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67. FILBIN, JOHN, Perry .- Mustered in, August 30th, 1862. Notwithstanding that, when at home, he was a strong man and a hard worker, change of scene and climate threw him into a chronic state of sickness. He was taken prisoner at Plymouth and is reported to have died at Florence. ·
68. FINNIGAN, DENNIS, Warsaw, N.Y .- Enlisted March 24th, 1864. Transferred to Third N. Y. Artillery, May 25th, 1865. Joined April 20th, 1864.
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69. FITCH, CHAS. W., Perry .- Mustered in, August 30th, 1862. Charley was a pleasant, sociable comrade. He understood and did his duty, and, therefore, made a faithful, commendable soldier. He was taken prisoner at Plymouth. He died at Andersonville Hospital, of pneumonia, August 4th, 1864. The number of his grave is 4,819.
70. FITZGERALD, THOMAS, Perry .- Mustered in, August 30th, 1862. Was taken prisoner at Plymouth and died at Andersonville Stockade, August 21st, 1864. We did not see so much of him after we reached Andersonville, and can, therefore, say but little about his sickness or death.
71. FITZPATRICK, PIERCE, Albany .- Joined for service, November 16th, 1861. Re-enlisted in January, 1864, as. a veteran.
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lator, a kind of battery sutler. His eagerness to " make a strike," when we were out on a march or a raid, often led him into trouble-(See account of the Trenton march). He was of a fierce and nervous disposition- even slightly bordering on insanity. Was always writing letters to the President, suggesting the best means of con- ducting the war. Writing so bad that no one but himself could read it, and he not when it had got cool. At the first of the attack on Plymouth, he caused considerable mer- riment among the members of the Battery by pursuing a portion of an exploded rebel shell, which had just passed by his head, with a velocity which, probably would not have been abated much had his head interfered. He considered that piece of shell very valuable as a "relic," and stowed it away in his pocket with the remark that "money couldn't buy it."
On the morning of the last day of the battle, he was stationed at the corner of intersecting streets, on the ex- treme left of the line of works, in charge of the caisson and caisson horses, belonging to Merrill's detachment. The rebels had broken through the left of the works, and were marching directly upon the right. As they approached, they called upon Fitzpatrick to surrender, but he unflinchingly refused. At this time the rebels fired a volley, simultaneously with a double-shotted canister discharge from the piece to which Fitzpatrick belonged,-and he fell. Nearly all of the Battery horses .and many of the rebels were killed by the canister. No . one can tell whether he was killed by the canister or by the bullets of the rebels,
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72. FLYNN, JAMES, Hamlin .- Joined for duty October 21st, 1861. Re-enlisted, as a veteran, January 8th, 1864. He was promoted to corporal while at Plymouth. He suffered a great deal from chills and fever at Plymouth ; at one time he fell down a flight of stairs in a congestive chill and was taken up for dead. Corporal Hurlburt was near with some restorative, and doubtless, by his prompt action, Flynn's life was saved. He was taken prisoner at Plymouth and died at Andersonville Stockade, September 10th, 1864, of scorbutis. The number of his grave is 8,378.
73. FOSTER, HENRY (alias Henry Frost) .- Enlisted at Brooklyn, N. Y., on the 24th February, 1864. Mus- tered in at Riker's Island, N. Y., March 10th, 1864, and joined for duty at Plymouth, N. C., March 14th, 1864, where he was taken prisoner on the 20th of April, and was marched one hundred miles, to Tarboro, N. C., en route for Andersonville Prison. Remained there five months ; was then transferred to Florence, S. C., and was in prison there three months. Was paroled at Charleston Harbor, S. C., on the steamer "Verona." December 11th, 1864, arrived at Camp Parole, Annapo- lis, Md. December 15th, got a furlough from 24th December, to January 25th, 1865. On the way home- ward, was seized with typhoid fever, and taken to Cam- den Street Hospital, Baltimore, December 29th, where he was sick five months. He was discharged from ser- vice, May 13th, 1866. Married a young lady of Phila- delphia, July 25th, 1865, at New Berlin, Union Co., Penn.
