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and remained there to about January 1, 1862. Thence it proceeded to Fredericksburg, Md., to join Banks. From April, 1862, to August, 1863, the battery (M) was fighting with the Army of the Potomac, participating in the battles of Antietam, Second Bull Run, Cedar Mountain, Winchester, and Gettysburg. In August the battery went to Chattanooga to relieve Rosecrans; and under Hooker fought at Look- out Mountain and Wahatchie Valley. In the following winter the regi- ment went to Bridgeport, Alabama, and there its term of service expired. The original members enlisted as veterans and joined Sherman. Battery M was assigned to the Twelfth Corps in the Army of the Cumberland. From the time of the capture of Atlanta by Sherman until the close of the war, the battery remained with that general's troops, shared in the march to the sea and through North Carolina, and in the capture of Raleigh. After Johnston's surrender the battery proceeded to Wash- ington and took part in the grand review. They participated in forty- five engagements. The original roll numbered 156; at the end of the war twenty-six of them survived, and to-day but nineteen of them are alive.
The Fourth Artillery was originally composed of eight companies and was formed in New York city; it was mustered in between De- cember 13, 1861 and October 25, 1862. In July, 1862, while the regi- ment was in the forts at Georgetown, Captain Barnes began recruiting to fill its ranks. His success was such that on the 20th of August, a company, containing forty-five Orleans county men, was ready. On the day mentioned they went to Albany and on September Ist, left for Washington, where they arrived on the 4th and went into Fort Cor- coran. The Albion men were placed in Company C, under Captain Barnes. September 28, the regiment went to Fort Rumsey, Va., and thence a few miles to Fort Ethan Allen. Here it remained a long time as a garrison. Finally in June, 1863, the changes in the operations of the great armies brought the Fourth into more active service; but the organization did not encounter the severe and continued fighting that fell to many others. The regiment remained in Fort Ethan Allen dur- ing the winter of 1863-4 and on the 27th of March, 1864. was sent to the front, participating but suffering no casualties, in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Tolopotomoy, and Cold Har-
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bor. The long period of inaction of the regiment following that battle was brought to a close by the mine explosion in front of Petersburg on the 30th of July, immediately following which the Fourth took part in the charge. At Deep Bottom the regiment was engaged, and on the 25th of August, at Reams's Station on the Weldon Railroad, the regi- ment was engaged and suffered severely. Out of the 900 who went into the fight, only 503 came out. Nineteen officers were killed, wound- ed or missing. Company C lost about fifty men out of eighty. After this the regiment went into camp on the Jerusalem Plank Road; after- wards to the vicinity of Fort Hell, and thence to the left of the line be- fore Petersburg, where the winter was passed. The regiment was mustered out June 2, 1865.
After Orleans county had promptly filled her quota under the call of the president for 300,000 volunteers early in 1862, another call was issued for an equal number. Under this call the quota of the county was 442. It was at this time that Capt. George T. Anthony, of Ridge- way, began recruiting for the 17th New York Independent Battery, to enter the service for three years. He soon enlisted 170 men and in August they went to Camp Church at Lockport, where the organiza- tion was completed and the following officers elected : Captain, George T. Anthony, Ridgeway ; first lieutenants, Hiram E. Sickels, George C. Cook, Ridgeway; second lieutenants, Irving M. Thompson, Barre ; Hiram D. Smith, Ridgeway. The battery left for Washington October , 23, and remained there and at Miner's Hill, Va., through the succeed- ing winter. On July 18, 1863, the battery joined Corcoran's Brigade and served with it through that season, on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, afterwards going into winter quarters at Fairfax Court House. On July 4, 1864, the battery was ordered to the front and on the 6th reached City Point. On the 8th two sections were ordered to occupy two small earth works within 350 yards of the rebel line. Here they were under fire constantly and became thoroughly accustomed to the whiz of the bullets. On the night of July 25, while superintending the cutting away of trees to unmask one of the guns in advance of the re- mainder of the battery, Lieutenant Thomson received a ball through his thigh while at the head of his squad. The battery occupied the trenches before Petersburg during the most important engagements of
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the campaign, and during the winter of 1864-5, was quartered at Signal Hill, where it remained until the close of the war. The battery reached Rochester June 14, and was there paid off and mustered out.
