History of Orange County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 80

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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1870 .- Mayor, Robert Sterling (deceased) ; Alexander McCann, presiding officer and acting mayor; Aldermen : First Ward, Alexander Mc- Cann, Gavin R. McGregor ; Second Ward, Elkanah K. Shaw, Francis Boyd; Third Ward, Charles Root, J. J. S. McCroskery ; Fourth Ward, Alexander Caldwell, James T. Lawson. Orville M. Smith, clerk (served until 1872).

1871 .- Mayor, William W. Carson; Allermen: First Ward, Alexander McCann, William Doyle; Second Ward, Elkanah K. Shaw, Robert Whitehill ; Third Ward, Charles Root, J. J. S. McCroskery ; Fourth Ward, Nathaniel B. Ilayt, James T. Lawson.

1872 .- Mayor, Samuel E. Shutes; Aldermen: First Ward, Joseph M. Dickey, William Doyle; Second Ward, Henry F. Travis, Robert Whitehill; Third Ward, Edward Haigh, J. J. S. McCroskery ; Fourth Ward, Nathaniel B. Hayt, Robert Keruahan. Daniel J. Coutant, clerk (1880).

1873 .- Mayor, Samuel E. Shutes; Aldermen: First Ward, Joseph M. Dickey, William Doyle; Second Ward, Henry F. Travis, William Cameron; Third Ward, Edward Haigh, Jolin C. Adams; Fourth Ward, Nathaniel B. Hayt, Robert Kernahan.

1874 .- Mayor, Chancey M. Leonard ;* Aldermen : First Ward, William Doyle, Hugh Hamilton; Second Ward, William F. Cameron, John Dotzert; Third Ward, John C. Adams, Grant E. Edgar ; Fourth Ward, Nathaniel B. Ilayt, Lewis B. Halsey.

1875-76 .- Mayor, John J. S. McCroskery ; Aldermen : First Ward, Wil- liam Doyle, Ilugh Hamilton ; Second Ward, William F. Cameron, John Dotzert; Third Ward, John C. Adams, Grant E. Edgar; Fourth Ward, Noah Collard, Richard Sterling.

1876-77 .- Mayor, John J. S. MeCroskery ; Aldermen : First Ward, Wil- liam Doyle, Benjamin Cliff; Second Ward, William F. Cameron, John Dotzert; Third Ward, John C. Adams, Wallace Shoonmaker; Fourth Ward, David S. Lockwood, Richard Sterling (the latter ap- pointed to fill vacancy occasioned by the death of Noah Collard).

1878-79 .- Mayor, Charles H. Weygant; Aldermen : First Ward, Willlam Doyle, Benjamin Cliff; Second Ward, James C. Grant, George L. Chadborn; Third Ward, William I. Underlull, Bartholomew B. Moore; Fourth Ward, James Dickey, Robert Kernahan.

1879-80 .- Mayor, Charles II. Weygant; Aldermen : First Ward, Benja- min Cliff, Charles J. Embler ; Second Ward, James C Grant, Wilham Chambers; Third Ward, Bartholomew B. Moore, Joseph Von Cleft ; Fourth Ward, Robert Kernahan, Hugh Me Kissock.

MEMBERS OF BOARD OF EDUCATION.

1862-65, Egbert Alsdorf ; 1852-57, John Bevridge ; 1858-60, Thomas Bev- ridge; 1858-63, 1867-68, 1873-77, 1880-84, E. A. Brewster ; 1852-58, Rev. John Brown ; 1855, Jacob Brown ; 1861, W. Il. Callahan ; 1874 -77, Robert L. Case ; 1875-77, A. S. C'assedy ; 1865, George M. Clapp; 1858-60, George Clark ; 1864-72, 1876-80, John Corwin ; 1855-57, Dr. W. A. M. Culbert ; 1857-59, James R. Pickson; 1876-80, Dr. Smith Ely ; 1864-72, Charles Estabrook ; 1853-77, Rev. John Forsyth ; 1876 -80, W. W. Gearn ; 1859-61, Thomas George ; 1852-54, L. R. Gregory ;