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This young man saw an advertisement in the New York papers-" Wanted a Pay Master's Clerk," and as he was subject to draft, the best thing he could do would be to accept some such position and get out of it. He accordingly went to New York, and applied for the position. Was greeted cordially, asked to drink, and told that that position had just been filled, but that they had another position equally as good, that of captain's clerk. Drank several times, and then concluded to accept the position of captain's clerk, for the Twenty- fourth Independent Battery. The papers were drawn up, and he was told that before accepting the position it would be necessary for him to take the oath of allegiance to the Government, this he did, then drank the health of all hands, and knew no more until the next morning, when he woke up, dressed in uniform on Riker's Island. Was forwarded to the company and duly presented himself to Capt. Cady, March 10th, 1864, as his clerk, and was astonished and disappointed to find that he was a soldier, and was assigned to Camp's detachment as an extra duty man and had charge of the Big Gray Horse.
This was his story after arrival at the company.
Present address, No. 333 Franklin Street, Baltimore, Md.
74. GALUSHA, JONAS E., Perry .- Enlisted August 29th, 1862.
Mustered in, August 30th, 1862, at Buffalo.
Taken prisoner at Plymouth. Was exchanged, and died at the Parole Camp, at Annapolis, Md., December 19th, 1864, of chronic diarrhoea.
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He was a quick, active soldier; and, we believe, was promoted to corporal, while stationed at Plymouth.
75. GOODHUE, D. W., Rochester, N. Y .- Enlisted and mustered in, September 30th, 1864, for one year.
Transferred to Third New York Artillery, May 25th, 1865.
Joined as a recruit, November 9th, 1864, at Roanoke Island.
76. GOULD, WILLARD, Moscow, N. Y .- Mustered in, August 30th, 1862.
Discharged, by reason of disability, by order of Major General Dix, August 20th, 1864, at General Hospital, Newark, N. J.
Think he was transferred to the Invalid Corps.
We have not been able to find his present address.
77. GRANT, MURRAY .-- Enlisted at Moscow, August 30th, 1862. .
Was mustered in at Buffalo, September 10th, 1862.
Promoted to artificer. The southern climate did not agree with him, and he was ailing for a long time.
He finally died at Plymouth. We believe his remains were embalmed and sent home.
78. GREEN, LAWRENCE, Moscow .- Enlisted for three years, January, 4th, 1864.
Mustered in at Canandaigua, January 23d, 1864.
Transferred to Third New York Artillery, May 25th, 1865.
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Joined April 20th, 1864, at mouth of Roanoke river, en route to Plymouth. A good soldier.
79. GRIFFITH, CHAS. R., Perry, N. Y .- Joined for service, October 1st, 1861.
Re-enlisted, as veteran, January 1, 1864.
Was appointed corporal at organization of the Rocket Battalion, at Albany. Was promoted to sergeant, November 4th, 1862.
Taken prisoner at Plymouth, and died at Florence, S. C. He seemed to have little hope after his capture, and gave himself up to the belief that he should never return home alive.
80. GRIFFITH, ALBERT, Perry .- Enlisted August 27th, 1862.
Mustered in at Buffalo, August 30th, 1862. Was appointed artificer, November 4th, 1862.
He was the oldest of the three brothers. Willis had enlisted first, Charles had followed, and Albert felt that he could not stay at home. Therefore, when the en- thusiasm of the enlisted men, in the fall of 1862, was at its height, he too was drawn into the vortex, and joined the common cause with them. While we were erecting our sheds and barracks in New Berne, his practical knowledge of building was invaluable to us. He was taken prisoner at Plymouth, and died in the Anderson- ville Stockade, of chronic diarrhea, July 9th, 1864.
The number of his grave is 3,101.
81, GRISEWOOD, THOMAS, Perry .- Enlisted Nov. 22d,
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1861. In company with the Duryea brothers, he de- serted from the company while it was at Washington ; and we believe he never returned to it. We are told that he is in California.
82. HART, CHAS .- Joined as a recruit Oct. 12th, 1864, at Roanoke Island. No muster and descriptive roll re- ceived. About fifty years of age. Said he was drugged and taken from New York City to Hart Island in August, 1864. Did not know whether he volunteered or was a substitute. Never received any bounty. Was a man about like Geo. McEwen, only faithful and orderly.
83. HARMON, JOHN C., Rochester, N. Y .- Enlisted and mustered in for one year, September 30th, 1864, and joined November 9th, 1864, at Roanoke. Transferred to Third New York Artillery, May 25th, 1865.
84. HARRINGTON, M .- Joined for duty November 9th, 1861, at Clarkson.
85. HASTINGS, FRED'K E., Mt. Morris, N. Y .- Was among the earliest recruits of the Battery. Serving as a private for many months, he afterwards received promo- tion to the several positions of sergeant, second and first lieutenant.
