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FOR THE WAYNE COUNTY REGIMENT.
A FEW good men wanted for the Com- pany now in camp.
Pay and rations to commence as soon as men are enrolled.
Apply Immediately.
CAPT. C. R. BIRDSALL.
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WANTED! FOR THE WAYNE COUNTY REGIMENT, 50 ABLE BODIED MEN, To complete a Company quartered at Lyons, Wayne County, N. Y.
I Pay from $13 to $25 per month, with a BOUNTY OF $100.
Term of enlistment, Three Years, or during the War. Recruiting Office, 15 Buffalo Street, Roch- ester, Or Palmyra, Wayne Co., N. Y. GILBERT BUDD, Capt., nov27 H. E. WHITTLESEY, Ist Lieut.
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HURRAH FOR THE WAYNE COUNTY REGIMENT ! RALLY FOR THE UNION, RECRUITS WANTED ! A RARE CHANCE FOR YOUNG MEN TO ENLIST IN A COMPANY Now being recruited for the Wayne County Regiment by
REV. WILLIAM PUTNAM, OF LYONS. 1- Pay from $14 to $25 per Month, $100 Bounty at the close of the War, with a prospect of 160 acres of land.
CAPT. WM. PUTNAM,
nov27 Commanding.
VOLUNTEERS WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
FOR THE
WAYNE COUNTY REGIMENT,
To complete Company B, Capt. WAKE- LEY, commanding, now in quarters at Camp Rathbone, Lyons. Recruits are furnished with
UNIFORMS AND RATIONS FROM DAY OF EN- LISTMENT.
Pay will begin as soon as the Roll is signed.
The Captain having seen service in the Mexican War, is an extra inducement to those who wish to serve their country ; be- sides, the Regiment is composed of Wayne county men.
Apply at Lyons to
Capt. A. WAKELEY, Lieut. E. M. ALLEN, Lieut. W. H. ROGERS. Lyons, Nov, 26, 186 1. 288nov27.
PERSONALS.
The style of "Personals" in the newspaper columns differed very much from those of the present time. Battles and rumors of battles ; names of the wounded and the killed ; promotions and transfers; fur- loughed men at home, and their return ; these and similar items formed a large share of that department of newspaper literature. The following are fair but only average specimens :
PERSONAL .- Dr. A. P. Crafts, of Huron, (Assistant Surgeon in the Ascension Hospital, in Washington,) came home on a visit, a fortnight
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ago. The Doctor has fully recovered from the illness which came so near being fatal, a few months since, and is looking well and hearty.
Major E. P. Taft, of the Ninth Artillery, is at home. He has a furlough of thirty days. The Major is not in the best of health, although much better than he was a fortnight ago.
Orderly Sergeant Carpenter, of the same Regiment, is recruiting for the Ninth, in our village-headquarters at the Carpenter House, on Water street. January 30, 1863.
PROMOTED AGAIN .- Dr. D. W. C. Van Slyck, of Lyons, has been assigned to duty as Medical Director of Patrick's Brigade, and all other forces under the command of Gen. Patrick, the Provost Marshal General of the Army of the Potomac-a position equivalent to Medical Director of a Corps. He is stationed at Acquia Creek, Va.
PRESENTATIONS .- Lieutenant L. A. Rogers has been presented with an elegant Revolver, by the Franklin county officers of the Ninety- eighth, as a token of their appreciation of his valuable services in ar- ranging the recruiting expenses for the visit of Captain Marshall. ' Lum " will never put that weapon to dishonorable use.
Lieutenant Norton has been presented by friends in Sodus with an elegant sword and belt. The presentation was made by G. W. Tillot- son, Esq., in behalf of the donors, in an appropriate and spirited speech, to which Lieutenant Norton responded. November, 186 1.
PROMOTED .- Captain William Kreutzer, of the Ninety-eighth Regi- ment, (now at Carolina City, N. C.) has received the appointment of Assistant Adjutant General on General Davis' Staff. This promotes Lieutenant L. A. Rogers to the Captaincy of Company F. Both of these gentlemen are efficient officers, and deserving of promotion.
