History of Orange County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 190

Author: Ruttenber, Edward Manning, 1825-1907, comp; Clark, L. H. (Lewis H.)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1336

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" The tallest mountain, with its feet in the Hudson, at the Highland Gap is officially the storm-king, being looked to by the whole country around as the most enre foreteller of a storm. When the white cloud- beard descends npon his breast in the morning (as if with a ood forward of hie majestic head) there is sure to be a rain-storm before night. Standing aloft anoog the other monntains of the chain, this sign ie pecn- liar to him. He seems the monarch, and this seems his stately ordering of a change in the weather. Should not storm-king then be his proper title ?"

To climb this mountain is one of the rare attrac- tions to summer visitors at Cornwall. There are va- rious routes, some having the romance of difficulty and danger, others of more gentle ascent, calling for less expenditure of breath and muscle. Having reached the crowning height, let the following pas- sage from Mr. Lewis Beach's volume tell the story of beauty and sublimity :

"The summit once gained, whilst taking the much-needed rest, the eye soon shares the fatigue of the body in its efforts to grasp the many objects that challenge its attention. There are noierous other views about Cornwall equally fine, but none of such scope to the north as the one that is here to be had.

" An entirely new feature is superadded. For the first time you have an ontlook to the east and sontheast. Everything about you, in every direction within the compass of the eye, is brought out in bold relief. The natural beauty of the country within a radius of sixty miles from the spot you stand upon can nowhere be surpassed. Foreground and background of the picture are equally attractive. Sparkling valleye at your feet, towering mountains in the distance, cities and villagee sprinkled about, the river threading its tortuous way, hillsides dis- charging their silver streams, huge chasms and massive rocks, somle near

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and others remote, all and each contribute to round out and complete a picture of unequaled grandeur. You view the spectacle from your mountain-tier seat with no intervening peaks with their hats on to ob- struct the view. You may hear the music of the band at West Point wafted on the southern wind, and might look down on the parade- ground and witness the evolutions of the cadets were it not for the inter- vening heighte of Cro'-Nest."

Mr. Beach, casting a glance backward at the times " that tried men's souls," adds the following beautiful passage :

" The student of Revolutionary history will find food for his contem. plation here. There is a sernion on patient and heroic suffering in the bare rocks, for here were lighted those massive beacon-fires which ever and anon summoned the hardy militia to the defense of the Highland forts. Being the highest, the beacon here was the signal to others simi- larly located on hills for miles around. Half-clad signal-men watched here through storm and night and cold, so cold that more than one perished and passed to that future 'which has no king but Gud.' We need to get close to these men to properly appreciate their work."

SLOOP HILL.

Sloop Hill is on the south side of Murderer's Creek, and near its entrance into the Hudson. It is a place often mentioned in early accounts of this section, and the origin of its name is involved in some obscurity. It is doubtless simply a term early bestowed upon the elevation by pioneer navigators, either because of the favorable landing-place at its foot for sloops, or some other similar reason. The line between Cornwall and New Windsor passes over Sloop Hill. This is the old historie line between Orange County and Ulster as they were at first organized. Murderer's Creek (now known under the name of Moodna) is often mentioned in stating early civil divisions and early land-patents, and from their lan- guage the creek itself might be supposed to have been the line intended. The boundary between the two counties was, however, a straight line drawn through the mouth of Murderer's Creek and striking the Dela- ware above Port Jervis, in the vicinity of Sparrowbush. Even this is perhaps not exactly correct. The initial point was the head of navigation" on Murderer's Creek, and not the mouth of the creek. To understand that, it must be remembered that small craft could sail np the Moodna in early times for a short distance,-a feat that seems impossible to those who only know it now with its channel filled and its shallow depth of water. In connection with Sloop Hill it may be proper to remark that this locality is very near a large number of interesting Revolutionary localities . in New Windsor, and to the chapter upon that town the reader is referred for further description. Sloop Hill itself was, however, used as a summit for beacon- fires, and thus Cornwall may claim something of the Revolutionary interest of this section as belonging within her lines.

There is another tradition, but with little evidence to sustain it, that a Spanish sloop at some unnamed date came to this place to trade with the Indians, but running aground the Indians murdered the crew as the quickest way of coming to an easy trade. How

soon after Columbus discovered America Spanish słoops were in the habit of coming up the Hudson to trade is not stated in the tradition. This is doubt- less like the wonderful tragedy of Naoman, over which generations of school-children have almost cried as they read it, purely a fiction.

