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Through rain and mnd alternated with frost and rough roads, and at a pace which taxed the endurance of the men to the utmost, they arrived at a point on the Tennessee seventy three miles from Chat- tanooga, in time to capture one of Longstreet's supply trains loaded
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with flour. The cars were broken open, and each of the captors " drew," scooped and distributed without restriction. Building pancakes followed, and when they became a drug, the boys sought to exchange their surplus flour with the natives for other articles of food, but they said it looked like " sick " flour and refused to barter. The rebellion which took place in the stomachs of the boys during the next day, on resuming their march, gave them practical knowl- edge of the unfitness of flour made from " sick" wheat as a staff of life. From London, the "flour city," the regiment made a two days' march to a point within seven miles of Knoxville, where they learned that Longstreet had raised the siege and had gone. The men who had marched to the relief of Burnside were fast becoming barefoot, and sadly in need of clothing to protect them from the December storms, while the defenders of Knoxville were in a plight no better. Longstreet had destroyed the bridges and railroads com- municating with Knoxville, so that the salvation of those who had expected rest and supplies after reaching Knoxville depended wholly on regaining Chattanooga. The return march was begun immediately, and the prospects were discouraging in the extreme, as about one hundred miles lay between the men and shoes, elothing and food. The roads were rough and hard frozen, and many were obliged to take pieces of their clothing to protect their feet from be- ing eut and torn away by piecemeal. Blood could be traced along the line of march, and for three or four days the return to Chatta- nooga began to compare with the historieal " Retreat from Moscow." At abont forty miles from Chattanooga, and after the troops had apparently been taxed to the ntmost, General Howard ordered a halt, and a detail of all shoemakers. These men were set at work to make a substitute for shoes from the green hides of cattle, which proved a failure-they were " too slippery." After spending a day or two on the experiment, and seeing that the men would starve be- fore they could be shod, the march was resumed and the men or- dered to get to Chattanooga as best they could. On their arrival at Chattanooga the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth crossed the Ten- nessee into Lookout Valley, where it built comfortable quarters and remained during the winter. Previons to the spring campaign the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps were consolidated, forming the Twen- tieth Army Corps, and adopting the badge of the Twelfth Corps-the five-pointed star. General Hooker was placed in command of the Twentieth, and General Howard of the Fourth Army Corps. In the new organization, the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth was assigned
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to the Second Brigade of the Second Division under General Geary. The regiments comprising this brigade were the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth, One Hundred and Fifty-fourth, and One Hundred and Nineteenth New York, the Twenty-seventh, Seventy-third and One Hundred and Ninth Pennsylvania and Thirty-third New Jersey, under the command of Colonel Bushbeck of the Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania. After the expiration of the Twenty seventh Pennsyl- vania's term of service, the brigade was commanded by General, for- merly Colonel, Jones of the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth New York.
On the 3d day of May, 1864, the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth, as a part of Sherman's Army, started on the Atlanta campaign. In the charge, or in the three charges, in the fruitless attempt to drive the enemy from Rocky Face Ridge, the regiment suffered severely from the enemy's fire, and the rocks and boulders sent down the steep sides of the mountain among the men. Again at Peach Tree Creek, one of the severest engagements before Atlanta, the regiment sus- tained severe loss in killed, wounded and captured. The old Eleventh and Twelfth, but now the Twentieth, had distinguished themselves in every emergency of danger and hardship from the time they reached the West until the fall of Atlanta, and when that important event occurred, they were designated as the " Army of Occupation," and took up their quarters in the late Rebel stronghold. For nearly three months the regiment had been marching, flanking, skirmishing and fighting, according to the tacties of Sherman, and now the survivors of the campaign could enjoy their term of vaca- tion as only tired soldiers could. Rest, food, new clothing and the addition of about eighty recruits to the ranks of the regiment, to- gether with such members as had reported for duty from the hos- pitals, gave new life and strength to the One Hundred and Thirty- fourth, so that when it filed out of Atlanta with eight days' rations and "sixty rounds" per man, on November 15, 1864, it was ready for duty. Marching with the left wing of Sherman's Army, it passed, in its " March to the Sea," through Decatur, Social Circle, Madison, Eatonton, Milledgeville, Sandersville, Hebron, Davidsborough, Louisville, Millen and Springfield to Savannah, making a journey of three hundred and ten miles. The march through Georgia has been too often described to require a description here. It would be a serious reflection to suppose that the boys of the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth failed on any occasion to be present at any festival or " high jinks " occurring in their vicinity, or neglected to acquaint them- selves with the topography and resources of the country through
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which they were passing. Many of them were country-bred, and when so far from home their conduct should not be closely criticised. As the army advanced through Georgia, caution while foraging be- came the more necessary from the fact that the Rebel governor of Georgia had ordered out all of his State Militia to retard Sherman's progress by every possible means. Consequently a forager started ont on a hunt with doubtful prospects of a safe return, and if he succeeded in making the journey to the sea in safety, he became an expert in strategy, bush-whacking and stealing. Many times he would be so closely hemmed in that he would be obliged to aban- don his horse, with whatever spoils he had gathered, and take refuge in the swamps. George H. Morris, a member of Company C, failed to return from a foraging trip, and was captured. Charley Clute, another member of the same company, was captured by Wheeler's Cavalry, while foraging on a plantation. In addition to the supplies for which he had been sent to assist in gathering, he particularly wanted a better pair of pants, and while in the house and making an exchange with the planter, he was surprised and captured.
