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Middleburg - Laborer ; married ; age 31; enlisted August 31, 1862; contracted diarrhea and discharged for disability, December 25, 1863 ; dead. Children, David H., Jeremiah, Maggie.
Lewis Moon.
Middleburg - Laborer ; age 36; enlisted September 6, 1862; discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865 .- M. R. Died March 13, 1878.
John H. Miller.
Fulton - Farmer ; single ; age 19; enlisted September 6, 1862 ; wonnded by saber cut on the head at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863; re- mained in the hands of the enemy until Lee's retreat; treated at hospital in Newark, N. J .; furloughed home and submitted to opera- tion of trepanning ; remained home for several weeks, then returned to hospital ; became subject to fits, and was discharged for disability, May 16, 1864 ; disability continued under form of fits and paralysis ; West Fulton, N. Y .; farmer; married. Children, George, Minnie, William, Edna, Lillie.
Jacob Palmatier.
Schoharie - Farmer ; married ; age 35 ; enlisted Angust 30, 1862 ; contracted hernia during the Atlanta campaign ; treated for a month in hospital at Atlanta ; wounded in the service by gunshot in left leg, between ankle and knee; discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; 8 Park avenue, Amsterdam, N. Y .; laborer; mar- ried. Children, Henry, Frank, Peter, William, Clifford, Leeta.
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Daniel H. Stilwell.
Summit - Laborer; single ; age 18; enlisted Angust 15, 1862; died of chronic diarrhea at Murfreesboro, Tenn., February 16, 1864 ; Stone River Cemetery, No. of Grave unknown.
Albert Smeaton.
Schoharie - Farmer; single ; age 19; enlisted Angust 6, 1862, in Company C, and transferred to Company I; did full service until wounded by gunshots in right arm and left leg at Rocky Face Ridge, Ga .; treated in hospitals at Nashville, Tenn., and Louisville, Ky .; rejoined his regiment at Raleigh, N. C., and served regularly until discharged, June 10, 1865 ; Quaker Street, N. Y .; laborer ; married. Children, John, Jesse, Frank, Orrin, Elmer, Libbie, Edward, Hays.
Amasa Salisbury.
Fulton - Farmer ; single ; age 25; enlisted August 28, 1862 ; wounded by gunshot in the hip at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 ; died of wound.
Levi Shafer.
Fulton - Farmer ; single ; age 23 ; enlisted September 1, 1862 ; wounded at Peach Tree Creek, Ga., by gunshot entering the side, passing through the abdomen and coming out at the hip ; died of wound, July 20, 1864 ; Marietta Cemetery, Ga., No. of Grave 299.
Wesley Settle.
Wright - Laborer ; single; age 21 ; enlisted September 5, 1862 ; contracted rheumatism at Fairfax C. H., and sent to Summit House Hospital ; discharged for disability, March 1, 1863 ; Quaker Street, N. Y .; carpenter ; married. Children, William, John.
John C. Spore.
Fulton - Age 34; enlisted Angust 28, 1862; wounded; dis- charged June 5, 1864. - M. R. M.
Marcelas Spore.
Fulton - Fariner ; single ; age 17; enlisted August 30, 1862; contracted typhoid fever at Schoharie ; rejoined his regiment at Alexandria, Va. ; served regularly until he contracted bilious fever and diarrhea at Lookout Valley, Tenn .; treated at Chattanooga; de. tailed to guard wounded Rebel prisoners ; came home on sick furlough and remained unable to join his regiment ; Middleburg, N. Y. ; laborer; married. Children, Carrie, Alice, Jacob, Elsie, Gertie, Edith.
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Jacob Scrom.
Fulton -- Farmer; single ; age 22; enlisted September 18, 1862 ; contracted fever at Schoharie ; rejoined his regiment at Lookout Valley, Tenn .; wounded by gunshot with loss of right forefinger at Rocky Face Ridge ; treated at Jeffersonville, Ind .; rejoined his regi- ment at Atlanta and served regularly until discharged by general orders, June 10, 1865 ; Middleburg, N. N. ; laborer; married. Daughter, Julia.
Ira Slater, Sergeant.
Fulton - Farmer; married ; age 24; enlisted August 22, 1862; served regularly until slightly wounded by gunshot in the hip near Resaca, and ruptured while building breastworks at that place ; afterward contracted scurvy and sent to Field Hospital, June 20, 1864; contracted chills and fever in the Carolinas; continued on duty until discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; Fultonham, N. Y .; laborer ; married. Children, John H., Catharine, Henry, Manning, Mary.
