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had been appropriated by the Rebel citizens under the " Cabbage" statute; the timber was found and secured under protest of the Rebels, and the approval of the commanding officer; in June was with detail of twenty-five men to cut wood five miles from the city, for camp use ; returned to camp after one week, and a few days later volunteered as corporal for special duty, and reported on board the steamer " Governor Osborne," destination Augusta, to bring away the gold captured from Jefferson Davis; while engaged with the guard, in shipping and stowing the gold, Webster became satis- fied that it would be comparatively safe to leave a ten gallon keg full of gold alone with a corporal, and a commissary at that ; the treasure was deposited safely at Savannah and the corporal reported to his company, July 1, 1865 ; the regiment embarked on the steamer " North Star " for New York and was mustered out at Albany, July 8, 1865 ; Cobleskill, N. Y. ; farmer ; married. Children, Sarah L., Margaret J.
COMPANY E.
Philip Moore.
Cobleskill - Carpenter ; married ; age 44; enlisted August 31, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Cedar Creek ; received slight gunshot wound on right shoulder at battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864; did full service until discharged with the regiment, June 30, 1865 ; Cobleskill, N. Y. ; citizen ; married. Children, Peter, David, How ard, Nora.
William A. Rockwell.
Esperance - Farmer ; single ; age 18; enlisted September 19, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Cedar Creek and did full service until discharged by general orders, June 30, 1865; Esperance, N. Y .; stone-dealer; married. Children, Agnes M., Ida M., Dewitt, Emory, Ethel, Rex.
Garret Empie.
Sharon -- Laborer; married ; age 32; enlisted September 27, 1864 ; joined the regiment at Cedar Creek ; contracted bilious fever and treated for two months at Jarvis and Chestnut Hill Hospitals ; rejoined his regiment at Goldsborongh, N. C., and did regular service until discharged by general orders, June 30, 1865 ; Sharon Centre, N. Y .; farmer; widower. Children, Elizabeth, Charles.
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Erastus Pickett.
Seward - Laborer ; married ; age 45 ; enlisted September 5, 1864; contracted typhoid fever soon after entering service, and died in hos- pital at Winchester, Va., November 24, 1864 ; leaving widow. Chil- dren, Peter, Naney J., George H., Samuel.
David A. Kilts.
Sharon - Farmer ; single : age 19; enlisted September 29, 1864; contracted pneumonia at Baltimore ; rejoined his regiment by boat, at Savannah ; did no regular duty afterward ; discharged with his regiment, June 30, 1865 ; married afterward; died in 1887, leaving children, Ellen, Mamie.
William J. Kilts.
Seward- Farmer; single ; age 18; enlisted September 29, 1864 ; contracted camp fever and diarrhea at Fort Pulaski; treated at hos- pital at Newberue for two weeks, and then detached to the Thir- teenth Connecticut ; after two weeks left the regiment without per- mission and joined his regiment at Kingston ; detailed as orderly until the "fall of Richmond ;" rejoined his company and returned to Savannah ; was discharged with his regiment, June 30, 1865, and mnstered out at Albany, July 12, 1865 ; Cobleskill, N. Y. ; hotel- keeper ; married. Children, Jason, Clara.
John I. Davenport.
Seward - Farmer ; single ; age 19 ; enlisted September 29, 1864; contracted camp fever at Savannah and remained at that place, with- out doing full duty, until discharged with his regiment, June 30, 1865; Hyndsville, N. Y. ; farmer; married. Children, Ira, Rhoda, Peter, Leona, Leslie, Irving, Abraham.
Luther D. Carle.
Sharon - Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted September 27, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Cedar Creek, and did regular service until discharged, June 30, 1865, and mustered out at Albany, July 12, 1865; Canajoharie, N. Y .; saloon-keeper. Children, Ena, May, Albert.
Harman Warner.
Seward - Painter ; married ; age 36; enlisted August 31, 1864 ; transferred to First Rhode Island, Battery D, in October ; rejoined his regiment, June 1, and served regularly until discharged, June 30,
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1865; mustered out at Albany, July 13, 1865; Seward, N. Y .; painter ; widower. Children, Ada, May, Fenton.
Alex Collins.