In addition to the organizations thus described, Orleans county sent men to the war in various other organizations, but in comparatively small numbers. For example, in the 105th Infantry, mustered in March, 1862, and after consolidation in 1863 with the Ninety-fourth Regiment was mustered out July 18, 1865. In the 14th Artillery, mustered in November 24, 1862, to July 8, 1863 ; and the 25th Battery of Light Artillery, organized at Lockport in 1862, to serve three years; and in many other organizations were enlistments singly or in small numbers.
It is much to the credit of Orleans county that under the prompt action of committees and the liberal action of the supervisors, her sev- eral quotas under the different calls for volunteers, were quickly filled. Early in the fall of 1862, the enlistments were greatly in excess of the calls, and when the draft was ordered for July, 1863, through the efforts of E. T. Coann, secretary of the war committee, the county was given credit for the excess ; this credit was secured by Mr. Coann visit- ing Washington and bringing the matter forcibly before the military authorities, and presenting an alphabetical list of the volunteers from each town in the county, duly certified by the several supervisors and enrolling officers. He showed the excess to be 278 men, which when properly recognized, saved the county taxation of more than $83,000.
The facility with which enlistments were secured in this county was largely due to the efficient supervision of the war committee, which was composed of Sanford E. Church, chairman ; Ezra T. Coann, secretary ; Noah Davis, E. R. Reynolds, D. N. Hatch, George T. Anthony, D. B. Abell, and Thomas Foster.
The appended roll of honor for Orleans county tells the story of sacrifice of life for the maintenance of the government. The cost in money was great, also, but was met with brave trust that it was a good and a necessary investment The county paid out in bounties during the rebellion, $484,875, and the several towns the sum of $271,441, making a total of $766,316. The contribution of each town was as follows: Barre, $50,000; Carlton, $14,556; Clarendon, $20,128 ;
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Gaines, $24,820 ; Kendall, $22,245; Murray, $27,000; Ridgeway, $58,520; Shelby, $40,365 ; Yates, $13,807.
List of Union soldiers from Orleans county who died from injuries received or disease incurred in the suppression of the Rebellion :
Charles Allen, 8th H. Art.
Francis H. Ashby, 8th H. Art.
Samuel Ashby, 8th H. Art.
George Acker, 8th Cav.
Arnold Axtell, 131st Inf.
John T. Andrews, 2d Vols.
Silas B. Amidon, 159th Inf.
Lieut. James T. Anson, 43d U. S. Col'd Troops.
James M. Armstrong, 14th Vols.
E. F. Austin, 151st Inf.
Corp. Uriah Applin, 8th H. Art.
Frederick Andrews, 46th 111. Vols.
Hiram Allen, 8th H. Art.
Lester Atkins, 14th Art.
Henry Allen, 28th Inf.
Harrison Allen, 2d Mounted Rifles.
Charles Ashby, 27th Inf.
Charles H. Briggs, 8th H. Art.
Henry L. Beebe, 105th Ohio Vols.
Wesley Bonnett, 8th Cav.
Byron Bates, 8th H. Art.
Sergt. Henry Bennett, 8th H. Art.
Lewis Blanchard, 8th H. Art.
Lorenzo Blanchard, 8th H. Art.
Lyman Blanchard, 8th H. Art.
George Blanchard, 8th H. Art.
John Brown, 17th Bat.
Sergt. Manly Bannister, 4th Art.
William Bonnett, 151st Inf.
Orrin L. Blanchard, 8th H. Art.
Charles Bowers, 8th H. Art.
Corp. Ryan Barber, 8th H. Art. Col. Willard Bates, 8th H. Art,
Samuel W. Barnum, 8th H. Art.
Edwin L. Blake, 8th H. Art. Leauder Bacon, 49th Inf.
Corp. Henry Bennett, 28th Inf. Henry C. Bayne, 8th Art.
Frederick Bayne, 14th H. Art.
Jonas S. Bayne, 14th H. Art.
Sergt. Charles H. Beals, 3d Cav.
Sergt. Orrin Babcock, 8th H. Art.
William Bragg, 8th H. Art.
Levi Bentley, 8th H. Art.
Corp. Albert Brown, 151st Inf.
George Bennett, 1st Sharpshooters.
Henry M. Bennett, 4th H. Art.
Wesley Blanchard, 147th Inf.
George P. Bearn, 8th Cav.
Byron E. Bates, 8th H. Art.
Charles Blakely, 151st Inf.