Samuel Tyrrel.
Summit - Laborer ; single; age 18; enlisted -, 1862; dis- charged with his regiment, June 10, 1865 ; Stanton, Mich ; laborer ; married. Daughter, Hattie M.
William H. Tallerday.
Fulton - Laborer ; married ; age 26 ; enlisted September 6, 1862 ; wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 ; discharged June 19, 1864 ; died of wounds, leaving a widow.
Hiram Teneyck.
Fulton -- Farmer ; single ; age 25 ; enlisted August 23, 1862 ; con- tracted diarrhea at Arlington Heights, and treated at Stanton Hos- pital ; contracted typhoid fever at Fairfax C. H .; served with his regiment until he incurred sunstroke on the march to Gettysburg ; sent to hospital and transferred to Company F, Fourteenth Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps, and stationed at Arlington Heights, Read- ing, and other places ; discharged June 1, 1864, for disability ; Mo- hawk, N. Y .; laborer ; widower.
William Vroman.
Gilboa - Farmer ; age 33; enlisted September 1, 1862; trans- ferred to quartermaster's department ; discharged June 10, 1865 .-- M. R. A.
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William Wayman.
Middleburg - Laborer ; single ; age 16 ; enlisted September 6, 1862 ; took part in all the movements of the regiment until captured at Peach Tree Creek, Ga .; confined at Andersonville and secured an exchange in time to rejoin his regiment at Atlanta ; served regu- larly thereafter until discharged, June 10, 1862; Fultonham, N. Y .; laborer ; married. Children, Seneca, Reuben, Arthur, Jacob H., Julia A.
Jacob Wayman.
Middleburg - Farmer; married ; age 45; enlisted September 6, 1862 ; served regularly until captured at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 ; paroled during Lee's retreat ; contracted rheumatism and served as company cook much of the time during the balance of his service ; discharged with his regiment, June 10, 1865 .- M.
David Wayman.
Middleburg -- Farmer ; married ; age 40; enlisted August 26, 1862 ; served regularly until May 2, 1863, when he received a shell wound in left shoulder at Chancellorsville while guarding knapsacks and camp equipage of the regiment ; discharged with the regiment, June 10, 1865 .- M.
Zadoc West.
Fulton - Age 23; enlisted September 20, 1862 ; discharged De- cember 20, 1863 .- M. R. M.
George Williams.
Gilboa -- Age 25; enlisted September 3, 1862 ; discharged De- cember 1, 1862 .- M. R. M.
William Wilty.
Wright - Age 19 ; enlisted September 5, 1862; served in Chan- cellorsville and Gettysburg campaign ; transferred to Veteran Re- serve Corps ; discharged July 26, 1865.
James Barry.
Esperance - Age 32; enlisted August 7, 1862; captured at Get- tysburg .- M. R. M.
COMPANY K.
Hiram Devoe.
Wright -Farmer; married ; age 44; enlisted September 22, 44
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1862; discharged December 25, 1863 ; re-enlisted in Ninth New York Heavy Artillery, August 24, 1864; discharged July 6, 1865 ; died 1889. Children, William A., Augustus, Augusta, Libbie.
William H. Baker.
Fulton - Farmer; single; age 22; enlisted August 13, 1862; did full service until wounded by gunshot in left leg at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 ; treated at Fort Schuyler Hospital ; rejoined his regi- ment on the day previous to the battle of Lookout Mountain ; did full service until wounded again by gunshot in right arm at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain ; treated at Louisville, Ky., Jefferson- ville, Ind., Chicago, Ill., and Eskanoba, Mich .; discharged at Chi- cago, Ill., September 3, 1865; West Fulton, N. Y .; farmer; mar- ried. Children, Lillie, Nora, Edgar, Edith, Bertha.
John Palmatier.
Fulton - Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted August 22, 1862; did full and regular service until captured while serving as a detailed forager, near Union Point, Ga .; was confined at Augusta for a week, and then taken to the Stockade prison at Florence, S. C .; re- mained in that prison four or five months, and then taken to Rose- burg, and a week afterward to a river, where he was paroled and met a Union boat, and was taken to Wilmington, N. C .; here he re- mained in hospital for two weeks, and was then sent to Annapolis, and as soon as able to travel was furloughed home for thirty days ; returned to Baltimore and was transferred to Albany, where he re- mained until discharged, July 6, 1865 ; Schoharie, N. Y. ; laborer; married. Daughter, Mary.
