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BATTERY E.
William G. Best, Sergeant.
Fulton - Farmer ; single ; age 19; enlisted February 26, 1864 ; contracted sciatic rheumatism and lumbago at " Before Petersburg ;" remained with his battery until discharged, June 16, 1865 ; Fulton- ham; farmer; married.
Eugene Orr.
Fulton - Farmer ; single ; age 18; enlisted February 26, 1864 ; joined his battery at Culpeper, Va. ; contracted measles near Cold Harbor; treated at New York city ; rejoined his battery, suffered a relapse and was sent to City Point, where he died, September S, 1864.
Monroe C. Teller.
Fulton - Citizen ; single ; age 18; enlisted February 26, 1864; joined his battery at Culpeper, Va., and did full service until dis- charged with his battery, June 16, 1865; Utica ; cooper ; widower. Children, Grace, Gertie, Clifford.
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BATTERY K.
Martin Low.
Sharon - Book-keeper ; single; age 19; enlisted September 15, 1864; was transferred to Battery C, and he was a member at time of his discharge, June 17, 1865 ; Solomon City, Kan .; farmer ; mar- ried. Children, Herbert M., Ralph W., John L., Bruce Le Roy, Lorena, Margaret E.
BATTERY M.
Thomas O. Burnette.
Summit - Farmer ; single; age 21; enlisted September 2, 1864, at Lockport, N. Y .; joined his battery at Chattanooga, Tenn .; contrac- ted camp fever and diarrhea ; sent for treatment to Nashville, Tenn., January 1, 1865 ; rejoined his battery at near Savannah, February following, and did full service until discharged, June 17, 1865 ; Summit, N. Y .; merchant ; married. Children, Rominda, Edna L., T. Ward.
THIRD NEW YORK LIGHT ARTILLERY.
This regiment was composed of men from the Nineteenth In- fantry and transfers from other organizations. It was originally or- ganized as heavy artillery, but after reorganization was equipped for field service. It re-enlisted at the end of its two years term, assigned to the Eighteenth Corps and served until the end of the war.
BATTERY F.
Abram P. James.
Fulton - Cooper ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted February 23, 1864; joined his battery at Beanfort, S. C .; served at Jacksonville, Fla., Charlotte, S. C., where he was discharged ; mustered out at Syracuse. Gilboa ; stage-driver. Children, Grace, Gerta, Oneta, Mina.
BATTERY G.
Peter Saulsburg.
Wright - Married ; mason ; age 44; enlisted January 4, 1864; served at Newberne, N. C., at Raleigh, and again at Newberne, where he was discharged, July 7, 1865 ; West Berne, N. Y .; mason ; married. Children, Mary, Charles, Peter, Frank.
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James K. Hall.
Sharon - Farmer ; single; age 18; enlisted August 26, 1864 ; captured at Dismal Swamp Canal, September 9, 1864; exchanged December 6, 1864 .- Town Record. M.
Emmet Gordon.
Sharon - Laborer ; single; age 16; enlisted August 23, 1864; captured at Dismal Swamp Canal, Va., September 9, 1864; ex- changed December 11, 1864. - Town Record. Mustered out as at Camp Parole, July 7, 1865 .- M.
Henry J. Anthony.
Sharon - Laborer ; single ; age -; enlisted August 23, 1864 ; captured at Dismal Swamp Canal, Va., September 9, 1864; ex- changed December 11, 1864 .- Town Record. Mustered out July 7, 1865 .-- M. R.
BATTERY H.
Isaac V. Cleveland.
Cobleskill - Laborer; single; age 17; enlisted December 19, 1863 ; joined his battery at Newberne, N. C. ; contracted inflammation of the brain at Getty's Station ; died about May 1, 1864.
BATTERY K.
Jacob Eckerson.
Schoharie - Citizen ; single ; age 16; enlisted December 29, 1863 ; joined his battery at Newberne, and served in its movements to Bermuda Hundred, Yorktown, Newport News, City Point, Spring Hill, Petersburg, Fort Harrison and Richmond, where he was discharged, June 30, 1865 ; P. O., Middleburg ; farmer : mar- ried. Children, Mary, Jennie, William, Elsie, Mabel, Ellsworth.
Ezra Eckerson.
Schoharie - Single ; age 19; enlisted January, 1864; contracted disability before Petersburg which has resulted in loss of memory ; discharged from hospital; Barnerville ; farmer ; single.
