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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: History of the Dewitt guard, company A, 50th regiment National guard, state of New York + +Author: Unknown + +Release Date: May 23, 2011 [EBook #36200] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORY OF THE DEWITT GUARD *** + + + + +Produced by Moti Ben-Ari and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was +produced from images generously made available by The +Internet Archive/American Libraries.) + + + + + + + + HISTORY + + OF THE + + DEWITT GUARD, + + COMPANY A, + + 50th Regiment National Guard, + + STATE OF NEW YORK. + + + PUBLISHED BY THE COMPANY. + + + ITHACA, N. Y.: + ANDRUS, McCHAIN & CO., STEAM PRINTERS. + 1866. + + + + +PREFACE. + + +Our object in giving to the public a full, true, and concise history of +Company A, 50th Regiment National Guard, State of New York, better known +to the citizens of Ithaca as the DeWitt Guard, is to show as honorable a +record as can be produced by any similar organization--so far as the +membership of this Company was connected with the army and navy of the +United States during the late rebellion. We shall show that the total +membership of the Company from the time of its organization, in +December, 1851, to the present time, has been two hundred and two, of +which eighty-two served either in the army or navy during the war +against eighty-eight who did not; twenty-nine names appear on the +Company roll, of whom it is not known to the writer whether they were or +were not in the army, and nine who died previous to the war. We have +undertaken a brief personal history to each, which we believe will be +interesting to the reader. + +We also wish to show that the Company has been, from the time of its +organization to the present, a self-supporting and self-sustaining +institution, until recently receiving nothing from the State but arms, +and that the individual members have contributed the sum of two thousand +seven hundred and twenty dollars and fifty-six cents, to which amount +should be added a liberal percentage for disbursements which do not +appear on Company records. + +We propose to give the name of each member of the DeWitt Guard from its +organization, the date of his enlistment, his profession, with such +incidents as we think will be of interest to the reader, after which we +shall give the history of the Company collectively. There may be those +who have belonged to the Company whose names will not appear in these +pages. This must be attributed to the fact of their not signing the +muster-roll of the Company, as every name there recorded is introduced +in the following history. + + + + +HISTORY. + + +ARCH. H. MCNEIL, Merchant, enlisted November 5th, 1851. At the first +election of company officers McNeil was chosen second Lieutenant, which +position he honorably and creditably filled to the time of his death, +which occurred November 28th, 1855. To Lieutenant McNeil the Company +were much indebted. To him more than any other one man, belonged the +credit of organizing the Company. + +He was loved, respected, and honored by both officers and men, and his +death caused a breach not easily repaired. Upon receiving intelligence +of his death, the Company were immediately called together and the +following resolutions unanimously adopted: + + _Resolved_, That in the death of Lieutenant A. H. McNeil the + members of this Company have not only lost a commissioned + officer in whom a zealous, lively and effective interest for the + welfare of the Company always prevailed, but an officer whose + military bearing commanded our respect, and a fellow soldier + whose conduct and kindness has merited and won our esteem. That + we deeply feel his loss, and mourn his untimely departure from + our midst, + + _Resolved_, That we tender to the widow and relatives of our + deceased officer our sincere condolence in this their great + affliction. + + _Resolved_, That we accompany the remains of our late officer to + the depot on the morrow, and that a delegation of seven men + accompany his remains to the city of Auburn as an escort and + attend his funeral. + + _Resolved_, That on all parades we will wear the usual badge of + mourning for one year. + +At a special meeting held on the return from Auburn of the escort which +accompanied the remains of Lieut. A. H. McNeil, and after hearing the +report of the officer commanding said escort, the following preamble and +resolutions were unanimously adopted: + + WHEREAS, An escort from this Company having been delegated to + accompany and perform the last sad duties over the remains of + our esteemed friend, Lieut. A. H. McNeil, at Auburn, and while + there having met with reception and attention which ever + characterize the true and tried friend and soldier, be it + therefore + + _Resolved_, That to General Segoin and Colonel Jenkins, and + their respective staffs, to the Auburn City Guard, Willard + Guard, and to the delegation from other Companies, we as a + Company return them our sincere and heartfelt thanks for the + manner in which they cared for them, and the kindness with which + they were every where greeted by them while there, and in the + admirable arrangements for the funeral made at such short + notice, and for the cheerful and handsome manner in which they + were carried out; gratified as we are, words can only attempt a + description of our feelings of the manner in which they + alleviated our sorrows in the burial of our dead. And although + the deceased had not resided among them for years, yet like us + they appreciated his many virtues and remembered his uniform + kindness to all, and when they but learned of his decease, their + tears mingled with ours at our irreparable loss. + + _Resolved_, That in future, should it be possible for us to + repay them in any manner that it will be forthcoming, feeling, + as we do, that no sacrifice will be too great in attempting a + return of their kindness in the hour of our affliction, and as + individuals, as citizens and as soldiers, we hope that the + choicest of Heaven's blessings may be theirs, and that their + respective staffs and Companies may ever meet with prosperity. + +GEORGE H. COLLINS, Merchant, enlisted November 5th, 1851. Mr. Collins +was permitted to serve but a short time as a member of the Company, as +he was selected by the Colonel and commissioned Adjutant of the +Regiment, which position he held for many years. Changing his residence +to the city of New York, his connection with the 50th Regiment was +dissolved. + +BEN. B. WILCOX, Hotel keeper, enlisted November 5th, 1851. Served with +the Company but a short time; removed to Owego; was for a time +proprietor of the Ah-Wa-Ga House, but more recently of a hotel at +Saratoga Springs. + +WILLIAM M. SMITH, Brewer, enlisted November 5th, 1851. Served but a +short time. + +H. F. RANDOLPH, Shoe Merchant, enlisted November 5th, 1851. Mr. Randolph +had more than served his time, and reached the rank of Captain, in the +old militia before joining this organization. He was an officer of no +common attainments--prompt, active and generous. The interest he had +always manifested, and now felt, in military matters, compelled him to +join this new enterprise; he enlisted as a private, and is to this day +an honorary member of the Company. He has accompanied them on many an +excursion, and is always invested with the command of the honorary +members. The Captain has now attained the age of sixty-three years, and +is still as smart, hale and hearty as a lad of sixteen. + +J. C. MCWHORTER, Merchant, enlisted November 5th, 1851. Remained but a +short time with the Company, but the soul-stirring strains of music, as +rendered by him on the snare drum while he was a member, will long be +remembered by those associated with him during his short military +experience. + +FRED. S. LAMOUREUX, Musician, enlisted November 5th, 1851. Was a very +valuable member for a very short time; for while resting from the +fatigue of drill, Lamoureux always furnished the music for the _light +foot_ portion of the Company. + +WILLIAM S. ALLEN, Carpenter, enlisted November 6th, 1851. Was a faithful +and exemplary member for a few years, and undoubtedly his connection +with this Company gave him the position he has honorably filled since +his removal from us--that of policeman in New York city. He was +consequently transferred as Sergeant from this Company to Sergeant of +police in that city. + +K. MORRIS, Clothing Merchant, enlisted November 7th, 1851. Served but a +short time. + +S. NEWMARK, Clothing Merchant, enlisted November 10th, 1851. Served +faithfully for a short time and was granted an honorable discharge. + +J. G. CONRAD, Clerk, enlisted November 8th, 1851. Mr. Conrad faithfully +performed the duties of a member of this Company for a short time. + +L. R. KING, Merchant, enlisted November 9th, 1851. At the time of the +organization of the Company, Mr. King was elected fourth Sergeant, and +by promotion filled each office up to first Lieutenant, and was in +command of the Company for some time. Lieutenant King, by his kind and +pleasing way, and the interest he ever manifested in the welfare of the +Company, commanded the respect and admiration of every man who served +under him. He held the commission of first Lieutenant from May 28th, +1856, to August 25th, 1862. Upon his resignation being accepted, he was +voted an honorary membership for life. He is one of the enterprising +firm of Treman, King & Co., large manufacturers. We believe that Mr. +King can look back upon the years spent in the DeWitt Guard as not +altogether unprofitable. + +W. B. HATFIELD, Clerk, enlisted November 15th, 1851. Mr. Hatfield was a +good soldier; was in the employ of L. H. Culver, Esq.; retained his +connection with the Company and his employer until his removal to the +West. + +SPENCE SPENCER, Book Merchant, enlisted November 15th, 1851. Retained +his membership but a short time, but with the liberality which was +always a prominent characteristic of Mr. Spencer, he donated to the +Company a complete uniform, which is the first recorded gift made to +the DeWitt Guard. He is still a citizen of Ithaca, and has of late +attached no small degree of honor to his name by publishing the book +entitled, "The Scenery of Ithaca." + +L. MILLSPAUGH, dealer in Harness, Trunks, &c., enlisted November 15th, +1851. Mr. Millspaugh was an old soldier before joining this Company, +having held the commission of Lieut. Colonel in the old militia, issued +by Gov. Seward in 1842; but feeling a deep interest in the organization +of a new Company, enlisted as a private. On the 29th day of January, +1852, he was elected first Corporal, which position he held but a short +time, as he was gradually promoted until he had filled nearly all the +grades of non-commissioned offices. He always declined accepting a +commission, and when it seemed to be the unanimous wish of the Company, +his prompt reply was "No." He continued an invaluable member until long +after he had served his time, (seven years,) when he was granted an +honorable discharge. Our friend, by his emphatic "No," has not been as +successful, however, in a political way, he having repeatedly been +called to fill civil offices of honor and trust; and by his being +re-elected to most of the offices he has held, is in itself sufficient +to show his standing in the community in which he lives. Whether all +this would have been so, had he never joined the DeWitt Guard, we leave +for a discriminating public to judge. + +J. B. TERRY, Merchant, enlisted November 15th, 1851. Mr. Terry filled +the office of Secretary of the Company for the first two years of its +existence. He was a good soldier, an exemplary and respected citizen, +and the community generally mourned his loss when he was removed by +death. + +JEROME ROWE, Lawyer, enlisted November 18th, 1851. Some unhappy +misunderstanding caused the withdrawal of Mr. Rowe from the Company +during the early part of its history. He was untiring in his endeavors +to establish the organization, and the same energy and devotion which he +displayed at that time, has followed him thus far through life. He +filled the office of Special County Judge of Tompkins County, with honor +to himself and perfect satisfaction to the people. He entered the army +of the United States April 1st, 1861, was commissioned Captain of +Company A, 32d New York volunteers, same date, and served as such one +year. + +HUGH MCDONALD, enlisted November 18th, 1851. Was elected Orderly +Sergeant Dec. 31st of the same year, which position he filled as long as +he was a resident of the village. McDonald was a soldier of much +experience, having served in the Mexican war, where he became perfectly +familiar with the duties pertaining to the soldier in the field. As a +drill-master he was not excelled, and under his instruction the Company +soon became very proficient in the manual of arms, and school of the +soldier and Company. At the outbreak of the Rebellion he enlisted in a +Pennsylvania Regiment, was very soon promoted to Captain, and again to +Major. We should be glad to give a full history of his life through the +war, but have been unable to obtain it. This much we can say, he was a +patriotic citizen, a true soldier, and a faithful officer. + +N. H. CURTIS, Upholsterer, enlisted November 19th, 1851. Was long +connected with the Company; filled the posts of Corporal and Sergeant. +After a long residence in our village, he removed to the West, where he +survived but a few years. + +DANIEL PLACE, Jeweler, enlisted November ---- 1851. Mr. Place joined the +Company in order that the number required by law might be secured, so as +to enable them to proceed with the election of officers. He never served +as an active member. + +LUCIUS F. PEASE, Painter, enlisted November 20th, 1851. Mr. Pease well +and faithfully performed the duties required of him as a member of the +DeWitt Guard for the full term of his enlistment, (seven years,) and was +granted an honorable discharge. He is still living in Ithaca, an +industrious mechanic, and a good citizen. + +CHRISTOPHER WHALEY, Druggist, enlisted November 21, 1851. Was discharged +on Surgeon's certificate soon after his enlistment. + +WILLIAM GLENNY, Clerk, enlisted November 21st, 1851. December 31st was +elected fourth Corporal; March 3d, 1853, was elected Secretary, which +office he most creditably filled, as the records of the Company show, up +to January, 1857; was elected fourth Sergeant Jan. 14th, 1857; May 17th, +1861, second Sergeant, which office he held at the time of his +enlistment in the United States army. + +The subject of this sketch reflects great credit upon the Company to +which he formerly belonged, and in the perilous hour honored his +constituency, as well as himself, to a degree unparalleled in the +history of the Rebellion. Having in his former life been a warm and +ardent supporter of the inalienable rights of man, and an exponent of a +free government, the first attempt by traitors to destroy its fair +fabric, bought by the blood of our fathers, and to trample under foot +the time-honored and beloved emblem of our free and independent +nationality, so enraged his sense of right and justice, that he at once +expressed his determination to fulfill his public declarations to the +effect, that when traitors should thrust the bayonet at the nation's +life, he would be found among those who were willing to peril their +lives in its defence. + +Being met with opposition and the remonstrance of friends, that there +were single men, and those more inured to hardship, sufficient for the +emergency, whose duty it was to go first, his plans were for a time +delayed, and until a second or third reverse of our arms, when he could +no longer be restrained, went earnestly at work, and by his persistent +efforts succeeded in raising a sufficient number of volunteers for the +basis of a Company; which, by authority of the commandant of the Elmira +rendezvous, in accordance with orders from the Adjutant General of the +State, was organized at Ithaca Sept. 10th, 1861, and by him conducted to +Elmira, where, by a unanimous vote of the Company, he was elected its +Captain, and so commissioned by Gov. Seymour, commission bearing date +Sept. 13th, 1861. + +Captain Glenny then went earnestly at work and recruited his Company to +the minimum standard, and by vote of its members united its destinies +with the 64th Regiment N. Y. Volunteers, commanded by Col. Thomas J. +Parker. + +On the 10th of December the Regiment moved to Washington, and a month +later crossed the Potomac and camped with the main army three miles west +of Alexandria, and was brigaded under General O. O. Howard, who +commanded the first Brigade, first Division, second Corps. Early in the +spring of 1862, the Brigade moved one week in advance of the main army +for the purpose of repairing the Orange & Alexandria Railroad. A short +distance beyond Fairfax Station signs of the enemy were discovered, and +for safety to the command, two Companies from the 64th, under command of +Captain Glenny, (his own being one of the number) were sent some +considerable distance to the front as an extreme outpost. Here the first +blood of the opening campaign was drawn by shooting a rebel scout by one +of Captain Glenny's men. + +The main army soon after advanced to the famous fields of Manassas, but +only to find the enemy beating a hasty retreat, leaving every +conceivable ruin in their track. + +At this juncture the army changed its base to the Peninsula and +Chickahominy swamps, where, after the siege of Yorktown, and on the +first of June, was fought the terrific battle of Fair Oaks, in which +Captain Glenny, while leading his men in a charge, received a wound, +which, for a time, was thought to be mortal, a minnie ball passing +through his left shoulder. + +In about two months he again returned to his command, but so disabled +that he was detached on recruiting service and stationed at Elmira; +after which he returned to the army, and after nearly another year's +campaign, was, in accordance with orders, again detached at Elmira on +service connected with the draft. After being relieved from this duty, +he rejoined his command, with which he served until the close of the +war. + +Owing to circumstances beyond his control, he served near two and a half +years as Captain without promotion, after which in rapid succession he +received the different grades of Major, Lieut. Colonel and Colonel, but +was unable to muster into the latter grade by reason of insufficiency of +numbers in the Regiment. This was, however, in part recompensed for, as +after the smoke of battle and the clash of arms had ceased, and honors +were conferred upon "whom honor was due," Captain Glenny had two grades +by brevet conferred upon him by the President, that of Brevet Colonel +and Brevet Brigadier General, for gallant and meritorious +services--honors which he modestly and unassumingly wears, but of which +he may justly be proud. + +From the time of his entry into the service until the close of the war, +near four years, (except while suffering from wounds and on detached +service,) General Glenny fought traitors with unrelenting fidelity to +principle and the inalienable rights of man. + +The number of decisive battles of which he may claim to be hero, and in +which he had the honor to bare his breast to the bayonet and bullet, are +twenty-two; six of them being bayonet charges and direct assaults upon +the enemy and their fortifications. Among the principal of these battles +may be placed Fair Oaks, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Po River, +Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Deep Bottom, Petersburg, +Gravelly Run, Southside Road, Farmville, Reams Station, &c. The Regiment +fought in upwards of thirty-three. General Glenny's superior officers +being wounded, he was invested with the command of the Regiment on the +battle-field of Spottsylvania, which command he retained until the close +of the war, except at different periods, by seniority of rank, he +commanded a Brigade. At the battle of Ream's Station he took command of +the Brigade which he retained for some considerable time, as so fierce +had been the campaign that but one other field officer was left for duty +in the Brigade comprising seven Regiments. Had we time and space, many +acts of personal bravery and valorous deeds might be accredited to this +officer during his brief career of warfare, as owing to his known +integrity of character and ability, superior officers frequently +selected him to fill posts of great danger. + +General Glenny's command has the honor of being the first infantry +troops upon the Southside Railroad, also of making the last charge upon +the enemy at Farmville, April 7th, 1865. + +Two or three circumstances of peculiar interest, showing the morals of +this officer, may not be inappropriate, and in a degree indicate his +decision of character and fidelity to his untarnished reputation and +walks of private life. + +In the latter part of May, 1862, and just prior to the battle of Fair +Oaks, by orders of General McClellan, the first ration of whiskey was +issued to the troops. This being incompatible with the principles of +General Glenny, he at once called his men in line, and stated that he +believed the new element just introduced in the army was destructive of +its best interests, prejudicial to its health, efficiency and +discipline, and rather than stultify his conscience by being responsible +for its issue, he would suffer himself to be cashiered for disobedience +of orders. His position having been defined, the question was submitted +to the Company, which, by a unanimous vote, rejected the whiskey. During +the day General Howard, who by some means had become acquainted with the +facts, at once dispatched one of his aids with a book, his compliments +and a message, to General Glenny, to the effect that he was the only +officer in the Brigade who had taken that position, and was gratified to +know he had one under his command who had sufficient moral courage to +take so exalted a stand. + +At Chancellorsville, where the Union army met with temporary defeat, +this Regiment made one of the most gallant stands of any during the war. +It held its position and repulsed five successive charges made by the +enemy under cover of their artillery. The enemy, a few minutes later, +succeeded in turning the right of our lines, when orders were sent to +General Glenny to withdraw his men immediately, which he did +successfully under a galling fire, and just as the enemy were closing in +upon him from front and rear in the form of a pair of shears. + +Again at Po River, the Regiment was hastily thrown out as a skirmish +line. Owing to emergencies the main army were obliged to change position +so suddenly, that there was no time to withdraw or notify the skirmish +line of their perilous position; and the only alternative was to leave +them to their fate. It was not until some two hours later, when +mistrusting all was not right, and finding the main army had left the +position a few hours previously taken up, it was decided at once to make +desperate efforts to extricate the Regiment, which was found to be +surrounded on three sides, and the fourth fast closing in, which was +accomplished with but slight loss. This was a prominent trait in General +Glenny's character, to always hazard life rather than be a prisoner in +the hands of traitors, whom he looked upon with contempt and scorn. + +In the last charge made by the Regiment, or any of the army, at +Farmville, April 7th, 1865, General Glenny lost fourteen men, and one +officer of the rank of Captain. The latter finding himself mortally +wounded, and having been rather a reckless young man, at once became +alarmed with reference to his future state. While lying on the field, he +called General Glenny, (then Colonel,) took him by the hand, and as soon +as he could gather sufficient strength to speak, says, "Colonel, can you +pray?" When answered in the affirmative he said, "I have got to die and +am unprepared." In compliance with his request, General Glenny knelt by +his side in prayer; but as missiles of death were flying on every hand, +and the enemy opening an increasing fire, which required him to watch as +well as pray, and to attend to the living as well as the dying, he at +once ordered the Captain carried to the rear, where he soon died, +leaving good evidence that he had found spiritual relief. + +This was the closing drama of the war, as two days after General Lee +surrendered the rebel army of Northern Virginia to General Grant. The +Union army soon after returned to Washington and vicinity, where, by +different commands, they were mustered out of service. The 64th +proceeded to Elmira, where it received final pay and discharge July +24th, 1865. Thus ended near four years of warfare with General Glenny; +he being the only officer who went out as such who returned with the +Regiment. + +The General is now engaged in the mercantile trade, and located in the +store formerly occupied by John Kendall, Esq., and is carrying on a very +successful and profitable trade. + +STEPHEN BREWER, Saddles, Harness, &c., enlisted November 21st, 1851. Mr. +Brewer was a good soldier; his membership with the Company was soon +dissolved by his removal to Cortland village, where, like his +professional brother Millspaugh, he has held many offices of trust and +honor, among which was County Judge of Cortland county. + +F. K. ANDRUS, Bookseller, &c., enlisted November 21st, 1851. Mr. Andrus +has answered to his name as fourth, third, second and first Corporal, +and fifth, fourth, third and second Sergeants. Was one of the most +active members of the Company during the whole seven years, and over, of +his membership. We find but very few meetings or drills of the Company +that he is not marked present. He was a thorough soldier, never +satisfied with half knowing how. His motto was, "Excelsior." No member +who served while Sergeant Andrus was connected with the Company, will +ever forget him; always good-natured and cheerful, inclined to look on +the bright and never on the dark side of the picture; and during times +in the history of the Company, when many were despondent, and the future +looked any thing but encouraging, he was always with a cheerful heart +and a ready hand, willing to contribute in whatever way was necessary to +raise the standard of the Company; and we believe whatever he undertook +he succeeded in accomplishing. Mr. Andrus is now one of the firm of +Andrus, McChain & Co., probably the largest Paper Manufacturers in +Western New York; and very many of our citizens and distinguished +visitors from abroad, can testify to his politeness and urbanity in +showing them through their large manufactory at Fall Creek. + +CHARLES CLAPP, Painter, enlisted November 21st, 1851. Mr. Clapp, at his +own request, was granted a discharge soon after his enlistment. His +military ardor was in no degree dampened, however, as will be seen from +the following: He enlisted in the United States army December 30th, +1863, in Company M, 21st New York Cavalry, in which he served eighteen +months; was engaged in the battle of New Market, and in the reserve at +Cedar Creek. Mr. Clapp also had two sons in the army. He was +particularly distinguished for his Good Samaritan kindness, as many of +his comrades can testify. Having some knowledge of medicine, he imparted +the all-healing balm to those about him who were sick or wounded. + +E. C. FULLER, Painter, enlisted November 21st, 1851. He filled the +offices of Corporal and Sergeant; was a good soldier, a faithful +officer, and a skilled artisan. + +WILLIAM V. BRUYN, Lawyer, enlisted November 21st, 1851. Immediately upon +his joining the Company he was elected first Lieutenant, which +commission he held until his removal to Syracuse. He was a man of +talents and fine accomplishments, which, combined with his gentlemanly +bearing, made an officer of which the Company were at all times proud. +He was once District Attorney of Tompkins county, and is now engaged in +his profession in the city of Syracuse, where he meets with that success +he so richly merits. + +LOREN DAY, wholesale Liquor dealer, enlisted November 21st, 1851. Mr. +Day, we believe, never served as a member but a short time, if at all. +His connection, however, with this or any other institution, would be an +honor to it. He is one of the most quiet, still one of the best, +citizens of our village. He has been very successful in business, which +may be credited to his strict attention and uncompromising honesty. + +WILLIAM M. CULVER, dealer in Hats, Caps and Furs, enlisted November 22d, +1851. Served but a short time, a worthy member, and was honorably +discharged. He is still successfully engaged in the above business. + +THEODORE A. HANMER, Clerk, enlisted November 24th, 1851. Very soon after +enlistment he removed to a Southern State, where he still resides. + +PHILIP J. PARTENHEIMER, Cashier Tompkins County Bank, enlisted November +25th, 1851. We often hear it said there is no man but has his enemies; +this may be the rule, we will produce the exception. + +At the first election of Company A, held in December, 1851, Mr. +Partenheimer was unanimously elected their Captain, which commission he +held until August 25th, 1862--over ten years. Nearly two hundred men +served under him while Captain of this Company, by each of which he was +not only respected and honored as their commanding officer, but as a +citizen and gentleman. Few officers ever had the confidence, respect and +esteem of his command as did Captain Partenheimer. Very likely some were +at times dissatisfied with his rulings; soon, however, his sound +judgment was apparent, and his decisions perfectly satisfactory to all. +When necessary he was stern, but always kind and forgiving. When he gave +a command, his men knew it must be promptly and correctly executed. His +generosity was only exceeded (so far as his Company was concerned) by +his desire to have his gifts unknown to the members or others, and if it +could be known how much he had paid for the use and improvement of his +Company, a very considerable sum could be added to the amount of +disbursements spoken of in the preface of this record. + +Captain Partenheimer's first business engagement was with S. B. Munn, +Jr., of this village. His clerkship was of short duration, however, as +his superior talent as an accountant was soon displayed, and he made his +second engagement with the Tompkins County Bank as book-keeper. With +this situation the same remarks are applicable as to the clerkship; he +was soon promoted to the position of Teller of the same institution, and +later to Cashier, which office he still holds. His various and rapid +promotions in the Bank were not equal, however, to the demands made upon +him by his fellow citizens. To show his popularity, we mention some of +the civil offices he has filled: Town Clerk, Notary Public, Trustee of +the village, President of same repeatedly, Chief Engineer of the Fire +Department for many years in succession, and also served his town in +the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins county. Each of the above mentioned +offices he has filled with honor to himself, and for us to say with +satisfaction to the people, would be superfluous. It is worthy of note, +that Captain Partenheimer never was ambitious for office; that all the +offices he has filled, both civil and military, have been thrust upon +him; and it is proverbial in his case, that he has in the most positive +and peremptory manner, declined many honors that the community have +endeavored to heap upon him. He is, most emphatically, a self-made man; +and to his own personal exertions the public are indebted for a man of +sterling worth and vast usefulness. + +PHILIP STEPHENS, Butcher, enlisted November 25th, 1851. Mr. Stephens was +one of the best soldiers of the DeWitt Guard; and not only this, but one +of the most valuable men for the Company. He would allow nothing to +prevent his attendance at the drills and meetings, where he always took +an active part, as he also did in the general welfare of the Company. +His purse was always open to contribute to any object that had in view +the advancement of the institution. He creditably filled most of the +non-commissioned offices; enjoyed being a soldier, and the Company +enjoyed him as such. Mr. Stephens has been very successful in his +business enterprises, and has built up a reputation throughout the +State. The epicure of New York city as well as Chicago, satisfies his +taste with luxuries provided by Stephens in the way of choice meats. Mr. +Stephens has recently purchased one of the most beautiful building sites +in our village, and intends soon building a handsome and capacious +dwelling. + +A. PHILLIPS, Merchant Tailor, enlisted November 25th, 1851. Mr. Phillips +remained with the Company but a short time, and upon his retiring +therefrom, presented them with a new uniform complete. It has always +been the pleasure of Mr. Phillips to lend his influence for the benefit +of the Company, and has furnished in the person of his son a most worthy +and valuable member. + +JOHN S. VAN LIEW, Clerk, enlisted November 29th, 1851. Removed from the +district soon after joining the Company. + +A. G. THOMPSON, enlisted November 29th, 1851. With the history of Mr. +Thompson the writer is not acquainted. + +JOHN RANDOLPH, Mason, enlisted December 1st, 1851. Was an excellent +member for some years; his tall and commanding form, his precise and +measured step and general bearing, fitted him for a first-class soldier. +He removed to Michigan about 1858. Joining a Michigan Regiment, he +entered the United States army in 1861; was commissioned as Captain soon +after his enlistment, and for meritorious conduct was promoted to Major. +He was a brave soldier and a courageous officer. He died soon after +honorably serving the time of his enlistment, from disease contracted +while in the service. + +We copy the following to show the esteem in which he was held by his +command: + + "MINER'S HILL, VA., November 18th, 1861. + + We, the undersigned, members of Company D, (Barry Guard,) 4th + Michigan Volunteers, in testimony of our high appreciation of + our beloved Captain, John Randolph, for his uniform urbanity to, + and kind treatment of, his Company, and for his ability as an + officer, do hereby present him with the accompanying slight + memento of our highest regard. + + J. N. Hall, E. S. Baldwin, G. G. Mowry, and ninety-seven other + members of the Company." + + + SPEECH OF MAJOR BARRY. + + "Captain Randolph: I have been commissioned by the members of + Company D, (Barry Guard,) under your command, to present you in + their behalf this beautiful sword and belt, in testimony of + their high appreciation of your uniform urbanity to, and kind + treatment of, your Company, and of your ability as an officer. + + While I feel honored in being the medium of communication + between the Company (which, among all others, possesses my + highest affection) and yourself, I can refer with pride to this + testimonial as conclusive evidence, not only of your high + qualities as an officer, but also the kindness of your heart. + + Captain, I commit this sword to your keeping in confidence, that + possessing those qualities as an officer and a man, you will + never suffer it to be dishonored." + + + RESPONSE OF CAPTAIN RANDOLPH. + + "Major Barry: No words that I may speak can express my feelings + on this occasion. But a few days ago I left behind me a brave + band of tried and true men, whose warm expressions of concern + for my safety and speedy return scarcely die away in the + distance, ere I am followed by a more substantial token of their + esteem for me, and kindness of heart, in the shape of this + beautiful sword. Coming, as it does, unexpectedly and in so + delicate a way, it is not a wonder that my eye should express a + feeling that is foreign to my heart. We are bound together in a + brotherhood, by ties more binding and endearing than those which + make up friendship in civil life. With the same old flag + floating over us, sharing a common and imminent danger + perpetually about us, with the thousand other incidental and + reciprocal acts of courtesy attending well ordered camp-life, it + would be strange if we did not become brothers in feeling, as + well as in action. As I felt a gladness a few days ago, when + departing from camp on a short furlough to visit my many friends + here, so now on returning I feel my heart bound at the thought + that I shall soon hear the cheers of comrades, and feel the warm + grasp of their stout hands. We have ever remembered and looked + upon you, Major Barry, as the father of our Company, and feel + proud that we bear the name of the Barry Guard. When the boom of + the gun of treason first rolled through the land, and the harsh + voice of actual war broke upon the startled ears of our peaceful + and happy people, your voice called us together, gave our zeal + direction, and cooled our excitement to concentrated action; and + not one of us will ever cease to regret that other duties + prevented your accompanying us in a cause we all know has your + whole heart and sympathy. This splendid gift, then, comes to me + with double effect. It is like the donation of brothers tendered + by the hand of a father, and so I receive it. And I here swear + never to dishonor the blade nor disgrace the donors, but + whenever I can strike a blow for the right, for our cause, for + our flag and the Union, it shall leap from the scabbard, and God + helping me, shall not be again sheathed while this right arm can + strike a blow, or victory remains uncertain." + +SHERMAN K. HALL, Grocer, enlisted December 2d, 1851. Remained with the +Company but a short time. + +WILLIAM O. BRYAN, Shoemaker, enlisted December 2d, 1851. Removed from +town very soon after enlistment; is now engaged in the Drug and Medicine +trade of the West. + +F. A. PARTENHEIMER, proprietor of the "Continental Boot and Shoe Store." +A strong desire to become a military gentleman led Mr. Partenheimer to +enlist in the militia of the State, which he did January 1st, 1852, when +he found that he possessed all the proper qualifications of a good +soldier. Undoubtedly, however, these necessary qualifications were more +apparent to others than himself, as he was soon elected Corporal, from +which he was promoted to Sergeant, and most worthily did he fill his +office, until having served his seven years he was granted an honorable +discharge. Our sincere regrets are extended to any Company which does +not number among its members at least one man like Sergeant +Partenheimer. A more true and devoted soldier never existed; but upon +him nature had bestowed a great deal more than the ordinary amount of +original wit; and at times, when not on duty, our Sergeant would furnish +innocent fun for a Regiment. At Camp Burnett, Sept. 1859, he was the +life of the camp, and many of his jokes are not, to this day, forgotten. + +It gives us pleasure to state, that now Mr. Partenheimer is sole +proprietor of one of our most successful and enterprising Boot and Shoe +manufactories, and is receiving that portion of public patronage which +he merits. + +CHARLES F. BLOOD, Merchant Tailor, enlisted January 1st, 1852. In +joining this Company, Mr. Blood's first and greatest ambition was to +become a thorough soldier, which object he successfully accomplished we +shall proceed to show. + +Very soon after becoming a member of the Company, he was elected their +standard-bearer. His strong desire to become familiar with all the +rudiments, and to become perfect, not only in the school of the soldier, +but also of the Company and Battalion, led him to devote but little time +to the duties of his new office. So anxious was he to learn, that with +the Tactics for his drill-master, and a borrowed gun for an assistant, +he would by himself combine the theoretical with the practical. We say +without fear of contradiction, that to-day a man more conversant with +the theory and practice of the science of military, cannot be found. + +The 28th of May, 1856, he was elected and commissioned second +Lieutenant, which office he filled until August 25th, 1862, at which +time he was elected Captain. As a commanding officer Captain Blood could +not be excelled. The time he had so studiously devoted in the earlier +part of his military career to this object, he now discovered was of +great use to him. Combine with this knowledge his splendid voice and +fine military carriage, he was an officer of which his men were at all +times proud. + +When the Company volunteered and were mustered into the United States +service, Captain Blood accompanied them; and through his exertions they +obtained a very desirable position in the 58th Regiment National Guard. +It was his chief and constant aim to see that his men were at all times +comfortable, and to see that they, as United States soldiers, had all +they were entitled to. + +Very soon after joining the army, Captain Blood was detailed from his +Company and commissioned one of the court-martial of the Department of +New York, before which court was transacted a large amount of business. +The compliments that were bestowed upon Captain Blood as a member of +this court, by the Division and Post Commanders, and by other members of +the court, must, indeed, have been very flattering to him. In his +decisions (not one of which were ever set aside or annulled) he was +prompt and discriminating, always tempering his judgment with that +amount of clemency which he considered was best for the Government he +represented, and for the unfortunate delinquents who appeared before +him. + +Notwithstanding he was so much of the time separated from his command, +still he endeavored to be in camp with them every night, and a large +portion of the time messed with them. + +Captain Blood, as every person knows who is acquainted with him, was a +strictly conscientious man, and still he always enjoyed the sports and +harmless amusements of his men in camp, and at all proper times and +occasions would join with them. It is needless for us to say, that each +member of his Company became very much attached to him, not one of which +but would have sacrificed their all for his comfort. + +His door was always open and he was at all times glad to see his men, +and his tent was Company Head-Quarters _indeed_. It was the remark of +very many officers and others who visited Elmira during encampment of +this Company, that Captain Blood was the most accomplished officer, and +commanded the best Company of men, that assisted in garrisoning that +post during the war. + +The Captain always attended the religious services of the Regiment, and +by this means exerted a beneficial influence over his men. His example +was always that of an uncompromising christian, as well as a good +soldier and true patriot. + +Immediately following the Elmira campaign, Captain Blood was elected and +commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the 50th Regiment National Guard, and +now holds that commission. + +In this instance we see a private of Company A, by various promotions, +reach the rank second in command of the Regiment, and undoubtedly in a +short time will be in full command. No officer is more worthy the honor +than Colonel Blood. + +In civil life he is none the less honored, having filled public offices +with equal success. + +He has been not only a good soldier, a respected Lieutenant, honored +Captain and esteemed Colonel, but is a citizen of the highest standing +and respected by every one. + +H. J. WILSON, Painter, enlisted January 1st, 1852. Mr. Wilson served his +full time and received an honorable discharge as a soldier, but is still +connected with the Regiment as a musician. It is the strong desire of +every member of the Company, as well as of the Regiment, that his +membership may be continued yet many years. Our excellent Band, without +Wilson, would be like tinkling brass--of uncertain sound. The rich, full +and expressive tones rendered by him on his powerful Tuba, fully prove +him to be a musician of no ordinary talent. + +JACOB SAGER, Clerk, enlisted January 1st, 1852. Was Company musician, +which position he filled until his removal from the District. He was not +only a good musician, but a gentleman. + +CLARK WILSON, Machinist, enlisted January ----, 1852. Mr. Wilson was +Company drummer for a time, but preferring a gun to a drum, took his +place in the ranks; served some time; is now Chief Engineer on Seneca +Lake. + +HORACE ROOT, Brewer, enlisted March 17th, 1852. Mr. Root was always +promptly on hand at the drills and meetings of the Company while a +member. The record does not show how long he was connected with the +Company; our recollection is some three years. + +CALEB BABCOCK, enlisted March 17th, 1852. His membership was short; very +soon after becoming a member he left the place. He is now an officer on +one of the New York and Liverpool Line of Steamers. + +A. J. TERRY, Tobacconist, enlisted May 15th, 1852. Mr. Terry was a good +member of the Company and a good citizen. He died a few years ago, after +suffering the most excruciating torture of acute rheumatism. + +JAMES C. MCCLUNE, Lawyer, enlisted June 3d, 1852. Mr. McClune always +evinced the greatest interest in the welfare of the Company; he was one +of its best workers, was a first-class soldier, and was soon elected +Corporal from which he was promoted to Sergeant, which office he held +until November 29th, 1856, when he was removed by death. Upon receiving +intelligence of his death a special meeting was called, when the +following preamble and resolutions, offered by Lieut. King, were +unanimously adopted: + + "WHEREAS, The Supreme Ruler of the Universe has, in the exercise + of His power and wisdom, seen fit to remove from our midst our + esteemed friend and fellow soldier, Sergeant James C. McClune, + therefore be it + + _Resolved_, That we receive the sad bereavement as a mandate + from Him who doeth all things well. + + _Resolved_, That we offer our sincere and heartfelt condolence + to the sorrowing family of the deceased, and we assure them that + we will ever revere the memory of their son and brother. + + RESOLVED, That as a mark of our respect for the character of our + deceased comrade, we will attend his funeral, and escort his + remains to their last resting place with military honors. + + RESOLVED, That we wear the usual badge of mourning for the space + of six months. + + RESOLVED, That a copy of these resolutions, signed by the + Chairman and Secretary, be presented to the family of the + deceased, and published in the village papers. + + P. J. PARTENHEIMER, _Captain_. + + WILLIAM GLENNY, _Sec'y_. + +JAMES H. GREENLY, Merchant, enlisted June 3d, 1852. Mr. Greenly was in +every respect a most estimable man, and as a soldier he had no superior. +Always manifested a lively interest in whatever conduced to the benefit +of the organization. He filled all the grades of non-commissioned +offices; was Orderly Sergeant at the time he removed from us. No member +ever left, carrying with him more well wishes and kind regards, than +Sergeant James H. Greenly. Success and prosperity attend him ever in all +his undertakings. + +JACOB WARSHASKI, Clothing Merchant, enlisted July 1st, 1852. Was a +faithful and worthy member for a few years. Upon changing his residence +was granted an honorable discharge. + +MAJOR A. O. SHAW, Blacksmith. To name a day as the one on which the +Major enlisted, is for us an impossibility, and we think it would be too +much of a task for him, even, to find out the exact year, say nothing +about the day. Suffice it to say, he has been honored with the title of +Major from the earliest recollection of the writer. He has seen the time +when he had command of more musicians alone than this Company at any one +time ever numbered as members. He always enjoyed being a military man, +and we believe there could be no greater pleasure for the Major to-day, +than to head a column of a few hundred men and march through the streets +of Ithaca, as he has done in years gone by. He has received three +honorable discharges, each being granted by reason of the expiration of +his term of service. This would give the Major twenty-one years in the +service, and how much he overran on time on each of the discharges, we +doubt if he knows. At all events he was a member of the DeWitt Guard +when the writer joined, (which was in 1855,) and served until last year +before he received his last discharge. + +He has always been, and is to-day, one of the most accommodating +military men of our acquaintance. At any time the Company would like to +have him turn out with them, he is always ready, and invariably refuses +a single dime compensation. The Major has the respect, not only of the +Company with which he has so long served, but of the whole community. As +a citizen, his politeness and gentlemanly conduct attracts the attention +of every person who meets him; and the various positions he has so long +and creditably filled, is sufficient to show that he is properly +appreciated by the community in which he resides. + +MOSES R. WRIGHT, Lawyer, enlisted July 8th, 1852. Was connected with the +Company but a short time; was a man of fine talent, and a lawyer of +great ability. He died in this village June 6th, 1855. + +L. S. BLUE, Boot and Shoe Merchant, enlisted July 8th, 1852. Mr. Blue +served but a short time. Is now a resident of New York city. + +JOHN PAGE, Shoemaker, enlisted July 12th, 1852. His membership was +short. + +D. M. OLTZ, Carpenter, enlisted June 23d, 1853. Was a good soldier and a +good member of the Company; served for some time. His membership was +dissolved by his removal to Canada. + +J. B. HAMMOND, Jeweler, enlisted June 23d, 1853. Served faithfully as +Company bugler until his removal to St. Louis. + +MELVILLE WILKINSON, Clerk, enlisted July 4th, 1853. Was a good soldier +while connected with the Company, and a better one after leaving it. He +removed from the district after a membership of one or two years. Upon +the breaking out of the war he enlisted in the 23d New York Volunteers; +was soon commissioned Lieutenant; served his time; volunteered the +second time, and was elected Captain in the 107th New York Volunteers. +He was a brave and true officer; was engaged in many battles; was +transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps; afterwards held a prominent +position upon the staff of General Coxe, who commanded the Department of +Ohio. At the close of the war he devoted his time to preparing himself +for the ministry, and is now an Episcopal clergyman, located in Ohio. + +THOMAS J. PHILLIPS, Miller. (Date of enlistment not recorded.) Mr. +Phillips was no ordinary soldier, as he most conclusively proved to a +Bank President at the Seneca Falls encampment. He was always careful to +know what his duty was, and then he was going to do it, let the +consequences be what they might. He was always good natured, perfectly +happy, and was poor society for those troubled with the _blues_. Never +wanted much to do with a person who did not feel as good as himself. Was +worth at the encampment spoken of above, more than some whole Companies. +Had the advantages of an early education and good bringing up, used to +living well at home, and believed in living well in camp--_and did_. No +person, although he might be President of all the Banks in Hungary, +could pass the line when he was the sentinel. He was athletic, not only +in person but in mind, and too much good cannot be said of him as a +soldier and a citizen. The Company sustained a severe loss when Mr. +Phillips removed from among them, and became the proprietor of the Danby +Spring Mills. + +WILLIAM H. BROWN, Grocer, enlisted July 28th, 1853. Mr. Brown served his +full time and received an honorable discharge. He always felt a deep +interest in the welfare of the Company; particularly prompt to meet all +the demands made upon him; always gave cheerfully, and has in many +instances paid for others who could illy afford to pay for themselves; +was always careful to have no one know that he paid obligations other +than his own; always present at the drills and meetings of the Company, +and altogether Mr. Brown was one of the _solid men_ of the Company. He +has acted as Company Sutler at a number of encampments, and in this +capacity has given the most perfect satisfaction. + +LEONARD STODDARD, Carriage Maker, enlisted July 28th, 1853. His +membership was short--removing from the district soon after joining. He +was employed in the extensive establishment of William S. Hoyt, Esq., +the largest carriage manufacturer in Western New York. + +SAMUEL STODDARD, Wool and Leather Merchant, enlisted June 29th, 1854. + +In the DeWitt Guard, as well as in every other organization or +association with which Mr. Stoddard has been connected, he was, as he +would term his best grade of wool, super extra. He was an old militiaman +when he joined this Company, and had improved all the advantages to be +derived from the Old Guard, which in an eminent degree qualified him +for a good soldier in this, then new, Company. A peculiar trait in the +military character of Mr. Stoddard was, he invariably attended the +drills and meetings of the Company. Consider, with this fact, the large +business carried on by him, which one would suppose would require his +undivided time and attention, and we find he must have sacrificed a good +deal for the interest he felt in this Company. He would forego other +enjoyments for the sake of attending the weekly drills in which he took +much pleasure, believing that this exercise was of vast good to him. He +became a very proficient soldier; never would accept office of any kind, +though besought with tears; his highest ambition was to be a _good_ high +private; was one of the most liberal men in the Company, always +contributing freely, and many times more than his proportion; was always +in favor of paying promptly any demand made upon the Company, and +opposed to obligations or debts accumulating against them, and we find +it recorded in two or three instances where Mr. Stoddard moved that a +tax of two or more dollars be levied upon each member to pay up +deficits. He served his full time and was granted an honorable +discharge. For the high standing of the DeWitt Guard to-day, they are in +no small degree indebted to Mr. Stoddard. He has enjoyed the confidence +of the community sufficient to be elected several times to positions of +trust and honor. Long live Samuel Stoddard. + +D. L. AVERY, Merchant, enlisted June 24th, 1854. Mr. Avery was a young +man of fine attainments, and had every promise of a brilliant future. He +manifested much interest in the Company, and although connected with +them but a short time, yet sufficiently long to gain the esteem and +respect of each member. His death occurred August 24th, 1854. That the +loss of Mr. Avery was keenly felt by the Company, the following preamble +and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted, will show: + + WHEREAS, It has pleased Divine Providence suddenly to take away + from our midst by death our much esteemed friend and fellow + soldier D. L. Avery, thus depriving us of an active and valued + member, and our citizens of one whom but to know was to esteem; + and Whereas, The officers and soldiers of the DeWitt Guard + feeling and duly appreciating the loss of our universally + esteemed member of our corps, and being desirous of giving + expression to a spontaneous sentiment of regard for our departed + brother in arms, it is therefore unanimously + + _Resolved_, That we do most sincerely mourn the loss of our + late comrade, so suddenly and unexpectedly called away from our + ranks by the stern and unrelenting King of Terrors, and that we + tender to the partner, brother and sisters of the deceased our + heartfelt sympathies in their irreparable loss. + + _Resolved_, That we attend in a body to assist in the last sad + duties and ceremonies of the funeral of our late brother, friend + and fellow soldier, and that we wear the usual badge of mourning + on all parades for thirty days. + + _Resolved_, That the proceedings be signed by our Captain, and a + copy thereof be furnished the relatives of the deceased, and + also for publication in the village papers. + + P. J. PARTENHEIMER, _Capt, Com'd'g_. + + WILLIAM GLENNY, _Sec'y_. + +M. E. ELMENDORF, Dentist, enlisted June 30th, 1854. Mr. Elmendorf was a +first-class soldier and a tip-top fellow generally. Was particularly +celebrated as a fine shot, taking a prize at each of the target shoots +while a member. Was an active, energetic young man, and very readily +became master of his profession, and is now a Dental Surgeon of +considerable note in the city of New York. + +LOT S. HINDS, Currier, enlisted July 12th, 1854. Was a good, attentive +soldier and a faithful member; served some years with the Company; +removed from our village to Danby, where he now resides. Has a son in +the United