CONTINENTAL SPRING

is a short distance from the West Point road, as it is called, and about half-way up the mountain. It de- rives its name from the local tradition that a portion of the American army was encamped in this neigh- borhood during the Revolutionary war, and that instead of drinking from "the same old canteen," as in the song, they drank from the crystal waters of this spring. The water bubbles from the solid rock, and is delightfully "cool, delicious, and spark- ling." The spring has never been known to fail.

BLACK ROCK

is one of the mountain summits from wbich extensive and delightful views are obtained. The rock is said to rise about 80 feet above the mountains, and is very much of a tower,-a natural observatory, ascended by one of nature's own staircases, a series of steps in the rock. The view from this height is of surpassing beauty and grandenr. No tourist in the Highlands should fail to visit Black Rock.

GRANT'S HAUNT

is a grotto among the mountains. The rocks in and around this are piled in every conceivable shape and size. There is a wild ruggedness about the whole that inay well be associated in the mind of one having a vivid fancy with the hundred-handed giants of an- cient mythology. The pinnacle above has been named Spy Rock from the extensive view it com- mands. A curious rock near the grotto is named the "Giant's Slipper."

PICNIC ROCK

is a good place to stop for refreshments, provided a climbing-party have any. Here is a broad table, a rocky summit, over which nature has spread a cloth woven of moss and lichen, and made a convenient arrangement for seats by placing blocks of stone of varying size, adapted to children and adults.

ERLIN'S BLUFF.

Our limits will not permit us to enlarge upon the fairy stories that have become classic in American literature, and which cluster around this bluff, with its adjacent defiles. Those who have time to lose themselves in the most delightful works of Washing- ton Irving, and in Drake's "Culprit Fay," should read them in these mountain fastnesses, in the very hannts which the poets have so peopled with their fanciful creations that even a prosaic compiler of town histories, with their saw-mills, road surveys, and similar stern " praeticalities," might not be astonished if a fairy should beckon to him in these wild retreats

* Beach's " Cornwall," p. 11.

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(especially in the time of summer tourists), or a giant chase him down the mountain-side, hurling seven-ton rocks after him.

NATURAL BRIDGE

is not far from Erlin's Bluff. It is a eurious rock for- mation, under which a tiny cascade somehow finds its way, though no daylight is visible under the " bridge." It is near the place where the little stream empties into a mountain lake, and there is a close combina- tion of several elements of great beanty. The massive rocks, the mountain lake with its clear depths, and the leaping cascade hiding under the rocks, and then reappearing to ripple down to the lake below.

THE OLD RING HOMESTEAD

is situated where the road to Newburgh from Canter- bury diverges to the left, leaving to the right the road to Cornwall-on-the-Hudson. There are many historic memories clustering around this now vener- able mansion. Here lived David Sands, the early preacher of the Friends ; in this house the meetings were held before the meeting-house west of the vil- lage was erected ; still earlier, during the Revolution, it was occupied as a store by the grandfather of Rob- ert E. Ring, and at times served the purpose of a guard-house, a detachment of troops from the New Windsor encampment being stationed there. War and peace thus met upon its grounds; preacher and soldier both passed its portals in those stormy times. To this house came the bride, Catharine Sands, and from the sacred quiet of its low rooms the dead were carried forth to rest beneath the smile of God and enter into eternal peace.

IDLEWILD

would naturally be mentioned under this head, but it is already described among village names; and as an estate it is absolutely private property, not open to general rambles, except by permission from its pro- prietor. In Mr. Beach's recent work it is very fully written, some thirteen pages being devoted to Idlewild alone. For those, too, who would hear numerous charming anecdotes of the poet, there are many living in Cornwall who knew him well, for he died only thir- teen years ago. MIr. J. D. Sutherland was with Mr. Willis almost daily during the laying out of Idlewild and the erection of the residence. It was a chance re- mark of Mr. Sutherland which led to the name Idle- wild; and the poet relied upon his practical judgment in the arrangement and grading of the grounds, in laying out the drives and the improvements of the glen. It was a favorite morning salutation of Mr. Willis : " Well, Major Sutherland, I want to use your brains to-day."

