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B. 7th. 18. Nov. 25. Feb. 12.
Re-enlisted Feb. 25, '64.
PETER DEFORGE,
G. 7th. 18. Dec. 3. Feb. 12.
EDWARD DIN,
G. 7th. 21. Dec. 11. Feb. 12.
Died Dee. 14, 1862, of wounds.
1861.
JAMES P. ELMER,
H. 5th. 22. Aug. 23.
Transferred to Invalid Corps ; wounded.
JEREMIAH FULLAM, . B. 7th. 26. Dec. 17.
Died in service.
DAVID GREENOUGH, H. Cav. 28. Sept. 23. Nov. 19. Disch'd, spring, 1862.
WILLARD S. HUMPHREY, B. 2d. 25. May 15. June 20. Disch'd Oct. 14, 1862.
CHARLES HEMENWAY, G. 5th. 32. Aug. 26. Sept. 16. Transf'd to Inv. Corps, Sept. 1, 1863. E. V. N. HITCHCOCK, C. 7th. 20. Com. 1st Lt. Feb. 4, '62. Pro. Capt. Aug. 28, '62.
1862.
DANIEL D. HENNESSEY, G. 7th. 45. Nov 29. Feb. 12. 1861.
Died Aug. 2, 1862.
GEORGE M. JOHNSON, B. 2d. 29. May 16. June 20.
WILLIAM JOHNSON, G. 5th. 18. Aug. 21. Sept. 16. Disch'd Oet. 30, 1862.
1861. 1861.
signed Nov. 27, '61. Died February 5, 1863. Discharged.
Sergt., Feb. 1, 1864.
WILLIAM CONNELL,
485
ROLL OF VOLUNTEERS.
Names.
Company.
Regiment.
Age.
When
When mus- tered in.
Remarks.
1861.
1861.
MILTON KEMP,
E. 2d S's. 20. Oct. 16.
Disch'd June 26, 1862.
WILLIS F. KEELER,
H. 2d S's.
Oct. 16.
CURTIS KIMBERLY,
H. 2d S's. Oct. 16.
FRANCIS LADABUSH,
2dVt.Bat. 21. Dec. 16. Dec. 16. Deserted Feb. 16, 1863.
G. 5th. 22. Aug. 26. Sept. 16. Killed in battle, Fair
Oaks, June 29, 1862.
MICHAEL MALONEY,
B. 7th. 18. Dec. 11. Feb. 12. Died Feb. 11, 1864.
1864.
ROLLIN C. PHILLIPS,
K. 2d. 19.
June 29.
WILLIAM PELKY,
A. 3d. 34.
Discharged. Discharged 1863.
JEREMIAH PELKY,
G. 5th. 32. Sept. 12.
EDWARD PELKY,
G. 5th. 41. Aug. 26. Sept. 16. Disch'd Dec. 14, 1861.
AMOS POTTER,
B. 7th. 21. Nov. 25. Feb. 12. Re-enlisted.
EDWARD PHALEN,
B. 7th. 18. Dec. 3. Feb. 12. Taken pris. in Florida, Feb., '64; exch'd 1865.
1862.
PETER PROVOST,
C. 7th. 18. Dec. 16. Feb. 12.
1861.
WILLIAM H. ROWE,
G. 5th. 38. Aug. 22. Sept. 16. Disch'd Jan. 6, 1864.
JEROME SMITH,
2dV.Bat. 18. Oct. 14.
Disch'd Aug. 24, 1863.
CHAS. K. SPENCER,
K.1stCav. 23. Sept. 17. Nov. 19. Promoted Sergeant.
WILLIAM D. SMITH,
E. 2d S's. 18. Oct. 16. Nov. 9. Died Oct. 1, 1863.
HENRY TRUMBULL,
H. 5th. 19. Aug. 24. Sept. 16. Disch'd Nov. 15, 1862,
wounded.
DANIEL W. TAFT,
G.1st Cav. 18. Oct. 2.
