 |
XIII. - MILITARY
The loss of the records of the town covering the period of the
Revolution is greatly to be deplored. Doubtless they contained many
items of interest throwing light upon the part taken by the town
during that important struggle.
By a reference to the chapter on "Early Settlement," it will be
seen that as early as 1738 a strong military company existed in the
town, and we have every reason to believe that many of the
inhabitants of the town took an active part in the Revolutionary
war. But their names have not come down to us. The part that they
took in the earlier Indian wars is matter of general history, as the
whole tract was then virtually one.
To the war of 1812 Jacob I. Freer, Cornelius Mackey, Simeon
Roosa, Cornelius Terwilliger, Charles Wallace, and others rendered
active, but none too willing support, the principles which
occasioned and fostered it being unpopular in this section.
To the suppression of the war of Rebellion the town rendered
patriotic and able support, and promptly furnished the quota of
troops called for by the national government.
A fine granite monument in the principle cemetery of the town
contains the names of the following heroes who gave their lives to
their country, viz.: Lieut. George P. Lord, U.S.N., Capt. Johannes
Lefever, Sergt. David H. Hay, Richard Ellsworth, Thomas Close,
Abraham Hunt, John Harp, Silas Booth, Charles Booth, Joseph R. Wood,
Simon Freer, Luther Freer, Henry Osterhoudt, George Brundage,
Ananias Johnston, Benjamin Smith, Andrew Yaple, William Ackert,
Charles Ketcham, Richard Oliver, Ezekiel Freer, John S. Humstone,
James L. Hess, John Van Tekel, John Anson, John Beck, Conrad
Bowriece, and William Eckert.
The following list of soldiers who served in the late war for and
in behalf of the town is believed to be nearly, if not entirely,
complete. It is compiled from three sources: (1) The record prepared
by the town pursuant to the act of 1865; (2) the printed muster-in
rolls of the State; and (3) the census returns of 1865. It is as
follows:
Samuel Auchmoody, 156th N.Y. Regt., Co. I.
Daniel B.
Albertson, enl. Aug.9, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. A.
Charles J.
Ackert, 5th sergt.; enl. Aug. 9, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. A; ro. To 2d
lieut., May 20, 1863.
John E. Anson, enl. Aug. 19, 1862, 156th
Regt., Co. A; died in hospital at Baton Rouge, Nov. 14,
1863.
Jacob S. Ackert, enl. Aug 29, 1862, 156th Regt., Co.
E.
Wm. S. Ackert, enl. Oct. 2, 1862, 156th Regt., Co.
E.
Linden Ackert, 156th Regt., Co. E.
Wm. J. Albertson, enl.
Aug. 9, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. E.
Benjamin C. Booth, 156th Regt.,
Co. A.
Charles Booth, enl. Aug. 20, 1862 156th Regt., Co. A; died
if fever, March 12, 1863; buried at Baton Rouge.
George W.
Bedford, corl., enl. Aug. 6, 1862.
Adam Bartell, enl. May 6,
1861, 20th Regt., Co. D.
Ira Barnhart.
Wm. H. Baldwin, 14th
Rhode Island Art.
Silas Booth, enl. Feb. 2, 1864, 156th Regt.,
Co. A; died in hospital at New orleans, July 18, 1864.
Henry L.
Brown, enl. Aug. 1, 1861, 48th Regt., Co. K.
Angevine Davis, enl.
Aug. 13, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. A.
Benj. F. DuBois, 156th Regt.,
Co. A; taken prisoner at Cedar Creek, and confined in Salisbury
prison.
Peter S. DuBois, enl. Aug. 15, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. A.
taken prisoner at Winchester, and held from Sept. 19, 1864 until
Oct. 8, 1864
Wm. S. Deits, enl. September, 1862, 156th
Regt.
Church Donaldson, sergt.; 156th Regt., Co. E; died of
wound, Oct. 23, 1864
Anthony DuBois, enl. December, 1863, 156th
Regt., Co. A.
Charles Deyo, 14th Rhode Island Art.; enl. Aug. 16,
1863.
Ira F. DuBois, enl. Sept. 16, 1861, 44th Regt.
Peter
Elting, capt.; enl. Aug. 6, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. B; pro. to 1st
lieut., May 20, 1863.
Albert Emanecker, enl. Aug. 14, 1862, 156th
Regt., Co. A.
Andrew Emanecker, enl. Aug. 14, 1862, 156th Regt.,
Co. A.
Richard Ellsworth, 44th N.Y. Vols.
