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THE HISTORY

F U L T O N C O U N T Y

CHAPTER I.

CAUSES LEADING TO THE CREATION OF THE COUNTY THE SUCCESSION OF

OFFICERS SUNDRY COUNTY INSTITUTIONS.

The record of events in what is now Fulton county, up to. the time ofits comparatively recent formation from Montgomery, is a part of the his-tory of the latter, and as such it was necessary to relate it in an earlierportion of the work. The experience of Fulton county has been one ofpeace, and the occurrences of such a period—the improvement of thecountry and the development of population and industry—though oftranscendent importance, make less show in the pages of the historianthan the destructive operations of war. The history of the territory em-braced in the county, however, like that of all this part of the State, islong and eventful. To trace its earlier stages, the reader need but turn toother pages of the work, on which the relations and connection of theevents to be narrated made it necessary to record them.

The formation of Fulton county, as already intimated, was caused chieflyby the natural dissatisfaction felt by the people of the northern part ofMontgomery upon the removal of the county courts and offices from theirancient capital to an upstart village, as it seemed to them, with no adequateclaims to the honor. Historic Johnstown had been the county seat fornearly seventy years, some of them the most momentous in the nation'sannals, and was a settlement of some importance and much promise four-score years before it was proposed to transfer its honors and advantages asa judicial centre to a rival just springing into existence. The agitation re-sulting from such natural considerations was powerful enough to procurethe organization of a new county, which has been amply vindicated by thedevelopment of the district so incorporated, especially by the prosperity ofJohnstown and the notable growth of Gloversville, Fulton having nowwithin its picturesque and fertile domain but a trifle less population thanthe parent county.

The act creating Fulton county became a law April 18, 1838. Thecounty has an area of 544 square miles, and the population at the censusof 1875 was 30,155, over half of it in the town of Johnstown. The assessedvaluation of real estate was $3,753,666, and of personal property $460,328 ;total, $4,216,199. The first law-suit tried in the county under its presentorganization was a case of ejectment, brought in the Court of CommonPleas, by Jabez K. Phillips against Stephen Chase, April i, 1839. JosephGrant, a Scotchman, was the first foreigner who applied for naturalizationin the county, which he did January i, 1839. A. Lament pledged himselfsolemnly under oath, in April, 1845, to perform to the best of his abilitythe duties of the office of inspector of sole-leather—no laughing matter ina region where tanning has been such a staple industry. The details in the

annals of the county not already given will be found in full in the townand village histories following.

ASSEMBLYMEN FROM THE DISTRICT.

The first election for the new county was held in the autumn of 1838.The Assemblymen chosen from this district (now consisting of Fulton andHamilton counties) at that time and since, with the dates of their election,have been as follows :

James Yanney,Langdon I. Marvin,Jenison G. Ward,John Patterson,John L. Hutchinson,James Harris,Garret A. Newkirk,Clark S. Grinnell,Darius Moore,Isaac Benedict,John Culbert,Cyrus H. Brownell,John Stuart,Alfred N. Haner,Wm. A. Smith,Wesley Gleason,

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Henry W. Spencer,James Kennedy,Jas. H. Burr," " "

Willard J. Heacock,William A. Smith,Walter M. Clark,Joseph Covell,

a aSamuel W. Buell,Wm. F. Barker,John F. Empire,Mortimer Wade,Samuel W. Buel,Willard J. Heacock,John Sunderlin,Geo. W. Fay,John J. Hanson,Geo. W. Fay,John W. Peek,

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SHERIFFS- OF FULTON COUNTY.

The following gentlemen have served as sheriffs of the county, beingelected at the dates attached to their names:

David I. Mclntyre, 1838Knapthalee Cline, 1841Michael Thompson, 1844Daniel Potter, 1847Amasa Shippee, 1850Elisha Bentley, 1853 |Bradford T. Simmons, 1856

Austin Karson,Jacob P. Miller,James Purson,William P. Brayton,Oliver Getman,John Dunn,Hiram Praim,

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CLERKS OF THE COUNTY.

The following is a list of County Clerks of Fulton county, with dates ofelection:

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Tobias A. Stoutenbergh,Stephen Wait,

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SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE POOR.

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JUDGES OF THE COUNTY COURT.

John Wells,Nathan J. Johnston,John Stewart,

JUSTICES

Charles A. Baker, )Aaron Bartlett, jWm. Spencer, )David Kennedy, jAaron Nellis, )David Kennedy, jPeter R. Simmons,Lucius Rice, )John P. Cline, jLucius Rice, jDaniel Lassell, JHenry C. Jones, )Aaron Nellis, jWm. Spencer, )James Stewart, jHenry W. Spencer, )James Stewart, jIra Beckwith, )Wm. S. Ingraham, jJeremiah S. Austin, )David Getman, jJames Stewart, )Seth Cook, JJames Creighton, )Seth Cook, jDavid Kennedy,Robert Whitlock, )Emanuel Thumb, jWyant Lepper, )Daniel B. Whitlock, j

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DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.

John W. Cady,Clark S. Grinnell,

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SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.

William Wait,E. B. Towner,Ira H. Van Ness,Lucius F. Burr,

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Lucius F. Burr,Cyrus Stewart,John M. Dougal,

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COUNTY TREASURERS.

Daniel Stewart,Burnett H. Dewey,Rodney H. Johnson,Archibald Anderson,Daniel Edwards,

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Eugene Bertrand,Dsvid A. Wells,Burnett H. Dewey,James P. Argersinger,

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The alms-house at West Bush was established in 1853. Since that datethe superintendents have been J. B. Levitt, Richard Fancher, J. D. Foster,W. W. Washburn, J. H. Washburn, and Lubin S. Capron, the last-namedhaving been elected in 1874. The alms-house stands on a farm of nearly100 acres, which is made to yield a considerable revenue, and has generallysome fifty or sixty inmates. The children attend a public school.

RAILROAD ACCOMMODATIONS INTRODUCED.

•The first organization for building a railroad into Fulton county was

effected in 1865. The road was to run from Fonda through Johnstownand Gloversville to Caroga. Considerable engineering was done and somestock subscribed, assurances being held out that enough capital could beobtained to build the road. The project fell through, however, for wantof means, and the balance of subscriptions after the expenses being paidwas refunded to the stockholders.

The second organization was made in 1866. Considerable stock was sub-scribed for, but not enough to warrant the company in commencing thework, and it was abandoned.

A third organization was brought about in the autumn of 1866 by aseries of meetings held in the court-house at Johnstown, which were largelyattended, and at which a good deal of interest was manifested. As theresult of these meetings the Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville RailroadCompany was organized on the i6th day of June, 1867, and its articles ofassociation placed on file in the secretary's office on the following day. Oneof the resolutions was to the effect that the road was to be built mainly bybonds on the town of Johnstown. The town was finally bonded for$275,600. The commissioners were Daniel Potter, Edward Ward'andJohn Wells.

A contract was made with Aaron Swartz for constructing the road, Sep-tember 30th, 1867, and the work was begun soon after. Swartz continuedthe undertaking for a time, but finding the material to be moved muchharder than expected, he assigned his contract to Shipman and Middaugh,who continued the work until November 2ist, 1868, when they abandonedit. The work was continued by the company, hiring hands until thefunds which were obtained by subscription and from the sale of townbonds were exhausted, when the work sloped, late in the autumn of 1869.An act was passed during the winter of 1869-70, allowing the town ofJohnstown to sell its mortgage of $275,600 on the railroad for $jioo,ooo,which was accomplished in the spring of 1870. On the proceeds work wasagain resumed on the 5th of July, 1870, and prosecuted with vigor untilthe road was finished and ready for the rolling stock. The line wasready and trains started on the 2gth of November, 1870. Means forfinishing the work were obtained from the sale of bonds on the road to theamount of $300,000.

The Gloversville and Northville Railroad Company was duly organizedon the 26th of June, 1872, and articles of association field with the Secre-tary of State that day. The surveys began as soon as possible, and werefinished, and a map and profile filed in the office of the clerk of Fultoncounty, on the 25th of September. The contract was let for grading andfencing the road on the igth of September, and work began soon after.The means for constructing the line were obtained by stock subscriptionsand by bonds on the road, the latter to the amount of $200,000. Thetown of Northampton was also bonded in aid of the enterprise, and tookstock therefor. Work progressed slowly, on account of the difficulty in ob-taining the money on stock subscriptions. The track was laid and theroad ballasted and ready for the trains on the 28th of November, 1875, andtrains commenced running that day. The length of the line from Glovers-ville to Northville is sixteen miles, and that of the Fonda, Johnstown andGloversville Railroad is ten miles. The officers of both companies have

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been and are, W. J. Heacock, president ; D. A. Wells, vice-president ; andJohn McNab, treasurer. L. Calen was engineer during the constructionof the roads and has been superintendent since they came into operation.

THE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

An agricultural fair was held in Johnstown as early as Oct. 12, 1819, bya society organized in that year, of which Henry F. Cox was president, andJames Mclntyre secretary. Jacob Boshart won the society's first premiumfor the best milch cows exhibited \$8) ; the btst heifer ($7), and the bestpair of two-year old steers ($8). Each premium was accompanied by atestimonial, gotten up in better style than many similar documents ofthe present day. Fairs have been held in most of the years since thisfirst one.

In 1865 the society bought about eighteen acres of ground, near Johns-town, for a permanent fair ground, on which a half mile race-course waslaid out. The necessary fencing, building, etc., at the time, cost between$2,000 and $3,000, and a show building was erected in the autumn of 1877,at an additional expense of about $1,000. At the time of the purchase ofthe fair ground Elisha Briggs was president of the society, Isaiah Yauney(to whom we are indebted for these facts) secretary, and Mortimer Wadetreasurer. The present officers are : President, Nicholas H. Decker ;secretary, John P. Davidson; and treasurer, James I. Younglove ; with anumber of vice-presidents and directors.

THE FULTON COUNTY COAL COMPANY.

This organization was incorporated May 12, 1871, and its articles of as-sociation filed three days later. It has a paid-up capital of $18,000, inshares of $100 each, and six trustees, namely : A. Judson, Gloversvillepresident ; L. Calen, Gloversville, secretary and treasurer ; W. A. Heacock,Gloversville ; D. A. Wells, Johnstown ; L. Veghte, Johnstown ; and D. B.Judson, Kingsboro.

THE COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY.

The Fulton County Medical Society was organized June 16, 1867, byDrs. W. H. Johnson, Francis Burdick, P. R. H. Sawyer, P. R. Furbeck,Jehiel Lefler, W. L. Johnson and Eugene Beach.

An election of officers was had, which resulted in the choice of Dr. W.H. Johnson as president; Dr. Sawyer, vice president; Dr. Lefler, treasurer;Dr. W. L. Johnson, recording secretary, and Dr. Burdick, correspondingsecretary.

Annual, and latterly more frequent meetings have been held, usually atJohnstown or Gloversville, for professional discussion and social inter-course.

CHAPTER II.

ORIGIN, GROWTH AND METHODS OF THE GLOVE AND MITTEN M A N U -

FACTURE OF FULTON COUNTY.

A stranger entering Gloversville or Johnstown cannot fail to notice im-mediately that he is in the presence of a remarkable development of theglove and mitten manufacture. Sign boards, advertising this business, con-front him at every turn and almost every step, even among private resi-dences and out of the business portions of these villages. A considerableproportion of the persons and vehicles he meets are carrying gloves ormittens, in some state of their progress from the whole hide to the market ;while the most imposing industrial establishments are the skin mills, withtheir odoriferous product flapping on trellises in the yards, and the ex-tensive factories, of which illustrations may be seen on other pages. Thematerial for this chapter was chiefly taken from a recent number of theFulton County Republican.

The origin of this great mannfacturing interest of the county, whichhas grown to such proportions as to overshadow all its other industries,is shrouded in some uncertainty. Authorities differ as to the person to

whom is due the greater portion of the credit for establishing the business,owing to the variance in tradition, and family rivalry ; but the followingaccount is believed to be as correct as can be obtained. The businessstarted first, as such, at Kingsboro, in the year 1809. That village and thesurrounding country were originally settled by people from New England,many of whonl were skilled in the manufacture of tin. They were of thegenuine Yankee stock, cute and industrious, and unlike their Dutch neigh-bors along the Mohawk, took more naturally to manufactures and tradethan to farming. Hence they were accustomed to manufacture tin, load ahorse with it, and leading the beast up the Mohawk' and '' Chenangocountry," as it was then called, would exchange the tin-ware for wheat,peltry, and almost any products which they needed or could readilysell. The deer skins, one of which they generally bought for a mediumsized tin basin, were sometimes rather a burden, for they were not usedfor much else than jackets and "breeches," being prized more particularlyfor the latter purpose, because of their lasting qualities, no small consider-tion in those days of comparative poverty, economy and hard work.