Charles Peterson, (from Sodus,) in the same Regiment, died recently, a victim it is said to the neglect of a drunken Surgeon. Feb. 6, 1863.
CASUALTIES IN COMPANY B .- We have as yet reports of only the fol- lowing casualties in Company B. Twenty-seventh Regiment :
Sergeant John C. Hooper, of Port Glasgow, wounded (not stated how severely.)
Henry W. Brown, of Sodus-fracture of hip joint. May 8, 1863.
MILITARY COMPANY .- The Dem. Press says that a Military Com- pany has been been organized in Sodus with the following officers :
Captain-P. W. Tinklepaugh.
First Lieutenant-Edward P. Rogers.
Second Lieutenant-William Irish.
The company numbers thirty-seven men. 1864.
APPOINTED PAYMASTER-Mr. James K. Walker, of Palmyra, has been made Paymaster in the U. S. Army. The Palmyra Courier says truly that Mr. Walker is an active man in whatever position he is placed, and his appointment at the hands of Mr. Lincoln, is but a simple recognition of valuable services. We understand that he will enter upon the duties of his office immediatley.
MILITARY COMPANY IN WOLCOTT .- A Military Company has been organized in Wolcott, with about sixty members. The following offi- cers have been commissioned :
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Captain-E. H. Draper.
First Lieutenant-John Boylan.
Second Lieutenant-James Armstrong. Sept. 18, 1863.
VOLUNTEERS FROM NEWARK .- Captain J. W. Durston left Newark on Thursday last with a company of Cavalry, destined for the rendez- vous at Rochester.
Captain Wilson left Newark on Tuesday of last week, with thirty- three more men for his company. September 25, 1861.
FLYING ARTILLERY .- P. Mark DeZeng, opened a Recruiting office in Clyde last Monday, for the purpose of organizing a Company of Flying Artillery. May 1, 1861.
PROMOTION OF CAPTAIN ADAMS .- Our readers will be gratified to learn that at an election of Field Officers for the Twenty-seventh Regi- ment, held on Thursday last, Captain Alexander D. Adams, of Lyons, was elected Lieutenant-Colonel. This honor is justly conferred. Cap- tain Adams has proved himself a skillful leader, a courageous soldier and a true man ; and while we all regret that he must now relinquish the immediate charge of Company B, we rejoice that his qualifications for the important position of Lieutenant-Colonel have been recognized by his brother officers. Colonel Adams will honor his new position.
Company B will now, we believe, be commanded by Lieutenant White, who probably assumes the Captaincy. He is every way quali- fied for the position. Other promotions will of course follow, a list of which we hope our correspondents will send us.
The Colonelcy of the Regiment now devolves upon (late) Major Bartlett, and the Brigade is under the command of General Slocum. September 13, 1861.
PRESENTATION-Colonel Dutton has been presented with an elegant sword, belt and sash-the gift of our liberal fellow-townsman, Mr. Saxon B. Gavitt. Upon the blade of the sword are engraved the words : "Colonel William Dutton, Ninety-eighth Regiment N. Y. S. V., from his friend Saxon B. Gavitt." The presentation was made without ceremony, but the gift is, we are confident, none the less appreciated. It is a munificent present to a worthy champion of a noble cause. 1862.
PERSONAL .- Major Thomas J. Ennis, of the Sixth Iowa Regiment, (formerly a resident of Lyons,) has been spending a few days at his old home. Major Ennis enlisted as a private, and has in less than two years risen to his present position. The Sixth Iowa forms a portion of General Grant's command, and participated in the siege and capture of Vicksburg.
Sergeant Doty, of the Fourteenth Heavy Artillery, (Colonel E. G. Marshall,) has opened a recruiting office in Lyons. He offers $552 bounty to veterans, and $177 to raw recruits. Sergeant Doty's head- quarters are at the Republican office.