1862.
SENECA E. WHEELER,
G. 7th. 20. Dec. 28. Feb. 12. Died Aug. 8, 1862.
Disch'd Oct. 8, 1862.
ARNOLD F. WALLACE,
2dVt. Bat. 19. Oct. 15. Dec. 16.
On the call of the President, August 5th, 1862, for three hundred thousand men, this town supplied the following :
Names.
Company.
Regiment.
Age.
When
When mus-
tered in.
Remarks.
1862. 1862.
MARCUS ATWOOD, C. 10th. 20. Aug. 4. Sept. 1. Killed in battle, Nov.
27, 1863.
THOMAS O'BRIEN,
B. 9th. 26. June 11. July 9. Disch'd Jan. 16, 1863.
enlisted.
Dis. about June, 1862.
WILLIAM S. WALKER, B. 7th. Dec. 9. Feb. 12. 1861. Dec. 16, pro. Corp; and Oct. 15, '63, pro. Sergt.
HENRY A. MITCHELL,
enlisted.
486
HISTORY OF PITTSFORD.
Names.
Company.
Regiment.
Age.
When
enlisted.
When mus- tered in.
1862. 1862.
JAMES D. BUTLER,
B. 9th.
18. June 9. July 9.
JAMES W. BLAIR,
C. 10th. 18. July 20. Sept. 1.
GEORGE N. BADGER,
C. 10th. 23. July 28. Sept. 1.
CHAS. H. BURR,
C. 10th.
19. Aug. 4. Sept. 1.
Fifer.
CHAS. H. BROWN,
I. 7th.
18. Feb. 11. Feb. 12.
Pro. Corporal.
PATRICK COONEY,
A. 7th. 39. Mch. 5. July 12.
Disch'd Feb. 25, 1863.
JAMES CONNELL,
G. 7th. 18. Feb. 25. July 12.
Died Jan. 26, 1863.
THOMAS CUNNINGHAM,
C. 10th. 18.
Aug. 2. Sept. 1.
WILLARD A. CHILD,
10th. 32.
Surg., com. Aug. 6, '62.
JOHN W. DIKE,
C. 10th. 18. July 29. Sept. 1. Wounded.
JAMES FULLAM,
B. 7th. 24. Jan. 14. Aug. 3.
LOOMIS C. FAY,
B. 9th. 18. June 2. July 9.
Deserted Oct. 2, 1862.
JESSE GERARD,
B. 9th. 38. May 29. July 9.
Disch'd Sept. 2, 1863. Died Nov. 18, 1862.
JOHN C. HART,
C. 1st S's.
Sept. 4.
EDWIN S. HUDSON,
C. 10th. 20. Aug. 2.
Sept. 1.
Pro. Hospital Steward. Died Aug. 22, '63.
CHARLES LEONARD,
C. 10th. 22. July 31. Sept. 1.
GEORGE H. LINCOLN,
B. 7th. 18. Mar. 10.
Died Dce. 3, 1862.
BYRON D. MORGAN,
C. 10th.
19. Aug. 4. Sept 1.
CHARLES MYATT,
G. 5th. 18. Aug. 14.
WILLARD H. MITCHELL, I. 7th.
19. Feb. 8.
Feb. 12. Must. out Aug. 30, '64.
WILLIAM PELKEY,
B. 7th. 35. Jan. 9.
Feb. 12. Died Aug. 24, 1862.
WILLIAM PEABODY,
C. 10th. 21. July 21. Sept. 1.
2d Sergt., Pro. 1st Ser- geant, Oct. 6, 1862.