The inhabitants had learned to tan the skins for clothing, according tothe Indian process, using the brain of the deer itself, when convenient, butat this time offen substituting the brains of hogs for that purpose. It issaid that the brain of a deer will tan the hide, containing as it does thesame elements as the soda ash " fat liquor" in use at the present day.Occasionally a little of what purports to be the genuine Indian leatherstrays into Gloversville and is cut into gloves, which sell at fancy prices,more as a curiosity than anything else, as the material is really much in-ferior to the leather produced by modern and civilized processes. EzekielCase, and perhaps others, made mittens from this " Indian tanned " leather,as it was called, which must not be confounded with the leather bearingthe same name of which large quantities are now made.

About 1809, Tallmadge Edwards, father of Daniel Edwards of Johns-town, formerly a leather-dresser in England, once well-to-do but then inreduced circumstances, moved from Massachusetts to Johnstown. In thatyear James Burr (father of H. L. & J. H. Burr; and W. C. Mills (father ofD. C. Mills, hired Edwards to come to Kingsboro and teach them his artof dressing leather. Mr. Burr in 1809 made up a few pair of mittens,which he took up the Mohawk and bartered off. In the following year hemade a considerable number and sold at least part of them by the dozen,the first transaction of the kind. He subsequently made material improve-ments in the process of dressing skins, the most noticeable of which wasthe invention of the "bucktail," for which he received a patent. The ap-paratus is still in use, but the invention, like many others, proved rather aloss than otherwise to the inventor.

At this time, and much later, no gloves were manufactured, but onlyrough heavy mittens, which were needed to protect the hands of farmersand woodmen in cold and heavy labor. Even the leather which was pro-duced up to quite a recent date was unfit for the manufacture of gloves,being too heavy and stiff. As lately as about thirty years ago, it is said,gloves were seldom cut, except an occasional pair, taken from the thinnestand most pliable parts of the skins. Gloves were originally cut, it is said,by laying a pasteboard pattern on the leather and following it with theshears. But very indifferent progress could be made in that way with theelastic leather now in use, and this fact shows the difference in qualityquite distinctly. E. P. Newton started, in 1859, the first general machineworks in Fulton county for the manufacture of glove and mitten cuttingmachines. He is at present engaged in the business at Gloversville. Thegoods made in earlier days, however uncouth, furnished a good means ofdisposing of surplus deer skins, which, instead of being a drug in the mar-ket, were eagerly sought for, and when made up, were returned, with thenext parcel of tinware, to be re-bartered to parties from whom the skinshad been obtained, besides being put upon the market for sale to any whowished to purchase. Elisha Judson, father of D. B. Judson, it is said, car-ried east, about 1825, the first load of gloves ever driven into Boston. Thetrip took six weeks.

Up to quite a recent date the merchants were accustomed to receivegloves and mittens in payment for their goods, very little money passingin exchange. At length, when accounts came to be settled with cash, ayear's credit was established, and the manufacturers only made a final set-tlement for the year, when they had turned their goods and received theirpay. Meanwhile they and all of their employees traded with the local mer-chant upon the manufacturer's credit, and hence arose the well-known" first of January " system which, at first necessary, has been continued

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for the convenience of the manufacturers. The war of the Rebellion gavethe glove interest a wonderful impetus, as the price of skins for a time didnot advance in the same ratio as the price of gloves. Scarcity of stock,however, raised the price of skins to very high rates, and a fall in pricesentailed losses.

A history of Gloversville and the glove business, published by HoraceSprague in 1859, ascribes an earlier date than we have given to the originof the trade. Mr. Sprague says: " In the year 1806, Ezekiel Case broughtfrom Cincinnati a knowledge of manufacturing leather from deer skins,and was engaged for some time in the business, on a limited scale, atKingsboro. In the year 1805, William C. Mills commenced his annualtrips to the Holland purchase to buy wheit for flouring purposes, and alsodeer skins for manufacturing. From four to five hundred skins consti-tuted his yearly purchase. Tallmadge Edwards, of Johnstown, and Eze-kiel Case were first employed to dress them, from whom William F. Mills,the son, and James Burr, the son-in-law of William C. Mrls, learned theart of manufacturing. For many years subsequent thereto, Mills and Burrwere the most extensive and noted manufacturers. Mills died early in life,while Burr continued to extend his operations, to invent and adapt ma-chinery, to simplify and improve the various processes, and to give the busi-ness that character and currency which have conferred upon him thedistinction of being considered the true founder of the buckskin manufac-ture in this region of country. About the year 1810, John Ward, of Kings-boro, engaged in the business. He made annual trips to Pennsylvania forskins, and became a manufacturer on a scale nearly as extensive as Millsand Burr. He, however, died in early manhood, in the year 1815." Thewriter of this work estimated the capital invested in the business in 1859at from $500,000 to $1,000,000 in Gloversville and Kingsboro alone. Itis judged at this date to be four or five times that amount in those places.The rapid extension of the business throughout the country, and the im-mense proportions it has attained since Mr. Sprague wrote, are facts fami-liar to most of the people of this section.

It must be remembered that the making of gloves and mittens is not allof the trade in this county. There are tanneries, and skin-mills and box-factories in operation, employing many workmen, and involving a largeamount of capital, all of which are subservient to the one great leadingpursuit. Nor is the business confined to Gloversville and Johnstown. Inprivate houses throughout the county sewing-machines stare one in theface, with their packages of gloves near by, sewed or unsewed. That abranch of industry which had its origin here in the small dickering ofYankee tin-pedlars should have attained so much importance in a littlemore than half a century, is, perhaps, without a parallel in the history ofthe great American industries. " Thousands of laborers are employed,millions of dollars are invested, a great continent is supplied with a neededarticle of wearing apparel, and all this is the result of an exchange of a fewtin-pans for a few paltry deer skins."

It has been stated that the early manufacturers gave their exclusive at-tention to heavy work, and that fine work for a time was not thought of.This order has, however, been reversed in late years, and in no directionis greater progress made than in the attainment of as delicate workmanshipas can elsewhere be produced in this or other countries. The success ofthe effort is believed to be at hand.

THE RAW MATERIAL OF THE TRADE.

The leading varieties of skins used in the manufacture of gloves andmittens are the deer skin and domestic sheep skin, though several otherkinds work in, partly as a curiosity, partly as a matter of accident, andperhaps partly from occasional scarcity. The manufacturers are sometimescharged with substituting sheep skin for buck, on the ground that thereare apparently not enough deer skins obtained to produce all the allegedbuckskin gloves. But there are really a great many more deer skins pro-duced than the uninitiated suppose. Fulton county draws a supply ofdeer skins from the entire United States, Mexico, Central and SouthAmerica. It is believed that about 1,000,000 pounds of deer skins annu-ally come to the New York market, and that the United States producesabout one quarter of this amount, with an average weight of three poundsper skin. Of these, the larger part, of course, comes to the glove manu-facturers of this section, though not all; some of them, for example, find-ing their way to the piano manufacturers, where they are used to cushion

the lit t le hammers used in those instruments, while a portion of these skinsalso go to the shoe manufacturers. A comparatively few skins are alsopurchased by the Fulton county glove-men from the Boston market. Thehides are usually known by the name of the State or country from whichthey are gathered, the port from which they are shipped, or the name ortrade-mark of the dealer. For instance, "domestic deer skins"—a termapplied to distinguish them from imported stock—are known as Wisconsins,Michigans, Missouris, etc., and these again divided into general classes,indicating the time of year the animal is killed, which makes a great dif-ference in the value of the skins. Thus there are western " reds " and"grays," the former being skins taken in summer, quite thick, but havingshort, thin, reddish hair, while the latter, taken in winter, are thin skins,with very long thick hair. It is the rule in regard to all skins, that thewarmer the climate where or season when the skin is taken, the thicker willbe the skin, and the shorter, thinner and more worthless the hair. Theheaviest and most valuable skins, therefore, come from under the equator.A large number come from the mouth of the Amazon, and are commonlyknown as "Jacks." From nearly every port between Texas and the Ama-zon, and even further south, skins are sent, named from the port at whichthey are shipped. From the Central American ports, or "Mosquito coast,"are obtained skins, hence called " Mosquitos." The surface of many ofthese hides, when dressed, has a pitted appearance, much resembling thatproduced on the human skin by small-pox. These pits are said not toeffect the wear of the leather, but they seriously impair its appearance.All deer skins come to market in a hard, dried state, folded together withthe hair inside, and pressed in bales of from 100 to 300 pounds weight.

The most important skin in the market, after that of the deer, is the do-mestic sheep skin. Of these in all forms it is estimated that 1,200,000 areused annually. Probably not more than one quarter to one third of theseare finished as kid, the grain side being used and colored, the remainderbeing consumed for gloves finished after the manner of buckskin, andalso making the split skins or " fleshers," which are the flesh side of theskin after the grain has been removed and are used for bindings and thelike. The " fleshers" used in this country are, however, mostly importedfrom England and Ireland. In sheep skins the best leather is said to beproduced from the coarse-wooled sheep, as they produce the finest grain;the same rule holding good here as in deer skins, that the coarser the cover-ing of the skin, the finer the grain. The sheep skins vary as much inquality as the deer, and depend as much upon the section from which theycome. Californian, Mexican, and even Australian sheep skins reach ourmarket, but are not considered first rate stock. The coarse-wooled sheepof this country are said to furnish about as good a quality of skin forglove purposes as any in the market, having an excellent grain for kid, andgreat elasticity, though the latter property much depends upon the methodof tanning.

Probably the deer and domestic sheep furnish eight or nine-tenths ofall the skins used for gloves. A few of the Cape of Good Hope sheepskins are used, but only a very limited number now, whereas formerly theywere quite extensively used. The leather from this skin is very durableindeed, but lacks proper elasticitity.

Of the deer branch there are the antelope skins. Of the " domesticantelope " hides, obtained on our western plains, the annual productionis said to be about 80,000 pounds, of which a large portion is dressed inthis section. They produce an excellent leather, perhaps fully equal todeer skins of the same weight, for they are a small light skin, very soft,but tenacious, and much of the nature of the well known chamois skin.There have latterly been introduced into this market a considerable num-ber of blesbok skins, taken from a fine large African antelope, but in qualityresembling the deer rather than the antelope. Some difficulty was ex-perienced at first, in dressing these skins so as to make them soft and plia-ble, but that trouble is now about overcome, so that they promise to becomean important item in the supply.

There is also a South American water hog skin dressed here to quite anextent. They come from Buenos Ayres, and are a good skin for gloves.Besides these there are some Patna or Calcutta cow hides, goat skins, andeven buffalo skins, coming into market and dressed with success by someof the most enterprising and inventive manufacturers.

These various kinds of foreign and hitherto unknown and unused skinsare coming into use for the reason both that the domestic deer skins areannually growing more scarce, and also because they promise to the dis-coverer of a serviceable new skin, an extra remuneration before others

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shall have taken advantage of it. One party, during the war, invested inhog skins, a rather untried experiment at that time. He manufactured20,000 of these skins in one year, and cleared on them an average of onedollar per skin. Others have been proportionately successful in theirexperiments in buffalo, blesboks and other new varieties of hides, andthus circumstances vouchsafe a reward to the discoverer, without thenecessity of a patent. Besides the various skins there are annually largequantities of cloth manufactured into gloves, amounting in 1873 to $400,-ooo worth.

PREPARING THE SKINS.