Sharon - Farmer ; single ; age 20; enlisted September 27, 1864; served regularly with his regiment until discharged, June 13, 1865 ; Argusville, N. Y. ; farmer ; married. Children, Julia, Hattie.
William E. Richards.
Summit - Farmer ; single ; age 25 ; enlisted September 30, 1864 ; served regularly with his regiment until discharged by order war department at Savannah, May 15, 1865 ; Summit, N. Y .; farmer ; married. Children, Albert, Orlin H.
Henry Wendell.
Richmondville - Painter ; married ; age 36; enlisted September 5, 1864 ; contracted throat and lung trouble, treated in a general hospital, rejoined his regiment, and served regularly until discharged, June 30, 1865 ; died May 28, 1884, leaving a widow and children, Lewis S., Frances E., Bertha A.
Martin H. Vandewerker.
Seward -- Farmer : married ; age 22 ; enlisted September 12, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Cedar Creek ; contracted diarrhea and was treated at Winchester, Va .; rejoined his regiment at Savannah ; con- tracted diarrhea and measles at that place, but remained with his company until discharged, June 30, 1865, and mustered out, July 12, at Albany ; Seward, N. Y. ; laborer; married. Children, Anna, James, Myrta, Bertha, Cland, Mollie.
William H. Southworth, Hospital Steward.
Seward - Painter and teacher ; single; age 26; enlisted August 20, 1864 ; joined his regiment at Cedar Creek ; was wounded in the battle at that place, October 19, by gunshot in left leg, and one cans- ing rupture; treated at Sheridan Hospital ; detailed as hospital steward at Savannah, and served in that capacity until discharged, and mustered ont with his regiment at Albany, July 12, 1865 : Hyndsville, N. Y. ; teacher ; married.
Abram Warner.
Seward - Painter; married ; enlisted August 20, 1864; joined his regiment at Cedar Creek ; contracted lung trouble ; remained with
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his regiment until discharged, June 30, 1865, and mustered out at Albany, July 12; died since, leaving a widow and children, Carrie, Mattie, Maggie.
David A. Moak.
Seward - Shoemaker; married ; age 33; enlisted September 12, 1864 ; contracted deafness ; did regular service until discharged with his regiment and mustered out at Albany, July 12, 1865 ; killed by railroad train, April 7, 1887 ; left a widow and children, Howard A., Karson S., Arthur, Frank S.
Stephen J. Mereness, Corporal.
Sharon - Carpenter ; married ; age 41; enlisted September 27, 1864 ; joined the regiment at Cedar Creek ; served on the move- ments of the regiment through all its travels ; detailed as provost marshal's clerk at Fort Pulaski, and served as clerk on muster out rolls ; mustered out at Albany, July 12, 1865 ; Sharon Centre, N. Y. ; insurance ; married. Daughter, Inez.
Chester Allen.
Seward -Carpenter ; married ; age 26; enlisted September 2, 1864; contracted malarial fever at Savannah ; treated at Fort Pu- laski and Newberne, N. C .; rejoined his regiment between Kings- ton and Goldsborough, and did full service afterward until dis- charged by general orders, and mustered ont, July 12, 1865 ; died March, 1891. Children, Mary E., Charity, Libbie, Charles, Mabel.
Peter A. Hiller.
Sharon - Farmer ; single; age 28 ; enlisted September 27, 1864; joined his regiment at Cedar Creek ; detailed as company clerk, regi- mental clerk, and P. M. ; contracted jaundice at Savannalı ; treated in general hospital for three months ; furlonghed home and dis- charged, July 13, 1865, by orders war department ; Cobleskill, N. Y .; citizen ; married.
Charles L. Hotaling, Corporal.
Sharon - Age 23 ; served in the early part of the war in the Thirty-ninth Ohio Infantry ; enlisted September 27, 1864; con- tracted camp fever at Fort Pulaski, Ga., and shared the fortunes and pilgrimages of his comrade William Kilts; discharged June 30, 1865 .- M. R.
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Samuel W. Fox.
Richmondville - Farmer ; married ; age 36 ; enlisted August 31, 1864 ; died of typhoid fever at Winchester, Va., November 22, 1864, leaving a widow and children, Mary E., Gordon W., John C .; Win- chester National Cemetery, Lot 16.