States army. + +J. S. PUTNAM, Hotel keeper, enlisted July 12th, 1854. Was a resident but +a short time. + +IRA M. GARDNER, Mason, enlisted September 18th, 1855. Mr. Gardner served +faithfully his seven years, and received an honorable discharge. He has +always resided in Ithaca, is a good citizen, a respected man, and a +first-class mechanic. + +WILLIAM H. HAMMOND, Gas Plumber, enlisted September 23d, 1855. Served +his full time and was honorably discharged. Held the office of Company +standard-bearer for some years. Was also armory keeper, keeping the guns +and equipage in perfect order. We believe the State honestly indebted to +him for services rendered, for which he ought to have his pay. + +WILLIAM V. BROWN, Currier, enlisted September 26th, 1855. Mr. Brown was +celebrated for the great amount of artistic and thoroughly grand music +as produced by himself on the bass drum. He was Company musician, and +remained with them as long as he was a citizen of the place. He is now a +resident of Union Springs. "_Big Bill Brown, the Drummer_" will long be +remembered with gratitude by all those connected with the Company during +his membership. + +K. S. VAN VOORHEES, Master Mechanic, enlisted July ----, 1854. Colonel +Van Voorhees entered the militia service of the State in Feb., 1835, +joining the first Company New York Cadets, which was attached as a flank +Company to the 2d Regiment N. Y. S. Artillery, (doing duty as Infantry,) +and known as the Governor's Guard. In the spring of 1839 he was promoted +from Orderly Sergeant, and commissioned as Captain of the Company by +Gov. W. H. Seward, he having been unanimously elected to that position +by the members of the Company. In the spring of 1840 he was presented +with an elegant sword bearing the following inscription: + + Presented to + + CAPT. K. S. VAN VOORHEES, + + BY THE FIRST COMPANY NEW YORK CADETS, AS A TOKEN OF + ESTEEM AND RESPECT. + + New York, April 16th, 1840. + +In the Fall of 1840 he visited Ithaca, and having concluded to make this +place his permanent residence, he forwarded to New York his resignation +in the Spring of 1841. After his removal to this place, he lent his +assistance to the drilling and instruction of the Old Ithaca Guard until +they were disbanded. + +Upon the most urgent solicitations of both officers and men, he +consented to become one of the members of the DeWitt Guard. He, +possessing probably the greatest amount of military knowledge of any +person in the district, was secured by the Company as instructor, and +immediately elected Orderly Sergeant. This he did simply as an +accommodation, having gained all the military honors he cared to have +bestowed upon him before coming to Ithaca. + +For us to bestow any compliments upon him in this sketch is perfectly +uncalled for, as we produce the following record in place of further +remarks: + +At the breaking out of the Rebellion he was prevented from entering the +service of his country by a severe bodily injury which he had received a +few months before; but in the Fall of 1862 he had so far recovered from +his lameness, that he ventured to accept the position of Lieutenant +Colonel of a Regiment then organizing at Binghamton, N. Y., and +afterwards known as the 137th New York Volunteers, to which position he +was chosen by the unanimous vote of the War Committee of the 24th +Senatorial District. + +He immediately entered upon the duty, in connection with Colonel David +Ireland, of organizing and disciplining the Regiment, and getting it +ready for active service in the field. The want of any knowledge of +military tactics by either officers or men, rendered the labor of +instructing and drilling the Regiment very arduous, the most of which +was performed by Lt. Col. Van Voorhees, Col. Ireland attending to the +administrative affairs of the Regiment. Previous to the Regiment's +leaving for the seat of war, Lt. Col. Van Voorhees was presented by his +friends at Ithaca with a fine horse and set of horse equipments. The +Regiment was mustered into the U. S. service on the 25th September, and +left for Washington on the 27th, arriving there on the 30th, and were +immediately forwarded to Harper's Ferry, Va., by way of Fredericksburgh, +Md.; arriving at Harper's Ferry on the 3d October, where they remained +until the 10th December, having in the meantime made two important +reconnoissances under Gen. Gregg--one to Charlestown and the other to +Winchester, Va. + +On the 10th December the 12th Army Corps, to which the 137th Regiment +had been attached, left Harper's Ferry at the time of Burnside's +unsuccessful attack on Fredericksburgh, and having marched to Dumfries, +Va., were, in consequence of Burnside's repulse, marched back to Fairfax +Station, where they remained until the 17th January, 1863, when they +were again ordered forward, Burnside intending to make another attack on +Fredericksburgh, but failed on account of the mud. + +The 12th Corps having reached Stafford Court House, the Brigade to which +the 137th was attached was ordered to Aquia Creek, where they remained +until the 26th April, when they commenced their march to +Chancellorsville, which they reached on the 29th of April. On the 30th +the 12th Corps was ordered forward to feel the enemy's position, and +finding them in strong force returned to camp, where they commenced +throwing up earthworks, the 137th using bayonets for picks and tin +plates for shovels. In the subsequent battles the Regiment maintained +its position in the trenches until they were entered by the enemy from +the right, (the right flank of the army having been turned by the giving +way of the 11th Corps,) when they were ordered to retire, which they did +in good order. As this was the first battle in which the Regiment was +engaged, some anxiety was felt by the officers as to the mettle of their +men; but their conduct on this occasion was such as to give no further +uneasiness. After the battle the Regiment returned to Aquia Creek, where +it remained until the 13th June, when it commenced its march to +Gettysburg, and on the 2d and 3d July was closely and hotly engaged with +the invader. + +Late in the afternoon of the 2d July the whole of the 12th Corps, with +the exception of Green's Brigade, was sent to support the left of the +line, which was closely pressed; they had scarcely gone when Stonewall +Jackson's old Corps, seven thousand strong, under Ewell, charged our +right, which was defended by only Green's Brigade of New York troops +less than two thousand strong; but so obstinate was the defence, that +the enemy did not succeed in breaking our lines; heavy firing was kept +up nearly all night. About four o'clock of the morning of the 3d, the +enemy again advanced to the charge but was again repulsed, and a heavy +and constant fire was kept up until half past ten, when the enemy +retired. The loss of the 137th was four officers and forty-one men +killed, and three officers and sixty-four men wounded. Lt. Col. Van +Voorhees was slightly wounded twice during the action. + +After the battle and the escape of Lee's army across the Potomac, the +army again encamped on the banks of the Rappahannock and afterwards on +the banks of the Rappidan, when, on the 23d September, immediately after +the battle of Chickamauga, the 11th and 12th Corps under Hooker were +ordered to Tennessee, where they arrived in the fore part of October. In +the latter part of that month Hooker was ordered by Grant to open +communication between Bridgport, Ala., and Chattanooga, Tenn., by the +way of White Side, along the line of the Memphis and Charleston +Railroad. The army of the Cumberland being besieged in Chattanooga and +destitute of provisions, it became necessary to secure a shorter line of +communication, or the place would have to be abandoned with the loss of +all the artillery and trains, as there were no animals left to draw them +away. On the 28th of October the 11th Corps under Gen. Howard, followed +by a part of Geary's Division of the 12th Corps, all under the command +of Gen. Hooker, debouched into Lookout Valley, and for six miles marched +in plain view of the rebels who occupied the summit and sides of the +mountain, and who could almost count the men in the ranks. On encamping +for the night, the 11th Corps was about two and a half miles in advance +of Geary's Division, which, being observed by the enemy, they determined +to surprise and capture Geary's Division; and accordingly two Divisions +of Longstreet's Corps were ordered to the attack. They came in between +the 11th Corps and Geary's Division, and while one Division took up a +position to prevent reinforcements from being sent to Gen. Geary, the +other advanced to the attack, which came near being a surprise, the +attack being made about midnight. Gen. Geary had with him at the time +but four Regiments and two sections of a battery. The 111th Pennsylvania +succeeded in getting into line, and the 137th New York were but partly +in line when the enemy opened fire upon them at less than fifty yards +distance. These two Regiments bore the whole brunt of the battle, which +lasted over two hours; the other two Regiments were placed in position +to protect the right flank and rear, leaving the left flank exposed. +Early in the action Gen. Green, commanding the Brigade, was wounded, and +Col. Ireland of the 137 Regiment being senior Colonel, the command of +the Brigade devolved upon him, leaving the command of the Regiment to +Lt. Col. Van Voorhees. The enemy finding the left unprotected, moved a +part of their force to the left, and came down on the left and rear of +the 137th, but Col. Van Voorhees immediately placed his three left +Companies perpendicular to the rear facing them to the left, and facing +the rear rank of four other Companies to the rear, the Regiment kept up +such a vigorous and well directed fire to the front, flank and rear, as +finally to beat back the enemy and cause his retreat, though not till +nearly every cartridge in the Regiment was expended. + +The 137th (who lost nearly one-third of their number in killed and +wounded) was highly complimented for their coolness and courage in this +engagement. Gen. Geary in a speech delivered to the Regiment at the time +of its muster-out, used the following language in regard to their +conduct on this occasion: "I have at all times and in all places given +you the credit of saving my Division from rout or capture at Wauhatchie. +As I passed down your rear and observed the vigorous attack that was +made upon you, I exclaimed, 'My God, if the 137th gives way all is +lost.' But thanks to the coolness, skill and courage of your commanding +officer, and to your own determined will, you maintained your ground +nobly, and the enemy was driven back to his mountain den." + +Gen. Howard, in a speech at Philadelphia, characterized this battle as +"the wonderful night's revel at Wauhatchie;" and the rebel papers and +dispatches acknowledged a serious defeat and heavy loss. Col. Van +Voorhees was severely wounded during the action, but refused to leave +the field to have his wound dressed until the action was over and all +danger of its renewal had passed. + +Col. Van Voorhees being at home recovering from his wound, was not with +his Regiment in their "battle above the clouds," in which it maintained +its reputation, being the first to enter the enemy's works upon Lookout +Mountain. Col. Van Voorhees rejoined his Regiment in January, and led it +in all the battles of the Atlanta campaign, which commenced on the 2d +day of May and ended by the capture of Atlanta on the 2d day of +September, being four months of almost continuous fighting. The first +battle was that of Mill Creek Gap, May 8th, in which Geary's Division +drove the rebels into their works on the summit of Taylor's Ridge. The +next was the battle of Resacca, May 15th, in which the Regiment lost +several in wounded. The next was the battle of Dallas, or New Hope +Church, on the 25th of May; here Hooker's Corps lost heavily. One line +of the enemy's works was carried just at night, and they driven about a +mile into a second line of works which was not carried owing to the +darkness; but a position was taken and a line of works established +within a stone's throw of the enemy's line. The Regiment remained here +eight days under a constant fire, and without any shelter from the +weather. On the 5th June the enemy was found to have evacuated his +works, and it was supposed had crossed the Chattahoochie River; the men +needing rest the enemy was not followed. The army was moved forward a +few miles and put into camp for rest. + +On the 7th June, Col. Van Voorhees being officer of the day and having +charge of the picket line, discovered the enemy's position; their line +extending from Kenesaw Mountain to Lost Mountain, a distance of eight +miles. He made a written report of the fact to Gen. Geary, who +immediately sent for him and discredited the report, stating that he did +not believe there was a rebel soldier this side of the Chattahoochie; he +however said he would send up the report. On the 8th June Gen. Sherman +telegraphed to the Secretary of War that "his cavalry had that day +discovered the enemy's position, and that his right rested on Kenesaw +Mountain and his left on Lost Mountain," thus confirming Col. Van +Voorhees' report made the day previous. + +On the 15th June the Regiment was moved forward to the foot of Pine +Knob, (which was occupied by the enemy,) where they threw up works for +the artillery who shelled the hill, one result of which was the killing +of Gen. Polk of the rebel army. On the same day the Division moved +forward to the attack of Pine Knob; several lines of rifle pits were +carried, but the main works were very formidable and were not carried. A +line of works were built the same night within a hundred yards of the +enemy's line, and heavy skirmishing kept up on the 16th, and on the +morning of the 17th the enemy was found to have evacuated his works. The +Regiment lost two killed and twenty wounded. The enemy was immediately +pursued and found in a new position before noon of the same day. In +advancing to support a battery the Regiment lost one man killed and one +wounded. On the morning of the 19th the enemy was found to have again +abandoned his works, but was found strongly entrenched two miles to the +rear. From this time up to the 5th July, when the enemy retreated across +the Chattahoochie, it was one continued series of battles, skirmishes, +and changes of position. + +On the 22d June the 137th Regiment, in connection with the 111th +Pennsylvania, were highly complimented by Gen. Hooker for their bravery +in obtaining possession of a commanding position which was strongly +defended by the enemy. + +No forward movement was made from the 7th to the 17th July, the army +needing rest and clothing; but on the 17th it again moved forward and +crossed the Chattahoochie River. On the 19th the 137th was thrown out as +skirmishers, and came upon the enemy's skirmishers at Peach Tree Creek, +four miles from Atlanta. The day being excessively warm, and Col. Van +Voorhees' duties as commander of the skirmish line very arduous, he was +prostrated by the heat and over exertion, acquiring a disability from +which he has not yet fully recovered. + +Hooker's Corps crossed Peach Tree Creek on the night of the 19th; and on +the 20th, while moving forward to take up a position, were unexpectedly +and fiercely attacked by the enemy in a thick piece of woods. Col. Van +Voorhees was ordered to move his Regiment by the right flank and take up +a position on the right of another Regiment, and in doing so came almost +directly upon the enemy's line of battle. Not knowing the position of +the rest of the Brigade owing to the thick underbrush, and fearing that +if he fell back the right flank of the Brigade would be exposed, he +caused his men to maintain their position, which they did manfully for +near half an hour, when he learnt that the rest of the Brigade had +fallen back some fifteen minutes before, and that his Regiment was left +alone battling with the enemy; he immediately gave orders to fall back, +when the Regiment retreated from its dangerous position. Loss eight +killed and nineteen wounded. Col. Van Voorhees was suffering at the time +with a very high fever, and could with difficulty sit on his horse. Many +officers in his condition would have got excused and went to the rear, +but he never wanted his Regiment to go into action without him; he +became very much attached to it and wished to share all its dangers. On +the 22d, being unable to sit up, he was carried to the field hospital; +the Surgeon in charge advised him to make application to be sent to the +hospital at Chattanooga; this he refused to do, saying, that after all +the hardships and fighting he had gone through with in the campaign, he +did not want to be to the rear when Atlanta was taken. He was, however, +on the 25th, against his consent, sent to the hospital at Lookout +Mountain. He rejoined his Regiment on the 30th August in time to lead it +into Atlanta on the 2d September. + +After the death of Col. Ireland, which occurred shortly after entering +Atlanta, all the officers present with the Regiment signed a petition to +Gov. Seymour, which was handsomely endorsed by the Brigade and Division +Commanders, requesting that Lt. Col. Van Voorhees be commissioned as +Colonel of the Regiment. Owing to an unjust order from the War +Department that "all Regiments reduced below the minimum number should +be deprived of its Colonel," he was unable to get mustered, though Gen. +Geary made a direct and special request of the Secretary of War, which +was endorsed by Gen. Slocum, requesting that he might be mustered into +the grade of Colonel as a "reward for his efficiency and gallantry as an +officer, his coolness and bravery on the battle-field, and for his +general good conduct during the whole of his period of service," but the +request was not granted. + +The 20th Corps remained in Atlanta until the 15th November, when Gen. +Sherman commenced his celebrated "March to the Sea." His march being +entirely unopposed, nothing worthy of note occurred until their arrival +near Savannah, December 11th. The 137th having been sent out to feel the +enemy's position, were deployed as skirmishers, and soon came upon the +enemy's skirmishers who were protected by the ruins of some buildings +and by a rice field embankment. A lively fire was kept up for some time, +when it was deemed advisable to drive them from their position so as to +uncover their front. Col. Van Voorhees gave the order to move forward; +so impetuous was the charge that the enemy was quickly driven into his +works, and could have been driven out and beyond them--as they were +seen to leave after firing one round--but as there was no support at +hand, Col. Van Voorhees did not deem it prudent to assail the fort, +which was defended by several heavy guns, and accordingly recalled his +men after several had gained the abattis of the fort, and took up a +position behind the rice-field embankment formerly held by the rebel +skirmishers, within two hundred yards of the rebel fort. + +The Regiment remained here until the 21st December, assisting in the +construction of works which could only be done under cover of darkness; +the rebel batteries were very active, and the men exposed to a constant +shelling; three shells passed through the Quarters of Col. Van Voorhees +in one forenoon, and having moved his Quarters to another building, a +piece of a shell from a gun-boat passed through his room, taking in its +way a table at which he had been sitting but a few minutes previous. The +Regiment returned from working on a fort about two o'clock of the +morning of the 21st, and shortly after signs of the enemy's evacuating +the city were observable, when Capt. S. B. Wheelock of the 137th, with +ten men, was sent out to reconnoitre the enemy's works. He found the +works abandoned with the guns still standing in position. The fact was +reported to the Brigade Commander, who immediately ordered the Brigade +forward into the enemy's works, and from thence moved directly into the +city, arriving there at daybreak, the 137th was the first to enter the +city. The Regiment remained in the city doing guard duty until the 27th +January, 1865, when it commenced its march through the Carolinas, +arriving at Goldsboro, N. C., on the 24th March. + +Col. Van Voorhees having been advised by several of the army Surgeons to +seek a change of climate for the recovery of his health, which had been +much impaired by exposure and the malarial influence of the climate, he +left Savannah January 1st, and was not with his Regiment in their march +from Savannah to Goldsboro. He left home February 22d to rejoin his +Regiment, but did not succeed in reaching it until its arrival at +Goldsboro. On the 10th April Sherman again moved forward in the +direction of Raleigh, N. C., which place he reached on the 13th April; +here the army remained until the 30th April, when it commenced its march +for Home, arriving at Alexandria, Va., on the 19th May. The Regiment +was mustered out on the 9th June, and ordered to Elmira, N. Y., where it +was paid off and discharged on the 18th June, 1865, having been nearly +three years in active service. + +In giving the military history of Col. Van Voorhees, we have coupled +with his also that of the Regiment, as their histories are one. The +officers and men of his command have always spoken well of him; they had +confidence in him as a commander, and esteemed him highly as a man. He +also enjoyed the confidence and respect of his superior officers, +especially of Gen. Geary, who placed the utmost confidence in his +ability as an officer, usually appointing him officer of the day when +more than usual watchfulness was required, saying that he "always felt +safe when Col. Van Voorhees was in command of the picket line." This +confidence was also shared in by the Regiment, it being generally +selected to occupy the most exposed positions, or lead the column when +danger was thought to be imminent. + +Col. Van Voorhees was several times (on account of the absence of all +its field officers) detailed to command the 149th New York, a Syracuse +Regiment of which Gen. Barnum, now State Prison Inspector, was Colonel. +On one of these occasions, when about to be relieved and returned to his +own Regiment, the following paper was put into his hands, signed by all +the officers present with the Regiment: + + 149TH REG'T N. Y. VOLS., + Aquia Landing, Va., June 8th, 1863. + + COL. K. S. VAN VOORHEES: + + We, the undersigned, officers of this command, take this + opportunity of expressing the feelings of each and every one of + us, as the time approaches which must sever the relations that + have existed between us and you as our commander. We desire to + assure you of our full appreciation of your services, always + characterized by kindness and forbearance, and in which the + qualities of the gentleman and soldier have commanded our + admiration. We desire to thank you for the earnestness and zeal + you have exhibited in your endeavors to instruct and better + prepare us for the duties devolving upon us, and to assure you + that we shall always remember the past four weeks, in which you + have been connected with us, with feelings of satisfaction and + pleasure; and taking leave of you, as we are about to do, we + earnestly hope that in the future _that_ success may attend you + which industry and fidelity always merit. + +At the close of the war Lt. Col. Van Voorhees was appointed Colonel by +brevet by the President "for gallant and meritorious services in the +late campaigns in Georgia and the Carolinas." + + +(_Contributed by Capt. B. R. W._) + +JOSEPH ESTY, JR., Clerk, enlisted Sept. 26th, 1855, and was elected +Secretary of the Company January 14, 1857. July 28th, 1858, he was first +put in the line of promotion by being elected fourth Corporal, and so +great was his popularity with the Company, and his knowledge of tactics, +that within a trifle over four years from the time of his receiving his +chevron as fourth Corporal, he was elected and received his commission +as second Lieutenant, (Aug. 25th, 1862,) having filled nearly if not all +of the intermediate positions. During the Elmira campaign he was with +the Company, steadily refusing to accept of any better fare or +accommodations, than the men under his charge received. + +While at Barracks No. 1, he invariably accompanied his men to the mess +house, and prevented many impositions which officers in charge were in +the habit of practicing upon soldiers who were obliged to take their +rations in that unsavory institution. While the Company were on duty at +the rebel prison, no officer did his duty more cheerfully and strictly. +He was never known to plead illness to avoid his turn, and the writer of +this sketch has, on more than one occasion, known him to take the turn +of other officers who plead illness, when he himself was not fit for +duty. On one occasion he attended the officer's drill of the Regiment +when he was hardly able to leave his tent, and upon the fact being +reported to the Colonel, he was peremptorily ordered to his Quarters, to +gain the rest which he would not take voluntarily. + +No officer in the Regiment stood higher in the estimation of both +officers and men, than did Lieut. Esty; and such was the respect of his +own Company for him, that upon their return home and the promotion of +Captain Blood to the position he now occupies, Lieut. Esty was (Dec. +26th, 1864) elected Captain. + +His reluctance to accept the position, showed that he had no aspirations +to rise in rank above his fellows, and it was only upon the urgent +entreaties of the officers of the Regiment, and his intimate friends, +that he was induced to accept the honor thus thrust upon him; and we +venture to say, without any fear of detracting from the worthy merits of +his predecessors, that no officer has given more time and money to +advance the interest of the Company, than has he--a large proportion of +the target prizes for the past two years having been procured by him. +At the meeting for target practice August 15th, 1865, Captain Esty was +presented by the Company with a splendid sword and belt, which cost +about $120. The Captain was taken completely by surprise, as he had +received no hint of the matter, and his overcharged feelings prevented +him from making known to the Company how highly he prized the gift; but +his pleasure at receiving was not greater than the happiness of the +donors, in thus having an opportunity of demonstrating their feelings +toward him. + +The beautiful Armory and Drill-Room now occupied by the Company, are +mainly due to his indefatigable efforts. + +One prominent feature in the history of the Company, and one which we +fear the historian may, from feelings of delicacy, omit, was the +splendid supper given, soon after the return of the Company from Elmira, +by Captain Esty and lady--an entertainment which was a high testimonial +of the Captain's generosity, and the skill and hospitality of Mrs. Esty. +The supper will long be remembered by the happy participants. + +Captain Esty, in civil life, is no less esteemed than as a soldier, +having been for a number of years the confidential clerk and +book-keeper in the extensive Leather establishment of Hon. E. S. Esty, +an establishment which owes its success in no small degree to his +energetic and business qualities. + +CHARLES HAUSNER, Carpenter, enlisted October 6th, 1855. Served his full +time in the Company. Enlisted Sept. 10th, 1861, in the United States +army, in which he served until the 6th day of Sept., 1862, when he was +honorably discharged by reason of being totally unserviceable on account +of wounds received while in the army. He participated in the battle of +Fair Oaks, and received in that one engagement six wounds, while his +clothes were pierced by fourteen bullets of the enemy. Probably no +soldier ever received the same number of wounds and lived. Upon his +return home he was elected Captain of Company E, 50th Regiment National +Guard. + +A. T. JARVIS, Clerk, enlisted March 19th, 1856. Was a member but a short +time. + +O. BINGHAM, Boot and Shoe Merchant, enlisted April 2d, 1856. Served his +full time, and was honorably discharged from further service in the +militia. Upon the breaking out of the Rebellion he enlisted in Company +D, 137th N. Y. Volunteers. August 16th, 1862, was mustered into the +United States service at Camp Susquehanna, Binghamton. Soon after the +Regiment was ordered to Washington, and from thence to Harper's Ferry, +Va., in October, 1862. The Regiment was soon attached to the 12th Army +Corps; after a few weeks in camp were ordered to join Gen. Burnside in +front of Fredericksburgh, Va. On account of the almost impassibility of +the roads, the Regiment did not arrive in time to participate in the +fight. Were here ordered into camp at Fairfax, Va., from thence to Aquia +Landing, on the Potomac. + +The Regiment remained in this camp, perfecting themselves in all the +arts of war, until Gen. Hooker had perfected the plan for the battle of +Chancellorsville, to which place the Regiment was ordered in the latter +part of April, 1863, under command of Gen. Slocum. In this engagement +the 137th Regiment did some very hard fighting, and the hero of this +sketch came near losing his life while performing acts of kindness to +his comrades. He was returning from a spring near by with a number of +canteens of water, when he was attacked by a number of rebels who gave +him chase through the woods; but our soldier escaped unharmed, although +at one time it seemed that nothing short of a miracle could save him. +After the battle the Regiment recrossed the Rappahannock and were again +in camp. + +On the 13th of June Mr. Bingham was promoted to the office of Chief +Musician of the Regiment by Col. Ireland for meritorious conduct, and no +member of the Regiment or Brigade was more competent to fill this +position. This office he held until mustered out of the service. + +June 14th the Regiment started for Gettysburg; arrived on the 1st of +July and immediately took position on the right of the line. In this +battle the Regiment was engaged three days; Chief Musician Bingham had +his cap shot off his head as he was carrying a wounded Sergeant from the +line; he lost five men of his drum corps, three being wounded and two +captured. + +In September the 11th and 12th Corps were detached from the army of the +Potomac and ordered to Tennessee. The men were transported in cattle +cars, and reached the city of Nashville after about ten days travel; +from thence were moved to Wauhatchie Valley. In this valley one +Brigade, composed of the 137th and other Regiments, in all about one +thousand men, were attacked by the rebel General Hood with four thousand +picked men; the enemy finally withdrew to Lookout Mountain. In this +fight our Chief Musician had his bugle, which was hanging by his side, +pierced with a bullet and destroyed. + +After several other engagements in this vicinity, the enemy were routed, +and the men ordered to prepare for the taking of Atlanta, which city was +captured by the Union forces Sept. 2d, 1864, Chief Musician Bingham +marching in command of the drum corps of his Division playing the +familiar tune Yankee Doodle, to the disgust of the inhabitants of that +city. + +From this time comparative quiet reigned until November 14th, when +commenced the great "March for the Sea Coast," which was so successfully +accomplished, as also the march from Savannah to Richmond, from which +point the army were moved by easy marches to Washington, at which city +they were mustered out of the service as fast as possible. Our Chief +Musician was mustered out near Washington June 9th, 1865, and +immediately sent with the Regiment to Elmira, where they were paid and +honorably discharged June 20th. + +He was in the service nearly three years; never lost a day's duty from +his Regiment; he participated in every engagement of the Regiment from +the time it entered the field, and fully proved himself to be a soldier +of ability and courage, possessing all the qualities that are requisite +to make a first-class American soldier. + +Now that he has returned to his home and friends, we all unite in +bestowing upon him the honor he so dearly bought, and respect and +cherish him as one of the defenders of our common country. + +H. W. BISHOP, Druggist, elected May 31st, 1856. Doctor Bishop was an +excellent member; served the Company as Treasurer for two years; filled +most of the non-commissioned offices, and was esteemed highly by all the +members, as he was by the community at large. He was Orderly Sergeant at +the time he left the Company and joined the United States army. Very +soon after his enlistment in the service of his country, he was promoted +to hospital Steward, which position he filled until removed by death. +Many there are, besides his near relatives and the Company of which he +was a member, who mourn the loss of Doctor Bishop. + +E. S. CONKLIN, enlisted June 9th, 1856. The writer is wholly +unacquainted with the history of this member. + +E. B. TORREY, Banker, enlisted September 10th, 1856. No member ever +connected himself with the DeWitt Guard who took more interest in the +Company than did Mr. Torrey; and although his profession was such that +it would seem impossible for him to spend any very great amount of time +with the Company, still through the kindness and leniency of President +J. B. Williams, and Cashier, Colonel Hardy, he almost always answered to +his name at all the drills and parades of the Company. At the business +meeting he was particularly useful, always lending his advice, and eager +to do any thing that would increase the interest of the members. Always +scrupulously prompt in meeting his obligations, and we believe during +the several years of his membership, he never allowed his dues to run +over one month; he filled most of the non-commissioned offices; as a +soldier he liked every other soldier, and every other soldier liked him; +and the only way he could ever dissolve his membership, was by the +expiration of his term of enlistment. He most creditably served his time +and received an honorable discharge. He retired from the Bank a short +time since, and secured a patent for "Torrey's Patent Artesian Wells," +which is a most valuable invention, and is being universally used +wherever introduced. We extend to him our hearty congratulations for the +success he has already attained, and earnestly hope that our friend will +realize his full anticipations in his new enterprise. + +M. R. BARNARD, Principal of Public School, enlisted Sept. 10th, 1856. +Mr. Barnard served his full time and was honorably discharged from +further service in the militia. He served the Company as Secretary for a +year or more. He is still represented by his son, Corporal E. E. +Barnard; is brother of John Barnard, the hero of Lookout Mountain. Has +been for many years Principal of our Public School, having some times as +many as eight hundred scholars. In this situation, as well as every +other one, he gave the most perfect satisfaction, and the regrets were +many that we heard expressed when he determined to withdraw from the +school, and still many more when it became known that he had fully +determined to change his residence to Louisville, Ky. + +Prof. Barnard is a thorough scholar, a man of great and comprehensive +mind, fine intellect, and a man in every way qualified to hold the very +first position in society wherever he may go. When in his new home he +becomes as well known as he is here, we know he will be equally +respected. Success and prosperity ever attend him. + +MARCUS LYON, Lawyer and District Attorney, elected January 20th, 1857. +Mr. Lyon soon discovered that it would require more of his time than he +could possibly devote to this purpose, and furnished a substitute in the +person of the lamented Wager. + +LUTHER LOSEY, Harness-Maker, enlisted June 27th, 1857. Mr. Losey served +his time, was a good soldier and a fine mechanic, else he could not have +found employment so many years in the establishment of Colonel +Millspaugh. He is now a resident of one of the Western States. + +HENRY S. KRUM, Shoe Merchant, enlisted May 18th, 1858. Mr. Krum served +but a very short time as a member of this Company, but sufficiently +long to prepare him to assume command of a Company upon his entering the +United States service. He was in the service for some time, and upon his +return home was elected Captain of the Caroline Company, National Guard, +which position he still holds. + +JOHN C. HAZEN, Merchant, enlisted May 18th, 1858. We have very +frequently, through this History, mentioned instances where the Company +were indebted to individual members for some particular acts, or the +interest they have manifested in the general good and prosperity of the +Company. In this instance, however, we have the contrary. We believe +Lieut. Hazen is more indebted to the DeWitt Guard, than any person now +living, and on this point we are sure we shall satisfy the reader. + +July 12th, 1857, the Company visited the city of Auburn, (an account of +which will be found in the History of the Company). While there, they +were several times the guests of a number of distinguished citizens of +that city. At a very elaborate and magnificent entertainment given in +honor of the Company, by Hon. B. F. Hall, the subject of this sketch +formed the acquaintance of the daughter of our host. Auburn's fairest +daughters were there. The elite of the city were represented. Among them +all, the choice of our friend was the lady just mentioned. The result of +the acquaintance that evening formed, is generally known. Little did the +good people of Auburn think that our excursion was to be the means of +depriving them of one of their fairest daughters. Auburn, the loveliest +city of the plain, the loser; but Ithaca, the Forest City, the gainer. +All must concede that no one was more deserving, or better entitled to +the prize, than our respected soldier. A very noticeable and singular +incident in connection with our excursion to Auburn, we came near +forgetting, which should be mentioned here. It is this: that at that +time, Sergeant Hazen was Company Secretary, and the account of that +trip, so fully and graphically given, in another part of this book, is +taken verbatim from his minutes. + +As we have noticed, Mr. Hazen enlisted in May, 1858. He was permitted to +remain but a short time in the ranks, but filled all of the +non-commissioned offices, and was Orderly Sergeant while in the United +States service, which is a position of much importance, and also one +where the utmost caution must be used, or the occupant will soon find +that his comrades are exceedingly dissatisfied with him; it being the +duty of the Orderly to make the various details. But in this instance, +there was never one word of complaint. The Orderly, in his pleasant +manner, would say to the men: "Please report for duty, to-morrow +morning," and invariably the men were there. Every member of the +Company, not only but very many officers and men with whom we were +associated while in Elmira, became very much attached to Sergeant Hazen; +and all this, not without cause, for certainly he was one of the very +best men in camp. To show that he was appreciated, very soon after the +Company returned from Elmira, they elected him First Lieutenant, which +commission he now holds. + +Lieutenant Hazen is not only a fine soldier, and a good and respected +officer, but as a citizen and a business man, he has very few superiors. +The firm of Stowell & Hazen is known throughout the county, and they +enjoy the confidence of as large a class of customers, as any House in +Western New York. They conform to a strict degree of honesty in small as +well as large transactions, and by this means have built up a +reputation second to none in the State. + +EDWARD D. NORTON, Printer, enlisted June 17, 1858. His qualifications as +a soldier, were sufficiently good to entitle him to fill the posts of +Corporal and Sergeant in a worthy and creditable manner. He was employed +for many years in the _Ithaca Journal_ office, but finally removed to +the city of Rochester, where he now resides. + +WILLIAM BYINGTON, Merchant, enlisted June 21st, 1858. Mr. Byington +served his full time, and was honorably discharged. He was a good +soldier, an equally good Corporal, and a better Sergeant. At the time +the Company were called into the United States service, it was +impossible for Sergeant Byington to accompany them; Lieut. Kenney, his +partner, being an officer in the Company, it was desirable to have him, +and of course both could not leave; but the Sergeant, at considerable +expense, furnished a satisfactory substitute. He was never behind his +comrades in contributing in any way that would be for the general good +of the institution. He is one of the enterprising merchants of this +place, and all acquainted with him can testify to his equally good +qualifications as a citizen, that we have as a soldier. + +WILLIAM L. MINTURN, Mason, enlisted June 17th, 1858. Was a faithful and +attentive soldier, served his full time and received an honorable +discharge. There is no better man in the community than Mr. Minturn. As +for his reputation as a Master Mechanic, we refer the reader to the many +buildings erected under his supervision in our village. + +SILAS R. ZIMMER, Clerk, enlisted July, 20th, 1858. Mr. Zimmer served a +number of years with the Company to the most perfect satisfaction of +both officers and men. He was one of the employees of that prince of +merchants, L. H. Culver, Esq. + +A. BRUM, Clothing Merchant, enlisted July 27th, 1858. Was connected with +the Company but a short time. Removed, we believe, to the city of New +York. + +PHILIP S. RYDER, Artist, enlisted July 27th, 1858. Mr. Ryder performed +well the duties of a member of this Company so long as he remained a +resident of the district. We believe he is now a resident of Cleveland, +O. + +LEVI KENNEY, Merchant, enlisted June 24th, 1858. After serving a very +short time as private, was elected Corporal, promoted to Sergeant, and +finally to first Lieutenant, which commission he held until the +expiration of his term of enlistment, when he resigned. Lieutenant +Kenney was a stirring and an energetic officer. The command of the +Company devolved upon him much of the time while in the United States +army, and at one time was in command of the Regiment. The Company had +been but a few days at Elmira, when Lieut. Kenney was selected from +among all the officers to command a very large detachment of +substitutes, drafted men and bounty-jumpers to the Head-Quarters of Gen. +Grant's army. He selected his officers and Guard with care, and we think +his report upon his return, to the Commander of the Post, was as +satisfactory as any return ever made to him. This is the only instance +that occurred while there, of the command being given to an officer of +less rank than Captain. The Lieutenant was detailed from his command on +three different occasions and commissioned one of the court-martial for +the trial of officers only. He was elected clerk of the court, and the +records were kept by him equally well as by one who had long been +familiar with the duties of an office of that kind. He was one of the +best officers in the Regiment, thoroughly familiar with his duties, and +required of his men (as do all good officers) a prompt and willing +obedience to all commands. He was complimented on several occasions by +Col. Wisner, commanding the Regiment; also received honorable mention by +Major Beal, of the veteran Reserve Corps, and by Col. Moore, commanding +the Post. + +Soon after returning from Elmira his term of service expired, and he +resigned his commission and was granted an honorable discharge. No +officer or enlisted man ever served his term with more fidelity than did +Lieut. Kenney, and no officer was more entitled to the respect of his +men. He is the senior partner in the firm of Kenney, Byington & Co., the +only exclusively Dry-Goods House in Ithaca; and their splendidly +arranged and well filled store, together with the vast amount of +patronage they enjoy, is sufficient proof that he is as well appreciated +as a citizen and business man, as he was a soldier and officer. + +JAMES H. SMITH, Tin-Smith, enlisted September 2d, 1858. As long as Mr. +Smith was a citizen of Ithaca he was a member in good standing in this +Company. Our recollection is that he served about three years. He +removed to Elmira. + +P. B. WAGER, Lawyer, enlisted January 5th, 1859. Remained with the +Company until he enlisted in the service of his country. No young man +ever started in life with a more brilliant prospect than did Mr. Wager; +had but a short time previous to his enlistment in the United States +army been admitted to the bar, and had commenced the practice of Law +with very marked success. At the outbreak of the Rebellion he enlisted +in Company I, 32d New York Volunteers, and received a Lieutenancy, which +commission he held until the time of his death. He died in camp, and his +remains were forwarded to his home and buried with military honors by +this Company, assisted by the entire Fire Department of the village. +Lieutenant Wager was a patriotic soldier and a courageous officer. + +D. A. MCKAY, Cigar Manufacturer, enlisted May 12th, 1859. Served as a +member of this Company until his enlistment in the United States army. +Was soon commissioned Lieutenant, and faithfully served until the close +of the war. We have been unable to collect as full a history of +Lieutenant McKay as we would have been glad to have given; but we are +able to say, however, that his war history was an honorable one, and he +has a lasting claim upon his fellow citizens for gallant services +rendered his country during the hour of her peril. + +C. C. GREENLY, Merchant, enlisted September 27th, 1859. But a very short +period of time elapsed between his enlistment and the time when he was +duly confirmed fourth Corporal of Company A. Step by step he advanced +until commissioned a Lieutenant by Gov. Fenton, which commission he now +holds. Each office he has filled most honorably, and no member stands +higher in the estimation of the Company to-day than Lieut. Greenly. +While serving in the army, he performed the duties that devolved upon +him in a manner that would have been highly creditable to an officer of +many years experience. + +It was the pleasure of the writer to be associated with Lieut. Greenly +and others who were in charge of a detail of men whose destination was +the Head-Quarters of Gen. Grant at City Point, and too much credit +cannot be awarded the Lieutenant for the care with which he guarded his +men, turning over to the authorities at City Point every man of his +command, while others would be short five or six, and sometimes many +more; all in his charge were either drafted men, substitutes, or +deserters. The writer most thoroughly appreciated the company of Lieut. +Greenly in that expedition, and wishes to acknowledge many favors shown +him. + +It may be supposed by many that the duties of the members of the DeWitt +Guard at Elmira were not very arduous; but in this particular instance +we know the contrary to be the case. Aside from the regular camp duties, +(which a portion of the time were very severe,) the Lieutenant carried +on an extensive correspondence, the satisfactory termination of which +resulted in the marriage of our respected officer soon after his return +from the field. + +W. F. FINCH, Merchant, enlisted May 1st, 1860. During nearly six years +of membership, we find Mr. Finch marked absent from the drills but three +or four times--surely a good introduction. Not only in attendance, +however, was he regular and punctual, but in every other duty required +of him as a member of the Company. So particular was he not to be in +arrears on the Company's books, that we believe there was not six +months of his membership that the Company were not indebted to him for +dues and taxes paid in advance. He enjoyed the exercise of the drill, +and became perfectly familiar with the tactics and evolutions; took +great pride in being a good soldier. Against his wishes he was elected +Corporal, and by various promotions reached the position of second +Sergeant. A little more than a year ago we were deprived of the pleasure +of the further direct membership of our respected Sergeant, by the +interposition of our esteemed Colonel, H. D. Barto, who, discovering in +him a man with the qualifications of a perfect soldier, appointed him to +a position on his staff, which, after due consideration, he accepted. +Still he retains his membership in the Company so far as paying his dues +are concerned. He is a member of the firm of Morrison, Hawkins & Finch, +the leading Dry-Goods House of the place. + +EDGAR M. FINCH, Book-Keeper, enlisted June 6th, 1860. Is brother of +Sergeant W. F. Finch, and the same must be said in his case, so far as +holding office is concerned, with one exception. He has filled every +non-commissioned office --is now Orderly Sergeant. He served with his +Company during their term of enlistment in the United States army. No +better soldier can be found, not even in the regular army, than Sergeant +Finch. The most regular attendant at the drills, meetings and parades, +of any member ever connected with the Company. As will be noticed, he +enlisted over six years ago, and during that time has never paid a fine. +He is one of the most unassuming, yet one of the noblest and most +generous young men of Ithaca. + +JOHN C. HEATH, Wholesale and Retail Grocer, enlisted September 4th, +1860. + +We know of no one who has devoted more time, or distributed more money +to build up, keep in existence and sustain the military organizations of +the day, than Quartermaster Heath. Whatever he becomes interested in, +either in a military or business way, he invariably drives to a +successful termination. In the organization of the Regiment he took an +active part, and we know Colonel Barto must feel under great +indebtedness to him for rendering invaluable assistance in organizing +and mustering in the service many of the new Companies. + +While connected with the Company he was one of its best members and +warmest supporters; and although at the present time in no way directly +connected with them as a Company, he still manifests a deep interest in +its prosperity. His first office was fourth Corporal, from which he was +promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant upon the non-commissioned staff of +Col. H. A. Dowe, (since promoted to Brigadier General.) Upon the +reorganization of the Regiment, he accepted the commission of +Quartermaster upon the staff of Colonel Barto, which he now holds, the +duties of which for the past year and a half have been onerous, having +distributed to the various Companies of the Regiment all their arms, +clothing and other equipage, besides performing other duties not +directly in the line of his office. The officers, as well as the men of +the 50th Regiment, owe Quartermaster Heath a debt of gratitude, which we +are led to believe will only be cancelled by their continuing to sustain +and keep alive the interest they have recently manifested in their +Companies, and make the Regiment one of the best in the State. + +We congratulate our friend on being associated in business with James B. +Taylor, Esq., the most celebrated of all Ithaca Grocery merchants. The +firm of J. B. Taylor & Co. is known from New York to Chicago, and from +Boston to New Orleans, as the most responsible and most accommodating of +any establishment of the kind between these extreme points; also, for +keeping the largest stock of goods, and selling them the cheapest, of +any House outside of the great cities. + +With Quartermaster Heath to look after the interest of the militia, and +Alderman Taylor that of his constituents and the general welfare of our +village, we may consider ourselves safe beyond the possibility of a +doubt. + +H. W. JACKSON, JR., Merchant, enlisted September 4th, 1860. Very soon +after joining this Company he enlisted in the United States service, +being one of the organizers of Company I, 32d New York Volunteers. Was +elected first Lieutenant, which commission he held for about a year and +a half, when his health failing he was compelled to resign. He was +engaged in two or three battles under Gen. Franklin. + +C. WOODWORTH, Merchant, enlisted September 4th, 1860. Mr. Woodworth was +most an estimable man in every respect. During the short time he was +connected with the Company, every member became warmly and firmly +attached to him. + +He removed from this place to Fon Du Lac, Wis., where he had been a +resident but a short time when, in the all-wise Providence of God, he +was called to that Heavenly City for which he, in a most eminent degree, +was prepared to enter. + +GEORGE H. GRANT, Clerk, enlisted April 23d, 1861. Served faithfully as a +member of this Company, also in the United States army and in the United +States navy. Was most thoroughly appreciated by the members of this +Company. During the Elmira campaign he was one of the great alleviators +of that terrible disease--homesickness. Will long be remembered as one +of the celebrated Quartette--Grant, Wilson, Betts and Johnson. + +E. J. FARNHAM, Clerk, enlisted April 23d, 1861. Was one of the first +soldiers that enlisted from this place in the United States army. Served +honorably in Company A, 32d New York Volunteers, until in consequence of +disease contracted in the army, he was no longer qualified to serve and +was honorably discharged. Was a good soldier, and sacrificed his health +for the honor of his country. + +ADNAH NEYHART, Speculator, enlisted April 23d, 1861. By reason of his +profession, Mr. Neyhart was much of the time separated from the Company, +but always prompt in meeting his obligations and sustaining the Company +in every possible way, aside from being personally present. Furnished a +substitute who represented him in the United States army, suffered many +reverses in business, but fortunately his last investment was a good +one--_he struck oil_--and is now again "_sound_." + +We congratulate him; no one has worked harder for, or is better entitled +to, a two hundred and fifty barrel well than Adnah. + +THOMAS A. BROWN, Tin-Smith, enlisted April 23d, 1861. Was an active +member during the short time he was a resident of the village. + +R. W. HEGGIE, Clerk, enlisted July 3d, 1861. No young man ever joined +this Company that evinced more interest in its success and general +welfare, than did Mr. Heggie, and no member was more respected. He was +in every way calculated to win the esteem and friendship of all with +whom he became associated. He very readily became a perfect soldier. +With a fervent love for his country, and a desire to do something for +its defence in the hour of its peril, he enlisted, August 26th, 1863, in +Company G, 15th New York Cavalry; was soon elected first Sergeant, and +May 24th, 1864, was commissioned Lieutenant. Was engaged in many +battles, in one of which he was wounded and a short time separated from +his Company. He was a courageous officer, always ready to dash into the +conflict. Several times he was in command of troops, conveying them from +Boston to Charleston; was then entrusted by Government with a position +of great responsibility and importance, but at all times was equal to +his duties. He faithfully served until the close of the war, and was +honorably mustered out. Is now connected with one of the largest cotton +establishments of the South, and located at Galveston, Texas. + +JOHN S. GAY, Clerk, enlisted July 3d, 1861. Was a member until July 7th, +1865; was with the Company during their term of service in the army; a +good soldier that could be trusted, and he accompanied several +detachments to the front. Is now engaged in business at Cairo, Ill. + +W. H. KELLOGG, Tobacconist, enlisted July 3d, 1861. Served as a member +until July 7th, 1865. Volunteered in the United States army Sept. 2d, +1864, and honorably served the full term of his enlistment. + +HENRY A. ST. JOHN, Merchant, enlisted July 3d, 1861. Although his name +is recorded as enlisting July 3d, 1861, he had, however, been connected +with the Company a long time previous to that date, but in a capacity +that would not admit of his signing the roll and becoming a regular +member under the statute. Displaying a taste for the science of military +while a mere boy, he was elected by the members of this Company one of +their markers. At the time he became a full member he was well versed in +the school of the soldier, and familiar with the school of the Company. +Was soon elected fourth Corporal, being the youngest member that had +ever held office; was gradually promoted until he reached the post of +second Sergeant, which position he now fills. Sergeant St. John +particularly distinguished himself while at Elmira; was one of the best +non-commissioned officers of the