Dressing the skins gives employment to a large number of hands. Thereare in the county about twenty-five "skin mills" (employing twelve ormore hands each) where the entire process is completed. These mills,though not very showy, have an estimated value of from five to fifteenthousand dollars each, which with the money annually invested in laborin them amounts to a very large sum. The manufacturers are wont todivide the expenses of their product into three parts, viz.: First, the costof the raw skins and materials; second, the tanning process; an.d, third,the cutting and making up. The skins are generally bought for cash, or,at most, on four months' time; the dressing is done almost entirely on"first of January" credit; the arrangement for cutting and making is cashor credit as the parties can agree, but the tendency seems to be towardcash in this direction, many of the manufacturers paying their handsmonthly now, a thing never thought of formerly. Many of the large manu-facturers own mills, and thus control two branches of the business, em-ploying their mills to dress leather for others when not occupied withtheir own stock. A considerable amount of buck and sheep skin is annu-ally dressed in Fulton county, and taken elsewhere for manufacture; somefor gloves, some for the shoe manufacturers, some for saddlery, and occa-sionally a lot for piano-makers. Much improvement has been made withintwenty years in dressing buck skin and also skins heretofore mentioned,which were formerly considered valueless for the glove business. Theleather, as formerly dressed, was apt to be too stiff and unyielding, andwhenever a new kind of skin is introduced into market it is likely to be atfirst condemned because it presents these bad qualities; but the dressersare learning that each kind of skin needs its peculiar treatment, and inthis way many skins have been rendered valuable which would otherwisebe worthless, and more will, doubtless, some day be added to the list.

The glove manufacturers in this section, only a decade or two since,did not essay the making of gloves from any material other than buck andsheep skin; the latter tanned and finished the same as the former, whichit then closely resembles, and from which it cannot be distinguished by anovice. The same goods in both buck and sheep as formerly, though of abetter quality, are still manufactured; but sheep skin now takes a greatmany forms which are an addition to former branches. One of these isthat known as " kid." Formerly all kid gloves, so called, were importedfrom France, Germany or England, as a large proportion of the finer orlighter kids, made up with an over-and-over stitch, still continue to be ;but even the latter kind are now being made by a few manufacturers here,and it may safely be expected that the manufacture of this kind of goodswill increase. Disastrous failure was predicted by the old fogies whenkid manufacture began, but now Fulton county competes with the worldon heavy kids, and is likely to do its proportion of the lighter kid trade." Kid," as known in this market, is divided into two leading classes,termed "imported" and "domestic." They are all alike sheep or lamb,and not goat skins, as their name would indicate; but the former are skinsimported from France or Germany, already dressed and brought here tobe made up, while the latter are skins produced on our own soil, gatheredfram every State in the Union and brought here to be dressed. The Ful-ton county kid-dressers, it is said, excel the foreign workman in dressingthe same kind of stock, but our native skins are of a different kind oftexture from the foreign, hence the difference in the leather. The foreignsheep is a coarse-wooled animal, many times having its wool mixed withhair more like the goat, while our sheep are finer-wooled, and it is said tohold true that the coarser the wool the closer and tougher will be theleather.

The glove manufacturers probably cut up 20,000 dozen domestic skinsannually, and more than as many more of the imported. Certain partiesin New York and Albany "pull and beam " these skins ; pack them in a

salt pickle, from seventy-five to eighty dozen in a cask, and sell them inthis state to the manufacturers in this section. The finer and greater partof these are lamb skins, but the process is the same for lamb and sheepskins. When thus received to be dressed for kid, they are first" drenched "or washed, to extract as thoroughly as may be the " pickle " from the skin.They are then placed in an alum bath, where they remain about twelvehours; then removed and "staked." "Staking" is a process quite fre-quently repeated in the manufacture of gloves, and consists in stretchingthe skin and removing all wrinkles as much as possible by means of a thin,round-faced iron, placed in a standing frame over which the skin is re-peatedly drawn. The "arm-stake," mostly used by manufacturers, has asimilar iron, but so arranged as to receive pressure from the shoulder.With the former, the skin is drawn across the stake, whereas the latter ismoved over the skin, the effect produced being the same with each. Afterbeing removed from the alum bath and "staked," the skins are dried, prin-cipally in the sun, but sometimes in rooms heated by steam. After drying,the same process of washing, staking and drying is repeated with as greatthoroughness as possible. When this is completed, the skins are sorted forcoloring, the more perfect ones being selected for lighter colors. Theyare next'washed again and are then ready to put in the egg bath, composedof the yolks of eggs. For this purpose a large quantity of eggs is used an-nually, taking on an average about one egg to each skin. The yolk of over6,000 dozen eggs is annually used by some mills, the whites being thrownaway. After being removed from the egg bath, the skins are ready to color,which is done by placing them—now a beautiful, clear, white color—fleshside down upon zinc or lead tables, and brushing over them the liquid dye,composed of redwood, lignum-vitae, wood-citron, Brazil bark, and manyother articles, according to the color to be produced, and afterward brush-ing over the. skin a mordant of some kind to " set" the color. This mor-dant generally consists of alum, copperas and blue vitriol. After coloring,the skins are again dried, then dampened, and then rolled up in separateparcels, flesh side out, and packed away in barrels to "season," that is, torender every portion of the skin equally flexible and soft. When thorough-ly seasoned they are again " staked " and then "shaved." The shaving isdone with a thin sharp circle of .steel, set at a slight angle, having a holein the center where a movable handle is placed. The skin is held at oneside by bars like those used for the arm stake, and the workman, graspingthe other side of the skin, draws his sharp knife over the flesh side, cut-ting off all superfluous particles, rendering the surface smooth and soft.The only remaining process is that of " padding," or rubbing the grain sidewith a pad made of woolen cloth or something of that sort, which polishesand tends to soften the leather ; after this the skins are ready for manu-facture into gloves. Some of these skins are not colored at all, especiallythe poor ones, being used for "welts" and the like.

It is claimed that Christian G. Bach, who came from Germany in 1836,and settled in Fulton county, milled the first sheep skins milled in thecounty, in the mill now owned by McLaren, near the cemetery in Johns-town village.

The process of tanning deer skins is somewhat different. The hides liein lime liquor for three or four days, and are then taken out and dried,say twice a week, for four weeks in summer and six weeks in winter, limebeing added each week. The flesh is first taken off, then the grain, andthen the hair, which is called frizzing. Next the skins are parched in thesun. Milling is the next operation, a process which thoroughly permeatesthe skins with oil, making them supple, and opens the pores. They arethen taken to the beam shop and subjected to a process called "scudding,"which consists in shaving off the mucous on the grain side. Parching ordrying down is only used for tight or very heavy skins, which are afterwardagain soaked when they become soft and better fitted for the mill. (It maybe remarked that the refuse of the skins produced by these various pro-cesses is sold, when dry by the pound, and when wet by the bushel, formaking glue.) The skins are then thrown into a liquor made of soda ash,which takes the oil entirely out in about 12 hours, when the hides are saidto be " half scoured." This liquor is saved, and with an addition of acidis sold for calf skin and morocco work. The skins are then dried andscoured clean ; they are next taken to the finishing room, dampened, puton a stretcher and stretched. If very heavy or uneven, they are putthrough a splitting machine. Then they are taken to the stakeroom, wherethey are still further stretched and all remaining wrinkles taken out. Dryochre is now rubbed on, or the skin is smoked, as desired. A. Simmons,who began the business in 1845, is said to have been the first man in the

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county to smoke skins. The first smoke-house was made by driving fourstakes, and surrounding them with a rag carpet ; it would smoke two orthree hundred a year, whereas Mr. Simmons now smokes from 150,000 to175,000. The skin is next placed on a rapidly revolving emery wheel,until perfect smoothness is attained, when the operation is complete.The skins are hung out on the lines about eight times during the processof tanning, and are handled thirty or forty times in the course of theirpreparation for making up. No formula, recipe or patent is a sufficientguide in the process, for at every step great care and discretion must beexercised, which can only be obtained by years of practice and ex-perience.

The " bark-tanned " leather is also a prominent item in the business.The same stock is often used for making these goods as for making kid,but instead of completing the process as for kid, the hides after beingwashed are treated with bark liquor until tanned, then worked over ma-hogany tables and next, stretched to their utmost, are tacked upon boardsto dry, and finally worked until soft and pliable. More varieties of theseleathers, perhaps, might be adduced, but this is probably sufficient to showthe general line. The imported kid is furnished by nearly all dealers inglovers' findings to a greater or less extent. Step by step these new kindsof leather and different branches of manufactures have crept in and ad-vanced in quantity and quality, notwithstanding competition without, andridicule from old fogies at home, and much improvement may yet be madeand doubtless will be.

CHAPTER III.

FULTON COUNTY S RECORD IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION HISTORY OF THE

I53D NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS.

The I53rd Regt. N. Y. State Vols. was raised in 1862 under the secondcall of President Lincoln, for 300,000 men. Seven of its companies werefrom the counties of Fulton, Montgomery and Saratoga, the other threefrom Clinton, Essex and Warren. The regiment was mustered into ser-vice at Fonda, Oct. i8th, 1862, and left for Virginia the same day. Onarriving at Washington, Oct. 22d, it was at once ordered to Alexandria,Va., and there encamped. While here the regiment attained a high degreeof discipline through the efficient attention of Col. McMartin and hisofficers. The men, however, suffered considerably from typhoid pneumo-nia, measles and small-pox. Col. McMartin was at length compelled toresign through an accident and failing health. By his generous and im-partial conduct he had won the hearts of his officers and men, and theybade him adieu with deep regret. Col. Armstrong also resigned, and Maj.E. P. Davis was promoted to the colonelcy of the regiment.

At that time Alexandria was a vast depot of military stores. Its forti-fications were considered of but little avail if the enemy should make asudden dash upon the town under cover of night. The troops were oftenaroused from their slumbers and formed in line of battle, across the differ-ent roads leading to the city, remaining under arms till dawn, to repel anyattack. For fourteen consecutive nights this regiment lay behind tempo-rary barriers of quartermasters' wagons, in the open air, expecting theenemy.

On the 2oth of July, 1863, the regiment was ordered to Capital Hill bar-racks, Washington. Its duty here was guarding the depot of the Baltimoreand Ohio Railroad, examining travelers' passes, patrolling the city, con-voying troops to the front, and prisoners to Point Lookout, and guardingContraband Camp, Central Guard-house, Carroll and Old Capitol Prisons.Surgeon Hendee and Quartermaster Livingston resigned while here, andDr. Snow, ist Assistant, became surgeon.

On the 2oth of February, 1864, the 'regiment embarked on the steamerMississippi for New Orleans, where it arrived February 28th, landing atAlgiers, opposite that city, and occupying the Belleville Iron Works.Thence it proceeded by rail, March 3d,to Brashaer, 80 miles distant. Cross-ing Grand Lake at Brashaer, the troops marched up the beautiful valleyof the bayou Teche. On the 5th, they arrived at Franklin, and reportingto Gen. Franklin, were assigned to the ist brigade, ist division, igth armycorps. On the i5th, they were again on the move toward Alexandria, onthe Red river, arriving there March 24th, where they found Gen. Banksawaiting them. On their way thither Joseph Hawkins, of Co. K, died ofexhaustion.

On the 28th of March they left Alexandria for Shreveport, 170miles distant, which was in possession of the enemy. Gen. Lee led thecavalry division, the I3th corps followed, then the ist division of the ipthcorps, next the i3th and igth corps trains with ten days' rations. The istbrigade of the igth army corps, to which this regiment was assigned, wascommanded by Gen. Dwight, and consisted of the 29th, ii4th, n6thand 153d N. Y. regiments. The country now supplied the entire armywith beef, vast numbers of cattle being secured daily. After a march of36 miles the army came to Pleasant Hill, and halted for the train to comeup.

On the 8th of April, the i53d regiment was detailed to guard the divi-sion train, and, consequently, in rear of the army. On that day the cav-alry and I3th corps, being in advance, were met by the enemy at SabineCross Roads, and being overpowered by superior numbers, fell back inconfusion. Gen. Emery, apprised of the disaster in front, drew up his(ist) division at Pleasant Grove, three miles below Sabine Cross Roads.The rebels, pressing the retreating forces, at length charged upon Emerywith great impetuosity. For an hour and a half he gallantly resisted theirrepeated onsets, until darkness put an end to the conflict. The Uniontroops continued on the battle field until midnight, when they were orderedback to Pleasant Hill, this regiment covering their retreat. The nextmorning the enemy, having discovered their retreat, followed them toPleasant Hill. Our troops took position to resist the onset. At lengththe enemy drove in their skirmish line and made an attack in force ontheir left. Five times they charged on the ist brigade, and were as oftendriven back. This was the first battle in which this regiment had takenpart. In his report of it, Col. Davis says : " My men behaved nobly, andI attach much credit to the noble manner in which my line officers acted.Lieut-Col. Strain, Maj. Sammons and Adjut. Davis rendered me valuableassistance in keeping my line together and maintaining my position." Forthree hours the conflict raged, when, night coming on, the work of deathended. Our troops lay on their arms in line of battle all night, but theenemy, taking advantage of the darkness, had removed. On account ofthe scarcity of water and rations the army began to retreat, April 10, to-ward Grand Ecore, a small town on a bluff of the Red river. This placewas reached the following day.