Hiram D. Baldwin, 151st Inf.
Fordyce Brace, 151st Inf. James M. Berry, 12th Bat.
Corp. Francis Balcom 151st Inf.
James Brown, 27th Inf. James Booth, 17th Bat.
Corp. E. F. Brown, 8th H. Art.
Chester Bidwell, 8th H. Art.
Homer Bush, 14th Art. Alexander Butterfield, 14th Art.
George A. Bennett, 14th Art.
James Black, 28th Inf.
Orson Barber, 28th Inf.
Charles Bacon, 108th Inf. Myron H. Bacon, 8th H. Art.
George A. Barnett, Ist Vols.
Sergt. George Bidelman, 8th H. Art.
M. R. Bowen, 151st Inf.
Capt. E. F. Brown, 18th Art. Silas A. Bird, 8th H. Art.
William Barker, 8th H. Art.
John Bathwick, 8th H. Art.
George Bird, 8th H. Art.
William Buck, 3d Cav.
--- Barnes, 8th H. Art. Charles H. Clark, 8th H. Art.
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Sergt .. Maj. C. P. Crowell, 151st Inf. Lieut. William H. Coann, 27th Inf. Asa Clark, 4th H. Art. Cornelius Churchwell, 8th H. Art. Charles H. Churchwell, 8th H. Art. Sergt. William S. Cole, 151st Inf. J. Chapin, 28th Inf. Jeremiah Corbin, 8th H. Art. Patrick Connors, - Art. James Clark, 151st Inf. Samuel Coleman, 17th Bat.
Corp. James Collins, 14th H. Art.
John Cunningham, 3d Mich. Cav. John F. Curtiss, 14th H. Art. Charles Cliff, 5th Minn. Vols. William Churchill, 8th H. Art. William H. Cook, 151st Inf.
Jeremiah H. Cole, 8th Miss. Vols. Hiram Cady, 105th Inf. William H. Chatman, 151st Inf. Allen W. Case, 8th H. Art.
Edgar B. Culver, 31st Iowa. Michael Collins, 17th Bat. James Collins, 14th H. Art. Hoaace W. Curtiss, 14th H. Art, Caleb P. Cornell, 14th H. Art. Thomas Collins, 14th H. Art. Asst. Q. M. Sergt. Daniel A. Clark, 3d Cav. Isaac Churchwell, 151st Inf. Moses Collins, 151st Inf. Amasa Cups, 15Ist Inf. Dwight Cook, 27th Inf. James Cook, 14th Art. Frederick Cruise, 8th H. Art.
William Crittenden, 8th H. Art.
Sergt. John B. Curran, 8th H. Art. Ira Clark, Sth H. Art. Joseph Cook, 27th Inf. Delos Curtis, 27th Inf. Lieut. Joseph Caldwell, 8th H. Art. Oliver Clark, 8th H. Art. George R. Clark, 2d Mounted Rifles. William H. Chapin, 28th Inf. Charles Cole, 151st Inf.
Orlando Clark, 8th H. Art. Charles Cowell, jr., 8th H. Art. Daniel Calin, 8th H. Art. Patrick Carey, 14th H. Art. George W. Culver, 49th Inf. Ezra M. Cartwright, 8th Vols. James Caldwell, 151st Inf, John Dean, 151st Inf. Peter Dolan, 8th H. Art.
Sergt. John Dwinnell, 151st Inf.
Thomas Davis, Ist H. Art.
Safford Dean, 151st Inf. John Darwin, 12th Bat. William Donaldson, 151st Inf.
Walter Doty 8th Cav. Corp. J. R. Dunham. 8th H. Art.
Asst. Surg. Joseph C. Dancet, 20th Md. Vols. Daniel Donovan, 8th Cav.
Leander Davis, Ist Art. Edward Douglas, 28th Inf. Russell Dunham, 8th H. Art. Oscar Doane, 27th Inf.
Hugh Doyle, 27th Inf.
Sergt. Edwin Eddy, 27th Inf.
Seneca J. Egleston, 8th H. A. James Ennis, 8th H. Art.
Thomas Elsom, 8th Cav. Stephen Elliott, 151st Inf. Joseph Edick, 8th H. Art. Ellicott, Ist Art. Richard Easton, 19th Inf.
Charles Eddy, 151st Inf.
Edmund Everett, 8th H. Art.
William Foreman, 17th Bat.