Regiment. Col. R. P. Wisner, commanding +the 58th Regiment, twice appointed him to fill vacancies occasioned by +absence of officers of his staff. Was the first Sergeant detached from +the Regiment and placed in charge over substitutes and deserters, en +route for City Point, arriving at his destination without the loss of a +man. He fully understood his duty, enforcing strict discipline, and +requiring his men to conform to all the regulations and articles of war, +but equally careful not to exceed the bounds of his authority. + +He is one of the most active men of the Company; always first in any +enterprise, the object of which is the good of the organization. He has +contributed much toward this History by giving a detailed and very +accurate account of the Elmira campaign, which may be found on another +page. It is a pleasure to be associated with him as a soldier, or +socially in the ordinary walks of life. Is a member of the firm of G. W. +Baker & Co., the popular Dry-Goods House of the place. + +M. L. GRANGER, Merchant, enlisted July 3d, 1861. In time and money Mr. +Granger has sacrificed much for the sake of being a soldier. Always +present at parades, drills or meetings, and always prompt to meet his +obligations. He volunteered in the United States service with the +Company in 1864, shared the pleasures and deprivations of camp life with +his comrades. For the fatherly care and attention shown the younger +members, and those who needed assistance in any way, he was named and +known in camp by the title of "Uncle Amos." He honestly served out the +term of his enlistment and was honorably discharged. Is partner in the +firm of J. S. Granger & Co., a very extensive Dry-Goods House, who enjoy +the reputation of keeping the most carefully selected stock of goods of +any establishment of the kind in Central New York. + +ROBERT GOODWIN, Baker, enlisted July 3d, 1861. A good soldier and an +upright man. Was employed in the Bakery department of the extensive +establishment of John L. Whiton, Esq. Removed West about three years +ago. + +JAMES STANYON, Blacksmith, enlisted July 3d, 1861. Was Company musician, +and served as such until he volunteered in the United States service. He +was a worthy and honorable soldier, engaged in many battles. We have +been unable to obtain his war history for publication. + +HENRY W. COLLINS, Clerk, enlisted July 3d, 1861. Like Sergeant St. John, +Mr. Collins was one of the Company markers long before he became a +regular member. Was a soldier of merit, and liked by all the members. +Served the Company as Secretary; his skillful penmanship, as shown upon +the records, would be of itself a sufficient recommendation; but "_none +need apply_," as he is now first book-keeper in the New York office of +Adams' Express Company. His absence is temporary, however, as he still +considers Ithaca his residence, and is still a member of this Company. + +JOHN C. GAUNTLETT, Druggist, enlisted September 4th, 1861. Mr. Gauntlett +has always been as popular as a soldier, as he is a citizen and +associate. He is of the class that we would always like to retain as +members; but to meet the demands of superior officers, we are obliged to +relinquish our claim upon them. Starting from the ranks, Sergeant +Gauntlett had reached the post of fourth Sergeant, when Colonel Barto +selected him as Regimental Standard-bearer, which office he now holds. +Not feeling disposed to leave his old friends, however, he retains his +membership and position in the Company, and still acts with them, except +on Regimental parade. He volunteered with the Company in the United +States service, and well and faithfully served out the term of his +enlistment. + +He is engaged in the Drug and Medicine business, and it is a matter of +pride to him, and a source of gratification to his numerous friends, +that he stands at the head of that branch of trade in Tompkins county. + +IRVING W. NORTON, Cigar-Maker, enlisted September 4th, 1861. Was a good +soldier while connected with the Company. Volunteered in the United +States service, and received a bayonet wound near his right eye. By this +he was prevented from being with his Company for a short time, when he +again resumed his duties and served the full term of his enlistment. Mr. +Norton, and the night he was wounded, will long be remembered by the +DeWitt Guard. + +JOHN L. MANDEVILLE, Civil Engineer and Surveyor, enlisted October 2d, +1861. A prompt and systematic soldier, and a most excellent member of +the Company. Although a resident of the town of Caroline, is as +frequently at the drills as many who live in town. Has always taken a +great interest in the Company, accompanied them to Elmira, and +volunteered in the United States service. Was permitted to serve but a +short time with the Company, however, as he was detailed chief Clerk at +Colonel Moore's Head-Quarters; he was, nevertheless, always ready for +any kind of duty, when not engaged in his office. While acting as +sentinel (relieving one of the guard for a play spell) one night, he +alone arrested two desperate characters, who were stealing from the camp +of the 58th Regiment, for which he received a unanimous vote of thanks. +He served the full term of his enlistment, and was honorably discharged, +since which time, until recently, he has been engaged in civil +engineering in and around Washington and Baltimore. He has now returned, +and can be addressed at Mott's Corners, Tompkins county, N. Y. + +E. K. JOHNSON, Clerk, enlisted March 10th, 1862. Mr. Johnson, better +known as "Kirk," was honored with a non-commissioned office. Served with +the Company as Secretary, and from his records we make extracts +elsewhere. Was a capital soldier, a perfect gentleman, and a first rate +fellow generally. Volunteered and served in the United States service +with the DeWitt Guard at Elmira. No more daring soldier ever stood up +before a live Johnny, than he; was detailed as police--the celebrated +quartette, Johnson, Betts, Grant and Wilson--and we can assure the +reader that every thing within their reach was perfectly safe. +Consistent with their obligations as police officers, they watched the +various hen-roosts, and other places likely to be disturbed by unruly +soldiers; and not more than fifteen or sixteen times did they find in +the cook stove oven of Company A, turkeys, chickens, ducks, and other +domestic fowls. At the close of his term of service in the army, he made +an engagement with a large establishment at the West, where he has since +resided. He has warm and _peculiar_ attachments to the place of his +birth, and we earnestly hope it may yet be his permanent residence. + +A. H. PLATTS, Grocer, enlisted March 7th, 1862. Retained his membership +but a very short time. + +W. H. HOSFORD, Mechanic, enlisted August 6th, 1862. Served honorably in +the United States army. We should have been glad to have published his +war history, but have been unable to procure it. + +JAMES H. BISHOP, Carpenter, enlisted August 6th, 1862. August 16th, +1862, Mr. Bishop volunteered in the United States army for three years, +unless sooner discharged. Soon after enlisting, he joined Captain John +H. Terry's Company, which was connected with the 137th Regiment, +commanded by Col. David Ireland, and subsequently by Col. K. S. Van +Voorhees. Before leaving Binghamton was elected Corporal. The first camp +duty performed by Corporal Bishop, was picket duty on Bolivar Heights; +the weather becoming severely cold, and he being placed upon the +"lookout," which was the highest point on the Heights, he suffered more +from cold and exposure than he did during all the time he was in the +service. This post he occupied one week; soon after this the camp was +removed to Fairfax Station. April 27th was ordered to pack and be ready +to move. The baggage of each soldier consisted of his clothes, tent, +blankets, eight day's rations, and one hundred and sixty rounds of +cartridges, with gun and accoutrements. Corporal Bishop was engaged in +each day's battle at Chancellorsville, which were the 1st, 2d and 3d +days of May. Was next engaged at the battle of Gettysburg, where he was +constantly fighting for three days. After the return of the Regiment to +Virginia, Corporal Bishop was detailed for special duty, and sent to +Elmira on recruiting service, at which place he remained until April, +1864, when he again joined his regiment at Stevenson, Ala. Was engaged +in the skirmishes around Resacca, and finally in the battle at that +place, which was from the 12th to the 15th of May. Participated in the +sharp fight at Dallas Woods, also at Pine Knob and the severe battle of +Peach Tree Creek. After these and many other battles of less account, +the Regiment marched into the city of Atlanta at midnight, the band +playing "The Campbells are Coming." Thus ended a campaign of four +months. + +Again taking up a line of march toward Milledgeville, the only +obstructions they met were the railroads, which were speedily rendered +useless by taking up the track, heating the rails in a fire made of the +ties, and then twisting them around the nearest tree or stump. Being +obliged to depend upon the country through which they passed for +subsistence, foraging parties were each day sent out, and supplies of +sweet potatoes, pork and poultry would be brought in by them, upon which +they lived like nabobs. After marching many days and much skirmishing, +they finally entered the city of Savannah about sunrise on the morning +of the 22d day of December. From this time up to the time of the +muster-out of the Regiment, Corporal Bishop was every day ready for +duty, losing no time by sickness or otherwise. Was finally mustered out +with his Regiment and honorably discharged. All honor to Corporal James +H. Bishop of the 137th Regiment New York Volunteers. + +He is now settled down again in his old home, receiving the +congratulations of his friends, and prepared at all times to assist them +"to a new house," or accommodate them in any way in the line of his +profession. + +A. L. BISHOP, Carpenter, enlisted August 6th, 1862. Soon after joining +the DeWitt Guard, Mr. Bishop volunteered in the United States service, +into which he was mustered Aug. 16th, 1862, in Captain J. H. Terry's +Company, 137th New York Volunteers. Before leaving Binghamton, the first +place of rendezvous of the Regiment, Mr. Bishop was elected and +appointed first Duty Sergeant of the Regiment. He left Binghamton with +his Regiment for the seat of war Sept. 27th, 1862. The first camp of any +account was at Pleasant Valley, where our Sergeant experienced rather +hard fare--being obliged to eat rations which would, by very fastidious +persons, have been considered rather unpalatable--but of course +soldiers must get used to most every thing, and so our friend made the +best of his "hard tack" and _fresh meat_. On the 10th day of December he +was elected and appointed Orderly Sergeant, filling the vacancy +occasioned by the death of Orderly Sergeant M. L. Beers. Arrived at +Aquia Jan. 27th, 1863. The duty here was very severe, consisting of camp +guard, picket guard, ordinance guard, railroad guard and fatigue duty. +Remained in camp at this point until the last of April, when orders were +received to be ready to march at a moment's warning, which orders were +carried into execution April 27th, when the Rappahannock was crossed at +Kelly's Ford, moving in the direction of Chancellorsville, where the +Company were engaged the 1st, 2d and 3d days of May, on each of which +Sergeant Bishop took an active part. + +On the 8th day of June he was commissioned and mustered as second +Lieutenant of Company D, vice Lieutenant Whitmore resigned. Was engaged +the 2d and 3d days of July in the battle of Gettysburg. Was in command +of troops that guarded the wagon trains from Nashville, Tenn., to +Bridgeport, Ala. Also marched and guarded a wagon train to Chattanooga; +arriving as far as Wauhatchie halted for the night, comfortably rolling +themselves in their blankets preparatory to a good night's rest. About +eleven o'clock firing was heard upon the picket line, when they were +ordered out and soon in line, which had hardly been done before they +received a sharp volley of musketry from the rebels. The fight lasted +until three o'clock of the next morning. The killed, wounded and missing +of the 137th Regiment in this engagement was ninety men. Lieut. Bishop +also participated in the famous fight at Lookout Mountain, and that of +Ringold, Ga. + +May 2d, 1864, he commenced the great Georgia campaign with Gen. Sherman; +was engaged in the battle of Resacca from the 12th to the 15th of May, +and on the 25th in the battle of Dallas Wood; the next engagement was at +Pine Knob on the 15th of June; had continued skirmishing until the 20th +of July, when occurred the battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga., after which +they rested until the 23d, when they moved in front of Atlanta; marched +into the city Sept. 2d at twelve o'clock, after a campaign of over four +months. + +October 24th Lieut. Bishop was commissioned and mustered first +Lieutenant of Company D, vice Lieut. C. C. Kellogg resigned. October +25th he was sent out with a foraging party; were out four days and +returned with five hundred wagon loads of forage. November 1st started +for home on a twenty days leave of absence, and eight of the days were +occupied in getting there; upon his return he found the Regiment at +Savannah. January 27th he was ordered to the hospital, being wholly +unfit for duty; was detained there twenty days: was again with the +Regiment at Raleigh, N. C., where orders were received to be ready +forthwith to march for Richmond, the Confederacy having succumbed to the +government of the United States. Passed through Richmond the 11th of +May, crossed the Rappahannock at U. S. ford the 15th, and arrived at +Alexandria on the 19th. May 23d he received an order stating that he was +honorably discharged from further service by reason of physical +disability; arrived at his home in Ithaca June 20th, 1865. + +No more worthy soldier or respected officer ever enlisted or commanded a +Company, than Lieut. A. L. Bishop; and a more honorable record than his +cannot be produced--always ready to do his whole duty to his comrades +and his country. + +J. H. TERRY, Lawyer, enlisted August 4th, 1862. Had belonged to the +Company but a short time when he enlisted in the United States service, +and was elected Captain of a Company organized in this village. We have +been unable to obtain his war history. He is now engaged in his +profession at the West. + +B. R. WILLIAMS, Junior Editor of the Ithaca Citizen and Democrat, +enlisted September 3d, 1862. Captain Williams, while connected with the +Company, was one of its most useful members, and it gives us pleasure to +be afforded this opportunity to acknowledge our obligations, and also to +accord to him the honor which is his due. + +He was permitted to remain as a private in the Company but a very short +time before he was elected Corporal, and by promotion reached the +position of Sergeant, in which capacity he enlisted in the United States +service with this Company in September, 1864; there, after a short time, +the Company were deprived of his services by reason of his accepting a +position upon the staff of Col. R. P. Wisner, which, however, did not +separate him from his former associates. Captain Williams, by his many +acts of personal kindness toward the members of the DeWitt Guard while +in the service, and particularly toward the officers, in rendering them +the most invaluable assistance in arranging and closing up their +account, was entitled to and received their most hearty thanks. He +rendered very many acts of kindness officially which were in no way +connected with the duties of his office, but it seemed to be a pleasure +for him to do any thing for the officers and men of his former Company. +He was constantly on terms of the most perfect friendship with the +officers and men of the Regiment, and was a particular favorite with +all. + +While a member of the Company he filled the office of Secretary, and we +are permitted to copy extracts from his minutes which we do on another +page. Very soon after returning from Elmira, he was commissioned Captain +of Engineers in the 50th Regiment, National Guard. Notwithstanding his +promotion, he still insists upon retaining his membership in the DeWitt +Guard, against which not one objection is known to exist; it is the +strong desire of every member of the Company that he may continue such, +as long as they are in any way connected with said institution. + +M. L. THOMPSON, Speculator, enlisted September 8th, 1862. Removed from +the District soon after enlisting; sought his fortune in the oil wells +of Pennsylvania, which adventures, we are pleased to state, have been +successful. + +GEORGE E. HALSEY, Druggist, enlisted September 23d, 1862. Served with +the Company until he represented himself in the United States army by +substitution, when he withdrew from this Company. Is proprietor of the +celebrated Fountain Drug Store of this village. + +VERNON J. TERRY, Tobacconist, enlisted September 23d, 1862. Mr. Terry is +the third member of the same family who have served as members of this +Company. On account of business it was impossible for him to personally +accompany his comrades during their service in the United States +army,--but generously furnished a substitute at an expense to him of +over one hundred dollars. He is one of the large tobacco and cigar +manufactures of this village, and his brand upon the weed is a sure +indication of prime stock. + +ALFRED BROOKS, Hat, Cap and Fur Merchant, enlisted October 1st, 1862. +Is now fourth Sergeant of the Company; is a favorite, not only of the +Company, but of the community at large; was a good soldier, is a good +Sergeant, and will make a good Captain or Colonel. Stood face to face +with the Rebels at Elmira, and never evinced the slightest degree of +cowardice. + +He is the junior partner of the firm of F. Brooks & Son, so favorably +known throughout the county. The most fastidious cannot fail in being +exactly suited with a selection from their extensive assortment of hats, +caps or furs. + +P. L. ROOT, Painter, enlisted May 12th, 1863. Served but a very short +time. + +ERASTUS M. CRONK, Traveling Agent, enlisted May 19th, 1863. Mr. Cronk's +profession is such that necessarily he is absent from many of the drills +and meetings of the Company, but he is always willing to pay for all +such absences. + +He procured a substitute that represented him in the United States army, +with a desire to do all that he can for the good of the organization, +and a perfect willingness to stand by all rules and regulations of the +Company. He is a good member, although only occasionally meeting with +them. + +E. T. GARDNER, Mason, enlisted May 19th, 1863. At the time the Company +volunteered in the service of the general government, Mr. Gardner _did +not_ go, being under eighteen years of age at the time he enlisted, and +not legally a soldier. Hence his name was stricken from the Roll. + +E. M. GREENLY, Professor in Ithaca Academy, enlisted May 20th, 1863. +Very much of the time since his enlistment he has been traveling in +foreign countries. Since his final return he has not renewed his +membership. + +WILLIAM H. HERN, Clerk, enlisted May 21st, 1863. Mr. Hern was a +first-class soldier, and a young man of high standing and great +respectability in society. He removed from this village to the city of +Syracuse; is engaged in candy manufacturing. Has also a large bakery +which is in operation day and night, and is doing a very profitable +business. + +THOMAS HERN, Confectioner, enlisted May 21st, 1863. Served with the +Company in the United States army, and was a true and faithful soldier; +was respected by both officers and men. + +ALBERT PRAME, Shoemaker, enlisted May 21st, 1863. Is now Corporal, +which position he gained by being one of the most regular members at +meetings and drills, and one the best drilled soldiers of the Company. +Corporal Prame is one of the most unassuming and quiet members, but one +of the best men that ever kept step with the beat of the drum. He proved +himself one of the "excelsior" during the term of enlistment in the +United States service. Was one of the guard over a large detachment of +troops sent to the front, and we speak understandingly when we say he +was the best soldier that possibly could have been selected for that +purpose. No bribe, however large, was sufficient to induce him to depart +from his duty in the slightest degree. He well and truly performed all +the duties required of a soldier, and was honorably discharged with the +Company on expiration of his term of enlistment at Elmira. + +CHARLES R. RANDOLPH, Book-Binder, enlisted May 21st, 1863. Is brother of +the late Major John Randolph. Served with the Company until transferred +to the 50th Regimental Band, by order of Colonel Henry D. Barto. Mr. +Randolph furnished a substitute to represent him in the army of the +United States, after paying three hundred dollars, being one of the +original drafted men. + +Mr. Randolph is Foreman in the Bindery department of the establishment +of Andrus, McChain & Company. Has not only the confidence and respect of +his employers, but of the community at large. + +E. E. WARFIELD, Harness-Maker, enlisted May 21st, 1863. A good soldier, +an honest, upright man, and a superior mechanic. Was with the Company at +Elmira, and honorably served the full term of his enlistment. + +CHARLES RICE, Rail Road Man, enlisted May 21st, 1863. But never served. + +WILLIAM S. CRITTENDEN, Clerk, enlisted May 21st, 1863. Mr. Crittenden is +a good member, and is faithfully serving the term of his enlistment. Was +with the Company in the United States service, and performed all the +duties required of him. Is a book-keeper and accountant; and has been +selected as the most competent person to take the militia enrollment of +this district. + +URI CLARK, Jeweler, enlisted May 26th, 1863. Sergeant Clark is as good a +soldier as he is a perfect engraver, and as good an officer as he is +skillful and perfect in the various arts of which he is master. With no +show of arrogance on account of his attainments, he fulfills his duties +as a member of the DeWitt Guard as cheerfully and as consistent as he +does any and all the duties of a good citizen, and an upright member of +society. He was honored by the members of the Company by being elected +in the first place to the vacancy occasioned by the promotion of the +fourth Corporal; he bore his honor meekly, and by gradual promotion has +reached the rank of third Sergeant. + +Sacrificed his business for the sake of doing his duty as a soldier, and +volunteered with the Company in the service of the United States in +September, 1864, and most honorably did he serve the full term of his +enlistment. + +E. C. MARSH, Merchant, enlisted June 3d, 1863. Served honorably as +Lieutenant in the United States army. We have been unable to procure his +war history for publication. + +W. H. HOYT, Tobacconist, enlisted June 3d, 1863. Furnished a good and +acceptable substitute to represent him in the army, for which he paid +one hundred dollars. Is engaged largely in the manufacture of cigars. +All who appreciate a good cigar, and who indulge in this luxury, should +try the brand manufactured by our friend Hoyt. + +L. P. KENNEDY, Merchant, enlisted June 9th 1863. We envy no man his task +were he compelled to find, in this lower sphere, a more consistent, +upright and generous man, or a more devoted, faithful and exemplary +soldier, than Corporal L. P. Kennedy; always at the drills, invariably +present at all parades, and never absent at the meetings of the Company. +He was represented in the United States army by a good and faithful +substitute. + +He is engaged in a general dry-good and fancy trade, and is receiving a +liberal share of the public patronage. + +E. M. LATTA, Turner, enlisted September 2d, 1863. Corporal Latta is one +of the members that the Company, and all who feel an interest in its +welfare, are greatly indebted to. One of the most punctual and regular +attendants at all the meetings, drills and parades; so much so, that it +is the remark of those present, when the Corporal is absent, that +something serious is the matter. A finer soldier never shouldered a gun, +a perfect gentleman, a splendid mechanic, and a citizen respected by +all who know him. One of the best shots in the Company, invariably +taking a prize at the target shoots. He volunteered and was mustered in +the United States service with the Company in 1864. No more faithful or +better soldier ever swore in the service, always ready to do any thing +he was called upon, and many times did double duty to relieve others +whom he thought not as well able to perform the labor as himself. The +attachments formed by members of the Company while at Elmira, will long +be remembered, and the name of Corporal Latta will stand high upon the +list of those who rendered many kindnesses, and was always so willing to +do any thing for his comrades that would tend in any way to meliorate +their condition. He was detailed several times and sent with detachments +of troops to the front, and in all his trips never lost a man. Served +the full term of his enlistment and was honorably discharged. + +JOHN SHAW, Student, (date of enlistment not recorded). A very active +member; joined the Company when a mere boy and filled the position of +marker. As soon as he was of suitable age and size, he shouldered his +gun and became a regular member; he served well and faithfully until he +left his home to attend college. + +We believe it is his intention to devote himself to the ministry. + +M. G. PHILLIPS, Blacksmith, enlisted September 2d, 1863. Mr. Phillips +was an honored and respected member, a good soldier, and a conscientious +man. He died December 26th, 1864. + +FRED. GREENLY, Student, enlisted September 2d, 1863. A young man of fine +attainments, and a splendid soldier. He served with the Company as long +as he was a resident of the place. + +Is now a Professor in the Military Academy at Eaglewood, New Jersey. +Received his first military education in this Company, and was under the +instruction of Colonel K. S. Van Voorhees. + +WILLIAM K. STANSBURY, Book-Keeper, enlisted September 2d, 1863. Served +as marker in the Company until September, 1864, when he resigned. + +FRANK PERRY, Confectioner, enlisted September 3d, 1863. Was a good +member, and served faithfully until he removed from the district. Is now +a resident of the city of Syracuse. + +C. R. BALDWIN, Furniture Dealer, enlisted October 8th, 1863. Furnished a +substitute who represented him with the Company in the United States +service, for which he paid one hundred dollars. Is engaged in the most +extensive Furniture trade of any establishment in the county. + +JAMES PATTERSON, Cigar-Maker, enlisted October 8th, 1863. Served with +the Company until he volunteered in the United States army. He was a +good soldier, and received a number of promotions in the army. Was +engaged in many battles, an account of which we are unable to give. + +EUGENE E. BARNARD, Clerk, enlisted October 8th, 1863. Son of Professor +M. R. Barnard, and nephew of John Barnard, the hero of Lookout Mountain. +By reason of his superior qualifications as a soldier, was honored by +being elected Corporal, which office he now holds, and fulfills the +duties required of him as such with perfect satisfaction. He volunteered +with the Company in the U. S. service, and served his full time with +honor. Was most a capital fellow in camp; always performed his duty +well, and was honorably discharged with the Company on the expiration +of their term of service. The Company can ill afford to lose Corporal +Barnard. + +JOHN C. CLEVELAND, Furniture Dealer, enlisted October 8th, 1863. Served +but a short time. + +LINUS S. MACKEY, Painter, enlisted March 5th, 1864. Mr. Mackey was a +good soldier, as may be inferred from the fact of his promotion from the +ranks of this Company to Sergeant of the Engineer Corps of the 50th +Regiment. + +He enlisted in the United States army August 6th, 1862, at Ithaca, and +attached himself to Company D, 143d, New York Volunteers; was soon +promoted to Sergeant. He served in the army until September 16th, 1863, +at which time he was honorably discharged, by reason of disability from +disease of the lungs contracted while in the army. + +M. M. BROWN, Physician and Surgeon, enlisted March 7th, 1864. Doctor +Brown joined this Company out of pure patriotic and christian motives, +supposing that the government would accept the services of the Company +when offered, which offer was twice tendered the government during the +short time he was connected with the Company. Believing that they were +not to be called upon to defend the honor and integrity of the country, +the Doctor furnished an acceptable substitute, and was, by reason of his +profession, relieved from further membership. The Doctor is engaged in a +very successful practice in our village and is one of the Coroners of +the county. + +STEPHEN F. LEWIS, Artist, enlisted June 7th, 1864. Mr. Lewis is most an +acceptable member. Is temporarily absent in the city of New York +perfecting himself in his favorite art. He served with the Company +through the Elmira campaign, and was a true soldier. + +We hope our comrade will soon be again with us. + +THEODORE DESCHNER, Gun-Smith, enlisted June 22d, 1864. Mr. Deschner was +originally from Danzig, Prussia Proper; was engaged five years in the +Prussian service; was promoted from the ranks to a non-commissioned line +office, and again to Captain, and served as such from 1848 to 1850. He +received a severe wound while bravely charging with his men in a sharply +contested fight in the Province of Posen in 1849. From the effects of +this wound Mr. Deschner has never recovered, and will, in all +probability, be a sufferer during life. In 1850 he was engaged against +the Austrians. In 1854 he was again called into the service of his +country, but suffering so acutely from his wound he resigned his office +and came to this country and located in the city of Rochester, where he +resided seven years; here he organized a Rifle Company. Finally upon the +urgent solicitation of a number of citizens of this place, he removed +here in 1861, and has been engaged in the manufactory of Guns and +Pistols. He has the reputation of doing the finest work of any mechanic +engaged in his branch of trade in the State; constantly receiving orders +from the Eastern States, and his Western customers have not forgotten +him. Has constantly on hand an extensive assortment of Guns, Pistols and +Fishing Tackle. + +Very soon after joining the DeWitt Guard, he was chosen Company Standard +Bearer; later was appointed by Colonel Barto Regimental Gunner. Has been +for the last three years Company Armorer, and all who have visited the +Armory, and at all examined the guns and accoutrements, can testify to +his qualifications for this office. He is probably one of the best, if +not the best, marksmen in Tompkins County, always taking a prize at the +target shoots of the Company. + +Mr. Deschner is a very worthy, upright and honest citizen, and is well +entitled to all the honors that have been bestowed upon him. + +WALTER C. STEEL, Student, enlisted June 22d, 1864. Mr. Steel is a young +man that commands the respect and esteem of all his acquaintances. He +enlisted in this Company as musician, but he is at all times ready to +perform any duty in a military way that he may be called upon to do. He +is not only an expert with the drum, but few can excel him in the +tactics, is perfectly familiar not only with all the calls with the +drum, but can go through the drill equally well. He volunteered in the +United States service with the Company, and well did he serve out the +whole of his time; of all the musicians at Elmira none could compete +with Mr. Steel. He is a young man of much promise, and the whole Company +wish him great success in whatever profession he may adopt. + +GEORGE R. WILLIAMS, Vice-President Merchants' & Farmers' National Bank, +of Ithaca, enlisted July 13th, 1864. For a perfect sample of an honest, +upright, conscientious, as well as active, energetic and successful +young man, we produce Mr. Williams. Notwithstanding his official duties, +he endeavors to be present at the drills and meetings, and is an +invaluable member. He volunteered in the service of the General +Government with the Company in 1864. They were soon deprived of his +services, by reason of his being detailed as chief Clerk at +Head-Quarters. He however remained with them in camp, frequently +volunteering to appear with them on dress-parade and during inspections. +No man stood higher, or commanded more respect in Elmira, than Mr. +Williams. + +H. E. SMITH, Clerk, enlisted August 29th, 1864. Discharged July 7th, +1865; served with the Company at Elmira. + +T. H. GRIFFITH, Miller, enlisted September 1st, 1864. A particular +favorite with all the members at Elmira. Was Company cook, and no man +could make army rations taste better than our friend Griffith. He served +as a member until some time after the Company returned from Elmira, +when, on account of his residence being in another district, he was +honorably discharged. + +H. L. MILLER, Farmer, enlisted September 1st, 1864. Harley was well +liked by all the men at Elmira--and withal he was a first rate soldier. +Although a resident of another district, is still connected with the +Company. + +J. W. BROWN, Clerk, enlisted September 1st, 1864. Brother of M. M. +Brown, M. D., whose substitute he was. Served faithfully with the +Company through the Elmira campaign; was a good soldier, and a young man +of much promise. + +CHARLES R. SHERWOOD, Clerk, enlisted September ----, 1864. Charley was a +good young man, and was just as good a soldier. Served the full term of +his enlistment with the Company at Elmira. Upon his return, removed to +the city of Buffalo. + +MARTIN BESIMER, Student, enlisted December 26th, 1864. A good soldier +and a very fine young man. Served with the Company until very recently, +when he removed from the district. + +AARON OSBORN, Clerk, enlisted February 27th, 1865. Mr. Osborn is one of +the very best members at the present day; always present and always +prompt to meet his dues and other obligations, and as a soldier is +excelled by very few; as a citizen he is respected by all. He is +connected with the large Boot and Shoe manufactory of C. Christiance & +Son, of this village. + +W. V. WOOD, Farmer, enlisted February 27th, 1865. Discharged June, 1866. + +W. H. HALL, Clerk, enlisted February 27th, 1865. Volunteered from the +Company in the United States Navy. + +CHARLES A. PHILLIPS, Clothing Merchant, enlisted February 10th, 1865. +Mr. Phillips is one of the most active members; is its present +Secretary; every body likes Charley. Is one of the firm of A. Phillips & +Sons, extensive Clothing manufactures. The large and increasing business +of their House is their best recommendation. + +D. N. JOHNSON, Book-Keeper, enlisted February 27th, 1865. Son of Captain +Johnson and brother of E. K., whose history has already been noticed. +One of the most respected and esteemed young men of the village. A good +soldier and a good member of the Company. Is confidential clerk and +book-keeper with Messrs. Seymour & Johnson, merchants and general +dealers. + +C. L. TABER, Clerk, enlisted April 5th, 1865. Charley is a first rate +boy; just as good a soldier, and equally as good a member of the +Company. + +WILLIAM HATCH, Steam-Boat Steward, enlisted February 10th, 1865. Any +person who has traveled the waters of Cayuga Lake, and not heard of +Billy Hatch, and not regaled themselves with the luxuries provided by +him, is probably the very one who would deny the existence of any such +sheet of water, or would astonish us no more were they to deny their own +existence. To confine ourselves to Mr. Hatch's qualifications as a +soldier, however, would be more proper in this connection; but where a +man is as good in one position as in another, we are frequently apt to +digress from our subject. + +The time he is obliged to be away from the drills and meetings, he makes +up by doing for the Company very much in other directions. One of the +most prompt, as well as one of the most generous members, has frequently +paid fines and dues or other obligations of other members, who he +thought could not afford to pay for themselves. Although at many of our +drills we miss Mr. Hatch, still he is a member we should be as unwilling +to have leave us, as would Captain Wilcox, Captain Goodrich or the +traveling community at large, to have him resign his position on the +Kate Morgan. + +M. J. BARKER, Express Clerk, enlisted May 4th, 1865. A very stirring and +energetic young man, and a soldier of ability. Is properly appreciated +by the Company he represents. + +CHARLES F. CLARK, Clerk, enlisted May 4th, 1865. Is a young man of +promise, a good soldier and first class salesman. Is employed in the +large dry-goods house of J. S. Granger & Company. + +GEORGE POLLAY, Carpenter, enlisted February 1st, 1865. Served with the +Company through the term of their enlistment in the United States army. +Was there a good soldier; was discharged from the general service with +the Company, and discharged from the Company soon after. + +FRANK LUCAS, enlisted February 1st, 1865. A short time thereafter was +discharged. Has served in the United States army. + +GEORGE M. KING, Student, enlisted May 31st, 1865. A perfect gentleman, +and as good a member as ever enrolled himself with the DeWitt Guard. He +joined with a full determination to become as good a soldier as there +was in the Company. He has applied himself most thoroughly, and we leave +for those who see the Company on parade to judge how near he has +reached the goal of a soldier's ambition. Is a very fine shot, and has +taken prizes at the various target practices. + +WARREN H. LEWIS, enlisted June 7th, 1865. Soon after left to seek his +fortune in the oil regions of Pennsylvania. + +CHARLES W. CONOVER, Farmer, enlisted June 7th, 1865. Although Mr. +Conover has belonged to the Company but little over a year, still by +strict attention, and a determination to learn, he has become a soldier +of merit. No member is more regular, or manifests a livelier interest in +the Company than he. A stranger to many of the members when he enlisted, +but soon he gained their well wishes, and to-day no one stands higher in +the estimation of the Company than Mr. Conover. + +FRANK BAKER, Farmer, enlisted June 7th, 1865. All that was said in +relation to the last named soldier, is perfectly in place in this +instance. Mr. Baker is a very attentive and active member; very few +drills or meetings that he is not present, although he has further to +come than any other person connected with the Company. Such members as +these will in due time receive the promotion they have earned and are +entitled to. + +THEODORE J. SMITH, Cigar-Maker, enlisted June 17th, 1865. Mr. Smith is a +good soldier, having served a long time in the United States service, a +history of which we have been unable to obtain. + +S. W. PURDY, Barber, enlisted June 20th, 1865. Was a much better barber +than soldier; and although a sufficiently good marksman to take the +first prize, still not generous enough to pay his Company obligations +before leaving the place. + +GEORGE L. CLAPP, enlisted June 20th, 1865. A fine young man and a good +soldier, served his country during the late war. An account of his war +history we have been unable to obtain. + +FITCH R. CURRAN, Book-Keeper, enlisted June 20th, 1865. After a very +short membership, our friend discovered that he had not yet reached the +age of eighteen. Taking advantage of his age he withdrew. + +JOHN F. YOUNG, Jeweler, enlisted June 20th, 1865. Mr. Young is a +gentleman of much promise and an excellent soldier. Is one of the most +active members of the Company. Is employed in the large establishment +of Burritt, Brooks & Co., the oldest House of the kind in Western New +York. + +CHARLES E. FISK, Book-Binder, enlisted June 28th, 1865. Is one of the +most respectable members at the present time, and is in all respects a +fine young man. Is an employee in the establishment of Andrus, McChain & +Co. + +FRANK B. WYCKOFF, Clerk, enlisted September 6th, 1865. Mr. Wyckoff has +been, and we hope will continue to remain, a good member of this +Company, notwithstanding a little informality in his muster. Is employed +in the Dry-Goods House of Morrison, Hawkins & Co. + +M. B. APGAR, Turner, enlisted September 6th, 1865. Mr. Apgar was a fine +soldier, and it was one of the misfortunes that the Company are +constantly liable to, that he retired therefrom by reason of changing +his residence to the city of New York. He was a United States soldier +and was connected with Company G, 15th New York Cavalry. Was engaged in +all the battles that the Regiment participated in. Enlisted at Ithaca, +July 30th, 1863, and was mustered in at Syracuse, August 26th. He alone +captured a number of prisoners at the charge on Martinsburg, August +21st, for which he was promoted to Corporal, and November 9th was again +promoted to Sergeant. Was taken prisoner December 21st, 1864, but was +soon exchanged. Received the farewell address of General Custer, May +23d, 1865, and was mustered out soon after. We are sure Sergeant Apgar +was engaged in over fourteen battles. He is remembered as one of the +defenders of the country. + +NORMAN JOHNSON, Jr., Carpenter, enlisted September 6th, 1865. Mr. +Johnson served in the United States army, but we have been unable to +procure his history for publication. + +JOHN S. HULBERT, Painter, enlisted August 24th, 1865. Mr. Hulbert +withdrew from the Company and was discharged soon after his enlistment. + +He enlisted in Company D, 137th Regiment New York Volunteers, August +16th, 1862, and was with the Regiment until the capture of Atlanta, at +which time he was detailed as wagon guard at Head-Quarters. Was mustered +out of the service June 9th, 1865. Was engaged in the following battles: +Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wauhatchie Valley, Lookout Mountain, +Missionary Ridge, Ringold, Resacca, Dallas Woods, Pine Knob, Kenesaw +Mountain, South Mountain, Peach Tree Creek and Atlanta. Another of the +brave soldiers who served our Union in the recent civil war. + +S. L. BAKER, Tin-Smith, enlisted September 6th, 1865. Mr. Baker is +respected by all the members of the Company; is always punctual at the +parades, drills and meetings, and is an industrious and worthy young +man. Is employed in the extensive works of Messrs. Treman, King & Co. +Took the first prize at the July target shoot. + +HARLAN HILL, Rail Road Agent, enlisted September 8th, 1865. Mr. Hill is +the gentlemanly Ticket Agent at the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Rail +Road Depot in this village, a position which he fills with ability. +Although not long connected with the Company, still he has well +perfected himself in the tactics, and is a prompt and active member. + +R. W. DODD, Cigar-Maker, enlisted October 4th, 1865. Mr. Dodd was one of +the first soldiers that enlisted from this village. Joining Company A, +(Captain Jerome Rowe) 32d New York Volunteers. He well and faithfully +served the full term of his enrollment, and again re-enlisted. We +regret being unable to give a full history of Mr. Dodd's military life. + +THEODORE QUICK, Cigar-Maker, enlisted October 12th, 1865. Mr. Quick has +succeeded in perfecting himself as a soldier to a degree that but few +attain. Few men can excell him in the tactics. Is an invaluable member +of the Company. He enlisted in the United States army August 11th, 1862, +in Company I, 109th Regiment, and served with the Company and Regiment +until they were mustered out. Was engaged in the battles of the +Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Petersburg, Welden Railroad and a number of +lesser engagements. + +On account of illness contracted in the army, was three months in the +hospital. + +W. S. MANDEVILLE, Clerk, enlisted October 12th, 1865. Considering the +time he has served Mr. Mandeville is one of the best soldiers we know +of, prompt, energetic and capable, we think, of commanding a Company or +a Regiment. Immediately upon joining the Company, he manifested an +interest, and with a determination to learn he attended every drill, and +aside from this would by himself study the tactics, until he became +perfectly posted in the science of military. He is a young man of much +promise, and is the exemplification of a perfect gentleman. Is employed +in the large Drug Store of Messrs. Schuyler & Curtis, and enjoys the +confidence and respect, not only of his employers, but of the whole +circle of his acquaintances, and the very many patrons of the House with +which he is engaged. + +J. J. MITCHELL, Merchant, enlisted October 12th, 1865. Mr. Mitchell +beareth the same similarity to the last named member, that one pea +beareth to another. As long as he was a resident of the village he was +invariably present at the parades, drills and meetings of the Company. +He is now a citizen of Lansing, but retains his membership in this +Company, and meets with them on all parades. He is engaged in the +Dry-Goods trade at Ludlowville, and is probably doing the greatest +amount of business of any house of the kind--outside of the village of +Ithaca--in Tompkins County. + +CLARK FRALICK, enlisted October 5th, 1865. He enlisted July 20th, 1862, +in the United States army, in which he served three years in Company D, +143d New York Volunteers; was engaged in six battles; was not sick a day +while in the service, nor ever lost an hour from his Regiment. + +E. M. THOMPSON, enlisted October 10th, 1865. Mr. Thompson removed from +the place soon after his enlistment. + +W. H. BROWER, enlisted October 31st, 1865. Signed the Roll, but never +appeared at a meeting or drill. + +E. G. FOSTER, Boat-Builder, enlisted November 6th, 1865. Soon removed to +Minnesota. + +LUKE BERGIN, Tailor, enlisted November 10th, 1865. Manifests but a +slight degree of interest in the Company. + +ARCHE DRESSER, Harness-Maker, enlisted November 10th, 1865. Soon removed +from the district. Was a soldier, and a good one, in the United States +army. + +B. ALMY, JR., Teacher, enlisted January 17th, 1866. Mr. Almy joined upon +transfer from the Enfield Company, of which he was Orderly Sergeant. Is +a teacher of ability; his present engagement is with the Public School +in this village. + +JOHN E. CLAPP, Clerk, enlisted March 15th, 1866. Is one of the most +attentive members at the present time. + +H. G. STODDARD, Clerk, enlisted March 29th, 1866. Mr. Stoddard, as will +be observed, has very recently joined, but promises to become one of the +best members of the Company. + +J. H. WILLETTS, Student, enlisted May 7th, 1866. Mr. Willetts joined the +Company almost a perfect stranger to all the members, but by his +gentlemanly deportment and perfect willingness to learn, has gained the +respect of both officers and men. + +M. MCCALLESTER, Farmer, enlisted May 7th, 1866. His residence is so far +from the village that he is only occasionally present at the drills and +meetings, but from the eagerness he displayed to learn when he first +became a member, we are led to believe he will make a good soldier. + +C. N. TABER, enlisted May 31st, 1866. Mr. Taber promises to become a +soldier of extraordinary merit. + +LEWIS S. NEIL, Painter, enlisted May 31st, 1866. Although next to the +last soldier enlisted in the DeWitt Guard, we are led to believe will +soon become next to the best in his knowledge of military; and perhaps +in this instance as in others, the last shall be first. + +JOHN BARNARD, "The Hero of Lookout Mountain," seized with a patriotic +ardour to serve his country in its trying period for National +existence, on the 20th day of August, 1862, he volunteered and joined +Capt. J. H. Terry's Company, then being formed in this village. Was duly +examined and mustered into the United States service at Binghamton, N. +Y., on the 25th of September, 1862. Was unanimously elected 8th Corporal +of Company D. He left Binghamton with the Regiment for the seat of war, +September 27th. + +He accompanied General Geary on a reconnoissance to Manchester, which +occupied five days. December 10th ordered to reinforce General Burnside +at Fredericksburg. This was the first time our hero came within hearing +of the enemy's guns, but his courage was equal to any emergency, and +never, through the whole course of his military life, did he turn his +back to the enemy, but always stood up and boldly battled for the right. +Sunday, December 28th, had the first skirmish. On the 18th of January, +1863, was detailed by Colonel Ireland as one of the color guard of the +Regiment. On the 27th day of April, was ordered on a march, and with +eight days' rations and ninety rounds of ammunition, started for the +Chancellorsville battle ground, where he arrived and participated in +the battles of May 1st, 2d and 3d. July 2d and 3d were engaged with the +enemy upon the bloody fields of Gettysburg. September 24th, was ordered +to reinforce General Rosecrans at Chattanooga, Tennessee. October 29th, +participated in the midnight battle of Wauhatchie. In this engagement +one out of every three of the whole number were either killed or +wounded. Color-bearer Baker was seriously wounded, and the colors of the +Regiment fell into the hands of our gallant Barnard, he having escaped +unharmed, although his overcoat, which was strapped upon his back, was +shot through by one of the enemy's bullets. After this engagement he was +detailed as color-bearer of the Regiment, vice Baker wounded. + +On the 24th of November was ordered to march flying light, with only one +day's rations; participated in the famous "Battle above the Clouds;" +climbing over rocks and fallen trees, our bold and daring Sergeant +succeeded in planting the colors of his Regiment on the rebel works, +amid a terrific fire from the enemy. Sergeant Brink, with the State +colors, was shot down upon his right, and Corporal Foot, of the color +guard, upon his left. For this brave and heroic deed, Sergeant Barnard +received the thanks of Colonel Ireland, as well as of all the general +officers. November 25th, was engaged in the battle of Missionary Ridge, +and November 27th in the battle of Ringold, Georgia. January 4th, 1864, +was ordered to Stevenson, Alabama. While here Sergeant Barnard was +detailed by the Commandant of the Post and appointed Post-Master, a very +responsible position, having the entire charge of the mail for over five +thousand troops. This office he held until Sherman's campaign against +Atlanta commenced, and in May he again resumed his office in the +Regiment. Was engaged in the action at Resacca, May 15th, battle of New +Hope Church, May 25th, battle of Pine Hill, June 15th, and continued +skirmishing until June 21st, when he participated in the battle of +Kolb's Farm. June 24th battle of Kenesaw Mountain; still continued +skirmishing with the enemy, and drove them across the Chattahoochie +River. July 20th was in the battle of Peach Tree Creek; also in the +siege of Atlanta, and was among the first troops that entered the city, +September 2d. + +November 15th he started on the Georgia campaign, and participated in +the siege of Savannah from December 11th until December 21st, when +together with the color-bearer of the 102d New York, he hoisted the old +flag upon the City Hall in Savannah. January 27th, 1865, started on the +Carolina campaign. Was engaged in the skirmishes at Edisto River, +Lexington Court House, S. C, and Averysboro, N. C. Arrived at Goldsboro, +N. C, April 1st, 1865. Was present at the capture of Raleigh on the 14th +of April. + +On the 30th of April, the war having virtually closed by the surrender +of Generals Lee and Johnson, Sergeant Barnard, with his Regiment, +started homeward, arriving in Alexandria, Virginia, May 19th. Took part +in the Grand Review at Washington, May 24th, and on June 9th was +mustered out of the United States service. + +Sergeant Barnard was engaged in fourteen battles, besides numerous +skirmishes, which, in times previous to the late war, would have been +considered battles of much account. + +Suffering all the dangers, exposures and deprivations of the Georgia and +Carolina campaigns, our Sergeant was never a day from his Regiment, +unless detailed for special duty. He made every mile of the whole march +on foot, carrying a burden that every American soldier knows is enough +to break down the constitution of almost any ordinary man. + +No soldier ever enlisted in the service of his country, who is deserving +of more honor than Sergeant John Barnard. + +Remember, you that staid at home and experienced none of the trials and +deprivations of war, those who sacrificed their health, their lives and +their all for you, as well as every other citizen of this great +Republic. + + + + +HISTORY OF THE COMPANY. + + +The DeWitt Guard was organized in 1851, and the first regular meeting +was held December 31st. At this meeting a series of By-Laws were +adopted, very many of which are in operation at the present time, +although there is not at the present time a single person connected with +the organization who at that time was a member. + +J. B. Terry was elected the first Secretary, and George H. Collins +Treasurer, with Stephen Brewer and Loren Day as Directors. + +At that time the law permitted the Companies to have a certain number of +supernumeraries, and at the second regular meeting, F. Reed Dana, W. G. +Maurice, Isaac Tichenor, Julius M. Adsley, Dana Fox, E. M. Marshall, +John Rumsey, George McChain and S. B. Covert, were duly elected +supernumeraries. The first out of doors drill took place in the Park, +June 23d, and lasted two hours. The 4th day of July was duly observed +by the Company: a parade, at which the Company did their first street +firing, and a dinner at Colonel Seymour's Ithaca Hotel, constituted the +festivities of the day. At the regular meeting, September 2d, 1852, a +note was given to Colonel Millspaugh for fifty dollars, this being the +amount he advanced to pay the Armorer's bill. On Thursday morning, +September 23d, the drum beat at five o'clock, which warned the citizens +of the near approach of the departure of Captain Partenheimer's Company, +not for the seat of war, but for their first encampment at Goodwin's +Falls. At 9 o'clock the life-like engine "Lackawanna," with a modesty +becoming the Company to whom she belonged, introduced the Company to his +honor "William E. Dodge," who safely landed his "precious load of +freight" soon after at Goodwin's Landing. After a march of about three +miles, to the music of Canham's Brass Band, the camp-ground was reached; +tents were soon pitched, colors were hoisted, and at one P. M. were +ready for our first rations; at two P. M. of the same day the Company +paraded for the first time upon a camp-ground. The Company remained in +camp one week. + +Thursday November 25th, 1852, by proclamation of the Governor, was +observed as a day of Thanksgiving. This being the day designated by the +fair ones of our village for the presentation of the Banner to our +Company, Captain Partenheimer's orders were responded to by a prompt and +full corps. Upon being drawn up in line in front of the Clinton House, +Hon. S. B. Cushing, on behalf of the Ladies, in a few appropriate +remarks, presented the Banner. Our worthy Lieutenant Bruyn, on behalf of +the Captain and his Company, returned his most sincere and heartfelt +thanks, with a few remarks highly complimentary to him from whose hand +he received the Banner, and to those Ladies instrumental in making the +donation. Alter a parade through the principal streets, and giving each +Public House a round of blank cartridges, with that good feeling ever +manifested by the Company, they were dismissed by our commanding +officer. March 3d William Glenny was elected Secretary in place of J. B. +Terry, resigned. + +July 4th, 1853, was duly celebrated by the Company by an encampment +through the day in the Park. August 9th the Company were inspected by +Brigadier General Segoine, of Auburn. September 8th, 1853, the second +encampment of the Company took place at Goodwin's Falls; were here again +reviewed by General Segoine and Colonel D. E. Avery. On Sunday the +Company in a body attended church at Trumansburg. Washington's +birth-day, February 22d, 1854, was observed by the Company; a national +salute was fired by Sergeant McDonald, loading and firing five times a +minute. June 27th the committee of arrangements for the celebration of +the coming Fourth of July, offered the Company thirty dollars if they +would participate in the celebration, which was promptly refused, and +the Company voted unanimously to join in the celebration without money +and without price. Accordingly the Fourth day of July, 1854, was duly +celebrated in the true spirit of '76. The first target shoot of the +Company