Military records of Schoharie County veterans of four wars, Part 20

Author: Warner, George H., comp
Publication date: [1891]
Publisher: Albany, N.Y., Weed
Number of Pages: 446


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Newton Hubbard.


Jefferson - Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted September 3, 1864 ; joined the regiment at Fort Mellenry ; contracted fever and jan- dice ; treated at City Point for three weeks, and rejoined his regi- ment on the Weldon railroad ; wounded by gunshot through the thigh at Hatcher's Run ; treated at Emory Hospital, Washington, and discharged June 10, 1865 ; Jefferson, N. Y. ; married ; farmer.


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Henry Roe.


Fulton - Laborer; married ; age 34; enlisted September 9, 1864 ; discharged June 10, 1865 ; died January 29, 1886, of lung trouble, contracted in the service, leaving a widow.


James Salisbury.


Fulton - Farmer ; married ; age 29; enlisted September 3, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Fort McHenry, and served in line of regular duty until discharged, June 10, 1865; West Fulton, N. Y .; farmer; married. Children, Jane L., William H., Charles S., Car- rie B., Annie, Ellen, Joanna.


Elijah Hadsell.


Richmondville - Farmer ; single ; age 22; enlisted September 2, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Fort MeHenry ; contracted disease of the eye ; served regularly with the regiment in its engagements be- fore Petersburg, and was discharged by general orders, June 10, 1865; Richmondville, N. Y .; farmer ; married. Children, Carrie, Van Wert, Libbie, Frank, Nellie, Cora, Luther, Orion.


William Kennedy.


Jefferson - Farmer ; single ; age 24; enlisted September 3, 1864, at Albany ; scrubbed barracks, graded grounds, and polished beans at Hart's Island for two or three weeks, and then joined his regiment at Fort McHenry ; detailed as company clerk, and later as post adju- tant's clerk at brigade head-quarters ; rejoined his regiment in March, 1865, and served in line of regular duty through the Petersburg and Appomattox campaigns ; discharged June 10, 1865 ; Jefferson, N. Y .; farmer ; married. Children, Cora M., Roy D., Nellie D.


Bradford Hogaboom.


Wright -- Farmer ; married ; age 45 ; enlisted August 22, 1864 ; discharged June 10, 1865 ; Union Centre, N. Y .; laborer ; married. Children, Minor, Phoebe, Sarah, Philip, John, Mathias, George, Charles, Clarence.


George W. Osborn.


Richmondville - Carpenter ; married ; age 31 ; enlisted August 29, 1864; joined his regiment at Fort McHenry, and served in line of regular duty until wounded by gunshot in left temple at the battle of Five Forks, April 1, 1865 ; he recovered reason after a few


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days' treatment in hospital and rejoined his regiment and remained on duty until discharged by general orders, June 10, 1865 ; Monroe, Morton county, Minu .; farmer ; married. Children, Julia L., Georgi- anna, Norma I., Priscilla I., Hattie, Cordelia.


Jeremiah Zeh, Great-grandson of 1776.


Fulton - Farmer ; single ; age 22; enlisted August 30, 1864, at Albany ; served on fatigue duty at Hart's Island for a week and then joined his regiment at Fort McHenry ; detailed on detached duty, December, 1864, in guarding prisoners through Baltimore; afterward detailed to guard ferry trains and to arrest deserters at Havre-de-Grace ; remained on such duty until his regiment joined the Army of the Potomac ; participated in the engagements at Hat- cher's Run, Gravelly Run, and Five Forks, and all the movements of his regiment until discharged, June 10, 1865; while guarding prisoners through Baltimore, Private Zeh and Corporal Hix fired on an escaping prisoner, by orders, both balls taking effeet with fatal results ; Breakabeen, N. Y. ; farmer ; married. Children, Hattie, Annie, Eva, Guy, Julia, Carrie.


Enos Y. Landis.


Summit- Teacher ; single ; age 27 ; enlisted September 5, 1864 : joined his regiment at Fort McHenry ; detailed for the first six months of his service as clerk at brigade head-quarters under General W. W. Morris ; moved with his regiment to before Petersburg ; wounded at Hatcher's or Gravelly Run at nine o'clock by gunshot entering the body near the spinal column and lodging in the right abdomen, where it still remains ; treated two days in Field Hospital, then removed to City Point, thence to Washington, to Germantown, Pa., and to Mower General Hospital, Pa., and discharged June 13, 1865; 4241 Wayne avenue, Philadelphia, Pa .; lithographer ; widower. Chil- dren, Mary G., Perry M.