1867-70, P. S. Haines ; 1871-80, MI. HI. Hirschberg; 1852-56, Na- thaniel Jones ; 1861-63, Edward R. Johnes ; 1852-54, George W. Kerr; 1864-67, 1873, Thomas Kimball; 1858-61, John K. Lawson ; 1852- 57, 1860-62, 1864, D. Gillis Leonard; 1869-71, Chancey M. Leonard; 1870-72, John N. Lewis; 1868-73, Cyrus R. Martin; 1863-66, 1868- 69, Hugh McCutcheon; 1870, Theodore Merritt ; 1872-75, B. B. Moore ; 1852-54, 1865, J. J. Monell ; 1862-64, William E. Peck; 1852, Charles F. V. Reeve; 1872-75, John Reilly; 1852-57, Thomas C. Ring ; 1866-72, 1875-77, Daniel T. Rogers; 1857-64, 1866-69, E. M. Ruttenber; 1856-57, 1839-64, Orville M. Smith ; 1855, John S. Thayer ; 1861-66, Peter Ward; 1856-58, Samuel Williams; 1867-74, Nicholas Wilson. President, 1852-57, John Bevridge; 1858-77, John Forsyth ; 1878-79, A. S. Cassedy ; 1879-80, MI. II. Hirschberg. Clerk, 1852-57, Nathaniel Jones; 1852-59, Hugh S. Banks; 1859-63, 1872-80, Dr. R. V. K. Montfort ; 1863-64, E. M. Ruttenber; 1864-72, Hiram A. Jones.

WATER COMMISSIONERS.

With the exception of the commissioners appointed for the construction of the water-works, the duties of water commissioners were discharged by the board of trustees until the adoption of the city charter, since which time the following persons have been members of the board of water commissioners :

1866-71, George Clark ; 1866-71, Francis Scott; 1866-69, J. D. Sbafer; 1869, Robert Sterling; 1869-72, C. M. Leonard ; 1869-72, William Wyckoff; 1870-75, John F. Van Nort: 1871-75, Franklin Gerard; 1871-75, Timothy Townsend; 1872-78, Win. W. Carson; 1872-77, Samuel G. Kimball; 1875-80, J. II. H. Chapman; 1875-76, E. K. Shaw ; 1875-76, L. M. Smith ; 1876-78, Charles Root ; 1878-82, Wm. O. Mailler ; 1876-78, Charles Root; 1876-79, H. B. Beckman ; 1879- 83, W. C. Lawson; 1880-84, Frank W. Gerecke. Superintendent, 1866, D. T. Rogers ; 1866-69, Leander Clark, Jr .; 1869-70, N. W. Al- lard ; 1870-73, Charles B. Royce; 1873-80, E. C. Boynton.

SEALS OF THE VILLAGE AND CITY OF NEWBURGHI.

The first seal in use by the board of trustees was one previously obtained by the trustees of the fire de- partment. It had for its design a figure of Justice, encircled with the words, "Seal of the Trustees of Newburgh."

The second seal was adopted June 7, 1819. It is described by Mr. William Rollinson, of New York, by whom it was engraved, as follows: "The figure is a representation of the deity of the Hudson, or a river-god (Aquarius, the water-bearer), according to heathen mythology, pouring forth the river from his urn, and bearing in his right hand an antique rudder of a vessel, as an emblem of the extensive navigation and commerce of the river, and the Hudson is desig- nated by the arms of the State of New York being blazoned upon the rudder, which I believe corresponds with the idea communicated to me." This deserip- tion is rather crude, but it was approved by the board and entered upon its minutes.

The seal of the city of Newburgh was adopted in 1866.

XVII .- MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS.

Immediately following the war of the Revolution very little attention was given to the militia. The enrollment was of course preserved, and embraced the name of every able-bodied male resident between the ages of sixteen and fifty. After the adoption of the Federal Constitution more attention was given to the matter, and prior to 1806 five uniformed militia

* Mayor Leonard having died Dec. 3, 1874, the president of the Com- mou Council, N. B. Ilayt, became acting mayor, in accordance with pro- vision of the city charter.

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companies were organized in the regimental district* of which Newburgh was a part, viz. :

1. The Orange Hussars .- This company was organ- ized in 1793. At that time it had its headquarters in the town of Montgomery, but subsequently removed them to Coldenham, in Newburgh. It was organized under the auspices of Joseph Barbour; was for many years under the command of William Wright; was on duty in 1812, and was again called to the field during the anti-rent troubles in 1846. It was detached from the Second Regiment of cavalry, Aug. 30, 1844, and attached to the Fourteenth (Nineteenth) Regi- ment, and disbanded in 1863, at which time it was under the command of William C. Brewster.