was held July 11th, 1854, and resulted in Sergeant McDonald +taking the first prize, L. Millspaugh the second and S. Stoddard the +third. Saturday August 26th, 1854, the Company appeared in full uniform +at 5½ o'clock, A. M., to escort the remains of their late comrade, D. +Lewis Avery, to their last resting place. His remains were taken to +Aurora for interment. + +Monday August 28th, the Company started for Camp Seneca, at Seneca +Falls, where a week was spent by them very profitably. The second target +practice was September 22d, 1854, and Sergeant L. R. King, E. C. Fuller, +M. E. Elmendorf, Lot S. Hinds and Sergeant McDonald, were declared the +best shots, and received the prizes accordingly. January 8th, 1855, was +duly observed by the Company; in the evening had supper at the Clinton +House. September 6th the Company unanimously voted to furnish uniforms +free of expense to all new members who would join. September 14th, 1855, +K. S. Van Voorhees was elected first Sergeant, L. R. King, second +Sergeant, F. K. Andrus, third Sergeant, and James McClune, fourth +Sergeant. September 19th, third target shoot, the lucky ones not +recorded. October 31st, 1855, the Company were inspected and reviewed by +General Segoine and staff, and Colonel D. E. Avery and staff; in the +afternoon of the same day was another target shoot. November 29th the +Company escorted the remains of their late Lieutenant, A. H. McNeil, to +the Depot, being en route for the city of Auburn. The Company held their +annual meeting and took supper at the Clinton House, January 8th, 1856. +May 28th L. R. King was elected first Lieutenant, in place of W. V. +Bruyn, resigned, and Charles F. Blood second Lieutenant, in place of A. +H. McNeil, deceased. + +Wednesday June 11th, 1856. The Willard Guard of Auburn, accompanied by +Scott's Cornet Band of Rochester, arrived on an excursion to Ithaca. +When nearing the dock they were saluted with twenty-one guns from the +DeWitt Guard, and received by them accompanied by the entire Fire +Department of the village, and were escorted through the principal +streets to their quarters at the Clinton House. They were there welcomed +by an appropriate speech from J. H. Selkreg, Esq. William Shapcott, of +the Willard Guard, returning thanks on behalf of their Company to the +soldiers, Fire Department and citizens, for the cordial manner in which +they had been received. The Willard Guard paraded during the forenoon of +the following day, and at five o'clock P. M. were escorted to the Park +by the DeWitt Guard, where they were drilled in the different evolutions +of military tactics with great credit to themselves. On Friday morning +the DeWitt Guard again paraded and escorted their visitors to the +Steamboat Landing. After a few speeches, a great rivalry was kept up +between the two Companies for the last cheer, but amid the clattering of +drums it was impossible to tell which succeeded. + +September 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th and 6th, the Company were encamped at Dryden; +on Friday they were reviewed by General Segoine and staff of Auburn. The +encampment passed off with perfect harmony, and without any thing to mar +the good feeling which prevailed throughout. Tuesday, December 10th, the +Company escorted the remains of their late member, Sergeant James C. +McClune, to their last resting place. February 24th, upon invitation of +the Pioneers of Tompkins County, the Company paraded and escorted that +body through the principal streets of the village. September 15th target +shoot. October 13th the Company were inspected at Goodwin's Falls by +Adjutant George H. Collins. Upon invitation of the President of the +Tompkins County Horticultural Society, the Company paraded and attended +their Fair, June 3d, 1858. Upon invitation of the Tompkins Blues, the +Company visited Trumansburg and joined in celebrating the Fourth day of +July. A very pleasant entertainment was provided by the citizens of +that place. July 21st the Company visited Owego, and were agreeably +entertained by the citizens; returned the same evening. + +August 17th, 1858, the Company paraded in honor of the _successful +laying_ of the Atlantic Cable. August 31st, upon invitation of the +Ithaca Fire Department, joined with them in procession, and escorted +Cayuga Hose Company No. 4, of Auburn, to the Clinton House. + +"The DeWitt Guard, accompanied by Whitlock's celebrated Cornet Band and +several invited guests, left Ithaca at 7 o'clock A. M., July 12th, 1859, +on an excursion to our neighboring city of Auburn, and to enjoy one of +the _pleasantest trips ever experienced_ by any Company of soldiers. The +Company mustered two Lieutenants, three color-bearers and twenty-five +men. The smiles of Heaven seemed to be upon us, and every thing seemed +given to _conduce to our happiness_. It was indeed a lovely sight as we +floated down the beautiful Cayuga, which lay sleeping between the banks +of those noble hills, decked in nature's verdant garb. It would have +been a lovely scene for some artist to sketch in glowing colors; but no +artist could touch so tenderly the points with which nature has adorned +them. + +We arrived in the beautiful city at half-past twelve, amid the +thundering voice of artillery. Were received by the three military +Companies of the city, and were escorted by them through the principal +streets to our Head-Quarters White's Exchange. After a capital dinner, +we were marched to Fort Hill Cemetery to visit the grave of our lamented +Lieutenant, A. H. McNeil; an hour was spent in that beautiful cemetery. +In the evening we _were entertained_ at the residence of Mayor B. F. +Hall, which entertainment passed off to the perfect _satisfaction of all +present_. Wednesday morning were called together at ten o'clock, and +accepted an invitation of the Military Committee to visit the Prison and +Insane Asylum. + +In the afternoon the Auburn Companies, together with the DeWitt Guard, +paraded for nearly two hours, after which each Company was practiced in +the Battalion movements; the DeWitt Guard taking the lead. Each Company +displayed a thorough discipline in military tactics, the movements being +of almost mathematical precision. In the evening the Company were the +guests of Doctor Willard, and was splendidly entertained at his +beautiful residence on Genesee street. The Doctor is a model gentleman; +truly did we enjoy his hospitality. From his residence we were marched +to that of Captain Dodge of the Willard Guard, where a splendid +reception was given in honor of the DeWitt Guard. Here we were honored +with the society of some of Auburn's fairest daughters, their influence +on us being such as (in the language of our worthy Chaplain, Rev. W. C. +Steel) to make some _willing captives_. The Company returned late in the +evening to their Head-Quarters, highly pleased with their evening's +entertainments. Thursday morning the Company was marched to some of the +principal residences, paying our compliments to those of whom we had +been the honored guests the evening previous. The hour of two P. M. +having arrived, the time for our departure, we were escorted to the +Depot by the military Companies together with many citizens. Hon. A. +Wells extending our thanks to the soldiers and citizens of Auburn, for +the kindness shown us during our visit with them. Rev. Mr. Steel +following in a few beautiful and appropriate remarks, during which tears +were seen to fall from the eyes of some of the soldiery. We had won many +friends; the hour of separation had arrived; nothing could be more +expressive than the falling of a tear, the utterance of the soul, simple +yet unexpressed; no language could be more eloquent. We entered the cars +amid many cheers, having had proof that pleasures enjoyed excel +pleasures anticipated. + +After a pleasant return trip on the lake, we were much surprised to find +our own good citizens in large numbers, together with a Company of +Cavalry and the entire Fire Department, at the landing ready to receive +us, and escort us to our homes. We were received with a beautiful and +eloquent speech by Marcus Lyon, Esq., which was responded to by our +Chaplain, Rev. W. C. Steel. Were marched through the principal streets +to our Armory, highly pleased with our trip. Long will this excursion be +remembered by the DeWitt Guard; our _hearts_ having been united to the +soldiers and _people_ of Auburn by those bonds of friendship which time +shall never efface." + + JOHN C. HAZEN, Secretary. + +The 50th Regiment National Guard, consisting of Company A, Captain P. J. +Partenheimer, Company D, of Trumansburgh, Captain Belnap, and Company I, +of Havanna, Captain Mulford, the Regiment commanded by Colonel H. A. +Dowe, encamped at Ithaca, September 5th, 1859. On Friday were inspected +by General Segoine, of Auburn, and Adjutant Van Voorhees, of Ithaca. The +weather was fine during the encampment, every thing passed off pleasant +and to the satisfaction of all concerned. Long will Camp Burnett be +remembered by the members of the DeWitt Guard. January 4th, 1860, +Colonel A. E. Mather was elected a member of this Company, but was never +mustered in. June 4th, 1861, the Company paraded and escorted the Dryden +Volunteers to the Depot. + +July 3d the Company was presented with a handsome stand of colors by +Sergeant John C. Hazen. April 2d, 1861, the Company tendered their +services to the General Government. August 6th, 1862, escorted +volunteers to the Depot; three hearty cheers were given by the members +of the DeWitt Guard, for those of their number who had volunteered in +the service of their country. September 28th attended the funeral of +Lieutenant Marsh, at McLean, who was killed in the army. October 28th, +1862, were inspected at Trumansburg. December 3d Captain Blood +introduced the Bayonet Drill. February 22d, 1863, was celebrated by the +Company by a parade, and a supper in the evening at the Clinton House. +March 19th attended the funeral of Peter J. Hausner, a soldier who died +from disease contracted while in the army. June 17th, 1863, the Company +the second time offered their services to the Government. June 22d the +Company paraded in honor of the returning volunteers, and escorted them +through the streets of our village. July 1st attended the funeral of +Lieutenant Avery, at Farmerville, who was killed in the army. Celebrated +the 4th day of July, 1863, by an excursion to Long Point, at which place +the Company engaged in target practice with both muskets and artillery. +Annual parade, inspection and review at Ithaca, October 21st, 1863. Were +inspected by General William Glenny and Colonel H. A. Dowe, since +promoted to Brigadier General. The Company had another target practice +same day. Washington's Birth-day, February 22d, 1864, was celebrated by +a parade and supper in the evening at Gregory's. April 25th, 1864, the +Company for the third time offered their services to the General +Government. July 4th paraded and had target practice. Aug. 28th, the Co. +was accepted by the Gen'l Gov't for 100 days' service at Elmira. + + +(_By B. R. W., Secretary._) + +SEPT. 2D, 1864.--The Company assembled at the Armory at 6 o'clock, A. +M., with tears in their eyes and carpet-sacks in hand, to march for +Elmira. Headed by their gallant Captain, they proceeded silently to the +Depot, where the parting was truly heart-rending, and the Secretary, in +order to hide his feelings, was forced to take refuge in a freight car, +and solace himself with a fresh chew of _Mike Wick's best_. The voyage +was safely performed, the only cause of complaint being the _rye_ +treatment which some of the men received at Willseyville. + +The grand entree at Elmira was made at about two o'clock, P. M., where +we were received in behalf of the United States by the brilliant and +dashing Captain Colby, of the 58th, by whom, assisted by Drum-Major +Robinson's justly celebrated martial band, we were escorted to Barracks +No. 1. + +On entering the portals of this haven of rest, our ears were saluted +with cries of _Fresh Fish_. Our inexperienced eyes searched eagerly on +every side for this delectable delicacy, but we failed to discover it. +The future movements of the Company at this post are recorded by our +worthy Sergeant, H. S. + + + + +ELMIRA CAMPAIGN. + +DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE DOINGS OF COMPANY A, FIFTIETH REGIMENT N. G., S. +N. Y., WHILE PERFORMING ONE HUNDRED DAYS' DUTY AT ELMIRA. NEW YORK. + +Taken from the Diary of one of its Members. + + +In pursuance of Orders as follows: + + GENERAL HEAD-QUARTERS STATE OF NEW YORK, } + ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, } + Albany, Aug. 28th, 1864. } + + SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 348. + + Captain Charles F. Blood, commanding Company A, of the 50th + Regiment National Guard of the State of New York, will, by the + 5th of September, proximo, proceed with his command to Elmira, + N. Y., and report to Major A. S. Diven, acting Assistant Provost + Marshal General, and Superintendent of the Volunteer Recruiting + Service, who will muster them into the service of the United + States for one hundred (100) days, and attach them to the 58th + Regiment National Guard, of the State of New York. + + Requisition for the necessary clothing and transportation will + be made upon Brigadier General S. V. Talcott, Quartermaster + General, No. 51 Walker Street, New York city, and for arms and + accoutrements upon Brigadier General James A. Farrell, + Commissary General of Ordinance, State Arsenal, New York city. + + By order of the Commander-in-Chief, + JOHN T. SPRAGUE, + Adjutant General. + + HEAD-QUARTERS 50TH REGIMENT N. G., S. N. Y. } + Trumansburg, N. Y., Aug. 27th, 1864. } + + SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 3. + + Above Special Order, No. 348, is hereby promulgated. + + Captain Charles F. Blood, commanding Company "A," of this + Regiment, will immediately promulgate the above Orders to his + command. + + Said Captain will immediately report to these Head-Quarters, in + writing, the strength of his command, and the number of men he + will be able to report for duty at Elmira on the 5th day of + September, proximo. + + The Captain will see the importance of this Order, when it is + stated that orders must be made at once for clothing, + transportation, arms and accoutrements, at New York city for his + command. + + By order of + COL. HENRY D. BARTO, + Commanding 50th Reg't N. G., S. N. Y. + + Lewis Halsey, Adjutant. + +Company A, 50th Regiment National Guard, State of New York, started at 9 +o'clock on the morning of the second day of September, 1864, in +obedience with the above order, with the following officers and men: + + CHARLES F. BLOOD, _Captain_. + LEVI KENNEY, _1st Lieutenant_. + JOSEPH ESTY, JR., _2d Lieutenant_. + J. C. HAZEN, _Orderly_. + C. C. GREENLY, _2d Sergeant_. + E. M. FINCH, _3d Sergeant_. + H. A. ST. JOHN, _4th Sergeant_. + B. R. WILLIAMS, _1st Corporal_. + URI CLARK, _2d Corporal_. + J. C. GAUNTLETT, _3d Corporal_. + ALFRED BROOKS, _4th Corporal_. + + Frank Betts, + E. E. Barnard, + J. W. Brown, + F. Cheesbrough, + Wm. Crittenden, + A. Dean, + James Faulkner, + John Gay, + M. L. Granger, + T. H. Griffith, + George H. Grant, + S. J. Humm, + T. Hern, + E. K. Johnson, + J. McKinney, + W. H. Kellogg, + S. T. Lewis, + E. M. Latta, + J. Mandeville, + E. C. Marsh, + H. L. Miller, + J. W. Norton, + C. L. O'Brien, + A. Prame, + O. S. Perry, + George Pollay, + W. C. Steele, + C. R. Sherwood, + H. E. Smith, + E. E. Warfield, + Geo. R. Williams, + J. V. Wilson. + +We reached Elmira at 2 P. M. on the same day, and were immediately +marched to our quarters at Barracks No. 1, afterwards called the +Substitute Camp. At 3½ P. M. we were mustered into the United States +service as Company L, 58th Regiment N. G., S. N. Y., Col. R. P. Wisner +commanding, and the same evening, on the requisition of our Captain, we +drew the following articles of clothing, arms and equipments, to each +man: + + 1 Woolen Blanket, + 1 Rubber Blanket, + 1 Overcoat, + 1 Blouse, + 1 Pair Pants, + 1 Cap, + 2 Pair Drawers, + 2 Pair Socks, + 1 Pair Shirts, + 1 Pair Shoes, + 1 Canteen, + 1 Spoon, + 1 Knife and Fork, + 1 Cup, + 1 Plate, + 1 Knapsack, + 1 Haversack. + +The arms served us were of the Enfield pattern, known as rifled muskets, +and were said to have been taken off of a rebel blockade-runner, which, +together with the necessary belts, cap and cartridge boxes, made as +complete an outfit as were given to any of the men serving in our army +for the preservation of the Union. + +One can scarcely imagine the ridiculous picture our boys made as they +tried on their new clothes, so generously given them by "Uncle Sam." +Here in one corner you might see a six-footer striving in vain to induce +a pair of pants, by hard pulling and stretching, to reach below his +knees, but finding no virtue in perseverance, he seizes the coat and +finds to his dismay the same difficulty with the sleeves that he found +with the pants--namely, too short. As he sits studying over his +misfortune, he is hailed by another fellow just his counterpart, +hobbling across the floor with a pair of pants so long that they +threaten to trip him at every step. + +But, O, dear! Look at that perfect picture of despair; a fellow who at +home wears a number five boot, trying to make a pair of number ten shoes +stay on his feet. Presently, however, a man is found whose fortune has +dealt to him a pair of "gun-boats" a size too small, immediately, with +true yankee spirit, a trade is made, and each is satisfied that he has +made the best of the bargain; so by dint of exchanges, garments are +found to fit, which at first seemed as if they had been distributed by +common consent, the smallest men to receive those intended for the +largest, and vice versa. + +But what ails that fellow over yonder? He looks as if he had lost his +last friend, and never expected to have another. We rush up to enquire +the cause of his discomforture, but our anxiety is turned into laughter, +when we behold him who had been congratulating himself on making such a +fine appearance in a suit of blue; brushing off the threads and dust, +and picking up one thread which seemed to be very long, but only +producing the more thread by the greater picking, our fine fellow finds +that he has ventilated the entire side of one of his trowsers legs. +Hark! the Orderly cries "fall in for rations;" although we may not yet +be perfectly acquainted with all orders pertaining particularly to camp +life, yet all seem to understand this one. With a good appetite after +our fun, we start for the mess-house. Some hungry man behind us as we +march along, hopes the beef steak will be tender, and the potatoes well +done, while another hints he does not like eggs too hard boiled, and a +third says he must have his rolls hot, and good butter to eat on them, +or he don't care for any supper; while a fourth never eats pies, and so +of course is anxious to find a good pudding awaiting his ravenous +appetite. But misery me! what a smell! where does it come from? most +certainly from the mess-house, no denying that. As we enter, every man +immediately loses his appetite; but bound to face the music, we all sit +down, place our cups and plates on the table, and await coming events. +Presently there comes a man with a basket of bread, another with a pan +of beef and a third with a pail of coffee. Waiter No. 1 very dexterously +causes a huge chunk of bread to alight on your plate; waiter No. 2 makes +a piece of beef perform the same evolution, and your cup is soon filled. +Here is your meal, now make the attack. Our bread and butter man seems +patiently waiting, although very pale, and is only aroused from his +stupor by a neighbor asking him if he is not going to eat; he meekly +answers, by saying he is waiting for some sugar and milk for his coffee. +But all are soon satisfied, and we go back to our barracks, our poor +beef-steak-and-potato companion feeling very much disappointed. + +Our duty at the substitute camp was to perform the guard duty necessary +to keep the men from escaping, and also to act as guard in taking men +from this post to the front. This camp was used as a rendezvous for +substitutes, to equip them preparatory to sending them to the army. The +larger proportion of the men sent to this post seemed to be composed of +the refuse of all society, whose entire aim seemed to have been to +enlist and desert as often as opportunity offered. They were a lawless +set of men, and it was only by enforcing the most rigid discipline, that +they were kept within bounds. + +When a squad of substitutes was to be taken to the front, one or two +commissioned officers were usually detached, together with a compliment +of non-commissioned officers and privates, sufficient to carefully guard +against desertions on their way. Ordinary freight cars were used for +transportation, into which were crowded from 35 to 40 men, allowing five +men in each car as a guard. It was a shameful way of treating human +beings, crowded together for two days with barely room to move in, and +being required to assume all manner of positions at night in order to +get a little rest. Although sufficient rations were purported to be +issued for the journey, yet they never sufficed, and the men often +suffered from hunger. Yet in time Baltimore was reached, where all the +men were generally put into comfortable quarters for a day or so, and +then placed on board transports to be taken to different points on the +Potomac or James Rivers. + +These transports were often condemned, or at least unsafe vessels in the +employ of the Government, with no conveniences for the accommodation of +the number of men crowded on them. The writer had the misfortune to be +on one of these miserable crafts. On the night of Friday, Sept. 9th, we +left Baltimore with 1100 men, en route for City Point, on an old +condemned English emigrant steamer. We were 55 hours making the trip +(more than twice as long as we should have been), and twice the vessel +was turned to be run ashore, as she leaked so badly, and the pumps +giving out for a time, it was feared by her commander the water might +put out the fires under the boilers, and at no time could the old tub be +kept on an even keel. There were only a few casks of water, and no +provisions of any kind on board. The rations issued to the men on +starting were all gone long before we reached our destination, and not a +little suffering was experienced by the poor fellows for want of +something to eat. This is but one of many instances in which one portion +of the men in the Government employ were made to suffer by the neglect +and ill-treatment of another portion. + +But to return to our camp at Elmira. Our duties were about the same +thing every day; doing guard duty when it came our turn for detail, with +the diversion of an occasional squad to the front. This began to be an +old story to us, and we had to use our best endeavors to get up some +little excitement to break the monotony of camp routine. + +On the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 10th, orders were issued to our +Regiment to move to Barracks No. 3, without delay. It was a rainy day, +and all felt more like staying quietly in the barracks than like packing +up and moving; yet go we must, and go we did. The last squad left at 8 +o'clock in the evening. Tents, of which each Company had twelve, +including one officer's wall tent, were pitched for the night, and all +made themselves as comfortable as possible. In the morning, although it +had ceased raining, it was very wet, and the nature of the ground made +it very uncomfortable. We arranged our camp with a little more care, +building a stockade of boards two feet high, on which we pitched each +tent, and also making a floor on the bottom. Later in the season we +provided each tent with either a camp-stove or fire-place, which made +our quarters very comfortable, even in the severest weather. + +We also built a cook-house capable of seating our entire Company, and +furnished it with a good stove and such other apparatus as was necessary +to carry on our culinary operations. We were indeed the envy of the +entire Brigade, and it is undoubtedly true that by our own exertions we +possessed the best _arrangement_ for promoting our own comfort of any +Company on the ground. We were enabled by our advantages to provide all +the variety possible with the rations served us. There was hardly a day +but we were supplied with some delicacy by the kindness of our officers, +that was not on the regular bill of fare. Indeed, our Table d'Hote +gained such a notoriety, that in less than two weeks we had some of the +staff officers as regular boarders, and our worthy Colonel considered +it quite an honor when we gave him a standing invitation to partake of +any meal with us when he did not see fit to go to his boarding house--an +invitation that he often accepted and seemed quite to enjoy. + +Our principal duty at Barracks 3, or the rebel camp, as commonly called, +although the correct name was Camp Chemung, was to guard the rebel +prisoners confined at this post. Almost every day, however, men were +detailed and sent off on extra duty. The prison was formed of a stockade +built of boards 14 feet long, placed perpendicularly on a fence frame, +having the posts on the outside, thereby giving a perfectly smooth +surface on the inside, quite impossible to scale. There were two +entrances to the enclosure, one called the Main Gate, which was placed +on front, and was the principal means of entrance, the other was called +the Rear Gate, and placed at the rear of the prison on the river bank. +All around this stockade, four feet from the top, there was a platform +and railing for the guard to walk on, with sentry boxes about 240 feet +apart. Besides the guard "on the fence," there was a line of sentinels +on the ground outside the stockade. During the day men armed with +revolvers were posted at different points in the enclosure, and at night +were formed into a patrol guard. This patrol walked around the entire +enclosure about 15 feet from the stockade, there being an interval of +three minutes of time between each man. The guard on the fence and those +outside were relieved every two hours; the patrol was relieved every +four hours. It was the duty of the guard to challenge any of the +prisoners who were approaching the stockade, a second challenge was +given if the first was not sufficient, and if they still persisted and +were evidently trying to effect some means of escape, the order was to +fire on them and give the alarm. + +There were about 300 men detailed for duty each day. These consisted of +eight commissioned officers, 32 non-commissioned officers, and 260 +privates. This number was distributed to four different positions, +allowing an equal number of officers to each, but the men were +apportioned to each post according to the amount of duty to be done. + +The guard was formed and reviewed each morning at 8 o'clock, preparatory +to going on duty; the new guard usually relieved the guard of the +previous day at 10 o'clock, and were kept on duty 24 hours. Each squad +was under command of two officers, and was divided into three reliefs; +these reliefs alternated with each other in a duty of two hours, thus +allowing each man four hours' rest out of six. + +The field officer of the day was accustomed to make a complete tour of +the camp during the day, and usually visited each guard post at least +once during the night. Whenever he was seen approaching any of the +principal posts, the entire guard had to be turned out in order to be +inspected and reviewed by him. + +During the night, from 8 o'clock in the evening until 6 in the morning, +every half hour was called by the guard on the fence, at the same time +giving the number of each post and the word "All's well." + +The prisoners were divided into companies, each company being under the +charge of an officer detailed for that purpose. Roll was called morning +and evening, at one of which the officer was required to be present and +to make a daily report to the commandant of the post. Two meals per day +were given the prisoners, one at 8 A. M. and one at 3 P. M. They were +furnished with good, wholesome food, prepared in an immense cooking +establishment. Each company marched to this house at the regular hours, +and were served with their rations, going immediately back to their +quarters to eat them. + +Several large and commodious hospitals were provided for the sick, +arranged with all possible convenience, and attended by a corps of +competent Surgeons. + +One might draw a grand comparison between the way in which our men were +treated in the different prisons of the South, and the treatment of +rebels at the hands of our Government. We who have seen the worn-out, +hobbling rebel prisoner, go forth exchanged, after a few months' +imprisonment, a strong and healthy man, cannot but feel the contrast +when we see old friends, who, months ago were freed from Southern +prisons, even now unable to stand the burden of any daily toil, and +still wearing in their deep-lined faces the marks of past hardships. And +when we think of those who once filled the vacant places in our homes +and in our hearts, who might now be with us but for such hardships, we +can reflect only with shuddering upon the treatment they have received, +and feel grateful that we are at peace again. Verily, many a tale that +we might tell were better left untold. + +On the morning of Friday, Oct. 7th, one of the guard on the outside of +the fence discovered a hole, through which it was evident some of the +prisoners had escaped. The alarm was given, but it was too late. On +investigation there were found to be 16 prisoners missing. They had made +a tunnel about four feet under ground and sixty odd feet long, large +enough to allow a man to crawl through. The night in which they made +their escape was very dark and stormy, and taking advantage of this, +they completed their excavation, crawled through, and were free. + +This mode of escape was afterwards often tried, but the above is the +only instance in which any reward was obtained for the great amount of +work thus expended. A fellow put into practical operation one day a +novel method of escaping. It was customary on the death of any of the +rebels, to carry them to the dead-house; here the bodies were placed in +coffins, marked, and a register kept. From the prison they were carried +to the burial-ground, where the coffins were placed in long trenches, +with a head-board marked to correspond with the register kept at the +prison. One day one of the assistants at the dead-house arranged with +one of his fellows to be placed in a coffin, and have the lid lightly +nailed on. He was carried to the burial-ground, and unloaded with the +other bodies. As soon as the cart drove off, our sharp fellow easily +kicked the lid off and made good his escape. + +Our camp life was beginning to be very monotonous. Each day the same +routine was observed, and we were at our wit's end to produce some sort +of amusement. We were provided, however, with the following incident +which served us as a fund for some days: On the night of October 15th, +all the camps being quiet, and no sound coming through the still night +air, save the steady tread of the guard, or the hoarse, hollow cough of +the prisoners, at 11 o'clock we were all suddenly aroused from our +slumbers by the report of the alarm gun, the long roll soon followed and +instantly the officers were out ordering the men quickly into line, each +Company was marched on the parade ground on a double quick, the line +soon formed and every thing was in readiness awaiting orders. Presently +an orderly came riding up assigning to our Regiment a position, then +quickly to another camp he went, and we started at quick time for our +position, just as we set off the battery came thundering down the road, +the bugle sounded, men dismounted, pieces were unlimbered, quickly +loaded, and ready for action. From the opposite direction came more +field pieces which formed a battery just in front of our halting place, +then by us rushed a Regiment, and to us again came the orderly, and we +were divided, one Battalion went in one direction and the other in an +other. Thus the different commands were manoeuvred for about an hour, +finally a rest being allowed, the men began to enquire if we had not +been "sold," as it was evident there was no disturbance in the prison +camp nor any signs of an outbreak. But no one could give a solution to +the problem, until the next morning we found it was all done by our +Brigade Commander, to see what reliance could be placed on the men in +case of an emergency. + +In pursuance of orders received a day or two previous, our Regiment, +together with the entire Brigade, started at noon of October 19th for +the general parade ground, to take part in a Brigade review, it was an +informal affair and only occupied two hours, it was a sort of +preliminary or drill to fit us for a grand review to take place some +time in the next month. + +Messrs. Tolles and Burritt came over from Ithaca, reaching camp the +morning of October 20th, to take views in and about the camps, they +succeeded in getting a great many fine views of the different positions +occupied by the troops. + +At inspection on the morning of October 23d, orders were issued to each +Regiment, to hold themselves in readiness to fall in at a moment's +notice. It was understood that Governor Seymour was in the city and +would visit the different camps during the day. It being unknown at what +time we would have to fall in, our boys went about the camp with their +equipments on, ready to take their places in line at the first call. In +the afternoon at 3 o'clock the roll was sounded and our Regiment was +soon in line, presently Gov. Seymour and a few members of his staff, +accompanied by some of the post officers, passed and were saluted by the +Regiment; there was no pretentious show of any kind, merely a +recognition and compliment to the Commander-in-Chief of the State +forces. + +On the evening of October 24th, our boys arranged one of their +characteristic performances--a minstrel show. We had indeed acquired a +great reputation during our life in camp for being possessed of an +inexhaustible store of fun, and had the material for engaging in +anything that might offer which could be turned into a source of +amusement. + +On the evening mentioned we built a staging of rather large dimensions +of material furnished us by the Quarter-Master of the Regiment, sticking +bayonets in the ground with a candle placed in them to serve as +foot-lights, seats were provided for our audience, and every convenience +added as far as possible in order to make our entertainments popular. We +were richly rewarded on this occasion as our performances had been +growing very much in favor, and on this night many came up from the city +in carriages until we had an audience of which many a more worthy +showman might have been proud. + +It would be impossible to enumerate all the sources of fun that were +introduced and carried out, but it is sufficient to say that there was +not an hour in the day but that one might enjoy a hearty laugh over the +pranks of one or more of the boys. + +The 2d of November was a great day among the different Regiments +stationed at Elmira. A grand review had been ordered to come off at +noon, to consist of all the troops not on duty, to be reviewed by +General Diven and staff. There were nine Regiments and two Batteries on +the field, viz: the 12th Regulars, 1st V. R. C., the 54th, 56th, 58th, +77th, 98th, 99th, 102d Regiments N. G., the 4th Regulars, and Rochester +Batteries. The line was formed at noon, on the large field in the rear +of the regular parade ground. Soon after, General Diven and staff came +on the ground, receiving the customary salute from the Batteries. We +were marched in review, first at common time, then at quick time. After +going through some minor evolutions, we were dismissed, reaching our +camps just before 6 o'clock. Everything passed off well, and the +reviewing officers expressed themselves highly satisfied with the +appearance of the men, and their proficiency in drill. There were about +4,500 men of all grades, who took part in the review, and those who +witnessed the parade considered it a fine affair, as well as being a +creditable appearance of our State troops. + +It was now drawing near the time when a great many of the Regiments were +to be mustered out of service, having served the time for which they +enlisted. + +On the 3d of November the 54th Regiment was mustered out, and left for +home. On the 5th, the 56th, 77th, and 99th Regiments were also dismissed +from service, and each set out for their respective homes. This made our +duties very much harder, as no troops were furnished in place of those +leaving; consequently those who remained had to do double duty. We did +not mind that much, however, as we knew our time would soon come for +going home; although it would be near the middle of December before our +100 days were completed, yet our time was out with that of the remainder +of the Regiment, who were mustered in some 20 days before we were. + +The evening of November 16th was occupied by our Company in giving an +oyster supper as a complimentary entertainment to the officers of the +Regiment. The table was set and supper served in our cook-house. Among +our guests we had the Colonel and staff, and nearly all the line +officers of our Regiment, together with several members of other +Regiments. Everything passed off finely, and both guests and hosts +seemed to enjoy the evening's fun to the fullest extent. + +It was fully expected by the authorities that the Regiment would be +relieved from duty by the 20th of November, but all hopes of reaching +home before the first of the following month were given up, for we +certainly could not be spared until some Regiment should come to take +our place, as there were barely men enough to do the duty required, and +even those were virtually over-worked. It made little difference with +us, however, as we had some time yet to serve, but then we had expected +to be relieved from duty the same as the rest of the command to which we +were attached, and felt some little disappointment at the delay. All +were anxious to be home at Thanksgiving, the 24th of November, to eat +the time-honored roast turkey and plum pudding, but we found it was of +no use to raise any expectations, as they were not to be realized. We +were not forgotten, however. There arrived from home the night before +several boxes and barrels, well filled with all the delicacies, as well +as substantials, that are necessary to makeup a grand Thanksgiving +dinner. These were spread and partaken of by our boy with seemingly as +much pleasure as if we had been at home. + +After many disappointments and vexatious delays, orders were issued on +the 1st of December to the effect that any Company having the proper +papers drawn up and showing no deficiency as regarded equipments, should +be mustered out on the 2d day of December, or as soon thereafter as all +necessary papers were completed. + +You may imagine that a great amount of writing was done during that +night, as the next morning found us ready for the mustering officer. +Quite early in the morning we began to pack up and make preparations to +break camp. + +At 10 A. M. the Captain was in possession of the Quarter-Master's and +Ordinance officers' receipts for arms, accoutrements and camp equipage +returned, and at 11 A. M. we were mustered out of the United States +service, having been Uncle Sam's boys in blue just ninety-two days. We +soon after set off for the Depot with what baggage we had, and at 7 P. +M. reached Owego where we had to remain until morning. + +At about 7 o'clock we were in sight of home and soon at the Depot, here +we were received by a large number of citizens and marched directly to +the Armory where we were welcomed home in a short speech by _M. R. +Barnard_, neatly responded to by _Captain Blood_, after which we +separated to don a citizen's attire and citizen's employment. + +Although our three months' work, in the mere point of dollars and cents, +was a loss to every man, yet I doubt if there is one who regrets having +spent this much time in the government service. Each man received a +regular discharge which in years hence he may refer to with somewhat of +pride at the thought of having done even his mite in serving his country +and contributed a little towards suppressing the rebellion. We were +regularly enlisted in the United States army, and subject in every +particular to the same treatment and usage as any of the men in the +government employ. Our duty, it is true, was not attended with any of +the dangers which accompanied the duties of the men in the field, yet it +was work that had to be done, and could be as well performed by State +troops as to take veterans from the field. Our Company as a whole were +well treated in every instance, enjoying many advantages which the +social position of the members secured to them, and we were allowed +privileges which were hardly expected; in fact our standard of +capabilities was raised so high that our men were constantly being +detailed for some special duty, requiring men of more than ordinary +intellect and foresight to accomplish. Soon after moving to Barracks No. +3, two of our men were detached from the Company and placed in the +capacity of chief Clerks at Brigade Head-Quarters, another was made +Clerk and Assistant to the Post Inspector, each retaining his +responsible position during our stay in camp. Another was appointed to +the position of Ordinance Sergeant, while a fifth member held the rank +of Sergeant Major for a number of weeks, during the absence of the +regular occupant of that office. Any one at all acquainted with the +duties devolving upon an occupant of either of these offices, may judge +of the honor extended our Company, and the preference shown its +particular members, by the appointments to such positions of +responsibility and trust. + +It may be a fact worthy of mention, that there was not a duty imposed on +our men that was not promptly fulfilled; every detail called for was +forthcoming, and that, too, without hesitation or caviling, which was so +common among a large number of the Companies. This is the more +noticeable, as during the last few weeks of our stay at Elmira our boys +were called on to do double duty. There were so many of the Regiments +going home, and no provision made for supplying their places, yet every +duty was cheerfully performed, although some men did 40 hours actual +duty out of 48. + +Every man had a pride in keeping everything in and about our quarters +scrupulously clean. Our cook-house, with all its cooking apparatus, +presented the appearance of a model kitchen, and each tent was swept and +arranged with all the care that could have been taken by a tidy +house-wife. + +In appearance and proficiency of drill, as a Company, we soon attained a +place second to none, and which we easily retained against all +competitors. + +Through the exertions and faithfulness of our officers, we had the +pleasure of receiving from Captain Carpenter, the Post Inspector, the +compliment that we were finest in appearance, and most proficient in +drill, of any of the Companies stationed at Camp Chemung. + +Our officers were ever watchful to promote the comfort and best interest +of the men, striving in a hundred different ways to lighten the duties +imposed on the men, providing everything in their power to relieve the +sick, besides, at a personal expense, contributing many articles of food +or camp furniture, so that, by their exertions, the irksomeness of our +duties was destroyed, and every man considered it more of a pleasure +than an obligation to obey their commands. + +We were sorry to part with many of our own Regiment, as well as members +of other commands with whom we had formed an acquaintance, much to our +profit, but our work had been done, and we were honorably discharged, +returning home feeling that the time had been well spent, and with no +regrets that we had been in the United States service for three months. + + * * * * * + +December 26th a delegation of the Company attended the funeral of M. G. +Phillips, a late member. January 5th.--Annual meeting and supper at +Captain Esty's. Washington's Birth-day, February 22d, 1865, was duly +honored by the Company by a parade. May 28th--Attended the funeral of +the late Lieutenant George Fisk. June 27th--Were inspected at +Trumansburg by Colonel H. D. Barto. July 7th--A number of members were +expelled for violation of By-Laws. Attended the funeral of Captain +Bartholemew, at Etna, who was killed in the United States service. +August 3d--Attended the funeral of Major Belcher, who died from disease +contracted while in the army of the United States. Target shoot August +15th, 1865. The prizes were taken and awarded as follows: + +1st. William S. Crittenden--a splendid Revolver, presented by Captain +Esty. + +2d. Walter C. Steel--a pair of rich, gold-lined Silver Goblets, +presented by Lieutenant John C. Hazen. + +3d. L. S. Mackey--a beautiful Silver Castor, presented by the Sergeants +of the Company. + +4th. Sergeant E. M. Finch--an English silver-steel, pearl handle Pocket +Knife, presented by L. R. King, Esq. + +5th. Geo. R. Williams--bottle of French Perfumery, presented by Geo. E. +Halsey, Esq. + +6th. John Young--a magnificent box of Herring, presented by J. B. Taylor +& Co. + +7th. Geo. M. King--a Glass Pipe, presented by Messrs. J. B. Taylor & Co. + +After the prizes were awarded, Captain Esty was presented with a +magnificent sword, belt, sword-knot and case, by Capt. B. R. Williams, +on behalf of the members and ex-members of the Company. + +The Company was reviewed and inspected by Colonels H. D. Barto and K. S. +Van Voorhees, at Trumansburg, Oct. 19th, 1865. January 23d, attended the +funeral of Chief-Engineer Joseph Sidney, U. S. N., who died while in the +service of his country. + +We now come in the history of the Company to the dedication of the new +Armory and Drill-Room, which are located in the Cornell Library +building, and which were dedicated by one of the finest entertainments +ever given in Ithaca, February 10th, 1866, at which time the Company +were assisted by Miss Louise St. John, Mrs. J. S. Granger, Miss A. +McCormick, Mrs. Joseph Esty, Jr., and Miss Frankie Atwater; also Gen. H. +A. Dowe, Gen. William Glenny, Col. Charles F. Blood, Col. K. S. Van +Voorhees, Capt. B. R. Williams, Quar. Mas. J. C. Heath, Hon. B. G. +Ferris, Hon. James B. Taylor, F. M. Finch, Esq., F. K. Andrus, Esq., +Charles Curtis, Esq., Edward Hall, Esq., Thomas Crane, Esq., Edward +Moore, Esq., L. V. B. Maurice, Esq., Elijah Cornell, Esq., and Master +Fred. Summers. + +The entertainment was liberally patronized by the citizens of Ithaca, +enabling the Company to cancel a large proportion of the indebtedness +incurred in furnishing their Armory. The expenditures of the Company in +this direction, and expense attending their exhibition, was six hundred +and twenty-eight dollars and fifty-four cents. + +The present indebtedness of the Company is less than two hundred +dollars, which amount they hope to cancel entirely by the profits on the +sales of this History. + +The furniture of the Armory will compare, we think, with any room in the +Library. A fine photographic likeness of each of the officers of the +Company, taken by the celebrated Artists, Messrs. Beardsley Brothers, +occupy a prominent position. The Drill-Room is one of the finest in the +State. For the present superior advantages enjoyed by the Company, they +are much indebted to Hon. Ezra Cornell, whose name is connected with +every enterprise which has in view the prosperity of our village. + +We have endeavored to give, as we stated at the commencement, a full, +true and concise history of the DeWitt Guard, our task is completed; and +in closing, we only ask that a generous public will remember the present +and former members of this Company, who sacrificed so much for their +country in the hour of her peril, and to bestow honor where honor is +due. + + + * * * * * + + +Transcriber's Notes + +Obvious punctuation errors repaired. + +Page 15: "unparalelled" changed to "unparalleled" (to a degree +unparalleled). + +Pages 19, 21: "Chancellorville" changed to "Chancellorsville". + +Page 19: "Coal Harbor" changed to "Cold Harbor". + +Page 33: "comrads" changed to "comrades" (the cheers of comrades). + +Page 37: "seperated" changed to "separated" (separated from his +command). + +Page 38: "commisioned" changed to "commissioned" (was elected and +commissioned). + +Page 40: "excrutiating" changed to "excruciating" (the most excruciating +torture). + +Page 41: "comrad" changed to "comrade" (of our deceased comrade). + +Page 50: "base" changed to "bass" (on the bass drum). + +Page 50: "equippage" changed to "equipage" (equipage in perfect order). + +Page 53: "reconnoisances" changed to "reconnoissances" (two important +reconnoissances). + +Page 105: "accroutrements" changed to "accoutrements" (with gun and +accoutrements). + +Page 115: "opperation" changed to "operation" (in operation day and +night). + +Page 125: "marksman" changed to "marksmen" (marksmen in Tompkins +County). + +Page 137: "excell" changed to "excel" (Few men can excel him). + +Page 145: "brake" changed to "break" (enough to break down). + +Page 155: "McNiel" changed to "McNeil". + +Page 166: "stake" changed to "steak" (the beef steak will be tender). + +Page 167: "potatoe" changed to "potato" (beef-steak-and-potato). + +Page 180: "arraigned" changed to "arranged" (our boys arranged). + +Page 180: "inexhaustable" changed to "inexhaustible" (inexhaustible +store of fun). + +Page 184: "ninty" changed to "ninety" (just ninety-two days). + +Page 186: "capabilites" changed to "capabilities" (our standard of +capabilities). + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of History of the Dewitt guard, company +A, 50th regiment National guard, state of New York, by Unknown + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORY OF THE DEWITT GUARD *** + +***** This file should be named 36200-8.txt or 36200-8.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/3/6/2/0/36200/ + +Produced by Moti Ben-Ari and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was +produced from images generously made available by The +Internet Archive/American Libraries.) + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: History of the Dewitt guard, company A, 50th regiment National guard, state of New York + +Author: Unknown + +Release Date: May 23, 2011 [EBook #36200] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORY OF THE DEWITT GUARD *** + + + + +Produced by Moti Ben-Ari and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was +produced from images generously made available by The +Internet Archive/American Libraries.) + + + + + + +</pre> + + +<h1>History of the <span class="smcap">DeWitt Guard</span><br /> +Company A,<br /> +50th Regiment National Guard,<br /> +State of New York. +</h1> + +<h2>PUBLISHED BY THE COMPANY.</h2> + +<div class="center"> +ITHACA, N. Y.:<br /> +ANDRUS, McCHAIN & CO., STEAM PRINTERS.<br /> +1866. +</div> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[3]</a></span></p> +<h2>PREFACE.</h2> + + +<p>Our object in giving to the public a full, true, +and concise history of Company A, 50th Regiment +National Guard, State of New York, better +known to the citizens of Ithaca as the DeWitt +Guard, is to show as honorable a record +as can be produced by any similar organization—so +far as the membership of this Company was +connected with the army and navy of the United +States during the late rebellion. We shall +show that the total membership of the Company +from the time of its organization, in December, +1851, to the present time, has been two hundred +and two, of which eighty-two served either in +the army or navy during the war against eighty-eight +who did not; twenty-nine names appear +on the Company roll, of whom it is not known +to the writer whether they were or were not in +the army, and nine who died previous to the +war. We have undertaken a brief personal history +to each, which we believe will be interesting +to the reader.</p> + +<p>We<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[4]</a></span> also wish to show that the Company has +been, from the time of its organization to the +present, a self-supporting and self-sustaining institution, +until recently receiving nothing from +the State but arms, and that the individual members +have contributed the sum of two thousand +seven hundred and twenty dollars and fifty-six +cents, to which amount should be added a liberal +percentage for disbursements which do not +appear on Company records.</p> + +<p>We propose to give the name of each member +of the DeWitt Guard from its organization, the +date of his enlistment, his profession, with such +incidents as we think will be of interest to the +reader, after which we shall give the history of +the Company collectively. There may be those +who have belonged to the Company whose +names will not appear in these pages. This +must be attributed to the fact of their not signing +the muster-roll of the Company, as every +name there recorded is introduced in the following +history.</p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</a></span></p> +<h2>HISTORY.</h2> + + +<p><span class="smcap">Arch. H. McNeil</span>, Merchant, enlisted November +5th, 1851. At the first election of company +officers McNeil was chosen second Lieutenant, +which position he honorably and creditably +filled to the time of his death, which occurred +November 28th, 1855. To Lieutenant +McNeil the Company were much indebted. To +him more than any other one man, belonged the +credit of organizing the Company.</p> + +<p>He was loved, respected, and honored by both +officers and men, and his death caused a breach +not easily repaired. Upon receiving intelligence +of his death, the Company were immediately +called together and the following resolutions +unanimously adopted:</p> + +<blockquote><p><i>Resolved</i>, That in the death of Lieutenant A. H. McNeil +the members of this Company have not only lost a commissioned +officer in whom a zealous, lively and effective interest +for the welfare of the Company always prevailed, but an officer +whose military bearing commanded our respect, and a +fellow soldier whose conduct and kindness has merited and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</a></span> +won our esteem. That we deeply feel his loss, and mourn +his untimely departure from our midst,</p> + +<p><i>Resolved</i>, That we tender to the widow and relatives of our +deceased officer our sincere condolence in this their great affliction.</p> + +<p><i>Resolved</i>, That we accompany the remains of our late officer +to the depot on the morrow, and that a delegation of +seven men accompany his remains to the city of Auburn as +an escort and attend his funeral.</p> + +<p><i>Resolved</i>, That on all parades we will wear the usual badge +of mourning for one year.</p></blockquote> + +<p>At a special meeting held on the return from +Auburn of the escort which accompanied the remains +of Lieut. A. H. McNeil, and after hearing +the report of the officer commanding said escort, +the following preamble and resolutions were +unanimously adopted:</p> + +<blockquote><p><span class="smcap">Whereas</span>, An escort from this Company having been delegated +to accompany and perform the last sad duties over +the remains of our esteemed friend, Lieut. A. H. McNeil, at +Auburn, and while there having met with reception and attention +which ever characterize the true and tried friend and +soldier, be it therefore</p> + +<p><i>Resolved</i>, That to General Segoin and Colonel Jenkins, and +their respective staffs, to the Auburn City Guard, Willard +Guard, and to the delegation from other Companies, we as a +Company return them our sincere and heartfelt thanks for +the manner in which they cared for them, and the kindness +with which they were every where greeted by them while +there, and in the admirable arrangements for the funeral<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a></span> +made at such short notice, and for the cheerful and handsome +manner in which they were carried out; gratified as +we are, words can only attempt a description of our feelings +of the manner in which they alleviated our sorrows in the +burial of our dead. And although the deceased had not resided +among them for years, yet like us they appreciated his +many virtues and remembered his uniform kindness to all, +and when they but learned of his decease, their tears mingled +with ours at our irreparable loss.</p> + +<p><i>Resolved</i>, That in future, should it be possible for us to repay +them in any manner that it will be forthcoming, feeling, +as we do, that no sacrifice will be too great in attempting a +return of their kindness in the hour of our affliction, and as +individuals, as citizens and as soldiers, we hope that the +choicest of Heaven's blessings may be theirs, and that their respective +staffs and Companies may ever meet with prosperity.