Asa J. Forley, 2d Mounted Rifles. James Feeney, 140th Inf. Sergt. Gardner C. Freeman, 4th Art. Michael Fields, 151st Inf. Corp. James Fisk, 8th H. Art.
John Furness, 8th H. Art. Peter Frink, 140th Inf. Corp. Thomas Flaherty, 151st Inf. Michael Flaherty, 17th Bat.
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Henry C. Fuller, 17th Bat. Corp. Cass Fuller, 8th H. Art.
Oliver French, U. S. Navy.
Michael Fields, 8th H. Art.
George Follett, 8th Heavy Art.
Cassius Fuller, 129th Inf.
George W. Fuller, 17th Inf. Ira J. French, 8th H. Art. Orville Flanders, 22d Cav.
William H. Freeman, 151st Inf.
Thomas Flattery, 15Ist Inf.
Joseph Flynn, 8th H. Art.
John Furness, 151st Inf. Samuel Frier, 151st Inf.
William T. Fearby, 8th H. Art.
Bruce Fortinance, 151st Inf.
Henry J. Fuller, 17th Bat.
William Felstead, 14th Art.
Ira J. Finch, 8th H. Art.
Milo Forbush, 24th Cav. Franklin Fursy, 8th H. Art.
Edmund Furndon, 28th Inf.
William Gilstead, 8th H. Art.
George C. Gerndon, 28th Inf.
Myron Gibbs, 2d Mounted Rifles.
Mortimer Gibson, 49th Inf. Simeon Gilbert, 49th Inf. Perry Gilbert, 28th Inf. George Gage, 14th Art. Corp. Daniel Goose, 8th H. Art.
Christopher Garbois, 8th H. Art.
William Gilloore, 8th H. Art.
Corp. Leander Gillespie, 151st Inf.
Joseph Gerou, 105th Inf.
Delora Graves, 151st Inf.
Mason Greeley, 151st Inf.
Patrick Garry, 14th Art.
David Gallarnaun, 8th H. Art.
Patrick Geny, 8th H. Art.
Peter J. Goodwin, 8th H. Art.
George Gould, 151st Inf. George Gage, 14th Art.
Thomas W. Green, 14th Art. Harmon Hopkins, 151st Inf.
George D. Hollister, 8th H. Art. Albert H. Harkinson, 4th Art. Sergt. George C. Harvey, 17th Art.
Charles House, 151st Inf.
John L. Hard, 8th H. Art. Sergt. H. R. Harrington, 8th H. Art. Corp. Willis Hinman, 8th Cav.
Corp. John J. Hoyt, 66th Ohio Vols. William Hardy, 8th H. Art.
Capt. George A. Hoyt, 8th H. Art. William Hubbard, 151st Inf.
Sergt .- Maj. Delos Howe, 25th Bat. Myron H. Hills, 25th Bat. Sergt. Patrick J. Hayes, 151st Inf.
Corp. William S. Holmes, 129th Inf. Lucius Hickey, 105th Inf.
Reuben D. Harrington, 105th Inf.
Stephen Holley, 21st Cav. John Hubbert, 22d Cav. Edwin S. Holsenberg, 8th H. Art. Wallace D. Hard, 8th H. Art.
Corp. Alexander Harbury, 8th H. Art.
Corp. George A. Hugh, 8th H. Art.
Capt. A. C. Holden, 36th Ill. Vols.
George S. Hunt, 17th Bat.
Charles Hatch, Ist Art. Peter J. Hayes, 151st Inf.
Corp. Alexander Hasberry, 4th Art.
Lieut. James T. Hayman, 4th Art.
Matthew Hennessey, Ist Sharpshooters.
George Howes, 33d Inf.
Solomon Hannett, 11th Inf.
George A. Hunton, 8th H. Art.
E. J. Hunt, 17th Bat.
Edgar Hoagland, 2d Mounted Rifles.
F. A. Harrington, 27th Ind. Vols. Melville Hatch, 17th Bat.
August Hankey, 28th Inf. Eaton Harris, 8th H. Art. Henry J. Hunt, 8th H. Art. John Harburger, 8th H. Art. Lieut. James Harmon, 4th H. Art.
Charles Hills, 8th H. Art. William Handy, 8th H. Art.
