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Jacob Parslow.
Middleburg - Farmer ; single ; age 18; enlisted October 1, 1861 ; was wounded by gunshot in leg at Gainesville, Va., August 23, 1862, and died of the effect, October 3, 1862, at Washington, D. C.
William H. Parslow, Sergeant.
Middleburg - Farmer ; married ; age 25; enlisted October 30, 1861; served regularly through both enlistments, and discharged with his regiment; he was the father of " two or three children ; fif- teen or sixteen years after the war he became insane and was sent to the asylum at Utica, where he died ; the history of the Seventy-sixth says, he was promoted to sergeant, for bravery.
William H. H. Boom.
Middleburg - Moulder; single ; age 18; enlisted October 18, 1861 ; was injured in right knee joint at Fort Massachusetts, while his regiment was forming for review; sent to Eckington Hospital, to Finlay Hospital, to Baltimore, and York, Pa., where he was dis- charged for disability; Middleburg, N. Y .; moulder; married. One child, Lillie S.
John Diamond.
Middleburg - Farmer ; single ; age 23 ; enlisted October 1, 1863; detailed at Rappahannock Station as orderly to brigade surgeon, and served in that capacity until discharged by expiration of term, De- eember 1, 1864, near Petersburg, Va. ; East Cobleskill, N. Y. ; far- mer ; married. Son, Jacob L.
Ralph Pierce.
Middleburg -Farmer ; married ; age 38; enlisted November 4, 1861; wounded at Gainesville, Va., by gunshot entering right hip and coming out at the knee; treated at Mount Pleasant Hospital, Washington, for a year and then transferred as nurse to the Divis- ion Hospital of First Corps, to which his regiment belonged ; served in that capacity until the expiration of his term of enlistment, De- cember 1, 1864 ; Middleburg, N. Y .; farmer. Children, Mary, William, John, Peter, Rebecca, Nehemiah, Hezekiahı, Annie.
Abram Keyser.
Fulton - Farmer ; married ; age 21; enlisted September 20, 1861 ; contracted typhoid fever " near Fredericksburg" the following sum- mer; treated in hospital near Alexandria and at Annapolis ; re-
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joined his regiment at Gainesville and did regular duty until dis- charged for expiration of term, December 1, 1864; Schoharie, N. Y .; laborer; married. Children, George, Peter, Mary, Nancy, Ella.
Thomas J. Mann.
Schoharie - Farmer; single ; age 20; enlisted December 7, 1861; contracted diarrhea at Fredericksburg in 1862; detailed as nurse previous to battle of Antietam ; served with his regiment at Rappahannock Station, Gainesville, Second Bull Run, Fredericks- burg and Chancellorsville ; was discharged for disability at Convales- cent Camp near Alexandria, February 4, 1864; Schoharie, N. Y .; farmer; married. Children, Floyd, George, Everett.
William H. Lawyer.
Middleburg - Farmer ; single ; age 17; enlisted Jannary 3, 1862 ; captured at the battle of Fredericksburg and confined at Richmond, Va., for over two months ; paroled and sent to Parole Camp at An- napolis; remained a month, came to Washington, joined the Six- teenth New York Battery on its travels to Fort Monroe, Suffolk, Norfolk and back to Fort Monroe, and to Yorktown; contracted chills and fever and was sent to Washington, and from there to his regiment ; remained with his regiment until the spring of 1864, when he was sent to Harwood Hospital, Washington, and to Ger- mantown Hospital, Philadelphia; joined his regiment at the Weldon railroad, Va., and served until discharged, January 3, 1865 ; Scho- harie, N. Y .; farmer; married.
Lewis Rifenberg, Sergeant.
Middleburg - Carpenter ; married ; age 33; enlisted October 21, 1861, as fifth sergeant; contracted fever in the latter part of 1862, and under treatment for a short time ; did regular duty otherwise until discharged, April 22, 1863. - M.
Weller Pitts, Corporal.
Middleburg - Moulder; single; age 19; enlisted October 1, 1861 ; discharged for disability, April 24, 1862 ; died of lung tronble contracted in the service, October 25, 1862, leaving a widow.
Lyman P. Warner, Sergeant.
Middleburg - Baker ; single; age 18; enlisted October 1, 1861; transferred to Company D, Twentieth Veteran Reserve Corps ; died at Point Lookout, Md. - M. R.