XI .- INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS.

The town of Cornwall has quite a large area of arable lands. It is not exactly a mountain town, al- though it includes a portion of the Highlands.

Around Canterbury and westward there are many fine farms. In the central and northwestern portions there are productive districts, in which a mixed and varied husbandry yields valuable returns. In the immediate vicinity of Canterbury an excellent quality of grapes is grown, forming by itself an important industry. Mr. Oliver Brewster, residing on Willow Avenue, has a very fine tract of some fifteen acres. It slopes northward from his residence, the latter standing on an elevation that commands a splendid river and mountain view. Mr. Brewster has been in the fruit-growing business for twenty-five years. He raises strawberries, raspberries, and other small fruits, but makes the culture of grapes a specialty. He sent to market in 1879 27 tons of grapes, and will send more than that for the present season (September, 1880). He raises the Concord largely, though the Isabella and other varieties are found in his fields. At the ripening season one can appreciate the enthu- siasm of writers who speak of the "sunlit hills of Italy purple with ripening grapes," and scented with the delicate odor wafted upon the gentle breezes.

Daniel Clark is another extensive fruit-grower, giving most of his attention to grapes. His grounds are in the Idlewild Valley, extending up the southern slopes of the hills. His shipments are very large, amounting occasionally to 30 tons a year. He origin- ally bought one Concord grape, from which he set 20 acres. The old parent vine bore vigorously last year, but died suddenly from an over-dose of brine.

William Sherwood also has a large grapery south of Canterbury village, and raises a large amount of grapes of superior quality. There are others who raise grapes in smaller quantities, but in the aggregate do a business of considerable extent.

Among the industrial enterprises none have perhaps achieved greater prominence than the culture of straw- berries and other small fruits by Rev. E. P. Roe. (See Biographical Sketch.)

The "Red Mill," on Idlewild Brook, is a grist-mill of very early date. It was probably built by Reuben Clark, or at least passed to him early in this century, and about thirty-six years ago to his son, David Clark, the present owner.

MEAD & TAFT.

This firm is doing an extensive business at Corn- wall Landing. They have a lumber-yard and a planing-mill. In connection with this they have a hardware-store, in which they deal largely in the general goods of the trade, and in all kinds of ma- sons' materials, painting, and building materials generally. The partners are Charles H. Mead and Thomas Taft. The business was first established in 1853 by Mr. Mead at Canterbury, at the junction of the Newburgh road with Hudson Street. In 1861 the partnership was formed, and in 1868 they removed to Cornwall Landing. Their buildings were burned March 29, 1879. They were immediately re- built, and are now very large and convenient. A

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feature of their business is the manufacture of porta- ble cottages adapted to the fashionable watering- places, and to the camp-grounds of religious and temperance associations. They are also contractors for the erection of large churches and other public buildings. Among their works may be mentioned the "Church of our Lady Star of the Sea" at Long Branch, and the Palmer House at Nyack.

ORR'S MILLS.

Among the active business men of Cornwall, Messrs. William and John Orr contribute in many ways to the development of every public interest. John Orr has fouring-mills at Mountainville, and is also postmas- ter at that office. William Orr & Co. operate the well-known Cornwall Mills on Murderer's Creek. They are both custom- and flouring-mills. An ex- tensive business is done, their delivery-wagons being frequently seen through all the villages in Cornwall, and in other towns near. Their buildings are pic- turesquely situated near the road leading from Corn- wall Station to Canterbury. On a fine site near stands the Orr House, a popular resort of summer boarders.

SUMMER BOARDING.

Perhaps this may be termed an "industrial pur- suit." At least the business is industriously pursued by a large number in Cornwall. Besides the Glen Ridge House and the Orr House, already mentioned, there may be named the Smith House, Cornwall- on-the-Hudson, C. H. Smith, proprietor ; the Ehmer House, Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, Wm. B. Elmer, pro- prietor; the Linden Park House, Cornwall-on-the- Hudson, R. B. Ring, proprietor ; the Lawrence House, Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, J. J. Lawrence, proprietor ; the Palmer House (formerly Carswell), Cornwall-on- the-Hudson; the Mountain House, J. W. Meagher, manager ; Mrs. Dunham, summer boarding; and T. M. Wilfy, summer boarding. There are also many others who receive boarders during the season, but do not announce their places formally as summer board- ing-houses.

