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SCHOHARIE COUNTY VETERANS.
COMPANY A.
John H. Stanton.
Cobleskill-Laborer ; single ; age 19 ; enlisted February 22, 1862; contracted fever on the Peninsula ; treated in Hospital at White House Landing, where he died, June 25, 1862.
Robert J. Stanton.
Cobleskill - Farmer ; married ; age 22 ; enlisted February 25, 1862; treated for kidney disease at Yorktown Hospital ; sustained fracture of shoulder and three ribs from falling limbs during shelling of woods by Rebels, near Williamsburg ; discharged February 25, 1865; Patria, N. Y. ; farmer ; married. Children, Arthur, Alviretta, Ada, Grace, Milo, Robert J., Jr.
COMPANY C.
Platt R. Evans.
Summit - Photographer; married ; age 41 ; enlisted April 8, 1865 ; joined his regiment at Burke's Station, Va., and served regu- larly until discharged, July 8, 1865; Summit, N. Y .; citizen. Children, Mary J., Charles O., Cordelia A.
Jacob Towsen, Jr.
Wright -- Married ; age 29; enlisted April 4, 1865 ; joined his regiment at Reams Station, Va .; discharged July 8, 1865 ; West Berne, N. Y .; shoemaker; married. Children, Lucretia, Jason, Peter.
COMPANY E.
Richard Handy.
Seward - Farmer ; single ; age 35 ; enlisted at Albany, August 15, 1861 ; served regularly until he sustained injury of the spine by falling into a ditch on night duty ; treated at Portsmouth General Hospital, and discharged for disability, December 10, 1862; West Fulton, N. Y. ; farmer ; married. Children, George M., Charles C., Lois E., Steward, Laura E., Jeremiah.
Albert A. Van Valkenburg, Great-grandson of the Revolu- tion.
Sharon -- Laborer ; single ; age --; enlisted -; discharged for disability ; re-enlisted in Veteran Reserve Corps ; died single, Feb- ruary 6, 1871 ; not found in roll of Company E.
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George Jackson.
Sharon - Mechanic ; single ; age 41 ; enlisted August 6, 1861 : re-enlisted at end of term in Third Independent Battery, March 17, 1864. -- Town Record. A partial record has been given of a George Jackson serving in Company K, Ninth Heavy Artillery. I do not find him on the rolls of that company ; he died in August 20, 1877, leaving a widow and children, Maria, George, Ellen.
FORTY-FOURTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized in September of 1861, and its mem- bers were recruited from every part of the State under a call for " Ellsworth's Avengers." The members were required to be un- married, able-bodied and intelligent. The men wore the zouave uniform. The regiment was attached to Griffin's Division of the Fifth Corps. Its first serions battle was Hanover C. H., Va., where it sustained a loss of eighty-six killed and wounded. In October of 1862 the original Companies C and E were consolidated with other companies, and two companies of recruits were enlisted to fill the vacancies, and were afterward known as C and E Companies, Com- pany E being composed principally of students from the State Nor- mal School at Albany. The regiment was prominently engaged at Gettysburg on the 2d of July and was one of the first regiments to occupy "Little Round Top." The regiment was innstered out September 24, 1864. Engagements: Gaines Mill, Malvern Hill, Hanover C. H., Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Va., Middleburg, Va., Gettysburg, Pa., Rappahannock Station, Wilder- ness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Bethsada, Petersburg and Poplar Spring Church ; killed and wounded, six hundred and forty-three ; missing and captured, seventy-nine; died in Rebel prisons, ten. - Fox.
COMPANY C.
¡Martin Stewart.
Fulton - Age 22; single ;"mechanic ; enlisted August 22, 1861 ; died of fever at Fort Wood, New York Harbor, June 8, 1862; buried in Laurel Hill, L. I., Cemetery, Grave 2564.
Emory A. Shafer.
Seward - Age 30; enlisted September, 1861 ; contracted typhoid fever in the early spring of 1862, and sent to Philadelphia, Pa., for treatment, where he died, April 16, 1862.
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SCHOHARIE COUNTY VETERANS.
Theodore Guernsey.
Cobleskill - Farmer; single ; age -; enlisted 1861; did full ser- vice until killed, by gunshot entering the forehead and coming out at the top of the head, at Hanover Court House, May 27, 1862.
Peter Haines.