Jesse Groesbeck.
Richmondville - Farmer ; married ; age 43 ; enlisted June 20, 1863 ; discharged June 30, 1865; Soldiers' Home, Bath, N. Y.
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BATTERY M.
Albert Becker, Sergeant, Grandson of 1812.
Fulton - Farmer; single; age 23; enlisted October 12, 1861, in Seventy-sixth New York Infantry, and transferred to Third Heavy Artillery, in January of 1863, and remained on full service with the organization after the change to light artillery, re-enlisting at ex- piration of term, and serving in full line of duty until the close of the war. During service he was promoted to corporal and to ser- geant. His pilgrimages are here noted as the movements of Battery M during its service : At Arlington Heights until March, 1862, Newberne, N. C., until September, 1862, Roanoke Island until De- cember, 1862, Hatteras Inlet to Marclı, 1863, Newberne, N. C., to October, 1863, Fortress Monroe, Yorktown, Portsmouth, Getty's Station, Va., until April, 1864, Great Bridge and other places until May, 1863 ; on the James river at Wilson's Wharf, Fort Powhattan, City Point, and before Petersburg to June 1, 1864; to Bermuda Hundred, November 1, 1864; crossed the James river December 10, and was stationed at various points before Richmond until April 2, 1865, when he entered that city ; discharged by general orders, Jnne 26, 1865 ; Huntersland ; farmer and teacher ; married. Children, Elnora May, Ward L., Charles W., Nellie J., Alberta, Amy C. K., Maud, Laura.
Lewis B. Ham.
Fulton - Farmer ; married ; age 21; enlisted October 18, 1861 ; contracted lung trouble at Fort Corcoran in February, 1862; served in the Burnside expedition to Roanoke, Hatteras, and Newberne ; served regularly until a month previous to the James River expedition, when he was taken sick on the march and abandoned by the road- side, where he was picked up and cared for in a regimental hospital by Massachusetts troops; rejoined his battery and accompanied Butler up the James; discharged for re-enlistment at Portsmouth, Va., December 31, 1863 ; furloughed home from Suffolk, for thirty days ; rejoined the battery and accompanied the Dismal Swamp expedition ; participated in the engagements at Petersburg mine and siege, Deep Bottom and before Richmond; discharged at Rich- mond, Va., June 26, 1865 ; Breakabeen ; carpenter ; married. Chil- dren, Frank, Charles.
Madison Edwards.
Middleburg - Enlisted as a recruit, December 22, 1863 ; wounded
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before Petersburg by explosion of shell, which destroyed the right hand and the thumb and two first fingers of the left; treated in hospital at Portsmouth, Va., and discharged from there for disabil- ity, April 13, 1865; died in 1868.
Hiram Cole.
Esperance - Farmer ; single; age 21; enlisted November 15, 1861 ; contracted diarrhea at Getty's Station in February, 1864, and treated at Portsmouth, Va .; rejoined his regiment before Petersburg and did full service until discharged for expiration of term, Novem- ber 15, 1864; Amsterdam ; teamster ; widower. Daughter, Harriet.
Charles Campbell.
Esperance - Farmer; single; age 26 ; enlisted November 1, 1861, in Seventy-sixth New York Infantry ; transferred to Third Heavy Artillery at Albany; served on full duty with his battery through changes of organization until expiration of term ; re-enlisted and took veteran furlough ; rejoined his battery at Norfolk, and served in line of full duty until discharged, June 26, 1865 ; Coble- skill ; laborer ; married. Children, Clara, Ettie, Jason, Myron, Sarah, Ada.
Ralph Guernsey.
Middleburg - Farmer ; single ; age 18; enlisted December 22, 1863, as a recruit ; sent to Elmira and to Newberne, N. C., where he was assigned to Battery E; transferred to Battery M in April, 1864, at Yorktown; did full service in line of duty until wounded, by exploding shell, in left leg, left fore-arm, and right breast, May 20, 1864, near Petersburg, Va .; treated at Balfour General Hospital, Portsmouth, Va., and discharged by orders of war department, May 27, 1865 ; Otego ; dealer ; married.
Lumen Dings.
