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Isaac Burnette.
Middleburg - Age 28; enlisted September 1, 1862; taken pris oner with Charles Allen during the Chancellorsville campaign ; paroled ; died in hospital at Nashville, Tenn., December 24, 1863. -M. R.
John H. Brooks.
Broome - Farmer; married ; age 38 ; enlisted September 12, 1862 ; served in line of duty until May 15, 1864, when he was wounded by gunshot in right thigh at Resaca, Ga .; treated at Field Hospital, Chattanooga ; rejoined his regiment at Atlanta ; taken prisoner at Greensborough, Ga., while serving as detailed forager, and confined at Florence, S. C., for three months and two days, then exchanged and sent to Little York, Pa .; furloughed home and discharged, July 19, 1865 : Livingstonville, N. Y. ; farmer ; married. Children, Emma, Irving, Eva, William, Grace.
Malachi Coons.
Middleburg - Farmer ; married ; age 38; enlisted 1862; dis- charged for disability at Hope Landing, Va., February 1, 1863; died July 23, 1885, leaving widow and children, Almenzo, Almira, John F., Isaac B., Ada, Alida, Pearl.
Charles Cosgrove.
Broome - Farmer; single ; age 25 ; enlisted August 15, 1862; served regularly in line of duty until killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863.
Albert Chichester.
Broome-Farmer ; married ; age 23 ; enlisted August 21, 1862; served in line of duty until wounded by gunshot in left hand, at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 ; treated at Chestnut. Hill Hospital, Penn- sylvania ; rejoined his regiment and served regularly until discharged by general orders, June 10, 1865 ; Franklinton, N. Y .; farmer ; married. Children, Delbert, Ernest.
John C. Cleveland.
Broome - Farmer; married ; age 35; enlisted August 19, 1862; contracted fever at Fairfax C. H., December 3, 1862, and sent to General Hospital at Alexandria, January 22, 1863 ; after treatment was detailed as nurse and wound dresser, and transferred to Nash- ville, Tenn., and to Second Battalion, Company I, Veteran Reserve
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Corps, in January, 1864, and served as wound dresser until discharged by General Orders No. 116, June 30, 1865 ; Sehoharie, N. Y .; farmer. Children, Candace, Lysander, Sara A., Iantha, Philander, Orlando, Lena, William, Abbie.
Mortimer Clark, Sergeant.
Middleburg - Farmer; single; age 18; enlisted August 29, 1862; promoted to corporal, May 10, 1864, and to sergeant, May, 1865 ; served regularly with his regiment from enlistment to dis- charge, June 10, 1865 ; wounded in left arm by gunshot at Gettys- burg, in right leg at Rocky Face Ridge, and near right eye at Resaca, Ga .; made the grand tour from Atlanta to the Sea and through the Carolinas to the Grand Review; became an efficient "Bummer" under Sherman, and is now an active member of five prominent organizations ; Bayonne, N. J .; fonndryman ; married. Children, Minard H., Elizabeth A., Nancy E., Sylvanus I.
William Cartwright.
Middleburg - Farmer; married; age 47; enlisted August 15, 1862; died of diarrhea at Harwood Hospital, Washington, January 12, 1868, leaving a widow and children, Delight, Alonzo, Susan, Juliette, Andrew, Nancy, Elvira, Erastus, Bartholomew, Adelbert, Paul.
Jacob W. Coons.
: Middleburg - Farmer; married ; age 39 ; enlisted September 2, 1862 ; contracted rheumatism at Thoroughfare Gap, in November, and typhoid fever at Hope Landing in spring of 1863; treated at Harwood Hospital ; rejoined his regiment near Stafford C. II., in June, 1864 ; transferred to corps head-quarters, at Goose Creek, later in the month ; rejoined his regiment at Warrenton Junction after . the battle of Gettysburg ; transferred to corps head-quarters again, and remained until discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; Middleburg, N. Y. ; farmer. Children, Michael, Alonzo, Chauncy, Louisa, Emma, Netta, Philip.
Alonzo Cartwright.
Middleburg - Tanner ; single ; age 20; contracted disease of the throat, and was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, September 26, 1863; discharged by general orders, July 15, 1865 ; died at Middleburg, October 20, 1886, leaving a widow and children, Nancy, William, Mary, David, Le Grand, Lida, Amelia.