Seward -Farmer; single ; age 22 ; enlisted September 20, 1862; joined his regiment at Antietam, Md., and did full service until discharged August 25, 1865 ; Seward, N. Y .; carpenter ; married. Child, Virgil.
Jacob Traber.
Seward - Farmer ; married ; age 27; enlisted September 30, 1862; contracted rheumatisin in October following, and treated at Camden Street Hospital, Baltimore; discharged for disability, April 2, 1863; Little Falls, N. Y. ; stationary engineer ; married. Chil- dren, Peter J., George M., J. Engene, Jennie R.
James Kniskern.
Seward -- Farmer; married ; age 45 ; enlisted September 30, 1862 ; contracted fistula ; treated at Mount Pleasant Hospital, D. C., David's and Bedloe's Island Hospitals, New York, and at Alexandria, Va. ; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, and stationed at Arling- ton, Va .; discharged June 28, 1865; Worcester, N. Y .; laborer ; married. Daughter, Alvira.
Moses F. Hardy.
Seward - Mechanic; married; enlisted September 30, 1862 ; discharged for disability, July 14, 1864 .- Town Record. M.
John H. Wilbur.
Fulton - Farmer ; single; age 22; enlisted August 22, 1861; discharged May 5, 1863 .- M. R. A.
COMPANY D.
Orson Spickerman.
Fulton -- Farmer; single; age 16; enlisted October 20, 1861 ; did full service until January 10, 1862, when he contracted small- pox, and was treated at California Hospital; rejoined his regiment at Hampton Roads, March 20, 1862, and did full service until after
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the battle of Antietam, when he contracted fever and was sent for treatment to Fredericksburg, Va., and to Baltimore, Md. ; rejoined his regiment at Harper's Ferry, and served on detailed duty until the spring of 1863; rejoined his regiment at Winchester, and after- ward detached on special service in Baltimore and other cities ; con- tracted lung trouble, and was discharged for disability, December 18, 1863; West Fulton, N. Y. ; farmer ; married.
George Aker.
Fulton - Farmer ; single ; age 21; enlisted December 14, 1861; contracted fever at City Point, Va., and sent home May 14, 1862 ; rejoined his regiment previons to the battle of Fredericksburg, and took part in that engagement; discharged October 11, 1864; Howe's Cave, N. Y. ; laborer; married. Children, Irving, Bertha, Mame, Eddie, Lloyd.
John F. Chase.
Fulton -- Enlisted Angust 15, 1861 ; served until the spring of 1862; contracted typhoid fever at Yorktown, Va. ; sent to New York city for treatment ; died May 13, 1862.
Lyman Judd.
Blenheim - Farmer ; single ; age 17; enlisted October 20, 1861; did full service until January 10, 1862, when he contracted fever ; treated at Washington and discharged for disability, May 23, 1862; died in the early part of 1889.
George Gasner.
Fulton - Age 24; enlisted September 12, 1861; served the greater part of his term on detail duty ; discharged October 11, 1864 ; Galway, N. Y. - A.
Joshua Tompkins.
Fulton - Farmer ; single; age 21; enlisted October 19, 1861; discharged May 28, 1862. - M. R. A.
William H. Tompkins.
Fulton - Farmer; single; age 19; enlisted October 20, 1861 ; a comrade says he was taken prisoner at the battle of Second Bull Run, afterward paroled and discharged from Parole Camp at An- napolis. - M. 27
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COMPANY E.
Robert W. Gardner.
Seward - Carpenter ; single ; age 31; enlisted September 20, 1862 ; served in full line of duty until missing at the battle of the Wilderness, May 8, 1864 ; his family are ignorant of his fate.
Aaron H. Esmay.
Seward - Farmer ; married ; age 25; enlisted August, 1862; joined his regiment after the battle of Antietam ; detailed to quartermaster's department for about four months at " Stoneman's Switch " near Fredericksburg, Va .; served on full duty afterward until wounded by gunshot in right fore-arm at " Little Round Top," Gettysburg, July 2, 1863; treated at Satterlee General Hospital, Philadelphia, until discharged for disability, October 15, 1863; Cobleskill, N. Y .; farmer; married. Children, Lydia, Oscar, Stan- ton, Maggie, Tessie, Rennie, Annie, Nellie.
James H. Burke.