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John M. Slater, Corporal,
Fulton - Laborer; married ; age 25 ; enlisted November 1, 1861; captured at Bull Run, August 29, 1862 ; released and joined his regi- ment, December 21, 1862; killed in the engagment at Laurel Hill, Va., May 12, 1864 ; buried in Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Division A, Section C, Grave 30.
Hezekiah Smith, Corporal.
Middleburg - Blacksmith ; single ; age 19; enlisted October 21, 1861; died of fever and diarrhea at Smoketown Hospital, Md., November 2, 1862. - M. R. Antietam Cemetery, Grave 336, Division C, Section 25.
Silas Smith, First Lieutenant.
Middleburg - Carpenter ; married ; age 31 ; enlisted as corporal, October 21, 1861; promoted to sergeant, July 1, 1862, and to orderly sergeant, and to first lieutenant, and transferred to Company G ; Mid- dleburg, N. Y. ; carpenter ; married. Children, Carleton, Lizzie.
Charles H. Guernsey, Corporal.
East Cobleskill - Farmer; single ; age 18; enlisted October 10, 1861; died of fever at Washington, June 8, 1862.
Clark Coons.
Middleburg - Laborer ; married ; age 43; enlisted October 6, and detailed as wagoner; re-enlisted February 24, 1864; discharged by general orders, July 5, 1865 ; last known to be in Soldiers' Home, Bath, N. Y. Children, James E., Rachel E., Arthur, Minnie, Lulu.
Charles Alger.
Middleburg -- Farmer ; single ; age 20; enlisted October 1, 1861 ; did regular service without interruption until discharged for expira- tion of term, December 1, 1864 ; Durham, N. Y .; laborer; widower. Children, Sanford, Minnie, Robert, James, Ira, Jennie.
Edward H. Becker.
Middleburg -Student ; single ; age 18; enlisted October 14, 1861 ; contracted lung trouble at Fort Massachusetts and discharged for disability, March 25, 1862; Middleburg, N. Y .; widower; dealer. Daughter, Libbie.
John J. Bice.
Cobleskill -- Farmer ; single; age 18; enlisted November 24, 30
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1861 ; did full service until July 1, 1863; wounded at Gettysburg by gunshot in right hand, with loss of little finger and side of palm ; treated at West Philadelphia, Pa .; transferred to Company E, Six- teenth Veteran Reserve Corps ; discharged in December, 1864 ; Otsego, Allegan county, Mich .; farmer; married. Children, Lizzie, Jennie, James, Lottie, Emma, Elmer.
Edward A. Clark.
Middleburg - Moulder ; single : age 22; enlisted December 2, 1861 ; discharged for disability, April 23, 1862 ; Prattsville, N. Y .; laborer ; married. Children, Sidney, Lillie, Martha.
John Decatur .*
Middleburg - Laborer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted October 1, 1861 ; during his first enlistment he was wounded by gunshot in left thigh ; recovered and rejoined his regiment, and was again wounded by gunshots in left arm and right leg ; recovered and joined his regi- ment again and re-enlisted ; "was captured ;" transferred to One Hundred and Forty-seventh New York. M. R. M.
Erastus I. Efner, Sergeant.
Middleburg -Tinsmith : single; age 20; enlisted October 21, 1861 ; was wounded and captured at Gainesville, Va., August 28, 1862 ; paroled, and after recovery rejoined his regiment ; promoted to corporal and sergeant ; killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863.
Rasselas Ellis.
Middleburg - Teacher ; single; age 23 ; enlisted October 21, 1861 ; discharged at Washington for disability, January 8, 1863 ; Auburn, Ia .; teacher ; married. Children, Daniel, Ward, James, Mand, Florence, Flora, Nellie and More, twins.
James H. Hammond, Corporal.
Middleburg - Farmer ; single ; age 19; enlisted October 21, 1861 ; appointed corporal, Angust 1, 1862 ; killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863.
Aaron Hayward, Sergeant.
Middleburg - Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted October 27,
* This family name has been shortened to " Cator," and in such cases I find a D before it. I find it Decatur in some discharge papers and give Decatur as correct.
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1861 ; appointed corporal, January 1, 1863, and sergeant, May 5, 1864 ; re-enlisted and served until discharged by general orders, with One Hundred and Forty-seventh New York. M. R. M.
John J. Hillsley.