Levi Schermerhorn.
Cobleskill - His name does not appear on the muster-roll, although there is proof of his service in the organization; died December 16, 1870, of consumption ; he was discharged from Emory Hospital, Washington.
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVENTH NEW YORK VOLUNTEER IN- FANTRY.
This regiment was largely composed of men belonging to the old Tenth New York, which was recruited to the maximum number re- quired for a regular regiment of infantry, and entered the service for nine months. A majority of its members were residents of Albany county and but few were from Schoharie county. Enlistments for this regiment were made principally in September, October and November of 1862. At New York city it embarked on the steamer "Merrimac " for New Orleans, stopping at Hilton Head for three days for repairs, and affording the men an opportunity to hear the Gospel preached in colors, and to enjoy a Christmas sea-bath. At Pensacola, Fla., the regiment received their arms and equipments, and after a brief stay proceeded by same steamer to New Orleans. Here it be- came part of Sherman's Division of the Nineteenth Army Corps. After remaining in New Orleans, doing guard duty for about four weeks, it was transferred to Camp Parapet, and a week later to Bon- nie Carre, La. At this place the regiment was placed on full duty at drill, fatigue and guard. The products of the various sugar plan- tations in that vicinity had been seized by the United States forces after the capture of New Orleans, and a large force was required to guard the storehouses at the several places. While the regiment lay at Bonnie Carre, a large percentage of the men succumbed to the malarious effects of the climate and water, many dying in camp and on their way by steamer to Cairo, Ill. A day or two previous to the second unsuccessful assault on Port Hudson the regiment was transferred by steamer to that place and took part in the engagement, and remained as part of the besieging force until the place surren- dered. After some delay the One Hundred and Seventy-seventh
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embarked for Cairo, Ill., where it took cars for Albany, being dis- charged nearly a year after entering the service. Fox in his " Losses " gives the killed and died of wounds as nine ; disease, etc., one hun- dred and fifty-two.
COMPANY A.
Henry D. Wemple.
Wright-Single; age - ; enlisted October 23, 1862 ; served with his regiment until after the attack on Port Hudson ; died on his way home and buried at Memphis, Tenn .- Town Record.
John H. Loucks.
Wright - Married ; age 31; enlisted September 24, 1862; dis- charged September 10, 1863; re-enlisted September 2, 1864, in Company E, One Hundred and Seventy-fifth New York Infantry ; wounded at the battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, following ; dis- charged from hospital .- M. R. M.
Willard Lounsbury.
Wright -- Single : age 16; enlisted October, 1862; did full service until discharged, September 25, 1863 ; re-enlisted Angust 9, 1864, in Company I, Fifteenth New York Cavalry, for one year ; captured at Lacy Spring, December 20, 1864, and confined at Rich- mond, Va., until paroled, February 15, 1865 ; discharged June 12, 1865 .- M. R. M.
Barney Lavery.
Wright - Single; age 18; enlisted September 20, 1862; dis- charged September 10, 1863; wife resides at Middleburg, N. Y. Children, Florence, Elmina, Wesley, David.
Charles Shafer.
Wright -Single ; age 18; farmer; enlisted 22d of September, 1862 ; did full service until discharged with his regiment, Septem- ber 25, 1863 ; re-enlisted August 16, 1864, in Company I, Fifteenth New York Cavalry ; discharged ; 23 White street, Cohoes, N. Y .; furniture porter ; married. Children, Susie, John.
Francisco Barton.
Wright - Single ; age 20; enlisted October 25, 1862 ; discharged September 10, 1863 .-- M. R. M. A. 46
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John L. Maxwell.
Wright - Physician ; married ; age 29 ; enlisted -, 1862; did full service until wounded by gunshot in left foot ; treated in hospi- tal at Baton Rouge, La .; served as ward surgeon in same hospital, until expiration of term of service; East Florence, Oneida county, N. Y .; physician ; married. Children, Park B., Carrie M., William E., Sadie.
Edmund J. Bailey.
Schoharie - Clerk ; married ; enlisted -- , 1862 ; died of chronic diarrhea at Cairo, Ill., 1863 ; widow since died. One son, Augustus, now in the United States Army.
Ezra Warner.