Wm. S. Eckert, 156th
Regt.
James Elting, Iowa battery.
Alfred M. Freer, corp.; enl.
Aug, 9, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. A.
Alexander Ferguson, enl. Aug.
20, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. A.
Abram Fuller, corp., enl. Aug. 12,
1862, 156th Regt., Co. A; wounded at battle of
Winchester.
Jonathan Fuller, enl. Aug. 15, 1862, 156th Regt., Co.
A.
David H. Hay, enl. Aug. 9, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. A.
Luther
P. Freer, enl. Sept. 16, 1861, 44th Inf., Co. E.
Simon P. Freer,
78th Inf.; wounded at Gettysburg, and died from effects.
John
Gardiner, 5th Regt., Co. M.
George Grim, corp.; enl. September,
1862, 156th Regt., Co. E.
Frederick W.P. Chase, enl. Aug. 9,
1862, 156th Regt., Co. A.
Jonas Crispell, enl. Spet. 16, 1861,
44th Regt., Co. E.
Lewis Coe, enl. Aug. 1, 1862, 120th
Regt.
Thomas Close.
Michael Carroll, enl. January, 1864, 156th
Regt., Co. E.
John C. Harp, enl. Sept. 5, 1862, 156th Regt., Co.
E; pro. to corp.
Cyrus DeB. Harp, enl. Sept. 1, 1862, 156th
Regt., Co. E.
Henry Hess, enl. Sept., 1862, 156th Regt., Co. E
wounded at Port Hudson.
Abram Hunt, corp.; enl. Aug. 9, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. A; died in
Baton Rouge Hospital, March 22, 1863.
Jacob H. Hendricks, enl.
Jan. 4, 1864, 156th Regt., Co. A.
Frederick Hiber, enl.
September, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. E.
John S. Humstone, sergt.;
enl. Aug. 12, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. A.; died in hospital, June 13,
1862.
Patrick Hughes, Corcorean Brigade.
Abram Hess, enl.
Spet. 11, 1863, 2d N.Y. Cav.
Isaac Keniff, enl. Jan 28, 1864,
156th Regt., Co. A.
George W. Kimber, enl. Aug. 12, 1862, 156th
Regt., Co. A.
Chas. Johnson, 120th Regt.
Simon P. Johnson,
enl. April 20, 1861, 20th Regt., Co. E; re-enl. in 44th Regt., Co.
E, Aug. 7, 1861; wounded three times and enlisted in Regular
Army.
Ananias Johnson, enl. September, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. E;
died of fever.
August Laib, enl. Aug. 9, 1862, 156th Regt., Co.
A.
Johannes Lefever, capt.; enl. August, 1862, 156th Regt., Co.
E; wounded at Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864, and died Nov. 9, 1864, in
hospital, Winchester, Va.
Philip S. Lemonion, enl. Aug 25, 1864,
16th Regt., Co. I.
Wm. Lishing, 69th Regt., Co. F.
Peter A.
Lefever, capt.; 156th Regt., Co. H.
John Lawrence, enl. Jan. 4,
1864, 156th Regt., Co. A.
John W. Morey, corp., enl. Aug. 12,
1862, 156th Regt., Co. A.
Samuel De W. Morey, enl. Sept. 6, 1862.
156th Regt., Co. E.
Patrick Mulligan, Corcorean
Brigade.
Edward Mulligan, Corcorean Brigade; died April,
1864.
Eli Mackey, enl. Aug. 12, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. A.
John
E. Masten, enl. September, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. E.
Richard
Oliver, 20th Regt.
Thomas Okatewella (Indian), enl. Sept. 6,
1862, 156th Regt., Co. E.
John H. Palmer, sergt., 1st lieut.,
capt., Co. C; enl. Aug. 13, 1862, 156th Regt.
Cyrus Du B.
Polhemus, enl. Aug. 9, 1862, 120th Regt., Cp. C.; wounded four
times.
John L. Rosencranz, enl. Jan. 14, 1864, 106th Regt., Co.
A.
Henry B. Smith, 51st Regt., Co. D.
Elog D. Snyder, enl.,
Aug. 11, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. A.
Benjamin H. Smith, enl. Aug.
9, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. A.; killed at Winchester, Sept. 19,
1864.
Calvin Strickland, enl. Aug. 9, 1862, 156th Regt., Co.
A.
Andrew J. Sutton, enl. September, 1862, 156th Regt., Co.
E.
Peter Tucker, enl. Aug. 5, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. E.