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Reuben Cain.
Broome - Farmer ; single ; age 19 ; enlisted August 22, 1862 ; contracted eamp fever at Fairfax C. H .; treated in regimental hospital; wounded by gunshot in left thigh six inches above the knee, at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863; treated at Baltimore, Md., and Fort Sehuyler, N. Y. ; rejoined his regiment at Alexandria ; contracted diarrhea at Lookout Valley, Tenn .; slightly wounded in right hip at Rocky Face Ridge, and lost right forefinger at Resaca, Ga .; treated for injuries at Chattanooga and Nashville, and then sent to Jeffersonvile for treatment for disease of the eyes ; rejoined his regi- ment at Atlanta; wounded in the back by shell at Savannah, and treated in hospital at that place ; came North with his regiment, assisted by ambulance as far as Richmond, and then transferred by boat to Washington; joined his regiment, and was discharged " present " June 10, 1865 ; Broome Centre, N. Y .; farmer ; mar- ried. Children, Ina, William, Florence, Charles.
Benjamin Doney.
Broome- Single; age 19; enlisted August 19, 1862; trans- ferred .- M. R. M.
Clinton J. Donovan.
Broome - Foundryman ; single ; age 19: enlisted August 25, 1862; served regularly until the battle of Peach Tree Creek, when he was taken prisoner and confined until exchanged, December 2, 1864 ; died of effects of imprisonment, at Annapolis, December 9, 1864.
Charles L. Decker.
Blenheim - Single ; age 18 ; enlisted May 29, 1862 ; contracted fever in spring of 1863, and before recovery contracted confluent small-pox, and died at Calorama Hospital, Washington, June 3, 1863.
Addison Cornwell, First Sergeant.
Middleburg - Painter ; single ; age 17; enlisted August 4, 1862 ; served in line of duty until wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, by gun- shot in the leg, which carried away a portion of the tibia; remained with the regiment " off duty " for several weeks ; contracted diarrhea, malaria and heart trouble, and was sent to hospital at Bridgeport, Ala., October 12, 1863 ; sent to General Hospital at Nashville, Octo- ber 21, and remained until transferred to First Battalion Veteran
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Reserve Corps, January 15, 1864 ; he was then furloughed home for thirty days, and at the end of the term joined his battalion at San- dusky, Ohio, and soon after transferred with it to Washington, D. C., where he served in line of duty until discharged, June 29, 1865 ; while on duty in Washington, and after the death of President Lincoln, he was one of twenty-five orderly sergeants detailed as Guard of Honor and served as such, in the principal cities in which the great martyr lay in state, while on the way to his final resting- place at Springfield, Ill .; after this special duty was performed, the guard returned to Washington, and were personally congratulated at the war department by Secretary Stanton, and each one presented a badge having the Goddess of Liberty, shield, flag and cannon balls represented on one side, and on the reverse, the name of the guard, his company and regiment, the duty he had performed, and " pre- sented by the Congress of the United States ;" 310 Hickory street, Syracuse, N. Y .; painter ; married.
John L. Hillsley.
Middleburg -- Carpenter ; single ; age 35 ; enlisted September 12, 1862 ; died November 17, 1862.
Henry Haskins, Corporal.
Broome - Farmer ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted as corporal, Septem- ber 5, 1862, and served in line of duty until discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865; Potter's Hollow, N. Y .; farmer ; married. Children, H. Leonard, George W., Bursley, Lillian, Belva.
Jonas Keyser.
Fulton - Farmer ; married ; age 18; enrolled Angust 13, 1862, and did full service in line of duty until discharged with his regi- ment, June 10, 1865; Gallupville, N. Y .; farmer ; married. Children, Andrew, Henry, Anna E.
Ephraim H. Keyser.
Middleburg - Farmer ; married ; age 22; enlisted August 13, 1862 ; contracted lung trouble and was discharged for disability, Jannary 12, 1863 ; died March, 1865, leaving a widow and children, Anna E., Mary E.
A. J. Dickinson, Sergeant.
Middleburg -- Age 22 ; enlisted August 9, 1862 ; discharged May 8, 1864 .-- M. R. M.
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Albert H. Kelsey, Sergeant.