Cobleskill - Farmer; single ; age 21; enlisted as a recruit, De- cember 19, 1863; sent to Elmira and to Newberne, N. C .; joined his battery at Dismal Swamp Canal, near Norfolk, Va., and served regularly at Getty's Station, Yorktown, Fortress Monroe, Fort Pow- hattan, City Point, Petersburg, Bermuda Hundred, Deep Bottom and Richmond ; discharged with his battery, June 26, 1865 ; Hun- tersland ; farmer ; married.
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Eliard Bovee.
Middleburg - Age 18 ; enlisted as a recruit, December 22, 1863 ; sent to Newberne, N. C., and assigned to Battery E; transferred to Battery M at Yorktown, April, 1864 .- M.
Ira Twitchell.
Jefferson - Laborer; single; age 19; enlisted March 5, 1862; contracted fever at Newberne, N. C., and treated at Post Hospital ; rejoined his battery and did full service until discharged, March 4, 1865 ; Jefferson; laborer ; married. Danghter, Allie.
Horatio Gates, Sergeant.
Fulton - Farmer; married ; age 21 ; enlisted October 24, 1861; contracted small-pox and was treated for five weeks, and with the exception of a twenty days' furlough, did full service in line of duty until discharged, October 18, 1864; Rosedale, Kan .; merchant ; mar- ried. Son, Cecil.
Washington Swift.
Sharon - Farmer ; single ; age 20 ; enlisted for the Seventy-sixth New York, October 22, 1861; transferred to this organization at Albany ; did full service until expiration of term ; discharged Oc- tober 24, 1864; Sharon, N. Y .; laborer ; married. Children, Edith, Josephine.
Jerome Mattice, Corporal.
Fulton - Farmer; single ; age -; enlisted October 12, 1861, for the Seventy-sixth New York ; transferred at Albany ; served regu- larly through his term; re-enlisted and did full service until dis- charged with his battery at Richmond, June 26, 1865 .- M.
Charles Murphey.
Fulton - Farmer; single ; age - ; enlisted October 12, 1861, in the Seventy-sixth New York; transferred to this battery, and did full service until discharged at the close of the war, June 26, 1865. - M.
Lorenzo Ecker.
Fulton- Farmer; single ; age --; enlisted in Seventy-sixth New York, October 12, 1861; transferred to this battery; contracted typhoid fever during his service; discharged October 18, 1864 .- M.
Vinton Becker, Corporal.
Sharon - Student; single ; age 17; enlisted October 12, 1861;
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promoted to corporal ; contracted diarrhea and died at Newberne, N. C., April 29, 1862 ; buried in Sharon Cemetery.
Heman Cole
enlisted November 7, 1861 ; discharged December 8, 1864. - Town Record. M.
Daniel P. Winsey.
Sharon - Enlisted November 20, -; died at Hatteras Inlet, N. C. - Town Record.
Jacob F. Bradt.
Sharon - Age 19; enlisted October 1, 1861; discharged June 10, 1865. - M. R. M.
J. Wesley Smith.
Fulton - Student ; single ; age 17; enlisted February 17, 1863 ; discharged May 27, 1865; No. 554 West Twenty-eighth street, New York ; ice dealer ; married. Danghter, Josephine.
THIRD INDEPENDENT BATTERY.
Organized in November, 1861 ; re-enlisted at the expiration of its two years' term ; assigned to the Sixth Army Corps.
Joseph H. Rickard.
Fulton - Farmer ; single ; age 19 ; enlisted April 9, 1865 ; joined his battery at Arlington Heights, Va. ; discharged June 24, 1865; Blenheim, N. Y. ; machinist ; married. Children, Lillian Floyd, Sherman, Leroy.
John Youngs.
Schoharie - Single ; age 21 ; enlisted April 10, 1865 ; discharged June 16, 1865. - Town Record. M.
Jeremiah Rollings.
Schoharie. - Ship carpenter; single; age 18; enlisted April 11, 1865 ; discharged June 16, 1865. - Town Record. M.
FOURTH INDEPENDENT BATTERY.
Samuel Briggs.
Schoharie - Married ; age 28; enrolled September, 1864; dis- charged September 4, 1865 .- Town Record. Shutter's Corners ; far- mer ; married. Children, Martha, Mary, Sarah, Robie.
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ELEVENTH INDEPENDENT BATTERY.
Organized in January, 1862, and assigned to the Third Corps.
John Barlow.