XII .- MILITARY.

The present town of Cornwall lies in the immedi- ate vicinity of some of the most noted localities of the Revolutionary struggle, but can directly claim few or none of them as a part of her own soil. New Windsor and Newburgh, to the north, are rich in historic as- sociations, while the town of Highlands, on the south, embraces military reminiscences of surpassing inter- est. The forts of the Highlands were south of what is now Cornwall, while the encampment of Clinton's command was northwest, in New Windsor, and Gen. Washington's headquarters north, in the present city of Newburgh. The names of those citizens who par- ticipated in the Revolutionary war from the present territory of Cornwall must be sought in the militia- rolls given elsewhere, and can only be determined by

comparison with the names of early residents, given under various heads in this volume.

The following are remembered by citizens as having served in the war of 1812: Obadiah Sands, William Sayre, John Denniston, Peter Fisher, Philo Fancher. The latter is still living.

OFFICIAL ACTION, WAR OF 1861-65.

At a special town-meeting held at the house of B. L. Moore, Jan. 28, 1864, Robert E. Ring was called to the chair, and the minutes were recorded by the town clerk, Abijah Dan. It was proposed to vote on the question of the amount of bounty to be paid, each voter writing his name and the amount he voted for upon his ballot. This proposition was not accepted, but a motion for a town bounty of $50 to each volun- teer was adopted. In pursuance of this action the money was obtained of the Highland Bank by ex- ecuting a town note for the sum of $7800, payable Feb. 8, 1865, the note bearing date April 13, 1864.

On August 15th of the same year a special town- meeting duly called was held at Jackson's Hall, in Canterbury. It was voted to pay a bounty of $1000 to each volunteer who should enlist for one year.

The following statement of bonds issued appears in the records, the date of the bonds being Sept. 1, 1864:

$15,000 falling due Feb. 1, 1865.

$2,000 falling due Feb. 1, 1871.

12,000

= 1, 1866.

2,000

1,1872.

2,000

1, 1867.

3,000

1, 1873.

3,000

1, 1868.

7,500

" 1, 1874.

4,000

46 1,1809.

5,000

46 = 1, 1875.

10,000

1, 1870.

Feb. 7, 1865, another special town-meeting was held, and a vote passed authorizing the raising of a sufficient sum to fill the quota of the town by paying $400 to each volunteer, or to each drafted man in case of a draft, who should actually enter the service or provide a substitute.

The sum to be raised was fixed at $30,000. A war committee to act in conjunction with the supervisors was appointed, consisting of Harvey B. Adams, John Chatfield, William Avery, and Cornelius Nelson. The records appear to show $31,600 issued under this authority.

SOLDIERS' LIST.

The following list was prepared from the printed muster-in rolls of the State, but it has also received a careful revision by Mr. Isaac Denniston, of Canter- bury :

William Babcock, Co. C, 124th ; enl. Ang. 13, 1862.

William S. Brooks, Co. C, 124th; enl. Aug. 9, 1862; disch. April 16, 1863, for disability.

Thomas M. Brooks, Co. C, 124th ; en]. Aug. 15, 1862 ; wounded at Orange Grove, Nov. 27, 1863 ; died of wounds Dec. 20, 1863.

William Bordenstein, Co. C, 124th ; enl. Aug. 8, 1862; wounded at Chau- cellorsville; traus. to Vet. Res. Corps.

Albert J. Bunce, Co. C, 124th; enl. Ang. 7, 1862; wounded in assault at Petersburg, April 1, 1865.

Stephen W. Brown, Co. C, 124th; enl. Aug. 14, 1862; died of typhoid fever Jan. 17, 1863.

Thomas Bigler.

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John Brewer, Co. G, 2d N. Y. Cavalry ; eul. Sept. 1, 1861 ; re-enl. same regiment and company, 1863 ; diech. June, 1865; died since the war. Ezekiel Brundage, Co. G, 124th ; enl. Aug. 22, 1862; disch. Jan. 20, 1863 ; died since the war.

Henry J. Brewer, Co. G, 2d N. Y. Cavalry ; eol. Sept. 1, 1861 ; taken pris- oner September, 1863, and died in Andersonville.