Wright - Age 18 ; enlisted September 24, 1862 ; discharged Sep- tember 10, 1863; re-enlisted in Eleventh New York Independent Battery, August 13, 1864 ; discharged June 13, 1865 .- Town Rec- ord. South Center street, Schenectady, N. Y .; miller ; married. Children, Henry, George, Ettie, May, and " three others."
Thomas Carley.
Wright - Age 29 ; enlisted October 23, 1862 ; discharged Septem- ber 10, 1863 .- M. R. M.
Reuben A. Beller.
Middleburg - Single ; age 18; enlisted October 28, 1862; dis- charged September 10, 1863 .- M. R. Died a few years after the war, from suicidal insanity.
COMPANY G.
Uriah Hallenbeck, Corporal, Great-grandson of 1776.
Fulton -- Teacher ; single; age 25; enlisted October 30, 1862; died of cholera morbus at Cairo, Ill., Angust 27, 1863.
Spencer Zielie.
Middleburg - Harness-maker; single; age 24; enlisted October 30, 1862 ; contracted malarial fever at Bonnie Carre ; died at Port Hudson, September 22, 1863.
Robert Thomas, Chaplain.
Middleburg - Baker ; married ; age 44; enlisted November S
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1862; appointed chaplain and served in that capacity until dis- charged, September 10, 1863 .- M. R. M.
Clark Clow.
Wright - Single ; age 17 ; enlisted October 3, 1862 ; did full ser- vice until discharged with his regiment, September 18, 1863; re- enlisted in Company F, Forty-third New York Infantry, March 9, 1865; discharged May 9, 1865; died February 2, 1883, leaving a widow and children, Charles, Effie.
Jacob Zimmer.
Middleburg - Farmer; age 31; enlisted October 31, 1862; dis- charged September 10, 1863 .- M. R. Died February 22, 1864, of disability contracted in the service.
Jeremiah Nasholts.
Middleburg -- Farmer ; single ; age 23; enlisted November 15, 1862 ; discharged September 10, 1863 ; died of asphyxia from gas at Albany in November, 1890.
Jedediah Tompkins, Corporal.
Middleburg -- Farmer; single ; age 23; enlisted November 19, 1862 ; transferred as orderly to the staff of General Banks; con- tracted typhoid fever and died at New Orleans, July 30, 1863 .-- M. R.
Madison Settle.
Wright -Single ; age 22; enlisted October 31, 1862; contracted fever and died on board a Mississippi steamer near Fort Pillow, Angust 26, 1863 .-- M. R.
John H. Mattice.
Schoharie - Single; age 25 : enlisted October 14, 1862 ; discharged September 10, 1865 .- M. R.
ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SECOND NEW YORK INFANTRY.
Organized March, 1865 ; was not assigned, owing to the late date of completing its organization ; it lost twenty- six men by disease.
COMPANY H.
Nicholas Sagendorf.
Schoharie - Laborer ; single ; age 16; enlisted March 10, 1865 ;
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discharged August 28, 1865 ; Gallupville, N. Y .; laborer ; married. Children, Mary E., Betsey M., William, Annie C., Katie F., El- mira, Ethel M.
Two other names of men for this organization are given in the Town Record but they are not found on the Muster-Rolls, which appear to be incomplete.
MEN REPUTED AS DOING HONORABLE SERVICE WHOSE RECORDS AND ORGANIZATIONS I CANNOT FIND.
Foster Jump.
Dead.
David W. Burton.
Died July 11, 1862.
George Clapper.
" Died at Hart's Island."
Stanton Mattice.
Company B, Ninety-first New York Infantry, died 1876, age 38.
VETERANS SERVING IN OTHER STATE ORGANIZA- TIONS THAN NEW YORK.
TWENTY-SIXTH WISCONSIN INFANTRY.
COMPANY G. John Horn. Schoharie -" A native of Prussia ;" enlisted August 12, 1862; discharged April 10, 1863 ; died August 6, 1863.
FORTY-NINTH WISCONSIN VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
COMPANY H.
D. Ward Ellis.
Broome - Laborer ; single; age 20 ; enlisted March, 1865 ; dis- charged November, 1865; Curtis, Neb .; married ; laborer.
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EIGHTEENTH PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY.