2. Capt. Acker's Company of Cavalry .- A company of cavalry was organized under the command of Wil- liam Acker, about the year 1804, and continued in existence until 1837 or 1838. It was composed of members residing in the north part of the town and in the adjoining towns of Ulster, and was in service on Long Island in 1812-13. Capt. Aeker was suc- ceeded by Nathaniel DuBois, who served for several years. The last captain of the company was Robert D. Mapes, of Marlborough. The uniform of the company consisted of red coats with buff facings and buff pantaloons.

3. The Republican Blues .- This company was prob- ably formed about the commencement of the present century. It appears to have been in a very flourish- ing condition in 1807 (when it stood on the roll of the regiment as Company No. 1), and to have continued so until 1814. It was composed almost entirely of natives of Ireland or their descendants, and hence was familiarly known as the Irish Blues. Very few companies in the State exhibited a more patriotie spirit than did the Blues. In 1807, during the dis- cussions which eventuated in the second war with England, it tendered its services to the Governor to id in the public defense, and from that time until 1812, when it was ordered to Staten Island, it stood ready to take the field. From the time of its organi- the roster of the Nineteenth contains very little in

zation until 1813 it was under the command of Alex. Denniston.t Its officers in 1809 were Alex. Denniston, captain ; George Gordon, first sergeant ; James Alex- inder, second sergeant ; Paul Stewart, third sergeant; Thomas Kelso, fourth sergeant; William Camaek, irst corporal; John Kernochan, second corporal ; James Coleman, third corporal ; Isaiah Titus, fourthi corporal. From 1813 to 1815 it was under the com- mand of James Hamilton. Its uniform consisted of blue dress, and caps made in the form of a Roman

helmet. The organization of the company was so broken up during the war that its disbandment took place June 3, 1815, " in consequence of not having a complement of men agreeable to the statute."

4. Capt. Birdsall's Company .- The date of the or- ganization of this company cannot now be ascertained. In 1809 it stood on the roll of the regiment as Com- pany No. 2, and was then under the command of the following officers, viz .: Charles Birdsall, captain ; Abel Belknap, first sergeant ; John Połhamus, second sergeant; Jeremiah Albertson, third sergeant ; Briggs Belknap, fourth sergeant; George Marvin, first cor- poral ; William P. Hatch, second corporal; David Sands, third corporal ; Joseph Albertson, fourth eor- poral. These officers served until 1814, when Robert Gardiner was elected lientenant, and Sylvester Roe ensign. The uniform of the company was the same as that of the Republican Blues, with the exception of the faeings of the coat ; and, like its contemporary, it was in service on Staten Island in 1812. The same canses which led to the disbandment of the former struck the latter from the roll of the regiment June 3, 1815.

5. Capt. Butterworth's Artillery Company .- This company was organized Nov. 2, 1804, and had its headquarters at the McIntosh house on Liberty Street. It was first under the command of William Ross, who served as captain until ISI0 or 1811, when he was succeeded by Henry Butterworth. Its headquarters were then removed to Balmville, where an artillery house was erected. In 1812, while under the com- mand of Capt. Butterworth, the company was sta- tioned on Staten Island. Positive facts in reference to its subsequent history cannot be obtained, but it is said that Charles Clinton was its captain in 1819 or 1820; in 1822, James Kelso, captain; Robert Lock- wood, first lieutenant ; Gilbert Holmes, ensign ; 1829, John B. Cromwell, captain, and afterwards Thornton M. Niven. As the artillery was embraced in a sepa- rate regiment (of which T. D. Lander was colonel), reference to this company.

In addition to the uniformed companies there were three companies of militia, which in 1812 were known as follows, viz. : No. 4, or Capt. Daniel T. Smith's company,-Daniel T. Smith, captain ; Daniel Tooker, first sergeant; Nathaniel Tooker, second sergeant ; James Waring, third sergeant ; Henry Cosman, drum- mer. No. 5, or Capt. Sethi Belknap's company,- Setlı Belknap, captain ; Charles Humphrey, first sergeant ; Sovreign B. Anderson, second sergeant; James Crawford, third sergeant; William Belknap, fourth sergeant; Hezekiah Fairchild, first corporal ; James Wayland, second corporal ; Robert Gourlay, third corporal ; John Wood, Jr., fourth corporal. No. 7, or Capt. Falls' company .- William HI. Falls, cap- tain; Robert Lawson, lieutenant; James Belknap, first sergeant ; James M. Gardiner, second sergeant ; William W. Sackett, third sergeant; Stephen Bel-

* Several changes have been made in the boundaries of the district, und the regiment has been numbered the 4th, the 14th, and the 19th.