He participated in the battles attending the first Goldsboro' expedition, and was always ready for any mission of adventure or danger. Fred's easy good na- ture, and ready sympathies, gave him the key to the good will and affection of the Battery boys. He cer- tainly ranked the associate officers in popularity.
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In February, 1864, by virtue of a general order of the War Department, applying to all batteries reduced in numbers, Lieut. Dolbeer and he were mustered out as supernumerary officers. It was his intention to recruit the company to the maximum standard, and thereby to secure re-appointment. This design was defeated by the subsequent capture of the organization. "Lieut. Fred" then entered upon mercantile pursuits in his native vil- lage, Mt. Morris, Livingston County, N. Y. In this vo- cation he has had remarkable success.
He has committed matrimony.
Those who recollect his rabid political tenets, will not be surprised to learn that he is largely responsible for a course of lectures lately delivered in Mt. Morris, by Fred'k Douglas, Theodore Tilton, Miss Anna Dick- inson, and others, cast in the angular mould of the Rad- ical Republican. Despite of his extreme political con- nections, all who know Fred will freely applaud and honor his sincerity. In the hope that abundant pros- perity may attend him, we leave him to make history.
86. HATHAWAY, CHAS., Perry .- Enlisted August 29th, 1862. Mustered in at Buffalo, August 30th, 1862. Was taken prisoner at Plymouth, and died at Andersonville Hospital, of chronic diarrhoea, June 12th. The number of his grave is 1,891.
Charley was one of those who, at the time of the last accession to the Battery, had made up their minds to enter the army ; and whether they went with the Battery or with some other organization, was of secondary con- sideration.
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He made a good soldier. He had entered the ranks . with the right spirit. He was a pacifier at our outbursts of impatience and resentment at supposed wrongs.
He was fond of the good things of this world, and none appreciated the gifts from home more than he ; but he was always ready to share with his fellows.
He saw but little of the sufferings at Andersonville, as he was the seventh man that died there. He had suf- fered from miasmatic fever at Plymouth, and was in no condition to undergo such a change of climate, and want of proper food.
He was serene, willing and prepared to die ; and gave us the few loving words to his parents and his friends, with the calmness of one who felt assured of a heavenly home.
87. HINTON, WM. H., Rochester, N. Y .- Enlisted and mustered in October 1st, 1864, for one year. Joined November 9th, 1864, at Roanoke. Transferred to Third New York Artillery, May 25th, 1864. Was a re-enlisted veteran, having served in the two year enlistment of 1861, in infantry. . Good, trusty soldier.
88. HOLMAN, GEORGE, Hague, N. Y .- Enlisted Sep- tember 28th, 1861. Re-enlisted at Plymouth, January 1st, 1864. Was taken prisoner at Plymouth. We knew little of him during the prison experience. He lived through it, however, and we find him reported absent at College Green Barracks, Annapolis. Rejoined, an ex- changed prisoner, in May, 1865, looking fat and healthy, and cleaner than before his capture, from which we may
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infer that prison life improved him. He was mustered out at Syracuse, July 7th, 1864. Was married after his return from the army, and now lives in Albany.
89. HOLLISTER, BENJAMIN H .- After writing us pleas- ant words of encouragement, he says : I enlisted the 28th of August, 1862. Mustered in at Buffalo, Septem- ber 10th, 1862. Was in battle at Plymouth, N. C., April 18th, 19th and 20th, 1864. In Andersonville Prison from May 1st until September 11th, when I was removed to Charleston, S. C., taken to hospital and kept there until November 28th, when I was paroled with the first ten thousand sick, and placed on board the U. S. Trans- port at Savannah, Ga., November 30th, 1864. Arrived in Annapolis, December 4th. Received furlough about the 20th, for thirty days, which was extended to thirty more. I then reported for duty at the U. S. G. Hospital, and in consequence of going on duty before being per- fectly recovered, I was seized with typhoid fever-was unconscious thirty-one days-was then sent to U. S. G. * Hospital, at Baltimore, Md., and from here I was dis- charged, May 23d, 1865.
Present residence, Wellsville, Alleghany Co., N. Y .- Occupation, window-blind manufacturer. Married here to Miss Alice D. Macken, and have as fine a young soldier as the country can boast of.