COMPANY D.
Harrison Kniskern.
Blenheim -- Cooper : single ; age 22 ; enlisted at Titusville, Pa., September 8, 1862; during his first two years' service he contracted bilious fever at Warrenton Junction, and measles at Culpeper C. H .; was taken prisoner at the battle of Mine Run, and confined in An- dersonville, Florence, and other prisons. (See Prison Report.) After a furlough home, returned to Annapolis and remained until discharged by general orders, at the close of the war: Franklinton, N. Y .; cooper ; married.
ELEVENTH PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY.
COMPANY E.
William A. Crapser, Lieutenant.
Fulton - Farmer : single : age 22; enlisted August 26, 1861 ; served full term and discharged for re-enlistment at Portsmouth, Va., November 24, 1863: commissioned second lieutenant in Second New York Mounted Rifles with rank from August 1, 1864; contracted rheumatism in the service, resulting in complete inability to walk for several years ; was wounded in right arm at Five Forks, Va .; discharged with his regiment, November, 1865 ; died Septem- ber 9, 1890, leaving a widow and children.
SECOND NEW JERSEY CAVALRY.
COMPANY F.
Andrew Y. Guffin, Corporal.
Carlisle-Farmer; single; age 16: enlisted at Jersey City, August 17, 1864 : rendezvous Trenton Barracks; joined his regiment at Memphis, Tenn .; served about Memphis against the Texas Rangers ; took part in Grierson's famous raid through Mississippi, and with his regiment on picket duty around Nateliez, during February following, the only white troops stationed at that place; in March, the regi- ment was transferred to Carrolton, four miles above New Orleans, and in April to Stook's Landing, Mobile Bay-the dispatch post between Mobile and Pensacola ; after ten days' service was ordered
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to Montgomery, Ala., to Columbus, and to Vicksburg, Miss .; dis- charged with his regiment at Vicksburg, July 22, 1865; Columbus, Cherokee county, Kan .; breeder of fine horses ; married. Children, Frank R., Nellie E.
FIRST NEW JERSEY CAVALRY.
James H. Palmatier.
Schoharie - Farmer ; single ; age 18 ; enlisted at Newark, N. J., while on a visit to friends ; joined his regiment at Trenton, and ar- rived at Washington in August, 1862 ; his regiment took the field early in 1862, and served in General Bayard's Cavalry Brigade ; he was killed by a blow on the head from a saber at the battle of Brandy Station, June 9, 1863.
RHODE ISLAND LIGHT ARTILLERY.
David S. Coons.
Schoharie - Married ; farmer; age 22; enlisted September 5, 1864; killed by accident, October 22, 1864.
SECOND UNITED STATES HORSE BATTERY.
George Ham, Corporal.
Blenheim - Farmer; single ; age 23; enlisted in 1859 ; during the civil war he participated with his battery in the following en- gagements : First Bull Run, West Point, Gaines Mill, Nelson's Farm, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Salem Heights, Gettysburg, Culpeper, Raccoon Ford, Stephensburg, Jack's Shop, Merton Ford, Brandy Station, Bealton Station, Major's Farm, Chancellorsville, Todd's Tavern, Beaver Dam Station, Glen Allen, Cold Harbor, Milford, Hawe's Shop, Matteawan Creek, Ruffin's Farm, Old Church, Yellow Tavern, Bottoms Bridge, Trevellyn Station, Strausburg, Southfield, Middle- town, Winchester, Milford, and Leroy ; was wounded during his service, on the head and in the arm; Severy, Kansas ; married. Children.
George Chilson.
Esperance -- Enlisted in the three months' service, at the begin- ning of the war, and was stationed at Norfolk, Va .; nothing more is learned from his mother, who thinks he is still living'; his brother,
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Loren, served in Company HI, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth New York.
John N. Wilsey.
Schoharie - Farmer ; single ; age 29; enlisted in Company K, First Massachusetts, December, 1863 ; transferred to navy ; not heard from .- Town Record.
THIRTIETHI NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
COMPANY B.
William H. Jackson.
Summit - Clerk ; single ; enlisted for a short term in the above organization, which was assigned to the Army of the Potomac; he served his term of enlistment, and then entered the contract service and served in the quartermaster's department at Nashville, Tenn .; died at his home in Charlotteville, of typhoid fever, April 2, 1868.