George A. Perry.


Richmondville - Student ; single ; age 19; enlisted September 9, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Fort McHenry ; served as clerk snecess- ively at company, regimental and brigade head-quarters ; participated in all the movements of the regiment in the spring of 1865, and in the engagements of Gravelly Run and Five Forks; discharged with the regiment. June 18, 1865 ; Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa .; teacher ; married. Children, Ralph, Barton, Edward De Wolf.


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Joseph Cross, Corporal.


Wright - Laborer ; married ; age 33 ; enlisted October 4, 1861; re-enlisted and died of cholera morbus at Cairo, Ill., July 18, 1865, while on his way home on veteran furlough. Children, John, Wil- liam, Nelson, Chester, Missouri.


James N. Boughton.


Richmondville - Mason ; married ; age 44 ; enlisted September 1, 1864 ; served regularly until discharged with the regiment, June 10, 1865 ; Johnstown, N. Y. ; mason ; married. Children, Selden E., died in the service ; Ellen V., Eunice, Albert P.


Gideon Dingman.


Summit - Age 31 ; enlisted September 3, 1864 ; discharged June 10, 1865 .- Town Record. M.


James Burton.


Blenheim - Farmer ; married; age 35; enlisted September 8, 1864 ; discharged June 2, 1865 .- M. R. M.


Elias Driggs.


Broome-Farmer ; age 44 ; married ; enlisted September 2, 1864 ; died of diarrhea at Fort MeHenry, November 11, 1864 .- Town Record.


David Richtmyer.


Middleburg - Blacksmith ; married ; age 27 ; enlisted November, 22, 1861 ; re-enlisted ; discharged June 29, 1865 .-- M. R. M.


David W. Burton.


Blenheim - Age 39 ; enlisted August 30, 1864 ; discharged June 26, 1865 .- M. R. M.


Ambrose Bremmer.


Summit -Farmer ; married ; age 25; enlisted August 31, 1864; discharged June 10, 1865 ; died February, 1866, leaving widow and children, Elizabeth, Ambrose.


COMPANY D.


Henry Letcher.


Schoharie - Single; age 16 ; enlisted November 9, 1861; did regular service ; re-enlisted and served in line of duty until discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865 .-- Town Record. M.


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Albert D. Whitaker.


Schoharie - Farmer ; single ; age 17; enlisted October 11, 1864 ; discharged June 10, 1865 .-- Town Record. M.


Isaac Wiltey.


Wright - Farmer ; single; age 16; enlisted August 11, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Fort McHenry, and did full service in line of duty until discharged, May 17, 1865 ; Howe's Cave, N. Y .; married. Children, Dennison, Dora, Edward, Alvira, Ertha, Cleveland.


John Relyea.


Carlisle - Farmer; single ; age 21; enlisted 1861 ; contracted typhoid fever at Key West, Fla .; partially recovered, returned to duty, suffered a relapse, and died of brain fever, May 16, 1862.


Theodore Barton.


Schoharie - Age 15 ; enlisted August 13, 1864; discharged June 10, 1865 .-- M. R. M.


Richard Gardner.


Fulton - Farmer ; single ; age 16 ; enlisted August 24, 1864 ; wounded April 1, 1865; discharged June, 1865 .- M. R. Died since.


COMPANY E.


James Taylor.


Broome - Farmer ; single ; age 25 ; enlisted September 2, 1864; served with the regiment at Fort McHenry, until detailed with his company for patrol duty in the city of Baltimore, and served on such duty until discharged, June 19, 1865 ; Oak Hill, Greene county, N. Y .; freighter ; married. Son, Seymour.


Edward J. Simmons.


Esperance - Mechanic ; married ; age 33 ; enlisted September 13, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Fort McHenry and served with the regiment until detached with his company, March, 1865, for provost duty at Baltimore ; discharged June 19, 1865 ; Gloversville, N. Y .; mechanic ; married. Children, Maria, Winfield, Oliver, Jennie, May, Edmund, William, Maggie.


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Seabury Tolls.


Summit - Farmer ; age 20 ; single ; enlisted August 21, 1864; joined his regiment at Fort McHenry ; was detached with his com- pany for patrol duty at Baltimore, in March, 1865, and served in that line of duty until discharged by special orders, June 19, 1865 ; Charlotteville, N. Y .; laborer ; married. Children, Lissa, George, Della, Edwin, Eva.