WILLIAM PELKEY,
G. 5th. 18. Aug. 4. Sept. 1.
CHAS. PREVOST,
G. 5th. 19. Aug. 4. Sept. 1.
FRANK A. PREVOST,
B. 7th. 23. Jan. 15. Feb. 12. Re-enlisted Drummer.
JOSEPH SOULIR,
B. 7th. 21. Jan. 16. Feb. 12.
NELSON VEVER,
I. 7th. 30. Jan. 27. Feb. 12. Re-enlist'd Feb. 28, '64.
NATHAN N. WESCOTT,
C. 10th. 36. July 21. Sept. 1. Died Jan. 13, 1863.
In response to the call of the President for three hundred thousand men to serve in the army of the United States for nine months, this town supplied the following volunteers :
Names.
Company.
Regiment.
Age.
When enlisted. 1862.
When mus-
tered in.
When mus- tered out.
Remarks.
1862. 1863.
STEPHEN C. ALLEN, G. 12th. 29. Aug. 18. Oct. 4. July 14.
ALEXANDER BEAN, 66 66 24.
66 66
Remarks.
Disch'd April 2, 1863.
WILLIAM H. BRACKETT,
C. 10th. 22. Aug. 4. Sept. 1.
Pro. Hospital Steward.
487
ROLL OF VOLUNTEERS.
Names.
Company.
Regiment. Age.
enlisted. When
When mus-
tered in.
When mus-
tered out.
Remarks.
1862. 1862. 1863.
GEO. W. BARNARD, G. 12th. 33. Aug. 25. Oct. 4. July 14.
CORNELIUS BRADLEY, " " 23. Aug. 20. =
ALBERT BASSETT, H. 14th. 31. Sept. 10. Oct. 21. July 30. Left arm shot off
in Bat., Gettysb'g.
THOMAS CLARK, G. 12th. 24. Aug. 18. Oct. 4. July 14.
HENRY S. DIKE, 66 22. Aug. 19.
ROBERT ELLIOT, = 66 26.
66
JOHN FREDETTE,
66 18. Aug. 25. 66
ALB'T W. FLETCHER, H. 14th. 31. Sept. 10. Oct. 21. July 30.
EDWARD L. FARMER, "
21. 66
Capt'd and taken to Richmond.
ISAAC GATES, 66
23.
July 14.
DANIEL L. GOULD,
24. Aug. 25. Oct. 4.
22. 66
Died May 26, '63.
GEORGE GRANGER, G. 12th.
33. Aug. 18. 66
66
Pro. 2d Lieut.
CHARLES HUDSON,
CALEB R. HENDEE,
RUFUS C. JONES,
22. 66
20. Aug. 22.
=
MILTON V. KEMP,
20. Aug. 18. 66 66
ALVEN S. KEMP,
36. Aug. 20.
66
WM. H. MORSEMAN,
22. Aug. 19. 66 66
GEO. H. MORSEMAN,
24. Aug. 18.
66
JOCK PARO,
66
24. Aug. 20. 66
CHIG PAKO,
21. Aug. 23.
66
WILLIAM H. PALMER,
24. Aug. 18.
AMOS J. POWERS,
20. Aug. 20. 66
DENNIS SMITH,
35.
66
ITHIEL B. WORDEN,
23. Aug. 18. 66
To the foregoing men the Town paid bounties as follows :
To twenty-seven men, $37 each, $999
" three men, $100 each, 300
" one man, $80, 80
Total, thirty-one men, $1,379
19.
21. Aug. 20.
66
12th. 20. Aug. 18. Oct. 4. July 14.
Sergeant.
JOHN KEOUGH, 66
FELIX PARO,
66 21.
HANNIBAL L. GOULD, K.
DAN. K. HALL,
488
HISTORY OF PITTSFORD.
Under the call in 1863, for three hundred thousand men, this town furnished the following :
Names.
Company.
Regiment.
Age.
When
When mus-
tered in.
Remarks.
AUGUSTUS L. BREED, B. 9th.
27. Dec. 18. Dec. 26. Must'd out Dec. 1, 1865.
ELLIOT BEAN,
M. 11th. 18. July 21.
CHARLES F. CHURCH, C. 66 26. Dec. 7. Dec. 12 Must'd out Aug. 25, '65. NATHAN B. DUTTON, 66 42. Must'd out Aug. 25, '65. SAMUEL H. GREEN, 2d S's. 36. Dec. 18. Dec. 26. Wounded June 16, 1864. Disch'd July 12, '65.