Gen. Dwight now became chief of staff to Gen. Banks, and Col. Beal,of the 2gth Maine, was assigned to the ist brigade. April 23d the armyleft Grand Ecore. As it moved out the town was fired. This was saidto be the work of a rebel, and done to apprise the enemy of the army'sdeparture. After a forced march of 40 miles, the force went into camp,at midnight, near Cloutierville, but at 4 o'clock the next morning wasagain on the way to Cane River Crossing. This place was in possessionof the rebel general Bee, with 4,000 men, who were fortifying Monet'sBluff, which commands it. At this point the situation of the army wasindeed critical. The enemy was closely pursuing them in the rear; Gen.Bee, strongly fortified, was in front; Cane river on the right, and a denseswamp and forest on the left. The ist brigade was thrown forward into awood, which the enemy began to shell; as they fired too high, however,they did but little injury. At length our forces made a simultaneous at-tack. The enemy replied with great vigor to our batteries, but Birge car-ried the Bluff and forced them to retreat. Our troops now being orderedto cross the river, the 2d Vet. Cavalry, the n6th and i53d pressed forwardand were among the first to occupy the heights.

The Union troops continued their retreat toward Alexandria, the baseof supplies, which place they reached on the 25th of April, and encampednear our gunboats and transports. Here they remained until the i3th ofMay, when they again took up their march, now toward the Mississippi,the fleet leaving at the same time. As the troops left Alexandria a firebroke out in such a way as to make it impossible to prevent a general con-flagration. There was some skirmishing by the troops on this march, andonce they met the enemy in force. It was on this route that the Battle ofMansura occurred, but it was fought principally with artillery on the Unionside.

On the i?th of May the army reached the Atchafalaya river near Sims-port, where the transports were found awaiting it. The river, 600 feetwide at this point, was bridged with 19 transports fastened together, andon the igth the troops and trains passed over. On the 22d they reachedMarganzia Bend on the Mississippi. Here the i53d suffered muchthrough sickness and death. On the ist of July the i53d and 1141)1 regi-ments took the steamer Crescent for New Orleans, where they arrived on

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the 2d, and the following day moved down the river under sealed orders.They soon learned they were destined for Fortress Monroe. Arrivingthere, they were at once ordered to report in Washington, which theyreached July nth, 1864. The i53d took position in the rifle pits beyondFort Saratoga. At this time Gen. Early was foraging in Maryland, menac-ing Washington, and causing our troops considerable uneasiness.

This regiment, with the 6th and igth corps, under command of Gen.Wright, were at length sent, with other troops, in pursuit of Early. Aftermoving from place to place for several days, they at length settled tem-porarily at Harper's Ferry, August 5th. On the 7th of August Gen. Sheri-dan was placed in command of the " Middle Department," composed ofthe late departments of West Virginia, Washington and Stisquehanna.On the loth of August, 1864, the army began its march up the Shenan-doah Valley, passing from town to town, and occasionally making shortstops. While camping at Charlestown, Cadman, of Company A, andCharles Thornton, of Company H, of the i53d regiment, while makingsome purchases, for the mess at a farm house near by, were captured byguerillas. In the melee the latter was killed; the former was taken toRichmond and confined in Libby Prison. Both were highly esteemed.Leaving Charlestown, the army returned to Harper's Ferry, camping onthe ground twice before occupied. On the 28th of August the force wasordered up the Valley. Again marching or countermarching, skirmishingwith or pursuing the enemy, or being pursued by him, was the order of theday. It soon became apparent, however, that the army was about tomake a determined advance. On the i8th of September all surplus bag-gage was sent to the rear, and early the following morning the force wasin motion.

Early held the west side of the Opequan creek. Sheridan was in hisfront and on his right. The cavalry had driven the enemy and clearedthe passage of the Opequan. This was now forded by the infantry, whoadvanced along the turnpike through a deep ravine about a mile in length.Early had hoped to prevent their entering this ravine, but in this he failed.It now remained for him to seize the upper opening and prevent ourtroops from forming in line of battle; or, failing in this, he hoped after theUnion troops had formed to mass his whole strength against them, and byholding the gorge to cut off their retreat.

The battle of Opequan creek or Winchester, was fought to gain posses-sion of this ravine, the key to Winchester. At ten o'clock, A. M., the 6thcorps left the ravine, and filing to the left, advanced on the open plainin two lines of battle, the first of which carried one of the enemy's riflepits. The i Qth corps closely followed the 6th, Gen. Grover's division join-ing them on the right. Dwight's division, to which the i53d belonged, wassent as Grover's support. While their brigade was forming, it received re-peated volleys from the enemy, who were behind and protected by a ledgeof rocks. The burden of the conflict in the early part of the day cameupon the igth corps and Rickett's division of the 6th corps, who for hoursheld the approaches to the ravine—while the 8th corps was swinging aroundthe enemy's flank—Early, in the meantime, having massed his forcesagainst them. At 3 o'clock, the cavalry, with the 8th corps, charged theenemy's left flank. The entire army now advanced. The wood in whichthe enemy had concentrated was quickly carried, and the foe fled from itin great haste, leaving behind their guns and accoutrements. The retreatsoon became a disastrous rout. The enemy fled through Winchester inconfusion. Col. Davis, of this regiment, was in command of the ist brig-ade. In the hottest of the fight, he was at the front cheering his troops.At one time he seized one of the regimental color standards, and bearingit aloft, pressed forward, inspiring his men with new enthusiasm.

The victory was complete. It was believed that the igth corps sufferedmost severely in this battle, having lost 11)40 in killed and wounded.Capts. DeWandilaer and Jacob C. Klock, of this regiment, were found inthe house of a rebel Congressman. Capt. Klock was severely wounded.He was, however, enabled to return to his home in St. Johnsville, where,after being promoted major, he died, Oct. 4, 1864. Post Klock, No. 70,G. A. R., of Fort Plain, N. Y., was named in honor of this gallant officer.After the battle of Opequan creek or Winchester, the enemy were pursued8 miles south, to Fisher's Hill, where they were found strongly fortified be-tween two mountain ranges. From this stronghold they were completelyrouted on the 22d, giving Sheridan possession of Fisher's Hill, the mostformidable natural barrier in the valley. Following up this victory, theUnion forces pursued the enemy night and day, harrassing and drivingthem through Woodstock, Mt. Jackson, Mt. Crauford and Staunton

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to Waynesborough, destroying flouring mills and vast quantities ofgrain.

While in the valley, 22 of the men were captured by Moseby. Seven ofthem he decided to hang, because Custer had executed seven of his guer-illas at Fort Royal. The number having been selected by lot, it was or-dered that they be put to death half a mile west of Berryville. Four ofthe condemned escaped, yet not till they had been severely wounded ; theother three were hanged. One of these was a member of the 15 3d.

On the 3Oth of September, the troops started down the valley, and onthe loth of October crossed Cedar creek and encamped. October i8ththe rst and part of the 2d division proceeded on a reconnoisance, nearlyas far as Strasburg. They found the rebels encamped here, and also dis-covered that the enemy were again strongly entrenched at Fisher's Hill.

On the i5th Sheridan made a flying visit to Washington, leaving Gen.Wright, of the 6th corps, in command. Early, aware of Sheridan's absence,and having been reinforced by Longstreet's corps, attacked our army inforce at daybreak on the igih. The 8th corps was surprised and drivenback in confusion. The 6th and igth corps were soon ordered to re-tire from the position. The enemy captured our guns and turned themupon our soldiers, who checked this onset and then fell back. Sheridan,returning from Washington and learning of the disaster hastened to hisarmy, which had retreated several miles. He at once formed a line ofbattle, and as he dashed along the ranks, said : " Never mind, boys, we'llwhip them yet." The air was rent with responsive cheers from his men.At one o'clock the pickets of the rgth corps were vigorously attacked anddriven in by the enemy. Our line now pressed forward on a double quickand soon received a severe fire, but continued steadily to advance, whenthe enemy opened fire upon the right flank, the line swinging to the rightto meet it. It was soon found that the rebels were retreating to the left,when the line was immediately turned in that direction, and the enemywere driven in confusion from behind a temporary breastwork. Their re-treat now became a rout, and was followed up by our troops, until theyretook the breastworks from which they had been driven in the morning,the iS3d regiment being among the first to occupy the works. Followingthe pursuit almost to Strasburg, the Union forces encamped, and on the2ist returned to their old quarters near Cedar creek. Col. Davis, of thei53d, was made Brigadier General by brevet for his bravery at this battle.

On the gth of November, the army left Cedar creek and encamped nearNewtown. Here the troops remained until December 29th, when theybroke camp and marched to Stevenson's depot, the terminus of theHarper's Ferry and Winchester railroads ; here they began to erect winterquarters near the depot in a grove of oak and black walnut. On the23d of March, 1865, this regiment was sent across to Snicker's gap, but re-turned the following day without adventure. At midnight, April gth,the booming of cannon announced the surrender of Lee. April nth theregiment moved to Summit Point, and on the 2oth they left this place bycars for Washington. While passing Harper's Ferry, Fink, of Company C,was killed. On the following day this regiment encamped near FortStevens, at Washington, and took part in the grand review of veterans atthat place, April 23d and 24th.

On the 6th of June, 1865, the i53d embarked on the steamer Oriental,for Savannah, Georgia, where it arrived on the I3th. Colonel—now Brig-General by brevet—Davis was in command of the city, which this regimentnow guarded. Dr. A. L. Snow was here promoted Brigade-Surgeon, andwas afterward assigned the position of health officer of the district andcity of Savannah.

Major Charles F. Putnam died here, after a severe but brief illness.This brave officer had been with the regiment from the first. On the gthhis remains were borne by his comrades to the beautiful Laurel Grovecemetery. They were brought north at the time of the return of the regi-ment, and interred in the cemetery at Fultonville, near his former home.Adjutant A. V. Davis was now promoted to the rank of major, an honorrichly merited.

On the 5th of October, this regiment took the steamer " Emilie " for thenorth by the way of Hilton Head, which place was reached the same day.On the 7th the I53d left by the steamer " McLellan " for New York,arriving there on the loth of October, and on the nth took the" Mary Benton " for Albany. Here a large number of the sick were takento the " Ira Harris " Hospital. Of them twelve or fourteen died, severalat Albany, the others after reaching their homes. On the i6thof October,1865, the men were mustered out of the service and paid off.

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The two guidons of the regiment, of white silk, with " 153 " in thecentre, were presented by Mrs. Joseph Strain, at Albany, and carriedthrough the campaign in the southwest. The regimental banner is of bluesilk, bearing the arms and motto of the United States and the legend"i53d N. Y. Vol. Regiment Infantry."

Subjoined is a list of the men from Fulton and Montgomery countieswho enlisted and served in the i53d regiment, of three years men, togetherwith the places of their enrollment.

REGIMENTAL OFFICERS.

Colonel, Duncan McMartin. Resigned April 25, 1863.Colonel, Edwin P. Davis. Mustered out with regiment, Oct. 2, 1865.Lieutenant-Colonel, Thomas A. Armstrong. Resigned Feb. 18, 1863.Lieutenant-Colonel, W. H. Printup. Resigned November 17, 1863.Lieutenant-Colonel, Alexander Strain. Discharged January 4, 1865.Major, E. P. Davis. Promoted to Colonel March 26, 1863.Major, Alexander Strain. Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel Dec. i, 1863.Major, Stephen Sammons. Resigned August 27, 1864.Major, George H. McLaughlin. Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel Jan.