Dr. George S. Bennett, of this village, having served out his term of enlistment as Medical Cadet in the Regular Army, has been promoted to the position of Acting Assistant Surgeon, with the rank of First Lieu- tenant. Dr. Bennett has been stationed at the Fairfax Seminary Hos- pital, Alexandria.
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Captain H. R. White has gone to Washington. The Captain will probably be assigned a position in the Invalid Corps. August 21, 1863.
NAMES OF PRISONERS .- Our friend " D. S.," of Savannah, has fur- nished us with the names of the prisoners taken during the recent at- tack on the camp of the One Hundred and Eleventh, at Lewinsville. He writes : " I received them one day too late for publication in your last issue. My informant could not furnish me with the names of the cavalrymen killed and taken prisoners. The casualties in Company C were as follows: W. H. Sherman, slightly wounded. Taken pris- oners-Corporal C. Bodley, private H. Fisher, A. Butts, E. A. Sher- man, of Rose; N. Fitzgerald, of Rose ; H. McConnell, E. Hall, J. Corwin, W. H. Bennett, of Huron, and William Desmond, of Rose.
PERSONAL .- Major E. P. Taft, of the Ninth Artillery, came home to Lyons last week, on sick leave. His health has been exceedingly poor, but he is now recovering his wonted vigor.
Captain C. H. Lyon, of the same regiment, came home on Saturday, and will remain in town until next week.
Captain Charles H. Roys, late of the One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment, is in town, having resigned. He expects, however, soon to resume his former position. Captain Roys's regiment is at Morris Island, under General Gilmore. Oct. 23, 1863.
Dr. D. H. Armstrong, Major Sentell, D. K. Elmendorf, Dr. G. S. Bennett, Captain W. R. Bourne, and others, have our thanks for late Southern newspapers ; and to G. W. Wheeler, Esq., we are indebted for files of the Sacramento Daily Bee.
Captain R. B. Ennis, of the One Hundred and Sixtieth Regiment, writes home that he is in a hospital near Pleasant Hill, La., a prisoner of war, well used and well cared for. He states that his wound is not dangerous, and that he is doing well.
The Clyde Times correspondent with the Ninth Artillery, mentions the death on the 22d of April of Aaron J. Reynolds, of Company D, formerly of Marengo, aged 20 years and 6 months ; also, April 29th, of Abel Dickson, of Company G, aged 25 years.
John D .. McVicar, formerly a printer in this office, for two years a member of the Twenty-seventh Regiment, and recently of the Ninth Artillery, (having re-enlisted in February,) has been honorably dis- charged from the service. Reason, physical disability. May 13, 1864.
RETURNED .- Mr. Harvey Warren returned to our village a few days since, bringing with him the body of his son Sergeant G. H. Warren, (which he had succeeded in finding,) who was killed in 1864. The body was placed in the vault.
Sheriff Rogers has also returned, having disinterred the body of Lieu- tenant S. W. Belding, which was expected to come by express yester- day. Sheriff Rogers was unable positively to identify the body of his son Luther, however, although he ascertained pretty nearly where he was buried. A body was disinterred which there was some reason to believe was his, but decomposition had proceeded so far that recog- nition was impossible. Nov. 2, 1865.
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Captain R. B. Ennis, of the One Hundred and Sixtieth Regiment, is in town. He brings a good report of his regiment-one of the best in the service.
Dr. A. P. Sheldon, who has been connected with the Medical De- partment at Washington since the war commenced, has relinquished his official position and come home to Wayne County. Dr. Sheldon was " a friend indeed" to such Wayne County "boys" as were laid up in Washington hospitals. He saw them comfortably quartered and care- fully attended ; wrote to their friends for them, and lent them money to pay their fare. In short, he cared for them as he would for his own brother; and he is reaping his reward in the remembrance of the good he was every day doing. "Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these, ye did it unto Me." Sept. 4, 1865.
WAR CORRESPONDENCE.