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Corp. Pulaski Jerome, 11th Art. William Johnson, 17th Bat. Edwin Johnson, 151st Inf. Andrew Johnson, 13th Wis. Vols. William Jordan, 13th Wis. Vols. Edwin Jenkins, musician, 11th H. Art. Joseph Jeroll, 105th Inf.
Alfred T. Johnson, 8th H. Art. Charles A. King, 8th H. Art.
James L. Kenyon, 4th H. Art. Durham Kenyon, 8th H. Art.
Edson Kimball, 8th H. Art.
George Kelley, Ist Sharpshooters. Burt Kellogg, 27th Inf.
Oscar A. King, 8th H. Art.
Sergt. Miles McDonald, 8th H. Art.
Peter Kelly, 8th Cav.
John Marron, 14th Art. Robert Mccullough, 28th Inf.
Ezra M. Keys, 105th Inf.
John H. King, 27th Inf. Lawrence P. Keegan, Ist Art. J. B. Keeler, 25th Regulars. Andrew Larwood, 27th Inf.
James McCullough, 28th Inf. James McWeeny, 28th Inf. Thomas Moffat, 28th Inf.
Ora B. Mitchell, 3d Art. James K. Morrissey, 8th H. Art.
James T. Lowery, 8th H. Art.
William H. Luther, 8th H. Art. William Lee, 108th Inf.
Wesley Locke, 24th Inf. James R. Lyon, 6th Mich. Cav.
Major Lamont, 8th H. Art.
Milton Ludwig, 28th Inf.
Charles Loveland, 151st Inf. Sergt. George Ireland, 28th Inf.
Hugh Lavery, 28th Inf.
Abel C. Lane, 26th Inf. John Lowell, 28th Inf.
Delos Lewis, 28th Inf. Ephraim La Riviere, 151st Inf. Levi M. Lawrence, 151st Inf.
Sergt. John McFarlain, 129th Inf.
William H. Morse, 2d Mounted Rifles.
James Madill, 2d Mounted Rifles. Corp. Clinton Murphy, 27th Inf. Alex. McCandlish, 151st Inf. George K. Mason, 90th Inf. Sheppard Malone, 90th Inf. Corp. Chauncey D. Mears, 90th Inf.
Samuel Male, 28th Inf. Henry Murray, 8th . Art. James Murray, 8th H. Art. Milton Mull, 28th Inf.
William Marlow, 18th Ohio Vols.
Thomas Morrison, 8th H. Art.
George W. Moore, 8th H. Art.
Charles McOmber, 23d Vols. Lorenzo McOmber, 17th Bat.
Eben Morehouse, 8th H. Art. William Moore, 8th H. Art.
Corp. William Milligan, 94th Inf.
Charles N. Miller. 14th Art.
William C. Mason, 151st Inf.
John McCarty, 8th H. Art. Arthur Mckinney, 28th Inf.
John McPherson, 27th Inf. George McKendry, 3d Cav.
Corp. J. T. McNeil, 8th H. Art. James Morrison, 8th H. Art.
Darius Maxwell, 8th H. Art.
Milton H. Merrill, 151st Inf.
Samuel Mckay, 8th H. Art. John McKenchy, 3d Cav. Eben Mann, 8th H. Art.
George A. Marshall, 8th H. Art.
James Mann, 8th H. Art. George Moore, 17th Bat. John Martin, 8th H. Art. John Newton, 8th H. Art. Benj. F. Nicholas, 8th H. Art.
John J. Odekink, 4th Art.
Patrick O'Connor, 4th Art.
Abram C. Pierson, 8th H. Art.
William Powles, 151st Inf.
Arthur H. Prescott, 8th H. Art.
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William H. Peaslee, 151st Inf.
George G. Plumbly, 151st Inf.
Corp. Orrin Parker, 8th H. Art. Henry Perry, 129th Inf.
William H. Phillips, Ist Sharpshooters. Sergt. Ira Poole, Ist Sharpshooters. D. J. Plant, 8th H. Art.
R. W. Pierce, 151st Inf.
Franklin B. Porter, 8th H. Art.
William M. Parker, 8th H. Art.
Daniel W. Pullis, 8th H. Art.
George W. Pangburn, 151st Inf.
Mandeville Phelps, 151st Inf.
George W. Palmer, 28th Inf.
Newell Phelps, 151st Inf.
Lucien Riggs, 3d Cav.
Patrick Rowen, 3d Cav.