Wright - Farmer ; married ; age 41 ; enlisted November 4, 1861 ; died at Fredericksburg, Va., August 9, 1862 ; buried at that place.
Jeremiah Lockwood.
Middleburg - Farmer; married ; age 27 ; enlisted November 11, 1861 ; died of typhoid fever at Falls Church Hospital, Va., August 31, 1862. Children, John, Calvin, Martha, Nancy.
David Lynes.
Middleburg - Clerk ; single ; age 18; enlisted October 1, 1861 ; wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, and died of wound at Germantown ; Gettysburg Cemetery, Grave 105.
Joseph H. Mattice.
Middleburg - Farmer; single; age 19; enlisted October 30, 1861; discharged at Philadelphia, Pa., for disability, October 14, 1862 ; wounded in left hand. M. R. M.
Holmes K. Nelson.
Middleburg - Clerk ; single ; age 23; enlisted October 1, 1863 ; taken prisoner at Bull Run, Angust 29, 1862, and paroled ; dis- charged for disability, January 8, 1863 ; Newtonville, N. Y .; milk dealer ; married.
Abram Stever.
Schoharie -- Farmer ; single ; age 24; enlisted December 11, 1861 ; re-enlisted and was severely wounded at the battle of the Wilder- ness ; died on the way to hospital, May 12, 1864.
Gideon Oliver.
Schoharie -- Farmer ; single ; age 18; enlisted October 21, 1861 ; wounded at Gainesville, Angust 28, 1862 ; fell into the hands of the enemy and not heard from afterward.
Thomas Redmond, Sergeant.
Middleburg -Soldier ; married ; age 42 ; enlisted October 1, 1861 ; promoted to corporal, Angust 1, 1862, and to sergeant, for bravery,
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September 5, 1862 ; he served as color-bearer at the battle of Fred- ericksburg; discharged March 19, 1864; he had formerly served twelve years in the English army, and was present at the attack on Sebastopol during the Crimean war ; during his service with the Seventy-sixth, he was accompanied by his wife Ann, who labored over her half-barrel washtub to keep the regiment comfortably clean while in eamp, and was always by her husband's side while on the march, and although she did not carry a musket she no doubt did better service than some who did ; Redmond remained in the county for some years after the war ; when last heard from he was an in- mate of the Soldiers' Home in Ohio.
Orison Shufelt.
Middleburg - Moulder; married ; age 23 ; enlisted October 27, 1861 ; died at Harwood Hospital, Washington, of typhoid fever, April 14, 1862 .- M. R.
Moses Tompkins.
Middleburg -Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted October 21, 1861 ; did regular service and re-enlisted ; was wounded and taken prisoner on the fifth day of the battle of the Wilderness, and not heard from afterward.
John Warner.
Middleburg - Laborer ; single ; age 20 ; enlisted November 17, 1861 ; contracted measles and died at Cherry Valley, N. Y., January 4, 1862.
Charles H. Wright.
Middleburg - Hatter ; single ; age 23 ; enlisted October 1, 1861 ; contracted lung trouble at Fort Massachusetts ; treated at Eekington Hospital, Washington, and discharged for disability, July 7, 1862; early in 1863 he enlisted in Company G, Sixth Connecticut Infantry, and joined the regiment at Hilton Head, S. C .; taken prisoner at Drewry's Bluff, Va., in October, 1864 ; confined for three months in Castle Thunder, Richmond, and then transferred to Andersonville, where he remained until released, near the close of the war; Middle- burg, N. Y. ; farmer ; married. Children, Anna, George.
John Eckerson.
Enlisted December 21, 1861 ; did full service with his regiment for sixteen months, and was then detailed as orderly on the staff of
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General Doubleday ; remained on such duty for six months and was then transferred to Cavalry Corps head-quarters as orderly and served as such until discharged for expiration of term ; Fultonham, N. Y. ; mail carrier ; married.
Hiram K. Lawyer.
Middleburg-Farmer ; married ; age 26; enlisted December 11, 1861; re-enlisted for second term ; never absent from duty until killed in the trenches before Petersburg, June 18, 1864.
Calvin Traver.
Middleburg - Farmer ; married ; age 35 ; enlisted November 18, 1861 ; wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863; discharged for dis- ability, November 18, 1864. - M. R. M.
Abram Vosburg.