Seward - Farmer; married ; age 27; enlisted September 25, 1862; took part in the engagements of Chancellorsville and Fred- ericksburg ; contracted typhoid fever in June of 1863 and sent to Division Hospital at Potomac Bridge, and soon after to Lineoln Hospital, Washington, and to Nicetown Hospital three weeks later ; transferred to Company K, Ninth Veteran Reserve Corps, in the spring of 1864, and ordered to Washington, and from there to Alexandria, to take charge of the musicians belonging to the fifteen companies doing guard duty for the supply trains to Culpeper C. H., Va .; detailed in summer of 1864, June or July, to organize a brass band at Washington, and was made major of the Ninth Veteran Reserve Drum Corps ; remained with the corps until discharged by general orders, July 3, 1865; Burlingame, Kan .; operator of coal shaft ; married. Children, W. G., Osear J., Frank, Edward L.
Martin D. Marclay.
Seward - Farmer ; single ; age 28 ; enlisted September 24, 1862; remained with his regiment until discharged for disability, March 1, 1863, near Falmouth, Va .; while out foraging near the picket line on the Blue Ridge, November 5, 1863, he received a gunshot wound in the right fore-arm near the wrist, from a bushwhacker : Decatur, N. Y .: farmer; married. Son, Logan J.
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Peter N. Somers, Sergeant.
Seward - Farmer; married ; age 25; enlisted September 24, 1862; disabled at the battle of Fredericksburg; remained with his regiment, until examined by medical board, April 19, 1863, then sent to Emory Hospital, Washington, and remained until January 1, 1864, when he was sent to Camp Convalescent, Alexandria, Va., and under General Orders 93 of March 7, 1864, transferred to Company F, Twenty-fourth Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps, and promoted to first duty sergeant ; remained in such service until discharged by General Orders 116, June 28, 1865 ; Decatur, N. Y .; farmer; mar- ried. Children, Howard, Stanton, Ernest F.
Norman Ottman.
Seward - Teacher ; married ; age 37; enlisted September 18, 1862; joined his regiment soon after the battle of Antietam and did full service until wounded by shell explosion at battle of Chaneel- lorsville ; died of wounds, May 27, 1863 ; he left a widow and son Byron.
David Claus.
Seward - Laborer; single ; age 22; enlisted September 24, 1862; served regularly until mortally wounded by gunshot, May 24, 1864. -- M. R. Buried in Fredericksburg Cemetery, Section A, Grave 23.
Josephus Simmons.
Seward - Carpenter ; married ; age 39; enlisted September 24, 1862; served in line of duty at the battles of Fredericksburg, Chan- cellorsville, Gettysburg and Rappahannock Station ; was wounded in the latter engagement by gunshot in left groin ; treated at Finlay Hospital, Washington, and discharged for disability, April 22, 1864; Worcester, N. Y .; carpenter; married. Children, Loretta M., Ella M.
John Haines.
Seward - Carpenter ; married ; age 30; enlisted September 24, 1862 ; sustained injury of the back while carrying timber for cordu- roy road ; treated at Point Lookout, and at Baltimore, Md .; dis- charged for disability ; died August, 1877, leaving a widow and danghter, Ida.
Jason Sexton, First Lieutenant.
Seward - Farmer ; married ; age 28; enlisted September 24, 1862; joined his regiment in October, at Antietam ; contracted
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typhoid fever after the battle of Fredericksburg, and treated in hos- pital at Windmill Point ; rejoined his regiment in April of 1863, and detailed for light duty, and to duty at corps head-quarters, May 1, 1863 ; after the battle of Chaneellorsville was sent to Washing- ton, having charge of sick and wounded ; transferred in July follow- ing to Veteran Reserve Corps and stationed at Washington ; dis- charged October 15, 1864, for promotion to first lieutenant, Com- pany E, One Hundred and Seventy-fifth New York Infantry, with permission to recruit ; joined his regiment in the Shenandoah Valley at Cedar Creek, and afterward served with the regiment in Sherman's Army until discharged at Savannah, June 30, 1865 ; was mustered out at Albany July 3 following ; Spring House, Montgomery county, Pa .; farmer; married. Children, Helen, Grant.
Hiram S. Rowley, First Lieutenant.
Seward -- Blacksmith ; married ; age 36 ; enlisted September 20, 1862; joined the regiment at Antietam ; did full service until wounded by gunshot in upper third of left thigh, May 8, 1864, at Spottsylvania, Va .; treated at Carver Hospital, Washington, for three months and then detailed on recruiting service at Albany, N. Y .; enrolled sixty-five men for the One Hundred and Forty- second New York Infantry, and was promoted to first lieutenant of that company ; did regular service in line of duty with the regi- ment until discharged at Raleigh, N. C., June 7, 1865, by Special Orders No. 73, Department North Carolina ; Batavia, N. Y .; black- smith ; married. Children, Fred J., Carrie L., Wilson G.