HARVEY GREEN,
= 10th. 42. Dec. 2.
Disch'd March 23, 1864.
DARWIN JOHNSON,
= 11th. 34. Dec. 7. Dec. 12. Must'd out Aug. 25, '65.
FRANK KING,
G. 5th. 23.
= Deserted Sept. 24, '64.
EDWARD PELKY,
22. ..
Must'd out June 15, '65.
JULIUS J. PREVOST,
M. 11th. 18. July 21.
JOSEPH N. PERRY, L. 21. May 27.
HYMAN C. RICHARDS, M.
22. July 15.
GEORGE H. SWIFT, 3d S's. 28. Dec. 7. Dec. 12. Must'd out July 13, '65.
EDMUND R. STILES,
C. 10th. 44. Dec. 8.
Dec. 26. Died June 12, 1865.
PETER TRUDEAU,
M. 11th. 21. July 21. Oct. 7.
JOSEPH WHITE,
C. 10th. 18. Oct. 30. Oct. 30.
1864.
HENRY E. WOOD,
1. 17th.
Oct. 6. Apr. 12. Must'd out July 14, '65.
The following fourteen veterans re-enlisted, and to each o them the Town paid a bounty of one hundred dollars :
Names.
Company.
Regiment.
Age.
When
When mus-
tered in.
When mus-
tered out.
Remarks.
1863. 1863. 1865.
JOHN BUSHEY,
G. 5th. 23. Dec. 15. Dec. 16. June 29.
Wounded.
GEORGE BROWN, = " . 18. Dec. 15. 6. 66 Wounded May 12 and 14, '64.
WILLARD C. BROWN, E. 2d S's. 19. Dec. 21. Dec. 22. July 13.
HENRY A. BURR,
Res'd Corps.
July 18. July 18. Nov. 15. 1864. 1864. 1866.
EUGENE A. COOLEY, B. 7th. 18.
BENJ. S. COOLEY, = 33.
1863.
1863.
66 1865.
WILLIS F. KEELER, H. 2d S's.
Feb. 18. Feb. 18. Mar. 14.
Dec. 21. Dec. 22. July 13. Pro. Cor. Mar- 12, 1864.
enlisted.
1863.
1863.
Disch'd Jan. 15, 1864.
Must'd out June 26, '65.
enlisted.
489
ROLL OF VOLUNTEERS.
Company.
Regiment.
Age.
When
When mus-
tered in.
When mus- tered out.
Remarks.
JAMES MANSFIELD,
F. 4th. 18. Dec. 15. Dec. 16.
Wounded Aug. 21, '64; disch. July 11, '65.
CHAS. A. NICHOLS, B. 7th. 35. Feb. 22.
1864.
1865.
FRANCIS A. PREVOST, "
23. Feb. 21.
Aug. 5. Drummer. 1866.
PETER PREVOST, C. 7th. 18. Feb. 15.
1864.
Mar. 14. 1865.
CHAS. K. SPENCER,
K. 1st Cav.
Feb. 25. Feb. 27.
June 21. 1866.
JOSEPH SOULIE,
. 7th. 20. Feb. 20.
Mar. 12.
NELSON VEVER, I. 30. Feb. 13.
Des'd Oct. 4,'64.
Under calls in 1864-February 1st, for two hundred thou- sand, March 14th, for two hundred thousand, July 18th, for five hundred thousand, and December 19th, for three hundred thousand, this town supplied the following :
Names.
Company.
Regiment.
Age.
When
When mus-
tered in.
Remarks.
JAS. D. BUTLER, JR., D. 7th.
18. Mar. 9. 1864.
1865. Mar. 9. 1864.
Must'd out July 11, '66.
MARTIN DUFFY, I. 17th. 18. Apr. 4.