26, 1865.Major, C. F. Putnam. Died at Savannah, Georgia, Sept. 9, 1865.Adjutant, Stephen Sammons. Promoted to Major Dec. 2, 1863.Adjutant, Abram V. Davis. Mustered out with regiment Oct. 2, 1865.Quartermaster, D. C. Livingston. Resigned Aug;:st 22, 1863,Quartermaster, John D. Blanchard. Mustered out with regiment.Surgeon, H. S. Hendee. Resigned Feb. 18, 1864.Assistant-Surgeon, J. L. Alexander. Resigned August 19, 1863.Assistant-Surgeon, N. L. Snow. Promoted to Surgeon April 14, 1864.Assistant-Surgeon, J. Sweeny. Mustered out with regiment.Chaplain, J. Henry Enders. Mustered out with regiment.

COMPANY A, ENROLLED AT JOHNSTOWN.

OFFICERS.

Captain, David Spaulding.1st Lieutenant, James Barr.2ii Lieutenant, John D. Brovvnell.ist Sergeant, James A. Veeder.2ii Sergeant, James Lasher.3d Sergeant, Alfred Earl.4//4 Sergeant, Lee M. Wooster.StA Sergeant, William C. Peake.ist Corporal, James C. Kelley.2d Corporal, George C. Potter.3</ Corporal, William J. Griffis.4/A Corporal, Robert B. Hyman.5//4 Corporal, Charles R. Wright.6tA Corporal, Weston W. Peake.•jth Corporal, Chas. M. Ballantine.&tA Corporal, Frederick A. Harrnan.Musician, Rufus B. Mclntosh.Musician, Jacob Wilde.Teamster, David P. Mills.

Ferdinand Ackernecht.John Ancock.John Busick.Abija Bruice.John G. Billingham.Edwin A. Bissel.Oliver Birdsall.William E. Cristie.John Cossleman.Timothy Cossleman.William Cossleman.

Leslie Kinsman.Archibald Kelley.Cassius Lloyd.John E. Longhenry.Eleazer Morgan.Stephen Millgate.George R. Miller.William H. Pulser.Charles H. Powell.Harmon H. Putnam.John S. Paddock.

Benjamin Cossleman.Stephen Cadman.Patrick Dorn.Aaron P. Day.John K. Dye.George Duell.Elihu F. Enos.George D. Fuller.John E. Furguson.Lawrence P. Frederick.Wilbur Farthing.Josiah Farthing.Dudley S. Gorton.Win. Goodenough.William H. Gulic.Charles Graff.Wm. Green.David Haggart.Mathias Hurtz.Joseph Hayner.Daifiel A. Hand.William G. Hulett.William A. House.David Hatmaker.John Johnson.Elisha Judson, jr.Hugo Knoff.

John H. Place.Horace B. Potter.George E. Reymor.Victor Rufin.James F. Redshaw.George E. Radford.James Radford.Joseph Reynolds.Philip Snyder.Elipas Stearns.John Stoner.John Tuttle.Solomon Tuttle.Charles Tiedman.James Van Vliet.Coonrad Van Sickler.John Van Sickler.Andrew J. Van Alter.Henry Van Wormer.Abram Van Nostrand.Joshua Van Alter.Daniel Van Done.Henry C. Welmuth.Alexander Wenchel.David Wiggins.Joseph Wells.John H. Weldin.

COMPANY B.

Captain, Robert R. Meredilh, Mohawk.ist Lieutenant, John A. De Wandelaer, Palaline.2d Lieutenant, Mason H. Stewart, Mohawk.ist Sergeant, Richard Loucks, Palatine.Sergeant, Herman A. Foster, Palatine.Sergeant, Martin Cooley, Mohawk.Sergeant, Edward Doherty, Mohawk.Sergeant, Charles S. Woodworth, Mohawk,Corporal, Oscar Lasher, Palaline.Corporal, Hamilton D. Seaman, Mohawk.Corporal, David H. Quackenbush, Palatine.Corporal, Ezra Van Slycke, Palatine.Corporal, Abram Van Heusen, Mohawk.Corporal, Andrew Cluplif, Palaline.Corporal, James Fancher, Mohawk.Corporal, Henry P. Searles, Mohawk.Musician, John W. Bauder, Mohawk.

PRIVATES.

James Ash, Mohawk.George H. Auslin. Mohawk.Jerome B. Auslin, Palatine.John Barringer, Mohawk.Peler Barringer, Rool.Phineas Brigham, Palaline.Shadrack Brower, Palaline.Reqa Carajja, Mohawk.Nicholas Coons, Mohawk.John Coppernoll, Palaline.John Colson, Palaline.Charles Cromwell, Mohawk.William Cluplif, Palaline.David Doenberg, Palaline.Jno. H. Dockslader, Mohawk.Thomas Donnelly, Mohawk.Amaziah Eacker, Mohawk.John Eacker, Palaline.

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Smith Galloway, Mohawk.Edward Gates, Mohawk.E. Adam Glenar, Mohawk.Isaac Graff, Palatine.Lewis Grape, Palatine.Gabriel Henry, Mohawk.Conrad Hinkle, Palatine.Richard Hart, Mohawk.David Haverly, Mohawk.Maus Haverly, Palatine.Harmon Haverly, Root.Hermen Hime, Mohawk.John Hoffman, Mohawk.James Hopkins, Mohawk.Andrew Lampman, Mohawk.Cornelius P. Lansing, Mohawk.Henry Leitt, Mohawk.Byron Lefler, Mohawk.Frederick Linde, Palatine.Frederick Luck, Palatine.William R. McGee, Mohawk.Martin Neilan, Mohawk.Joseph Peiler, Palatine.Georam Piatti, Mohawk.Simeon Phillips, Florida.Michael Regali, Mohawk.Joseph Reistle, Mohawk.Peter Reijja, Mohawk.Anthony Sheridan, Mohawk.Henry Smith, Palatine.Lewis Thompson, Palatine.Samuel Tomlinson, Mohawk.Jno. P. Vollmar, Palatine.Hiram Vanderworker, Palatine.Jacob Van Allen, Palatine.James H. Van Dusen, Mohawk.Brewer Van Wie, Palatine.John S. Veeder, Mohawk.Jno. D. Vrooman, Mohawk.Joseph Van Nest, Mohawk.William S. Waffle, Palatine.George Wakeman, Palatine.Simeon Wateman, Palatine.James Welsh, Mohawk.John White, Mohawk.Abraham Wich, Palatine.George Wilder, Mohawk.David Wilder, Mohawk.James J. Williams, Palatine.Henry Young, Amsterdam.Garret Youngjohn, Mohawk.

COMPANY C.

OFFICERS.

Captain, Wm. H. Printup.\st Lieutenant, Peter E. Houck.id Lieutenant, Charles F. Putman.Sergeant, James B. Neill, Glen. Promoted to Captain.Sergeant, William J. Munsell, Florida.Sergeant, Cornelius T. Burns, Glen.Sergeant, John Conway, Root.Sergeant, Martin Wood, Glen.Corporal, William H. Wiers, Glen.Corporal, Hiram B. Camp, Florida.Corporal, Patrick H. Lynch, Glen.Corporal, John W. Scoop, Florida.Corporal, Jay L. Huganin, Glen.Corporal, Lorenzo Lizdell, Florida.

Corporal, Milan Pierce, Glen.Corporal, George G. Grimshaw, Florida.Musician, Alfred S. Davis, Glen.Musician, James Davis, Glen.Wagoner, Daniel J. McLaughlin, Mohawk.

PRIVATES.

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Ezra T. Austin, Glen.Charles F. Bowman, Glen.Samuel Brum, Charleston.James L. Callen, Florida.Christopher B. Clute, Glen.John Chambers.Alexander Cornell, Glen.Jacob P. Cogshall, Glen.John B. Cogshall, Glen.Peter Carson, Glen.S. M. Carle.John Carson, Root.Delos Clark.John Cronin, Florida.Walter Cleaver, Florida.John Carr, Florida.A. P. Dewell.Abram Dinehart, Florida.James Davis, Florida.John C. Davis, Florida.William Foody, Glen.Jas. Fancher.Daniel Fisher, Florida.Wade Getman, Glen.John Graff, Florida.John Guile, Florida.John Hunt, Glen.F. Holden.Amst Hugo, Glen.E. Holden.Henry Hawkins, Glen.Charles H. Hammon, Charleston.John Hills, Florida.Andrew J. Hare, Florida.William Hazard, Root.Michael Hynds, Root.David Huganin, Florida.Arthur O. Jones, Glen.A. F. Johnson.George Kyle, Florida.Peter J. Keller, Root.Walter Lasher.Peter Leighton, Glen.Benjamin F. Lisdell, Florida.Lorenzo Lisdell, Florida.Abram F. Lewis, Florida.P. P. Lynch, Glen.William Lawyer, Florida.Patrick McGarvin, Glen.John C. McGuire, Glen.R. A. McClain.John Murray, Glen.Samuel M. Murdock, Glen.A. H. Mott.Timothy Morris, Glen.George Miller, Glen.John M. Mitchell, Florida.William A. Miller, Florida.Martin Minch, Root.George Minch, Root.Andrew Newkirk, Glen.James Newkirk, Glen.

182 THE HISTORY OF FULTON COUNTY.

John S. Putman, Glen.Melvin Peck, Florida.James W. Peck, Florida.Benjamin Pangburn, Florida.Valentine Polhammer, Glen.William Quinn, Glen.W. E. Quackenbush, Glen. Transferred to the navy.Myndert Quackenbush, Root.Frederick Quackenbush, Root.J. C. Quackenbush.John H. Reese, Florida.Daniel Paris Reese, Florida.Weber W. Rowe, Root.Jacob Stewart, Glen.Henry J. Soules, Glen.John Sharron, Glen.Abraham B. Swart, Glen.John H. Stillwell, Glen.Jacob Smith.Charles Smith, Glen.Daniel Smith, Root.William H. Starin, Charleston.Solomon H. Sharp, Charleston.Moses J. Tompkins, Root.C. P. Van Antwerp.Cornelius H. Van Sickler, Florida.Lewis D. Van Alstine, Glen.John J. Van Derveer, Root.Peter Vischer, Glen.Martin Wagner, Glen.Christian Wessels, Glen.Lewis Wessels, Glen.James H. Wilson, Florida.W. H. Wires.

COMPANY D.

Captain, J. J. Buchanan. Entered as ist Lieutenant. Promoted CaptainSept. 14, 1863.

\st Lieutenant, B. H. Burns. Enrolled as Sergeant. Promoted ist Lieu-tenant Oct. 27th, 1863.

xti Lieutenant, Abram V. Davis.ist Sergeant, William S. Norton.id Sergeant, Barney H. Burns. Promoted ist Lieutenant.T,d Sergeant, William M. Harris.4tA Sergeant, Hiram Argersinger. Promoted ist Lieutenant, Co. I.^th Sergeant, Samuel J. Bell. Died in New Orleans.ist Corporal, William G. Butler, Mayfield. Died in Washington.2tt Corporal, John Fulton, Johnstown.30" Corporal, Richard Burns, Johnstown.$th Corporal, Charles Bell, Johnstown.$th Corporal, John G. Richardson, Johnstown.(till Corporal, Daniel Gustin, Johnstown. Died in Virginia.1th Corporal, Charles H. Peake, Johnstown.St/i Corporal, Thaddeus M. Scouten. Died in Virginia.Corporal, Thomas Farrell. Wounded and discharged.Corporal, Yost Grebe. Wounded and discharged.Musician, James German, Johnstown. Died in Virginia.Musician, Abram Wiley, Perth.Wagoner, Daniel McCall, Johnstown.

John F. Arms, Johnstown.William H. Adams, Mayfield. Died at Washington.Lucius C. Allen, Johnstown. Wounded and discharged.Willard Allen, Johnstown. Died in Virginia.Joseph H. Allen, Johnstown. Promoted 4th Sergeant.