Middleburg -- Farmer; single ; age 19; enlisted November 24, 1861 ; did regular service until wounded in left leg at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 ; discharged for disability, July 15, 1864 ; the wound received necessitated amputation twenty-seven years afterward ; Belle Plain, Ia.
Ira Warner.
Middleburg - Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted October 21, 1861 ; served full term, and discharged December 1, 1864. - M.
Paul Weidman.
Middleburg - Farmer ; married ; age 26; enlisted November 4, 1861; wounded by gunshot in left thigh at Gainesville, August 23, 1862 ; treated at Emory Hospital, Washington ; discharged at end of term, December 1, 1864; Huntersland, N. Y., farmer ; married;
Joseph Yanson, a Great-grandson of the Revolution.
Enlisted December 10, 1861 ; did full service until killed by gun- shot in the forehead, at Gainesville, Va., August 28, 1862.
Fletcher Wright.
Middleburg - Farmer ; single; age 19 ; enlisted October 1, 1861 ; wounded at Gettysburg ; discharged December 7, 1865. - M. R. M.
Jacob Manshaffer.
Middleburg - Laborer ; single ; age 28 ; enlisted October 1, 1861 : discharged at expiration of his term ; died April 7, 1874.
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Benjamin Van Valkenberg.
Middleburg - Farmer ; married ; age 28; enlisted September 21, 1861; served his full term as orderly to General Doubleday. - M.
William L. Barringer.
Broome - Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted October 4, 1861 ; did regular service until transferred to Company E, Thirteenth Vete- ran Reserve Corps, July 20, 1863. - M. R. A.
Charles Bartholemew.
Fulton - Farmer ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted September 21, 1861 ; detailed as orderly to General Doubleday, and served his term of enlistment in such duty ; discharged December 1, 1864; Gilboa, N. Y .; teamster ; married. Son, Ford.
John Sullivan.
Middleburg - Paper-maker ; single ; age 24; enlisted November 27, 1861 ; contracted fever at Park Barracks and died in New York city, February 3, 1862.
George Van Patten.
Cobleskill - Farmer; single ; age 18; enlisted December 10, 1861 ; died of fever at Fredericksburg, Va., July 2, 1862.
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Harrison Champanois.
Fulton - Farmer; single ; age -; enlisted October 12, 1861; contracted measles and lung trouble, and died at New York, March 8, 1862. - M. R.
Charles Brayman.
Middleburg - Laborer ; single ; age 19; enlisted September 21, 1861; contracted fever and died at Patent Office Hospital, Washing- ton, June 3, 1862.
David H. Duel.
Middleburg - Fariner; age 19; enlisted November 1, 1861; wounded at Gainesville, August 28, 1862; discharged for disability from wound, November, 1862.
Christopher Bouck.
Middleburg - Enlisted October 12, 1861; re-enlisted and trans- ferred to Company C, December 1, 1864 ; transferred with remnant
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of his regiment to One Hundred and Forty-seventh New York, Jan- uary 28, 1865. - Town Record. M.
Ralph Weidman.
Middleburg - Farmer ; single; age 19; enlisted October 12, 1861 ; discharged for enlistment in Company L, United States Cav- alry, November 12, 1862. - M. R. M.
Henry Sperbeck.
Summit - Age 24; enlisted September 21, 1861; discharged for expiration of term, December 1, 1864. - M. R. M.
Darius C. Barton.
Schoharie - Enlisted December 20, 1861; was wounded at Get- tysburg; promoted to corporal, November 1, 1862, to sergeant, Sep- tember 14, 1863; killed at the Wilderness, May 5, 1864. - M. R.
COMPANY K.
Hiram Ives, Sergeant.
Summit - Farmer ; married ; age 30; enlisted November 24, 1861; detailed as orderly and dispatch bearer; contracted diarrhea and piles ; treated at Chestnut Hill Hospital ; discharged at end of term ; died at Summit, N. Y., September 17, 1885, leaving a widow and children, Harlan P., William B., Isaac N., Anna L.
Samuel Brazee.
Summit - Laborer ; single ; age 35 ; enlisted November 24, 1861; discharged from Mount Pleasant Hospital for disability, January 13, 1863 ; Richmondville, N. Y .; laborer; single.
SEVENTY-EIGHTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.
Organized October, 1861, and assigned to Geary's Division of the Twelfth Corps.
COMPANY H.
Willis Palmatier.