JOHN FREDETTE,
B. 7th. 20. Aug. 15. Aug. 15. Must'd out July 14, '65.
ALBERT FREDETTE, B. 7th. 18. Aug. 27. Aug. 27. Disch'd Aug. 23, 1865.
DANIEL HALEY, I. 17th. 18. Apr. 4. Aug. 27. Disch'd July 14, 1865.
1865.
1865
MICHAEL HIGGINS,
Hancock's Jan. 30.
Jan. 30. Disch'd July 20, 1866.
1st Army Corps.
1864.
JAS. HAMMERSLEY, I. 17th. 22. June 6.
July 6. Corporal. Mustered out May 13, '65.
MORRIS MURPHY, G. 5th. 37. Feb. 19. Feb. 22. Deserted March 19, '64.
1865. 1865.
SCOTT MAYNARD,
C. 10th. 18. Jan. 23. 1863.
Jan. 23. Must'd out June 23, '65.
ORVILLE H. PROUTY, H. 17th. 21. Mar. 31. Apr. 12. Deserted April 18, '64.
enlisted.
Names.
1863.
1863. 1865.
1862.
1866. Mar. 9.
enlisted.
1865.
Apr. 12. Must'd out July 20, '65.
490
HISTORY OF PITTSFORD.
Names.
Company.
Regiment.
Age.
When
enlisted.
When mus-
tered in.
Remarks.
1864.
1864.
ISAAC ROOT,
A. 7th.
23. Aug. 29.
Aug. 29.
Deserted July 14, '65.
SAMUEL SENICAL,
C. 7th.
19. Feb. 13.
Feb. 24. Died July 1, 1864.
PETER THOMAS,
B. 7th. 21. Oct. 15. Oct. 15. Must'd out July 24, '65.
JOHN R. WIGHTMAN, G. 17th. 18. Mar. 15.
Apr. 12. Must'd out July 24, '65.
The following drafted men entered the service on the credit of the town: Charles Dodge, Nelson B. Rugg, Joseph Blair.
The following men enlisted for and served in the navy: Lyman Granger, M. D., Assistant Surgeon; Abel A. Wood- bine, Joseph Blair, James Lunerden.
The following is the amount of bounty paid recruits by the town of Pittsford during the war of the Rebellion under each call, respectively, viz. :
On call for nine months men,
$1,379 00
of August 5, 1862, for 300,000 men, 200 00
66 of October 17, 1863, for 300,000 men, 5,600 00
of February 1, 1864, for 200,000 men, 2,500 00
66 of March 14, 1864, for 200,000 men, 2,550 00
of July 18, 1864, for 500,000 men, 2,350 00
66 of December 19, 1864, for 300,000 men, 4,500 00
Total amount paid, $19,079 00
The above amount was paid to recruits in such sums as were pledged by vote of the Town, or such sums as were agreed upon by the recruits and the Selectmen-the latter having been authorized to enlist men to be applied on the quotas of the town.
The following will show the distribution of a part of this money :
1862. Paid 4 three years men, $50 each, $200 00
2 66 27 nine months " 37 999 00
3 100 300 00
491
BOUNTIES-OBITUARY.
1862. Paid 1 nine months man, 80
80 00
1863.
1 three years " 100
100 00
men, 500 each,
5,500 00
1864.
66
2
5
66
66
100
500 00
6
66
66
400 66
2,400 00
1865.
66
3 one year
66
500
66
1,500 00
66
66
2
66
825
66
1,650 00
66 14 veterans,
100
66
1,400 00
It will be seen that among those who enlisted in the service from this town, the following never returned, but died of dis- ease or were killed in action :
Daniel D. Hennessy,
Nathan N. Wescott,
George Henry Lincoln,
Henry H. Alexander,
Edwin S. Hudson,
William Pelkey,
Jeremiah Falloon,
Marcus Atwood,
Edward Din,
James Connell, Nelson B. Rugg,
Henry A. Mitchell,
Dunham J. Clark,
William D. Smith,
William Connell,
William Peabody,
Samuel Senical,
Edmund R. Stiles, John C. Hart,
Seneca E. Wheeler.