Gilboa -- Farmer; single ; age 23 ; enlisted October 2, 1861 ; con- tracted measles, and treated at " Old Jail " Hospital, Washington ; contracted typhoid fever at Fort Ellswortlı, Alexandria, Va .; on re- covery rejoined his battery, which was sent to join Pope in the sum- mer of 1862, but encountered the Rebels at Manassas Junction, where most of the battery were taken prisoners ; he was also captured, but escaped by falling down in the darkness and not being missed; he participated in all the prominent battles of the Army of the Poto- mac ; at Chancellorsville two horses were shot under him, and one at Gettsyburg; at Warrenton he was captured, with four others, by Mosby, but released about an hour afterward; discharged October 31, 1864 ; Sac City, Ia .; farmer and carpenter; married. Children, Orra A., Merville R., Edith.
Charles W. Hemstreet, Corporal.
Carlisle - Enlisted December 6, 1861; captured with others at Manassas Junction, while on their way to join Pope ; confined at Richmond ; released but died of effects of imprisonment, August 1, 1863.
Orlando Holdridge.
Gilboa - Age 20; enlisted October 3, 1861 ; received injuries at Fort Ellsworth, and discharged for disability, September 27, 1862 ; died soon after.
Henry H. Wolford.
Schoharie- Cooper; married ; age 20; enlisted September 3, 1864 ; joined his battery at City Point ; served on regular duty until the close of the war, and discharged, June 13, 1865; Cobleskill, N. Y .; laborer ; married. Children, George, Clinton, Schuyler, Wes- ley, Howard, Cyrell, Minnie, William C.
Miner Bennett.
Wright -Single; age 20; enlisted August 15, 1864 ; present at Siege of Petersburg ; discharged June 13, 1865. - Town Record. Dead. Widow and one daughter, Flora, living.
Sidney Shufelt.
Wright - Married ; age 29 ; enlisted August 15, 1864; did full
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service until discharged with his battery, June 13, 1865 .- Town Record. East Albany, N. Y .; carpenter ; married. Children, Carrie, Martha, Eva, Alice, Peter, Hattie, Laura.
Melvin Richmond.
Blenheim - Farmer ; single ; age 20; enlisted September 6, 1864; did full service until mustered out with his battery, June 13, 1865 .- M. R. Died of insanity in 1887, leaving a widow.
William Bartholemew.
Blenheim - Farmer ; single ; age 21; enlisted September 6, 1864 ; did full service until mustered out, June 13, 1865 ; Blenheim ; farmer ; single.
SIXTEENTH INDEPENDENT BATTERY.
Ezra Gardner.
Schoharie - Farmer; single ; age 23; enlisted November 6, 1861 ; did full service to the end of his term ; re-enlisted in the same organization, and served until discharged, July 6, 1865, after nearly four years' service, during which he contracted deafness and rheu- matism ; Schoharie; married ; laborer. Children, Robie, Laura, Emma, Loyal, Lewis.
TWENTY-THIRD INDEPENDENT BATTERY.
Organized in December, 1861; assigned for duty with the Eigh- teenth Army Corps.
Walter Dingman.
Richmondville - Mechanic ; married; age 34 ; enlisted Septem- ber 5, 1864 ; joined the battery at Newberne, N. C .; transferred with other recruits to Eighth New York Heavy Artillery, Company E, January 7, 1865 ; sent to City Point Hospital for treatment for diarrhea and rheumatism, January 30, to - Columbia Hospital, Washington, March 18, and to Carver Hospital, June 15 ; discharged under general orders, July 10, 1865 ; Summit ; freighter ; married. Children, Harvey, Jessie.
Peter Towers.
Cobleskill -Teamster; single ; age 21; enlisted September 8, 1864; joined his battery at Newberne; after four months, trans-
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ferred to Company E, Eighth New York Heavy Artillery ; contracted kidney trouble, and sent to City Point ; after six weeks, sent to Stanton Hospital, Washington, and discharged therefrom in 1865; Cobleskill ; horseman ; married.
William Hanna.
Cobleskill - Laborer; single; age 22; enlisted September 15, 1864; joined the battery at Newberne; contracted partial loss of sight at that place ; treated at City Point, Washington and Philadel- phia ; discharged June 30, 1865 ; Cobleskill ; laborer ; single.
Ansel Fagan.
Richmondville - Married ; nge 25; enlisted September 30, 1864; transferred to Eighth Heavy Artillery, December 1, 1865, and dis- charged ; last heard from in British Columbia.
Daniel Darrow.