Demmon Rowley.
Seward - Farmer ; married ; age 24; enlisted September 24, 1862 ; joined the regiment at Antietam ; detailed as teamster ; pro- moted to wagon master and served in line of such duty until the muster out of the Forty-fourth, and was then transferred to the One Hundred and Fortieth New York Infantry, and discharged at the close of the war ; died at Kansas City 1889, leaving a widow.
COMPANY F.
Levi Slater.
Fulton - Laborer; married ; age 19; enlisted September 13, 1861; wounded by gunshot in shoulder, -; died at Washington. -- M. R. says, killed at Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862.
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Sylvanus Van Valkenberg.
Fulton - Cooper; married ; age 37 ; enlisted September 13, 1861; contracted lung trouble at Hall's Hill, Va .; discharged for disability, January 27, 1862 ; Fultonham, N. Y. ; cooper ; married.
Seward Brooks.
Broome - Farmer ; age 21; enlisted September 2, 1861 ; reported mortally wounded. - M. R.
COMPANY G.
John C. Thrall.
Seward - Age 21; enlisted October 11, 1861 ; served full term and was discharged October 10, 1864. - M. R. Dead ; widow living in Texas.
John Butler.
Richmondville - Laborer ; single; age 17; enlisted in 1861; killed at Hanover C. H., Va .; his company not known, and the rec- ord is taken from the memory of his foster mother.
COMPANY I.
William Eckerson, Jr., Grandson of the Revolution.
Seward - Farmer; age 27; enlisted October 9, 1861; wounded by gunshot in the leg at Second Bull Run, and fell into the hands of the enemy and released; re-enlisted December 8, 1863; killed while on picket duty at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864, and buried on the field ; Richmond National Cemetery, Grave 173.
COMPANY K.
Clark Hallenbeck.
Seward - Mechanic ; single; age 27; enlisted October 8, 1862; wounded at Upperville, Va .; discharged October 12, 1864. - Town Record. M.
Daniel H. Reno.
Seward - Blacksmith ; single ; age 23 ; enlisted October 9, 1861; served in line of duty and in the siege of Yorktown, battle of Han- over C. H., and "Seven Days before Richmond ; " contracted fever at Harrison's Landing, and treated at Point Lookout Hospital, Md.,
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for nearly six months, and discharged for disability, November 1, 1862; Troy, N. Y .; manufacturer and dealer; married.
Moses Esmay.
Seward - Carpenter; single ; age 25; enlisted September 30, 1861 ; discharged at end of term ; killed in a railroad collision, De- cember 26, 1863.
Rufus Esmay.
Seward - Farmer; single ; age 20; enlisted September 20, 1861; contracted typhoid fever on the Peninsula and died at Yorktown, Va., May 1, 1862; Yorktown Cemetery, Grave 197, Section B.
Abram Miller.
Esperance - Paper-maker; married ; age 24; enlisted October 2, 1861; discharged for disability, February 12, 1863 ; died May 1, 1872. - M. R.
FORTY-SIXTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.
Organized in September, 1861, for two years' service. Re-en- listed and served until the close of the war. It was assigned to Wil- cox's Division of the Ninth Corps.
COMPANY E.
Peter Lafferty.
Gilboa - Enlisted September 8, 1864 ; wounded before Peters- burg by shell in the hip; did no further service ; discharged from Carver Hospital, June 14, 1865. - M. R. M.
John S. Sweet.
Esperance- Laborer; single; age 18; enlisted September 5, 1864 ; joined his regiment near the Weldon railroad ; served regu- larly with his company in line of duty until just previous to the Grand Review, when he was detailed to police duty at Washington ; discharged June 10, 1865 ; Sloansville, N. Y .; laborer; married. Children, Ida, Mark, Fred, Lee, John, Floyd, Kate, Jennie.
COMPANY G.
Charles West.
Fulton-Farmer; married ; age 37; enlisted April 24, 1864 ; mus- tered out at the end of the war as " under court-martial." -- M. R.
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Died February 24, 1872, leaving a widow and children, Seymour, Viola, Gussie, Alice, Charles, George.