Stephen Jarvis.
Middleburg - Gunsmith ; single ; age 44 ; enlisted September 1, 1862 ; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps and Ordnance Depart- ment, April 10, 1864. - M. R. M.
George W. Taggart.
Fulton - Farmer ; single ; age -; enlisted August 8, 1862 ; served in line of duty until wounded by gunshot iu left arm at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 ; treated at Satterlee Hospital, Philadelphia ; trans- ferred to Company B, Seventh Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps, June 16, 1864 ; discharged at Washington, June 29, 1865 ; Brooklyn, N. Y .; laborer ; married.
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ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIXTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.
Organized in September, 1862, and assigned to Steinwehr's Di- vision of the Eleventh Corps.
COMPANY H. Levi Guernsey.
Middleburg - Farmer ; single ; age 24; enlisted August 19, 1862; detailed as ambulance driver at the beginning of his service; con- tracted rheumatism in February of 1863, and in quarters; captured in September of 1863. (See Prison Report.) After exchange was brought to Annapolis, and from there to Baltimore, and later fur- loughed home for thirty days ; reported at Baltimore, where he re- mained five months ; transferred to Governor's Island and to More- head City, N. C .; rejoined his regiment at Raleigh and served until discharged with his regiment by general orders, and mustered out at Rochester ; East Cobleskill, N. Y. ; farmer ; married. Daughter, Luella.
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SECOND NEW YORK INFANTRY.
Organized at Ogdensburg, from companies raised in St. Lawrence and Franklin counties. It was mustered into the United States service, September 29, 1862. It remained in Washington until April 19, 1863, when it moved to Suffolk, Va. It became attached to Gordon's Division, and with it marched up the Peninsula, in June, 1863. Was sent to Morris Island, August 17, 1863, and in May, 1864, joined Butler's Army of the James, being in Curtis' Brigade, Tur- ner's Division, Tenth Army Corps. During the battle of Cold Harbor it was temporarily attached to the Eighteenth Army Corps. In December following it became part of the newly-formed Twenty- fourth Army Corps and sailed with Butler on his first expedition against Fort Fisher. In the second attack on that place the regiment was led by its former colonel, then General Curtis. Engagements: John's Island, Drewry's Bluff, Bermuda Hundred, Cold Harbor, Petersburg Mine, Siege of Petersburg, Chapin's Farm, Darbytown Road, Fort Fisher. The members here recorded are recruits, who joined the regiment in the fall of 1864.
COMPANY I.
Seymour Nostrant.
Esperance - Ropemaker ; married ; age 28 ; enlisted August 22, 1864 ; discharged June 7, 1865 ; Castleton, N. Y .; teamster ; mar-
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ried. Children, Frank, Elmer, Harriette, William, Eva, Fannie, Clara.
Peleg Cole.
Esperance - Age 27; enlisted August 30, 1864; wounded by gunshot in right shoulder at Fort Fisher ; discharged from hospital. -M. R. Amsterdam, N. Y.
John Montanye.
Esperance - Farmer ; married ; age 27 ; enlisted August 30, 1864; joined his regiment at Chapin's Farm, Va .; wounded by gunshot, at Fort Fisher, December 15, 1864, in right upper thigh ; treated at Fort Schuyler Hospital ; transferred to Troy and discharged, June, 1865 ; Esperance, N. Y .; farmer ; married. Son, Charles.
Jacob Conover.
Esperance - Farmer ; married ; age 44; enlisted August 31, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Chapin's Farm ; detailed as teamster and served on that duty until discharged, June 7, 1865 ; died in 1885, leaving a widow and children, Jackson, Rockwell, Edward, Aurelia, Mary E., John J., Prentiss.
William J. McDuffie.
Esperance - Carpenter ; single; age 21 ; enlisted September 6, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Chapin's Farm, and served in line of duty until December, 1864, when he was treated for diarrhea in regimental hospital for three weeks ; returned to duty and served regularly until discharged, June 29, 1865 ; Esperance, N. Y .; car- penter ; married.
Francis Dinegar.
Esperance - Blacksmith ; single ; age 18; enlisted August 22, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Chapin's Farm, and served regularly in line of duty until discharged, June 7, 1865 ; Esperance, N. Y. ; laborer; widower. Children, Lizzie, Hattie.