Nelson Argersinger, Johnstown. Wounded and discharged.John H. Argersinger, Johnstown.James F. Arms, Johnstown.Hiram Buchanan, Florida.John Bedingham, Johnstown.W. C. Baker, Mohawk. Missing.James H. Carlisle, Johnstown. Died at New Orleans.Henry M. J. Coe, Johnstown. Died in Louisiana.Lucius Daniels, Johnstown.Abram Davis, Johnstown. Transferred to Co. B. Died.John H. Dewey, Johnstown. Promoted to ist Sergeant.John K. Elliot, Johnstown. Wounded at Cedar Creek, Virginia.Thomas Earl, Johnstown.John Fulton. Promoted Quartermaster.John Frank, Johnstown. . Promoted Corporal. Wounded and dis-

charged.Giles Fredrick, Root. Missing.John Friedel, Johnstown. Died in Maryland.Jamfs M. Gilchrist, Johnstown. Promoted 3d Corporal.John Gluckner, Johnstown.Yost Grebe, Johnstown.William Hale, Johnstown. Promoted 5th Sergeant.Willam M. Harris. Promoted 7th Corporal.Michael Hart, Johnstown.John C. Hastings, Johnstown.Henry B. Henry, Johnstown. Promoted 6th Corporal.Peter Hio, Johnstown.John Hio, Johnstown.Luther Holman, Johnstown. Died in Virginia.David Hallenbeck, Johnstown.Marcus King, Johnstown.Gotlibb Kebow, Johnstown. Died in New Orleans.William Kirk, Johnstown.John Lippert, Johnstown.Frederick Lippert, Johnstown. Died in Virginia.Richard Lary, Johnstown.Alexander Martin, Johnstown. Died in Virginia.Gandus Lippert, Johnstown. Died in Virginia.Harvey Martin, Johnstown.Phillip McGraw, Johnstown.James H. McCall, Johnstown. Promoted Corporal.John M. Miller, Johnstown. Died at Washington.William McMiller, Johnstown.Mathias Molty, Johnstown.Charles H. Moore, Johnstown. Promoted ist Corporal.John Myers, Johnstown.John Murphy, Johnstown. Promoted 4th Corporal.Hiram Nash, Johnstown.James H. Nickl'oy, Johnstown.William Nickloy, Johnstown. Wounded and Discharged.Peter Noonen, Johnstown.Wm. S. Norton. Promoted 2nd Lieutenant, Co. I.Lot Ostrom, Johnstown. Promoted 3rd Sergeant.Henry Paris, Johnstown. Promoted 5th Corporal.Oliver H. Perry, Johnstown. Transferred to Reserve Corps.Samuel Perry, Johnstown.Joseph H. Pierson, Johnstown.Nathan Reed, Johnstown. Promoted 2nd Corporal.Edmond Ricketts, Johnstown.Matthew Richardson, Johnstown. Died in New Orleans.Joseph H. Riley, Johnstown.John G. Richardson, Johnstown. Transferred to Reserve Corps.Peter Reinhart, Johnstown.Nicholas Reinhart, Johnstown.David Robertson, Johnstown. Died in Pennsylvania.Henry Roll, Johnstown.John E. Stearns, Johnstown. Died in Virginia.Edward A. Slocumb, Johnstown. Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant.Alfred Smith, Perth.William Stoller, Johnstown.Nicholas Shoup, Johnstown. Died in New Orleans.

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Richard C. Suits, Johnstown.Robert Turner, Johnstown. Died in Pennsylvania.Peter Van Buren, Johnstown. Died in Virginia.William Van Dusen, Johnstown.Job Warren, Johnstown.Marcus H. Wiley, Johnstown.Abram Williams, Johnstown.

COMPANY E.

OFFICERS. '

Captain, Jacob C. Klock, Fonda.ist Lieutenant, Harvey C. Ward, Fonda.2d Lieutenant, Ansel W. Porter, Fonda.ist Sergeant, George H. Hagadorn, Minden.2<1 Sergeant, John H. Howard, Minden.3d Sergeant, Henry A. Nellis, Minden.i,th Sergeant, James C. Bullock, Minden.5//$ Sergeant, Benoni R. Dolan, Minden.ist Corporal, Adam Getman, Minden.2ii Corporal, James Walrath, Minden.T,d Corporal, Andrew Gordon, Minden.i,th Corporal, George Swarts, Minden.c,th Corporal, Arnold V. Lasher, Minden.6tk Corporal, David Rose, Minden.•jth Corporal, Martin V. B. Ashley, Minden.&t/i Corporal, Jacob Casler, Minden.Musician, George Morey, St. Johnsville.

PRIVATES.

George Armstrong, Minden.Martin Bopple, Minden.Joseph Bopple, Minden.Henry Bigelow, Minden.Charles Brammer, Minden.Joseph Crook, St. Johnsville.Byron Cole, Minden.Alonzo Coppernoll, Minden.John Donoley, Root.John Dysling, jr., St. Johnsville.Joseph Dunn, Minden.Nicholas Ecker, St. Johnsville.John H. Empie, Minden.Earl Farrell, Minden.James Graham, Minden.John C. Grabenstine, St. Johnsville.Paul Gaul, Minden.Jacob Geesler, Minden.William B. Hokirk, Minden.Charles B. Hubbell, Minden.J. Elbert Hubbell, Minden.John E. Hellegass, St. Johnsville.Christian Hutritz, Minden.Patrick H. Howard, St. Johnsville.Warren Headley, Root.William Knowles, Minden.Henry C. iCeesler, Minden.Peter Kirsh, Minden.Adam Keesler, Minden.John Klinkhart, St. Johnsville.Enoch H. Lashley, Minden.James Lynch, Minden.John P. Miller, Minden.William Miller, St. Johnsville.George Magadue, Minden.Charles Martin, Minden.Mulford March, Minden.

Leonard Miller, Minden.John Moree, St. Johnsville.William H. North, Minden.Marvin Plank, Minden.John Phenas, Minden.Enoch Perrine, Root.Sylvester Ritter, St. Johnsville.Wesley Spore, Root.Henry Smith, Root.Levi Sillenback, Root.William Sheffield, Minden.Frederick Sanger, Minden.Charles P. Salsbury, Minden.Charles Slae, Minden.Stephen Stehle, Minden.Ferdinand Smith, Minden.Henry H. Sanders, Minden.James Smith, Minden.Christian Swartz, Root.Charles Sharp, Canajoharie.Matthew Smith, Root.Thomas W. Tweedle, Minden.Jacob H. Walrath, St. Johnsville.Charles Wendt, Minden.Marvin F. Wilsey, St. Johnsville.Frederick Walster, Minden.Levi Winne, Minden.Albert Waufle, Minden.Christian Walster, Minden.John C. Waterman, Minden.Edward Wagner, Minden.Conrad C. Winne, Minden.John H. Gordon, Minden.Lyman Zimmerman, Minden.David Smith, Root.

COMPANY F.

OFFICERS.

Captain, Isaac S. Van Woerts, P'onda.ist Lieutenant, Frank W. C. Fox, Fonda.2d Lieutenant, John H. Lassel, Fonda.Sergeant, John P. Jennings, Ephratah.Sergeant, George Matthewson, Ephratah.Sergeant, John G. Porter, Canajoharie.Sergeant, Harman Rulifson, Ephfatah.Sergeant, Elnathan McFee, Canajoharie.Corporal, William Benchley, Ephratah.Corporal, Robert R. Abling, Canajoharie.Corporal, James Donley, Oppenheim.Corporal, Sephus Ladew, Oppenheim.Corporal, Sylvanus Stowell, Oppenheim.Corporal, Henry Eberhardt, Oppenheim.Corporal, Joseph Stone, Canajoharie.Corporal, James Etig, Lasselsville.Musician, Andrew F. Johnson, Mohawk.Musician, William H. Roberts, Canajoharie.Teamster, John Strough, jr., Oppenheim.

Harrison Abeling, Canajoharie.John Abeling, Canajoharie.William R. Briggs, Ephratah.Henry Bohne, Canajoharie.Martin Brown, Oppenheim.John Brown, Oppenheim.Robert Boyd, Canajoharie.

184 THE HISTORY OF FULTON COUNTY.

George W. Bundy, Root, died in Va.Harvey Brownell, Ephratah.Richard Bierman, Canajoharie.Jerome Claus, Oppenheim.John demons, Oppenheim.Anthony Connoly, Ephratah.Thomas Casey, Root.John Denure, Oppenheim.Benedict Ueatsh, Ephratah.Helam Denure, Oppenheim.Phelix Donley, Oppenheim.Henry Dockstader, Oppenheim.William Dingman, Canajoharie.James K. Fical, Ephratah.John Fitz Simmons, Canajoharie.Horatio Gilbert, Ephratah. Hospital steward.Levi Grey, Ephratah.John W. Guile, Oppenheim.Oscar Getman, Ephratah.Augustus Hilkey, Canajoharie.Samuel E. Hoxie, Oppenheim.Adam F. Hart, Lassellsville.John N. Hanes, Ephratah.Daniel Hase, Oppenheim.Anton Keller, Canajoharie.Frederick Lutter, Canajoharie.Oliver La Dew, Ephratah.Albert La Dew, Oppenheim.John Lee, Root.John Marcellus, Ephratah.William W. Mosher, Oppenheim.William Mosher, Oppenheim.Solomon Mosher, Ephratah.Daniel Merssey, Lassellsville.Daniel Merrit, Oppenheim.Philo Monk, Oppenheim.Henry Muers, Canajoharie.George Mosher, Lassellsville.William Nudick, Ephratah.Andrew Ryne, Florida.John Stehle, Canajoharie.Charles F. Stell, Oppenheim.Harvey Shoudy, Canajoharie.Levi Steanburgh, Ephratah.Alexander Steanburgh, Ephratah.Stephen Schram, Ephratah.Lorenzo D. Snell, Oppenheim.Wm. Shearer, Oppenheim.George W. Turner, Canajoharie.John Ward, Canajoharie.John Ward, jr., Oppenheim.Henry Wangor, Ephratah.Daniel Weare, Oppenheim.

COMPANY G.

Captain, George H. McLaughlin, Fonda.ist Lieutenant, Edward Parkinson, Fonda.id Lieutenant, George W. Hazard, Fonda.Musician, Joseph L. Richie, Root.

Samuel Allen, Stratford.Peter McRea, Fonda.James McNeil, Canajoharie.Elam Potter, Johnstown.Stephen Wiley, Root.Lyons Wakeman, Root.

COMPANY K.

Joseph W. Rested, Mills Corners.Oscar Martin, Gloversville.James Mclntosh, Gloversville.Charles P. Mclntosh, Gloversville.David Mosher, Middle Grove.William H. Miller, Gloversville.John Northorp, Gloversville.James Obryan, Gloversville.Monroe Place, Gloversville.Dyer Peck, Gloversville.Taylor Peck, Gloversville.Yale A. Pool, Gloversville.Charles Phelps, Gloversville.Charles E. Place, Gloversville.Jacob Pung, Bleecker.Lorenzo Phillips, Bleecker.Francis Ried, Gloversville.Edward Sutliff, Gloversville.Oliver Sutliff, Gloversville.Richard H. Shaffer, Gloversville.John T. Sawyer, Mills Corners.Erastus Sharp, Gloversville.Elias G. Smith, Gloversville.George A. Scott, Gloversville.

CHAPTER IV.

THE RECORD OF SEVERAL COMPANIES IN WHICH FULTON COUNTY MEWFOUGHT FOR THE NATION.

The 97th Regiment New York Volunteers was organized in Booneville,N. Y., under command of Col. Chas. Wheelock, and was mustered into theservice February i8th, 1862. The regiment left Booneville for Wash-ington March i2th, but remained in Albany for one week, and onlyarrived in New York March i8th, where the troops received the Enfieldrifled musket. The 97th arrived in Washington March 2oth. In Maythe regiment was assigned to Gen. Duryee's brigade, Gen. Rickett's divis-ion, and was under Gen. McDowell's command during the advance in theShenandoah Valley, in June, 1862.

The regiment was engaged in ten battles and suffered great loss, beingreduced to less than 100 effective men before the close of the war. Dur-ing the months of September and October, 1863, it received a large num-ber of conscripts. The regiment was attached to the 2d brigade, 2d di-vision, ist army corps, in December, 1863. It took part in the followingengagements : Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862 ; Rappahanock Station,August 23, 1862; Thoroughfare Gap, August 28. 1862 ; second BullRun, August 30, 1862 ; Chantilla, September i, 1862 ; South Mountain,Md., September 14, 1862 ; Antietam, Md., September 17, 1862 ; firstFredericksburg, December 13, 1862 ; Chancellorsville, Va., May i, 1863 ;Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863.

The men from Fulton county in this regiment are named below, togetherwith the officers of the regiment:

REGIMENTAL OFFICERS.