COMPANY H.
John Bennet.
Wright -- Single ; age 18 ; enlisted August 15, 1864 ; discharged July 24, 1865 .- M. R. M.
FORTY. SEVENTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.
Organized in September, 1861, and assigned to Turner's Division of the Tenth Corps ; it re-enlisted at the expiration of its term of two years, and served until the close of the war.
COMPANY H.
Smith Tanner.
Fulton - Farmer; married; age 20; enlisted October 15, 1863 ; wounded by gunshot in left leg, fracturing the tibia, at the battle of Olustee, Fla. ; was captured on the field and taken to Tallahassee, and on August 20 to Andersonville, where he was confined until the 12th day of September, and then taken to Florence, S. C .; paroled on December 11, 1864, and taken to Annapolis, where he remained until discharged by surgeon's certificate of disability, June 26, 1865 ; Boueks Falls, Schoharie county, N. Y .; farmer; married. Chil- dren, Mattie M., Inez C., Christina E.
FORTY-EIGHTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.
Organized in September, 1861, and assigned to Turner's Division, Tenth Corps, at a later date ; re-enlisted at the expiration of its term, and served until the end of the war.
COMPANY E.
Dewitt C. Bates, Corporal.
Broome -- Farmer; single ; age 19; enlisted October 19, 1863 ; took part in the engagements of Olustee, Fla., Bermuda Hundred, Cold Harbor, Before Richmond, and Fort Fisher ; wounded at Fort Fisher, January 15, 1864, by gunshot in left knee ; treated at Fort Schuyler Hospital, transferred to Troy, N. Y., and discharged July 13, 1865; South Westerlo, N. Y .; stage business ; married. Son, Channing.
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Jacob Hallenbeck.
Broome - Farmer ; single; age 17 ; enlisted October 19, 1863 ; wounded at the battle of Olustee, Fla., by gunshot in the heel ; treated in hospital for wonnd and rheumatism ; discharged ; died of consumption, December 4, 1864 ; not found in muster-roll of Com- pany E.
FIFTIETH ENGINEERS.
Organized in September, 1861; re-enlisted and served through the war.
COMPANY A.
John E. Sweet.
Middleburg - Laborer ; single ; age 23 ; enlisted September 3, 1864; sustained injury of stomach in lifting timbers ; treated at brigade hospital ; discharged at Fort Barry, Va., June 13, 1865 ; Middleburg ; miller ; married. Children, Orcelia, Elsie, Lillie, Warren, George B.
COMPANY M.
Amberson Bishop.
Middleburg - Farmer ; single ; age 37; enlisted August 10, 1864 ; discharged July 2, 1865 ; Middleburg, N. Y. ; merchant ; single.
Samuel Hallenbeck.
Middleburg - Carpenter ; married ; age 37; enlisted February 24, 1864 ; joined his company at Washington ; contracted rheuma- tism at North Anna river; sent to Cold Harbor Hospital, and to Campbell Hospital, Washington ; after recovery detailed for duty in the repair shops at Washington ; rejoined his regiment at Fort Barry, June 10, 1865, and discharged at Elmira, June 29, 1865 ; Schoharie, N. Y. ; carpenter ; married. Children, Caroline, Mary, Laura.
Peter Wilsie.
Middleburg -Carpenter ; single ; age 27; enlisted August 29, 1864; joined his regiment before Petersburg ; served regularly in line of duty until discharged by order war department, June 13, 1865 ; Middleburg, N. Y. ; farmer; married. Children, Anna, Laura, John, Frank, Isaac, Cora, Jay, Ernest, Leon.
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George Boom.
Middleburg - Shoemaker ; single ; age 28; enlisted Angust 25, 1864 ; did regular service until discharged, June 13, 1865 ; Coey- mans Hollow, N. Y .; shoemaker ; married. Children, Emmet, Chester, Margaret.
Nelson S. Boom.
Middleburg -- Moulder ; single ; age 24; enlisted August 25, 1864 ; joined his regiment at City Point ; sent to Camp Stoneman and to Rickard Hospital, Washington, and detailed to the cooking department ; discharged June 13, 1865; Oak Hill, Greene county, N. Y .; moulder ; married. Children, George E., Charles, Arthur.
Frank Phaneuff.
Fulton - Mechanic ; married ; age 44 ; enlisted -; discharged with his company, June 13, 1865 ; died September 2, 1886.