William Demott.
Esperance- Farmer ; single ; age 28; enlisted September 6, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Chapin's Farm ; served on regular duty until he contracted lung trouble, diarrhea and piles at Fort Fisher; treated in hospital at Washington ; rejoined his regiment at Raleigh, N. C., and served until discharged by general orders, June 16, 1865;
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Central Bridge, N. Y. ; foundryman ; married. Children, Edward E., Maggie, John.
James McCarty.
Esperance - Harness-maker ; single; age 19 ; enlisted August 20, 1864 ; joined the regiment at Chapin's Farm by way of Hart's Island and City Point ; wounded by gunshot in left hip, during a skirmish at New Market Road, October 27, 1864; also " thirteen dangerous gunshots through his military uniform of private ; " treated at Jones' Landing and Point of Rocks in December, 1864 ; furloughed home, January 17, 1865 ; returned to Point of Rocks; sent to Baltimore, to New York city, and to Albany, and discharged August, 1865 ; Amsterdam, N. Y. ; mason ; married. Children, Lula, John, Eddie, Frederick, Jessie, Aggie, Edith.
Wilson Huested.
Esperance - Laborer ; single ; age 18; enlisted August 20, 1864 ; the only son of a widow : wounded by gunshot in left leg at New Market Road, October 27, 1864; suffered amputation of the leg at Fortress Monroe Hospital, and died November 15, 1864 ; Hampton Cemetery, Row 10, Section E, Grave 15.
Paul Shafer, Great-grandson of the Revolution.
Esperance - Carpenter ; married ; age 28 ; enlisted August 29, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Chapin's Farm ; participated in the en- gagement at Darbytown Road, and became an " old soldier ; " did regular service with his regiment until discharged, June 7, 1865 ; Amsterdam, N. Y .; carpenter ; married. Children, Elizabeth, Belle, Annie, Hasie, Blanche.
Alexander Campbell.
Esperance - Paper-maker ; married ; age 35 ; enlisted August 29, 1864; discharged June 7, 1865; residence, 54 Bassett street, Albany, N. Y .; laborer ; married. Children, Eliza A., William H., Alex. J., Eva, Amelia, Chester D., John E., Frank B.
Peter P. Shafer, Grandson of the Revolution.
Esperance - Farmer ; married ; age 44 ; enlisted August 30, 1864; discharged June 16, 1865, at Smithville, N. C .; died at Albany, May 18, 1872. Son Paul in the service ; Daughters, Mrs. Alex. Campbell, Catharine, Diana, Christina, Nancy ..
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COMPANY K.
Wellington Crounse.
Sharon - Farmer ; single ; age 18; enlisted September 1, 1864; joined his regiment at Chapin's Farm, and served in line of duty un- til wounded by gunshot in left leg at Fort Fisher, January 19, 1864; treated at Morehead City and at Newberne ; rejoined his regiment, May 8, 1865, at Raleigh, and discharged June 10, 1865; Sharon Centre, N. Y .; farmer; married. Children, Anna E., Eva C., Stan- ley A.
George Ressegieu.
Sharon - Farmer ; single ; age 26; enlisted September 1, 1864 ; joined the regiment at Chapin's Farm ; contracted typhoid fever, and treated in hospital ; rejoined his regiment and served until dis- charged by general orders, June 7, 1865 ; Argusville, N. Y .; farmer ; married. Son, Merle.
Henry Gardinier.
Sharon - Farmer ; single ; age 17 ; enlisted September 1, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Chapin's Farm, October 13; last seen while in the engagement at Darbytown Road ; killed, or died in the hands of the enemy.
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOURTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.
Organized in September, 1862, and assigned to Hatches' Division, Department of South Carolina. It was composed, mainly, from men raised from Deleware county. It suffered considerable loss from disease, owing to the unhealthy location of its camps on the islands about Charlestown. Engagements : John's Island, James' Island, Siege of Wagner, Deveaux Neck and Honey Hill.
COMPANY H.
Joseph McKee.
Blenheim - Farmer; single ; age 23 ; enlisted August 30, 1862 ; died February 8, 1863, at Finlay Hospital, Washington, of typhoid fever and gangrene ; buried at Blenheim, N. Y.
Isaac Dykeman.
Summit - Farmer; single ; age 21; enlisted August 30, 1862 ; died at Folley Island Hospital, S. C., October 8, 1863 .- M. R.