Daniel D. Hennessy was born in Ireland, came to this country in 1820, and resided in Boston, Mass., or Clare- mont, N. H., till 1842, when he removed to Brandon, Vt., and the following year to Pittsford. He never owned real estate here, but rented tenements, and labored on the farm as he had opportunity. He enlisted in the Seventh Vermont Regiment, Company G, Nov. 2, 1861, and was mustered into the United States service February 12, 1862. He went with his regiment to Louisiana, and died of fever on board a vessel, near Baton Rouge, August 2, 1862.
Michael Maloney,
75
150 00
11 66
492
HISTORY OF PITTSFORD.
George Henry Lincoln, son of Eli, was born Feb. 29, 1844, and was spending his minority with his parents when the war commenced. When the President called for seventy-five thou- sand volunteers, young Lincoln was one of the first to respond from this town, and he was mustered into the United States ser- vice May 2, 1861. He was mustered out on the 16th of August following, and re-enlisted March 10, 1862. He was assigned to Company B, in the Seventh Vermont Regiment, and died of fever at Pensacola, Florida, December 3, 1862.
Edwin S. Hudson, son of Seth C. and Lucy Hudson, was born in this town July 2, 1842. When a youth, he thirsted for knowledge, was a close student, and improved every opportu- nity of acquiring information. To the call of his country he gave an attentive ear, and enlisted in the Tenth Vermont Regi- ment, Company C, August 2, 1862. Soon after he entered the service, a vacancy in the office of Hospital Steward occurred in his regiment, and, on account of his trustworthiness and com- petence, he was selected to fill the place. He continued to discharge the duties of this office to the full satisfaction of all interested till he was stricken down with typhoid fever, of which he died at Fairfax Seminary Hospital, near Alexandria, Va., August 23, 1863.
Jeremiah Falloon was born in Waterford, N. Y., Septem- ber 21, 1835, married Mary Ann Keith, June 9, 1856, and resided in Pittsford till he enlisted in the Seventh Vermont Regiment, Company B, December 17, 1861. He enlisted for three years service, but was discharged a little before the expi- ration of this term in consideration of his re-enlisting. After he obtained his discharge he returned home, spent a few weeks, and again entered the same company and regiment from which he had been discharged. He died of chronic diarrhea, at Brownsville, Texas, Sept. 13, 1865.
Edward Din, son of Michael, was born in Ireland, in 1841, came to America with his father's family, and resided some
493
OBITUARY.
time in Pittsford. He enlisted in the Seventh Vermont Regi- ment, Company B, December 11, 1861, was at the siege of Vicksburg in June and July, 1862, and in the battle of Baton Rouge, Aug. 5, 1862, where he was wounded in the wrist by a musket ball, in consequence of which, amputation was necessary and he was conveyed to the hospital in New Orleans, where he died of gangrene, December 14, 1862.
Michael Maloney was the son of Michael, and was born in Ireland in 1842, came to America with other members of the family and resided some time in this town. He enlisted in the Seventh Vermont Regiment, Company B, December 11, 1861, and was mustered into the United States service Feb. 12, 1862. He was with the Seventh Vermont in the siege of Vicksburg and in the battle of Baton Rouge, but the exposures of camp life brought on disease of the lungs, of which he died, February 11, 1864.
Henry A. Mitchell, son of William, was born in Pittsford, Nov. 7, 1839, and spent the most of his minority in this town. He enlisted as a soldier in the Fifth Vermont Regiment, Com- pany G, August 26, 1861, and was mustered into the service on the 16th of September following. The Fifth Regiment was one of the number composing the Vermont Brigade, which was engaged in no less than twenty-five battles. In the bloody fight at Savage Station, on the 29th of June, 1862, the Fifth Regiment lost nearly two hundred men in killed, wounded and missing, and among the killed was Henry A. Mitchell, who fell early in the engagement by a Minie ball, which entered his forehead.