David Sperbeck.
Richmondville - Had been a sailor for several years before en- listing in the cavalry service of the Regular Army in 1856 ; served five years and then enlisted in the United States Navy, serving thir- teen months ; Cooperstown, N. Y.
NAVY.
William J. Blodgett.
Middleburg - Seaman ; single; age 30; enlisted August, 1861 ; assigned to steamer "Santiago De Cuba" at Brooklyn ; cruised along the Atlantic coast and West Indies on a " roving commission," con- voying outgoing and incoming mail steamers ; followed the Rebel privateer "Alabama" around the West Indies and South America, un- til she left American waters ; after the capture of New Orleans, the "Santiago De Cuba" served as a " dispatch boat;" after over two years' service Comrade Blodgett was transferred, for a short time, to the steamer "Powhattan," then sent to Boston on the "Santiago DeCuba," which had become disabled, and discharged ; on June 20, 1864, he re-enlisted and was assigned to Company G, Fifth Vermont Infantry, and joined his regiment at Monoeacy, Md., at the beginning of the Shenandoah campaign ; he served regularly in line of duty through the Valley, before Petersburg, to the Appomattox, and after the
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surrender of Lee, to the surrender of Johnson; marched in the Grand Review at Washington, and was discharged at Falls Church, Va., June 29, 1865 ; Middleburg, N. Y .; mechanic ; single.
Augustus Rickard.
Middleburg - Farmer ; single ; age 25; enlisted in 1861, and was assigned to the steamer " Pensacola," and served a full term of three years on board that vessel ; re-enlisted for another term of three years, assigned to the same steamer, and served regularly until discharged at end of term ; came home, married, and died in June, 1883, leaving a widow and children, Winnie, Madison, Arthur.
Chauncy Eckerson.
Middleburg - Paper-maker; single; age 25 ; enlisted August 20, 1862, as landsman at the naval rendezvous at New York city ; served in the guard fleet at Newberne, N. C .; discharged from United States steamer " Whitehead " and from the naval service, Septem- ber 2, 1863; died at Middleburg, N. Y., May 30, 1872.
Milo R. Dibble.
Summit - Farmer ; single ; age 21 ; enlisted at Buffalo, August 22, 1864 ; assigned to the steamner " Wabash " of the North Atlan- tic squadron ; took part in the engagement at Fort Fisher; was transferred to steamer "I. M. Seymour " and discharged at Phila- - delphia, June 12, 1865 ; Coralitos, Santa Cruz county, Cal .; farmer; married. Daughter, May A.
Philip Eckerson.
Cobleskill -Farmer ; single ; age 18; enlisted for one year at New York city ; served on board the " Galena " at the siege of Forts Morgan, Gaines, and Powell ; discharged at end of term at Philadel- phia ; re-enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Eighth New York Infantry in March, 1865 ; served two months and was then dis- charged ; dead.
Lewis H. Kniskern, Surgeon.
Schoharie - Single ; medical student ; appointed assistant surgeon and assigned to duty on board transport " Mary Powell " at Port Royal .- A. Clinton, Iowa ; physician ; married.
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UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS.
There are many dates in the records of the colored men who en- tered the army from Schoharie county that I am unable to obtain. the muster-rolls of the Regular Army not being accessible. Many living are not able to remember the exact date of their enlistment or discharge. The majority from this county served in the Twentieth and Twenty-sixth United States Colored Troops. It appears from the testimony of the men, that at some time during their service, the Twenty-sixth and Twentieth were consolidated ; but I infer that such impression has arisen from a fact of transfer of some of the men from the Twenty-sixth to the Twentieth. As it is not very material to this object I will place them as they enlisted, without further comment.
ELEVENTH UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS.
COMPANY E.
John Lewis.
Schoharie - Laborer ; married ; age 23; enlisted September 2, 1863 ; did regular service until wounded by gunshot in right arm at Plaquemine, La .; treated for six months in hospital ; detailed to quartermaster's department for six months, and then rejoined his regiment ; discharged September 11, 1865 ; Cobleskill, N. Y .; laborer; married. Children, Harriett, Mary A., John P., Roy.
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