Broome -- Farmer; single ; age 19; enlisted August 22, 1862 ; wounded by gunshot in right arm at Rocky Face Ridge; rejoined regiment in North Carolina ; discharged June 10, 1865 ; Catskill, N. Y. ; widower. Children, Rose, Hattie, Augusta, and son.
Ephraim Plough.
Middleburg - Farmer; widower; age 22; enlisted August 13, 1862 ; discharged for disability, April 15, 1863 ; died at Albany on his way home. Children, Christian, Margaret.
Anthony Parslow.
Fulton - Laborer ; married ; age 39 ; enlisted August 23, 1862 ; discharged January, 1863; died November 5, 1884, leaving a widow.
Edgar Reynolds.
Fulton - Farmer ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted September 2, 1862, and served in line of duty until wounded by a gunshot in left arm at Gettysburg, July 1; captured by the Rebels, but recovered by Union forces on July 4 ; treated in hospital at Newark, N. J .; re- joined his regiment at Lookout Valley, Tenn., December 1, 1863 ; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps in March, 1864, and discharged September 22, 1864 ; West Fulton, N. Y .; farmer; married. Children, Carrie E., Maurice J., Elary, Ula M.
Jacob Reinhart.
Middleburg - Farmer ; married : age 29; enlisted Angust 29, 1862 ; contracted lung trouble and was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps ; discharged at the close of tlie war ; died September 6, 1887. Children, Emma, Kate, Annie, Adeline, Charles H.
Sylvester Livingston.
Fulton - Laborer ; single ; age 19; enlisted August 13, 1862 ; died of fever at Hope Landing, Va., 1863.
Abram Reinhart.
Middleburg - Butcher ; married ; age 36; enlisted August 2, 1862 ; transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps .- M. R. M.
Charles C. Smith.
Middleburg - Carpenter ; single; age 18; enlisted August 2,
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1862, and did regular service until captured before Atlanta ; was confined at Andersonville prison for four months, and then escaped by personating a dead comrade wliose name was called for exchange; discharge from Parole Camp .- M.
John H. Scram, Corporal.
Middleburg - Farmer; single; age 31; enlisted August 14, 1862 ; served on regular duty until wounded by shell "before Savannah," and sustaining loss of right leg, above the knee, by am- putation ; treated at Savannah ; removed North and discharged from Central Park Hospital, by surgeon's certificate of disability, August 17, 1865 ; Middleburg, N. Y. ; citizen ; single.
Seth Sitzer.
Fulton - Mechanic ; single ; age 20; enlisted August 13, 1862 ; served on regular duty until he contracted dropsy and diarrhea at Hope Landing, Va., in the spring of 1863; treated in hospital at Aquia Creek, during part of March and April ; discharged for dis- ability, April 14, 1863 ; 4 Mechanie street, Elmira, N. Y .; farmer and teacher ; married. Children, Hattie, Charles, Arthur, Lucie M.
Deverne Shafer.
Fulton -Mechanic ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted August 22; 1862 ; did full service until the close of the war ; discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; died in 1885, leaving a widow and two children.
Sylvanus Sweet.
Fulton - Farmer; single; age 24; enlisted August 25, 1862; killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 .- M. R.
George H. Scram.
Fulton - Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted August 13, 1862 ; died in New York city, October 9, 1862; Cypress Hills Cemetery, Grave 2336.
Peter Shufelt.
Middleburg - Age 21 ; enlisted August 27, 1862; died at Scho- harie, September 29, 1862 .- M. R.
Jacob Styner.
Middleburg - Laborer; married ; age 42; enlisted August 30, 1862 ; died February 16, 1863 ; Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Division C, Seetion B, Grave 258. Children, Miner, Rhoda.
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Jacob Schell, Jr.
Middleburg - Married ; age 31; enlisted August 30, 1862 ; died December 27, 1863 .- M. R.
William H. Stanton.
Cobleskill - Farmer ; married ; age 21; enlisted August 13, 1862; died of lung trouble, near Stafford C. H., Va., February 12, 1863.
Thompson Stanton.
Cobleskill - Farmer; married ; age 21 ; enlisted August 13, 1862; did full service until captured at Gettysburg, July 1; was confined at Libby, Belle Isle, Andersonville, Savannah, Blackshear, and Florence; exchanged at Charleston; furloughed home from Annapolis; reported at Albany, and discharged June 6, 1865 ; West Fulton, N. Y. ; farmer; married. Children, Charles A., Lucy E., Orlando, Martha.