</p></blockquote> + +<p><span class="smcap">George H. Collins</span>, Merchant, enlisted November +5th, 1851. Mr. Collins was permitted to +serve but a short time as a member of the Company, +as he was selected by the Colonel and +commissioned Adjutant of the Regiment, which +position he held for many years. Changing his +residence to the city of New York, his connection +with the 50th Regiment was dissolved.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Ben. B. Wilcox</span>, Hotel keeper, enlisted November +5th, 1851. Served with the Company +but a short time; removed to Owego; was for +a time proprietor of the Ah-Wa-Ga House, but +more recently of a hotel at Saratoga Springs.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">William M. Smith</span>,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a></span> Brewer, enlisted November +5th, 1851. Served but a short time.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">H. F. Randolph</span>, Shoe Merchant, enlisted November +5th, 1851. Mr. Randolph had more than +served his time, and reached the rank of Captain, +in the old militia before joining this organization. +He was an officer of no common attainments—prompt, +active and generous. The +interest he had always manifested, and now felt, +in military matters, compelled him to join this +new enterprise; he enlisted as a private, and is +to this day an honorary member of the Company. +He has accompanied them on many an excursion, +and is always invested with the command +of the honorary members. The Captain +has now attained the age of sixty-three years, +and is still as smart, hale and hearty as a lad of +sixteen.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">J. C. McWhorter</span>, Merchant, enlisted November +5th, 1851. Remained but a short time +with the Company, but the soul-stirring strains +of music, as rendered by him on the snare drum +while he was a member, will long be remembered +by those associated with him during his +short military experience.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Fred. S. Lamoureux</span>, Musician, enlisted November<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></span> +5th, 1851. Was a very valuable member +for a very short time; for while resting +from the fatigue of drill, Lamoureux always furnished +the music for the <i>light foot</i> portion of the +Company.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">William S. Allen</span>, Carpenter, enlisted November +6th, 1851. Was a faithful and exemplary +member for a few years, and undoubtedly +his connection with this Company gave him the +position he has honorably filled since his removal +from us—that of policeman in New York +city. He was consequently transferred as Sergeant +from this Company to Sergeant of police +in that city.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">K. Morris</span>, Clothing Merchant, enlisted November +7th, 1851. Served but a short time.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">S. Newmark</span>, Clothing Merchant, enlisted +November 10th, 1851. Served faithfully for a +short time and was granted an honorable discharge.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">J. G. Conrad</span>, Clerk, enlisted November 8th, +1851. Mr. Conrad faithfully performed the duties +of a member of this Company for a short +time.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">L. R. King</span>, Merchant, enlisted November +9th, 1851. At the time of the organization of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a></span> +the Company, Mr. King was elected fourth Sergeant, +and by promotion filled each office up to +first Lieutenant, and was in command of the +Company for some time. Lieutenant King, by +his kind and pleasing way, and the interest he +ever manifested in the welfare of the Company, +commanded the respect and admiration of every +man who served under him. He held the commission +of first Lieutenant from May 28th, 1856, +to August 25th, 1862. Upon his resignation +being accepted, he was voted an honorary membership +for life. He is one of the enterprising +firm of Treman, King & Co., large manufacturers. +We believe that Mr. King can look back +upon the years spent in the DeWitt Guard as +not altogether unprofitable.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">W. B. Hatfield</span>, Clerk, enlisted November +15th, 1851. Mr. Hatfield was a good soldier; +was in the employ of L. H. Culver, Esq.; retained +his connection with the Company and his +employer until his removal to the West.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Spence Spencer</span>, Book Merchant, enlisted +November 15th, 1851. Retained his membership +but a short time, but with the liberality +which was always a prominent characteristic of +Mr. Spencer, he donated to the Company a complete<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></span> +uniform, which is the first recorded gift +made to the DeWitt Guard. He is still a citizen +of Ithaca, and has of late attached no small +degree of honor to his name by publishing the +book entitled, "The Scenery of Ithaca."</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">L. Millspaugh</span>, dealer in Harness, Trunks, +&c., enlisted November 15th, 1851. Mr. Millspaugh +was an old soldier before joining this +Company, having held the commission of Lieut. +Colonel in the old militia, issued by Gov. Seward +in 1842; but feeling a deep interest in the +organization of a new Company, enlisted as a +private. On the 29th day of January, 1852, he +was elected first Corporal, which position he +held but a short time, as he was gradually promoted +until he had filled nearly all the grades +of non-commissioned offices. He always declined +accepting a commission, and when it +seemed to be the unanimous wish of the Company, +his prompt reply was "No." He continued +an invaluable member until long after he had +served his time, (seven years,) when he was granted +an honorable discharge. Our friend, by his +emphatic "No," has not been as successful, however, +in a political way, he having repeatedly +been called to fill civil offices of honor and trust;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a></span> +and by his being re-elected to most of the offices +he has held, is in itself sufficient to show his +standing in the community in which he lives. +Whether all this would have been so, had he +never joined the DeWitt Guard, we leave for a +discriminating public to judge.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">J. B. Terry</span>, Merchant, enlisted November +15th, 1851. Mr. Terry filled the office of Secretary +of the Company for the first two years of +its existence. He was a good soldier, an exemplary +and respected citizen, and the community +generally mourned his loss when he was removed +by death.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Jerome Rowe</span>, Lawyer, enlisted November +18th, 1851. Some unhappy misunderstanding +caused the withdrawal of Mr. Rowe from the +Company during the early part of its history. +He was untiring in his endeavors to establish +the organization, and the same energy and devotion +which he displayed at that time, has followed +him thus far through life. He filled the +office of Special County Judge of Tompkins +County, with honor to himself and perfect satisfaction +to the people. He entered the army of +the United States April 1st, 1861, was commissioned +Captain of Company A, 32d New York<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a></span> +volunteers, same date, and served as such one +year.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Hugh McDonald</span>, enlisted November 18th, +1851. Was elected Orderly Sergeant Dec. 31st +of the same year, which position he filled as long +as he was a resident of the village. McDonald +was a soldier of much experience, having served +in the Mexican war, where he became perfectly +familiar with the duties pertaining to the soldier +in the field. As a drill-master he was not excelled, +and under his instruction the Company +soon became very proficient in the manual of +arms, and school of the soldier and Company. +At the outbreak of the Rebellion he enlisted in +a Pennsylvania Regiment, was very soon promoted +to Captain, and again to Major. We should +be glad to give a full history of his life through +the war, but have been unable to obtain it. +This much we can say, he was a patriotic citizen, +a true soldier, and a faithful officer.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">N. H. Curtis</span>, Upholsterer, enlisted November +19th, 1851. Was long connected with the +Company; filled the posts of Corporal and Sergeant. +After a long residence in our village, +he removed to the West, where he survived but +a few years.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Daniel Place</span>,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a></span> Jeweler, enlisted November +—— 1851. Mr. Place joined the Company in +order that the number required by law might be +secured, so as to enable them to proceed with +the election of officers. He never served as an +active member.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Lucius F. Pease</span>, Painter, enlisted November +20th, 1851. Mr. Pease well and faithfully +performed the duties required of him as a member +of the DeWitt Guard for the full term of his +enlistment, (seven years,) and was granted an +honorable discharge. He is still living in Ithaca, +an industrious mechanic, and a good citizen.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Christopher Whaley</span>, Druggist, enlisted +November 21, 1851. Was discharged on Surgeon's +certificate soon after his enlistment.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">William Glenny</span>, Clerk, enlisted November +21st, 1851. December 31st was elected fourth +Corporal; March 3d, 1853, was elected Secretary, +which office he most creditably filled, as the +records of the Company show, up to January, +1857; was elected fourth Sergeant Jan. 14th, +1857; May 17th, 1861, second Sergeant, which +office he held at the time of his enlistment in the +United States army.</p> + +<p>The subject of this sketch reflects great credit<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span> +upon the Company to which he formerly belonged, +and in the perilous hour honored his +constituency, as well as himself, to a degree unparalleled +in the history of the Rebellion. +Having in his former life been a warm and ardent +supporter of the inalienable rights of man, +and an exponent of a free government, the first +attempt by traitors to destroy its fair fabric, +bought by the blood of our fathers, and to trample +under foot the time-honored and beloved emblem +of our free and independent nationality, so +enraged his sense of right and justice, that he +at once expressed his determination to fulfill his +public declarations to the effect, that when traitors +should thrust the bayonet at the nation's +life, he would be found among those who were +willing to peril their lives in its defence.</p> + +<p>Being met with opposition and the remonstrance +of friends, that there were single men, +and those more inured to hardship, sufficient for +the emergency, whose duty it was to go first, his +plans were for a time delayed, and until a second +or third reverse of our arms, when he could +no longer be restrained, went earnestly at work, +and by his persistent efforts succeeded in raising +a sufficient number of volunteers for the basis of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span> +a Company; which, by authority of the commandant +of the Elmira rendezvous, in accordance with +orders from the Adjutant General of the State, +was organized at Ithaca Sept. 10th, 1861, and +by him conducted to Elmira, where, by a unanimous +vote of the Company, he was elected its +Captain, and so commissioned by Gov. Seymour, +commission bearing date Sept. 13th, 1861.</p> + +<p>Captain Glenny then went earnestly at work +and recruited his Company to the minimum +standard, and by vote of its members united its +destinies with the 64th Regiment N. Y. Volunteers, +commanded by Col. Thomas J. Parker.</p> + +<p>On the 10th of December the Regiment moved +to Washington, and a month later crossed the +Potomac and camped with the main army three +miles west of Alexandria, and was brigaded under +General O. O. Howard, who commanded +the first Brigade, first Division, second Corps. +Early in the spring of 1862, the Brigade moved +one week in advance of the main army for the +purpose of repairing the Orange & Alexandria +Railroad. A short distance beyond Fairfax +Station signs of the enemy were discovered, and +for safety to the command, two Companies from +the 64th, under command of Captain Glenny,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a></span> +(his own being one of the number) were sent +some considerable distance to the front as an +extreme outpost. Here the first blood of the +opening campaign was drawn by shooting a +rebel scout by one of Captain Glenny's men.</p> + +<p>The main army soon after advanced to the famous +fields of Manassas, but only to find the enemy +beating a hasty retreat, leaving every conceivable +ruin in their track.</p> + +<p>At this juncture the army changed its base to +the Peninsula and Chickahominy swamps, where, +after the siege of Yorktown, and on the first of +June, was fought the terrific battle of Fair Oaks, +in which Captain Glenny, while leading his men +in a charge, received a wound, which, for a time, +was thought to be mortal, a minnie ball passing +through his left shoulder.</p> + +<p>In about two months he again returned to his +command, but so disabled that he was detached +on recruiting service and stationed at Elmira; +after which he returned to the army, and after +nearly another year's campaign, was, in accordance +with orders, again detached at Elmira on +service connected with the draft. After being +relieved from this duty, he rejoined his command, +with which he served until the close of the war.</p> + +<p>Owing<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a></span> to circumstances beyond his control, +he served near two and a half years as Captain +without promotion, after which in rapid succession +he received the different grades of Major, +Lieut. Colonel and Colonel, but was unable to +muster into the latter grade by reason of insufficiency +of numbers in the Regiment. This was, +however, in part recompensed for, as after the +smoke of battle and the clash of arms had ceased, +and honors were conferred upon "whom honor +was due," Captain Glenny had two grades by +brevet conferred upon him by the President, that +of Brevet Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General, +for gallant and meritorious services—honors +which he modestly and unassumingly wears, but +of which he may justly be proud.</p> + +<p>From the time of his entry into the service +until the close of the war, near four years, (except +while suffering from wounds and on detached +service,) General Glenny fought traitors with +unrelenting fidelity to principle and the inalienable +rights of man.</p> + +<p>The number of decisive battles of which he +may claim to be hero, and in which he had the +honor to bare his breast to the bayonet and bullet, +are twenty-two; six of them being bayonet<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span> +charges and direct assaults upon the enemy and +their fortifications. Among the principal of +these battles may be placed Fair Oaks, Chancellorsville, +Gettysburg, Po River, Wilderness, +Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Deep Bottom, Petersburg, +Gravelly Run, Southside Road, Farmville, +Reams Station, &c. The Regiment fought +in upwards of thirty-three. General Glenny's +superior officers being wounded, he was invested +with the command of the Regiment on the +battle-field of Spottsylvania, which command he +retained until the close of the war, except at different +periods, by seniority of rank, he commanded +a Brigade. At the battle of Ream's Station +he took command of the Brigade which he retained +for some considerable time, as so fierce +had been the campaign that but one other field +officer was left for duty in the Brigade comprising +seven Regiments. Had we time and space, +many acts of personal bravery and valorous +deeds might be accredited to this officer during +his brief career of warfare, as owing to his known +integrity of character and ability, superior officers +frequently selected him to fill posts of great +danger.</p> + +<p>General Glenny's command has the honor of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></span> +being the first infantry troops upon the Southside +Railroad, also of making the last charge +upon the enemy at Farmville, April 7th, 1865.</p> + +<p>Two or three circumstances of peculiar interest, +showing the morals of this officer, may not +be inappropriate, and in a degree indicate his +decision of character and fidelity to his untarnished +reputation and walks of private life.</p> + +<p>In the latter part of May, 1862, and just prior +to the battle of Fair Oaks, by orders of General +McClellan, the first ration of whiskey was issued +to the troops. This being incompatible +with the principles of General Glenny, he at +once called his men in line, and stated that he +believed the new element just introduced in the +army was destructive of its best interests, prejudicial +to its health, efficiency and discipline, and +rather than stultify his conscience by being responsible +for its issue, he would suffer himself to +be cashiered for disobedience of orders. His +position having been defined, the question was +submitted to the Company, which, by a unanimous +vote, rejected the whiskey. During the +day General Howard, who by some means had +become acquainted with the facts, at once dispatched +one of his aids with a book, his compliments<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a></span> +and a message, to General Glenny, to the +effect that he was the only officer in the Brigade +who had taken that position, and was gratified +to know he had one under his command who had +sufficient moral courage to take so exalted a +stand.</p> + +<p>At Chancellorsville, where the Union army met +with temporary defeat, this Regiment made one +of the most gallant stands of any during the war. +It held its position and repulsed five successive +charges made by the enemy under cover of their +artillery. The enemy, a few minutes later, succeeded +in turning the right of our lines, when +orders were sent to General Glenny to withdraw +his men immediately, which he did successfully +under a galling fire, and just as the enemy were +closing in upon him from front and rear in the +form of a pair of shears.</p> + +<p>Again at Po River, the Regiment was hastily +thrown out as a skirmish line. Owing to emergencies +the main army were obliged to change +position so suddenly, that there was no time to +withdraw or notify the skirmish line of their +perilous position; and the only alternative was +to leave them to their fate. It was not until +some two hours later, when mistrusting all was<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a></span> +not right, and finding the main army had left +the position a few hours previously taken up, it +was decided at once to make desperate efforts +to extricate the Regiment, which was found to +be surrounded on three sides, and the fourth fast +closing in, which was accomplished with but +slight loss. This was a prominent trait in General +Glenny's character, to always hazard life +rather than be a prisoner in the hands of traitors, +whom he looked upon with contempt and +scorn.</p> + +<p>In the last charge made by the Regiment, or +any of the army, at Farmville, April 7th, 1865, +General Glenny lost fourteen men, and one officer +of the rank of Captain. The latter finding +himself mortally wounded, and having been rather +a reckless young man, at once became +alarmed with reference to his future state. +While lying on the field, he called General Glenny, +(then Colonel,) took him by the hand, and +as soon as he could gather sufficient strength to +speak, says, "Colonel, can you pray?" When +answered in the affirmative he said, "I have got +to die and am unprepared." In compliance with +his request, General Glenny knelt by his side in +prayer; but as missiles of death were flying on<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></span> +every hand, and the enemy opening an increasing +fire, which required him to watch as well as +pray, and to attend to the living as well as the +dying, he at once ordered the Captain carried +to the rear, where he soon died, leaving good +evidence that he had found spiritual relief.</p> + +<p>This was the closing drama of the war, as two +days after General Lee surrendered the rebel +army of Northern Virginia to General Grant. +The Union army soon after returned to Washington +and vicinity, where, by different commands, +they were mustered out of service. The +64th proceeded to Elmira, where it received final +pay and discharge July 24th, 1865. Thus ended +near four years of warfare with General +Glenny; he being the only officer who went out +as such who returned with the Regiment.</p> + +<p>The General is now engaged in the mercantile +trade, and located in the store formerly occupied +by John Kendall, Esq., and is carrying on a very +successful and profitable trade.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Stephen Brewer</span>, Saddles, Harness, &c., enlisted +November 21st, 1851. Mr. Brewer was a +good soldier; his membership with the Company +was soon dissolved by his removal to Cortland +village, where, like his professional brother<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></span> +Millspaugh, he has held many offices of trust +and honor, among which was County Judge of +Cortland county.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">F. K. Andrus</span>, Bookseller, &c., enlisted November +21st, 1851. Mr. Andrus has answered +to his name as fourth, third, second and first +Corporal, and fifth, fourth, third and second +Sergeants. Was one of the most active members +of the Company during the whole seven +years, and over, of his membership. We find +but very few meetings or drills of the Company +that he is not marked present. He was a thorough +soldier, never satisfied with half knowing +how. His motto was, "Excelsior." No member +who served while Sergeant Andrus was connected +with the Company, will ever forget him; +always good-natured and cheerful, inclined to +look on the bright and never on the dark side +of the picture; and during times in the history +of the Company, when many were despondent, +and the future looked any thing but encouraging, +he was always with a cheerful heart and a ready +hand, willing to contribute in whatever way was +necessary to raise the standard of the Company; +and we believe whatever he undertook he succeeded +in accomplishing. Mr. Andrus is now<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></span> +one of the firm of Andrus, McChain & Co., probably +the largest Paper Manufacturers in Western +New York; and very many of our citizens +and distinguished visitors from abroad, can testify +to his politeness and urbanity in showing them +through their large manufactory at Fall Creek.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Charles Clapp</span>, Painter, enlisted November +21st, 1851. Mr. Clapp, at his own request, was +granted a discharge soon after his enlistment. +His military ardor was in no degree dampened, +however, as will be seen from the following: +He enlisted in the United States army December +30th, 1863, in Company M, 21st New York Cavalry, +in which he served eighteen months; was +engaged in the battle of New Market, and in the +reserve at Cedar Creek. Mr. Clapp also had +two sons in the army. He was particularly distinguished +for his Good Samaritan kindness, as +many of his comrades can testify. Having some +knowledge of medicine, he imparted the all-healing +balm to those about him who were sick or +wounded.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">E. C. Fuller</span>, Painter, enlisted November +21st, 1851. He filled the offices of Corporal and +Sergeant; was a good soldier, a faithful officer, +and a skilled artisan.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">William V. Bruyn</span>,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></span> Lawyer, enlisted November +21st, 1851. Immediately upon his joining +the Company he was elected first Lieutenant, +which commission he held until his removal to +Syracuse. He was a man of talents and fine accomplishments, +which, combined with his gentlemanly +bearing, made an officer of which the +Company were at all times proud. He was once +District Attorney of Tompkins county, and is +now engaged in his profession in the city of Syracuse, +where he meets with that success he so +richly merits.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Loren Day</span>, wholesale Liquor dealer, enlisted +November 21st, 1851. Mr. Day, we believe, +never served as a member but a short time, if at +all. His connection, however, with this or any +other institution, would be an honor to it. He +is one of the most quiet, still one of the best, citizens +of our village. He has been very successful +in business, which may be credited to his +strict attention and uncompromising honesty.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">William M. Culver</span>, dealer in Hats, Caps +and Furs, enlisted November 22d, 1851. Served +but a short time, a worthy member, and was honorably +discharged. He is still successfully engaged +in the above business.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Theodore A. Hanmer</span>,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></span> Clerk, enlisted November +24th, 1851. Very soon after enlistment +he removed to a Southern State, where he still +resides.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Philip J. Partenheimer</span>, Cashier Tompkins +County Bank, enlisted November 25th, 1851. +We often hear it said there is no man but has +his enemies; this may be the rule, we will produce +the exception.</p> + +<p>At the first election of Company A, held in +December, 1851, Mr. Partenheimer was unanimously +elected their Captain, which commission +he held until August 25th, 1862—over ten years. +Nearly two hundred men served under him while +Captain of this Company, by each of which he +was not only respected and honored as their +commanding officer, but as a citizen and gentleman. +Few officers ever had the confidence, respect +and esteem of his command as did Captain +Partenheimer. Very likely some were at times +dissatisfied with his rulings; soon, however, his +sound judgment was apparent, and his decisions +perfectly satisfactory to all. When necessary +he was stern, but always kind and forgiving. +When he gave a command, his men knew it must +be promptly and correctly executed. His generosity<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span> +was only exceeded (so far as his Company +was concerned) by his desire to have his gifts +unknown to the members or others, and if it +could be known how much he had paid for the +use and improvement of his Company, a very +considerable sum could be added to the amount +of disbursements spoken of in the preface of this +record.</p> + +<p>Captain Partenheimer's first business engagement +was with S. B. Munn, Jr., of this village. +His clerkship was of short duration, however, +as his superior talent as an accountant was soon +displayed, and he made his second engagement +with the Tompkins County Bank as book-keeper. +With this situation the same remarks are applicable +as to the clerkship; he was soon promoted +to the position of Teller of the same institution, +and later to Cashier, which office he still +holds. His various and rapid promotions in the +Bank were not equal, however, to the demands +made upon him by his fellow citizens. To show +his popularity, we mention some of the civil offices +he has filled: Town Clerk, Notary Public, +Trustee of the village, President of same repeatedly, +Chief Engineer of the Fire Department for +many years in succession, and also served his<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span> +town in the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins +county. Each of the above mentioned offices he +has filled with honor to himself, and for us to +say with satisfaction to the people, would be superfluous. +It is worthy of note, that Captain +Partenheimer never was ambitious for office; +that all the offices he has filled, both civil and +military, have been thrust upon him; and it is +proverbial in his case, that he has in the most +positive and peremptory manner, declined many +honors that the community have endeavored to +heap upon him. He is, most emphatically, a +self-made man; and to his own personal exertions +the public are indebted for a man of sterling +worth and vast usefulness.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Philip Stephens</span>, Butcher, enlisted November +25th, 1851. Mr. Stephens was one of the +best soldiers of the DeWitt Guard; and not only +this, but one of the most valuable men for the +Company. He would allow nothing to prevent +his attendance at the drills and meetings, where +he always took an active part, as he also did in +the general welfare of the Company. His purse +was always open to contribute to any object +that had in view the advancement of the institution. +He creditably filled most of the non-commissioned<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[30]</a></span> +offices; enjoyed being a soldier, +and the Company enjoyed him as such. Mr. +Stephens has been very successful in his business +enterprises, and has built up a reputation +throughout the State. The epicure of New York +city as well as Chicago, satisfies his taste with +luxuries provided by Stephens in the way of +choice meats. Mr. Stephens has recently purchased +one of the most beautiful building sites +in our village, and intends soon building a handsome +and capacious dwelling.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">A. Phillips</span>, Merchant Tailor, enlisted November +25th, 1851. Mr. Phillips remained with +the Company but a short time, and upon his retiring +therefrom, presented them with a new uniform +complete. It has always been the pleasure +of Mr. Phillips to lend his influence for the benefit +of the Company, and has furnished in the +person of his son a most worthy and valuable +member.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">John S. Van Liew</span>, Clerk, enlisted November +29th, 1851. Removed from the district soon after +joining the Company.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">A. G. Thompson</span>, enlisted November 29th, +1851. With the history of Mr. Thompson the +writer is not acquainted.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">John Randolph</span>,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></span> Mason, enlisted December +1st, 1851. Was an excellent member for some +years; his tall and commanding form, his precise +and measured step and general bearing, fitted +him for a first-class soldier. He removed to +Michigan about 1858. Joining a Michigan Regiment, +he entered the United States army in +1861; was commissioned as Captain soon after +his enlistment, and for meritorious conduct was +promoted to Major. He was a brave soldier +and a courageous officer. He died soon after +honorably serving the time of his enlistment, +from disease contracted while in the service.</p> + +<p>We copy the following to show the esteem in +which he was held by his command:</p> + +<blockquote> +<div class="right"> +"<span class="smcap">Miner's Hill, Va.</span>, November 18th, 1861. +</div> + +<p>We, the undersigned, members of Company D, (Barry +Guard,) 4th Michigan Volunteers, in testimony of our high +appreciation of our beloved Captain, John Randolph, for his +uniform urbanity to, and kind treatment of, his Company, +and for his ability as an officer, do hereby present him with +the accompanying slight memento of our highest regard.</p> + +<p>J. N. Hall, E. S. Baldwin, G. G. Mowry, and ninety-seven +other members of the Company."</p> + + +<div class="center">SPEECH OF MAJOR BARRY.</div> + +<p>"Captain Randolph: I have been commissioned by the +members of Company D, (Barry Guard,) under your command, +to present you in their behalf this beautiful sword and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span> +belt, in testimony of their high appreciation of your uniform +urbanity to, and kind treatment of, your Company, and of +your ability as an officer.</p> + +<p>While I feel honored in being the medium of communication +between the Company (which, among all others, possesses +my highest affection) and yourself, I can refer with pride +to this testimonial as conclusive evidence, not only of your +high qualities as an officer, but also the kindness of your +heart.</p> + +<p>Captain, I commit this sword to your keeping in confidence, +that possessing those qualities as an officer and a man, you +will never suffer it to be dishonored."</p> + +<div class="center">RESPONSE OF CAPTAIN RANDOLPH.</div> + +<p>"Major Barry: No words that I may speak can express +my feelings on this occasion. But a few days ago I left behind +me a brave band of tried and true men, whose warm expressions +of concern for my safety and speedy return scarcely +die away in the distance, ere I am followed by a more substantial +token of their esteem for me, and kindness of heart, +in the shape of this beautiful sword. Coming, as it does, unexpectedly +and in so delicate a way, it is not a wonder that +my eye should express a feeling that is foreign to my heart. +We are bound together in a brotherhood, by ties more binding +and endearing than those which make up friendship in +civil life. With the same old flag floating over us, sharing a +common and imminent danger perpetually about us, with the +thousand other incidental and reciprocal acts of courtesy attending +well ordered camp-life, it would be strange if we did +not become brothers in feeling, as well as in action. As I +felt a gladness a few days ago, when departing from camp +on a short furlough to visit my many friends here, so now on<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[33]</a></span> +returning I feel my heart bound at the thought that I shall +soon hear the cheers of comrades, and feel the warm grasp of +their stout hands. We have ever remembered and looked +upon you, Major Barry, as the father of our Company, and +feel proud that we bear the name of the Barry Guard. When +the boom of the gun of treason first rolled through the land, +and the harsh voice of actual war broke upon the startled +ears of our peaceful and happy people, your voice called us +together, gave our zeal direction, and cooled our excitement +to concentrated action; and not one of us will ever cease to +regret that other duties prevented your accompanying us in +a cause we all know has your whole heart and sympathy. +This splendid gift, then, comes to me with double effect. It +is like the donation of brothers tendered by the hand of a father, +and so I receive it. And I here swear never to dishonor +the blade nor disgrace the donors, but whenever I can +strike a blow for the right, for our cause, for our flag and the +Union, it shall leap from the scabbard, and God helping me, +shall not be again sheathed while this right arm can strike a +blow, or victory remains uncertain."</p></blockquote> + +<p><span class="smcap">Sherman K. Hall</span>, Grocer, enlisted December +2d, 1851. Remained with the Company +but a short time.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">William O. Bryan</span>, Shoemaker, enlisted December +2d, 1851. Removed from town very +soon after enlistment; is now engaged in the +Drug and Medicine trade of the West.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">F. A. Partenheimer</span>, proprietor of the "Continental +Boot and Shoe Store." A strong desire<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[34]</a></span> +to become a military gentleman led Mr. +Partenheimer to enlist in the militia of the +State, which he did January 1st, 1852, when he +found that he possessed all the proper qualifications +of a good soldier. Undoubtedly, however, +these necessary qualifications were more apparent +to others than himself, as he was soon elected +Corporal, from which he was promoted to +Sergeant, and most worthily did he fill his office, +until having served his seven years he was +granted an honorable discharge. Our sincere +regrets are extended to any Company which +does not number among its members at least one +man like Sergeant Partenheimer. A more true +and devoted soldier never existed; but upon him +nature had bestowed a great deal more than the +ordinary amount of original wit; and at times, +when not on duty, our Sergeant would furnish +innocent fun for a Regiment. At Camp Burnett, +Sept. 1859, he was the life of the camp, and many +of his jokes are not, to this day, forgotten.</p> + +<p>It gives us pleasure to state, that now Mr. +Partenheimer is sole proprietor of one of our +most successful and enterprising Boot and Shoe +manufactories, and is receiving that portion of +public patronage which he merits.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Charles F. Blood</span>,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[35]</a></span> Merchant Tailor, enlisted +January 1st, 1852. In joining this Company, +Mr. Blood's first and greatest ambition was +to become a thorough soldier, which object he +successfully accomplished we shall proceed to +show.</p> + +<p>Very soon after becoming a member of the +Company, he was elected their standard-bearer. +His strong desire to become familiar with all +the rudiments, and to become perfect, not only +in the school of the soldier, but also of the Company +and Battalion, led him to devote but little +time to the duties of his new office. So anxious +was he to learn, that with the Tactics for his +drill-master, and a borrowed gun for an assistant, +he would by himself combine the theoretical +with the practical. We say without fear of +contradiction, that to-day a man more conversant +with the theory and practice of the science +of military, cannot be found.</p> + +<p>The 28th of May, 1856, he was elected and +commissioned second Lieutenant, which office he +filled until August 25th, 1862, at which time he +was elected Captain. As a commanding officer +Captain Blood could not be excelled. The time +he had so studiously devoted in the earlier part<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a></span> +of his military career to this object, he now discovered +was of great use to him. Combine with +this knowledge his splendid voice and fine military +carriage, he was an officer of which his men +were at all times proud.</p> + +<p>When the Company volunteered and were +mustered into the United States service, Captain +Blood accompanied them; and through his exertions +they obtained a very desirable position +in the 58th Regiment National Guard. It was +his chief and constant aim to see that his men +were at all times comfortable, and to see that +they, as United States soldiers, had all they were +entitled to.</p> + +<p>Very soon after joining the army, Captain +Blood was detailed from his Company and commissioned +one of the court-martial of the Department +of New York, before which court was +transacted a large amount of business. The +compliments that were bestowed upon Captain +Blood as a member of this court, by the Division +and Post Commanders, and by other members +of the court, must, indeed, have been very flattering +to him. In his decisions (not one of which +were ever set aside or annulled) he was prompt +and discriminating, always tempering his judgment<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</a></span> +with that amount of clemency which he +considered was best for the Government he represented, +and for the unfortunate delinquents +who appeared before him.</p> + +<p>Notwithstanding he was so much of the time +separated from his command, still he endeavored +to be in camp with them every night, and a large +portion of the time messed with them.</p> + +<p>Captain Blood, as every person knows who +is acquainted with him, was a strictly conscientious +man, and still he always enjoyed the sports +and harmless amusements of his men in camp, +and at all proper times and occasions would join +with them. It is needless for us to say, that +each member of his Company became very much +attached to him, not one of which but would +have sacrificed their all for his comfort.</p> + +<p>His door was always open and he was at all +times glad to see his men, and his tent was Company +Head-Quarters <i>indeed</i>. It was the remark +of very many officers and others who visited Elmira +during encampment of this Company, that +Captain Blood was the most accomplished officer, +and commanded the best Company of men, +that assisted in garrisoning that post during the +war.</p> + +<p>The Captain<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[38]</a></span> always attended the religious +services of the Regiment, and by this means exerted +a beneficial influence over his men. His +example was always that of an uncompromising +christian, as well as a good soldier and true +patriot.</p> + +<p>Immediately following the Elmira campaign, +Captain Blood was elected and commissioned +Lieutenant Colonel of the 50th Regiment National +Guard, and now holds that commission.</p> + +<p>In this instance we see a private of Company +A, by various promotions, reach the rank second +in command of the Regiment, and undoubtedly +in a short time will be in full command. No +officer is more worthy the honor than Colonel +Blood.</p> + +<p>In civil life he is none the less honored, having +filled public offices with equal success.</p> + +<p>He has been not only a good soldier, a respected +Lieutenant, honored Captain and esteemed +Colonel, but is a citizen of the highest +standing and respected by every one.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">H. J. Wilson</span>, Painter, enlisted January 1st, +1852. Mr. Wilson served his full time and received +an honorable discharge as a soldier, but +is still connected with the Regiment as a musician.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[39]</a></span> +It is the strong desire of every member +of the Company, as well as of the Regiment, +that his membership may be continued yet many +years. Our excellent Band, without Wilson, +would be like tinkling brass—of uncertain +sound. The rich, full and expressive tones rendered +by him on his powerful Tuba, fully prove +him to be a musician of no ordinary talent.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Jacob Sager</span>, Clerk, enlisted January 1st, +1852. Was Company musician, which position +he filled until his removal from the District. +He was not only a good musician, but a gentleman.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Clark Wilson</span>, Machinist, enlisted January +——, 1852. Mr. Wilson was Company drummer +for a time, but preferring a gun to a drum, took +his place in the ranks; served some time; is +now Chief Engineer on Seneca Lake.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Horace Root</span>, Brewer, enlisted March 17th, +1852. Mr. Root was always promptly on hand +at the drills and meetings of the Company while +a member. The record does not show how long +he was connected with the Company; our recollection +is some three years.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Caleb Babcock</span>, enlisted March 17th, 1852. +His membership was short; very soon after becoming<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[40]</a></span> +a member he left the place. He is now +an officer on one of the New York and Liverpool +Line of Steamers.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">A. J. Terry</span>, Tobacconist, enlisted May 15th, +1852. Mr. Terry was a good member of the +Company and a good citizen. He died a few +years ago, after suffering the most excruciating +torture of acute rheumatism.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">James C. McClune</span>, Lawyer, enlisted June +3d, 1852. Mr. McClune always evinced the +greatest interest in the welfare of the Company; +he was one of its best workers, was a first-class +soldier, and was soon elected Corporal +from which he was promoted to Sergeant, which +office he held until November 29th, 1856, when +he was removed by death. Upon receiving intelligence +of his death a special meeting was +called, when the following preamble and resolutions, +offered by Lieut. King, were unanimously +adopted:</p> + +<blockquote><p>"<span class="smcap">Whereas</span>, The Supreme Ruler of the Universe has, in the +exercise of His power and wisdom, seen fit to remove from +our midst our esteemed friend and fellow soldier, Sergeant +James C. McClune, therefore be it</p> + +<p><i>Resolved</i>, That we receive the sad bereavement as a mandate +from Him who doeth all things well.</p> + +<p><i>Resolved</i>, That we offer our sincere and heartfelt condolence<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[41]</a></span> +to the sorrowing family of the deceased, and we assure them +that we will ever revere the memory of their son and brother.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Resolved</span>, That as a mark of our respect for the character +of our deceased comrade, we will attend his funeral, and escort +his remains to their last resting place with military honors.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Resolved</span>, That we wear the usual badge of mourning for +the space of six months.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Resolved</span>, That a copy of these resolutions, signed by the +Chairman and Secretary, be presented to the family of the +deceased, and published in the village papers.</p> + +<div class="right"> +<span class="smcap">P. J. Partenheimer</span>, <i>Captain</i>. +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">William Glenny</span>, <i>Sec'y</i>.</p> +</blockquote> + +<p><span class="smcap">James H. Greenly</span>, Merchant, enlisted June +3d, 1852. Mr. Greenly was in every respect a +most estimable man, and as a soldier he had no +superior. Always manifested a lively interest +in whatever conduced to the benefit of the organization. +He filled all the grades of non-commissioned +offices; was Orderly Sergeant at +the time he removed from us. No member ever +left, carrying with him more well wishes and +kind regards, than Sergeant James H. Greenly. +Success and prosperity attend him ever in all +his undertakings.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Jacob Warshaski</span>, Clothing Merchant, enlisted +July 1st, 1852. Was a faithful and worthy +member for a few years. Upon changing his +residence was granted an honorable discharge.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Major A. O. Shaw</span>,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</a></span> Blacksmith. To name +a day as the one on which the Major enlisted, is +for us an impossibility, and we think it would +be too much of a task for him, even, to find out +the exact year, say nothing about the day. Suffice +it to say, he has been honored with the title +of Major from the earliest recollection of the +writer. He has seen the time when he had command +of more musicians alone than this Company +at any one time ever numbered as members. +He always enjoyed being a military man, and +we believe there could be no greater pleasure +for the Major to-day, than to head a column of +a few hundred men and march through the +streets of Ithaca, as he has done in years gone +by. He has received three honorable discharges, +each being granted by reason of the expiration +of his term of service. This would give the +Major twenty-one years in the service, and how +much he overran on time on each of the discharges, +we doubt if he knows. At all events he +was a member of the DeWitt Guard when the +writer joined, (which was in 1855,) and served +until last year before he received his last discharge.</p> + +<p>He has always been, and is to-day, one of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a></span> +most accommodating military men of our acquaintance. +At any time the Company would +like to have him turn out with them, he is always +ready, and invariably refuses a single dime +compensation. The Major has the respect, not +only of the Company with which he has so long +served, but of the whole community. As a citizen, +his politeness and gentlemanly conduct attracts +the attention of every person who meets +him; and the various positions he has so long +and creditably filled, is sufficient to show that +he is properly appreciated by the community in +which he resides.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Moses R. Wright</span>, Lawyer, enlisted July +8th, 1852. Was connected with the Company +but a short time; was a man of fine talent, and +a lawyer of great ability. He died in this village +June 6th, 1855.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">L. S. Blue</span>, Boot and Shoe Merchant, enlisted +July 8th, 1852. Mr. Blue served but a short +time. Is now a resident of New York city.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">John Page</span>, Shoemaker, enlisted July 12th, +1852. His membership was short.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">D. M. Oltz</span>, Carpenter, enlisted June 23d, +1853. Was a good soldier and a good member +of the Company; served for some time. His<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[44]</a></span> +membership was dissolved by his removal to +Canada.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">J. B. Hammond</span>, Jeweler, enlisted June 23d, +1853. Served faithfully as Company bugler until +his removal to St. Louis.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Melville Wilkinson</span>, Clerk, enlisted July +4th, 1853. Was a good soldier while connected +with the Company, and a better one after leaving +it. He removed from the district after a +membership of one or two years. Upon the +breaking out of the war he enlisted in the 23d +New York Volunteers; was soon commissioned +Lieutenant; served his time; volunteered the +second time, and was elected Captain in the +107th New York Volunteers. He was a brave +and true officer; was engaged in many battles; +was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps; +afterwards held a prominent position upon the +staff of General Coxe, who commanded the Department +of Ohio. At the close of the war he +devoted his time to preparing himself for the +ministry, and is now an Episcopal clergyman, +located in Ohio.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Thomas J. Phillips</span>, Miller. (Date of enlistment +not recorded.) Mr. Phillips was no ordinary +soldier, as he most conclusively proved<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</a></span> +to a Bank President at the Seneca Falls encampment. +He was always careful to know +what his duty was, and then he was going to do +it, let the consequences be what they might. +He was always good natured, perfectly happy, +and was poor society for those troubled with the +<i>blues</i>. Never wanted much to do with a person +who did not feel as good as himself. Was worth +at the encampment spoken of above, more than +some whole Companies. Had the advantages +of an early education and good bringing up, used +to living well at home, and believed in living +well in camp—<i>and did</i>. No person, although +he might be President of all the Banks in Hungary, +could pass the line when he was the sentinel. +He was athletic, not only in person but +in mind, and too much good cannot be said of +him as a soldier and a citizen. The Company +sustained a severe loss when Mr. Phillips removed +from among them, and became the proprietor +of the Danby Spring Mills.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">William H. Brown</span>, Grocer, enlisted July +28th, 1853. Mr. Brown served his full time and +received an honorable discharge. He always +felt a deep interest in the welfare of the Company; +particularly prompt to meet all the demands<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[46]</a></span> +made upon him; always gave cheerfully, +and has in many instances paid for others who +could illy afford to pay for themselves; was always +careful to have no one know that he paid +obligations other than his own; always present +at the drills and meetings of the Company, +and altogether Mr. Brown was one of the <i>solid +men</i> of the Company. He has acted as Company +Sutler at a number of encampments, and in +this capacity has given the most perfect satisfaction.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Leonard Stoddard</span>, Carriage Maker, enlisted +July 28th, 1853. His membership was short—removing +from the district soon after joining. +He was employed in the extensive establishment +of William S. Hoyt, Esq., the largest carriage +manufacturer in Western New York.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Samuel Stoddard</span>, Wool and Leather Merchant, +enlisted June 29th, 1854.</p> + +<p>In the DeWitt Guard, as well as in every other +organization or association with which Mr. +Stoddard has been connected, he was, as he +would term his best grade of wool, super extra. +He was an old militiaman when he joined this +Company, and had improved all the advantages +to be derived from the Old Guard, which in an<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[47]</a></span> +eminent degree qualified him for a good soldier +in this, then new, Company. A peculiar trait +in the military character of Mr. Stoddard was, +he invariably attended the drills and meetings +of the Company. Consider, with this fact, the +large business carried on by him, which one +would suppose would require his undivided time +and attention, and we find he must have sacrificed +a good deal for the interest he felt in this +Company. He would forego other enjoyments +for the sake of attending the weekly drills in +which he took much pleasure, believing that this +exercise was of vast good to him. He became +a very proficient soldier; never would accept +office of any kind, though besought with tears; +his highest ambition was to be a <i>good</i> high private; +was one of the most liberal men in the +Company, always contributing freely, and many +times more than his proportion; was always in +favor of paying promptly any demand made upon +the Company, and opposed to obligations or +debts accumulating against them, and we find it +recorded in two or three instances where Mr. +Stoddard moved that a tax of two or more dollars +be levied upon each member to pay up deficits. +He served his full time and was granted<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</a></span> +an honorable discharge. For the high standing +of the DeWitt Guard to-day, they are in no small +degree indebted to Mr. Stoddard. He has enjoyed +the confidence of the community sufficient +to be elected several times to positions of trust +and honor. Long live Samuel Stoddard.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">D. L. Avery</span>, Merchant, enlisted June 24th, +1854. Mr. Avery was a young man of fine attainments, +and had every promise of a brilliant +future. He manifested much interest in the +Company, and although connected with them +but a short time, yet sufficiently long to gain the +esteem and respect of each member. His death +occurred August 24th, 1854. That the loss of +Mr. Avery was keenly felt by the Company, the +following preamble and resolutions, which were +unanimously adopted, will show:</p> + +<blockquote><p><span class="smcap">Whereas</span>, It has pleased Divine Providence suddenly to +take away from our midst by death our much esteemed friend +and fellow soldier D. L. Avery, thus depriving us of an active +and valued member, and our citizens of one whom but +to know was to esteem; and Whereas, The officers and soldiers +of the DeWitt Guard feeling and duly appreciating the +loss of our universally esteemed member of our corps, and +being desirous of giving expression to a spontaneous sentiment +of regard for our departed brother in arms, it is therefore +unanimously</p> + +<p><i>Resolved</i>, That we do most sincerely mourn the loss of our<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[49]</a></span> +late comrade, so suddenly and unexpectedly called away from +our ranks by the stern and unrelenting King of Terrors, and +that we tender to the partner, brother and sisters of the deceased +our heartfelt sympathies in their irreparable loss.