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Michael Burns Charles Boyer Thomas Cairns Elliot L. Cook James S. Cole Seba Darrine John Dalton Frank Davis
William Decker
Dewton Dextor
Newton Dart
John DeMott
Dennis Dwyer
Lewis Dier
Millard Fillmore
Michael Furguson
John Gill
George Townsand
Willinob Griffin
Edward Howard
Robert Hunt
Norman R. Hagadon
John Hues
Daniel Howard
Abraham Ispery
George Judson
Peter Kelly Patrick Kelly
Andrew Kelty
Frank J. Loyde
Francis Lewis
Francis Lovett
John W. Margary
Henry Miller
Edward Morphy
John McDonald Henry Maxwell
Charles Ostrander James Porter George Proper William Patterson
Charles Povey Jacob Perry George S. Roberts
Peter Sullivan Isaac Smith
William Shackleton
Valentine Smith
Charles Stephens
Martin Sherman
Samuel Shinabager
James A Smith Jeremiah Transem
Hiram Thomas
Benjamin H. Thomas
Albert H. Fingue
Collins S. Twitchell
David A. Van Gerder
Jacob Wendal
Franklin Wright
John White Jesse Warner
James Young
Estes Collier
Martin Casey John Develin Henry W. Foster
John Morrisey
John O'Brien
John White
Charles E. Flint. Promoted to sergeant.
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COMPANY I.
This company was composed most wholly of Tompkins County men, nearly all of whom enlisted in the latter part of August and fore part of September, 1864, for one year. The company was mustered into the United States service September 13, 1864, at Elmira, and joined the regiment in the field near Petersburg, Va., about September 18, 1864.
COMMISIONED OFFICERS.
Edwin C. Bowen, captain. Breveted at the close of the war.
Davis C. Marshall, ist lieutenant.
William B. Kinney, 2d lieutenant. Discharged Jan 31, 1865.
SERGEANTS.
Charles W. Blackmer, ist sergeant. Promoted 2d lieu- tenant March 20, 1865.
Oscar S. Jennings. Promoted ist sergeant, March 20 1865.
Bennett T. Langdon. Wounded April 2, 1865.
Frances A. King. Promoted from the ranks to ser- geant March 20, 1865.
George W. Brown.
David K. McAllister.
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CORPORALS.
Charles E. Sebring.
Samuel Patterson.
Chauncey Elliott.
Nicoll F. Janes. Wounded Setp. 30, 1864.
James Ely
Leander H. Bower.
John W. Beardslee.
Henry C. Weed.
Ezra Tinker.
Wm. Sicians.
George L. Saxty.
PRIVATES.
Charles Banard
Charles M. Beardslee
Aaron W. Bennett
Hiram J. Bengnen Edward G. Brown
Oliver Bradley
Dwight Barto
Charles S. Baker. Died Oct. 31, 1864.
Alfonso Brooks
Nelson Beadell. Taken
prisoner Sept. 30, 1864, released on parole Feb. 28, 1865. Hugh C. Brown Jerome Bateman Elias Beach Daniel B. Carson. Wound-
ed April 2, 1865. Died April 13, 1865.
David Crance James Cook. Taken pris- oner Sept. 30, 1864. John W. Cook. Taken prisioner Sept. 30, 1864. Richard M. Chapan Noys B. Congdon
John Catchin Duglass S. Catchin
John F. Drake.
Taken
prisoner Sept. 30, 1864, and died in prison. Horace Doolittle
Charles Dense
Andrew Everets
Ira Evans. Killed April 2, 1865. Andrew C. Gosline
William Howell. Wounded April 2, 1865.
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Bradford C. Hallett. Taken prisoner Sept. 30, 1864. Died in Salisbury prison. William A. Howland George Hanford Lant Haverly Daniel I. Hunt
Charles H. Hill
William A. Johnson
Franklin E. James
William McEwen
Abram Myers Aaron Mosher. Killed Sept. 30, 1864.
William Maston. Deserted Feb. 24, 1865.
Daniel Morris
Hiram McDaniels. Wound- ed Sept. 30, 1864.
Amos V. Nickerson
David Nichols
William Ostrander. Taken prisoner Sept. 30, 1864. Died April 24, 1865, while on parole. Jacob M. Owen. Wounded Sept. 30, 1864. Died Nov. 4, 1864.
Samuel Payne George H. Parsons. Died Dec. 1, 1864. Elonzo Pettiss. Died Dec. 10, 1864
John P. Patterson. Died Oct. 24, 1864.