At Milledgeville the regiment enjoyed a few days' rest and assisted in regulating the municipal affairs of the city. Some troops of that wing of the army gathered in the Assembly Chamber of the State Capitol and enacted the farce of reconvening the Legislature, passing ordinances of secession, passing resolutions providing for the preser- vation and maintenance of the Confederacy, and adjourning in haste and confusion when it was announced that " the Yankees are com- ing," as Governor Brown and advisers had done but a few hours previous. On arriving before Savannah the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth took part in the siege of that place, in which the regi- ment sustained a few losses. After the fall of Fort McAllister, the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth was ordered by General Geary, by direction of General Slocum, to occupy an island in the Savannah river and in line with the extreme left flank of the Union Army. The movement was successfully made, the regiment taking possession silently by night, fortifying their position, and holding the island until Savannah surrendered. Again the boys of the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth were permitted to enjoy the comforts and pleas- ures of city life, while their colonel, being of the aristocracy, drank whisky galore. The regiment occupied comfortable quarters in the city, and, for a month, enjoyed the full measure of good times. The people of Savannah manifested no great displeasure at the change of
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masters, but opened their houses to dancing parties, while the young ladies of the city were nothing loath to join the merry dance with a Yankee partner. Theaters and concerts were improvised, and the army of occupation at Savannah made merry, for Sherman had made the city a " Christmas present " to President Lincoln.
Again the "Forward" was ordered, and on the 27th of January, 1865, the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth started northward in the direction of Augusta, crossing the Savannah river and entering South Carolina at Sisters Ferry. On this march the army again sub- sisted upon the country - foragers detailed under a commissioned officer gathering whatever was needed by the army and applying the torch to whatever remained of service to the enemy. The march of five hundred miles from Savannah, Ga., to Raleigh, N. C., con- sumed two months of time, and involved much fatigue, but, on the whole, afforded greater facilities for fun than the campaign through Georgia. The spirit of adventure had taken broader and deeper root, and it was possible that the " bummers " and foragers alone conld have whipped any part or the whole of the Rebel army on that route. During this march the ordinary bill of fare for the " high private" embraced flour, meal, sweet potatoes, pork, hams, chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, lard, preserves and molasses ; while his personal estate often included all kinds of wearing apparel, silver ware, jewelry, and gold and silver coin. After a day of hazardons and successful foraging, the bummers would spend the early hours of the evening around their camp fires in relating the adventures of the day, or pitting against each other, game cocks, captured during the forays.
The regiment arrived at Goldsborough, March 24, and remained until the morning of April 10. During their stay here they were again in communication with the outside world, and several rejoined the regiment who had been discharged from hospitals, and a few others who had been exchanged from Rebel prisons. At the time of leaving Goldsborongh, the boys, having heard of the victories around Richmond, started out at daylight of April 10, with full confidenee of their ability to wipe out Johnson's Army, which was supposed to stand between them and peace, but it was their good fortune to not meet the enemy again in serious combat. At Bentonville, the brig- ade was ordered back to protect the wagon train from an expected assault, but after a feeble attack the Rebels withdrew. Raleigh was reached in due time, Both Lee and Johnson having surrendered, the boys were given another rest, to make ready for their last march toward home and " God's country." On the 30th of April the regi-
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ment left Raleigh for Alexandria by way of Petersburg, Richmond and Chancellorsville. At Chancellorsville were found the remnants of many of the knapsacks which were left behind by the regiment when they started on their reconnoissance into the wilderness on May 2, 1863. Two years after, a remnant of the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth passed the scene of their first defeat, on their triumphal march toward the capital of a preserved Union, and with no Rebel to dispute the way. The crowning event came in the " Grand Re- view" which closed the drama of war. One bitter dash of sorrow had been mixed with their cup of otherwise perfect joy. Their beloved "Old Abe," of whom they had sung during many toilsome marches and around many camp-fires, whom they had learned to regard as their godfather, was not there to receive them, and to hear their cheers and salutations. The regiment was mustered out of the service of the United States, at Bladensburg, near Washing- ton, on the 10th of June, 1865, and received transportation to Al- bany, where it went into camp on the " Troy road," north of the city, until arrangements could be made to settle their accounts and pay the balance due for services. After a period of nearly three years' service, in camp, field and hospital, a remnant of the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth New York sought their homes, to be- come citizens, who had been tried as if by fire, and not found wanting.