</p> + +<p><i>Resolved</i>, That we attend in a body to assist in the last sad +duties and ceremonies of the funeral of our late brother, friend +and fellow soldier, and that we wear the usual badge of +mourning on all parades for thirty days.</p> + +<p><i>Resolved</i>, That the proceedings be signed by our Captain, +and a copy thereof be furnished the relatives of the deceased, +and also for publication in the village papers.</p> + +<div class="right"> +<span class="smcap">P. J. Partenheimer</span>, <i>Capt, Com'd'g</i>. +</div> + + +<p><span class="smcap">William Glenny</span>, <i>Sec'y</i>.</p></blockquote> + +<p><span class="smcap">M. E. Elmendorf</span>, Dentist, enlisted June 30th, +1854. Mr. Elmendorf was a first-class soldier +and a tip-top fellow generally. Was particularly +celebrated as a fine shot, taking a prize at +each of the target shoots while a member. Was +an active, energetic young man, and very readily +became master of his profession, and is now a +Dental Surgeon of considerable note in the city +of New York.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Lot S. Hinds</span>, Currier, enlisted July 12th, +1854. Was a good, attentive soldier and a +faithful member; served some years with the +Company; removed from our village to Danby, +where he now resides. Has a son in the United +States army.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">J. S. Putnam</span>,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[50]</a></span> Hotel keeper, enlisted July +12th, 1854. Was a resident but a short time.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Ira M. Gardner</span>, Mason, enlisted September +18th, 1855. Mr. Gardner served faithfully his +seven years, and received an honorable discharge. +He has always resided in Ithaca, is a +good citizen, a respected man, and a first-class +mechanic.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">William H. Hammond</span>, Gas Plumber, enlisted +September 23d, 1855. Served his full +time and was honorably discharged. Held the +office of Company standard-bearer for some +years. Was also armory keeper, keeping the +guns and equipage in perfect order. We believe +the State honestly indebted to him for services +rendered, for which he ought to have his pay.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">William V. Brown</span>, Currier, enlisted September +26th, 1855. Mr. Brown was celebrated +for the great amount of artistic and thoroughly +grand music as produced by himself on the bass +drum. He was Company musician, and remained +with them as long as he was a citizen of the +place. He is now a resident of Union Springs. +"<i>Big Bill Brown, the Drummer</i>" will long be +remembered with gratitude by all those connected +with the Company during his membership.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">K. S. Van Voorhees</span>,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[51]</a></span> Master Mechanic, enlisted +July ——, 1854. Colonel Van Voorhees +entered the militia service of the State in Feb., +1835, joining the first Company New York Cadets, +which was attached as a flank Company to +the 2d Regiment N. Y. S. Artillery, (doing duty +as Infantry,) and known as the Governor's +Guard. In the spring of 1839 he was promoted +from Orderly Sergeant, and commissioned +as Captain of the Company by Gov. W. H. Seward, +he having been unanimously elected to that +position by the members of the Company. In +the spring of 1840 he was presented with an elegant +sword bearing the following inscription:</p> + +<div class="center"> +Presented to<br /> +CAPT. K. S. VAN VOORHEES,<br /> +<span class="smcap">By the First Company New York Cadets, as a Token of<br /> +Esteem and Respect.</span><br /> +New York, April 16th, 1840.<br /> +</div> + +<p>In the Fall of 1840 he visited Ithaca, and having +concluded to make this place his permanent +residence, he forwarded to New York his resignation +in the Spring of 1841. After his removal +to this place, he lent his assistance to the +drilling and instruction of the Old Ithaca Guard +until they were disbanded.</p> + +<p>Upon the most urgent solicitations of both officers<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[52]</a></span> +and men, he consented to become one of +the members of the DeWitt Guard. He, possessing +probably the greatest amount of military +knowledge of any person in the district, was secured +by the Company as instructor, and immediately +elected Orderly Sergeant. This he did +simply as an accommodation, having gained all +the military honors he cared to have bestowed +upon him before coming to Ithaca.</p> + +<p>For us to bestow any compliments upon him +in this sketch is perfectly uncalled for, as we +produce the following record in place of further +remarks:</p> + +<p>At the breaking out of the Rebellion he was +prevented from entering the service of his country +by a severe bodily injury which he had received +a few months before; but in the Fall of +1862 he had so far recovered from his lameness, +that he ventured to accept the position of Lieutenant +Colonel of a Regiment then organizing +at Binghamton, N. Y., and afterwards known as +the 137th New York Volunteers, to which position +he was chosen by the unanimous vote of +the War Committee of the 24th Senatorial District.</p> + +<p>He immediately entered upon the duty, in connection<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[53]</a></span> +with Colonel David Ireland, of organizing +and disciplining the Regiment, and getting +it ready for active service in the field. The +want of any knowledge of military tactics by either +officers or men, rendered the labor of instructing +and drilling the Regiment very arduous, +the most of which was performed by Lt. +Col. Van Voorhees, Col. Ireland attending to +the administrative affairs of the Regiment. +Previous to the Regiment's leaving for the seat +of war, Lt. Col. Van Voorhees was presented by +his friends at Ithaca with a fine horse and set +of horse equipments. The Regiment was mustered +into the U. S. service on the 25th September, +and left for Washington on the 27th, arriving +there on the 30th, and were immediately forwarded +to Harper's Ferry, Va., by way of Fredericksburgh, +Md.; arriving at Harper's Ferry +on the 3d October, where they remained until +the 10th December, having in the meantime +made two important reconnoissances under Gen. +Gregg—one to Charlestown and the other to +Winchester, Va.</p> + +<p>On the 10th December the 12th Army Corps, +to which the 137th Regiment had been attached, +left Harper's Ferry at the time of Burnside's unsuccessful<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[54]</a></span> +attack on Fredericksburgh, and having +marched to Dumfries, Va., were, in consequence +of Burnside's repulse, marched back to +Fairfax Station, where they remained until the +17th January, 1863, when they were again ordered +forward, Burnside intending to make another +attack on Fredericksburgh, but failed on +account of the mud.</p> + +<p>The 12th Corps having reached Stafford Court +House, the Brigade to which the 137th was attached +was ordered to Aquia Creek, where they +remained until the 26th April, when they commenced +their march to Chancellorsville, which +they reached on the 29th of April. On the 30th +the 12th Corps was ordered forward to feel the +enemy's position, and finding them in strong +force returned to camp, where they commenced +throwing up earthworks, the 137th using bayonets +for picks and tin plates for shovels. In the +subsequent battles the Regiment maintained its +position in the trenches until they were entered +by the enemy from the right, (the right flank of +the army having been turned by the giving way +of the 11th Corps,) when they were ordered to +retire, which they did in good order. As this +was the first battle in which the Regiment was<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[55]</a></span> +engaged, some anxiety was felt by the officers as +to the mettle of their men; but their conduct on +this occasion was such as to give no further uneasiness. +After the battle the Regiment returned +to Aquia Creek, where it remained until the +13th June, when it commenced its march to Gettysburg, +and on the 2d and 3d July was closely +and hotly engaged with the invader.</p> + +<p>Late in the afternoon of the 2d July the whole +of the 12th Corps, with the exception of Green's +Brigade, was sent to support the left of the line, +which was closely pressed; they had scarcely +gone when Stonewall Jackson's old Corps, seven +thousand strong, under Ewell, charged our +right, which was defended by only Green's Brigade +of New York troops less than two thousand +strong; but so obstinate was the defence, that +the enemy did not succeed in breaking our lines; +heavy firing was kept up nearly all night. +About four o'clock of the morning of the 3d, the +enemy again advanced to the charge but was +again repulsed, and a heavy and constant fire +was kept up until half past ten, when the enemy +retired. The loss of the 137th was four officers +and forty-one men killed, and three officers and +sixty-four men wounded. Lt. Col. <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[56]</a></span>Van Voorhees +was slightly wounded twice during the +action.</p> + +<p>After the battle and the escape of Lee's army +across the Potomac, the army again encamped +on the banks of the Rappahannock and afterwards +on the banks of the Rappidan, when, on +the 23d September, immediately after the battle +of Chickamauga, the 11th and 12th Corps under +Hooker were ordered to Tennessee, where they +arrived in the fore part of October. In the latter +part of that month Hooker was ordered by +Grant to open communication between Bridgport, +Ala., and Chattanooga, Tenn., by the way +of White Side, along the line of the Memphis +and Charleston Railroad. The army of the +Cumberland being besieged in Chattanooga and +destitute of provisions, it became necessary to +secure a shorter line of communication, or the +place would have to be abandoned with the loss +of all the artillery and trains, as there were no +animals left to draw them away. On the 28th +of October the 11th Corps under Gen. Howard, +followed by a part of Geary's Division of the +12th Corps, all under the command of Gen. +Hooker, debouched into Lookout Valley, and for +six miles marched in plain view of the rebels<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[57]</a></span> +who occupied the summit and sides of the mountain, +and who could almost count the men in the +ranks. On encamping for the night, the 11th +Corps was about two and a half miles in advance +of Geary's Division, which, being observed by +the enemy, they determined to surprise and capture +Geary's Division; and accordingly two +Divisions of Longstreet's Corps were ordered to +the attack. They came in between the 11th +Corps and Geary's Division, and while one Division +took up a position to prevent reinforcements +from being sent to Gen. Geary, the other +advanced to the attack, which came near being +a surprise, the attack being made about midnight. +Gen. Geary had with him at the time +but four Regiments and two sections of a battery. +The 111th Pennsylvania succeeded in getting +into line, and the 137th New York were but +partly in line when the enemy opened fire upon +them at less than fifty yards distance. These +two Regiments bore the whole brunt of the battle, +which lasted over two hours; the other two +Regiments were placed in position to protect the +right flank and rear, leaving the left flank exposed. +Early in the action Gen. Green, commanding +the Brigade, was wounded, and Col.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[58]</a></span> +Ireland of the 137 Regiment being senior Colonel, +the command of the Brigade devolved upon +him, leaving the command of the Regiment to +Lt. Col. Van Voorhees. The enemy finding the +left unprotected, moved a part of their force to +the left, and came down on the left and rear of +the 137th, but Col. Van Voorhees immediately +placed his three left Companies perpendicular +to the rear facing them to the left, and facing +the rear rank of four other Companies to the +rear, the Regiment kept up such a vigorous and +well directed fire to the front, flank and rear, as +finally to beat back the enemy and cause his retreat, +though not till nearly every cartridge in +the Regiment was expended.</p> + +<p>The 137th (who lost nearly one-third of their +number in killed and wounded) was highly complimented +for their coolness and courage in this +engagement. Gen. Geary in a speech delivered +to the Regiment at the time of its muster-out, +used the following language in regard to their +conduct on this occasion: "I have at all times +and in all places given you the credit of saving +my Division from rout or capture at Wauhatchie. +As I passed down your rear and observed the +vigorous attack that was made upon you, I exclaimed,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[59]</a></span> +'My God, if the 137th gives way all is +lost.' But thanks to the coolness, skill and +courage of your commanding officer, and to your +own determined will, you maintained your +ground nobly, and the enemy was driven back +to his mountain den."</p> + +<p>Gen. Howard, in a speech at Philadelphia, +characterized this battle as "the wonderful +night's revel at Wauhatchie;" and the rebel papers +and dispatches acknowledged a serious defeat +and heavy loss. Col. Van Voorhees was +severely wounded during the action, but refused +to leave the field to have his wound dressed until +the action was over and all danger of its renewal +had passed.</p> + +<p>Col. Van Voorhees being at home recovering +from his wound, was not with his Regiment in +their "battle above the clouds," in which it maintained +its reputation, being the first to enter the +enemy's works upon Lookout Mountain. Col. +Van Voorhees rejoined his Regiment in January, +and led it in all the battles of the Atlanta campaign, +which commenced on the 2d day of May +and ended by the capture of Atlanta on the 2d +day of September, being four months of almost +continuous fighting. The first battle was that<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[60]</a></span> +of Mill Creek Gap, May 8th, in which Geary's +Division drove the rebels into their works on +the summit of Taylor's Ridge. The next was +the battle of Resacca, May 15th, in which the +Regiment lost several in wounded. The next +was the battle of Dallas, or New Hope Church, +on the 25th of May; here Hooker's Corps lost +heavily. One line of the enemy's works was +carried just at night, and they driven about a +mile into a second line of works which was not +carried owing to the darkness; but a position +was taken and a line of works established within +a stone's throw of the enemy's line. The Regiment +remained here eight days under a constant +fire, and without any shelter from the weather. +On the 5th June the enemy was found to have +evacuated his works, and it was supposed had +crossed the Chattahoochie River; the men needing +rest the enemy was not followed. The army +was moved forward a few miles and put into +camp for rest.</p> + +<p>On the 7th June, Col. Van Voorhees being officer +of the day and having charge of the picket +line, discovered the enemy's position; their line +extending from Kenesaw Mountain to Lost +Mountain, a distance of eight miles. He made<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[61]</a></span> +a written report of the fact to Gen. Geary, who +immediately sent for him and discredited the report, +stating that he did not believe there was a +rebel soldier this side of the Chattahoochie; he +however said he would send up the report. On +the 8th June Gen. Sherman telegraphed to the +Secretary of War that "his cavalry had that day +discovered the enemy's position, and that his +right rested on Kenesaw Mountain and his left +on Lost Mountain," thus confirming Col. Van Voorhees' +report made the day previous.</p> + +<p>On the 15th June the Regiment was moved +forward to the foot of Pine Knob, (which was +occupied by the enemy,) where they threw up +works for the artillery who shelled the hill, one +result of which was the killing of Gen. Polk of +the rebel army. On the same day the Division +moved forward to the attack of Pine Knob; several +lines of rifle pits were carried, but the main +works were very formidable and were not carried. +A line of works were built the same night +within a hundred yards of the enemy's line, and +heavy skirmishing kept up on the 16th, and on +the morning of the 17th the enemy was found to +have evacuated his works. The Regiment lost +two killed and twenty wounded. The enemy<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[62]</a></span> +was immediately pursued and found in a new +position before noon of the same day. In advancing +to support a battery the Regiment lost +one man killed and one wounded. On the morning +of the 19th the enemy was found to have +again abandoned his works, but was found +strongly entrenched two miles to the rear. +From this time up to the 5th July, when the enemy +retreated across the Chattahoochie, it was +one continued series of battles, skirmishes, and +changes of position.</p> + +<p>On the 22d June the 137th Regiment, in connection +with the 111th Pennsylvania, were highly +complimented by Gen. Hooker for their bravery +in obtaining possession of a commanding +position which was strongly defended by the enemy.</p> + +<p>No forward movement was made from the 7th +to the 17th July, the army needing rest and +clothing; but on the 17th it again moved forward +and crossed the Chattahoochie River. On +the 19th the 137th was thrown out as skirmishers, +and came upon the enemy's skirmishers at +Peach Tree Creek, four miles from Atlanta. +The day being excessively warm, and Col. Van Voorhees' +duties as commander of the skirmish<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[63]</a></span> +line very arduous, he was prostrated by the heat +and over exertion, acquiring a disability from +which he has not yet fully recovered.</p> + +<p>Hooker's Corps crossed Peach Tree Creek on +the night of the 19th; and on the 20th, while +moving forward to take up a position, were unexpectedly +and fiercely attacked by the enemy +in a thick piece of woods. Col. Van Voorhees +was ordered to move his Regiment by the right +flank and take up a position on the right of another +Regiment, and in doing so came almost +directly upon the enemy's line of battle. Not +knowing the position of the rest of the Brigade +owing to the thick underbrush, and fearing that +if he fell back the right flank of the Brigade +would be exposed, he caused his men to maintain +their position, which they did manfully for +near half an hour, when he learnt that the rest +of the Brigade had fallen back some fifteen minutes +before, and that his Regiment was left alone +battling with the enemy; he immediately gave +orders to fall back, when the Regiment retreated +from its dangerous position. Loss eight killed +and nineteen wounded. Col. Van Voorhees was +suffering at the time with a very high fever, and +could with difficulty sit on his horse. Many officers<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[64]</a></span> +in his condition would have got excused +and went to the rear, but he never wanted his +Regiment to go into action without him; he became +very much attached to it and wished to +share all its dangers. On the 22d, being unable +to sit up, he was carried to the field hospital; +the Surgeon in charge advised him to make application +to be sent to the hospital at Chattanooga; +this he refused to do, saying, that after +all the hardships and fighting he had gone +through with in the campaign, he did not want +to be to the rear when Atlanta was taken. He +was, however, on the 25th, against his consent, +sent to the hospital at Lookout Mountain. He +rejoined his Regiment on the 30th August in +time to lead it into Atlanta on the 2d September.</p> + +<p>After the death of Col. Ireland, which occurred +shortly after entering Atlanta, all the officers +present with the Regiment signed a petition +to Gov. Seymour, which was handsomely endorsed +by the Brigade and Division Commanders, +requesting that Lt. Col. Van Voorhees be +commissioned as Colonel of the Regiment. Owing +to an unjust order from the War Department +that "all Regiments reduced below the minimum +number should be deprived of its Colonel," he<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[65]</a></span> +was unable to get mustered, though Gen. Geary +made a direct and special request of the Secretary +of War, which was endorsed by Gen. Slocum, +requesting that he might be mustered into +the grade of Colonel as a "reward for his efficiency +and gallantry as an officer, his coolness +and bravery on the battle-field, and for his general +good conduct during the whole of his period +of service," but the request was not granted.</p> + +<p>The 20th Corps remained in Atlanta until the +15th November, when Gen. Sherman commenced +his celebrated "March to the Sea." His march +being entirely unopposed, nothing worthy of note +occurred until their arrival near Savannah, December +11th. The 137th having been sent out +to feel the enemy's position, were deployed as +skirmishers, and soon came upon the enemy's +skirmishers who were protected by the ruins of +some buildings and by a rice field embankment. +A lively fire was kept up for some time, when it +was deemed advisable to drive them from their +position so as to uncover their front. Col. Van Voorhees +gave the order to move forward; so +impetuous was the charge that the enemy was +quickly driven into his works, and could have +been driven out and beyond them—as they were<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[66]</a></span> +seen to leave after firing one round—but as there +was no support at hand, Col. Van Voorhees did +not deem it prudent to assail the fort, which was +defended by several heavy guns, and accordingly +recalled his men after several had gained the +abattis of the fort, and took up a position behind +the rice-field embankment formerly held by the +rebel skirmishers, within two hundred yards of +the rebel fort.</p> + +<p>The Regiment remained here until the 21st +December, assisting in the construction of works +which could only be done under cover of darkness; +the rebel batteries were very active, and +the men exposed to a constant shelling; three +shells passed through the Quarters of Col. Van Voorhees +in one forenoon, and having moved +his Quarters to another building, a piece of a +shell from a gun-boat passed through his room, +taking in its way a table at which he had been +sitting but a few minutes previous. The Regiment +returned from working on a fort about two +o'clock of the morning of the 21st, and shortly +after signs of the enemy's evacuating the city +were observable, when Capt. S. B. Wheelock of +the 137th, with ten men, was sent out to reconnoitre +the enemy's works. He found the works<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_67" id="Page_67">[67]</a></span> +abandoned with the guns still standing in position. +The fact was reported to the Brigade +Commander, who immediately ordered the Brigade +forward into the enemy's works, and from +thence moved directly into the city, arriving +there at daybreak, the 137th was the first to enter +the city. The Regiment remained in the city +doing guard duty until the 27th January, 1865, +when it commenced its march through the Carolinas, +arriving at Goldsboro, N. C., on the 24th +March.</p> + +<p>Col. Van Voorhees having been advised by +several of the army Surgeons to seek a change +of climate for the recovery of his health, which +had been much impaired by exposure and the +malarial influence of the climate, he left Savannah +January 1st, and was not with his Regiment +in their march from Savannah to Goldsboro. +He left home February 22d to rejoin his Regiment, +but did not succeed in reaching it until its +arrival at Goldsboro. On the 10th April Sherman +again moved forward in the direction of +Raleigh, N. C., which place he reached on the +13th April; here the army remained until the +30th April, when it commenced its march for +Home, arriving at Alexandria, Va., on the 19th<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[68]</a></span> +May. The Regiment was mustered out on the +9th June, and ordered to Elmira, N. Y., where +it was paid off and discharged on the 18th June, +1865, having been nearly three years in active +service.</p> + +<p>In giving the military history of Col. Van Voorhees, +we have coupled with his also that of +the Regiment, as their histories are one. The +officers and men of his command have always +spoken well of him; they had confidence in him +as a commander, and esteemed him highly as a +man. He also enjoyed the confidence and respect +of his superior officers, especially of Gen. +Geary, who placed the utmost confidence in his +ability as an officer, usually appointing him officer +of the day when more than usual watchfulness +was required, saying that he "always felt +safe when Col. Van Voorhees was in command +of the picket line." This confidence was also +shared in by the Regiment, it being generally +selected to occupy the most exposed positions, +or lead the column when danger was thought to +be imminent.</p> + +<p>Col. Van Voorhees was several times (on account +of the absence of all its field officers) detailed +to command the 149th New York, a Syracuse<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69">[69]</a></span> +Regiment of which Gen. Barnum, now +State Prison Inspector, was Colonel. On one +of these occasions, when about to be relieved +and returned to his own Regiment, the following +paper was put into his hands, signed by all the +officers present with the Regiment:</p> + +<blockquote> +<div class="right"> +<span class="smcap">149th Reg't N. Y. Vols.</span>,<br /> +Aquia Landing, Va., June 8th, 1863. +</div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Col. K. S. Van Voorhees</span>: +</p> + +<p>We, the undersigned, officers of +this command, take this opportunity of expressing the feelings +of each and every one of us, as the time approaches +which must sever the relations that have existed between us +and you as our commander. We desire to assure you of our +full appreciation of your services, always characterized by +kindness and forbearance, and in which the qualities of the +gentleman and soldier have commanded our admiration. We +desire to thank you for the earnestness and zeal you have +exhibited in your endeavors to instruct and better prepare us +for the duties devolving upon us, and to assure you that we +shall always remember the past four weeks, in which you +have been connected with us, with feelings of satisfaction and +pleasure; and taking leave of you, as we are about to do, we +earnestly hope that in the future <i>that</i> success may attend you +which industry and fidelity always merit.</p></blockquote> + +<p>At the close of the war Lt. Col. Van Voorhees +was appointed Colonel by brevet by the President +"for gallant and meritorious services in +the late campaigns in Georgia and the Carolinas."</p> + + +<div class="center">(<i>Contributed by Capt. B. R. W.</i>)<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[70]</a></span></div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Joseph Esty, Jr.</span>, Clerk, enlisted Sept. 26th, +1855, and was elected Secretary of the Company +January 14, 1857. July 28th, 1858, he was +first put in the line of promotion by being elected +fourth Corporal, and so great was his popularity +with the Company, and his knowledge of +tactics, that within a trifle over four years from +the time of his receiving his chevron as fourth +Corporal, he was elected and received his commission +as second Lieutenant, (Aug. 25th, 1862,) +having filled nearly if not all of the intermediate +positions. During the Elmira campaign +he was with the Company, steadily refusing to +accept of any better fare or accommodations, +than the men under his charge received.</p> + +<p>While at Barracks No. 1, he invariably accompanied +his men to the mess house, and prevented +many impositions which officers in charge +were in the habit of practicing upon soldiers who +were obliged to take their rations in that unsavory +institution. While the Company were on +duty at the rebel prison, no officer did his duty +more cheerfully and strictly. He was never +known to plead illness to avoid his turn, and +the writer of this sketch has, on more than one<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[71]</a></span> +occasion, known him to take the turn of other +officers who plead illness, when he himself was +not fit for duty. On one occasion he attended +the officer's drill of the Regiment when he was +hardly able to leave his tent, and upon the fact +being reported to the Colonel, he was peremptorily +ordered to his Quarters, to gain the rest +which he would not take voluntarily.</p> + +<p>No officer in the Regiment stood higher in +the estimation of both officers and men, than did +Lieut. Esty; and such was the respect of his +own Company for him, that upon their return +home and the promotion of Captain Blood to +the position he now occupies, Lieut. Esty was +(Dec. 26th, 1864) elected Captain.</p> + +<p>His reluctance to accept the position, showed +that he had no aspirations to rise in rank above +his fellows, and it was only upon the urgent entreaties +of the officers of the Regiment, and his +intimate friends, that he was induced to accept +the honor thus thrust upon him; and we venture +to say, without any fear of detracting from the +worthy merits of his predecessors, that no officer +has given more time and money to advance the +interest of the Company, than has he—a large +proportion of the target prizes for the past two<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[72]</a></span> +years having been procured by him. At the +meeting for target practice August 15th, 1865, +Captain Esty was presented by the Company +with a splendid sword and belt, which cost about +$120. The Captain was taken completely by +surprise, as he had received no hint of the matter, +and his overcharged feelings prevented him +from making known to the Company how highly +he prized the gift; but his pleasure at receiving +was not greater than the happiness of the +donors, in thus having an opportunity of demonstrating +their feelings toward him.</p> + +<p>The beautiful Armory and Drill-Room now +occupied by the Company, are mainly due to his +indefatigable efforts.</p> + +<p>One prominent feature in the history of the +Company, and one which we fear the historian +may, from feelings of delicacy, omit, was the +splendid supper given, soon after the return of +the Company from Elmira, by Captain Esty and +lady—an entertainment which was a high testimonial +of the Captain's generosity, and the skill +and hospitality of Mrs. Esty. The supper will +long be remembered by the happy participants.</p> + +<p>Captain Esty, in civil life, is no less esteemed +than as a soldier, having been for a number of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[73]</a></span> +years the confidential clerk and book-keeper in +the extensive Leather establishment of Hon. E. +S. Esty, an establishment which owes its success +in no small degree to his energetic and business +qualities.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Charles Hausner</span>, Carpenter, enlisted October +6th, 1855. Served his full time in the +Company. Enlisted Sept. 10th, 1861, in the +United States army, in which he served until the +6th day of Sept., 1862, when he was honorably +discharged by reason of being totally unserviceable +on account of wounds received while in +the army. He participated in the battle of Fair +Oaks, and received in that one engagement six +wounds, while his clothes were pierced by fourteen +bullets of the enemy. Probably no soldier +ever received the same number of wounds and +lived. Upon his return home he was elected +Captain of Company E, 50th Regiment National +Guard.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">A. T. Jarvis</span>, Clerk, enlisted March 19th, +1856. Was a member but a short time.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">O. Bingham</span>, Boot and Shoe Merchant, enlisted +April 2d, 1856. Served his full time, and +was honorably discharged from further service +in the militia. Upon the breaking out of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[74]</a></span> +Rebellion he enlisted in Company D, 137th N. +Y. Volunteers. August 16th, 1862, was mustered +into the United States service at Camp +Susquehanna, Binghamton. Soon after the Regiment +was ordered to Washington, and from +thence to Harper's Ferry, Va., in October, 1862. +The Regiment was soon attached to the 12th +Army Corps; after a few weeks in camp were +ordered to join Gen. Burnside in front of Fredericksburgh, +Va. On account of the almost impassibility +of the roads, the Regiment did not +arrive in time to participate in the fight. Were +here ordered into camp at Fairfax, Va., from +thence to Aquia Landing, on the Potomac.</p> + +<p>The Regiment remained in this camp, perfecting +themselves in all the arts of war, until Gen. +Hooker had perfected the plan for the battle of +Chancellorsville, to which place the Regiment +was ordered in the latter part of April, 1863, +under command of Gen. Slocum. In this engagement +the 137th Regiment did some very +hard fighting, and the hero of this sketch came +near losing his life while performing acts of +kindness to his comrades. He was returning +from a spring near by with a number of canteens +of water, when he was attacked by a number of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_75" id="Page_75">[75]</a></span> +rebels who gave him chase through the woods; +but our soldier escaped unharmed, although at +one time it seemed that nothing short of a miracle +could save him. After the battle the Regiment +recrossed the Rappahannock and were +again in camp.</p> + +<p>On the 13th of June Mr. Bingham was promoted +to the office of Chief Musician of the Regiment +by Col. Ireland for meritorious conduct, +and no member of the Regiment or Brigade was +more competent to fill this position. This office +he held until mustered out of the service.</p> + +<p>June 14th the Regiment started for Gettysburg; +arrived on the 1st of July and immediately +took position on the right of the line. In +this battle the Regiment was engaged three +days; Chief Musician Bingham had his cap shot +off his head as he was carrying a wounded Sergeant +from the line; he lost five men of his drum +corps, three being wounded and two captured.</p> + +<p>In September the 11th and 12th Corps were +detached from the army of the Potomac and ordered +to Tennessee. The men were transported +in cattle cars, and reached the city of Nashville +after about ten days travel; from thence were +moved to Wauhatchie Valley. In this valley<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[76]</a></span> +one Brigade, composed of the 137th and other +Regiments, in all about one thousand men, were +attacked by the rebel General Hood with four +thousand picked men; the enemy finally withdrew +to Lookout Mountain. In this fight our +Chief Musician had his bugle, which was hanging +by his side, pierced with a bullet and destroyed.</p> + +<p>After several other engagements in this vicinity, +the enemy were routed, and the men ordered +to prepare for the taking of Atlanta, +which city was captured by the Union forces +Sept. 2d, 1864, Chief Musician Bingham marching +in command of the drum corps of his Division +playing the familiar tune Yankee Doodle, +to the disgust of the inhabitants of that city.</p> + +<p>From this time comparative quiet reigned until +November 14th, when commenced the great +"March for the Sea Coast," which was so successfully +accomplished, as also the march from +Savannah to Richmond, from which point the +army were moved by easy marches to Washington, +at which city they were mustered out of the +service as fast as possible. Our Chief Musician +was mustered out near Washington June 9th, +1865, and immediately sent with the Regiment<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_77" id="Page_77">[77]</a></span> +to Elmira, where they were paid and honorably +discharged June 20th.</p> + +<p>He was in the service nearly three years; +never lost a day's duty from his Regiment; he +participated in every engagement of the Regiment +from the time it entered the field, and fully +proved himself to be a soldier of ability and +courage, possessing all the qualities that are requisite +to make a first-class American soldier.</p> + +<p>Now that he has returned to his home and +friends, we all unite in bestowing upon him the +honor he so dearly bought, and respect and +cherish him as one of the defenders of our +common country.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">H. W. Bishop</span>, Druggist, elected May 31st, +1856. Doctor Bishop was an excellent member; +served the Company as Treasurer for two years; +filled most of the non-commissioned offices, and +was esteemed highly by all the members, as he +was by the community at large. He was Orderly +Sergeant at the time he left the Company +and joined the United States army. Very soon +after his enlistment in the service of his country, +he was promoted to hospital Steward, which position +he filled until removed by death. Many +there are, besides his near relatives and the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_78" id="Page_78">[78]</a></span> +Company of which he was a member, who mourn +the loss of Doctor Bishop.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">E. S. Conklin</span>, enlisted June 9th, 1856. The +writer is wholly unacquainted with the history +of this member.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">E. B. Torrey</span>, Banker, enlisted September +10th, 1856. No member ever connected himself +with the DeWitt Guard who took more interest +in the Company than did Mr. Torrey; +and although his profession was such that it +would seem impossible for him to spend any very +great amount of time with the Company, still +through the kindness and leniency of President +J. B. Williams, and Cashier, Colonel Hardy, he +almost always answered to his name at all the +drills and parades of the Company. At the business +meeting he was particularly useful, always +lending his advice, and eager to do any thing +that would increase the interest of the members. +Always scrupulously prompt in meeting his obligations, +and we believe during the several +years of his membership, he never allowed his +dues to run over one month; he filled most of +the non-commissioned offices; as a soldier he +liked every other soldier, and every other soldier +liked him; and the only way he could ever<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_79" id="Page_79">[79]</a></span> +dissolve his membership, was by the expiration +of his term of enlistment. He most creditably +served his time and received an honorable discharge. +He retired from the Bank a short time +since, and secured a patent for "Torrey's Patent +Artesian Wells," which is a most valuable invention, +and is being universally used wherever introduced. +We extend to him our hearty congratulations +for the success he has already attained, +and earnestly hope that our friend will +realize his full anticipations in his new enterprise.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">M. R. Barnard</span>, Principal of Public School, +enlisted Sept. 10th, 1856. Mr. Barnard served +his full time and was honorably discharged from +further service in the militia. He served the +Company as Secretary for a year or more. He +is still represented by his son, Corporal E. E. +Barnard; is brother of John Barnard, the hero +of Lookout Mountain. Has been for many years +Principal of our Public School, having some +times as many as eight hundred scholars. In +this situation, as well as every other one, he +gave the most perfect satisfaction, and the regrets +were many that we heard expressed when +he determined to withdraw from the school, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_80" id="Page_80">[80]</a></span> +still many more when it became known that he +had fully determined to change his residence to +Louisville, Ky.</p> + +<p>Prof. Barnard is a thorough scholar, a man +of great and comprehensive mind, fine intellect, +and a man in every way qualified to hold the +very first position in society wherever he may +go. When in his new home he becomes as well +known as he is here, we know he will be equally +respected. Success and prosperity ever attend +him.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Marcus Lyon</span>, Lawyer and District Attorney, +elected January 20th, 1857. Mr. Lyon soon +discovered that it would require more of his +time than he could possibly devote to this purpose, +and furnished a substitute in the person of +the lamented Wager.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Luther Losey</span>, Harness-Maker, enlisted June +27th, 1857. Mr. Losey served his time, was a +good soldier and a fine mechanic, else he could +not have found employment so many years in +the establishment of Colonel Millspaugh. He +is now a resident of one of the Western States.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Henry S. Krum</span>, Shoe Merchant, enlisted +May 18th, 1858. Mr. Krum served but a very +short time as a member of this Company, but<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_81" id="Page_81">[81]</a></span> +sufficiently long to prepare him to assume command +of a Company upon his entering the United +States service. He was in the service for +some time, and upon his return home was elected +Captain of the Caroline Company, National +Guard, which position he still holds.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">John C. Hazen</span>, Merchant, enlisted May +18th, 1858. We have very frequently, through +this History, mentioned instances where the +Company were indebted to individual members +for some particular acts, or the interest they +have manifested in the general good and prosperity +of the Company. In this instance, however, +we have the contrary. We believe Lieut. +Hazen is more indebted to the DeWitt Guard, +than any person now living, and on this point +we are sure we shall satisfy the reader.</p> + +<p>July 12th, 1857, the Company visited the city +of Auburn, (an account of which will be found +in the History of the Company). While there, +they were several times the guests of a number +of distinguished citizens of that city. At a very +elaborate and magnificent entertainment given +in honor of the Company, by Hon. B. F. Hall, +the subject of this sketch formed the acquaintance +of the daughter of our host. Auburn's<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_82" id="Page_82">[82]</a></span> +fairest daughters were there. The elite of the +city were represented. Among them all, the +choice of our friend was the lady just mentioned. +The result of the acquaintance that evening +formed, is generally known. Little did the +good people of Auburn think that our excursion +was to be the means of depriving them of one of +their fairest daughters. Auburn, the loveliest +city of the plain, the loser; but Ithaca, the Forest +City, the gainer. All must concede that no +one was more deserving, or better entitled to +the prize, than our respected soldier. A very +noticeable and singular incident in connection +with our excursion to Auburn, we came near forgetting, +which should be mentioned here. It is +this: that at that time, Sergeant Hazen was +Company Secretary, and the account of that +trip, so fully and graphically given, in another +part of this book, is taken verbatim from his +minutes.</p> + +<p>As we have noticed, Mr. Hazen enlisted in +May, 1858. He was permitted to remain but a +short time in the ranks, but filled all of the +non-commissioned offices, and was Orderly Sergeant +while in the United States service, which +is a position of much importance, and also one<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_83" id="Page_83">[83]</a></span> +where the utmost caution must be used, or +the occupant will soon find that his comrades +are exceedingly dissatisfied with him; it being +the duty of the Orderly to make the various details. +But in this instance, there was never +one word of complaint. The Orderly, in +his pleasant manner, would say to the men: +"Please report for duty, to-morrow morning," +and invariably the men were there. Every +member of the Company, not only but very +many officers and men with whom we were associated +while in Elmira, became very much +attached to Sergeant Hazen; and all this, not +without cause, for certainly he was one of the +very best men in camp. To show that he was +appreciated, very soon after the Company returned +from Elmira, they elected him First +Lieutenant, which commission he now holds.</p> + +<p>Lieutenant Hazen is not only a fine soldier, and +a good and respected officer, but as a citizen and +a business man, he has very few superiors. The +firm of Stowell & Hazen is known throughout the +county, and they enjoy the confidence of as large +a class of customers, as any House in Western +New York. They conform to a strict degree of +honesty in small as well as large transactions,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_84" id="Page_84">[84]</a></span> +and by this means have built up a reputation +second to none in the State.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Edward D. Norton</span>, Printer, enlisted June +17, 1858. His qualifications as a soldier, were +sufficiently good to entitle him to fill the posts +of Corporal and Sergeant in a worthy and creditable +manner. He was employed for many +years in the <i>Ithaca Journal</i> office, but finally removed +to the city of Rochester, where he now +resides.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">William Byington</span>, Merchant, enlisted June +21st, 1858. Mr. Byington served his full time, +and was honorably discharged. He was a good +soldier, an equally good Corporal, and a better +Sergeant. At the time the Company were called +into the United States service, it was impossible +for Sergeant Byington to accompany them; +Lieut. Kenney, his partner, being an officer in +the Company, it was desirable to have him, and +of course both could not leave; but the Sergeant, +at considerable expense, furnished a satisfactory +substitute. He was never behind his +comrades in contributing in any way that would +be for the general good of the institution. He +is one of the enterprising merchants of this +place, and all acquainted with him can testify<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_85" id="Page_85">[85]</a></span> +to his equally good qualifications as a citizen, +that we have as a soldier.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">William L. Minturn</span>, Mason, enlisted June +17th, 1858. Was a faithful and attentive soldier, +served his full time and received an honorable +discharge. There is no better man in the +community than Mr. Minturn. As for his reputation +as a Master Mechanic, we refer the reader +to the many buildings erected under his supervision +in our village.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Silas R. Zimmer</span>, Clerk, enlisted July, 20th, +1858. Mr. Zimmer served a number of years +with the Company to the most perfect satisfaction +of both officers and men. He was one of +the employees of that prince of merchants, L. H. +Culver, Esq.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">A. Brum</span>, Clothing Merchant, enlisted July +27th, 1858. Was connected with the Company +but a short time. Removed, we believe, to the +city of New York.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Philip S. Ryder</span>, Artist, enlisted July 27th, +1858. Mr. Ryder performed well the duties of +a member of this Company so long as he remained +a resident of the district. We believe +he is now a resident of Cleveland, O.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Levi Kenney</span>, Merchant, enlisted June 24th,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_86" id="Page_86">[86]</a></span> +1858. After serving a very short time as private, +was elected Corporal, promoted to Sergeant, +and finally to first Lieutenant, which commission +he held until the expiration of his term +of enlistment, when he resigned. Lieutenant +Kenney was a stirring and an energetic officer. +The command of the Company devolved upon +him much of the time while in the United States +army, and at one time was in command of the +Regiment. The Company had been but a few +days at Elmira, when Lieut. Kenney was selected +from among all the officers to command a +very large detachment of substitutes, drafted +men and bounty-jumpers to the Head-Quarters of +Gen. Grant's army. He selected his officers and +Guard with care, and we think his report upon +his return, to the Commander of the Post, was +as satisfactory as any return ever made to him. +This is the only instance that occurred while +there, of the command being given to an officer +of less rank than Captain. The Lieutenant was +detailed from his command on three different +occasions and commissioned one of the court-martial +for the trial of officers only. He was +elected clerk of the court, and the records were +kept by him equally well as by one who had long<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_87" id="Page_87">[87]</a></span> +been familiar with the duties of an office of that +kind. He was one of the best officers in the +Regiment, thoroughly familiar with his duties, +and required of his men (as do all good officers) +a prompt and willing obedience to all commands. +He was complimented on several occasions by +Col. Wisner, commanding the Regiment; also +received honorable mention by Major Beal, of +the veteran Reserve Corps, and by Col. Moore, +commanding the Post.</p> + +<p>Soon after returning from Elmira his term of +service expired, and he resigned his commission +and was granted an honorable discharge. No +officer or enlisted man ever served his term with +more fidelity than did Lieut. Kenney, and no +officer was more entitled to the respect of his +men. He is the senior partner in the firm of +Kenney, Byington & Co., the only exclusively +Dry-Goods House in Ithaca; and their splendidly +arranged and well filled store, together +with the vast amount of patronage they enjoy, +is sufficient proof that he is as well appreciated +as a citizen and business man, as he was a soldier +and officer.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">James H. Smith</span>, Tin-Smith, enlisted September +2d, 1858. As long as Mr. Smith was a citizen<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_88" id="Page_88">[88]</a></span> +of Ithaca he was a member in good standing +in this Company. Our recollection is that +he served about three years. He removed to +Elmira.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">P. B. Wager</span>, Lawyer, enlisted January 5th, +1859. Remained with the Company until he +enlisted in the service of his country. No young +man ever started in life with a more brilliant +prospect than did Mr. Wager; had but a short +time previous to his enlistment in the United +States army been admitted to the bar, and had +commenced the practice of Law with very +marked success. At the outbreak of the Rebellion +he enlisted in Company I, 32d New York +Volunteers, and received a Lieutenancy, which +commission he held until the time of his death. +He died in camp, and his remains were forwarded +to his home and buried with military honors +by this Company, assisted by the entire Fire Department +of the village. Lieutenant Wager was +a patriotic soldier and a courageous officer.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">D. A. McKay</span>, Cigar Manufacturer, enlisted +May 12th, 1859. Served as a member of this +Company until his enlistment in the United +States army. Was soon commissioned Lieutenant, +and faithfully served until the close of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_89" id="Page_89">[89]</a></span> +war. We have been unable to collect as full a +history of Lieutenant McKay as we would have +been glad to have given; but we are able to say, +however, that his war history was an honorable +one, and he has a lasting claim upon his fellow +citizens for gallant services rendered his country +during the hour of her peril.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">C. C. Greenly</span>, Merchant, enlisted September +27th, 1859. But a very short period of time +elapsed between his enlistment and the time +when he was duly confirmed fourth Corporal of +Company A. Step by step he advanced until +commissioned a Lieutenant by Gov. Fenton, +which commission he now holds. Each office he +has filled most honorably, and no member stands +higher in the estimation of the Company to-day +than Lieut. Greenly. While serving in the army, +he performed the duties that devolved upon +him in a manner that would have been highly +creditable to an officer of many years experience.</p> + +<p>It was the pleasure of the writer to be associated +with Lieut. Greenly and others who were +in charge of a detail of men whose destination +was the Head-Quarters of Gen. Grant at City +Point, and too much credit cannot be awarded +the Lieutenant for the care with which he<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_90" id="Page_90">[90]</a></span> +guarded his men, turning over to the authorities +at City Point every man of his command, while +others would be short five or six, and sometimes +many more; all in his charge were either drafted +men, substitutes, or deserters. The writer +most thoroughly appreciated the company of +Lieut. Greenly in that expedition, and wishes to +acknowledge many favors shown him.</p> + +<p>It may be supposed by many that the duties +of the members of the DeWitt Guard at Elmira +were not very arduous; but in this particular +instance we know the contrary to be the case. +Aside from the regular camp duties, (which a +portion of the time were very severe,) the Lieutenant +carried on an extensive correspondence, +the satisfactory termination of which resulted in +the marriage of our respected officer soon after +his return from the field.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">W. F. Finch</span>, Merchant, enlisted May 1st, +1860. During nearly six years of membership, +we find Mr. Finch marked absent from the drills +but three or four times—surely a good introduction. +Not only in attendance, however, was he +regular and punctual, but in every other duty +required of him as a member of the Company. +So particular was he not to be in arrears on<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_91" id="Page_91">[91]</a></span> +the Company's books, that we believe there was +not six months of his membership that the Company +were not indebted to him for dues and taxes +paid in advance. He enjoyed the exercise of +the drill, and became perfectly familiar with the +tactics and evolutions; took great pride in being +a good soldier. Against his wishes he was +elected Corporal, and by various promotions +reached the position of second Sergeant. A little +more than a year ago we were deprived of +the pleasure of the further direct membership of +our respected Sergeant, by the interposition of +our esteemed Colonel, H. D. Barto, who, discovering +in him a man with the qualifications of a +perfect soldier, appointed him to a position on +his staff, which, after due consideration, he accepted. +Still he retains his membership in the +Company so far as paying his dues are concerned. +He is a member of the firm of Morrison, Hawkins +& Finch, the leading Dry-Goods House of +the place.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Edgar M. Finch</span>, Book-Keeper, enlisted June +6th, 1860. Is brother of Sergeant W. F. Finch, +and the same must be said in his case, so far as +holding office is concerned, with one exception. +He has filled every non-commissioned office<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_92" id="Page_92">[92]</a></span> +—is now Orderly Sergeant. He served with +his Company during their term of enlistment in +the United States army. No better soldier can +be found, not even in the regular army, than +Sergeant Finch. The most regular attendant +at the drills, meetings and parades, of any member +ever connected with the Company. As will +be noticed, he enlisted over six years ago, and +during that time has never paid a fine. He is +one of the most unassuming, yet one of the noblest +and most generous young men of Ithaca.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">John C. Heath</span>, Wholesale and Retail Grocer, +enlisted September 4th, 1860.