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Abram H. Van Buren.
Jefferson - Farmer ; single ; age 26; enlisted August 15, 1862 ; did full service until he received shock from exploding shell, at Morris Island, which, complicated with measles, caused his death, October 18, 1863 ; buried in Beaufort Cemetery, S. C., Grave No. 9, Section 28 .- M. R., and Roll of Honor.
Peter A. Van Buren.
Jefferson - Farmer ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted September 5, 1862 ; received a " medal of honor from General Gilmore for ' brave and meritorions conduct,' in the intrenchments at Fort Wagner ; " killed at the battle of Honey Hill, S. C., by a shell which severed both legs near the body, November 30, 1864 .- M. R.
Jacob A. Van Buren.
Jefferson - Farmer ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted September 1, 1862; did full service until discharged, June 25, 1865; North Harpersfield, N. Y .; farmer ; married. Children, Norman, Charles, Samantha, Harriett, Fannie, Laura, Ella.
Omer Champlin.
Gilboa - Farmer ; married ; age 30; enlisted September, 1862; honorably discharged ; is dead. Children, Nora, Clarence, Loever.
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIXTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.
Organized in September, 1862, and assigned to Ayers' Division of the Fifth Corps.
COMPANY I. Solomon J. Wheaton.
Esperance - Mason ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted August 2, 1864 ; discharged June, 1865 .- M. R. M.
J. B. Lowne.
Wright - Blacksmith ; age 46 ; enlisted -, 1864 ; discharged , 1865 .- M. R. M.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH NEW YORK INFANTRY.
Organized October, 1862, and assigned to Williams' Division of the Twelfth Corps. At the time the men, whose records follow,' joined
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the regiment, the Twelfth Corps had been consolidated with the Eleventh, and the regiment was at that time a part of the Twentieth Army Corps.
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COMPANY D. ..
Andrew Brayman.
Fulton - Laborer ; married ; age 31 ; enlisted August 31, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Atlanta, and did full service until discharged by orders war department. June 8, 1865 ; died in the alms-house. Children, John, Charles, William.
Stephen King.
Middleburg ---- Teamster ; widower; age 30; enlisted August 31, 1864 ; discharged from hospital, June 8, 1865 ; Middleburg, N. Y .; married ; laborer. Children, Norman, Gidd M., Harriet, Henry.
David Diamond.
Middleburg - Laborer ; married ; age -; enlisted August 31, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Atlanta ; died on the march through South Carolina, and buried at Broad River, February 20, 1865. Children, John, Etta.
Abram Warner.
Fulton - Farmer; married ; age 44; enlisted August 31, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Atlanta and did regular service in line of duty until discharged by general orders, June 8, 1865 ; Middleburg, N. Y .; farmer ; married. Children, William, Rachel, Martha, James, Garry, Abram, Jr., Frederick, Lydia, Lawrence, Alice, Ada.
Henry Palmatier.
Fulton - Laborer ; married ; age -; enlisted August 31, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Atlanta; died, leaving widow and children, John H., Caroline, Mary, Naney, Harmon, Libbie, Catharine.
Stephen Winnie.
Middleburg - Laborer ; married ; age 25; enlisted August 31, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Atlanta ; contracted fever and was dis- charged from hospital, June 21, 1865 ; Flat Rock, Mich .; farmer ; married. Children, Elizabeth, Martha, John, Hattie, Sarah, Francis, Eve.
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COMPANY K.
Augustus Warrick.
Middleburg - Blacksmith ; married ; age -; enlisted August 18, 1864; joined his regiment at Atlanta ; sent to hospital at Chat- tanooga and to New York ; discharged June 18, 1865 .- Town Rec- ord. M.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIRST NEW YORK INFANTRY.
Organized in October, 1862, and assigned to Ricketts' Division of the Sixth Corps.
COMPANY B. George W. Tillapaugh, Corporal.
Carlisle - Engineer ; single ; age 22; enlisted at Lockport, N. Y., August 16, 1862 ; during a flank movement of the Army of the Potomac, to the left, on May 31, 1864, at Totopotomoy Creek, Com - pany B was fired into by other Union troops, who supposed it to be the enemy ; Corporal Tillapaugh received a gunshot in the knee which necessitated amputation ; after a tedious journey by ambu- lance, to Stanton Hospital, he died at that place, June 21, 1864; buried in Arlington Cemetery.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SECOND NEW YORK INFANTRY.