Christopher P. Piatt. Died Nov. 24, 1864. William S. Roob James C. Ryerson Hurlburt Reed. Taken pris- oner Sept. 30, 1864. Died in Salisbury prison. ·. Jerome Russell. Wounded Sept. 30, 1864. Elijah Smith. Taken pris- oner Sept. 30, 1864. Ira Stoddard. Taken pris- oner Sept. 30, 1864. Died . in Salisbury prison. Alexander Shoemaker Tunnis F. Sturdevant'
William Severcool
George V. Shaw
Frank E. Tibbetts. Slightly wounded April 2, 1865. Alvin Taggart William Taggart. Wounded Sept. 30, 1864.
Jotherien Underdown
. Charles J. Vorhis. Killed April 2, 1865.
John Van Riper
C. D. Wallenbeck James G. Wilcox
Albert Worden. Taken pris- oner Sept. 30, 1864. Died in Salisbury prison. Ambrose Worden William F. Yaples
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COMPANY K.
This company was raised mostly in Broome, Tioga and adjoining counties. The men en- listed for one year in August and September, 1864, and were separately mustered at Owe- go at about the date of enlistment. The company was mustered into the United States · service September 15, 1864, at Elmira, and joined the regiment September 20, 1864.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Moses M. Van Beuschoten, captain. Had served two years as 1st lieutenant of Company C, 23d N. Y. V ..
Robert Hooper, 1st lieutenant. Was member of mili- tary. Commissioned at brigade headquarters Nov. 12, 1864. Breveted adjutant April 2, 1865.
William C. Foster, 2d lieutenant. Wounded and had another ball through hat, April 2, 1865.
SERGEANTS.
Eben E. Crocker, 1st sergeant.
Theodore F. McDonald. Taken prisoner Sept. 30, 1864. Released on parole at Hilington, N. C., Feb. 28, 1865.
Theodore E. Dean.
Richard M. Johnson.
James Van Demark.
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CORPORALS.
Phineas Ames. .
David W. Axtell.
James K. Holly.
John H. Merrithen.
Arthur A. Carmer.
Hustan McKinny.
Stephen Farris.
Benjamin F. Bailey. Killed April 2, 1865.
Abrian Axtill.
Henry Case.
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PRIVATES.
Charles S. Alexander Jase M. Beadell
Francis M. Barton. Prob- ably killed Sept. 30, 1864. Will H. Barber. Taken pris- oner Sept. 30, 1864. En- listed in confederate ser- vice at Salisbury, N. C., Jan. 16, 1865. Abrius Bennett. Wounded Sept. 20, 1864.
Charles Baker. Taken pris- oner Sept. 30, 1864. Re- leased on parole Feb. 28, 1865. Allen Benjamin Horace Cornelius. Taken prisoner Sept. 30, 1864. Released on parole Feb. 28, 1865.
George O. Blair. Discharg- ed for disability about M: rch 20, 1865. Leonard Coppel. Com- pany cook. Squire H. Cook. Wounded April 2, 1865. Elanson Couron Charles R. Cook. Died at Division hospital of ty- phoid fever Mar. 26, 1865. James K. Decker. Quarter- master train guard from Nov. 23d, 1864. Leonard Demorest. Died from a wound received April 2, 1865. George Dimehart. Died of typhoid fever Nov. 25, 1864.
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James Drake Daniel Dodge Alexander B. Eckert
Amos Eastman. Prisoner. Isaac Foster. Died of ty- phoid fever at field hos- pital Oct. 11, 1864. Van Rensselaer Faburn John B. Fisher. Wounded Sept. 30, 1864. Died of wound Nov. 3, 1864. Nathan W. Gilbert. Wound- ed Sept. 30, 1864. Harren Goodenow. Edward Higbee. Wounded Sept. 30, 1864. Isaac B. Hill. Taken pris- oner Sept. 30, 1864. En- listed in the confederate army in prison Jan. 15, 1865. Putnam J. Haddock Orrin Hawkins. Wounded on picket, Oct. 28, 1864. Silas Hover. Brigade train guard from Dec. 8, 1864. Leonard Hall Charles Hedly Charles W. Johnson. Tak- en prisoner Sept. 30, '64. Released on parole Feb. 28, 1865. Thomas A. Johnson. Tak- en prisoner Sept. 30, '64. Died in Salisbury prison Dec. 9, 1864. Frank Johnson. Wounded April 2, 1865.
James Landon. Wounded April 2, 1865. Died from effects of wound after discharge.
William Lewis. Taken pris- oner Sept. 30, 1864. Died in Salisbury prison Dec. 28, 1864.
Abram Lane. Taken pris- oner Sept. 30, 1864. Re- leased on parole Feb. 2S, 1865. Died April 4, 1865, five days after reaching home.