</p> + +<p>We know of no one who has devoted more +time, or distributed more money to build up, +keep in existence and sustain the military organizations +of the day, than Quartermaster Heath. +Whatever he becomes interested in, either in a +military or business way, he invariably drives to +a successful termination. In the organization of +the Regiment he took an active part, and we +know Colonel Barto must feel under great indebtedness +to him for rendering invaluable assistance +in organizing and mustering in the service +many of the new Companies.</p> + +<p>While connected with the Company he was<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_93" id="Page_93">[93]</a></span> +one of its best members and warmest supporters; +and although at the present time in no way directly +connected with them as a Company, he +still manifests a deep interest in its prosperity. +His first office was fourth Corporal, from which +he was promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant upon +the non-commissioned staff of Col. H. A. +Dowe, (since promoted to Brigadier General.) +Upon the reorganization of the Regiment, he +accepted the commission of Quartermaster upon +the staff of Colonel Barto, which he now holds, +the duties of which for the past year and a half +have been onerous, having distributed to the various +Companies of the Regiment all their arms, +clothing and other equipage, besides performing +other duties not directly in the line of his office. +The officers, as well as the men of the 50th Regiment, +owe Quartermaster Heath a debt of gratitude, +which we are led to believe will only be +cancelled by their continuing to sustain and keep +alive the interest they have recently manifested +in their Companies, and make the Regiment one +of the best in the State.</p> + +<p>We congratulate our friend on being associated +in business with James B. Taylor, Esq., the +most celebrated of all Ithaca Grocery merchants.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_94" id="Page_94">[94]</a></span> +The firm of J. B. Taylor & Co. is +known from New York to Chicago, and from +Boston to New Orleans, as the most responsible +and most accommodating of any establishment +of the kind between these extreme points; also, +for keeping the largest stock of goods, and selling +them the cheapest, of any House outside of +the great cities.</p> + +<p>With Quartermaster Heath to look after the +interest of the militia, and Alderman Taylor +that of his constituents and the general welfare +of our village, we may consider ourselves safe +beyond the possibility of a doubt.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">H. W. Jackson, Jr.</span>, Merchant, enlisted September +4th, 1860. Very soon after joining this +Company he enlisted in the United States service, +being one of the organizers of Company I, +32d New York Volunteers. Was elected first +Lieutenant, which commission he held for about +a year and a half, when his health failing he was +compelled to resign. He was engaged in two +or three battles under Gen. Franklin.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">C. Woodworth</span>, Merchant, enlisted September +4th, 1860. Mr. Woodworth was most an +estimable man in every respect. During the +short time he was connected with the Company,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_95" id="Page_95">[95]</a></span> +every member became warmly and firmly attached +to him.</p> + +<p>He removed from this place to Fon Du Lac, +Wis., where he had been a resident but a short +time when, in the all-wise Providence of God, +he was called to that Heavenly City for which he, +in a most eminent degree, was prepared to enter.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">George H. Grant</span>, Clerk, enlisted April 23d, +1861. Served faithfully as a member of this +Company, also in the United States army and +in the United States navy. Was most thoroughly +appreciated by the members of this Company. +During the Elmira campaign he was one of the +great alleviators of that terrible disease—homesickness. +Will long be remembered as one of +the celebrated Quartette—Grant, Wilson, Betts +and Johnson.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">E. J. Farnham</span>, Clerk, enlisted April 23d, +1861. Was one of the first soldiers that enlisted +from this place in the United States army. +Served honorably in Company A, 32d New York +Volunteers, until in consequence of disease contracted +in the army, he was no longer qualified +to serve and was honorably discharged. Was +a good soldier, and sacrificed his health for the +honor of his country.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Adnah Neyhart</span>,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_96" id="Page_96">[96]</a></span> Speculator, enlisted April +23d, 1861. By reason of his profession, Mr. +Neyhart was much of the time separated from +the Company, but always prompt in meeting his +obligations and sustaining the Company in every +possible way, aside from being personally +present. Furnished a substitute who represented +him in the United States army, suffered many +reverses in business, but fortunately his last investment +was a good one—<i>he struck oil</i>—and is +now again "<i>sound</i>."</p> + +<p>We congratulate him; no one has worked +harder for, or is better entitled to, a two hundred +and fifty barrel well than Adnah.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Thomas A. Brown</span>, Tin-Smith, enlisted April +23d, 1861. Was an active member during the +short time he was a resident of the village.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">R. W. Heggie</span>, Clerk, enlisted July 3d, 1861. +No young man ever joined this Company that +evinced more interest in its success and general +welfare, than did Mr. Heggie, and no member +was more respected. He was in every way calculated +to win the esteem and friendship of all +with whom he became associated. He very +readily became a perfect soldier. With a fervent +love for his country, and a desire to do<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_97" id="Page_97">[97]</a></span> +something for its defence in the hour of its peril, +he enlisted, August 26th, 1863, in Company G, +15th New York Cavalry; was soon elected first +Sergeant, and May 24th, 1864, was commissioned +Lieutenant. Was engaged in many battles, in +one of which he was wounded and a short time +separated from his Company. He was a courageous +officer, always ready to dash into the conflict. +Several times he was in command of +troops, conveying them from Boston to Charleston; +was then entrusted by Government with a +position of great responsibility and importance, +but at all times was equal to his duties. He +faithfully served until the close of the war, and +was honorably mustered out. Is now connected +with one of the largest cotton establishments of +the South, and located at Galveston, Texas.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">John S. Gay</span>, Clerk, enlisted July 3d, 1861. +Was a member until July 7th, 1865; was with +the Company during their term of service in the +army; a good soldier that could be trusted, and +he accompanied several detachments to the front. +Is now engaged in business at Cairo, Ill.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">W. H. Kellogg</span>, Tobacconist, enlisted July +3d, 1861. Served as a member until July 7th, +1865. Volunteered in the United States army<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_98" id="Page_98">[98]</a></span> +Sept. 2d, 1864, and honorably served the full +term of his enlistment.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Henry A. St. John</span>, Merchant, enlisted July +3d, 1861. Although his name is recorded as enlisting +July 3d, 1861, he had, however, been +connected with the Company a long time previous +to that date, but in a capacity that would +not admit of his signing the roll and becoming +a regular member under the statute. Displaying +a taste for the science of military while a +mere boy, he was elected by the members of this +Company one of their markers. At the time he +became a full member he was well versed in the +school of the soldier, and familiar with the school +of the Company. Was soon elected fourth Corporal, +being the youngest member that had ever +held office; was gradually promoted until he +reached the post of second Sergeant, which position +he now fills. Sergeant St. John particularly +distinguished himself while at Elmira; was +one of the best non-commissioned officers of the +Regiment. Col. R. P. Wisner, commanding the +58th Regiment, twice appointed him to fill vacancies +occasioned by absence of officers of his +staff. Was the first Sergeant detached from the +Regiment and placed in charge over substitutes<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_99" id="Page_99">[99]</a></span> +and deserters, en route for City Point, arriving +at his destination without the loss of a man. +He fully understood his duty, enforcing strict +discipline, and requiring his men to conform to +all the regulations and articles of war, but +equally careful not to exceed the bounds of his +authority.</p> + +<p>He is one of the most active men of the Company; +always first in any enterprise, the object +of which is the good of the organization. He +has contributed much toward this History by +giving a detailed and very accurate account of +the Elmira campaign, which may be found on +another page. It is a pleasure to be associated +with him as a soldier, or socially in the ordinary +walks of life. Is a member of the firm +of G. W. Baker & Co., the popular Dry-Goods +House of the place.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">M. L. Granger</span>, Merchant, enlisted July 3d, +1861. In time and money Mr. Granger has sacrificed +much for the sake of being a soldier. +Always present at parades, drills or meetings, +and always prompt to meet his obligations. He +volunteered in the United States service with +the Company in 1864, shared the pleasures and +deprivations of camp life with his comrades. For<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_100" id="Page_100">[100]</a></span> +the fatherly care and attention shown the younger +members, and those who needed assistance in +any way, he was named and known in camp by +the title of "Uncle Amos." He honestly served +out the term of his enlistment and was honorably +discharged. Is partner in the firm of J. S. +Granger & Co., a very extensive Dry-Goods +House, who enjoy the reputation of keeping the +most carefully selected stock of goods of any establishment +of the kind in Central New York.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Robert Goodwin</span>, Baker, enlisted July 3d, +1861. A good soldier and an upright man. +Was employed in the Bakery department of the +extensive establishment of John L. Whiton, Esq. +Removed West about three years ago.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">James Stanyon</span>, Blacksmith, enlisted July +3d, 1861. Was Company musician, and served +as such until he volunteered in the United States +service. He was a worthy and honorable soldier, +engaged in many battles. We have been +unable to obtain his war history for publication.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Henry W. Collins</span>, Clerk, enlisted July 3d, +1861. Like Sergeant St. John, Mr. Collins was +one of the Company markers long before he became +a regular member. Was a soldier of merit, +and liked by all the members. Served the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_101" id="Page_101">[101]</a></span> +Company as Secretary; his skillful penmanship, +as shown upon the records, would be of itself a +sufficient recommendation; but "<i>none need apply</i>," +as he is now first book-keeper in the New +York office of Adams' Express Company. His +absence is temporary, however, as he still considers +Ithaca his residence, and is still a member +of this Company.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">John C. Gauntlett</span>, Druggist, enlisted September +4th, 1861. Mr. Gauntlett has always +been as popular as a soldier, as he is a citizen +and associate. He is of the class that we would +always like to retain as members; but to meet +the demands of superior officers, we are obliged +to relinquish our claim upon them. Starting +from the ranks, Sergeant Gauntlett had reached +the post of fourth Sergeant, when Colonel Barto +selected him as Regimental Standard-bearer, +which office he now holds. Not feeling disposed +to leave his old friends, however, he retains his +membership and position in the Company, and +still acts with them, except on Regimental parade. +He volunteered with the Company in the +United States service, and well and faithfully +served out the term of his enlistment.</p> + +<p>He is engaged in the Drug and Medicine business,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_102" id="Page_102">[102]</a></span> +and it is a matter of pride to him, and a +source of gratification to his numerous friends, +that he stands at the head of that branch of +trade in Tompkins county.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Irving W. Norton</span>, Cigar-Maker, enlisted +September 4th, 1861. Was a good soldier while +connected with the Company. Volunteered in +the United States service, and received a bayonet +wound near his right eye. By this he was +prevented from being with his Company for a +short time, when he again resumed his duties and +served the full term of his enlistment. Mr. Norton, +and the night he was wounded, will long +be remembered by the DeWitt Guard.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">John L. Mandeville</span>, Civil Engineer and +Surveyor, enlisted October 2d, 1861. A prompt +and systematic soldier, and a most excellent +member of the Company. Although a resident +of the town of Caroline, is as frequently at the +drills as many who live in town. Has always +taken a great interest in the Company, accompanied +them to Elmira, and volunteered in the +United States service. Was permitted to serve +but a short time with the Company, however, as +he was detailed chief Clerk at Colonel Moore's +Head-Quarters; he was, nevertheless, always<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_103" id="Page_103">[103]</a></span> +ready for any kind of duty, when not engaged +in his office. While acting as sentinel (relieving +one of the guard for a play spell) one night, +he alone arrested two desperate characters, who +were stealing from the camp of the 58th Regiment, +for which he received a unanimous vote of +thanks. He served the full term of his enlistment, +and was honorably discharged, since which +time, until recently, he has been engaged in civil +engineering in and around Washington and +Baltimore. He has now returned, and can be +addressed at Mott's Corners, Tompkins county, +N. Y.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">E. K. Johnson</span>, Clerk, enlisted March 10th, +1862. Mr. Johnson, better known as "Kirk," +was honored with a non-commissioned office. +Served with the Company as Secretary, and from +his records we make extracts elsewhere. Was +a capital soldier, a perfect gentleman, and a first +rate fellow generally. Volunteered and served +in the United States service with the DeWitt +Guard at Elmira. No more daring soldier ever +stood up before a live Johnny, than he; was detailed +as police—the celebrated quartette, Johnson, +Betts, Grant and Wilson—and we can assure +the reader that every thing within their<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_104" id="Page_104">[104]</a></span> +reach was perfectly safe. Consistent with their +obligations as police officers, they watched the +various hen-roosts, and other places likely to be +disturbed by unruly soldiers; and not more than +fifteen or sixteen times did they find in the cook +stove oven of Company A, turkeys, chickens, +ducks, and other domestic fowls. At the close +of his term of service in the army, he made an +engagement with a large establishment at the +West, where he has since resided. He has warm +and <i>peculiar</i> attachments to the place of his birth, +and we earnestly hope it may yet be his permanent +residence.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">A. H. Platts</span>, Grocer, enlisted March 7th, +1862. Retained his membership but a very short +time.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">W. H. Hosford</span>, Mechanic, enlisted August +6th, 1862. Served honorably in the United +States army. We should have been glad to have +published his war history, but have been unable +to procure it.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">James H. Bishop</span>, Carpenter, enlisted August +6th, 1862. August 16th, 1862, Mr. Bishop +volunteered in the United States army for three +years, unless sooner discharged. Soon after enlisting, +he joined Captain John H. Terry's Company,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_105" id="Page_105">[105]</a></span> +which was connected with the 137th Regiment, +commanded by Col. David Ireland, and +subsequently by Col. K. S. Van Voorhees. Before +leaving Binghamton was elected Corporal. +The first camp duty performed by Corporal +Bishop, was picket duty on Bolivar Heights; +the weather becoming severely cold, and he being +placed upon the "lookout," which was the +highest point on the Heights, he suffered more +from cold and exposure than he did during all +the time he was in the service. This post he +occupied one week; soon after this the camp +was removed to Fairfax Station. April 27th +was ordered to pack and be ready to move. +The baggage of each soldier consisted of his +clothes, tent, blankets, eight day's rations, and +one hundred and sixty rounds of cartridges, with +gun and accoutrements. Corporal Bishop was +engaged in each day's battle at Chancellorsville, +which were the 1st, 2d and 3d days of May. +Was next engaged at the battle of Gettysburg, +where he was constantly fighting for three days. +After the return of the Regiment to Virginia, +Corporal Bishop was detailed for special duty, +and sent to Elmira on recruiting service, at +which place he remained until April, 1864, when<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_106" id="Page_106">[106]</a></span> +he again joined his regiment at Stevenson, Ala. +Was engaged in the skirmishes around Resacca, +and finally in the battle at that place, which was +from the 12th to the 15th of May. Participated +in the sharp fight at Dallas Woods, also at Pine +Knob and the severe battle of Peach Tree Creek. +After these and many other battles of less account, +the Regiment marched into the city of +Atlanta at midnight, the band playing "The +Campbells are Coming." Thus ended a campaign +of four months.</p> + +<p>Again taking up a line of march toward Milledgeville, +the only obstructions they met were +the railroads, which were speedily rendered useless +by taking up the track, heating the rails in +a fire made of the ties, and then twisting them +around the nearest tree or stump. Being obliged +to depend upon the country through which they +passed for subsistence, foraging parties were +each day sent out, and supplies of sweet potatoes, +pork and poultry would be brought in by +them, upon which they lived like nabobs. After +marching many days and much skirmishing, they +finally entered the city of Savannah about sunrise +on the morning of the 22d day of December. +From this time up to the time of the muster-out<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_107" id="Page_107">[107]</a></span> +of the Regiment, Corporal Bishop was every day +ready for duty, losing no time by sickness or +otherwise. Was finally mustered out with his +Regiment and honorably discharged. All honor +to Corporal James H. Bishop of the 137th +Regiment New York Volunteers.</p> + +<p>He is now settled down again in his old home, +receiving the congratulations of his friends, and +prepared at all times to assist them "to a new +house," or accommodate them in any way in the +line of his profession.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">A. L. Bishop</span>, Carpenter, enlisted August +6th, 1862. Soon after joining the DeWitt +Guard, Mr. Bishop volunteered in the United +States service, into which he was mustered Aug. +16th, 1862, in Captain J. H. Terry's Company, +137th New York Volunteers. Before leaving +Binghamton, the first place of rendezvous of the +Regiment, Mr. Bishop was elected and appointed +first Duty Sergeant of the Regiment. He +left Binghamton with his Regiment for the seat +of war Sept. 27th, 1862. The first camp of any +account was at Pleasant Valley, where our Sergeant +experienced rather hard fare—being +obliged to eat rations which would, by very fastidious +persons, have been considered rather unpalatable—but<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_108" id="Page_108">[108]</a></span> +of course soldiers must get used +to most every thing, and so our friend made the +best of his "hard tack" and <i>fresh meat</i>. On the +10th day of December he was elected and appointed +Orderly Sergeant, filling the vacancy +occasioned by the death of Orderly Sergeant +M. L. Beers. Arrived at Aquia Jan. 27th, 1863. +The duty here was very severe, consisting of +camp guard, picket guard, ordinance guard, railroad +guard and fatigue duty. Remained in +camp at this point until the last of April, when +orders were received to be ready to march at a +moment's warning, which orders were carried +into execution April 27th, when the Rappahannock +was crossed at Kelly's Ford, moving in the +direction of Chancellorsville, where the Company +were engaged the 1st, 2d and 3d days of +May, on each of which Sergeant Bishop took an +active part.</p> + +<p>On the 8th day of June he was commissioned +and mustered as second Lieutenant of Company +D, vice Lieutenant Whitmore resigned. Was +engaged the 2d and 3d days of July in the +battle of Gettysburg. Was in command of +troops that guarded the wagon trains from Nashville, +Tenn., to Bridgeport, Ala. Also marched<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_109" id="Page_109">[109]</a></span> +and guarded a wagon train to Chattanooga; +arriving as far as Wauhatchie halted for the +night, comfortably rolling themselves in their +blankets preparatory to a good night's rest. +About eleven o'clock firing was heard upon the +picket line, when they were ordered out and +soon in line, which had hardly been done before +they received a sharp volley of musketry from +the rebels. The fight lasted until three o'clock +of the next morning. The killed, wounded and +missing of the 137th Regiment in this engagement +was ninety men. Lieut. Bishop also participated +in the famous fight at Lookout Mountain, +and that of Ringold, Ga.</p> + +<p>May 2d, 1864, he commenced the great Georgia +campaign with Gen. Sherman; was engaged +in the battle of Resacca from the 12th to the +15th of May, and on the 25th in the battle of +Dallas Wood; the next engagement was at Pine +Knob on the 15th of June; had continued skirmishing +until the 20th of July, when occurred +the battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga., after which +they rested until the 23d, when they moved in +front of Atlanta; marched into the city Sept. +2d at twelve o'clock, after a campaign of over +four months.</p> + +<p>October<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_110" id="Page_110">[110]</a></span> 24th Lieut. Bishop was commissioned +and mustered first Lieutenant of Company D, +vice Lieut. C. C. Kellogg resigned. October +25th he was sent out with a foraging party; +were out four days and returned with five hundred +wagon loads of forage. November 1st +started for home on a twenty days leave of absence, +and eight of the days were occupied in +getting there; upon his return he found the +Regiment at Savannah. January 27th he was +ordered to the hospital, being wholly unfit for +duty; was detained there twenty days: was +again with the Regiment at Raleigh, N. C., +where orders were received to be ready forthwith +to march for Richmond, the Confederacy +having succumbed to the government of the United +States. Passed through Richmond the 11th +of May, crossed the Rappahannock at U. S. ford +the 15th, and arrived at Alexandria on the 19th. +May 23d he received an order stating that he +was honorably discharged from further service +by reason of physical disability; arrived at his +home in Ithaca June 20th, 1865.</p> + +<p>No more worthy soldier or respected officer +ever enlisted or commanded a Company, than +Lieut. A. L. Bishop; and a more honorable record<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_111" id="Page_111">[111]</a></span> +than his cannot be produced—always ready +to do his whole duty to his comrades and his +country.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">J. H. Terry</span>, Lawyer, enlisted August 4th, +1862. Had belonged to the Company but a +short time when he enlisted in the United States +service, and was elected Captain of a Company +organized in this village. We have been unable +to obtain his war history. He is now engaged +in his profession at the West.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">B. R. Williams</span>, Junior Editor of the Ithaca +Citizen and Democrat, enlisted September 3d, +1862. Captain Williams, while connected with +the Company, was one of its most useful members, +and it gives us pleasure to be afforded this +opportunity to acknowledge our obligations, and +also to accord to him the honor which is his due.</p> + +<p>He was permitted to remain as a private in +the Company but a very short time before he +was elected Corporal, and by promotion reached +the position of Sergeant, in which capacity he +enlisted in the United States service with this +Company in September, 1864; there, after a +short time, the Company were deprived of his +services by reason of his accepting a position +upon the staff of Col. R. P. Wisner, which, however,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_112" id="Page_112">[112]</a></span> +did not separate him from his former associates. +Captain Williams, by his many acts of +personal kindness toward the members of the +DeWitt Guard while in the service, and particularly +toward the officers, in rendering them the +most invaluable assistance in arranging and +closing up their account, was entitled to and received +their most hearty thanks. He rendered +very many acts of kindness officially which were +in no way connected with the duties of his office, +but it seemed to be a pleasure for him to do any +thing for the officers and men of his former Company. +He was constantly on terms of the most +perfect friendship with the officers and men of the +Regiment, and was a particular favorite with all.</p> + +<p>While a member of the Company he filled the +office of Secretary, and we are permitted to copy +extracts from his minutes which we do on another +page. Very soon after returning from Elmira, +he was commissioned Captain of Engineers +in the 50th Regiment, National Guard. Notwithstanding +his promotion, he still insists upon +retaining his membership in the DeWitt Guard, +against which not one objection is known to exist; +it is the strong desire of every member of +the Company that he may continue such, as long<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_113" id="Page_113">[113]</a></span> +as they are in any way connected with said institution.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">M. L. Thompson</span>, Speculator, enlisted September +8th, 1862. Removed from the District soon +after enlisting; sought his fortune in the oil +wells of Pennsylvania, which adventures, we are +pleased to state, have been successful.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">George E. Halsey</span>, Druggist, enlisted September +23d, 1862. Served with the Company until +he represented himself in the United States +army by substitution, when he withdrew from +this Company. Is proprietor of the celebrated +Fountain Drug Store of this village.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Vernon J. Terry</span>, Tobacconist, enlisted September +23d, 1862. Mr. Terry is the third +member of the same family who have served as +members of this Company. On account of business +it was impossible for him to personally accompany +his comrades during their service in the +United States army,—but generously furnished +a substitute at an expense to him of over one +hundred dollars. He is one of the large tobacco +and cigar manufactures of this village, and +his brand upon the weed is a sure indication of +prime stock.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Alfred Brooks</span>, Hat, Cap and Fur Merchant,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_114" id="Page_114">[114]</a></span> +enlisted October 1st, 1862. Is now fourth Sergeant +of the Company; is a favorite, not only +of the Company, but of the community at large; +was a good soldier, is a good Sergeant, and will +make a good Captain or Colonel. Stood face to +face with the Rebels at Elmira, and never evinced +the slightest degree of cowardice.</p> + +<p>He is the junior partner of the firm of F. +Brooks & Son, so favorably known throughout +the county. The most fastidious cannot fail in +being exactly suited with a selection from their +extensive assortment of hats, caps or furs.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">P. L. Root</span>, Painter, enlisted May 12th, 1863. +Served but a very short time.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Erastus M. Cronk</span>, Traveling Agent, enlisted +May 19th, 1863. Mr. Cronk's profession is such +that necessarily he is absent from many of the +drills and meetings of the Company, but he is always +willing to pay for all such absences.</p> + +<p>He procured a substitute that represented him +in the United States army, with a desire to do +all that he can for the good of the organization, +and a perfect willingness to stand by all rules +and regulations of the Company. He is a good +member, although only occasionally meeting with +them.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">E. T. Gardner</span>,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_115" id="Page_115">[115]</a></span> Mason, enlisted May 19th, +1863. At the time the Company volunteered in +the service of the general government, Mr. Gardner +<i>did not</i> go, being under eighteen years of +age at the time he enlisted, and not legally a +soldier. Hence his name was stricken from the +Roll.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">E. M. Greenly</span>, Professor in Ithaca Academy, +enlisted May 20th, 1863. Very much of the +time since his enlistment he has been traveling +in foreign countries. Since his final return he +has not renewed his membership.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">William H. Hern</span>, Clerk, enlisted May 21st, +1863. Mr. Hern was a first-class soldier, and +a young man of high standing and great respectability +in society. He removed from this village +to the city of Syracuse; is engaged in candy +manufacturing. Has also a large bakery which +is in operation day and night, and is doing a +very profitable business.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Thomas Hern</span>, Confectioner, enlisted May +21st, 1863. Served with the Company in the +United States army, and was a true and faithful +soldier; was respected by both officers and +men.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Albert Prame</span>, Shoemaker, enlisted May 21st,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_116" id="Page_116">[116]</a></span> +1863. Is now Corporal, which position he gained +by being one of the most regular members at +meetings and drills, and one the best drilled +soldiers of the Company. Corporal Prame is +one of the most unassuming and quiet members, +but one of the best men that ever kept step with +the beat of the drum. He proved himself one +of the "excelsior" during the term of enlistment +in the United States service. Was one of the +guard over a large detachment of troops sent to +the front, and we speak understandingly when +we say he was the best soldier that possibly +could have been selected for that purpose. No +bribe, however large, was sufficient to induce him +to depart from his duty in the slightest degree. +He well and truly performed all the duties required +of a soldier, and was honorably discharged +with the Company on expiration of his term of +enlistment at Elmira.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Charles R. Randolph</span>, Book-Binder, enlisted +May 21st, 1863. Is brother of the late Major +John Randolph. Served with the Company until +transferred to the 50th Regimental Band, by +order of Colonel Henry D. Barto. Mr. Randolph +furnished a substitute to represent him in +the army of the United States, after paying three<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_117" id="Page_117">[117]</a></span> +hundred dollars, being one of the original drafted +men.</p> + +<p>Mr. Randolph is Foreman in the Bindery department +of the establishment of Andrus, McChain +& Company. Has not only the confidence +and respect of his employers, but of the +community at large.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">E. E. Warfield</span>, Harness-Maker, enlisted +May 21st, 1863. A good soldier, an honest, upright +man, and a superior mechanic. Was with +the Company at Elmira, and honorably served +the full term of his enlistment.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Charles Rice</span>, Rail Road Man, enlisted May +21st, 1863. But never served.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">William S. Crittenden</span>, Clerk, enlisted May +21st, 1863. Mr. Crittenden is a good member, +and is faithfully serving the term of his enlistment. +Was with the Company in the United +States service, and performed all the duties required +of him. Is a book-keeper and accountant; +and has been selected as the most competent +person to take the militia enrollment of +this district.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Uri Clark</span>, Jeweler, enlisted May 26th, 1863. +Sergeant Clark is as good a soldier as he is a +perfect engraver, and as good an officer as he is<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_118" id="Page_118">[118]</a></span> +skillful and perfect in the various arts of which +he is master. With no show of arrogance on +account of his attainments, he fulfills his duties +as a member of the DeWitt Guard as cheerfully +and as consistent as he does any and all the duties +of a good citizen, and an upright member of +society. He was honored by the members of the +Company by being elected in the first place to +the vacancy occasioned by the promotion of the +fourth Corporal; he bore his honor meekly, +and by gradual promotion has reached the rank +of third Sergeant.</p> + +<p>Sacrificed his business for the sake of doing +his duty as a soldier, and volunteered with the +Company in the service of the United States in +September, 1864, and most honorably did he +serve the full term of his enlistment.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">E. C. Marsh</span>, Merchant, enlisted June 3d, +1863. Served honorably as Lieutenant in the +United States army. We have been unable to +procure his war history for publication.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">W. H. Hoyt</span>, Tobacconist, enlisted June 3d, +1863. Furnished a good and acceptable substitute +to represent him in the army, for which he +paid one hundred dollars. Is engaged largely +in the manufacture of cigars. All who appreciate<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_119" id="Page_119">[119]</a></span> +a good cigar, and who indulge in this luxury, +should try the brand manufactured by our +friend Hoyt.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">L. P. Kennedy</span>, Merchant, enlisted June 9th +1863. We envy no man his task were he compelled +to find, in this lower sphere, a more consistent, +upright and generous man, or a more +devoted, faithful and exemplary soldier, than +Corporal L. P. Kennedy; always at the drills, +invariably present at all parades, and never absent +at the meetings of the Company. He was +represented in the United States army by a good +and faithful substitute.</p> + +<p>He is engaged in a general dry-good and fancy +trade, and is receiving a liberal share of the +public patronage.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">E. M. Latta</span>, Turner, enlisted September 2d, +1863. Corporal Latta is one of the members +that the Company, and all who feel an interest +in its welfare, are greatly indebted to. One of +the most punctual and regular attendants at all +the meetings, drills and parades; so much so, +that it is the remark of those present, when the +Corporal is absent, that something serious is the +matter. A finer soldier never shouldered a gun, +a perfect gentleman, a splendid mechanic, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_120" id="Page_120">[120]</a></span> +a citizen respected by all who know him. One +of the best shots in the Company, invariably +taking a prize at the target shoots. He volunteered +and was mustered in the United States +service with the Company in 1864. No more +faithful or better soldier ever swore in the service, +always ready to do any thing he was called +upon, and many times did double duty to relieve +others whom he thought not as well able to perform +the labor as himself. The attachments +formed by members of the Company while at Elmira, +will long be remembered, and the name of +Corporal Latta will stand high upon the list of +those who rendered many kindnesses, and was +always so willing to do any thing for his comrades +that would tend in any way to meliorate +their condition. He was detailed several times +and sent with detachments of troops to the front, +and in all his trips never lost a man. Served +the full term of his enlistment and was honorably +discharged.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">John Shaw</span>, Student, (date of enlistment not +recorded). A very active member; joined the +Company when a mere boy and filled the position +of marker. As soon as he was of suitable +age and size, he shouldered his gun and became<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_121" id="Page_121">[121]</a></span> +a regular member; he served well and faithfully +until he left his home to attend college.</p> + +<p>We believe it is his intention to devote himself +to the ministry.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">M. G. Phillips</span>, Blacksmith, enlisted September +2d, 1863. Mr. Phillips was an honored and +respected member, a good soldier, and a conscientious +man. He died December 26th, 1864.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Fred. Greenly</span>, Student, enlisted September +2d, 1863. A young man of fine attainments, +and a splendid soldier. He served with the +Company as long as he was a resident of the +place.</p> + +<p>Is now a Professor in the Military Academy +at Eaglewood, New Jersey. Received his first +military education in this Company, and was +under the instruction of Colonel K. S. Van Voorhees.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">William K. Stansbury</span>, Book-Keeper, enlisted +September 2d, 1863. Served as marker in +the Company until September, 1864, when he +resigned.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Frank Perry</span>, Confectioner, enlisted September +3d, 1863. Was a good member, and served +faithfully until he removed from the district. +Is now a resident of the city of Syracuse.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">C. R. Baldwin</span>,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_122" id="Page_122">[122]</a></span> Furniture Dealer, enlisted +October 8th, 1863. Furnished a substitute who +represented him with the Company in the United +States service, for which he paid one hundred +dollars. Is engaged in the most extensive +Furniture trade of any establishment in the +county.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">James Patterson</span>, Cigar-Maker, enlisted October +8th, 1863. Served with the Company until +he volunteered in the United States army. +He was a good soldier, and received a number +of promotions in the army. Was engaged in +many battles, an account of which we are unable +to give.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Eugene E. Barnard</span>, Clerk, enlisted October +8th, 1863. Son of Professor M. R. Barnard, +and nephew of John Barnard, the hero of Lookout +Mountain. By reason of his superior qualifications +as a soldier, was honored by being elected +Corporal, which office he now holds, and fulfills +the duties required of him as such with perfect +satisfaction. He volunteered with the Company +in the U. S. service, and served his full +time with honor. Was most a capital fellow in +camp; always performed his duty well, and was +honorably discharged with the Company on the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_123" id="Page_123">[123]</a></span> +expiration of their term of service. The Company +can ill afford to lose Corporal Barnard.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">John C. Cleveland</span>, Furniture Dealer, enlisted +October 8th, 1863. Served but a short +time.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Linus S. Mackey</span>, Painter, enlisted March +5th, 1864. Mr. Mackey was a good soldier, as +may be inferred from the fact of his promotion +from the ranks of this Company to Sergeant of +the Engineer Corps of the 50th Regiment.</p> + +<p>He enlisted in the United States army August +6th, 1862, at Ithaca, and attached himself to +Company D, 143d, New York Volunteers; was +soon promoted to Sergeant. He served in the +army until September 16th, 1863, at which time +he was honorably discharged, by reason of disability +from disease of the lungs contracted while +in the army.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">M. M. Brown</span>, Physician and Surgeon, enlisted +March 7th, 1864. Doctor Brown joined this +Company out of pure patriotic and christian +motives, supposing that the government would +accept the services of the Company when offered, +which offer was twice tendered the government +during the short time he was connected with the +Company. Believing that they were not to be<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_124" id="Page_124">[124]</a></span> +called upon to defend the honor and integrity +of the country, the Doctor furnished an acceptable +substitute, and was, by reason of his profession, +relieved from further membership. The +Doctor is engaged in a very successful practice +in our village and is one of the Coroners of the +county.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Stephen F. Lewis</span>, Artist, enlisted June 7th, +1864. Mr. Lewis is most an acceptable member. +Is temporarily absent in the city of New +York perfecting himself in his favorite art. He +served with the Company through the Elmira +campaign, and was a true soldier.</p> + +<p>We hope our comrade will soon be again +with us.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Theodore Deschner</span>, Gun-Smith, enlisted +June 22d, 1864. Mr. Deschner was originally +from Danzig, Prussia Proper; was engaged five +years in the Prussian service; was promoted +from the ranks to a non-commissioned line office, +and again to Captain, and served as such +from 1848 to 1850. He received a severe wound +while bravely charging with his men in a sharply +contested fight in the Province of Posen in 1849. +From the effects of this wound Mr. Deschner +has never recovered, and will, in all probability,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_125" id="Page_125">[125]</a></span> +be a sufferer during life. In 1850 he was engaged +against the Austrians. In 1854 he was +again called into the service of his country, but +suffering so acutely from his wound he resigned +his office and came to this country and located in +the city of Rochester, where he resided seven +years; here he organized a Rifle Company. Finally +upon the urgent solicitation of a number +of citizens of this place, he removed here in 1861, +and has been engaged in the manufactory of +Guns and Pistols. He has the reputation of doing +the finest work of any mechanic engaged in +his branch of trade in the State; constantly receiving +orders from the Eastern States, and his +Western customers have not forgotten him. Has +constantly on hand an extensive assortment of +Guns, Pistols and Fishing Tackle.</p> + +<p>Very soon after joining the DeWitt Guard, +he was chosen Company Standard Bearer; later +was appointed by Colonel Barto Regimental +Gunner. Has been for the last three years Company +Armorer, and all who have visited the +Armory, and at all examined the guns and accoutrements, +can testify to his qualifications for +this office. He is probably one of the best, +if not the best, marksmen in Tompkins County,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_126" id="Page_126">[126]</a></span> +always taking a prize at the target shoots of +the Company.</p> + +<p>Mr. Deschner is a very worthy, upright and +honest citizen, and is well entitled to all the +honors that have been bestowed upon him.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Walter C. Steel</span>, Student, enlisted June 22d, +1864. Mr. Steel is a young man that commands +the respect and esteem of all his acquaintances. +He enlisted in this Company as musician, but he +is at all times ready to perform any duty in a +military way that he may be called upon to do. +He is not only an expert with the drum, but few +can excel him in the tactics, is perfectly familiar +not only with all the calls with the drum, +but can go through the drill equally well. He +volunteered in the United States service with +the Company, and well did he serve out the +whole of his time; of all the musicians at Elmira +none could compete with Mr. Steel. He +is a young man of much promise, and the whole +Company wish him great success in whatever +profession he may adopt.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">George R. Williams</span>, Vice-President Merchants' +& Farmers' National Bank, of Ithaca, enlisted +July 13th, 1864. For a perfect sample +of an honest, upright, conscientious, as well as<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_127" id="Page_127">[127]</a></span> +active, energetic and successful young man, we +produce Mr. Williams. Notwithstanding his official +duties, he endeavors to be present at the +drills and meetings, and is an invaluable member. +He volunteered in the service of the General Government +with the Company in 1864. They were +soon deprived of his services, by reason of his +being detailed as chief Clerk at Head-Quarters. +He however remained with them in camp, frequently +volunteering to appear with them on +dress-parade and during inspections. No man +stood higher, or commanded more respect in +Elmira, than Mr. Williams.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">H. E. Smith</span>, Clerk, enlisted August 29th, +1864. Discharged July 7th, 1865; served with +the Company at Elmira.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">T. H. Griffith</span>, Miller, enlisted September +1st, 1864. A particular favorite with all the +members at Elmira. Was Company cook, and +no man could make army rations taste better +than our friend Griffith. He served as a member +until some time after the Company returned +from Elmira, when, on account of his residence +being in another district, he was honorably discharged.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">H. L. Miller</span>, Farmer, enlisted September<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_128" id="Page_128">[128]</a></span> +1st, 1864. Harley was well liked by all the +men at Elmira—and withal he was a first rate +soldier. Although a resident of another district, +is still connected with the Company.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">J. W. Brown</span>, Clerk, enlisted September 1st, +1864. Brother of M. M. Brown, M. D., whose +substitute he was. Served faithfully with the +Company through the Elmira campaign; was a +good soldier, and a young man of much promise.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Charles R. Sherwood</span>, Clerk, enlisted September ——, +1864. Charley was a good young +man, and was just as good a soldier. Served +the full term of his enlistment with the Company +at Elmira. Upon his return, removed to the +city of Buffalo.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Martin Besimer</span>, Student, enlisted December +26th, 1864. A good soldier and a very fine +young man. Served with the Company until +very recently, when he removed from the district.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Aaron Osborn</span>, Clerk, enlisted February +27th, 1865. Mr. Osborn is one of the very best +members at the present day; always present +and always prompt to meet his dues and other +obligations, and as a soldier is excelled by very +few; as a citizen he is respected by all. He +is connected with the large Boot and Shoe<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_129" id="Page_129">[129]</a></span> +manufactory of C. Christiance & Son, of this +village.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">W. V. Wood</span>, Farmer, enlisted February 27th, +1865. Discharged June, 1866.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">W. H. Hall</span>, Clerk, enlisted February 27th, +1865. Volunteered from the Company in the +United States Navy.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Charles A. Phillips</span>, Clothing Merchant, +enlisted February 10th, 1865. Mr. Phillips is +one of the most active members; is its present +Secretary; every body likes Charley. Is one +of the firm of A. Phillips & Sons, extensive +Clothing manufactures. The large and increasing +business of their House is their best recommendation.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">D. N. Johnson</span>, Book-Keeper, enlisted February +27th, 1865. Son of Captain Johnson and +brother of E. K., whose history has already been +noticed. One of the most respected and esteemed +young men of the village. A good soldier +and a good member of the Company. Is confidential +clerk and book-keeper with Messrs. Seymour +& Johnson, merchants and general dealers.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">C. L. Taber</span>, Clerk, enlisted April 5th, 1865. +Charley is a first rate boy; just as good a soldier, +and equally as good a member of the Company.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">William Hatch</span>,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_130" id="Page_130">[130]</a></span> Steam-Boat Steward, enlisted +February 10th, 1865. Any person who has +traveled the waters of Cayuga Lake, and not +heard of Billy Hatch, and not regaled themselves +with the luxuries provided by him, is probably +the very one who would deny the existence of +any such sheet of water, or would astonish us +no more were they to deny their own existence. +To confine ourselves to Mr. Hatch's qualifications +as a soldier, however, would be more proper +in this connection; but where a man is as +good in one position as in another, we are frequently +apt to digress from our subject.</p> + +<p>The time he is obliged to be away from the +drills and meetings, he makes up by doing for +the Company very much in other directions. +One of the most prompt, as well as one of the +most generous members, has frequently paid +fines and dues or other obligations of other members, +who he thought could not afford to pay for +themselves. Although at many of our drills we +miss Mr. Hatch, still he is a member we should +be as unwilling to have leave us, as would Captain +Wilcox, Captain Goodrich or the traveling +community at large, to have him resign his position +on the Kate Morgan.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">M. J. Barker</span>,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_131" id="Page_131">[131]</a></span> Express Clerk, enlisted May +4th, 1865. A very stirring and energetic young +man, and a soldier of ability. Is properly appreciated +by the Company he represents.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Charles F. Clark</span>, Clerk, enlisted May 4th, +1865. Is a young man of promise, a good soldier +and first class salesman. Is employed in +the large dry-goods house of J. S. Granger & +Company.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">George Pollay</span>, Carpenter, enlisted February +1st, 1865. Served with the Company through +the term of their enlistment in the United States +army. Was there a good soldier; was discharged +from the general service with the Company, +and discharged from the Company soon +after.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Frank Lucas</span>, enlisted February 1st, 1865. +A short time thereafter was discharged. Has +served in the United States army.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">George M. King</span>, Student, enlisted May 31st, +1865. A perfect gentleman, and as good a member +as ever enrolled himself with the DeWitt +Guard. He joined with a full determination to +become as good a soldier as there was in the +Company. He has applied himself most thoroughly, +and we leave for those who see the Company<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_132" id="Page_132">[132]</a></span> +on parade to judge how near he has reached +the goal of a soldier's ambition. Is a very fine +shot, and has taken prizes at the various target +practices.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Warren H. Lewis</span>, enlisted June 7th, 1865. +Soon after left to seek his fortune in the oil regions +of Pennsylvania.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Charles W. Conover</span>, Farmer, enlisted June +7th, 1865. Although Mr. Conover has belonged +to the Company but little over a year, still by +strict attention, and a determination to learn, +he has become a soldier of merit. No member +is more regular, or manifests a livelier interest +in the Company than he. A stranger to many +of the members when he enlisted, but soon he +gained their well wishes, and to-day no one +stands higher in the estimation of the Company +than Mr. Conover.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Frank Baker</span>, Farmer, enlisted June 7th, +1865. All that was said in relation to the last +named soldier, is perfectly in place in this instance. +Mr. Baker is a very attentive and active +member; very few drills or meetings that +he is not present, although he has further to +come than any other person connected with the +Company. Such members as these will in due<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_133" id="Page_133">[133]</a></span> +time receive the promotion they have earned +and are entitled to.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Theodore J. Smith</span>, Cigar-Maker, enlisted +June 17th, 1865. Mr. Smith is a good soldier, +having served a long time in the United States +service, a history of which we have been unable +to obtain.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">S. W. Purdy</span>, Barber, enlisted June 20th, +1865. Was a much better barber than soldier; +and although a sufficiently good marksman to +take the first prize, still not generous enough to +pay his Company obligations before leaving the +place.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">George L. Clapp</span>, enlisted June 20th, 1865. +A fine young man and a good soldier, served his +country during the late war. An account of his +war history we have been unable to obtain.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Fitch R. Curran</span>, Book-Keeper, enlisted June +20th, 1865. After a very short membership, +our friend discovered that he had not yet reached +the age of eighteen. Taking advantage of his +age he withdrew.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">John F. Young</span>, Jeweler, enlisted June 20th, +1865. Mr. Young is a gentleman of much promise +and an excellent soldier. Is one of the most +active members of the Company. Is employed<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_134" id="Page_134">[134]</a></span> +in the large establishment of Burritt, Brooks +& Co., the oldest House of the kind in Western +New York.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Charles E. Fisk</span>, Book-Binder, enlisted June +28th, 1865. Is one of the most respectable members +at the present time, and is in all respects a +fine young man. Is an employee in the establishment +of Andrus, McChain & Co.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Frank B. Wyckoff</span>, Clerk, enlisted September +6th, 1865. Mr. Wyckoff has been, and we +hope will continue to remain, a good member of +this Company, notwithstanding a little informality +in his muster. Is employed in the Dry-Goods +House of Morrison, Hawkins & Co.