiment left state September 25, 1862, for three years; mustered out July 10, 1865; men not entitled to be discharged were transferred to Fifty-fourth In- fantdy.
One Hundred Sixtieth Regiment left state December 4, 1862, for three years; mustered out November 4, 1865.
One Hundred Sixty-first Regiment left state December 4, 1862, for three years; mustered out November 12, 1865.
One Hundred Seventy-ninth left state May, 1864, for one and three years; mustered out June 8, 1865.
One Hundred Eighty-fifth Regiment left state September 27, 1864, for one year ; mustered out May 30, 1865; men not entitled to be discharged were transferred to Fifth Infantry.
One Hundred Eighty-seventh Regiment left state October 15, 1864, for one year ; mustered out July 1, 1865.
One Hundred Eighty-eighth Regiment left state October 13, 1864, for one year; mustered out July 1, 1865.
One Hundred Ninety-third Regiment left state April 10, 1865, for one, two and three years; mustered out January 28, 1866.
One Hundred Ninety-fourth Regiment, one and three years; mustered out May 3 and 10, 1865; did not leave state.
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GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
The inevitable end is in sight now for what once was one of the state's most flourishing organizations-the New York State Department of the Grand Army of the Republic. Of the 41,000 men who once made up the Grand Army of the Republic in this state, only about 1,000 remained in the middle of 1932. Death called more than 300 from the roll in 1931 alone and today the average age of men now living who fought in the Civil war from this state had advanced to between eighty-nine and ninety years. Approximately 170 posts remain in the entire state. There has always been a rule that when only one man survives in a post, the charter must be surrendered. But this rule has sometimes been waived in the past year, because for sentimental reasons the last survivor often does not want to relinquish the charter. Calvin L. Vincent of Elmira was department commander in 1931. In Central New York the memories of gallant deeds in the Civil war are now being perpetuated through the Sons and Daughters of Union Veterans, the Women's Relief Corps, the Ladies of the G. A. R. and the G. A. R. Auxiliary.
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
Central New York played a generous part in giving hundreds of volunteers for service in the Spanish-American war of 1898. But none of the troops got outside this country, because the con- flict lasted only 114 days. In that time the land and sea forces of the nation destroyed two Spanish fleets, received the surrender of more than 35,000 Spaniards, captured the fortified cities of Santiago de Cuba, in Cuba; Ponce in Porto Rico, and Manila on the Island of Luzon in the Philippines. The United States then secured control, pending negotiations for peace, of the entire Spanish possessions in the West Indies, the Philippines and Guam. The Americans suffered no loss of ships or territory and but 279 killed and 1,465 wounded in battle, while the cost to Spain, aside from prisoners, ships and lost territory, was 2,199 killed and 2,948 wounded. Actual cost to America during actual war period was $141,000,000.
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Under the first call of the President for volunteers, this state furnished two troops of cavalry, mounted and fully uniformed and equipped, and twelve separate regiments of infantry, each of twelve companies. The number of men furnished, according to muster in rolls, was 12,460 officers and enlisted men.
To furnish the number of regiments of volunteers called for in the requisition made by the President April 23, 1898, on the governor, Brig. Gen. Peter C. Doyle, commanding the Fourth Brigade, N. G. N. Y., was ordered to organize one twelve-com- pany regiment from the separate companies of his brigade and the regiment was designated as the Third Regiment, Infantry, National Guard. In it were represented virtually all the Central New York communities covered in this history.
The organization placed in the First Battalion, Company K, Hornell, of the Forty-seventh Separate Company, organized March 17, 1887, and Company L, Elmira, of the Thirtieth Sep- arate Company, organized as Company D, One Hundred Tenth Battalion, October 1, 1874. The designation of this company on disbandment of the battalion was changed to the Thirtieth Separate Company November 22, 1878.
In the Second Battalion were placed Company B, Geneva, Thirty-fourth Separate Company, organized January 6, 1880, and Company M, Auburn, Second Separate Company, organized May, 1881. The Third Battalion contained men from Niagara Falls, Medina, Syracuse, Tonawanda and Rochester.
In the Third Regiment were forty-six officers and 975 en- listed men or a total of 1,021. During their enlistment two officers and thirty-six enlisted men died, typhoid being the chief cause.
The regiment mobilized and concentrated at Camp Black at Hempstead Plains, near Garden City, Long Island, where the men arrived May 2, 1898, with three days rations and tents. The regiment was mustered into federal service May 17. They never saw active service outside this country.
The Auburn company was mustered out December 2, 1898; the Geneva company, December 3; Hornell, December 9; Elmira, December 10.
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UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS.
Today Central New York has seven United Spanish War Veterans' Camps, with a membership of 411, made up of men who served in the military or naval establishments of the na- tion at any time during the war with Spain, or at any time dur- ing the campaigns incidental to and growing out of that war. The region was honored by this nation-wide organization of vet- erans when the Encampment of the Department of New York was held in Elmira August 5, 1907.
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