Russell Mckinney. Was drowned while bathing in river at Elmira before regiment was discharged July, 1865. John H. Mckinney Chester E. Mckinney
Edward Mckinney Henry D. Morris Chauncey McDonald James Merrill Henry Mevold Warren A. Beaman William B. Beaman. Taken prisoner Sept 30, 1864. Died in Salisbury prison Feb. 20, 1865. Joseph J. Prentice. Taken prisoner Sept. 30, 1864. Released on parole Feb. 28. 1865. Wilber Pitkin. Quarter- master's train guard from Nov. 23, 1864.
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Lyman Perry. Went home on leave of absence Feb. 26, 1865. Did not return. Frank Paisley William Pangburn
Francis Porter
David Ranny David Russell
Andrew Snyder Levi T. Stiles
Charles W. Starbird Jonas Sweet. Taken pris- oner Sept. 30, 1864. En- listed in confederate ser- vice from Salisbury pris- on, Dec. 6, 1864.
Ebenezer Swartwood
Anson O. Swartwood Miles P. Squires. Cattle guard from Dec. 3, 1864. Henry Sawyer William M. Townsend
Alonzo I. Vail
Beniah M. Vandemark
Manly Westcott
Rosel A. Wright
Starr T. Wright
Charles Williams
John Watson
David N. Welch. Wounded April 2, 1865.
Abner D. Welch. Died of typhoid fever Dec. 15, 1864.
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In the year 1880, Jan. 22, a few of the members of the 179th Regiment met at El_ mira, N. Y., for the purpose of organizing an association to be called the 179th Regi- ment Veterans' Association. The meeting was called to order by Lieutenant Edward Lounsbery of Brookton, with T. F. Mc- Donald, Secretary, and each succeeding year the association has met in reunion. The following are the names of the officers and places of the reunions as found on the secre- tary's books :
2. Feb. 17, 1881, at Elmira, N. Y. Col. Wm. Gregg, Pres. T. F. McDonald, Sec'y.
3. Sept. 30, 1881, at Candor, N. Y. Lieut. Edward Lounsbery, Pres. Fred E. Bates, Sec'y.
4. Sept. 28, 1882, at Hornellsville, N. V. Capt. A. H. Pierson, Pres. Fred E. Bates, Sec'y.
5. Oct. 11, 1883, at Elmira, N. Y. Capt. A. H. Pierson, Pres. Fred E. Bates, Sec'y.
6. Sept. 4, 1884, at Elmira, N. Y. Wm. L. Norton, Pres. Stephen Compton, Sec'y.
7. July 1, 1885, at Ithaca, N. V. Newton B. Spencer, Pres. Stephen Compton, Sec'y.
8. Sept. 29th, 1886, at Elmira, N. Y. Capt. James Far, Pres. Stephen Compton, Sec'y.
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9. Sept. 28, 1887, at Elmira, N. Y. W. B. Kinney, Pres. James C. Rutan, Sec'y.
10. Sept. 26, 1888, at Elmira, N. Y. F. E. Tibbetts, Pres. James C. Rutan, Sec'y.
11. Sept. 25, 1889, at Elmira, N. Y. Stephen Comp- ton, Pres. James C. Rutan, Sec'y.
12. Sept. 24, 1890, at Elmira, N. Y. L. H. Bower,
Pres. James C. Rutan, Sec'y.
13. Oct. 14, 1891, at Elmira, N. Y. James K. Holly. E. K. Smith, Sec'y.
Pres.
14. Sept. 29, 1892, at Elmira, N. Y. H. C. Schofield, E. K. Smith, Sec'y.
Pres.
15. Sept. 28, 1893, at Elmira, N. Y. David A. Nichols,
Pres. E. K. Smith, Sec'y.
16. Sept. 27, 1894, at Elmira, N. Y. W. A. Howland,
Pres. L. H. Bower, Sec'y.
17. Sept. 26, 1895, at Elmira, N. Y. W. C. Foster,
Pres. L. H. Bower, Sec'y.
18. Sept. 25, 1896, at Elmiaa, N. Y. E. K. Smith, Pres. L. H. Bower, Sec'y.
19. Sept. 30, 1897, at Elmira, N. Y. Daniel Compton, Pres. L. H. Bower, Sec'y.
20. Sept. 29, 1898, at Elmira, N. Y. C. D. Wallen- beck, Pres. L. H. Bower, Sec'y.
21. Sept. 28, 1899, at Elmira, N. Y. C. E. Mckinney, Pres. L. H. Bower, Sec'y.
The reunions occur on the last Thursday in September of each year and at Elmira as per resolutions passed by the association.
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