James Golden.


Schoharie -- Cooper ; single ; age 26 ; enlisted December, 1861 ; re-enlisted ; discharged July 3, 1865 .- Town Record. M.


Charles Johnson.


Carlisle -- Farmer ; single; enlisted November 3, 1861; dis- charged at Key West, Fla., for disability, March 4, 1862, by surgeon's certificate ; enlisted at Schenectady, in Company F, Fourteenth New York Cavalry, November, 1863; captured and confined in Ander- sonville, from which place his mother received one letter, saying " I am a prisoner in Andersonville ;" not heard from afterward ; an ap- plication by his mother for bounty due him revealed the fact that he was rated on the records as a " deserter ;" deserters did not die in Andersonville, nor were they imprisoned there.


COMPANY F.


Henry Yansen, Great-grandson of 1776, and Grandson of 1812.


Enlisted January 1, 1861 ; contracted typhoid fever at Key West, Fla. ; returned to duty ; re enlisted and served in the spring campaign of 1865 ; during an engagement, and while behind breastworks, a comrade called him a " coward; " as his arm was raised above the breastwork, and exposed for an instant to the fire of the enemy, to resent the insult by a blow with his fist, it was hit by a Rebel bullet and amputation became necessary : died of fever, May 6, 1865 .- M. R. Buried at Arlington Cemetery.


Jack Efner.


Middleburg - Blacksmith ; single ; age 27; enlisted September 1, 1861 ; taken prisoner at Convalescent Camp, Brashear City, La. ; paroled twelve days afterward, at Fayetteville ; rejoined his regi- ment at Camp Parapet ; re-enlisted on " Thanksgiving day," 1863, at Brashear City, and did full service in line of duty, until discharged, June 10, 1865 ; Middleburg, N. Y .; blacksmith ; widower. Chil- dren, Fred, Rhoda.


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Richard Patrick.


Cobleskill - Fariner ; single ; age 31; enlisted September 14, 1864 ; joined the regiment at Fort McHenry ; did guard duty at Frederick eity and other places until the regiment was transferred to City Point; served in line of duty until discharged, June 10, 1865 ; East Cobleskill, N. Y. ; farmer; married. Children, Omer, Ada, Daniel, Bertha.


Calvin Benedict.


Schoharie - Age 34; enlisted September 3, 1864; discharged June 22, 1865. - Town Record. M.


Daniel Denoyells.


Middleburg - Farmer ; married; age 32; enlisted March 30, 1864 ; discharged June 26, 1865 .- M. R. M.


COMPANY H.


Henry Andrews.


Schoharie - Painter ; married ; age 34; enlisted March 20, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Fort McHenry ; killed by gunshot through the body, at Sutherland Station, Five Forks; buried by his comrade David Dings; he left a widow and two children.


David Dings.


Schoharie - Miller ; married; age 32; enlisted September 3, 1864 ; did full service until discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; Grand Island, Neb. ; manufacturer; married. Children, Myron, Mary, Alvin, Marshall, Lacy, Granville.


Hiram Weidman.


Middleburg - Farmer ; single ; age 19 ; enlisted September 15, 1861 ; did full service during his term, and re-enlisted with his regi- ment in 1864 ; contracted typhoid fever and diarrhea after the sur- render of Lee, and treated in several temporary hospitals, then sent to Campbell Hospital, from which he was discharged, August 13, 1865 ; Esperance, N. Y .; carpenter ; married. Children, Sheridan, Julius, Charles, Emma.


COMPANY I. Peter Denoyells.


Middleburg - Farmer ; married ; age 26 ; enlisted September 14, 1864 ; discharged June 10, 1865. - M. R. M.


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COMPANY K. Jeremiah Maybee.


Fulton - Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted February 23, 1865 ; joined his regiment before Petersburg ; contracted throat and lung trouble ; treated at City Point, and discharged May 31, 1865 ; West Fulton, N. Y .; farmer ; married. Children, Inez, Charles.


Ezra J. H. Baird.


Jefferson - Age 23 ; enlisted September 2, 1864; discharged June 21, 1865. - Town Record. A. Maryville, Mo.


NINETY-THIRD NEW YORK INFANTRY.