+ In 1812 (Nov. 30th), Capt. Denniston proposed the organization of a company of volunteers, to serve for one year or during the war, and snc- seeded in enlisting about fifty men, who elected Jonathan Gidney cap- ain. The company went to New York, and there formed part of a de- ached regiment of riflemen. Denniston was appointed major in this egiment, and the vacancy thus created in the captaincy of the Blues vas filled by James llamilton.

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knap, fourth sergeant; Gilbert W. Crissey, first cor- poral ; Samuel G. Sneden, second corporal ; Gardiner Thompson, third corporal ; Daniel Gidney, fourth cor- poral. These companies were in existence until 1846.

In 1817, James Belknap, John W. Brown, and others effected the organization of a company of infantry, subsequently known as the Bell-Button Company. Its first officers were James Belknap, captain; William Smith, lieutenant; John W. Brown, ensign. In 1822, William Smith was captain ; Samuel G. Sneden, lieu- tenant; and Fred. W. Farnam, ensign. In 1824, Charles Niven, captain ; Thomas Smith, lieutenant ; and E. Ward Farrington, ensign. The uniform of the company consisted of a blue short jacket ornamented with bell-buttons, blue pantaloons, and a cap with ornament and plume. It was disbanded in 1824, and its active members united with the other military associations of the town, viz .:

1. The Village Guard .- This company was organized in 1822 under the command of Henry B. Myers. Its uniform consisted of a blue cloth coat, white vest and pantaloons, a black stock or cravat, white webbing cross and waist belts, a leather cap trimmed with an armor or scale chain plate, with a black vulture plume and cockade. It preserved its organization until 1846, when it was disbanded under the militia law of that year. The following list of the officers of the com- pany is from the roster of the regiment :

Date

Captain.

Lieutenant. Ensign.

1822 ........ Henry B. Myors.

John D. Phillips. Nathaniel Vail.

Ezra B. Sweet.

1825-26 ...

1827. =

Wm. C. Hasbrouck. David Harris.

1827 ..... .. Wm. C. Hasbrouck, Alauson Randoll.

1828

David Harris.

Wm. Butterworth. Odell S. Hathaway.

1829.

W'm. Rutterworth. O. S. Hathaway.

Walter W. Weed.

1834-35 ... Odell S. Hathaway. Walter W. Weed.

Cyrns S. llawkins.

1836 ........ Walter W. Weed.

Cyrns S. Hawkins. Thomas Mccullough.

1839.

Thos. Mccullough. W'nı. II. Roberson.

1840 ........ Adam Lilburn.

Richard J. Whitney. Charles H. Ball.

1843 ........ Rich'd J. Whitney. Chas. II. Ball.

1844-46 ... Addison W. Brown. Benj. B. Hawkins.

2. The Newburgh Volunteers .- This company was organized Oct. 30, 1824,-John D. Phillips, captain ; John Johnson, lieutenant; and Thomas Smith, en- sign. Its uniform was the same as that adopted by the Village Guard, with the exception of the plume, which was white. It was disbanded under the militia law of 1846, at which time it numbered about seventy muskets. The following list of its officers is from the books of the company :

Date.

Captain. Lieutenant.

1824 ........ John D. Phillips.

John Johnson.

Ensign. Thomas Smith. Orson Tarbell.

1829 .... ...

1830-31 ... John Johnson.

Orson Tarbell.

John McAuley.

1831 ........ Cicero A. Gardiner.

1832-33 ...

1834-35 ... Orson Tarbell.

Oscar Marsh.

1836 ........ Oscar Marslı.

Nelson Kelley.

Oscar Marsh. Nelson Kelley. Alanson Miller.

1837-38 ...

Alanson Miller.

Moses Camack.

1839-41 ...

Adam Lilburn. Selah T. McCollum. Lewis W. Gardiner. Joseph A. Starr.

1843 ....... . Lewis W. Gardiner. N. P. Emett.

1844 ....... ...

Jolın F. Baldwin.

Westlake Canuon.

1845-46 ...

Westlake Cannon.

John S. Wear.