George L. Brewater, corp., Co. C, 124th ; enl. Aug. 11, 1862; served from Petersburg (1863) to Lee's surrender.

John S. Bennett, Ist lieut., N. Y. Ind. Bat. No. 7; enl. Ang. 15, 1861.

l'eter Beams, enl. 1861 ; afterwards re-en1. Co. I, 168th.

William Brownson, Co C, 124th ; enl. August, 1862; 1st lient .; pro, regt. adjt., Dec. 31, 1862; resigned Sept. 17, 1863, on account of wounds received at Chancellorsville.

Jno. Beams, Co. 1, 168th ; enl. October, 1862.

David Beams, Co. I, 168th ; enl. October, 1862.

Samuel Bell, Co. A, 56th ; enl. 1861.

David Bowen, Co. C, 124th ; enl. August, 1862 ; Ieft regiment at Warren- ton, Va., Nov. 17, 1862, and enl. in U. S. Engineers.

William Curtis, Co. C, 176th ; enl. Sept. 30, 1862.

Robert Connelly, Jr., Co. C, 124th ; enl. Aug. 6, 1862; detached ns ambu- lance driver June 1, 1863; pro. sergt. of ambulance-train.

Charles Chatfield, Co. C, 124thi ; en1. Aug. 6, 1862; killed at Chancellors- ville, 1863.

Leonard Carey, Co. C, 124th; enl. Aug. 7. 1862; in guard of ambulance- train from September, 1863, to May, 1865.

James Curry, Co. C, 124th ; epl. Ang. 7, 1862; died in hospital, Feb. 7, 1863, of typhoid fever.

Michael Cox, 56tl ; enl. July 28, 1861; Ind. Bat. No. 7.

Joseph Chase, Co. F, 142d; drafted.

George Crippa, 124th ; enl. August, 1862.

Michael Cullen, Co. K, 124th; en1. 1862.

Sylvanus Curry, Sickles' brigade.

Abner Curry, Sickles' brigade.

Joseph Curry, Co. F, 168th.

Joseph Curry, Jr., Co. F, 168th.

George W. Cabrey, Co. C, 124th ; disch. April, 1863, for disability.

James Cromwell, capt., Co. C, 124th ; eul. 1862; pro, major; killed at Gettysburg.

Joseph Connelly, Co. D, 168th.

Benjamin Cole, Co. F, 142d; drafted February, 1864.

Daniel Cole, Co. F, 142d ; drafted February, 1864.

Wm. H. Conklin, Co. 1, 5th N. Y. Cavalry ; enl. 1863.

Jonas G. Davis, corp., Co. C, 124th ; enl. Aug. 7, 1862; disch. March 20, 1863, for accidental wounds; died eince the war.

Frederick Dezendorf, Co. C, 124th ; enl. Aug. 9, 1862 ; wounded May 3,

1863; missing in action June 3, 1864 ; returned to regt, at Annapo- lis, May, 1865.

Isaac Denniston, Jr., Co. I, 168th ; enl. Nov. 25, 1862; pro. corp .; discb. Oct. 31, 1863.

Henry Davenport, Co. L, 5th N. Y. Cavalry ; enl. September, 1861; taken prisoner at Hagerstown, July, 1863, and again at Stony Creek, June 28, 1864; confined in Andersonville. · Frank Dunderburg.

Robert Davies, Co. I, 56thi; enl. July, 1861 ; killed at Fair Oaks, June, 1862 ; served under Gen. Taylor throughout the Mexican war.

James E. Daniels, Co. C, 124th ; enl. August, 1862 ; wounded at Chancel- lorsville, May 3, 1863: and again in front of Petersburg, Aug. 19, 1864.

Nathan Edwards, Co. C, 124th; enl. Ang. 15, 1862; wounded at Gettys- burg, July 2, 1863.

Wm. C. Edwarde, Co. K, 20th Cavalry ; September, 1864.

Charles L. Edwards, Co. 1, 124th ; enl. August, 1862; killed at Gettys- burg, July 2, 1863.

Charles L. Edwards, Jr., Co. I, 5th Cavalry ; enl. June, 1861.

Isaac Edwards, Co. 1, 5th Cavalry ; enl. June, 1861.