Organized at Albany in January, 1862, from companies raised prin- cipally in Washington county; the regiment left Albany, February 14, 1862, and encamped on Riker's Island until March 7, when it removed to Washington, where it was assigned to Casey's Division, and en- barked at Alexandria for the Peninsula campaign, March 30. It was detailed as head-quarter guard and retained in such service successively by Generals Hooker, Burnside and Meade. The regiment re-enlisted and came home on veteran's furlough in January, 1864, and on its return was attached to Birney's Division, Second Army Corps, April 19, 1864 ; it preserved its organization until the end of the war and was mustered out of the service, June 29, 1865. Engagements : Harrison's Landing, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Toto- potomoy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg 1864, Siege of Petersburg, Deep Bottom, Poplar Spring Church, Boydtown Road, Sailors' Creek. Killed and mortally wounded, one hundred and twenty-six ; died of disease, etc., one hundred and twenty ; died in Rebel prisons, twelve. - Fox's Losses.


COMPANY E. Sylvanus Nelson.


Wright - Single ; age 17 ; enlisted November 1, 1861 ; re-enlisted at expiration of term and served until discharged with his regiment, June 29, 1865 ; Gloversville, N. Y .; tanner ; married. Children, Ella, Alice, Mary, Fannie, Lilah, Peter, Lottie.


Martin Dykeman.


Summit - Farmer ; single ; age 22; enlisted 1863; died at David's Island, New York, May 22, 1863 ; buried at Cypress Hill Cemetery.


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COMPANY E.


Addison L. Fisher, Great-grandson of the Revolution.


Schoharie - Farmer; single; age 16 ; enlisted January 23, 1862 ; did full service until wounded by gunshot in right arm, " Before Petersburg," June 17, 1864 ; discharged June, 1865 ; Quaker Street, N. Y .; farmer ; married. Children, Lucy S., Cornelia S., Clara P.


William A. Hogan.


Esperance - Farmer ; single ; age 20; enlisted Jannary 23, 1862 ; did full service until wounded by gunshot in the right leg, during a skirmish, soon after the battle of Antietam; treated at Lincoln Hospital, Washington ; rejoined his regiment at Culpeper C. H. ; at a time while " Before Petersburg " he was the only mem- ber of his company present for duty, and drew " company rations " for himself alone ; did full service until discharged, June 29, 1865 ; Central Bridge, N. Y .; farmer ; married. Children, Peter I., Nancy E., Isaac E., Jacob, Katie.


COMPANY G. Riley T. Schermerhorn, Lieutenant.


Cobleskill -Clerk ; single; age 20; enlisted under Colonel Crocker, who was afterward the sheriff who hung Guiteau, Jannary 25, 1862 ; promoted to corporal, at Riker's Island ; contracted rheu- matism, and was discharged for disability after about nine months' service ; re-enlisted in the Seventh Heavy Artillery, in December of 1863 ; promoted to second lieutenant in 1864, and assigned to Company F, Sixth Heavy Artillery ; joined his regiment at Cedar Creek, October 20, 1864; wounded by gunshot at Spottsylvania C. H., sustaining loss of middle finger ; treated at Emory Hospital, Washington, for two months ; mustered out at Petersburg, Va., and discharged at New York ; Cobleskill, N. Y .; dealer ; married. Children, Howard C., Ida M.


Ezra West.


Wright - Single ; age 23; enlisted November 9, 1861 ; discharged for disability, April 26, 1862 ; re-enlisted in Company A, One Hun- dred and Seventy-seventh New York Infantry, October 27, 1862; served regularly until discharged with his regiment, September 10, 1863 ; re-enlisted February 27, 1864, in Company D, Ninety-first New York Infantry, and served until mustered ont, July 3, 1865 ; Gallupville, N. Y. ; laborer ; single.


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George H. Duell.


Wright - Farmer; single ; age 21; enlisted November, 1861 ; died on way home from Buffalo, N. Y., October 5, 1864.


George A. Shafer.


Wright - Enlisted November 7, 1861 ; died at Yorktown, Va., May 1, 1862.


COMPANY NOT GIVEN.


Frank Bramen.


Enlisted in August, 1862 ; died May, 1864.


COMPANY H.


Henry A. Plank, Sergeant.


Wright -Tinsmith ; single; age 21; enlisted for Company E, September 16, 1863 ; wounded by gunshot in left arm at the Wil- derness ; transferred to Company H, March 1, 1865 ; discharged July 21, 1865; No. 18 Judson street, Albany, N. Y .; tinsmith ; married. Daughter, Nellie.