90. HOMAN, CHARLES H., Perry .- Enlisted, August. Mustered in at Buffalo, August 30th, 1862.
A chronic ailment caused his name to be placed on the invalid list, and he was in and out of hospitals until
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we reached Plymouth. He writes : "I was sent to New Berne, to the general hospital, to be treated for the chronic diarrhea, and after I got a little better, I was sent to the head surgeon, who examined me, and his judgment was that I might do for the invalid corps, and so I was sent back to my quarters, and in a short time I and two or three hundred more, were sent north, to Newark, New Jersey, to be treated for whatever was the matter with us. I got a little better here, so that I could get out, and then I was sent up to the head-quarters again and examined, and the doctor said I would do for the second corps of invalids, and so in I went. I stayed in this some time, until I got better, and then I was ex- amined again, and transferred to the first corps, and after staying here some time, I was sent down to Point Lookout, Md., to guard rebel prisoners. The prisoners sent here to Point Lookout, fared as well as our own boys did. I stayed here until Grant compelled Lee to surrender, and in a short time I was sent to Albany, N. Y., and mustered out of the service, after the war closed."
He subsequently adds : "I was transferred to the second battalion of the veteran reserve corps, on the 7th July, 1864, and then sent to Newark, N. J., and some- time in the winter of 1865, (January or February) I was transferred to the first battalion, Eleventh Regt., Co. G., Captain Benson Brown, and in March was sent to Point Lookout, stayed there until sent to Albany, and dis- charged, June 29th, and received my pay on the 7th July, ' 1865, and went home. Making two years, ten months and some days, that I was in the army. "
Present address-Perry, N. Y.
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91. HORTON, CHARLES, Albany, N. Y .- Enlisted and mustered in for one year, September 15th, 1864.
Transferred to Third New York Artillery, May 25th, 1865.
Joined at Roanoke, October 12th, 1864.
92. HOSFORD, WM. F., Perry .- Enlisted August 29th, 1862. Mustered in at Buffalo, August 30th, 1863.
At the time of his enlistment he was a student at Perry Academy. His peculiar tenacity for correctness, his taste for thorough investigation and research, his flat refusals to believe anything that could not be historically or logically proven, gave him promise of a rank among the best of scholars. He carried his love of study with him into the army, and paid but little attention to anything but his books and his duties. He was a consoler in time of trouble, and a popular prophet, inas- much as wisdom of mind is supposed to accompany wisdom of speech.
He was taken prisoner at Plymouth. We believe that just before his capture, he was promoted corporal.
During his prison life, he was buoyant and hopeful. On account of such a spirit, we thought, and yet think, that he would have endured to the end the treatment that was there received. But he was seized with malig- nant typhoid fever, and although we had him removed to the hospital, and did all in our power to save him, he died, June 24th, 1864, a few days after the disease made its appearance.
The number of his grave is 2,445.
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93. HOYT, WILBUR M., Brooks Grove .- Enlisted Au- gust 29th, 1862.
Mustered in, August 30th, 1862.
No nobler soldier served his country for his country's good. A man of fine physical proportions, of sound morals and integrity, and of strong religious tendencies. He had prepared himself to fill the role allotted to him : to fight and to die, with courage and with calmness. During the early part of the attack on Plymouth, his piece was ordered into action, at the first embrazure, at the right of the large house, used as the Battery barracks. Hoyt was No. 1 (that is the man using the rammer and swab). The piece had been firing some little time, when they commenced to fire more rapidly. As he was "ramming a shell home, " No. 5, (whose duty it was to keep the vent hole covered) became excited, and in turning round to give some instruction concerning the ammunition, he uncovered the vent. A premature dis- charge immediately followed, and rammer, shell and all, went through the arms of Hoyt. One arm was shot off, the other shattered, and his face and body blackened skin deep with the burnt powder. Captain Cady stand- ing near, was so deafened, that for a day or two, it was almost impossible for him to hear anything. One or two others were slightly injured. Hoyt fell back, but was not satisfied to be taken away until he saw his post filled and his 'piece at work.
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faith. Not a groan, not a murmur escaped his lips. He ' had loved his country, he had served his country, and he was willing to die for his country.
The physicians were very kind to him. The nurses looked upon his courage with wonder. Everything was done for him that could be done. He lingered along, until after we had surrendered. A few wounded were left with him, while we were marched off. He died, April 26th, 1864.
Was buried on a vacant lot west of the building occu- pied as the hospital of the Eighty-fifth Regiment, on the brow of the hill, overlooking the river. While in the quartermaster's department, at Roanoke, Lieut. Camp had head boards made, and after the recapture of Plymouth, by our forces, Stoddard had them erected over his grave.