COMPANY A.
Lionel Chapman, First Lieutenant.
Esperance - Farmer ; single; age 21; enlisted August 8, 1862; wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, by gunshot through left shoulder; treated in hospital at Philadelphia for four months ; attended Casey's Military School, and was given the rank of first lieutenant; was detached on recruiting service at Louisville, Ky., and served on such duty until the close of the war; died in Kansas in 1879, leaving a widow and one child, now residing in Kansas City, Mo.
George Chapman.
Esperance - Farmer ; single ; age 19 ; enlisted August 7, 1862; wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, and died of wound on the day following.
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COMPANY C.
Peter Haley, First Sergeant.
Carlisle - Moulder; single; age 22; enlisted August 7, 1862; participated in all the engagements of the regiment, except the battle of Gettysburg; wounded in the knee at Rocky Face Ridge, Ga .; treated at hospital at Chattanooga, Tenn .; wounded in left foot at Savannah, Ga .; rejoined his regiment near Raleigh, N. C., and re- mained on duty until discharged, June 10, 1865; Austin, Minn .; merchant ; married. Children, Nellie, Clarence.
Weston G. Mickle, Color Sergeant.
Carlisle - Farmer ; single ; age 18; enlisted August 20, 1862; did regular service until June 12, 1863, when he was sent to hospital at Washington for treatment for fever and diarrhea; rejoined his regiment near Alexandria about August 1, 1863, and did full service afterward ; was promoted to carry State colors and to sergeant of United States colors at Dallas, Ga., and carried them to Atlanta, to Savannah, to North Carolina, and at the Grand Review ; dis- charged June 10, 1865; Carlisle, N. Y. ; farmer; married. Chil- dren, Andrew, Arlington, Adam H., Mary.
Washington I. Underhill, First Sergeant.
Esperance - Farmer ; single; age 21; enlisted August 11, 1862 ; did full service in line of duty until the close of the war ; was pro- moted to corporal and to first sergeant ; discharged with his regi- ment, June 10, 1865 ; Grosvenors Corners, N. Y .; farmer ; widower. Children, Elizabeth, Leona.
William H. Wilson, Sergeant.
Schoharie - Marble cutter ; single ; age 20; enlisted August 5, 1862 ; did full service until wounded by gunshot in lower left thigh at Gettysburg, July 1; treated in hospital at West Philadelphia ; attended military school, examined at Washington, and recommended for first lieutenancy of colored troops, but not commissioned ; re- joined his regiment, April 25, 1865, at near Raleigh, N. C., and served in line of duty until discharged, June 10, 1865 ; 414 East Fourth street, Topeka, Kan ; druggist ; married. Children, Kate, William H., Arthur R.
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James E. Burke, Sergeant.
Schoharie - Married ; age 30; enlisted August 5, 1862 ; trans- ferred to Veteran Reserve Corps ; discharged June 4, 1864; died at Kingston, N. Y., March 14, 1865 .- Town Record.
Alonzo McKee.
Carlisle - Tinmau ; married ; age 27; enlisted August 20, 1862; wounded by gunshot in right shoulder at Gettysburg, July 1, and remained in the hands of the enemy until the 4th; rejoined his regiment at Lookout Valley, Tenn., and served regularly until wounded by gunshot in the left hand at Peach Tree Creek, Ga .; treated at hospital in Chattanooga ; rejoined his regiment at Atlanta, and did full service in line of duty until discharged, June 10, 1865 ; Esperance, N. Y. ; married. Children, Annie, Hattie, Maggie, Jennie, George.
Walter Stocker, Sergeant.
Schoharie- Married ; age 30; enlisted as corporal, Angust 6, 1862 ; discharged for disability, February 4, 1864; re-enlisted in some other organization .- A. Altamont, N. Y.
Otis Guffin, Captain.