COMPANY I.


John A. Taggart, Sergeant.


Wright -- Single ; age 15 ; enlisted as a drummer, September 10, 1861; promoted to corporal, January 2, 1865, and to sergeant, June 4, 1865, " for meritorious conduct at Sailors' Creek ;" re-enlisted with his regiment ; discharged June 29, 1865 ; Altamont, N. Y .; married ; teamster. Children, Josephine, Maggie, and others.


NINETY-FIFTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.


Albert H. Richards.


Conesville - Farmer; single ; age -; enlisted December 12, 1861 ; served with his regiment in the First and Third Corps; after the battle of Gettysburg came home on " captain's permit," rejoined his regiment, and was transferred to Company E, Forty-first New York, and with his regiment served in the department of South Carolina ; at a date unknown he was taken prisoner and confined in Anderson- ville, where he died, August 14, 1864.


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NINETY-EIGHTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.


Organized January, 1862 ; assigned to Brooks' Division, Eigh- teenth Corps ; re-enlisted at the end of its term and served until the close of the war.


COMPANY F.


John H. Hiney, Corporal, Grandson of 1812.


Carlisle -Farmer ; single; age 22; enlisted December 4, 1861 ; was wounded May 30, 1863 : wounded again by gunshot through the bowels, " Before Petersburg ;" removed to Hampton Roads, where he died, August 13, 1864 ; buried at Fortress Monroe, Hampton Cem- etery, Grave 720.


ONE IJUNDREDTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.


COMPANY A.


John H. Moak.


Broome - Farmer : single ; age 16; enlisted October 7, 1864; dis- charged 1865 ; 40 Union street, Albany, N. Y .; truckman ; married.


ONE HUNDRED AND SECOND NEW YORK VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.


The rendezvous of this regiment was established at " Quarantine Grounds," Staten Island, and afterward removed to " Camp Hill- house," Long Island. It was mustered into the United States ser- vice, December 20, 1861, and accredited as a New York city regi- ment, although many of its members were residents of different parts of the State. On arriving at Washington it was stationed, first, at Meridan Hill and afterward at Carver Barracks, remaining at either place bnt a short time, then removing to Fort Carroll, where it re- mained until May, 1862. At the time MeClellan evacuated Yorktown, and started on the Peninsula campaign, the One Hundred and Second was sent to Aquia Creek, and in the latter part of May it was transferred as part of the forces to reinforce Banks at Harper's Ferry. At that place the regiment assisted in hauling heavy guns into position on " Maryland Heights," for the purpose of supplying Stonewall Jackson with " dinner kettles." The regiment remained under Banks until after the battle of Chantilly ; it took part in all the movements of Geary's Division. Twelfth Corps of the Army of the Potomac, until that corps was transferred to Chattanooga, Tenn. It took part in the battle of Wauhatchie, in which the Union troops


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were victorious, and as a result, communication became possible to the starving troops of Thomas at Chattanooga. In the spring of 1864 the One Hundred and Second became part of the Second Division of the Twentieth Corps, which had been formed by con- ·solidating the Eleventh and Twelfth, and took part in all the ups and downs - principally ups -- of that corps, under Sherman, through Georgia, to Atlanta, to Savannah, through the Carolinas, and after the surrender of Johnson, to Washington, terminating a picnic of three years and four months in the Grand Review. In the winter of 1863 and 1864, while the regiment lay at Raccoon Moun- tain, the members re-enlisted as veteran volunteers, with but three or four exceptions. The One Hundred and Second was mustered out of the United States service at Arlington Heights, Va., July 24, 1865, having been in the service three years, seven months and four days. From Arlington Heights the regiment returned to New York city, where the men were paid off and discharged. During its ser- vice it bore a part in the following engagements :