William D. Smith, youngest son of Simeon and Lydia Smith, was born in Pittsford, January 27, 1845. He enlisted in the Second Company of Vermont Sharpshooters, October 16, 1861. This company rendezvoused at West Randolph, Nov. 1, 1861, and was mustered into the United States service on the 9th, with ninety-one officers and men. It was attached
494
HISTORY OF PITTSFORD.
to the Second Regiment Berdan's Sharpshooters, as Company E. Mr. Smith was with this company in all its marches and battles till he was taken prisoner. Soon afterwards he was paroled and sent to Parole Camp, Maryland, where he died of typhoid fever, October 1, 1863.
William Peabody, son of Isaac, was born in Mount Vernon, N. H., in 1841, came to Pittsford, and was a clerk for Marcus C. Bogue, a trader at Mill Village. He enlisted in the Tenth Regiment, Company C, July 21, 1862, was mustered into the United States service September 1st, as second sergeant, and was promoted to the rank of first sergeant, October 6, 1862. The Tenth Regiment, during the first year of its service, was stationed on the Upper Potomac, but during the invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania by the rebels, it was attached to the Army of the Potomac and was engaged in more than a dozen battles. Mr. Peabody was wounded in the battle of Monocacy Junction, July 9, 1864, and was conveyed to the United States Hospital at Frederick, Maryland, where he died on the 23d.
Edmund R. Stiles, son of Levi, was born in 1819, married Susan E. Greenleaf, of Pittsfield, and resided in this town. He enlisted for the term of three years in the Tenth Regiment, Company C, December 8, 1863, and was mustered into the United States service on the 26th of the same month. In the spring of 1865, he was attacked with chronic diarrhoea, and sent to Harewood Hospital, Washington, where he died June 12, 1865.
John C. Hart, son of Hawkins, was born in this town, and married Sabed C., daughter of Simeon Smith, May 26, 1857. He enlisted in the First Regiment, Company F, United States Sharpshooters, September 4, 1862. He had been in the service but a short time when he was attacked with acute diarrhoea, and died on his way to the hospital in Alexandria, Nov. 16, 1862.
495
OBITUARY.
Nathan N. Wescott, son of Nicholas, was born September 27, 1825, married, September 27, 1850, Betsey E. Battise, of Tinmouth, and resided in this town. He enlisted in the Tenth Regiment, Company C, July 28, 1862, and was mustered into the United States service on the first of September. He had been in the army only about three months when he was attacked with typhoid pneumonia, and died at the regimental hospital, Seneca Locks, Md., December 11, 1862.
H. H. Alexander, son of Henry S., was born in 1840, and spent the most of his minority in this town. He enlisted in the Seventh Regiment, Company C, Nov. 26, 1861, and was mustered into the United States service on the 12th of Febru- ary following. He died of chronic diarrhoea, at Pensacola, Florida, February 5, 1863.
William Pelkey, a Canadian Frenchman, was born in 1827. He married and resided some years in this town. He enlisted as a fifer in the Third Regiment, Company A, June 20, 1861, and was mustered into the United States service, with other members of his company, on the 16th of July. His health failing, he was discharged December 16th and returned home. He recovered his health and re-enlisted in the Seventh Regi- ment, Company B, January 9, 1862, and died in the General Hospital at New Orleans, of chronic diarrhoea, August 24, 1862
Marcus Atwood, son of Marcus, was born in Pittsford, in 1842, and spent the most of his early life in the family of his uncle, Demas Chaffy. He enlisted in the Tenth Regiment, Company C, August 4, 1862, and was mustered into the ser- vice of the United States, September 1st, the same year. The Tenth Regiment was at one time attached to the First Brigade, Third Division, of the Sixth Army Corps, and with it partici- pated in the engagement at Orange Grove, where Atwood was killed, Nov. 27, 1863.