Daniel Teater.
Middleburg - Laborer ; married ; age 37; enlisted August 12, 1862; wounded by gunshot at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, ball en- tering the breast, passing through the lung and lodging under the ribs ; after recovery was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, and remained in the service until the close of the war; removed to Michigan, where he died, leaving a widow and son.
Helam Teater.
Middleburg - Laborer; single ; age 22; enlisted August 12, 1862; killed by same gunshot which grazed left arm of Mortimer Clark, who stood in front rank at Gettysburg, July 1.
Thurston Thomas.
Middleburg-Citizen ; single ; age 16 ; enlisted August 20, 1862; served in line of duty until July 1, 1863 when he was wounded at Gettysburg by gunshot in the right leg, bullet lodging in the knee- joint ; died of wound, July 18, 1863; Gettysburg Cemetery, Grave 114, Section A.
Oscar J. Tremain.
Fulton - Farmer ; age 26 ; enlisted August 26, 1862 ; discharged April 5, 1863 .-- M. R. M.
William H. Warner, Corporal.
Middleburg -Student ; single ; age 18; enlisted August 12,
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1862 ; did continuous service with his regiment until July 1, 1863, when, to escape capture at Gettysburg, he hid in a cellar and under a barrel; rejoined his regiment after Lee's retreat; served regularly until the evacuation of Atlanta, when he was sent to Camp Joe Holt Hospital for treatment for rheumatism and pleurisy ; rejoined his regiment at Goldsborough, N. C., and remained in service until dischagred as " a brass mounted corporal," having been wounded during the war, " in the coat-sleeve and in the shoe ; " discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865; 408 River street, Troy, N. Y .; ironer ; married.
Reuben Werley.
Middleburg - Stage driver; married ; age 23; enlisted August 26, 1862; detailed as stretcher-bearer in Ambulance Corps in No- vember, 1862, and served with the corps throughout the war; dis- charged with his regiment, June 10, 1865; Charles City, Iowa ; farmer ; married. Son, Renbertus.
Septimus Weidman.
Middleburg-Carpenter; single ; age 27; enlisted August 13, 1862; killed at Gettysburg, July 1, by three gunshots, one through each side of the body, and one through left shoulder.
George H. Wainwright.
Middleburg -Single ; age 19; enlisted August 29, 1862; wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, by two gunshots, one in left instep, and one with loss of fourth finger of right hand; treated at Chestnut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia, and discharged for disability by wounds, March 22, 1864; Binghamton, N. Y .; farmer; married. Children, Evaline, Mary, William.
Charles N. Wood.
Gilboa - Farmer; single; age 22; enlisted August 23, 1862; contracted a disability during the latter part of December, 1862, and sent for treatment to Mount Pleasant Hospital ; discharged for dis- ability, July 12, 1863; Broome Centre, N. Y .; school teacher; single.
George D. Weidman.
Middleburg - Farmer ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted August 9, 1862 ; contracted deafness, and was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, 1864 ; discharged June 27, 1865 ; Fultonham, N. Y. ; mar- ried. Daughter, Maggie.
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John I. Watson.
Fulton -Single ; age 18; enlisted August 15, 1862; killed at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 - M. R.
Isaac Van Kleek, Musician.
Middleburg - Farmer; married; age -; enlisted August 5, 1862 ; served in line of duty until discharged with the regiment, June 10, 1865 ; 2} Bleecker Place, Albany, N. Y .; delivery elerk ; married. Children, Alvina, Maggie, Willie, Seth.
George H. Whiting.
Middleburg - Single ; age 19; enlisted Angust 25, 1862; died at Washington, November 11, 1862 .- M. R.
COMPANY E. Cyrenus Tyler, Sergeant.
Jefferson - Farmer ; single ; age 23; enlisted as sergeant, Au- gust 12, 1862, and served in line of duty until taken prisoner at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863; confined at Belle Isle, where he died, De- cember 1, 1863; Richmond National Cemetery, No. of Grave, 3074.
George R. Payne, Lieutenant.