William Einshi, Co. G, 2d N. Y. Cavalry ; enl. September, 1861 ; taken prisoner at Germania Ford, February, 1864; died in Salisbury prisuo.

Jolın Firel, Co. C, 124th ; enl. Aug. 2, 1862; not heard from after June, 1863.

George Florence, Co. C, 124th ; en1. Aug. 14, 1862 ; trans, to Vet. Res. Corps.

John Finney, Co. G, 124th ; died since the war.

Hector Finney, Co. G, 124th ; died since the war. Peter Fritz.

Anthony Fritz.

Abraham Florence.

John L. Goodsell, Co. C, 124th ; enl. Aug. 11, 1862; disch. March 30, 1863. Charles H. Goodsell, Co. C, 124th ; enl. Aug. 11, 1862; wounded at Chan- cellorsville, May 3, 1863 ; died May 20, 1863.

Anthony Goodsell, Ind. Bat. No. 7; enl. Oct. 7, 1861.

Edward Gillis, naval service.

Edward Ginger, Co. A, 124th ; enl. August, 1862.

Jesse Griffin, Co. F, 168th.

Wesley Goodsell, Co. G, 2d N. Y. Cavalry ; en1. September, 1861 ; taken prisoner, and died at Andersonville.

Irvin Gordon, Co. G, 168th ; enl. Oct. 20, 1862.

Peter P. Ilazen, corp., Co. C. 124th ; enl. Ang. 9, 1862; wounded at Get- tysburg : trans. tu Vet. Res. Corps.

Charles G. Ilowser, Co. F, 142d; drafted.

Richard Hulse.

Henry Hoffman, Co. C, 124th; eul. July, 1862; died of typhoid fever Sept. 29, 1863.

Michael Hager, Co. A, 124th ; enl. August, 1862 ; wounded at Gettysburg. Philip Hager, Co. B, 78th N. Y .; wounded at Chancellorsville, Muy, 1863, and discharged. reason disability.

George Hoofner.

GardDer B. Havens.

Charles Hager, U. S. Engineers.

Stephen Iseman.

Charles Jones, died since the war. '

John H. Judson, Co. A, 124th; enl. August, 1862; killed at Chancellors- ville, May 3, 1863.

Samuel Jackson.

Otto Kolthaus, Co. C, 176th ; enl. Sept. 15, 1862.

Luke Lancaster, Co. L, 2d Cavalry ; en1. September, 1864.

James Lewie.

Thomas H. Lane.

John Lewis, Co. A, 124th.

Thomas Lewis, Jr.

Dyer Lane.

Ifenry Lent, Co. A, 56th ; died since the war.

Samnel Latham, 124th.

Ceorge Lamb, 19th Militia.

Benjamin Lancaster, 124th; en1. August, 1862.

Jolını Lewis, 2d.

William Lewis, Co. K, 124th.

Wm. 11. Many, sergt., Co. C, 124th ; enl. Aug. II, 1862; trans. to V. R. C. William Mead, Co. C, 124th ; enl. Ang. 6, 1862; pro. sergt., July 1, 1863.

Lorenzo McEwen, Co. M, 15th Art .; enl. Jan. 29, 1864.

John A. Myers.

Wm. II. Myers.

John Maloney.

Patrick Murray.

Lawrence Miller.

John McLean, 19th Militia.

Joshua Mead, disch. for disability.

lingh McGuire, 7th N. Y. Ind. Battery ; pro. 1st Bergt.

Julius Medina, Co. D, 168th; enl. September, 1862.

James McDonald, Co. G, 2d Cavalry ; en1. July, 1861 ; killed by a railroad accident. .

Augustus Nelson, 7th Ind. Bat .; enl. Oct. 28, 1861.

Thomas Oldring, Co. C, 176tb ; enl. Sept. 26, 1862.

Isaac Odell, Co. C, 124th; enl. Aug. 13, 1862 ; thumb shot off on picket ; trans. to V. R. C.

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History of Orange County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 190

Author: Ruttenber, Edward Manning, 1825-1907, comp; Clark, L. H. (Lewis H.) Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck Number of Pages: 1336

Author: Ruttenber, Edward Manning, 1825-1907, comp; Clark, L. H. (Lewis H.)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1336