Richmondville - Laborer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted at Rochester, February 10, 1864; died at St. Mary's Hospital, February 24, 1864; buried at Richmondville. - M. R.
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EIGHTIETH NEW YORK, OR TWENTIETH MILITIA.
Entered the service as a three months' regiment, leaving Kingston, April 28, 1861, and was stationed at Baltimore and Annapolis June- tion. Re-organized under a three years' enlistment, it left the State again, October 25, 1861. Crossing the Potomac, November 7, and going into winter quarters at Upton Hill. It served in the divisions of Generals Hatch and Doubleday, and for about a year under Pro- vost Marshal General Patrick. It remained in the service until January 29, 1866. Engagements: Norman's Ford, Va., Rappa- hannock, Va., Warrenton Spa, Va., Manassas, Va., Chantilly, Va., South Mountain, Md., Antietam, Md., Fredericksburg, Va., Gettys- burg, Pa., and Petersburg. Killed and wounded, four hundred and thirty-nine; captured and missing, one hundred and forty-four ; died in prison, twenty-two .- Fox' Losses.
COMPANY K.
John R. Proper.
Gilboa - Farmer ; married; age 26; enlisted June 28, 1861; joined his regiment at Kingston ; served regularly until he contrac- ted measles on the Peninsula ; treated at Douglas Hospital; re- joined his regiment, and at the battle of Second Bull Run received a gunshot through both hips, and a few minutes later lost his right leg below the knee by a solid shot; sent to Claiborn Hospital, after eight weeks' treatment, furlonghed home, remaining eight months ; returned to Washington and was discharged for disability, June 7, 1863; Broome Centre, N. Y. ; farmer ; married. Children, Rositta, Elmer, Betsey, Pruella, Sidney, John, Gains, Rhoda, Almeda.
Edwin Bruce.
Jefferson -- Farmer; single ; age 20 : enlisted September 8, 1861, at Kingston ; contracted measles at Upton Hill, January 22, 1862, and sent to hospital for treatment ; rejoined his regiment at Bailey's Crossroads, April 15, and did regular service until during the Second battle of Bull Run where he received gunshot in left leg below the knee, slight scalp wound, slight wound in right shoulder, and wound from buckshot in right knee; fell into the hands of the enemy ; paroled at Centerville and sent to Fairfax Seminary Hospital, and to Hammond General Hospital. Point Lookout, Md., November 20, 1862 ; discharged for disability from wounds, April 6, 1863 ; re en- listed at Norwich, Jannary 6, 1864, in Company I, Third New York
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Cavalry ; joined the regiment at Portsmouth, Va .; did regular duty until ruptured at Johnson's Farm ; treated and eured at regimental hospital ; served regularly thereafter until discharged with his regi- ment, November 28, 1865 ; Jefferson, N. Y .; farmer; married. Children, Annie E., Ada S., Willie E.
John P. Lambert.
Jefferson - Mason ; married ; age 35; enlisted September 10, 1861 ; served as principal musician during part of his term ; re-en- listed September, 1864, and detached on special duty at Hart's Island, N. Y .; discharged at the elose of the war ; died, leaving a widow and children, Frank, Kate, Abbie, Mary, William, Libbie, Lillie, Hattie.
COMPANY F.
Alvin Russel.
Middleburg --- Farmer ; single ; age 18; enlisted March 3, 1864 ; took part in the engagement of April 2, before Petersburg ; dis- charged with his regiment at Richmond, Va., June 30, 1865 ; Frank- linton, N. Y. ; farmer ; married.
E. D. Childs, Second Lieutenant.
Jefferson -- Clerk ; single ; age 21; enlisted in May, 1861, in Captain Van Buren's Engineer Company of the Twentieth New York Militia and served until discharged by expiration of term ; en- listed again, January 4, 1864, in Company F, Fifteenth Regiment New York Heavy Artillery, and served regularly until discharged as second lieutenant in August, 1865; Stanton, Mich. ; single ; salesman.