James Connell, son of William, was born in 1844, and his
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early life was spent on his father's farm. He enlisted in the: Seventh Regiment, Company G, February 25, 1862, and was mustered into the United States service on the 28th. The Seventh Regiment was sent to the Department of the Gulf, and was stationed some time in the District of West Florida. While there, young Connell was attacked with chronic diar- rhœa, and sent to the hospital at Pensacola. He partially recovered his health, but a little imprudence in his diet brought. on a relapse of the disease, and he died January 26, 1863.
Nelson B. Rugg, son of Nelson, was born in Pittsfield, in 1837. He was a carpenter, and after coming to this town, in 1853, he worked at his trade at Furnace Village. He married, December 22, 1856, Jane Mooney, who was born in this town in 1838. He was drafted for the army in 1863, and entered the service on the 18th of July, being assigned to the Third Regiment, Company I. Upon the roll of his company lie is charged with desertion, on the 26th of April, 1864; but some time afterwards he was discovered within the lines of the Union army, and he denied the charge of desertion, alleging that he had been taken prisoner by the enemy, and had just escaped from captivity. He then had chronic diarrhoea, was very much emaciated, and died soon after being conveyed to the hospital.
Dunham J. Clark was born in 1843. He came from Bran- don to Pittsford, and was clerk for the Pittsford Iron Company some time before the war commenced. He enlisted in the Fifth Regiment, Company H, Sept. 2, 1861.
William Connell, son of William, was born in 1840, and resided with his parents during the most of his minority. He enlisted as a soldier in the army, December 17, 1861, and was attached to Company B, Seventh Regiment, in the Department of the Gulf. He fell a victim to chronic diarrhoea, August 10, 1862.
Samuel Senical, son of John Senical, was born in Moscow,
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Canada, in February, 1844. His parents removed to Monk- ton, Vt., in 1846, and the following year to West Rutland. Fifteen years of young Senical's life were spent in that place. He resided in the family of David Mills, of this town, a little more than a year before he enlisted in the army, February 13, 1864. He became a member of Company C, in the Seventh Regiment, in the Department of the Gulf, and died of measles, at New Orleans, July 1, 1864.
Seneca E. Wheeler, the youngest son of Jonas and Han- nah Wheeler, was born in Chittenden, June 13, 1841. His early life was spent on a farm. He enlisted as a soldier in Company G, of the Seventh Regiment, December 28, 1861, and died August 8, 1862.
The preceding rolls contain the names only of the men who entered the military service on the quota of this town. Two young men from this town entered the army, whose names are not found upon those rolls, viz .: Edward M. Granger, and Thomas J. Hennessy.
Edward Myron Granger, the only son of Edward L. and Mary W. Granger, was born Sept. 18, 1844. He spent three years at Mr. Abbott's school, Farmington, Maine, and two years at the Military School in Norwich, Vt., and was at the last named school when the war of the Rebellion broke out. At the age of sixteen years he enlisted, in Vermont, and shortly afterwards was transferred to a New York regiment of cavalry, known as the Second New York Cavalry, and some- times as the Harris Light Cavalry. He was made Orderly Sergeant from the first, and in that capacity he acted during the first two years of the war. His regiment was first com- manded by Col. Davies, and afterwards by Col. Kilpatrick, who was promoted from this regiment. The last year of his ser- vice he was acting aid to Gen. Hatch, and was in that capacity when he was shot, on the 19th of September, 1864, at eight o'clock in the morning, at the battle of Winchester. He sur-
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vived till eight o'clock in the evening, when he passed quietly away. He had fought up and down the Potomac in most of the battles and skirmishes on that river, and passed through more than twenty without receiving a wound. He had his horse shot from under him at the battle of Fredericksburg, and was taken prisoner at the second battle of Bull Run, and exchanged at Annapolis. In November, after his death, his remains were brought home, and now rest in the family tomb at "Pittsford. He had the reputation of being a brave and faithful soldier.
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