James
H. Tompkins, enl. Aug 14, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. A.
Samuel D.
Thompkins, enl. Aug. 21, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. E.
Jonathan
Thompkins.
Abram Vradenberg, enl. Aug. 14, 1862, 156th Regt., Co.
A.
John Vantakle, enl. Sept. 1, 1862, 156th Regt., Co.
E.
Jacob Wynkoop, 20th Regt., Co. K.
Alexander S. Whitmore,
5th Cav., Co. A.
Samuel Du B. Whitmore, enl. Aug. 4, 1862, 156th
Regt., Co. A.
Daniel Wakeman, 56th Regt., Co., C.
Isaac
Woolsey, 156th Regt., Co. E.; wounded at battle of
Winchester.
Josiah R. Wood, enl. Aug 11, 1862, 156th Regt., Co.
A.; died in hospital at Baton Rouge, Dec. 31, 1863.
James
Wynkoop, enl. Aug. 25, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. A.
Walsh McNorie,
enl. 1861, 44th Regt., Co. E.
Andrew Yeapte, enl. September,
1861; pro. to corp., 20th Regt., Co. B.
Stephen Yeapte, enl. Jan.
1, 1862, 102d Regt., Co. B; pro. to corp.
Thomas M. Cooper,
William Everett.
Brodhead Van Louven, 156th Regt.
E. Deyoe,
enl. Aug. 11, 1862, 156th Regt.
Jonas M. Smith, enl. April, 1861,
20th Regt.; re-enlisted twice.
Curtis Gildersleve, enl.
September, 1862, 20th Regt.; ew-enl. in 156th Regt.
Samuel I .
WIlbary, enl. Spetember, 1862, 156th Regt.
Jacob Tobias, enl.
Sept. 11, 1861, 44th Regt.
Adam H. Neil, enl. Aug. 11,
1862.
Samuel Elting, corporal.
John Wilbary, enl. August,
1862, 156th Regt.
Richard Oliver, enl. December, 1863, 20th U.S.
Colored Regt.
Thomas Lefever, enl. Deptember, 1864
Wm.
Barrett, 120th Regt.
Wm. Peck, enl. September, 1862, 156th
Regt.
Wm. Evert, enl. September, 1862, 16th Regt.
Richard
Ellsworth, enl. 1862, 156th Regt.
Uriah Sanford, enl. March 7,
1862, 20th Regt.
Jacob H. Hendrick, enl. Jan. 7, 1863, 156th
Regt.
Henry Anson
Garret Ostrander, enl. August, 1862, 156th
Regt.
Dian Bogardus, enl. August, 1862, 156th Regt.
Cyrus D.B.
Polher, enl. August, 1862, 120th Regt.
John A. Benjamin, enl.
Aug. 1, 1862, 120th Regt.
Robert I. Benjamin, enl. December,
1861, 102d Regt.
John S. Humstone, Aug. 12, 1862, 156th Regt.,
Co. A.
Angevine C. Davis, enl. Aug. 14, 1862, 156th Regt., Co.
A.
Daniel B. ALbertson, enl. Aug. 9, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. A.;
re-enl. Sept. 20, 1864
George S. Prundage, enl. February, 1864,
20th Regt.; died in service.
James H. Palmer, ent. Sept. 20,
1861, 44th Regt.; died in service
Elias Van Wagener, enl., Sept.
20, 1861, 44th Regt.
Hiram S. Terwilliger, 113th Regt.
Henry
Sutton, enl. December, 1863, 1st New Jersey Cav.
Nelson
Terwilliger, enl. August 1862, 120th Regt.; corporal.
Abram
Tobias, enl. Sept. 20, 1861, 120th Regt.; died March 8, 1865, at New
Paltz.
Adam H. Neil, enl. Aug. 11, 1862, 120th Regt.; died Nov.
9, 1864 at Winchester, Va.
Lewis Carl, enl. Jan. 4, 1863,156th
Regt.; died March 12, 1862, at Baton Rouge
William Barrett, enl.
August, 1862, 120th Regt.; died Jan. 15, 1865, in
Virginia
William Eckert, enl. Sept. 19, 1862 156th Regt., Co.
E.
Louis D. Thompkins, enl. Aug. 1862, 156th Regt., Co.
E.
Thomas Caril, enl.Oct. 4, 1864, 91st Regt.; corp.; died July
29, 1864, at New Paltz.
Alexander Shears, enl. Dec. 21, 1861,102d
Regt., Co. B.
|
|
|