Corp. James Robinson, 8th H. Art. William Riley, 151st Inf.
Cyrus E. Root, 14th H. Art.
James Robinson, 14th H. Art.
Corp. Albert Reed, 8th H. Art
Edward Reed, 151st Inf.
Lewis Rice, 151st Inf. James Rose, 151st Inf.
Ambrayel Reed, 151st Inf.
Adelbert Root, 151st Inf.
Jacob Ross, 151st Inf.
James Roach, 164th Inf. Orlando Reynolds, 14th Art.
Lysander Robbins, 8th H. Art.
Ovid P. Randall, 8th H. Art.
Ogden J. Reed, 8th H. Art.
Mace Raymond, 8th H. Art. Oliver Rowley, 27th Inf. George Snow, 14th Art.
Lieut. James Swain, N. J. Regt. James M. Safford, N. J. Regt. Charles Sawyer, N. J. Regt.
Samuel Stafford, 8th H. Art. Charles Stock, 8th H. Art.
Henry Stock, 8th H. Art.
Martin Smith, 129th Inf.
Leonord Simmons, 4th Art.
C. Spaulding, 151st Inf.
Salem Squires, 151st Inf. Corp. Williard E. Stearns, 151st Inf.
Alonzo T. Salsbury, 151st Inf. Sebastian Stearns, 105th Inf. Henry Shipp, 2d Mounted Rifles. Corp. Franklin M. Stone, 8th H. Art.
Elijah Smith, 8th H. Art. Elisha Smith, 8th H. Art.
Harvey Smith, 8th H. Art.
Elisha D. Sanderson, 8th H. Art.
E. Squires, 27th Inf.
Surg. Arthur K. St. Clair, 1st Mich. Cav. Albert Stanton, 8th H. Art.
Zachary Smith, 8th H. Art.
George Lytle, 8th H. Art.
Thomas Strogan, 8th H. Art.
Neville H. Snyder, 105 Inf.
Henry Smith, 105th Inf.
William E. Stevens, 8th H. Art.
Oscar Stewart, 4th Art.
Eugene Stearnes, 28th Inf.
David Sanderson, 28th Inf.
Charles Yates Smith, 17th Bat.
William Soules, jr., 17th Bat.
George Soule, Ist Art.
George A. Sutton, 8th H. Art.
John Simmons, 27th Inf.
John Stewart, 27th Inf.
Eastman Thompson, 8th H. Art.
Allen Tompkins, 8th H. Art.
Edward Tompkins, 8th H. Art.
Lieut. B. B. Tanner, 151st Inf.
Zenas Tracy, 46th Inf. Sergt .- Major Strinson Tirrill, 46th Inf.
Herbert C. Taylor, 140th Inf .:
Lewis Teyrrell, 8th H. Art. Samuel Thorn, 151st Inf.
Ira Thornton, 27th Inf. Asa Tooley, 2d Mounted Rifles.
John Tooley, 2d Mounted Rifles.
Lorenzo Toney, 100th Inf.
John H. Tower, 8th Cav. William B. Taylor, 129th Inf.
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George W. Turrell, 8th H. Art. William Trow, 8th H. Art.
John Travis, 8th H. Art. Gifford L. Tuff, 8th H. Art.
Alden H. Warren, 151st Inf. Albert Woodhull, 151st Inf. John Wheeler, 151st Inf.
Wellington Wilsea, 76th Inf.
Capt. Carlos L. White, 8th H. Art.
John Temple, 8th H. Art. Charles W. Tibbetts, 27th Inf.
Lieut. C. H. West, 8th H. Art.
Freeman Vanghan, 14th Art.
George W. Weed, 151st Inf.
Robert Voerhies, 14th Art.
Charles Washburn, 151st Inf.
Peter Vandyke, 8th H. Art.
William Watson, 121st Inf.
Edwin H. Vedder, 3d Cav.
Daniel Wilcox, 151st Inf.
Henry Van Dresser, 8th H. Art.
Nathan S. Warren, 94th Inf.
Henry L. Van Dresser, 8th H. Art.
Corp. John M. Van Camp, 2d Mounted Rifles.
Edgar Venton, 8th H. Art.
Richard H. Vedder, 17th Bat.
Alexander J. Vedder, 25th Bat.
Abram Vreeland, 28th Inf.
William E. Wilson, 151st Inf.
James Waterson, 8th Cav.