War correspondence was rich in incidents of army life, in vivid pic- tures of battles, in pathetic incidents of the field, and in those accounts of the wounded, the dying and the dead, which form such sad, tender chapters in private family history. There are tear-stained packages of old letters, carefully preserved, in many a household. They are too numerous and too voluminous to ever find their way into published volumes. Take the following, which, though they were printed, were really private letters. Results of battles to the Wayne County men often first reached us in letters like these. We give one of the hasty letters from the battle-field of Gettysburgh, by A. B. Williams of the One Hundred and Eleventh :
BATTLE-FIELD OF GETTYSBURG, July 4, 1863 .-* * Thursday we laid where the shells came in at a great rate. We were called in to see if the " Band-box Ferry Cowards " would stand to the rack. Our regiment took two pieces of Artillery, and drove the rebels. They shelled us from two places.
Mike Kearin and D. W. Lamson, of Company D, were thrown into the air by a shell. Lamson will live ; Kearin will die.
I was in the front rank. W. M. White, of Williamson, was on my left, and John A. Frank, of Sodus, was on my right. Both were wounded-Frank badly.
Thomas Hooker, of Lyons, was wounded, but not badly.
A. C. Jewell, of Sodus, I am afraid is dead.
Charles Wedin, of Lyons, is missing.
Two men were thrown in the air in front of M. T. Stacey, of Lyons. Stacey's face was a little scratched.
The slaughter was terrible. We were at one time in a trap. Gen- eral Hancock ordered us to fall back, which we did in good order. Sharpshooters picked off our officers. Our Colonel had two horses shot from under him, and was wounded in the left arm.
Colonel Willard, of the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth New York, acting Brigadier-General, was killed.
Our Adjutant (Capron) was wounded, and has since died.
Lieutenant A. W. Proseus, of Sodus, (Company E) was killed.
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At roll-call, Company D had twelve men missing.
Yesterday we went skirmishing. I shot fifty " pills" at the rebels. We lost no men there. Other companies lost several.
At three P. M. yesterday (Friday), the rebels poured shell and canis- ter into us. Two regiments of our brigade lay behind a wall, and the shells would take off the poor fellows' feet and heads. It was awful; Harper's Ferry was nothing to it. We lay five deep. I thought my time had come. We expected to be whipped. The rebels were formed in eight lines of battle as far to the right and left as we could see. We made ready for them, getting on a knoll so as to work well.
When our line rose all at once and fired, they broke and ran-we cheering, and crying " Harper's Ferry Cowards !" We caught a good many of their balls. The slaughter in our ranks was terrible.
Captain Holmes was wounded in his right arm-broken in two pieces, above and below the elbow, by a ball. We fear it will have to be amputated.
Lieutenant N. E. Granger, of Sodus, was shot in the right breast. I helped to take him off after the fight, and stayed with him until he died, just after dusk. We buried him this morning, July 4th.
Albert Hunt, of Lyons, was wounded in the right wrist-not badly, I am told.
Orderly-Sergeant Charles Cookingham, of Lock Berlin, had his right thumb shot off.
(-Just as I wrote the above, a ball passed within half an inch of my elbow. The sharpshooters have been at work all day. One man killed by them a moment ago. I may come next.)
Yesterday, Henry Vandermerlin, of Sodus, was wounded. William York, of Sodus, was wounded slightly.
Sergeant Ira Penoyar, of Sodus, was wounded badly in the head.
Bennet, of Sodus, is reported dead.
Abraham Flyer, of Sodus, is killed.
George Daws, of Lyons, is wounded slightly in the head.
M. T. Stacy, ot Lyons, had his back scratched with a flying stick. He is all right now and with the Chaplain at the hospital.
Gus. Ridder, of Lyons, lost a leg ; since died.
Martin Pflug, of Lyons, is slightly wounded.
John Almakinders, of Sodus, slightly wounded.
James Carl, (Cornell?) slightly wounded.
Robert Tomlinson, of Galen, slightly wounded.
Wich Eichenlaub, of Lyons, wounded-don't know how badly.