Richmondville - Farmer ; single ; age 24; enlisted August 12, 1862 ; captured at Gettysburg, July 1 ; being confined in a barn, he secreted himself beneath some hay, where he remained until after the retreat of Lee, and then rejoined his regiment ; passed examining board at Chattanooga as lieutenant, but his commission did not reach his regiment until after he was killed at Rocky Face Ridge, Ga., May 8, 1864.
John R. Boughton, Lieutenant.
Richmondville - Laborer ; single ; age 20; enlisted as corporal, 1862 ; promoted to sergeant, to sergeant major, and to lieutenant ; discharged June 10, 1865 ; died September 19, 1882.
James Driscol, Corporal.
Jefferson - Farmer ; single ; age 23; enlisted August 15, 1862; did full service until wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, by gunshot in right leg, with compound fracture of the bone, and gunshot in calf of left leg ; treated at Ladies' Home Hospital, New York city, and
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discharged from there, November 23, 1864, by surgeon's certificate of disability ; Jefferson, N. Y. ; farmer ; married. Daughter, Kate.
Isaac Maybee, Corporal.
Conesville - Farmer; single ; age 24 ; enlisted August 19, 1862 ; contracted typhoid fever at Schoharie ; reported at Albany after re- covery ; transferred to Company D, Twelfth Veteran Reserve Corps, September 16, 1863, and sent to Washington ; discharged June 28, 1865 ; Manor Kill, N. Y. ; farmer ; married. Children, Edith, My_ ron E.
John C. Starkins, Brevet Lieutenant.
Jefferson - Farmer ; married ; age 22; enlisted August 7, 1862, as corporal; promoted to orderly sergeant and brevet lieutenant : was treated in hospital, in July, 1864, for diarrhea and piles ; par- ticipated in all the movements and engagements of the regiment during the balance of the term, until discharged by general orders, June 10, 1865 ; New York city ; carpenter; married. Children, Alson D., John Dwight.
Stephen E. Beller, Corporal.
Wright -Carpenter ; single ; age 23; enlisted August 12, 1862; did full service until wounded in the face by shell explosion at Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg, July 2, 1863; treated in hospital at Newark, N. J., and at Lookout Mountain, Tenn .; rejoined his regi- ment on the Atlanta campaign and served to Savannah, when he was sent to hospital for treatment of the eyes ; sent to New York city and to Albany, where he was mustered out with his regiment, July, 1865 ; Olathe, Kansas; carpenter ; nearly blind ; married. Children, Oscar B., Edward, Lottie.
Robert Veley, Corporal.
Blenheim - Farmer ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted August 22, 1862 ; detailed to Division Pioneers in November, 1862, at Germantown, Va., and served as pioneer until the surrender of Johnson ; then re- joined his regiment, and served on original duty until discharged, June 10, 1865 ; Gilboa, N. Y .; farmer ; married. Children, Homer J., Mildred R., Mattie J., Zira A.
Orrin B. Curtis, Musician.
Blenheim - Farmer ; single; age 27; enlisted August 27, 1862 ;
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detached for hospital service after the battle of Gettysburg, until April 1, 1864, when he rejoined his regiment at Lookout Valley, Tenn .; was excused from duty, having contracted jaundice, for a short time at Germantown, Va., in 1862; served in line of duty with his regiment from Lookout Valley until discharged at the end of the war, June 10, 1865; Eminence, N. Y .; farmer; married. Son, Charles.
Alfred Armstrong, Sergeant.
Jefferson - Farmer ; single; age 25; enlisted August 14, 1862; did full service in line of duty until June 13, 1863, when he became exhausted and sick on the march, and falling in the rear was captured near Catlett's Station ; paroled and sent to Parole Camp ; rejoined his regiment in September, 1863 ; contracted diarrhea at Lookout Valley, and furlonghed home; remained three or four months on renewed furloughs and then rejoined his regiment at Atlanta, and did regular service thereafter until discharged by general orders, June 10, 1865 ; Jefferson, N. Y .; farmer; married. Children, Fred, Orso.
Albert Brown.
Conesville - Blacksmith; married ; age 39; enlisted August 19, 1862; transferred to Pioneer Corps ; wounded by shell in left knee before Savannah; treated in hospital ; rejoined his regiment and discharged, June 10, 1865 ; died February 3, 1887, leaving a widow, who died April 23, 1888. Children, Taylor, Winfield S., Mariette, Hattie A., Abe L.
William A. Becker, Corporal.