Cobleskill -Single ; teacher ; age --; enlisted September 5, 1864 ; detailed as clerk at Hart's Island and served in such duty until discharged ; married.
Bradley Palmatier.
Cobleskill - Bartender ; single ; age 24; enlisted September 8, 1864 ; transferred to Eighth New York Heavy Artillery ; discharged by general orders ; died March 15, 1891, leaving a widow and daughter, Ida May ; 126 Washington avenue, Minneapolis, Minn.
James Van Wie.
Cobleskill - Age 18; enlisted September, 1864; transferred to Eighth Heavy Artillery, December 1, 1864 .-- M.
THIRTY-FOURTH NEW YORK BATTERY.
Simeon Funk.
Wright - Single ; conscripted and assigned, June, 1864 ; died at Harwood Hospital, January 15, 1865.
SECOND NEW YORK HEAVY ARTILLERY.
Organized August, 1861, for two years' service, and re-enlisted at the expiration of its term. It was equipped as infantry and sent to the front in 1864, and became part of Barlow's Division of the Second Corps.
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COMPANY G.
Luman L. Jones.
Jefferson - Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted January 21, 1864; joined his regiment at Arlington Heights ; did full service with his regiment from the Wilderness to Petersburg; wounded by gunshot in right knee, June 16, 1864 ; sent to City Point and to Washing- ton, July 3 ; furloughed home July 26 ; reported at Finlay Hospital, September 24 ; detailed as night-watch for two weeks, then reported back to board and was detailed as orderly to Dr. Bloodgood until November 16, 1864; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps; con- tracted pneumonia, December 22, and remained under treatment until April 8, 1865, when he was furloughed home ; reported at Albany, N. Y., and was discharged, September 13, 1865; South Jefferson, N. Y .; farmer ; single.
Daniel White.
Blenheim - Shoemaker ; single ; age 27; enlisted March 28, 1864 ; joined his regiment during the battle of the Wilderness ; wounded " Before Petersburg " by gunshot, with loss of second finger of left hand ; sent to Hart's Island and furloughed home ; discharged after the war ; Blenheim ; laborer ; married. Son, William.
COMPANY H. Rufus Partridge.
Blenheim - Enlisted January 26, 1861; discharged April 7, 1865 .- Town Record. M.
COMPANY I.
Charles Wiltey.
Blenheim - Single; age 19; enlisted February 9, 1864; dis- charged June 10, 1865 .- Town Record. M.
COMPANY K.
Hiram Kniskern.
Blenheim - Single ; age 18; enlisted Jannary 20, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Washington, and did full service until captured at Reams Station, August 25, 1864 ; confined at Libby and Belle Isle for forty-five days (See Prison Report); taken to Annapolis, and fur-
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loughed home ; exchanged four months after capture ; rejoined his regiment before Petersburg, January 1, 1865, and served in the Ap- pomattox campaign ; his last engagement with the enemy, April 2, 1864, being in the attack on Lee's trains, which were heavily guarded; Blenheim ; farmer ; married.
Alonzo Bouck.
Fulton - Farmer ; single ; age --; enlisted January 20, 1864 ; captured August 16, 1864, at Deep Bottom, Va .- M. R. Confined at Belle Isle until November, 1864, and then sent to Florence, S. C., where he died.
Orrin Maybee.
Fulton - Farmer; single; age 19; enlisted January 26, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Washington ; served in line of full duty until discharged, September 29, 1865 ; West Fulton, N. Y .; shoemaker ; married. Children, Rosa, Goldie.
Jay Tompkins, Sr.
Fulton - Farmer ; married ; age 44 ; enlisted February 24, 1864; joined his regiment at Washington ; contracted edema of the legs on the march from Fredericksburg to the Wilderness and sent to hospital ; rejoined his regiment before Petersburg ; unable to do duty ; rejoined his regiment at Appomattox; returned to hospital and discharged, May 3, 1865 .- A. Sons in the service, Jay, Jr., George, Joshua.
Jay Tompkins, Jr.
Fulton - Farmer ; single ; age 16 ; enlisted February 24, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Washington ; did full service until instantly killed by shell at near Petersburg, June 17, 1864; buried on the field by his brother George, and Comrade Orrin Maybee.
George Tompkins.
Fulton - Farmer ; single ; age 19; enlisted January 26, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Washington ; detailed on special service at brigade head-quarters, until discharged, September 29, 1865 .-- A.
Henry Parslow, Son of 1812.