Corporal James Larue, of Lyons, is wounded badly, but yet alive.
J. Dunning, of Williamson, is badly wounded.
The above are all in Company D.
The Colonel said he wiped out the disgrace of Harper's Ferry. After the fight we had but 150 men fit for duty, and they are on duty. The ground is covered with dead.
Lieutenant J. B. Drake, of Company F, (brother of Mrs. Caleb Rice, of Lyons,) is killed. He was from Weedsport.
Francisco, Stevens, Clouse, Smith, Hutchins, Gildings, Fishback, Paylor, Rogers, Richmond, Larose and Constant, of Company D, all right.
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Out of forty-five men in Company D that went in the fight, we have only eleven fit for duty. We have taken three or four stands of colors.
Our Sergeant Major was killed.
Lieutenant-Colonel Lusk was wounded in the arm.
Captain Seeley is now in command of the regiment.
Both of our Color Sergeants were shot. The second one (of Com- pany A) is dead.
SUNDAY, July 5.
It rained all night and is stillraining. There is no firing. We think the rebels have "dug out and gone." The ground is covered with dead rebels. Yours, ALECK.
Also the following letter from Ed. Allee about the battle of Bull Run :
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 24.
DEAR BROTHER : You have, of course, heard of the fight we had at Manassas Gap. We started at 2 o'clock Saturday night, and marched onto the battle field on double quick time, and fought nine hours, when we had to retreat. This is supposed to be the hardest battle ever fought on this continent.
They did whip us shamefully, but they will never do it again. They would not have done it this time had it not been for the General. He was ordered not to make the attack until Monday, when we would have more men, but he thought he could win it alone and get the nomi- nation for the Presidency. He is now under arrest, and I hope he will have every vote against him.
But we had to retreat, and a great retreat it was. We had to march back to Washington, not daring to stop to rest. A great many of our men fell out of the ranks and lay by the road side, and some of our company. Several of the missing have come in to-day. We did not lose a man on the battle field, but some of our boys were wounded. I had one narrow escape myself ; the first ball that was fired after we went on the ground, came as straight as a line toward me. I stood behind Thomas Hilliard. He saw the ball and jumped out of the way and it passed between me and my nearest neighbor. This was a cannon ball fired before we had thought of doing anything.
When we were on our way back we were so tired we could hardly put one foot before the other. We had been ever since the morning before without anything but one pint of soup to eat. We had nothing all day on the field, as we were obliged to throw away everything. We had to go eight miles through the woods There were wagons loaded with wounded, and thousands of men and horses. We were all mixed up together. I had seen but two of our company since I left the battle field. As we were descending a hill the rebels fired on us. Cannon balls fell among us, killing and wounding. Then every man divested himself of whatever would retard his flight, and ran for his life. The first I knew I went into the river, where I lost my gun. I got out as soon as convenient, and seized a cavalry horse, as I had seen many do, and jumped on his back and went to camp in a hurry. After a few mo- ments' rest we formed into line and marched to this city. We were told the rebels were chasing us up. You can't imagine how we looked.
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Some twelve or fifteen thousand men, horses and wagons, some wound- ed and almost dead, walking as fast as they could to save their lives We would not have left the field as we did if we had had ammunition. I lost my gun, but I was smart enough to find another full as good, if not better. During the fight, we suffered terribly for water. I would have given anything for a drink. Our men actually drank water that you would not wash your feet in. I drank water out from mud-puddles where hogs had been lying.
Well, they " cleaned us out," this time, but they will never do it again. I am not afraid to fight them now, face to face. We reached the city a hard looking set-every man besmeared with mud from head to foot. We were all lame and tired, and glad enough to get back. We reached the city during a heavy rain storm, notwithstanding which we were welcomed on every hand by thousands.
Colonel Slocum was wounded very soon after we reached the field, by a musket ball which fractured his thigh bone. The first blood spilled in our company was by the accidental shooting off of Thomas Betts's thumb, which he did himself while climbing over a fence.