Gilboa - Farmer; single ; age 24; enlisted Angust 19, 1862 ; contracted injury of the spine during the march to Falmouth in December, 1863; treated at regimental hospital ; remained with his regiment through its entire service, and was discharged June 10, 1865; Gilboa, N. Y .; farmer ; married. Children, Evaline, George.
Joseph Burchard.
Fulton - Farmer ; married ; age 38; enlisted August 16, 1862 ; contracted lung trouble, for which he was treated in hospital for a long time, and then transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, and detailed as nurse, and served on the duty until discharged, July S, 1865; died at Williamsport, Pa., May 12, 1879, leaving a widow and children, Mervale, James J., Ford G., Elmer E., Julia E., Her- bert Hayes.
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Oswald Burnette.
Eminence - Farmer ; single : age 21 ; enlisted August 15, 1862 ; contracted typhoid fever at Fairfax C. H. in the fall of 1862; treated at Harwood Hospital and at David's Island ; transferred to Fort Bernard in January, 1863, and discharged from that place, February 10, 1863 ; re-enlisted in Battery M, First New York Light Artillery, September 2, 1864, and served until the close of the war ; discharged June 23, 1865 ; Binghamton, N. Y. ; mechanic ; married. Children, Nelson, Clarence, Irving, Annie.
Lorenzo D. Burchard.
Richmondville - Carpenter ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted August 9, 1862 ; sent to Carver Hospital, December 5, 1862 ; rejoined his reg- iment at Falmouth, and did regular duty until wounded by gunshot in right thigh at Gettysburg, July 1; treated at Eleventh Corps Field Hospital ; taken to a general hospital ; afterward transferred to Newton University Hospital, and to David's Island in April, 1864 ; discharged for disability, June 7, 1864; Warnerville, N. Y .; farmer ; married. Children, Homer J., Maggie A.
Jeremiah Barry.
Blenheim -- Farmer ; single ; age 20; enlisted August 12, 1862 ; served in line of duty until wounded by gunshot in calf of left leg at Gettysburg, July 1 ; died in Field Hospital, July 7, 1863, of effects of wound and nostalgia; Gettysburg Cemetery, Section A, Grave 110.
John H. Cammer.
Conesville - Farmer ; single ; age 20; enlisted August 19, 1862 ; discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; assigned to mail de- partment, Eleventh Army Corps head-quarters, December 10, 1862, and served until discharged, June 10, 1865; Freehold, N. Y .; farmer ; married. Children, Edwin U., Mark.
Jesse A. Crapser.
Summit -- Farmer; single ; age 20 ; enlisted August 16, 1862 ; contracted typhoid fever at Schoharie; rejoined his regiment at Falmonth, Va., and served in line of duty until taken prisoner at Gettysburg, July 1; confined at Belle Isle; died at Andersonville, April 2, 1864, of dysentery ; No. of Grave, 334.
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Henry Creighton, Corporal.
Gilboa --- Farmer ; single ; age 26; enlisted August 16, 1862 ; served regularly in line of duty until wounded by gunshot in right ankle at Peach Tree Creek, Ga .; treated at Lookout Mountain Hos- pital : rejoined his regiment, November 1, 1864, at Atlanta, and did full duty until discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865; was slightly wounded by shell explosion, July 2, at Gettysburg ; Tamora, Neb .; farmer ; married. Children, Irving, Lottie M.
David W. Creighton.
Jefferson-Farmer ; single; age 18; enlisted August 16, 1862; served regularly in line of duty until July 2, 1863, when he was killed on Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg, by a three-inch shell, which entered his right side and passed through the body ; he lived for about thirty minutes after.
George W. Champlin.
Blenheim - Farmer ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted August 12, 1862 ; contracted camp fever at New York city in September, 1862, and died October 7, 1862 ; Cypress Hill Cemetery, L. I., Grave 458.
Stanton Champlin, Corporal.
Blenheim - Farmer ; single ; age 23 ; enlisted August 12, 1862 ; served in line of duty until wounded by gunshot in the leg, and taken prisoner at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 ; rejoined his regiment at Alex- andria, Va., and did regular duty until captured again at Peach Tree Creek, Ga.'; was exchanged and rejoined his regiment near the close of the war, in North Carolina ; discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; died in 1880, leaving a widow and eight children.
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