Blenheim - Farmer ; married ; age 46 ; enlisted December 6, 1861, and served his entire term without sickness or injury ; re-en- listed in same company and regiment, December 25, 1863, and
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served on full duty until wounded by gunshot in left leg above the ankle, before Petersburg, June 20, 1864 ; treated at Campbell Hos- pital, Washington, and discharged therefrom for disability, Novem- ber 29, 1864; died April, 1891. Children, Alonzo (in the service also), Roxy E.
Washington Kniskern.
Blenheim - Age 21; single ; enlisted January 20, 1864; dis- charged April 7, 1864 .- A. Reported as recently married.
FOURTH NEW YORK HEAVY ARTILLERY.
Late in the year 1861, it was proposed to organize a regiment to be ealled the First United States Lancers, and many enrollments were made under that title. In February of 1862, the organization, having been merged into the Fourth New York Heavy Artillery, with head-quarters at Staten Island, N. Y., was transferred to Washington and distributed among the forts thereabout, Company B being stationed successively at Forts Grebel, De Kalb, Strong and Ethan Allen. The regiment remained in such service, many of the men re-enlisting, until the spring of 1864, when with other organizations of that class it was equipped as infantry and sent to the front, serving in Miles' Division of the Second Corps.
COMPANY A.
Thomas L. Shafer.
Gilboa - Farmer ; single ; age 18; enlisted December 1, 1861, at Staten Island ; contracted measles at Fort Grebel, and treated at Post Hospital ; discharged for disability 1862 ; Richmondville ; jew- eler ; married. Children, Arthur, Lela, Clyde, Grace.
COMPANY B.
A. Sidney Thomas.
Conesville - Farmer; single ; age 17; enlisted October 23, 1861; did full service throughout his term ; re-enlisted January 4, 1864, at Fort Ethan Allen, and did full service until discharged by orders of war department, September 26, 1865; Gilboa ; merchant ; married. Children, Frank, Mabel.
Alexander E. Borthwick, Corporal.
Gilboa - Farmer ; single; age 16; enlisted November 16, 1861 ;
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stationed with his regiment at Forts Grebel, De Kalb and Strong ; contracted typhoid fever in summer of 1862, resulting from sunstroke and cholera morbus; discharged for disability, August 26, 1862; enlisted again at Saratoga Springs, October 1, 1863, in Company C, Second New York Veteran Cavalry ; joined his regiment at Camp Stoneman, Washington, and transferred with it to New Orleans ; served with his regiment in the Red River campaign, at which time it was attached to the Fifth Brigade of A. L. Lee's Division of the Nineteenth Corps; was wounded in the right hand by shell at Marksville, La., May 16, 1864, and treated at General Hospital, Baton Rouge, La. ; furloughed home July 27, for sixty days ; rejoined his regiment, having in his charge forty recruits, at Morganzia, La .; did regular service with his regiment during its raids in the fall and winter of 1864 ; was wounded in left knee by gunshot at McLeod's Mills, Mississippi, December 10, 1864 ; served in the Mobile cam- paign and took part in the skirmish at Claiborne, Miss., April 20, 1865, and one of the last engagements of the war ; served on provost duty through southern and central Alabama with head-quarters at Talladega; afterward removed to Selma, and on October 8, 1865, started en route for home by way of Demopolis, Meridan, Jackson, Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Cairo, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Buffalo, and Albany, where he was mustered out, November 27, 1865 ; 71 Alder street, Portland, Ore. ; real estate; married. Son, Wil- liam M.
Marcus Richtmyer.
Conesville - Farmer ; single ; age 18; enlisted November 16, 1861; served in line of duty and " always ready for rations " until wounded before Petersburg, June 18, 1864, by gunshot, through right thigh, which severed the sciatic nerve ; discharged for expiration of term, December 17, 1864 ; Westerville, Cnster Co., Neb .; farmer; married. Children, Mary A., Eva N., Mysette, Einma, Ella, Julia, William H.
Francis C. Ames, Sergeant.
Gilboa - Farmer ; single ; age 20; enlisted September 25, 1861 ; did full service through first enlistment ; re-enlisted November 16, 1863, as sergeant in same company ; contracted diarrhea and was treated in Second Army Corps Hospital, from July 26 to August 12, 1864 : discharged with his company by order 220, September 26, 1865 ; Stamford ; carpenter ; married. Daughter, Jessie May.
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