Colonel, Charles Wheelock. Taken prisoner at Gettysburg, Jub/ i, andescaped July 5, 1863.

Lieutenant-Colonel, J. P. Spofford. Taken prisoner at Gettysburg.Major, Charles Northup.Adjutant, Charles Buck. Resigned March 25, 1862.Adjutant, Geo. D. Foster, jr. Resigned Sept. 10, 1862.Adjutant, Denis J. Downing. Promoted from 2d Lieutenant, Co. B; taken

prisoner at second Bull's Run. Promoted to Captain Co. H, Jan. 8,1863.

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Adjutant, Joseph H. Smith. Promoted from 2d Lieutenant, Co. E. Pro-moted to Captain, Dec. 6, 1863.

Adjutant, Willard B. Judd. Promoted from ist Lieutenant, Co. F.Quartermaster, Joel T. Comstock. Discharged Sept. 12, 1862.Quartermaster, Lewis H. Rowan. Promoted from ist Lieutenant, Co. C.Surgeon, N. D. Ferguson. Transferred to sth U. S. Cavalry.Surgeon, L. J. Marvin. Resigned July 2d, 1862.Surgeon, Franklin B. Hough.Surgeon, Wm. B. Chambers. Appointed May 16, 1862.

sasiint Surgeon, Aaron Cornish. Dismissed.Assistant Surgeon, Nelson Isham. Discharged for disability.Assistant Surg&on, Geo. S. Little. Appointed Oct. I3th, 1862.Chaplain, John V. Ferguson.

OFFICERS OF COMPANY F.

Captain, Stephen G. Hutchinson, Lassellsville. Discharged Sept. 22, 1862.ist Lieutenant, E. Gray Spencer, Brockett's Bridge. Wounded at Antietam;

discharged Dec. 29, 1862.Corporal, Olaf Peterson, Lassellsville. Transferred to Co. D.Corporal, Augustus Johnson, Brockett's Bridge. Promoted ist Sergeant,

October, 1862; veteran.Corporal, Wallace Mcl.aughlin, Lassellsville. Died of disease, Sept. 26, 1862.Corporal, Henry Fical, Lassellsville. Wounded at Bull Run; discharged

Dec. 21, 1872.Corporal, William B. Judd, Brockett's Bridge. Promoted Commissary Ser-

geant; to 2d Lieutenant; to ist Lieutenant; to Adjutant, Dec. 29, 1863.Musician, Henry F. Butler, Lassellsville. Discharged Sept. 26, 1862.Musician, Geo. F. Dempster, Lassellsville. Died of disease, Sept. 26, 1862.

James Adsit, Lassellsville. Wounded at Antietam; died Oct. 18, 1862.Malvin C. Austin, Stratford. Discharged March 21, 1863.Albert Argersinger, Lassellsville. Wounded at Antietam; died July

29, 1863.Lambert Bellinger, Brockett's Bridge. Discharged Nov. i, 1862.Casper Brock, Lassellsville. Discharged February 10, 1863.Daniel Bleekman, Stratford. Discharged February 14, 1862.James A. Bolster, Lassellsville. Wounded at Gettysburg.William Campbell, Lassellsville. Wounded at Fredericksburg ; dis-

charged July 29, 1863.John S. Dalrymple, Stratford. Discharged Nov. 28, 1862.Rufus Doxtader, Brockett's Bridge. Discharged June 12, 1862.Wm. H. Edwards, Lassellsville. Appointed Corporal Nov. i, 1863.Nathan Fical, Lassellsville. Killed at Gettysburg.George Kring, Lassellsville. Wounded at Antietam; promoted to Ser-

geant Oct. i, 1862.Asa C. Lamphere, Stratford. Taken prisoner at Bull Run; dis-

charged Oct. 5, 1862.John Luther, Brockett's Bridge. Wounded by accident; discharged

Aug. i, 1862.August Manga, Brockett's Bridge. Discharged June 14, 1862.Abner Millard, Stratford. Wounded at Antietam ; died Oct. 6, 1862.Vernon B. Mosher, Oppenheim.Christian Rosseter, Ephratah. Killed at South Mountain.Daniel Strobeck, Lassellsville. Discharged March 14, 1863.Samuel Stall, Brockett's Bridge. Wounded at Antietam, and discharged.Gilbert Satterley, Stratford. Discharged Jan. 3, 1863.Geo. Sipperly, Caroga. Killed at Antietam.Alex. Snell, Lassellsville.Sylvester Stall, Lassellsville. Discharged Aug. 25, 1862.Emanuel Smith, Lassellsville. Discharged Sept. 26, 1862.Theodore Thompson, Stratford.Harvey S. Valentine, Brockett's Bridge.David H. Walrath, Lassellsville. Wounded at Bull Run.Lyman Zimmerman, Lassellsville.

MEMBERS OF OTHER COMPANIES.

Sergeant, C. A. Starin, St. Johnsville, Co. I.Geo. Weaver, Lassellsville, Co. I.

J. P. Spofford, Brockett's Bridge, Co. K.Willard Avery, Stratford, Co. G.

St/i Corporal, Patrick Kelley, St. Johnsville, Co. D.T,tt Corporal, Richard Bullock, Stratford, Co. D.

A. J. Avery, Stratford, Co. D.W. Bullock, Stratford, Co. D.H. H. Bullock, Stratford, Co. D.W. Colwell, Stratford, Co.,,D.E. Edwards, Stratford, Co. D.H. Doxtader, Stratford, Co. D.E. Dunning, Stratford, Co. D.A. B. Farrell, Stratford, Co. D.W. McGowen, Stratford, Co. D.J. J. Newell, Stratford, Co. D.H. S. Perkins, Stratford, Co. D.

COMPANY I, IOTH N. Y. CAVALRY.

Fulton and Montgomery counties were represented in the loth NewYork Cavalry by Company I, a roll of which is appended :

OFFICERS.

Captain, David Getman, jr. Mayfield.ist Lieutenant, Stephen Dennie.2d Lieutenant, Charles H. Hill.ist Sergeant, H. H. Boyd, Broadalbin. Killed.Quartermaster Sergeant, Asa Capron, Broadalbin.Sergeant, John W. Abernathy, Mayfield. Killed.Sergeant, Nicholas D. Case, Mayfield. Died in hospital, Dec. 16, 1863.Sergeant, David N. Haines, Mayfield. Transferred to navy, April 10, 1864.Sergeant, Dorwin W. Close, Mayfield.Sergeant, Jacob C. Case, Mayfield. Discharged May 12, 1864.Corporal, Chester L. Berry, Mayfield.Corporal, Henry Betts, Broadalbin.Corporal, Augustus M. Brown, Mayfield.Corporal, Hosea Davis, jr., Broadalbin. Transferred to Veteran Reserve

Corps, May 2, 1864.Corporal, Darius S. Orton, Broadalbin.Corporal, A. H. Van Dyke, Mayfield. Discharged April 5, 1863.Corporal, Peter Phillips, Broadalbin. Killed.Corporal, Harvey Becker, Mayfield. Discharged Feb. 24, 1863.Corporal, Henry Piper, Mayfield.Corporal, Daniel Saterlee, Broadalbin.Farrier, Charles Thayer, Broadalbin. Discharged Nov. 8, 1863.Farrier, Harry A. Lane, Broadalbin.Saddler, George Riddle, Northampton.Wagoner, James L. Mercer, Broadalbin.

Elias Blowers, Mayfield.Charles S. Barlet, Broadalbin. Killed while on a scout, Nov. 18, 1864.William Brower, Mayfield.Abram H. Blowers, Mayfield.John Blowers, Mayfield. Killed.Wm. H. Blowers, Mayfield.Jas. H. Brown, Mayfield. Discharged.Nathaniel W. Brown, Mayfield.Christopher Brower, Mayfield.John T. Bohanan, Fonda.Wm. R. Briggs, Johnstown.Philip Canning, Broadalbin. Killed by guerillas, near Benton Station,

May 22, 1863.Thomas Canning, Broadalbin. Discharged Jan. 9, 1864.John W. Clute, Mayfield. Killed.Geo. W. Close, Broadalbin.Thomas T. Crouch, Fonda. Died Feb. ist, 1863.George Davis, Mayfield. Killed.Asa Dye, Broadalbin. Discharged Oct. 28, 1863.Julius B. Day, Mayfield.James Earle, Broadalbin. Died of typhoid fever, Sept. 20, 1863.

186 THE HISTORY OF FULTON COUNTY.

William Foster, Broadalbin. Killed.Daniel C. Forbes, Broadalbin. Killed.Francis Forbes, Broadalbin, Killed.R. Norman Fox, Mayfield.Miner Fox, Broadalbin.Seneca Fox, Mayfield. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, Oct.

31, 1863.Alva Freeman, Mayfield. Died March 14, 1863.Geo. D. Ferguson, Mayfield. Died July 2, 1863.Hollis Fox, Broadalbin.Wm. A. Goodermoot, Mayfield.Jdhn Hall, Mayfield. Discharged Nov" 17, 1863.Joseph W. Honeywell, Broadalbin. Killed.John Hammond, Broadalbin.John Handy, Mayfield. Discharged June n, 1863.James Hall, Mayfield. Discharged May 8, 1864.Wm. D. Hager, Fonda.Albert Hall, Mayfield.Wm. H. Jones, Broadalbin. Died in Andersonville prison, Aug. 14,

1864.James A. Laird, Mayfield. Discharged at Albany, N. Y.Jacob Lepper, Perth.Thomas Lee, Broadalbin.Peter R. Murdock, Fonda.Barney McCabe, Mayfield. Died in hospital at Philadelphia, July 14,

1863.John Marlet, Mayfield.John McCormick, Mayfield.Ephraim D. Mosher, Northampton. Discharged March 4, 1863.Hiram McCleary, Mayfield.William O'Bryan, Mayfield. Discharged Nov. 17, 1862.Lorenzo Phillips, Broadalbin. Died at Aqua Creek, Feb. 6, 1863.Edward Patterson, Mayfield. Killed in action, June 9, 1863.George Peck, Broadalbin. Discharged.Marcus Richardson, Mayfield.John Reynolds, Mayfield.Jesse Reynolds, Mayfield.Wm. P. Rhodes, Mayfield. Discharged May 29, 1865.Daniel Richardson, Mayfield.John H. Richardson. Killed.Joseph A. J. F. Sanborn, Mayfield.Rawson Stoddard, Broadalbin. Discharged Jan. 8, 1864.Jas. H. Sanford, Broadalbin. Promoted to Captain, Jan., 1864.Geo. E. Sanford, Broadalbin. Died of disease, March 28, 1865.Geo. Stewart, Mayfield.John Shaw, Mayfield.Daniel W. Schermerhorn, Mayfield.Geo. W. Schermerhorn, Broadalbin. Died of disease, Nov. 6, 1863.Abram Satterlee, Broadalbin.Geo. H. Smith, Broadalbin. Discharged.Zacock Satterlee, Broadalbin.Andrew J. Terrell, Mayfield. Died Dec. 15, 1863.Thos. B. Tatlock, Broadalbin.Alexander Wescot, Northampton.James H. Waite, Mayfield.Martilon Warner, Mayfield.William Wands, Broadalbin.Jas. W. Wells, Mayfield. Died.Francis R. Whitney, Mayfield. Discharged Dec. 31, 1863.

LIST OF ENGAGEMENTS PARTICIPATED IN BY CO. I, IOTH N. Y. CAVALRY.