EIGHTY-FIRST NEW YORK INFANTRY
was recruited from Oswego and Oneida counties, and left the State in February, 1862, serving through the Peninsula campaign, and afterward returned to Yorktown under Keyes. It joined Foster's con- mand in North Carolina in December, 1862, and served at Beaufort and Morehead City for several months. In November, 1863, it was stationed on ont-post duty along the Dismal Swamp canal, Va. The regiment re-enlisted March, 1864, and took its veteran furlough ; re- turning to Yorktown, it was assigned to the First Brigade, First Division of the Eighteenth Army Corps. At the battle of Cold Harbor it sustained the greatest loss, according to the number en-
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gaged, of any infantry regiment in the field. After the dismember- ment of the Eighteenth Corps, the Eighty-first was assigned to the Twenty-fourth Army Corps ; mustered out of service August 21, 1865. Engagements : Fair Oaks, Seven Days' Battles, Swift Creek, Drewry's Bluff, Cold Harbor, Siege of Petersburg, Chapin's Farm, Darbytown Road. Killed and mortally wounded, one hundred and forty-two ; died of disease, etc., ninety-seven .- Fox's Losses.
COMPANY E.
Sables Davis, Son of 1812, and Grandson of 1776.
Central Bridge-Hotel-keeper's son ; single ; age 26; enlisted at Wa- terville, N. Y .; served through the Peninsula campaign ; contracted fever at Harrison's Landing ; treated at Fortress Monroe ; furloughed home ; rejoined his regiment at St. Helena Island ; served at James Island, Newberne, Northwest Landing, Bermuda Hundred, Weldon railroad and Cold Harbor, where he was injured by a piece of rail from a shell explosion ; sent to Harwood Hospital for treatment, June 10, 1864 ; discharged November 21, 1864; Central Bridge, N. Y .; fisherman ; married.
EIGHTY-SIXTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.
Organized September, 1861; re-enlisted and served through the war ; it was assigned to Birney's Division of the Third Corps.
COMPANY D.
William E. Stewart.
Jefferson - Farmer ; single ; age 15 ; enlisted September 17, 1861, at Elmira, New York ; contracted measles at that place; treated for two months ; rejoined his regiment at Washington, November 25 ; served regularly with his regiment until detached for service in Tenth New York Battery ; rejoined his regiment just previous to the battle of Gettysburg, at which time he was slightly wounded by gunshot on the head at the " Wheat field ;" rejoined his regiment on the fourth day ; served regularly until discharged for expiration of term ; re-enlisted February 4, 1864, in the Twelfth New York Independent Battery and did full service from the Wilderness to Appomattox ; 442 Third street, N. E., Washington, D. C .; builder ; married. Chil- dren, Anna I., Lyell R.
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EIGHTY-SEVENTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.
Organized October, 1861, and assigned to Kearney's Division of the Third Corps ; it took part in the Peninsula campaign and served under Pope in Virginia ; in September of 1862 its remaining mem- bers were transferred to the Fortieth New York.
COMPANY C. James Tanner, Corporal.
Richmondville -Teacher; single; age 17; enlisted October, 1861 ; present at the Siege of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Seven Days' fight before Richmond and Malvern Hill; was in Pope's campaign at the battle of Second Bull Run, where he was wounded, August 30, 1862, by a piece of shell, which necessitated amputation of both legs, four inches below the knee; fell into the hands of the enemy and lay in the Van Pelt house and yard for ten days; then paroled and taken to Fairfax Seminary Hospital, and five weeks later taken to his home in Schoharie county ; discharged October 15, 1863; Georgetown, D. C .; attorney and lecturer ; married. Children, Ada, Antoinette, James A., Earl W.
John Ostrander.
Summit - Farmer ; single ; age 18; enlisted October 17, 1861, at New York city ; did full service until wounded at the Seven Days' fight; after recovery he rejoined his regiment, re-enlisted at the expiration of his term, received his " veteran furlough " and visited his friends at home; rejoined his regiment ; was instantly killed at the battle of the Wilderness, while standing on the breastworks, defying the enemy.
Orren B. Treadwell.
Jefferson - Farmer ; single ; age 22; enlisted October 16, 1861; served regularly with his regiment from Yorktown to Bottoms Bridge, where he contracted heart and lung trouble; treated at Harrison's Landing and South Street Hospital, Philadelphia ; dis- charged for disability, August 23, 1862; Jefferson, N. Y .; restau- ranter ; married.
Anson Hynds.
Seward -Painter ; single ; age 21; enlisted November 11, 1861, at New York city ; contracted typhoid fever at Fair Oaks, Va .; treated at White House Landing and at Baltimore, Md .; discharged 1862 ; Hyndsville ; citizen ; married.
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