94. HUBBARD, H .- Joined for duty, Nov. 16th, 1861, at Ticonderoga.
95. HUGHSON, WALLACE E., Rochester, N. Y .- Enlisted and mustered in, for one year, Oct. 1st, 1864, and joined November 9th, 1864, at Roanoke. Transferred to Third N. Y. Artillery, May 25th, 1865. From Hamlin, N. Y., was a relative of Rufus Ainsworth, and a re-enlisted veteran, having served two years on enlistment in 1861.
96. HUMPHREY, ARTHUR, Poughkeepsie, N. Y .- En- listed, for one year, September 22d, 1864. Joined at Roanoke, October 12th, 1864. Transferred to Third N. Y. Artillery, May 25th, 1865.
97. HUMPHREY, CHAS., Kingston, N. Y .- Enlisted and
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mustered in, for one year, September 29th, 1864. Joined October 12th, 1864, at Roanoke. Transferred to Third N. Y. Artillery, May 25th, 1865.
98. HUNTER, EDWIN H. JR., New York .- Enlisted February 18th, 1862. He was promoted corporal by Captain Lee, and on the 14th April, 1862, was promoted sergeant. He was very retired, but much liked by all. While we were stationed at New Berne, he was greatly shocked by reading in the New York paper of the mur- der of his mother, by the hand of his father. During a storm of anger, the father had buried a hatchet in the mother's skull. He was furloughed, and came to New York during the trial. He returned to the Battery, but, of course, quite changed. He often expressed the de- pression and the degradation that he felt. He was generally and deeply sympathized with, and, to our knowledge, he was very grateful for the many kind words and kind acts tendered him. At Plymouth he was ailing from the effects of " chills and fever," and suffered quite severely from that complaint, during the last two days of the battle. He was taken prisoner and died at Andersonville Hospital, of typhoid fever, July 15th, 1864.
The number of his grave is 3,365. .
99. HURLBURT, E. T. M .- He writes :- " I enlisted in Perry, August 29th, 1862. Mustered in at Buffalo, August 30th, 1862. Mustered out in New Berne, May 23d, 1865. I was in the battle of New Berne, on the anniversary of the capture of that city by Burnside, and
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in the terrible battle of Foster's Mills, and did as much retreating as any of them. I was not taken prisoner. I did not re-enlist. I was detailed as clerk in the engineer's office at New Berne, nine days before the battle of Plymouth, when our boys were taken prisoners, which detail saved me, probably, from a prisoner's death. I was promoted to corporal in October, 1862, at Newport Barracks. I was again detailed as apothecary, in Beau- fort General Hospital, in July, 1864. While on this duty, was placed in medical charge of Refugee Camp, at Beaufort, and after acting in the capacity of apothecary and assistant-surgeon, for five months, was ordered to Mansfield General Hospital, at Morehead City, as a patient, but was soon ordered on duty as acting-assist- ant surgeon, by Surgeon Palmer, then in charge of hospital, in which capacity I continued to act until I received my discharge; the most of the time having charge of the bedded patients, though a private, for which ser- vice I received a document stating the above facts, signed by Surgeon J. C. Salter (in charge), endorsed by Surgeon D. W. Hand, in charge of Medical Depart- ment of N. C. At one time I had charge of the sick ward, while four, wearing shoulder-straps, wete doctoring convalescents. This document also states that I, at one time, had charge of the General Hospital, but it was by default of Dr. Mudie, then by authority in charge.
" After receiving my discharge, I graduated at Buffalo Medical College, practiced medicine one year, at Ridge- way, N. Y., came to Hannibal, opened an office, July 12th, 1867, and have every reason to be satisfied with my choice of vocation and location," 6
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100. JACKSON, DANIEL, Leroy, N. Y .- Enlisted and mustered in, September 1st, 1864, for three years.
En route to join the Battery, he jumped overboard the transport, at Fortress Monroe, and deserted. For further particulars, see Henry Raymond.
101. JOHNSON, GEORGE B., Perry .- Enlisted October 1, 1861. Was promoted corporal. Was taken prisoner at Plymouth.
Johnson was a man quite advanced in age. He was intellectually and argumentatively strong. He was no- tably radical in his feelings and in his speech. While we were in garrison he perused the newspapers with eagerness and thoroughness, and few in the Battery were possessed of as much knowledge concerning the war as he. Politics were his favorite theme; though, during his imprisonment, his mind was called more to the Bible ; and his conversations with his comrades indicated that that Book had received a great deal of study and atten- tion from him.
He was sent from the stockade at Andersonville to the hospital, to do police duty. Gradually, however, he suc- cumbed to that dread malady, chronic diarrhoea. He saw that he was declining-made his will, and a disposi- tion of the few things he possessed-and prepared him- self for the great change.
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