Harper's Ferry, May 25, 1862; Cedar Mountain, Va., August 9, 1862 (in this engagement the One Hundred and Second suffered a loss of over fifty per cent of the number engaged); White Sulphur Spa, Va., August 24, 1862; Chantilly, Va., September 1, 1862 ; Antietam, Md., September 17, 1862; Hillsborough, Va., October 21, 1862 ; Berryville, Va., December 2, 1862; Wolf Run Shoals, December 28, 1862 ; Ocquacan, Va., January, 1863 ; Chancellors- ville, May 2-3, 1863; Gettysburg, Pa., July 2-3, 1863; Wauhatelie, Tenn., October 29, 1863; Lookout Mountain, November 25, 1863 ; Pumpkin Vine Creek, Ga., November 26, 1863; Ringold, Ga., November 27, 1863; Rocky Face Ridge, Ga., May, 1864 ; Resaea, Ga., May 15, 1864 (in this engagement the One Hundred and Second captured four guns); Dallas, Ga., May 18, 1864; Lost Mountain, June 1 and 10, 1864; Pine Knob, Ga., June 13 and 20, 1864; Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 27, 1864; Peach Tree Creek, Ga., July 20, 1864 ; Siege of Atlanta, July and August, 1864 ; Savannah, Ga., December, 1864 ; Bentonville, N. C., March 21, 1865.


COMPANY F.


William Disbro.


Gilboa-Laborer ; single; age 19 ; died in hospital at Philadel- phia, November 11. 1862 .- Town Record.


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COMPANY I.


Seth B. Merenes, Color Corporal.


Sharon - Carpenter ; single ; age 16 ; enlisted September 29, 1861; participated in all the movements of his regiment and in the engage- ments at Harper's Ferry, Cedar Mountain, Chantilly, Antietam, Gettysburg, and "with Sherman to the Sea ;" discharged July 24, 1865 ; Ypsilanti, Mich .; carpenter ; married. Children, Harry S., Mattie E.


Steuben Hotaling.


Sharon - Farmer ; single ; age 17; enlisted October 14, 1861; received injury of the right foot and ankle, at Aquia Creek, May 15, 1862, resulting in amputation of the leg; treated at Douglass Hos- pital, Washington ; discharged for disability, June 3, 1863 ; ampnta- tion necessary after discharged ; Syracuse, N. Y .; special pension ; ex- aminer ; married. Children, Albert S., Hester B.


James Bowie, a native of Scotland.


Sharon - Farmer ; single ; age 20 ; enlisted September 29, 1861; his comrades say he was a boy who knew nothing of fear in the pres- ence of the enemy, and was brave to a degree of rashness; he was captured by Mosby's guerillas in the London valley in 1862, and paroled on the same day ; during a charge at Antietam he was in advance of his regiment ; he was killed at Gettysburg by a gunshot through both legs while carelessly exposing himself to the enemy's sharpshooters ; Gettysburg National Cemetery, Grave 88.


Jerome Snyder, Corporal.


Sharon - Farmer; married ; age 19; enlisted October 14, 1861; discharged for disability, May 13, 1862; dead.


Morris Stafford.


Sharon - Mechanic ; age 20; enlisted September 8, 1861 ; dis- charged for disability .- M. R.


John W. Hall.


Sharon - Enlisted October 1, 1861 ; discharged, served two terms. -- M. R. Dead.


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Levi Bradt.


Sharon - Age 26; enlisted October 14, 1861; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps .- M. R. Died in Buffalo some years since, leaving a widow and son, Iva.


Anthony Marshall.


Sharon - Age 43 ; enlisted December 1, 1862 ; died at Armory Square Hospital, Washington, September 6, 1862.


Daniel B. Tousley.


Sharon - Painter ; single; age - ; enlisted October 14, 1861 ; contracted disability from fatigue and exposure, was treated in hos- pital for five months, and discharged for disability at Bedloe's Island, New York, January 20, 1863 ; died at Vineland, N. Y., October 5, 1886, leaving a widow.


Reuben Townsend.


Sharon - Photographer ; age -; enlisted October 11, 1861; died at Carver Barracks Hospital, 1862.


Albert Knapp.


Sharon - Farmer ; single ; age 14; enlisted October 14, 1861; contracted dysentery at London Heights in 1863, and was treated in regimental hospital for a month ; slightly wounded by a gunshot in the neck at Gettysburg ; re-enlisted at Wauhatchie, Tenn., December 30, 1863; did regular service in line of duty until discharged by general orders, July 21, 1865, at Alexandria, Va .; Abeline, Kan .; farmer ; married. Children, Seth M., M. Rosetta, Albert D.


Stanton Lane.


Sharon - Farmer ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted October 14, 1861, and did full service in line of duty until killed at Antietam, Septem- ber 17, 1862, by piece of exploding shell striking him on the left side of the head ; Antietam Cemetery, Grave No. 141, Division A Section 25.


H. M. Lawyer.


Sharon - Age 42 ; enlisted October 14, 1861 ; discharged May 13, 1862 .- M. R. M.




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