Carlisle - Enlisted August -, 1863 ; promoted to corporal and to sergeant-major, and to captain of Company H .- A. Gloversville, N. Y.
Orrin P. Warner, Sergeant.
Summit - Medical student ; single ; age 35 ; enlisted Angust 12, 1862 ; promoted to corporal in November, 1862, and assigned to the color guard, May 8, 1863 ; wounded on the head at Gettysburg, July 1, by splinter of rail thrown by exploding shell ; treated at Eleventh Corps Hospital for a day ; detailed as nurse and ward- master in Field Hospital until November 1, 1863 ; rejoined his regi- ment at Lookout Valley ; promoted to sergeant, April 10, 1864, and served continuously to the capture of Atlanta ; on the evacuation of Atlanta was detailed as sergeant of ordnance train guard, and served on such duty from Atlanta to the Sea, and to the close of the war; discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865, by general orders ; Emporium, Pa .; hotel clerk ; married.
Levi D. Moore, Corporal.
Esperance - Farmer; single; age 21; enlisted August 19, 1862;
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carried the United States colors at the time his regiment left Scho- harie ; did full service in line of duty until wounded by gunshot in . left thigh at Missionary Ridge ; discharged for disability ; Esperance, N. Y .; carpenter ; married. Children, Jesse, George, Lewis, Ella M.
Samuel D. Lines, Corporal.
Jefferson - Carpenter ; married ; age 25; did full service in line of duty until wounded by gunshot in left arm at . Gettysburg, July 1 ; treated at Ward United States Hospital, at Newark, N. J .; trans- ferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, and served on guard duty over Rebel prisoners at Point Lookout, Md .; was on duty at Washington at the time of the Grand Review ; discharged at Albany, June 29, 1865 ; Newark, N. J .; builder ; married.
George H. Warner, Corporal, Great-grandson of 1776.
Summit - Farmer; single ; age 24; enlisted August 12, 1862 ; contracted camp fever at Schoharie, September 16, and furloughed October 13, with orders to report at Albany, November 2, 1862; rejoined his regiment at near Germantown, Va., via Albany, and Camp Convalescent, Alexandria, December 3, 1864 ; served in line of duty until he contracted diarrhea at Falmouth, Va .; treated by " Blue Mass," paymaster, cheese, and blackberry root tea, and re- turned to duty ; serving regularly until wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, by gunshot in right knee joint ; treated at West Philadelphia Hospital, and discharged for disability, February 14, 1864; Char- lotteville, N. Y .; farmer : single.
George Kniskern, Principal Musician, Great-grandson of 1776.
Wright - Farmer ; single ; age 16 ; enlisted as fifer, September 3, 1862 ; served regularly in line of duty until the fall of Atlanta, when he contracted neuralgia and was sent for treatment to Chat- tanooga, Nashville, Louisville, Ky., Jeffersonville and Madison, Ind., and furloughed home for thirty days ; reported at Madison, Ind., New York, Hilton Head, S. C., Wilmington, N. C., and joined his regiment at Goldsborongh, N. C., serving as principal musician until discharged by general orders, June 10, 1865 ; Howe's Cave, N. Y .; married ; painter. Son, Alvah.
Charles B. Allen.
Summit - Clerk ; single ; age 18; enlisted Angust 16, 1862; served with his regiment until after the battle of Gettysburg ; trans-
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ferred to Veteran Reserve Corps ; survived the war, but nothing further known .- M.
Cornelius Borst.
Schoharie - Farmer ; single; age 18; enlisted July 31, 1862; was captured at Greensborough, Ga., October 19, 1864 ; confined at Florence, S. C .; taken to Richmond and exchanged and sent to An- napolis, to Baltimore, and to hospital at York, Pa .; discharged June 30, 1865 ; Esperance, N. Y. ; laborer ; married.
Hiram Borst, Veteran of the Mexican war.
Schoharie - Age 37; enlisted July 30, 1865 ; at the time his regiment was discharged he was transferred to the One Hundred and Second New York, and discharged July 8, 1865; dead.
David Borst.
Summit - Laborer; single; age 18; enlisted August 26, 1864 ; did regular service until wounded by gunshot in left arm and breast at Rocky Face Ridge, May 15, 1864 ; treated at Chattanooga, Nash- ville, Tenn., and Jeffersonville, Ind .; rejoined his regiment before Atlanta, and did full service until discharged by general orders, June 10, 1865 ; Davenport, N. Y .; farmer ; married.
Harvey Brown.
Summit - Farmer; single ; age 21; enlisted August 15, 1862; did full service in line of duty until killed at Gettysburg July 1, 1863.