Mark Ward, 14th Art.
Stephen Williams, 8th H. Art.
George W. Wilson, 8th H. Art.
Patsey Welch, 8th H. Art.
Edward Williams, 94th Inf. Albert T. Wilcox, 94th Inf.
Leonard A. Wilson, 64th Inf.
Asa Williams, 94th Inf. Clark E. Wolfrom, 151st Inf.
Sergt. John Wetherbee, 151st Inf.
Corp. John Welch, 28th Inf.
Asa Williams, 8th H. Art.
Lieut Albert A. Waring, 151st Inf.
William H. Terry, 8th H. Art.
Sergt. Amos P. Wetherbee, 8th H. Art.
There are at present four G. A. R. posts in Orleans county-one at Albion, one at Medina, one at Lyndonville, and one at Kendall. The Orleans County Veteran Regiment was organized a number of years ago by the veterans from each town, each of which constituted a com- pany. At the first meeting they had over 300 men in line in parade. In June, 1892, its present name, the Orleans County Veteran Associa- tion, was adopted, and on June 21, 1894, the organization was made a permanent one, with the resolution that its meetings hereafter be held at the court house in Albion on the third Thursday in June of each year, which is designated Soldiers' Day. Every veteran of the county is, by virtue of his residence or citizenship, a member of the association. The present officers are as follows: President, Albert J. Potter, Clarendon ; first vice-president, John Lake, Ridgeway ; sec- retary, Henry J. Babbitt, Albion ; town vice presidents, Albion, William H. Nichols; Barre, George Stockton ; Carlton, W. R. Curtis ; Claren- don, O. T. Cook; Gaines, Frank Ellicott; Kendall, M. W. Kidder ; Murray, J. W. Dalton ; Ridgeway, S. M. Hood ; Shelby, Ziba Roberts ; Yates, Thomas Strouse.
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CHAPTER IX.
Since the War-Business Activity and Plentitude of Money-Establishment of Vari- ous Business and Public Undertakings-County Statistics-Civil List-Political- Orleans County Pioneer and Historical Association.
The close of the great civil war, which had cost the country so many lives and such vast treasure, left the country, strange as it may seem, in what appeared to be a flourishing and active condition, as far as business was concerned. Of course this was a fictitious appearance. Money was plenty; industrial undertakings of various kinds had been inaugurated and were thriving ; and there was a prevailing fever and stir in all circles and relations where finance was involved. The majority of people felt a thrill of joy and hopefulness when the conflict was ended, and it was only natural that with the general exaltation should be mingled confidence in the continuation of the superabundance of money and the prosperity of all business interests. The severe stringency of 1872-3 awakened the people from this delusion, and it was learned that recovery from the effects of inflated currency and over-production is al- ways slow and costly. Agricultural communities did not share in the extravagant expectations or the ill effects of disappointment like the great business centers-a statement which applies directly to Orleans county.
The Orleans Savings Bank was incorporated in March, 1867, and the village of Holley in the succeeding month. On the 27th of April, 1868, an act was passed authorizing the canal commissioners to build vertical stone walls on the berm bank of the canal in the villages of Albion and Medina, at an expense of $3,000 in Medina, and $4,000 in Albion ; this was a substantial and welcome improvement. Under an act of May 9, 1870, for extra canal repairs, the swing bridge on Main street in Albion was constructed. An act of incorporation of the Orleans County Soldiers' Monument Association was passed March 26, 1868, after the proposition had been voted upon by the people of the county with a favorable result. A further account appears in the chapter devoted to the town of Albion.
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In the spring of 1868 the Lake Ontario Shore Railroad Company was organized at Oswego, with the intention of building a railroad along the south shore of the lake, which should in time become part of a trunk line from Boston to the west The towns of Kendall and Yates gave their bonds in aid of the undertaking for $60,000 in the former town, and $100,000 in the latter ; towns in Niagara county also were bonded in large sums. The work of construction proceeded slowly, and litigation over the town bonds checked their sale and so crippled the company that it could not complete the road. In 1875, the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Company assumed the undertaking and the work pro- gressed. The track through Orleans county was laid in the fall of 1875 and reached Lewiston the next spring. The first passenger train ran over the road June 12, 1876. Outside of the cost of the town bonds, this road has been of material benefit to the county. It passes through the three north towns of the county and is now operated by the N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. upon a lease of the road.
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