Louisa Court house, Va., May 4, 1863; Brandy' Station, Va., June 9,1863; Aldie, Va., June 17, 1863; Middleburgh, June 19, 1863; Upperville,Va., June 20, 1863 ; Gettysburg, Pa., July 2 and 3, 1863 ; Shepherdstown,Va' July 16, 1863 ; Sulphur Springs, Va., October 12,1863 ; Little Auburnand Brestoe Station, October 14, 1863 ; Mill Run, Va., November 24,1863; The Wilderness, Va., May 5, 6, 7 and 8, 1864; Ground SquirrelChurch, Va., May n, 1864; Defences of Richmond, Va., May 12, 1864 ;Hanover Town, Va., May 28, 1864 ; Cold Harbor, Va., June i, 1864 ;

Trav Station, Va., June n, 1864; White House Landing, Va.,June 22, 1864; St. Mary's Church, Va., June 24, 1864; Gravel ChurchHill, Va., July 28, 1864 ; Lee's Mills, Va., July 30, 1864 ; Deep Bottom,Va., August 14 and 15, 1864 ; Fisher's Hill, Va., August 18, 1864; Wei-don Rail Road, Va., August 21, 1864; Ream's Station, Va., August 23,1864; Vaughn Road, Va., September 30 and October I, 1864; SouthSide Rail Road, Va., October 27, 1864 ; Despritanna Station, Va., Nov-ember 18, 1864 ; Stony Creek, Va., December i, 1864; Belfield Station,Va., December 9, 1864; Janett's Station, Va., December 10, 1864 ; Din-widdie Court House, Va., March 31, 1865 ; grand cavalry charge, Sailor'sCreek, Va., April 6, 1865 ; Jettersville, Va., April 5, 1865 ; Fannville, Va.,April 7, 1865 ; Appomattox Station, Va., April 9, 1865.

77TH N. Y. INFANTRY.

COMPANY D NORTHAMPTON.

Erskine B. Branch. Amasa N. Morgan.Chas. E. Deuel. Jonathan Morgan.Wm. N. French. Henry Royce.Lewis Mackay.

Lyman Cole.James Cole.

COMPANY E FONDA S BUSH.

James B. Hines.

COMPANY F BLEECKER.

Corporal, Cornelius Van Slyke.Jonathan Dean, jr.Henry Franc.Nicholas Geltylahter.George Hess.John L. Kenitly.

Cornelius Quinn.John A. Rerchler.Ernest Smidt.Frederick Strancher.Joseph Swartz.

COMPANY G—AMSTERDAM.

Joseph Jamp.Chas. A. Hull.

Wm. H. Hare.

COMPANY H.

James Knights, Amsterdam.

COMPANY K GLOVERSVILLE.

Officers.

Captain, Nathan S. Babcock.ist Lieutenant, John W. McGregor.2ii Lieutenant, Philander A. Cobb.ist Sergeant, Ansil Dennison.2d Sergeant, Edgar W. Dennison.3<f Sergeant, Wm. Stewder.4th Sergeant, Henry Allen.$th Sergeant, Arthur Scott.

ist Corporal, Calvin B. Allen.id Corporal, Stephen Redshaw.3</ Corporal, John Dance.4//i Corporal, John A. Walrath.'c,th Corporal, John Lee.6th Corporal, George Glass.Tth Corporal, Wm. Henry Wright.8M Corporal, Hiram M. Bissell.

Privates,

James F. Austin, Broadalbin.John Allen, Gloversville.Marvin D. Bowen. Killed.Lewis Burk, Gloversville.Peter Birdsell,Edwin Bissel,John Bame,Edward M. Bailey,James W. Clurry,Samuel Clark,Sanford E. Campbell, 'Chas. E. Cheedell,Daniel H. Cole,Chas. S. Cole,Elias Coon,Andrew P. Deuel,

Michael Fancher, Gloversville.James A. Farthing,Chas. R. Fisher,Robert Gingill,Hiram B. Gifford, Broadalbin.John W. Hines, Gloversville.Wm. Hawley, "Wm. E. Johnson,Chas. Johnson,Peter Kehoe,Jacob King, Bleecker.Oscar Martin, Gloversville.James Mclntosh,Chas. P. Mclntosh, "Wm. H. Miller,John Northorp,

COMPANIES FROM FULTON COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR. 187

James O'Bryan, Gloversville.Monroe Place,Dyer Peck,Taylor Peck,Yale A. Pool,Chas. Phelps,Chas. E. Place,Jacob Pung, Bleecker.Lorenzo Phillips,Francis Reid, Gloversville.Edward Sutliff,Oliver Sutliff,

Richard N. Shaffer, Gloversville.Erastus Sharp,Elias W. Smith,Geo. D. Scott,Andrew Spring,Harlon A. Thomas,Bradley Vanderburgh,Seneca Van Ness,Peter E. Van Nutta,Krimer Wilcox,Chas. E. Wetherbee,Joseph Welch,

i3TH REGIMENT ARTILLERY.

COMPANY E.

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3tt Lieutenant, C. Cook, Ephratah.W. Avery, Johnstown.S.. H. Adriance, Ephratah.W. H. Brate, Ephratah.D. W. Brate, Ephratah.J. S. Brate, Ephratah.J. A. Brown, Oppenheim.L. Clement, Ephratah.F. Christopher, Amsterdam.L. Copely, Johnstown.H. Cole, Florida.G. Cook, Ephratah.A. Cook, Oppenheim.P. H. Cool, Ephratah.J. F. Cooley, Ephratah.L. Conrad, Amsterdam.J. Dempsey, Ephratah.E. Dittrick, Johnstown.T. Doras, Johnstown.J. H. Ellis, Florida.Chas. Fields, Johnstown.T. S. Finch, Oppenheim.J. J. Fraley, Ephratah.G. H. Hardy, Ephratah.F. Hout, Amsterdam.H. C. Judson, Oppenheim.J. H. Kinnicutt, Ephratah.

J. Lousbarge, Amsterdam.N. Ladue, Oppenheim.N. H. Murray, Oppenheim.J. D. Maxaw, Oppenheim.D. H. Nothaway, Florida.S. H. Pullen, Perth.W. H. Palmateer, Ephratah.M. Palmateer, Ephratah.A. E. Palmateer, Ephratah.J. Rivenburgh, Ephratah.D. Rooney, Johnstown.C. Rooney, Johnstown.C. D. Righter, Oppenheim.D. Smith, Ephratah.G. H. Smith, Ephratah.J. Smith, Ephratah.W. Sullivan, Johnstown.J. Swart, Johnstown.L. Sponable, Ephratah.P. Tiernay, Johnstown.H. G. Topping, Palatine.L. T. Weaver, Johnstown.B. W. Watson, Palatine.C. Whitlock, Ephratah.D. Whitlock, Ephratah.P. S. Whitlock, Ephratah.L. Warner, Johnstown.

COMPANY F.

Nicholas Bernard, Amsterdam.Nicholas Barret, Broadalbin.P. H. Becker, Root.G. Buchanan, Florida.J. Brady, Palatine.W. B. Bowdish, Charleston.S. Blyth, Palatine.Jas. J. Basseth, Charleston.A. Bates, Broadalbin.M. C. Barlow, Charleston.J. Coniton, Amsterdam.W. H. Colgrove, Charleston.M. Cornell, Broadalbin.Delos B. Denise, Charleston.John Dingman, Broadalbin.C. Forbes, Palatine.B. W. Gilbourne, Root.

D. B. Hall, Broadalbin.Henry Hall, Broadalbin.J. H. Houghtaling, Johnstown.B. H. Hulin, Johnstown.J. E. Heimstreet, Charleston.P. McGuire, Charleston.S. Orton, St. Johnsville.David Pier, Charleston.M. H. Phelps, Broadalbin.W. H. Russell, Root.T. Sterling, Florida.Geo. Stewart, Florida.A. M. Scott, Charleston.F. Styles, Florida.Z. Smith, Glen.A. W. Vanderwerken, Charleston.

COMPANY G.

Geo. Harvey, Johnstown.W. H. Lawrence, Johnstown.N. J. Schermerhorn, Mayfield.

E. Underwood, Johnstown.J. E. Wiggins, Amsterdam.David Yost, Johnstown.

H. C. Furguson, Amsterdam.W. Hayes, Amsterdam.

HTH REGIMENT ARTILLERY.

COMPANY C.

W. Keep, Amsterdam.

COMPANY M.

H. Ballou, Caroga.F. D, Brown, Johnstown.W. Cole, Johnstown.G. N. Evans, Johnstown.F. Hudson, Mayfield.F. Hausman, Amsterdam.

S. Lake, Johnstown.S. McDougal, Johnstown.J. Perry, Caroga.J. Snyder, Johnstown.J. M. Van Natter, Johnstown.Ira H. Vosburgh, Perth.

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COMPANY D, 930 REGIMENT INFANTRY.OFFICERS.

Captain, Geo. M. Voorhees, Northampton.ist Lieutenant, Henry P. Smith, Northampton.id Lieutenant, Philemon B. Marvin, Northampton.ist Sergeant, A. Burr Beecher, Northampton.3</ Sergeant, Wm. W. Clark, Fonda's Bush.4th Sergeant, Edward Van Slyke, Northampton.ist Corporal, Major Colory, Northampton.zd Corporal, Wm. Ellithorp, Northampton.T,d Corporal, Alexander Case, Northampton.$th Corporal, Emmet Brown, Northampton.dth Corporal, Abel J. Potter, Northampton.•jth Corporal, Gordon D. Colson, Northampton.S/A Corporal, Geo. L. Schermerhorn, Northampton.

Chas. Armstrong, Northampton.Desman Bowman,Nathaniel Bentley,Clark A. Bentley, jr.,Cordenio Bass,Jphn Burns,George Bentley,Urial C. Buck,Andrew J. Cook,John Costello,Waldron G. Evans,Wm. J. Evans,Joseph Foutier,John H. Flinn,John Gardiner,Royal A. Harris,Franklin Holden,Michael Harrigan,John Hodson,

Noah L. Johnson, Northville.Charles Jaggs, Northampton.Joseph Morrison, Northampton.Elias P. Newton, Fonda's Bush.Thomas Purcell, Northampton.Justin Poscoe,George Royce, "Wm. H. Rhodes,Henry A. Rice,Edward Rickerson,Jefferson Sleezer,Clinton Schermerhorn, "Eleazer Slocum, Northville.Benjamin Sweet, Northampton.Hayden Shew,Francis E. Soul,Orlin Van Buren,Wm. P. Wells,Joseph A. Ulmstead, Northville..

A. M. Brown, Mayfield.A. Brower, Broadalbin.J. Bixby, Mayfield.A. Culbert, Broadalbin.A. Eddy, Mayfield.M. Fox, Broadalbin.C. V, Hall, Mayfield.D. Howland, Mayfield.J. Jintzy, Gloversville.N. Shearer, Mayfield.W. H. Tring, Mayfield.J. Wells, Mayfield.E. G. Waite, Mayfield.

2D REGIMENT CAVALRY.

COMPANY C.

a,th Corporal, C. L. Clark, Gloversville.

COMPANY F.

Captain, W. H. Shaw, Mayfield. W. R. Berry, Mayfield.ist Lieutenant, D. Getman, Mayfield. W. Bronson, Mayfield.ist Sergeant, J. L. Haines, Mayfield.Sergeant, J. W. Abernethy, Mayfield.Sergeant, N. D. Case, Mayfield.4//$ Corporal, G. M. Van Rausler,

Gloversville.5/// Corporal, D. N. Haines, Mayfield.•jth Corporal, J. C. Case, Mayfield.Zt/i Corporal, L. Fay, Mayfield.Bugler, A. J. Lansing, Mayfield.Wagoner, R. Johnson, Mayfield.

A. O. Brown, Mayfield.M. Bowers, Gloversville.C. L. Berry, Mayfield.A. Brower, Mayfield.

COMPANY H.Wm. Harris, Johnstown.

3D REGIMENT CAVALRY.J. H. Harris, Johnstown, Co. D.Geo. W. Peck, Johnstown, Co. D.

OTHER REGIMENTS REPRESENTED.L. S. Hillabrandt enlisted at Sammonsville as private in the 44th ("Ells-

worth ") regiment. He served his full term and was discharged as cor-poral.

Jerome Van Antwerp enlisted at Fultonville in the 44th. J. Anthonyalso enlisted in the 44th.

Charles Smith enlisted as a private in Company C, 32d N. Y. Volun-teers, and afterward re-enlisted as 2d Lieutenant, and was promoted to istLieutenant. He was taken prisoner at Fort Fisher. When the prisonerswere being moved from Columbia, S. C., he, with another prisoner, D.Getman, jr., from Mayfield, made a hole through the bottom of the carwith a case-knife and escaped.

James McEwen enlisted in the 32d for the term of two years. Heserved his time and re-enlisted in the io4th regiment. He contracted adisease, from which he died in the Albany hospital, in April, 1866.

Jonah Hess enlisted March 22, 1864, as corporal in the i92d regiment.He was discharged September, 1864.

James A. Platts enlisted in November, 1861, in the 3d N. Y. light artil-lery ; discharged June 26, 1865.