Amenzo Cady.
Seward - Farmer ; single; age 21; enlisted August 14, 1862; detailed as wagoner, November, 1862 ; rejoined his regiment, Novem- ber 21, 1863; slightly wounded, both at Resaca, Ga., and Peach Tree Creek; detailed again as wagoner at Goldsborough, N. C. : dis- charged with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; South Valley, N. Y .; blacksmith ; married. Son, Beltran.
Schuyler S. Cornell.
Summit - Laborer ; single ; age 19 ; enlisted August 13, 1862; served regularly until July 2, 1863 ; taken siek and sent to Balti- more ; contracted small-pox at that place ; removed to Louisville, Ky., during the winter of 1863 and 1864 ; confined in hospital at that place, and on recovery was detailed on detached duty and served un-
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till close of the war ; Stanford, N. Y. ; merchant ; married. Children, Burr G., Lena.
William H. Cornell.
Summit - Laborer : single ; age 22; enlisted August 12, 1862; detailed as guard over Rebel prisoners as far as Tennally Town, Pa., on the night of June 30, 1864 ; rejoined his regiment on the night of July 1 ; subsequently detailed as guard at Point Lookout, Md. ; killed in a railroad collision at Shohola, Pa., June 15, 1864, while serving as guard over Rebel prisoners en route to Elmira, N. Y.
George W. Cartwright.
Wright - Laborer ; married ; age 45; enlisted August 9, 1862 ; transferred to Pioneer Corps; contracted rupture at battle of Gettysburg ; served in line of duty until discharged with his regi- ment, June 10, 1865; Gallupville, N. Y .; laborer ; married. Children, Mary J., Eliza, Julia, Ida A., Jasper, Charles, George R., Reuben.
Charles S. Clute.
Carlisle -Laborer; single; age 22; enlisted August 11, 1862; served in line of duty through all the movements and engagements of his regiment until taken prisoner, while foraging at Louisville, Ga., in December, 1864 ; confined at Florence, S. C .; paroled March 12, 1865 ; rejoined his regiment at Washington, and discharged by general orders, June 10, 1865 ; Battle Creek, Mich.
John Clute.
Carlisle - Farmer ; married ; age 43; enlisted August 20, 1862 ; discharged for disability, Jannary 20, 1863. - M. R. M. Sons, Henry and Charles of this company.
Henry Clute.
Carlisle - Laborer ; single ; age 23 ; enlisted August 11, 1862 ; detailed as cook, in spring of 1863 ; killed by a kick from a mule on the night of June 14, 1863, as the regiment were preparing to en- camp for the night.
James M. Dykeman.
Summit - Laborer; single : age 30; enlisted August 11, 1862; died November 3, 1862.
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Abram D. Conrad.
Carlisle - Miller ; single ; age 26; enlisted August 23, 1862; did full service until slightly wounded by piece of exploded shell at Gettysburg, in the right side ; poisoned by ivy plant, at Bridgeport, Ala .; treated in hospital at Nashville, Tenn .; rejoined his regiment at Dallas, Ga., and did full service afterward, until discharged by general orders, June 10, 1865 ; Charleston Four Corners, N. Y .; farmer ; married. Children, Nettie, Bertha, Eddie, Bessie.
Peter H. Conrad.
Carlisle - Farmer ; single ; age 27; enlisted August 22, 1862 ; did full service until February, 1864 ; contracted small-pox and was quarantined under a small tent in the woods, alone; rejoined his regiment after six weeks; contracted dysentery at Atlanta and sent to hospital at Nashville and afterward furloughed home ; returned to Nashville and served in the defense under Thomas; rejoined his regiment at Raleigh and served on duty until discharged, June 10, 1865; Gloversville, N. Y .; teamster; married. Children, Arthur H., Charles C., Ella M., Grace A.
Truman Dings.
Schoharie -- Miller ; single ; age 18; enlisted August 14, 1862; remained with his regiment from enlistment to discharge, and doing full duty except during the early part of 1864, when he was excused from duty for lung trouble ; discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; died of consumption, June 14, 1881, leaving a widow.
William A. Devoe.
Wright -Laborer ; single ; age 18; enlisted August 15, 1862; discharged July 17, 1863 ; Oneonta, N. Y .- A.
Benjamin Dey.
Sharon -- Single ; age 21; enlisted August 23, 1862 ; promoted to State colors in 1864, and served as bearer of regimental colors until discharged by general orders, June 10, 1865; Johnstown, N. Y. Children, Edwin, Arthur, Flora, Bertha, Nellie.
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