The operation of the law of 1846 was disastrous to uniformed companies. This law provided for the organization of only one company in each company district ; and by its rearrangement of the regimental districts confined the Nineteenth to the county of Orange, thereby cutting off such members of the Newburgh companies as resided in Ulster. The Orange Hussars alone survived the measure. The law of 1854, however, was more favorable, and led to the organization of five companies, viz. :

1. The Washington Continental Guard (Co. D) .- The organization of this company was perfected by Mr. Robert D. Kemp and nineteen others, Nov. 22, 1855. It adopted the Continental uniform of 1780, which was procured at a cost of $3400; but was sub- sequently compelled to substitute, on general parade, the regular uniform of the militia. Its original roll embraced the names of forty-two men. Its officers were,-

Captains, R. D. Kemp, Isaac Wood, Jr., Michael Doyle, Thos. S. Mar- vel, Jr., Isaac Jenkinson, Isaac M. Martin, James T. Chase.

First Lieutenants, George M. Van Nort, Isaac Wood, Jr., Isaac Jeukin- son, Wm. M. Hathaway, Wm. B. Marvin, Archibald Ferguson, Jas. T. Chase, Geo. W. Hawkins, John S. Terwilliger.

Second Lieutenants, Isaac Jenkinson, Michael Doyle, Wm. M. Hatha- way, Wm. B. Marvin, John Bocock, George C. Marvin, George W. Ilaw- kins, Nathaniel Jackson, John S. Terwilliger, Christian F. Dietzeroth, James F. Niel.

2. Powell Corps (Co. E) .- The Powell Corps was organized Dec. 1, 1857. Its officers were,-

Captains, J. N. Arnold (1857), Eli H. Evans (1859), Jobo S. Watts (1860).

First Lieutenants, Wilson Bruyn, E. J. Roos, D. A. Mabie, W. H. Tico. Second Lieutenants, E. G. Fowler, W. C. Oakley, W. H. Tice, J. P. Vought, E. D. Ilayt.

3. The Newburgh Guard (Co. F) .- This company was organized Dec. 23, 1858. One of the features in its history was the erection of the monument to Uzal Knapp, at Washington's headquarters, which was in- augurated with public ceremonies on Monday, June 18, 1860. The officers of the company were,-

Captains, John D. Kelly, James A. Raney, John H. Toohey, Timothy Donoghue, Francis Rose.

First Lieutenants, James O'Neil, John HI. Toohey, Patrick Day, Patrick Brennan, Robt. H. Brown, Patrick J. McDonald.

Second Lieutenants, Joseph Wilson, Patrick Day, Robt. II. Brown, Pat- rick J. McDonald, Patrick McArdle.

4. The Parmenter Riflemen (Co. L, subsequently C). -This company was organized in December, 1858, and took its name in honor of the colonel of the regi- ment, Stephen C. Parmenter. Its officers were,-

Captains, R. D. Kemp, Egbert Alsdorf, James Smiley, Robt. H. Kerno- chan.

First Lieutenants, E. A. Joues, James Smiley, Robt. H. Kernochan, E. J. F. Marsh.

Second Lieutenants, H. F. Adams, Alex. Maun, J. W. Stevenson, John Il. Brooks.

5. Ellis Guard (Co. 1) .- This company was organ- ized Sept. 12, 1865, and named in honor of Col. A. V. H. Ellis, of the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth New York Volunteers. Its officers were,-

1842

Wm. I. Underhill.

1831-33 ...

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Captains, Jamies C. Taggart, Sam]. McQuaid, David A. Mabie, Jr., Alex. McMeekin, B. B. Moore,

First Lieutenants, Sylvester Lawson, B. B. Moore.

Second Lieutenants, Saml. McQuaid, Wm. C. Carmichael, Geo. Wallace, T. J. Collins.

In 1873 Companies C and I were consolidated and the united company named C, under the following officers : B. B. Moore, captain ; E. F. J. Marsh, first lieutenant ; John H. Brooks, second lieutenant. This company alone survived the disintegration caused by the war, but its continuance was for only a short time.

Companies D, E, F, and L, and a company specially recruited called I, were in the service of the United States as part of the Nineteenth Regiment militia for three months from June 4, 1862. In the spring of 1861 (June 28th), Company I, Seventy-first Regiment militia, was recruited principally from the Parmenter Riflemen, Company L, for three months' service, and was in the first battle of Bull Run, where Saml. O. Bond, one of its members, was killed. It was again recruited for three months' service in the Seventy-first in the spring of 1862, and many of its members passed directly from the field into the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth New York Volunteers. Not less than ninety officers of the volunteer service, from colonel to second lieutenant, were drawn from the active and honorary members of the uniformed companies of Newburgh.

Under the law of 1877 the following companies were organized :

A Company ( Washington Light-Guard) .- James F. Neil, captain ; James P. Barr, first lieutenant ; William C. Kemper, second lieutenant.