COMPANY I.
William Vanpatten.
Summit - Farmer ; single ; age 22 ; enrolled September 24, and mustered into United States service, October 15, 1862 ; discharged at Albany, for disability resulting from fever, October 5, 1864 ; died May 3, 1866 .- M. R.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THIRD NEW YORK INFANTRY .*
COMPANY E.
Peter A. Vroman.
Sharon -- Farmer ; married ; age 21; enlisted January 4, 1864 ; contracted dysentery, chills and fever ; was treated for six weeks in
*The One Hundred and Fifty-third was attached to Dwight's Division of the Nineteenth Army Corps.
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hospital at Savannah ; discharged October 2, 1865 .- M. R. Sharon Centre, N. Y .; farmer ; married. Children, Wilson N., George D., Grace, Kittie, Carrie, Fred, Edith, Dollie.
George W. Moak.
Sharon -- Farmer ; single; age 19; enlisted January 4, 1864; contracted edema of the legs; furloughed home; returned to his regiment and discharged May 22, 1865 .- M. R. M.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVENTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.
Organized in September, 1862, and assigned to Schurz's Division of the Eleventh Corps.
COMPANY E.
Orville O. Davenport.
Esperance -- Student ; single ; age 22 ; enlisted July 28, 1862 ; wounded at Gettysburg by six gunshots, one through tibia of right leg, one in right fore-arm, one throngh side of back, one in left side of back, and still remaining in the body, one flesh wound of right fore-arm, and one of right leg ; treated at Bedloe's Island, Fort Schuyler and MeDougall Hospitals, and discharged for disability, December 22, 1863 ; Sloansville, N. Y. ; farmer ; married. Children, Mary G., Earl F.
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.
COMPANY I.
Andrew Desilvia.
Gilboa - Farmer ; single : enlisted August 26, 1864 ; discharged. -Town Record. Dead.
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIRST NEW YORK INFANTRY? did not complete its organization.
COMPANY E.
Charles Hummel.
Schoharie - Married : age 20; enlisted September 13, 1864 : dis- charged July 12, 1865 .-- Town Record. M.
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ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIFTH NEW YORK INFANTRY.
Organized October, 1862, and attached to Grover's Division of the Nineteenth Corps. After this corps was recalled from the south-west, recruits were enlisted to fill its ranks, and a large number were en- rolled from this county by Lieutenant Sexton. The movements of the regiment after being joined by our men from Schoharie county can be inferred from the record of Corporal Webster.
Alexander M. Webster, Corporal.
Cobleskill - Farmer ; married ; age -; enlisted September 7, 1864; left Albany for Hart's Island, September 25 ; Hart's Island for Baltimore and Harper's Ferry, October 6, and remained at the last place until October 26 ; joined his regiment, October 29, 1864 ; appointed company commissary and second corporal, November 2; detailed in train guard from Winchester to Martinsburg ; on Thanks- giving day he drew rations of turkey, geese and whisky for the company. (No veteran will infer that any of these rations went farther than the company commissary's tent.) Did regular duty with his regiment until the latter part of December, when he was made one of a detail for guard at Signal Corps head-quarters, five miles from Winchester on Sugar Loaf Mountain, and in comfortable quarters ; on the 31st of December he visited the poor-house of the county of Winchester, Va., and was provided with a dinner of beefsteak, bread, apple pie, baked potatoes, baked duck pie, and cream coffee; as he has omitted the wine list I submit the menn to the credulity of vete- rans generally ; he staid at the poor-house all night ; reported at Winchester for duty, January 6, 1865 ; arrived at Savannah with his regiment, Jannary 22, by way of Harper's Ferry and Baltimore; sent as prison guard to Fort Pulaski, February 17, and remained on such duty until March 5, when the regiment was transported to Hil- ton Head, to Fort Fisher and to Newberne, N. C., where they re- mained in barracks until March 18; on that day the regiment was ordered out at road-making in the direction of Kingston; during the two weeks the One Hundred and Seventy-fifth was engaged in this business, some one lost twenty-five sheep and several pigs -- evi- dently not the company commissary, and perhaps no one belonging to the regiment ; the regiment remained in the city of Kingston until April 11, when it was ordered to Goldsborough, where it re- mained until May 1, and was then ordered to Morehead City and by transport to Savannah ; on the 15th of May Corporal Webster was detailed with fifty men to secure the timber of one of the forts which
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