The next battle will thin out the Southerners. General Scott will show them a thing or two. He will drive them into the Atlantic. Ellsworth's regiment did fight like tigers. They are the boys.
Affectionately, yours, ED
Captain Snyder's account of the Battle of Cedar Creek, written the day after the fight :
HEADQUARTERS NINTH NEW YORK ARTILLERY, NEAR MIDDLETON, VA., October 20, 1864.
Editors Clyde Times :
The Army of the Shenandoah has had another battle ; victorious as ever. Yesterday morning opened by a sudden attack upon the left of our lines, accompanied by the Eight and Nineteenth Corps; it amount- ed to a complete surprise. The enemy were in their camps and a line of battle was formed before the men were out of their tents. The corps retreated leaving everything in the hands of the enemy. Their artillery horses and caissons were abandoned and nothing was left for the Sixth Corps to do but to form a line perpendicular to the line we occupied in the morning, facing the rear. Our brigade was on the right. The Nineteenth and Eighth Corps came through our lines pell-mell ; nothing could stop them. The rebels pressed on up to our lines, but a well-directed fire checked them. They advanced, the left of our corps fell back and we were left to hold the whole rebel lines, and finally our brigade gave way and left our regiment to face the enemy alone At this time General Wright rode up to me and ordered me to advance to the crest of a hill some thirty yards in front. The order was given, the men advanced with enthusiasm, and delivered a well-di- rected fire ; the enemy's fire was severe. At this time the dead and wounded covered the ground. Still we stood our ground until the order was given to fall back, then we retreated in good order and formed a line with the balance of the brigade. The division and brigade com- manders rode up and complimented us, saying : "You have saved the
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Sixth Army Corps." We gradually fell back some three miles from the front line. In the meantime the Ninteenth Corps and the Eigh- teenth Corps, what was left of them, had formed on our right, and then the whole line was ordered to advance, which we did in good order. We advanced about a mile when we met the rebels posted behind a stone wall. For an hour at this point the battle raged, artillery and musketry, but we gradually closed in and around them, and they were forced to retreat. It finally became a perfect rout. We followed them about two miles. Their officers tried to rally them but there was no stop. Then the cavalry charged in among them and they scattered and took to the mountains. We recaptured all the guns taken in the morning, some twenty pieces, by the Nineteenth and the Eighth Corps, and also thirty pieces of the enemy ; some 4,000 or 5,000 prisoners, ambulances and wagons without number. I counted this morning forty-eight pieces of artillery packed at Sheridan's headquarters, and the report is that there are fourteen pieces yet to come. Some of the guns were new and just received from Richmond. Early escaped with only two pieces. Five hundred of my regiment have gone to Win- chester to guard the prisoners,
The horses and men behaved splendidly. I had two horses shot under me and my coat was riddled with bullets. We lost some fifty killed and one hundred and fifty wounded. Enclosed you will find a list as nearly correct as possible. We are encamped on the same ground we occupied before the fight. J. W. S.
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THE LATE LIEUTENANT N. E. GRANGER .*- Lieutenant N. E. Granger, who perished on the battle-field of Gettysburgh, died in the prime of early manhood. At the age of 26 he has laid down his life, as a noble sacrifice on the altar of his country ; but his name and those of the other heroes associated with him, will live, not only in the memories of friends, but on the brghtest page of our nation's history. Let it be our pleasant, though mournful duty, to testify to his many virtues.
He stood high in the esteem of his intimate acquaintances, as well as in the general regard of community. To superior natural abilities he had added the power of a thorough education, and he wielded both with an energy that knew no obstacle and recognized no defeat. He had already participated largely in public affairs, and had he lived would have borne an honorable part in controlling the destiny of our social, political, educational and religious institutions. From such a prospect of public usefulness, from the pleasures and enjoyments of a home re- cently left by honored parents, from the society of friends to whom he was tenderly attached, and who knew his worth, he turned away to brave the hardships and share the dangers of a soldier's life.
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