B Company ( Emmet Guard) .- Thomas J. Bannon, captain ; John C. Green, first lieutenant ; Patrick J. Silk, second lieutenant.

C Company .- William Wilson, captain ; John H. Wells, first lieutenant ; - - - -- , second lieutenant.

D Company (Newburgh Guard) .- Patrick J. Mc- Donald, captain; William Bartley, first lieutenant; -, second lieutenant.

E Company .- Joseph M. Dickey, captain ; William B. Brokaw, first lieutenant; William H. Smith, second lieutenant.

These companies compose the Seventeenth Bat- talion N.G.S.N.Y., now under command of Lieut .- Col. and Brevet Col. Edward D. Hayt.

XVIII .- REBELLION RECORD.

The totals of quotas and credits of the town of New- burgh (then including the city) during the war of the Rebellion were,-

quota required, amounting to 847,400, and in the same settlement received 849,800 for bounties. The official record of quotas and the response which was made to them, however, fails to accurately represent the num- ber of men furnished under the several calls, nor are the enlistments prior to July, 1862, entered in the account. The quota under the call of July, 1862, was 470, the number furnished 501. The quota under the call of July. 1863 (draft of October 7th), was 443, which number, with an addition of 50 per cent. (total 552), was drawn, of whom 90 commuted, entered the service personally, or furnished substitutes. The total of quotas under the merged calls of July and October, 1863, and of February, March, and July, 1864, was 756; the number furnished (including 90 credited by draft of 1863), 827, of whom 71 were not credited. The volunteers in the two years' regiments, and in the militia for three months, prior to July, 1862, reached the aggregate of 1078 men. The enlistments, therefore, may be summarized as follows :

Enlistments prior to July, 1862. 1078

under call of July, 1862 .. 501

uoder calls of 1863-64. 827

uoder call of December, 1864. 122

showing a total of 2410, an excess of 1033 over the number credited and of 1062 over the quotas required ; or, reducing the enlistments prior to July, 1862, to three years' men and adding the number (78) allowed under the settlement of 1865, an excess over quotas of 518.

The volunteers recruited in the town were for every branch of the service, but were mainly embraced in the Army of the Potomac. The following general enumeration is from official records :

Third Regiment, Co. B.

Thirty-sixth Regiaient, Co. B

Fifty-sixth Regiment, Co. A, B, etc. 228

One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regiment, Co. A, H, etc.

223

One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Regiment, consolidated with One Hundred aod Seventy-sixth.

One Hnadred and Sixty-eighth Regiment ..

166

Sixty-third Regiment

Ninety-eighth Regiment, Co. C

Seventy-first Regiment Militia, Co. I. 1861

Seventy-first Regiment Militia, Co. I, 1862.

Nineteenth Regiment Militia, 1862.

357

Seventh Independent Battery

131

Fiftlı Regiment Artillery.

Sixth

Seventh

Fifteenth "

Co. M.

Sixteenth "

Second

Cavalry.

Fifteenth "

Co. I.

Eighteenth Regiment Cavalry.

Colored Regiments.

5€

Navy

116

Miscellaneous, including substitutes, etc.

473

Total

2410

The following list of officers and privates is not sub- mitted as accurate or complete, but as the best that Qnotas nnder all calls prior to Dec. 19, 1864 .. 1226 can be prepared without free access to official records. Quota under the call of Dec. 19, 1864. 122 -1348 Many names are embraced in it of persons who never Credits under all calle prior to Dec. 19, 1864. 1257 Credits under the call of Dec. 19, 1864 122 had other connection with Newburgh than in filling -- 1379 its quotas for bounties paid. As such it is true they On settlement with the State authorities, under the bounty act of 1865, the town was allowed for an ex- were representatives, but in a higher sense are the representative men to be found in those who were cess of 237 years, or for 78 three years' men over the . known residents of the town, many of whom counted

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not their lives dear to them in the terrible struggle. Earnest effort has been made to perfect the record of those who were killed or wounded in battle, or who died of wounds or disease, and if omissions there are in this respect, it is due to the absence of information. Responsibility in this direction has been very keenly appreciated. In many of its details the list is at least semi-official. The record of nanies is of those officially credited to the town, and the accompanying statements are from muster-out rolls. With this explanation the list is submitted.

NOTE .- Ualess otherwise marked the numbers are of infantry regi- ments of volunteers. M indicates militia.

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History of Orange County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 80

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