Oliver Cronk.
Middleburg - Laborer; married; age 36 ; enlisted August 9, 1864 ; discharged June 13, 1865. - M. R. M.
George Towsen.
Middleburg - Teamster; single; age 27; enlisted -; dis- charged. - A.
Michael Brennan.
Middleburg - Laborer ; married ; age 30; enlisted August 30, 1864 ; discharged June 13, 1865 .- M. R. M.
John Burke.
Middleburg - Laborer ; married ; age 27; enlisted Angust 30, 1864 ; discharged with his company, June 13, 1865 .-- M. R. M.
Francis Garber.
Middleburg - Age 32 ; enlisted February 24, 1864 ; discharged with his company June 13, 1865 .- M. R. M.
Freeman C. Latham.
Wright -Married ; age 44; enlisted April 6, 1865 ; discharged with his company, June 19, 1865 .- M. R. Died July 18, 1865, leaving a widow. Children, Elvira, Henry C., Mary E., George Z., Lena, Flora E., Seward L.
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Jeremiah Klock.
Middleburg - Carpenter ; married ; age 30; enlisted February 29, 1864 ; died at City Point, Va., November 7, 1864 .- M. R. Chil- dren, Ella E., Charles L., George E.
FIFTY-FIRST NEW YORK INFANTRY.
Recruited by companies with rendezvous at New York city ; its organization was completed October 23, 1861; in January, 1862, it accompanied Burnside in his expedition and participated in the cap- ture of Roanoke Island and Newberne; at Antietam it supported the Fifty-first Pennsylvania in its famous charge across the Stone Bridge, continuing in the Ninth Corps, it served with Burnside on the Car- olina coast ; took part in Pope's campaign ; served with Mcclellan in Maryland, and present at the Siege of Vicksburg; was with Burnside in East Tennessee and at the Siege of Knoxville ; it re- turned to the Army of the Potomac previous to the beginning of Grant's campaign, and followed the fortunes of the great captain un- til the wind-up at Appomattox ; the regiment re-enlisted in Decem- ber of 1863, and was recruited to nearly its maximum number.
COMPANY I. Martin Whitbeck, Lieutenant.
Richmondville - Farmer ; single; age 19 ; enlisted October 5, 1861 ; promoted to sergeant, September 30, 1862, and to first sergeant, March 19, 1863, and to second lieutenant, September, 1864; he did full service with his regiment, re-enlisting at the expiration of his first term, until captured at Southside railroad, Petersburg, Septem- ber 30, 1864; died in Danville prison, January 10, 1865 ; a commis- sion as first lientenant was issued after, and before his death became known. (See Prison Report.)
FIFTY-SIXTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.
Organized in July, 1861, and re-enlisted at the expiration of its term ; it became attached to Casey's Division of the Fourth Corps, Army of the Potomac.
COMPANY G.
Peter Hyser.
Blenheim - Farmer; single; age 23; enlisted September 23, 1861, at Lumberville, Pa .; joined his regiment at Newburgh, N.Y .;
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did regular service until discharged for disability, November 22, 1862; re-enlisted September 9, 1863, in Company B, One Hundredth New York Volunteer Infantry ; did regular service until wounded before Petersburg, by gunshot in left fore-arm ; treated at Fortress Monroe until discharged, July 25, 1865; Cobleskill, N. Y .; laborer ; married. Children, John, Sarah.
FIFTY-SEVENTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.
Organized August, 1861, and assigned to Barlow's Division of the Second Corps.
COMPANY B.
Stephen P. White.
Carlisle -Student ; single ; age 22; enlisted October 3, 1861 ; died January 14, 1862, at Camp California, Va., of typhoid pneumo- nia, preceded by dysentery.
FIFTY-NINTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.
Organized in July, 1861 ; re-enlisted at the end of its term ; served in Gibbon's Division of the Second Corps.
COMPANY K.
Alanson Clark.
Middleburg -- Moulder ; single ; age 17 ; enlisted June 29, 1864; participated in battles of the Wilderness and South Side railroad ; was wounded by gunshot through the right thigh at the left of Fort Steadman " before Petersburg," and ruptured in a charge at Deep Bottom ; discharged June 29, 1865 ; Leeds, Greene county, N. Y .; traveling agent ; married. Children, Flora, Fred, Edith, Cora, Viola. Comrade Clark was the only member of the Fifty-ninth from Scho- harie county.
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