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">M. B. Apgar</span>, Turner, enlisted September 6th, +1865. Mr. Apgar was a fine soldier, and it was +one of the misfortunes that the Company are +constantly liable to, that he retired therefrom +by reason of changing his residence to the city +of New York. He was a United States soldier +and was connected with Company G, 15th New +York Cavalry. Was engaged in all the battles +that the Regiment participated in. Enlisted at +Ithaca, July 30th, 1863, and was mustered in at +Syracuse, August 26th. He alone captured a +number of prisoners at the charge on Martinsburg,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_135" id="Page_135">[135]</a></span> +August 21st, for which he was promoted +to Corporal, and November 9th was again promoted +to Sergeant. Was taken prisoner December +21st, 1864, but was soon exchanged. +Received the farewell address of General Custer, +May 23d, 1865, and was mustered out soon +after. We are sure Sergeant Apgar was engaged +in over fourteen battles. He is remembered +as one of the defenders of the country.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Norman Johnson</span>, Jr., Carpenter, enlisted +September 6th, 1865. Mr. Johnson served in +the United States army, but we have been unable +to procure his history for publication.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">John S. Hulbert</span>, Painter, enlisted August +24th, 1865. Mr. Hulbert withdrew from the +Company and was discharged soon after his enlistment.</p> + +<p>He enlisted in Company D, 137th Regiment +New York Volunteers, August 16th, 1862, and +was with the Regiment until the capture of Atlanta, +at which time he was detailed as wagon +guard at Head-Quarters. Was mustered out of +the service June 9th, 1865. Was engaged in +the following battles: Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, +Wauhatchie Valley, Lookout Mountain, +Missionary Ridge, Ringold, Resacca, Dallas<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_136" id="Page_136">[136]</a></span> +Woods, Pine Knob, Kenesaw Mountain, South +Mountain, Peach Tree Creek and Atlanta. Another +of the brave soldiers who served our Union +in the recent civil war.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">S. L. Baker</span>, Tin-Smith, enlisted September +6th, 1865. Mr. Baker is respected by all the +members of the Company; is always punctual +at the parades, drills and meetings, and is an industrious +and worthy young man. Is employed +in the extensive works of Messrs. Treman, King +& Co. Took the first prize at the July target +shoot.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Harlan Hill</span>, Rail Road Agent, enlisted September +8th, 1865. Mr. Hill is the gentlemanly +Ticket Agent at the Delaware, Lackawanna & +Western Rail Road Depot in this village, a position +which he fills with ability. Although not +long connected with the Company, still he has +well perfected himself in the tactics, and is a +prompt and active member.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">R. W. Dodd</span>, Cigar-Maker, enlisted October +4th, 1865. Mr. Dodd was one of the first soldiers +that enlisted from this village. Joining +Company A, (Captain Jerome Rowe) 32d New +York Volunteers. He well and faithfully served +the full term of his enrollment, and again re-enlisted.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_137" id="Page_137">[137]</a></span> +We regret being unable to give a full +history of Mr. Dodd's military life.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Theodore Quick</span>, Cigar-Maker, enlisted October +12th, 1865. Mr. Quick has succeeded in +perfecting himself as a soldier to a degree that +but few attain. Few men can excell him in +the tactics. Is an invaluable member of the +Company. He enlisted in the United States +army August 11th, 1862, in Company I, 109th +Regiment, and served with the Company and +Regiment until they were mustered out. Was +engaged in the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, +Petersburg, Welden Railroad and a +number of lesser engagements.</p> + +<p>On account of illness contracted in the army, +was three months in the hospital.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">W. S. Mandeville</span>, Clerk, enlisted October +12th, 1865. Considering the time he has served +Mr. Mandeville is one of the best soldiers we +know of, prompt, energetic and capable, we think, +of commanding a Company or a Regiment. Immediately +upon joining the Company, he manifested +an interest, and with a determination to +learn he attended every drill, and aside from +this would by himself study the tactics, until he +became perfectly posted in the science of military.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_138" id="Page_138">[138]</a></span> +He is a young man of much promise, and +is the exemplification of a perfect gentleman. +Is employed in the large Drug Store of Messrs. +Schuyler & Curtis, and enjoys the confidence +and respect, not only of his employers, but of +the whole circle of his acquaintances, and the +very many patrons of the House with which he +is engaged.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">J. J. Mitchell</span>, Merchant, enlisted October +12th, 1865. Mr. Mitchell beareth the same similarity +to the last named member, that one pea +beareth to another. As long as he was a resident +of the village he was invariably present at the +parades, drills and meetings of the Company. +He is now a citizen of Lansing, but retains his +membership in this Company, and meets with +them on all parades. He is engaged in the Dry-Goods +trade at Ludlowville, and is probably doing +the greatest amount of business of any house +of the kind—outside of the village of Ithaca—in +Tompkins County.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Clark Fralick</span>, enlisted October 5th, 1865. +He enlisted July 20th, 1862, in the United States +army, in which he served three years in Company +D, 143d New York Volunteers; was engaged +in six battles; was not sick a day while in the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_139" id="Page_139">[139]</a></span> +service, nor ever lost an hour from his Regiment.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">E. M. Thompson</span>, enlisted October 10th, 1865. +Mr. Thompson removed from the place soon after +his enlistment.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">W. H. Brower</span>, enlisted October 31st, 1865. +Signed the Roll, but never appeared at a meeting +or drill.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">E. G. Foster</span>, Boat-Builder, enlisted November +6th, 1865. Soon removed to Minnesota.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Luke Bergin</span>, Tailor, enlisted November 10th, +1865. Manifests but a slight degree of interest +in the Company.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Arche Dresser</span>, Harness-Maker, enlisted November +10th, 1865. Soon removed from the +district. Was a soldier, and a good one, in the +United States army.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">B. Almy, Jr.</span>, Teacher, enlisted January 17th, +1866. Mr. Almy joined upon transfer from the +Enfield Company, of which he was Orderly Sergeant. +Is a teacher of ability; his present engagement +is with the Public School in this village.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">John E. Clapp</span>, Clerk, enlisted March 15th, +1866. Is one of the most attentive members at +the present time.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">H. G. Stoddard</span>, Clerk, enlisted March 29th,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_140" id="Page_140">[140]</a></span> +1866. Mr. Stoddard, as will be observed, has +very recently joined, but promises to become one +of the best members of the Company.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">J. H. Willetts</span>, Student, enlisted May 7th, +1866. Mr. Willetts joined the Company almost +a perfect stranger to all the members, but by his +gentlemanly deportment and perfect willingness +to learn, has gained the respect of both officers +and men.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">M. McCallester</span>, Farmer, enlisted May 7th, +1866. His residence is so far from the village +that he is only occasionally present at the drills +and meetings, but from the eagerness he displayed +to learn when he first became a member, +we are led to believe he will make a good soldier.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">C. N. Taber</span>, enlisted May 31st, 1866. Mr. +Taber promises to become a soldier of extraordinary +merit.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Lewis S. Neil</span>, Painter, enlisted May 31st, 1866. +Although next to the last soldier enlisted in the +DeWitt Guard, we are led to believe will soon +become next to the best in his knowledge of +military; and perhaps in this instance as in +others, the last shall be first.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">John Barnard</span>, "The Hero of Lookout Mountain," +seized with a patriotic ardour to serve his<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_141" id="Page_141">[141]</a></span> +country in its trying period for National existence, +on the 20th day of August, 1862, he volunteered +and joined Capt. J. H. Terry's Company, +then being formed in this village. Was duly +examined and mustered into the United States +service at Binghamton, N. Y., on the 25th of +September, 1862. Was unanimously elected 8th +Corporal of Company D. He left Binghamton +with the Regiment for the seat of war, September +27th.</p> + +<p>He accompanied General Geary on a reconnoissance +to Manchester, which occupied five +days. December 10th ordered to reinforce General +Burnside at Fredericksburg. This was the +first time our hero came within hearing of the +enemy's guns, but his courage was equal to any +emergency, and never, through the whole course +of his military life, did he turn his back to the +enemy, but always stood up and boldly battled +for the right. Sunday, December 28th, had the +first skirmish. On the 18th of January, 1863, +was detailed by Colonel Ireland as one of the +color guard of the Regiment. On the 27th +day of April, was ordered on a march, and with +eight days' rations and ninety rounds of ammunition, +started for the Chancellorsville battle<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_142" id="Page_142">[142]</a></span> +ground, where he arrived and participated in +the battles of May 1st, 2d and 3d. July 2d and +3d were engaged with the enemy upon the bloody +fields of Gettysburg. September 24th, was ordered +to reinforce General Rosecrans at Chattanooga, +Tennessee. October 29th, participated +in the midnight battle of Wauhatchie. In this +engagement one out of every three of the whole +number were either killed or wounded. Color-bearer +Baker was seriously wounded, and the +colors of the Regiment fell into the hands of our +gallant Barnard, he having escaped unharmed, +although his overcoat, which was strapped upon +his back, was shot through by one of the enemy's +bullets. After this engagement he was detailed +as color-bearer of the Regiment, vice Baker +wounded.</p> + +<p>On the 24th of November was ordered to +march flying light, with only one day's rations; +participated in the famous "Battle above the +Clouds;" climbing over rocks and fallen trees, +our bold and daring Sergeant succeeded in planting +the colors of his Regiment on the rebel +works, amid a terrific fire from the enemy. Sergeant +Brink, with the State colors, was shot +down upon his right, and Corporal Foot, of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_143" id="Page_143">[143]</a></span> +color guard, upon his left. For this brave and +heroic deed, Sergeant Barnard received the thanks +of Colonel Ireland, as well as of all the general +officers. November 25th, was engaged in the +battle of Missionary Ridge, and November 27th +in the battle of Ringold, Georgia. January +4th, 1864, was ordered to Stevenson, Alabama. +While here Sergeant Barnard was detailed by +the Commandant of the Post and appointed +Post-Master, a very responsible position, having +the entire charge of the mail for over five thousand +troops. This office he held until Sherman's +campaign against Atlanta commenced, and in +May he again resumed his office in the Regiment. +Was engaged in the action at Resacca, May +15th, battle of New Hope Church, May 25th, +battle of Pine Hill, June 15th, and continued +skirmishing until June 21st, when he participated +in the battle of Kolb's Farm. June 24th +battle of Kenesaw Mountain; still continued +skirmishing with the enemy, and drove them +across the Chattahoochie River. July 20th was +in the battle of Peach Tree Creek; also in the +siege of Atlanta, and was among the first troops +that entered the city, September 2d.</p> + +<p>November 15th he started on the Georgia campaign,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_144" id="Page_144">[144]</a></span> +and participated in the siege of Savannah +from December 11th until December 21st, +when together with the color-bearer of the 102d +New York, he hoisted the old flag upon the City +Hall in Savannah. January 27th, 1865, started +on the Carolina campaign. Was engaged in the +skirmishes at Edisto River, Lexington Court +House, S. C, and Averysboro, N. C. Arrived +at Goldsboro, N. C, April 1st, 1865. +Was present at the capture of Raleigh on the +14th of April.</p> + +<p>On the 30th of April, the war having virtually +closed by the surrender of Generals Lee and +Johnson, Sergeant Barnard, with his Regiment, +started homeward, arriving in Alexandria, Virginia, +May 19th. Took part in the Grand Review +at Washington, May 24th, and on June 9th +was mustered out of the United States service.</p> + +<p>Sergeant Barnard was engaged in fourteen +battles, besides numerous skirmishes, which, in +times previous to the late war, would have been +considered battles of much account.</p> + +<p>Suffering all the dangers, exposures and deprivations +of the Georgia and Carolina campaigns, +our Sergeant was never a day from his +Regiment, unless detailed for special duty. He<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_145" id="Page_145">[145]</a></span> +made every mile of the whole march on foot, +carrying a burden that every American soldier +knows is enough to break down the constitution +of almost any ordinary man.</p> + +<p>No soldier ever enlisted in the service of his +country, who is deserving of more honor than +Sergeant John Barnard.</p> + +<p>Remember, you that staid at home and experienced +none of the trials and deprivations of +war, those who sacrificed their health, their lives +and their all for you, as well as every other citizen +of this great Republic.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_146" id="Page_146">[146]</a></span></p> + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_147" id="Page_147">[147]</a></span></p> +<h2>HISTORY OF THE COMPANY.</h2> + + +<p>The DeWitt Guard was organized in 1851, +and the first regular meeting was held December +31st. At this meeting a series of By-Laws +were adopted, very many of which are in operation +at the present time, although there is not +at the present time a single person connected +with the organization who at that time was a +member.</p> + +<p>J. B. Terry was elected the first Secretary, +and George H. Collins Treasurer, with Stephen +Brewer and Loren Day as Directors.</p> + +<p>At that time the law permitted the Companies +to have a certain number of supernumeraries, and +at the second regular meeting, F. Reed Dana, +W. G. Maurice, Isaac Tichenor, Julius M. Adsley, +Dana Fox, E. M. Marshall, John Rumsey, +George McChain and S. B. Covert, were duly +elected supernumeraries. The first out of doors +drill took place in the Park, June 23d, and lasted<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_148" id="Page_148">[148]</a></span> +two hours. The 4th day of July was duly observed +by the Company: a parade, at which the +Company did their first street firing, and a dinner +at Colonel Seymour's Ithaca Hotel, constituted +the festivities of the day. At the regular +meeting, September 2d, 1852, a note was given +to Colonel Millspaugh for fifty dollars, this being +the amount he advanced to pay the Armorer's +bill. On Thursday morning, September 23d, +the drum beat at five o'clock, which warned the +citizens of the near approach of the departure of +Captain Partenheimer's Company, not for the +seat of war, but for their first encampment at +Goodwin's Falls. At 9 o'clock the life-like engine +"Lackawanna," with a modesty becoming the +Company to whom she belonged, introduced the +Company to his honor "William E. Dodge," +who safely landed his "precious load of freight" +soon after at Goodwin's Landing. After a +march of about three miles, to the music of Canham's +Brass Band, the camp-ground was reached; +tents were soon pitched, colors were hoisted, +and at one P. M. were ready for our first rations; +at two P. M. of the same day the Company paraded +for the first time upon a camp-ground. +The Company remained in camp one week.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_149" id="Page_149">[149]</a></span></p> + +<p>Thursday November 25th, 1852, by proclamation +of the Governor, was observed as a day of +Thanksgiving. This being the day designated +by the fair ones of our village for the presentation +of the Banner to our Company, Captain +Partenheimer's orders were responded to by a +prompt and full corps. Upon being drawn up +in line in front of the Clinton House, Hon. S. B. +Cushing, on behalf of the Ladies, in a few appropriate +remarks, presented the Banner. Our +worthy Lieutenant Bruyn, on behalf of the Captain +and his Company, returned his most sincere +and heartfelt thanks, with a few remarks highly +complimentary to him from whose hand he received +the Banner, and to those Ladies instrumental +in making the donation. Alter a parade +through the principal streets, and giving each +Public House a round of blank cartridges, with +that good feeling ever manifested by the Company, +they were dismissed by our commanding +officer. March 3d William Glenny was elected +Secretary in place of J. B. Terry, resigned.</p> + +<p>July 4th, 1853, was duly celebrated by the +Company by an encampment through the day in +the Park. August 9th the Company were inspected +by Brigadier General Segoine, of Auburn.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_150" id="Page_150">[150]</a></span> +September 8th, 1853, the second encampment +of the Company took place at Goodwin's +Falls; were here again reviewed by General +Segoine and Colonel D. E. Avery. On Sunday +the Company in a body attended church at Trumansburg. +Washington's birth-day, February +22d, 1854, was observed by the Company; a national +salute was fired by Sergeant McDonald, +loading and firing five times a minute. June +27th the committee of arrangements for the celebration +of the coming Fourth of July, offered the +Company thirty dollars if they would participate +in the celebration, which was promptly refused, +and the Company voted unanimously to join in +the celebration without money and without price. +Accordingly the Fourth day of July, 1854, was +duly celebrated in the true spirit of '76. The +first target shoot of the Company was held July +11th, 1854, and resulted in Sergeant McDonald +taking the first prize, L. Millspaugh the second +and S. Stoddard the third. Saturday August +26th, 1854, the Company appeared in full uniform +at 5½ o'clock, A. M., to escort the remains of their +late comrade, D. Lewis Avery, to their last resting +place. His remains were taken to Aurora +for interment.</p> + +<p>Monday<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_151" id="Page_151">[151]</a></span> August 28th, the Company started +for Camp Seneca, at Seneca Falls, where a week +was spent by them very profitably. The second +target practice was September 22d, 1854, and +Sergeant L. R. King, E. C. Fuller, M. E. Elmendorf, +Lot S. Hinds and Sergeant McDonald, +were declared the best shots, and received the +prizes accordingly. January 8th, 1855, was duly +observed by the Company; in the evening had +supper at the Clinton House. September 6th +the Company unanimously voted to furnish uniforms +free of expense to all new members who +would join. September 14th, 1855, K. S. Van Voorhees +was elected first Sergeant, L. R. King, +second Sergeant, F. K. Andrus, third Sergeant, +and James McClune, fourth Sergeant. September +19th, third target shoot, the lucky ones not recorded. +October 31st, 1855, the Company were +inspected and reviewed by General Segoine and +staff, and Colonel D. E. Avery and staff; in the +afternoon of the same day was another target +shoot. November 29th the Company escorted +the remains of their late Lieutenant, A. H. McNeil, +to the Depot, being en route for the city of +Auburn. The Company held their annual meeting +and took supper at the Clinton House, January<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_152" id="Page_152">[152]</a></span> +8th, 1856. May 28th L. R. King was elected +first Lieutenant, in place of W. V. Bruyn, resigned, +and Charles F. Blood second Lieutenant, +in place of A. H. McNeil, deceased.</p> + +<p>Wednesday June 11th, 1856. The Willard +Guard of Auburn, accompanied by Scott's Cornet +Band of Rochester, arrived on an excursion +to Ithaca. When nearing the dock they were +saluted with twenty-one guns from the DeWitt +Guard, and received by them accompanied by +the entire Fire Department of the village, and +were escorted through the principal streets to +their quarters at the Clinton House. They were +there welcomed by an appropriate speech +from J. H. Selkreg, Esq. William Shapcott, of +the Willard Guard, returning thanks on behalf +of their Company to the soldiers, Fire Department +and citizens, for the cordial manner in +which they had been received. The Willard +Guard paraded during the forenoon of the following +day, and at five o'clock P. M. were escorted +to the Park by the DeWitt Guard, where +they were drilled in the different evolutions of +military tactics with great credit to themselves. +On Friday morning the DeWitt Guard again +paraded and escorted their visitors to the Steamboat<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_153" id="Page_153">[153]</a></span> +Landing. After a few speeches, a great +rivalry was kept up between the two Companies +for the last cheer, but amid the clattering of +drums it was impossible to tell which succeeded.</p> + +<p>September 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th and 6th, the Company +were encamped at Dryden; on Friday they +were reviewed by General Segoine and staff of +Auburn. The encampment passed off with perfect +harmony, and without any thing to mar the +good feeling which prevailed throughout. Tuesday, +December 10th, the Company escorted the +remains of their late member, Sergeant James +C. McClune, to their last resting place. February +24th, upon invitation of the Pioneers of +Tompkins County, the Company paraded and +escorted that body through the principal streets +of the village. September 15th target shoot. +October 13th the Company were inspected at +Goodwin's Falls by Adjutant George H. Collins. +Upon invitation of the President of the Tompkins +County Horticultural Society, the Company +paraded and attended their Fair, June 3d, 1858. +Upon invitation of the Tompkins Blues, the Company +visited Trumansburg and joined in celebrating +the Fourth day of July. A very pleasant +entertainment was provided by the citizens of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_154" id="Page_154">[154]</a></span> +that place. July 21st the Company visited Owego, +and were agreeably entertained by the citizens; +returned the same evening.</p> + +<p>August 17th, 1858, the Company paraded in +honor of the <i>successful laying</i> of the Atlantic +Cable. August 31st, upon invitation of the Ithaca +Fire Department, joined with them in procession, +and escorted Cayuga Hose Company No. +4, of Auburn, to the Clinton House.</p> + +<p>"The DeWitt Guard, accompanied by Whitlock's +celebrated Cornet Band and several invited +guests, left Ithaca at 7 o'clock A. M., July +12th, 1859, on an excursion to our neighboring +city of Auburn, and to enjoy one of the <i>pleasantest +trips ever experienced</i> by any Company of +soldiers. The Company mustered two Lieutenants, +three color-bearers and twenty-five men. +The smiles of Heaven seemed to be upon us, and +every thing seemed given to <i>conduce to our happiness</i>. +It was indeed a lovely sight as we floated +down the beautiful Cayuga, which lay sleeping +between the banks of those noble hills, decked +in nature's verdant garb. It would have been +a lovely scene for some artist to sketch in glowing +colors; but no artist could touch so tenderly +the points with which nature has adorned them.</p> + +<p>We<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_155" id="Page_155">[155]</a></span> arrived in the beautiful city at half-past +twelve, amid the thundering voice of artillery. +Were received by the three military Companies +of the city, and were escorted by them through +the principal streets to our Head-Quarters +White's Exchange. After a capital dinner, we +were marched to Fort Hill Cemetery to visit the +grave of our lamented Lieutenant, A. H. McNeil; +an hour was spent in that beautiful cemetery. In +the evening we <i>were entertained</i> at the residence +of Mayor B. F. Hall, which entertainment passed +off to the perfect <i>satisfaction of all present</i>. +Wednesday morning were called together at ten +o'clock, and accepted an invitation of the Military +Committee to visit the Prison and Insane +Asylum.</p> + +<p>In the afternoon the Auburn Companies, together +with the DeWitt Guard, paraded for +nearly two hours, after which each Company +was practiced in the Battalion movements; the +DeWitt Guard taking the lead. Each Company +displayed a thorough discipline in military +tactics, the movements being of almost mathematical +precision. In the evening the Company +were the guests of Doctor Willard, and was +splendidly entertained at his beautiful residence<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_156" id="Page_156">[156]</a></span> +on Genesee street. The Doctor is a model gentleman; +truly did we enjoy his hospitality. +From his residence we were marched to that of +Captain Dodge of the Willard Guard, where a +splendid reception was given in honor of the DeWitt +Guard. Here we were honored with the +society of some of Auburn's fairest daughters, +their influence on us being such as (in the language +of our worthy Chaplain, Rev. W. C. +Steel) to make some <i>willing captives</i>. The Company +returned late in the evening to their Head-Quarters, +highly pleased with their evening's +entertainments. Thursday morning the Company +was marched to some of the principal residences, +paying our compliments to those of whom we +had been the honored guests the evening previous. +The hour of two P. M. having arrived, the +time for our departure, we were escorted to the +Depot by the military Companies together with +many citizens. Hon. A. Wells extending our +thanks to the soldiers and citizens of Auburn, +for the kindness shown us during our visit with +them. Rev. Mr. Steel following in a few beautiful +and appropriate remarks, during which +tears were seen to fall from the eyes of some of +the soldiery. We had won many friends; the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_157" id="Page_157">[157]</a></span> +hour of separation had arrived; nothing could +be more expressive than the falling of a tear, the +utterance of the soul, simple yet unexpressed; no +language could be more eloquent. We entered +the cars amid many cheers, having had proof that +pleasures enjoyed excel pleasures anticipated.</p> + +<p>After a pleasant return trip on the lake, we +were much surprised to find our own good citizens +in large numbers, together with a Company +of Cavalry and the entire Fire Department, at +the landing ready to receive us, and escort us to +our homes. We were received with a beautiful +and eloquent speech by Marcus Lyon, Esq., which +was responded to by our Chaplain, Rev. W. C. +Steel. Were marched through the principal +streets to our Armory, highly pleased with our +trip. Long will this excursion be remembered +by the DeWitt Guard; our <i>hearts</i> having been +united to the soldiers and <i>people</i> of Auburn by +those bonds of friendship which time shall never +efface."</p> + +<div class="right"> +<span class="smcap">John C. Hazen</span>, Secretary. +</div> + +<p>The 50th Regiment National Guard, consisting +of Company A, Captain P. J. Partenheimer, +Company D, of Trumansburgh, Captain Belnap, +and Company I, of Havanna, Captain Mulford, +the Regiment commanded by Colonel H. A.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_158" id="Page_158">[158]</a></span> +Dowe, encamped at Ithaca, September 5th, 1859. +On Friday were inspected by General Segoine, +of Auburn, and Adjutant Van Voorhees, of Ithaca. +The weather was fine during the encampment, +every thing passed off pleasant and to the satisfaction +of all concerned. Long will Camp Burnett +be remembered by the members of the +DeWitt Guard. January 4th, 1860, Colonel +A. E. Mather was elected a member of this Company, +but was never mustered in. June 4th, +1861, the Company paraded and escorted the +Dryden Volunteers to the Depot.</p> + +<p>July 3d the Company was presented with a +handsome stand of colors by Sergeant John C. +Hazen. April 2d, 1861, the Company tendered +their services to the General Government. August +6th, 1862, escorted volunteers to the Depot; +three hearty cheers were given by the members +of the DeWitt Guard, for those of their number +who had volunteered in the service of their country. +September 28th attended the funeral of +Lieutenant Marsh, at McLean, who was killed +in the army. October 28th, 1862, were inspected +at Trumansburg. December 3d Captain Blood +introduced the Bayonet Drill. February 22d, +1863, was celebrated by the Company by a parade,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_159" id="Page_159">[159]</a></span> +and a supper in the evening at the Clinton +House. March 19th attended the funeral of +Peter J. Hausner, a soldier who died from disease +contracted while in the army. June 17th, +1863, the Company the second time offered their +services to the Government. June 22d the Company +paraded in honor of the returning volunteers, +and escorted them through the streets of +our village. July 1st attended the funeral of +Lieutenant Avery, at Farmerville, who was killed +in the army. Celebrated the 4th day of July, +1863, by an excursion to Long Point, at which +place the Company engaged in target practice +with both muskets and artillery. Annual parade, +inspection and review at Ithaca, October +21st, 1863. Were inspected by General William +Glenny and Colonel H. A. Dowe, since promoted +to Brigadier General. The Company had +another target practice same day. Washington's +Birth-day, February 22d, 1864, was celebrated +by a parade and supper in the evening at +Gregory's. April 25th, 1864, the Company for +the third time offered their services to the General +Government. July 4th paraded and had +target practice. Aug. 28th, the Co. was accepted +by the Gen'l Gov't for 100 days' service at Elmira.</p> + + +<div class="center">(<i>By B. R. W., Secretary.</i>)<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_160" id="Page_160">[160]</a></span></div> + +<p><span class="smcap">Sept. 2d, 1864.</span>—The Company assembled at +the Armory at 6 o'clock, A. M., with tears in +their eyes and carpet-sacks in hand, to march +for Elmira. Headed by their gallant Captain, +they proceeded silently to the Depot, where the +parting was truly heart-rending, and the Secretary, +in order to hide his feelings, was forced to +take refuge in a freight car, and solace himself +with a fresh chew of <i>Mike Wick's best</i>. The +voyage was safely performed, the only cause of +complaint being the <i>rye</i> treatment which some +of the men received at Willseyville.</p> + +<p>The grand entree at Elmira was made at +about two o'clock, P. M., where we were received +in behalf of the United States by the +brilliant and dashing Captain Colby, of the +58th, by whom, assisted by Drum-Major Robinson's +justly celebrated martial band, we were +escorted to Barracks No. 1.</p> + +<p>On entering the portals of this haven of rest, +our ears were saluted with cries of <i>Fresh Fish</i>. +Our inexperienced eyes searched eagerly on +every side for this delectable delicacy, but we +failed to discover it. The future movements of +the Company at this post are recorded by our +worthy Sergeant, H. S.</p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_161" id="Page_161">[161]</a></span></p> +<h2>ELMIRA CAMPAIGN.</h2> + +<div class="center">DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE DOINGS OF COMPANY A,<br /> +FIFTIETH REGIMENT N. G., S. N. Y., WHILE PERFORMING<br /> +ONE HUNDRED DAYS' DUTY<br /> +AT ELMIRA. NEW YORK.<br /> +<br /> +Taken from the Diary of one of its Members. +</div> + +<hr style="width: 45%;" /> + +<p>In pursuance of Orders as follows:</p> + +<div class="right"> +<span class="smcap">General Head-Quarters State of New York</span>, }<br /> +<span class="smcap">Adjutant General's Office</span>, }<br /> +Albany, Aug. 28th, 1864. }<br /> +</div> + +<p> +<span class="smcap">Special Orders</span>, No. 348. +</p> + +<blockquote><p>Captain Charles F. Blood, commanding Company A, of +the 50th Regiment National Guard of the State of New York, +will, by the 5th of September, proximo, proceed with his +command to Elmira, N. Y., and report to Major A. S. Diven, +acting Assistant Provost Marshal General, and Superintendent +of the Volunteer Recruiting Service, who will muster +them into the service of the United States for one hundred +(100) days, and attach them to the 58th Regiment National +Guard, of the State of New York.</p> + +<p>Requisition for the necessary clothing and transportation +will be made upon Brigadier General S. V. Talcott, Quartermaster +General, No. 51 Walker Street, New York city, and +<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_162" id="Page_162">[162]</a></span>for arms and accoutrements upon Brigadier General James +A. Farrell, Commissary General of Ordinance, State Arsenal, +New York city.</p></blockquote> + +<div class="right"> +By order of the Commander-in-Chief,<br /> +JOHN T. SPRAGUE,<br /> +Adjutant General.<br /><br /> +</div> + +<div class="right"> +<span class="smcap">Head-Quarters 50th Regiment</span> N. G., S. N. Y. }<br /> +Trumansburg, N. Y., Aug. 27th, 1864. } +</div> + +<p> +<span class="smcap">Special Orders</span>, No. 3. +</p> + +<blockquote><p>Above Special Order, No. 348, is hereby promulgated.</p> + +<p>Captain Charles F. Blood, commanding Company "A," of +this Regiment, will immediately promulgate the above Orders +to his command.</p> + +<p>Said Captain will immediately report to these Head-Quarters, +in writing, the strength of his command, and the number +of men he will be able to report for duty at Elmira on +the 5th day of September, proximo.</p> + +<p>The Captain will see the importance of this Order, when it +is stated that orders must be made at once for clothing, +transportation, arms and accoutrements, at New York city +for his command.</p></blockquote> + +<div class="right"> +By order of<br /> +COL. HENRY D. BARTO,<br /> +Commanding 50th Reg't N. G., S. N. Y.<br /> +</div> +<p> +Lewis Halsey, Adjutant. +</p> + +<p>Company A, 50th Regiment National Guard, +State of New York, started at 9 o'clock on the +morning of the second day of September, 1864,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_163" id="Page_163">[163]</a></span> +in obedience with the above order, with the following +officers and men:</p> + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary=""> +<tr><td align="left">CHARLES F. BLOOD,</td><td align="left"><i>Captain</i>.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Levi Kenney</span>,</td><td align="left"><i>1st Lieutenant</i>.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Joseph Esty, Jr.</span>,</td><td align="left"><i>2d Lieutenant</i>.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">J. C. Hazen</span>,</td><td align="left"><i>Orderly</i>.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">C. C. Greenly</span>,</td><td align="left"><i>2d Sergeant</i>.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">E. M. Finch</span>,</td><td align="left"><i>3d Sergeant</i>.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">H. A. St. John</span>,</td><td align="left"><i>4th Sergeant</i>.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">B. R. Williams</span>,</td><td align="left"><i>1st Corporal</i>.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Uri Clark</span>,</td><td align="left"><i>2d Corporal</i>.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">J. C. Gauntlett</span>,</td><td align="left"><i>3d Corporal</i>.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"><span class="smcap">Alfred Brooks</span>,</td><td align="left"><i>4th Corporal</i>.</td></tr> +</table></div> + + +<div class="center"> +<br /><br /><br /> +<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" summary=""> +<tr><td align="left">Frank Betts,</td><td align="left">E. K. Johnson,</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">E. E. Barnard,</td><td align="left">J. McKinney,</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">J. W. Brown,</td><td align="left">W. H. Kellogg,</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">F. Cheesbrough,</td><td align="left">S. T. Lewis,</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">Wm. Crittenden, </td><td align="left">E. M. Latta,</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">A. Dean,</td><td align="left">J. Mandeville,</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">James Faulkner,</td><td align="left">E. C. Marsh,</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">John Gay,</td><td align="left">H. L. Miller,</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">M. L. Granger,</td><td align="left">J. W. Norton,</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">T. H. Griffith,</td><td align="left">C. L. O'Brien,</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">George H. Grant,</td><td align="left">A. Prame,</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">S. J. Humm,</td><td align="left">O. S. Perry,</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">T. Hern,</td><td align="left">George Pollay,</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">W. C. Steele,</td><td align="left"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_164" id="Page_164">[164]</a></span>E. E. Warfield,</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">C. R. Sherwood,</td><td align="left">Geo. R. Williams,</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">H. E. Smith,</td><td align="left">J. V. Wilson.</td></tr> +</table></div> +<p>We reached Elmira at 2 P. M. on the same +day, and were immediately marched to our +quarters at Barracks No. 1, afterwards called +the Substitute Camp. At 3½ P. M. we were +mustered into the United States service as Company +L, 58th Regiment N. G., S. N. Y., Col. R. +P. Wisner commanding, and the same evening, +on the requisition of our Captain, we drew the +following articles of clothing, arms and equipments, +to each man:</p> + + +<div class="center"> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""> +<tr><td align="left">1 Woolen Blanket, </td><td align="left">1 Canteen,</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">1 Rubber Blanket,</td><td align="left">1 Spoon,</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">1 Overcoat,</td><td align="left">1 Knife and Fork,</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">1 Blouse,</td><td align="left">1 Cup,</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">1 Pair Pants,</td><td align="left">1 Plate,</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">1 Cap,</td><td align="left">1 Knapsack,</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">2 Pair Drawers,</td><td align="left">1 Haversack,</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">2 Pair Socks,</td><td align="left"> </td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">1 Pair Shirts,</td><td align="left"> </td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">1 Pair Shoes.</td><td align="left"> </td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p>The arms served us were of the Enfield pattern, +known as rifled muskets, and were said to +have been taken off of a rebel blockade-runner,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_165" id="Page_165">[165]</a></span> +which, together with the necessary belts, cap +and cartridge boxes, made as complete an outfit +as were given to any of the men serving in our +army for the preservation of the Union.</p> + +<p>One can scarcely imagine the ridiculous picture +our boys made as they tried on their new +clothes, so generously given them by "Uncle +Sam." Here in one corner you might see a six-footer +striving in vain to induce a pair of pants, +by hard pulling and stretching, to reach below +his knees, but finding no virtue in perseverance, +he seizes the coat and finds to his dismay the same +difficulty with the sleeves that he found with +the pants—namely, too short. As he sits studying +over his misfortune, he is hailed by another +fellow just his counterpart, hobbling across the +floor with a pair of pants so long that they +threaten to trip him at every step.</p> + +<p>But, O, dear! Look at that perfect picture of +despair; a fellow who at home wears a number +five boot, trying to make a pair of number ten +shoes stay on his feet. Presently, however, a +man is found whose fortune has dealt to him a +pair of "gun-boats" a size too small, immediately, +with true yankee spirit, a trade is made, and +each is satisfied that he has made the best of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_166" id="Page_166">[166]</a></span> +bargain; so by dint of exchanges, garments are +found to fit, which at first seemed as if they had +been distributed by common consent, the smallest +men to receive those intended for the largest, +and vice versa.</p> + +<p>But what ails that fellow over yonder? He +looks as if he had lost his last friend, and never +expected to have another. We rush up to enquire +the cause of his discomforture, but our +anxiety is turned into laughter, when we behold +him who had been congratulating himself on +making such a fine appearance in a suit of blue; +brushing off the threads and dust, and picking +up one thread which seemed to be very long, +but only producing the more thread by the greater +picking, our fine fellow finds that he has ventilated +the entire side of one of his trowsers legs. +Hark! the Orderly cries "fall in for rations;" +although we may not yet be perfectly acquainted +with all orders pertaining particularly to camp +life, yet all seem to understand this one. With +a good appetite after our fun, we start for the +mess-house. Some hungry man behind us as we +march along, hopes the beef steak will be tender, +and the potatoes well done, while another +hints he does not like eggs too hard boiled, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_167" id="Page_167">[167]</a></span> +a third says he must have his rolls hot, and good +butter to eat on them, or he don't care for any +supper; while a fourth never eats pies, and so +of course is anxious to find a good pudding +awaiting his ravenous appetite. But misery me! +what a smell! where does it come from? most +certainly from the mess-house, no denying that. +As we enter, every man immediately loses his +appetite; but bound to face the music, we all +sit down, place our cups and plates on the table, +and await coming events. Presently there comes +a man with a basket of bread, another with a +pan of beef and a third with a pail of coffee. +Waiter No. 1 very dexterously causes a huge +chunk of bread to alight on your plate; waiter +No. 2 makes a piece of beef perform the same +evolution, and your cup is soon filled. Here is +your meal, now make the attack. Our bread +and butter man seems patiently waiting, although +very pale, and is only aroused from his +stupor by a neighbor asking him if he is not going +to eat; he meekly answers, by saying he is +waiting for some sugar and milk for his coffee. +But all are soon satisfied, and we go back to our +barracks, our poor beef-steak-and-potato companion +feeling very much disappointed.</p> + +<p>Our duty<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_168" id="Page_168">[168]</a></span> at the substitute camp was to perform +the guard duty necessary to keep the men +from escaping, and also to act as guard in taking +men from this post to the front. This camp +was used as a rendezvous for substitutes, to +equip them preparatory to sending them to the +army. The larger proportion of the men sent +to this post seemed to be composed of the refuse +of all society, whose entire aim seemed to have +been to enlist and desert as often as opportunity +offered. They were a lawless set of men, and +it was only by enforcing the most rigid discipline, +that they were kept within bounds.</p> + +<p>When a squad of substitutes was to be taken +to the front, one or two commissioned officers +were usually detached, together with a compliment +of non-commissioned officers and privates, +sufficient to carefully guard against desertions +on their way. Ordinary freight cars were used +for transportation, into which were crowded +from 35 to 40 men, allowing five men in each +car as a guard. It was a shameful way of treating +human beings, crowded together for two +days with barely room to move in, and being +required to assume all manner of positions at +night in order to get a little rest. Although<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_169" id="Page_169">[169]</a></span> +sufficient rations were purported to be issued +for the journey, yet they never sufficed, and the +men often suffered from hunger. Yet in time +Baltimore was reached, where all the men were +generally put into comfortable quarters for a +day or so, and then placed on board transports +to be taken to different points on the Potomac +or James Rivers.</p> + +<p>These transports were often condemned, or at +least unsafe vessels in the employ of the Government, +with no conveniences for the accommodation +of the number of men crowded on them. +The writer had the misfortune to be on one of +these miserable crafts. On the night of Friday, +Sept. 9th, we left Baltimore with 1100 men, en +route for City Point, on an old condemned +English emigrant steamer. We were 55 hours +making the trip (more than twice as long as we +should have been), and twice the vessel was +turned to be run ashore, as she leaked so badly, +and the pumps giving out for a time, it was +feared by her commander the water might put +out the fires under the boilers, and at no time +could the old tub be kept on an even keel. +There were only a few casks of water, and no +provisions of any kind on board. The rations<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_170" id="Page_170">[170]</a></span> +issued to the men on starting were all gone long +before we reached our destination, and not a +little suffering was experienced by the poor fellows +for want of something to eat. This is but +one of many instances in which one portion of +the men in the Government employ were made +to suffer by the neglect and ill-treatment of +another portion.</p> + +<p>But to return to our camp at Elmira. Our +duties were about the same thing every day; +doing guard duty when it came our turn for +detail, with the diversion of an occasional squad +to the front. This began to be an old story to us, +and we had to use our best endeavors to get up +some little excitement to break the monotony +of camp routine.</p> + +<p>On the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 10th, +orders were issued to our Regiment to move to +Barracks No. 3, without delay. It was a rainy +day, and all felt more like staying quietly in +the barracks than like packing up and moving; +yet go we must, and go we did. The last squad +left at 8 o'clock in the evening. Tents, of +which each Company had twelve, including one +officer's wall tent, were pitched for the night, +and all made themselves as comfortable as possible.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_171" id="Page_171">[171]</a></span> +In the morning, although it had ceased +raining, it was very wet, and the nature of the +ground made it very uncomfortable. We arranged +our camp with a little more care, building +a stockade of boards two feet high, on +which we pitched each tent, and also making a +floor on the bottom. Later in the season we +provided each tent with either a camp-stove or +fire-place, which made our quarters very comfortable, +even in the severest weather.</p> + +<p>We also built a cook-house capable of seating +our entire Company, and furnished it with a +good stove and such other apparatus as was +necessary to carry on our culinary operations. +We were indeed the envy of the entire Brigade, +and it is undoubtedly true that by our own exertions +we possessed the best <i>arrangement</i> for +promoting our own comfort of any Company on +the ground. We were enabled by our advantages +to provide all the variety possible with +the rations served us. There was hardly a day +but we were supplied with some delicacy +by the kindness of our officers, that was not on +the regular bill of fare. Indeed, our Table +d'Hote gained such a notoriety, that in less than +two weeks we had some of the staff officers as<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_172" id="Page_172">[172]</a></span> +regular boarders, and our worthy Colonel considered +it quite an honor when we gave him a +standing invitation to partake of any meal with +us when he did not see fit to go to his boarding +house—an invitation that he often accepted and +seemed quite to enjoy.</p> + +<p>Our principal duty at Barracks 3, or the rebel +camp, as commonly called, although the correct +name was Camp Chemung, was to guard the +rebel prisoners confined at this post. Almost +every day, however, men were detailed and sent +off on extra duty. The prison was formed of a +stockade built of boards 14 feet long, placed +perpendicularly on a fence frame, having the +posts on the outside, thereby giving a perfectly +smooth surface on the inside, quite impossible to +scale. There were two entrances to the enclosure, +one called the Main Gate, which was placed +on front, and was the principal means of entrance, +the other was called the Rear Gate, +and placed at the rear of the prison on the river +bank. All around this stockade, four feet from +the top, there was a platform and railing for the +guard to walk on, with sentry boxes about 240 +feet apart. Besides the guard "on the fence," +there was a line of sentinels on the ground outside<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_173" id="Page_173">[173]</a></span> +the stockade. During the day men armed +with revolvers were posted at different points +in the enclosure, and at night were formed into +a patrol guard. This patrol walked around +the entire enclosure about 15 feet from the +stockade, there being an interval of three minutes +of time between each man. The guard on +the fence and those outside were relieved every +two hours; the patrol was relieved every four +hours. It was the duty of the guard to challenge +any of the prisoners who were approaching +the stockade, a second challenge was given +if the first was not sufficient, and if they still +persisted and were evidently trying to effect +some means of escape, the order was to fire on +them and give the alarm.</p> + +<p>There were about 300 men detailed for duty +each day. These consisted of eight commissioned +officers, 32 non-commissioned officers, and 260 +privates. This number was distributed to four +different positions, allowing an equal number of +officers to each, but the men were apportioned +to each post according to the amount of duty to +be done.</p> + +<p>The guard was formed and reviewed each +morning at 8 o'clock, preparatory to going on<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_174" id="Page_174">[174]</a></span> +duty; the new guard usually relieved the guard +of the previous day at 10 o'clock, and were kept +on duty 24 hours. Each squad was under command +of two officers, and was divided into three +reliefs; these reliefs alternated with each other +in a duty of two hours, thus allowing each man +four hours' rest out of six.</p> + +<p>The field officer of the day was accustomed to +make a complete tour of the camp during the +day, and usually visited each guard post at least +once during the night. Whenever he was seen +approaching any of the principal posts, the entire +guard had to be turned out in order to be +inspected and reviewed by him.</p> + +<p>During the night, from 8 o'clock in the evening +until 6 in the morning, every half hour was +called by the guard on the fence, at the same +time giving the number of each post and the +word "All's well."</p> + +<p>The prisoners were divided into companies, +each company being under the charge of an officer +detailed for that purpose. Roll was called +morning and evening, at one of which the officer +was required to be present and to make a daily +report to the commandant of the post. Two +meals per day were given the prisoners, one at<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_175" id="Page_175">[175]</a></span> +8 A. M. and one at 3 P. M. They were furnished +with good, wholesome food, prepared in +an immense cooking establishment. Each company +marched to this house at the regular hours, +and were served with their rations, going immediately +back to their quarters to eat them.</p> + +<p>Several large and commodious hospitals were +provided for the sick, arranged with all possible +convenience, and attended by a corps of +competent Surgeons.</p> + +<p>One might draw a grand comparison between +the way in which our men were treated in the +different prisons of the South, and the treatment +of rebels at the hands of our Government. We +who have seen the worn-out, hobbling rebel +prisoner, go forth exchanged, after a few months' +imprisonment, a strong and healthy man, cannot +but feel the contrast when we see old friends, +who, months ago were freed from Southern +prisons, even now unable to stand the burden +of any daily toil, and still wearing in their +deep-lined faces the marks of past hardships. +And when we think of those who once filled +the vacant places in our homes and in our hearts, +who might now be with us but for such hardships, +we can reflect only with shuddering upon<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_176" id="Page_176">[176]</a></span> +the treatment they have received, and feel +grateful that we are at peace again. Verily, +many a tale that we might tell were better left +untold.</p> + +<p>On the morning of Friday, Oct. 7th, one of +the guard on the outside of the fence discovered +a hole, through which it was evident some of +the prisoners had escaped. The alarm was +given, but it was too late. On investigation +there were found to be 16 prisoners missing. +They had made a tunnel about four feet under +ground and sixty odd feet long, large enough to +allow a man to crawl through. The night in +which they made their escape was very dark +and stormy, and taking advantage of this, they +completed their excavation, crawled through, +and were free.</p> + +<p>This mode of escape was afterwards often +tried, but the above is the only instance in +which any reward was obtained for the great +amount of work thus expended. A fellow put +into practical operation one day a novel method +of escaping. It was customary on the death of +any of the rebels, to carry them to the dead-house; +here the bodies were placed in coffins, +marked, and a register kept. From the prison<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_177" id="Page_177">[177]</a></span> +they were carried to the burial-ground, where +the coffins were placed in long trenches, with a +head-board marked to correspond with the register +kept at the prison. One day one of the +assistants at the dead-house arranged with one +of his fellows to be placed in a coffin, and have +the lid lightly nailed on. He was carried to +the burial-ground, and unloaded with the other +bodies. As soon as the cart drove off, our +sharp fellow easily kicked the lid off and made +good his escape.</p> + +<p>Our camp life was beginning to be very monotonous. +Each day the same routine was observed, +and we were at our wit's end to produce +some sort of amusement. We were provided, +however, with the following incident +which served us as a fund for some days: On +the night of October 15th, all the camps being +quiet, and no sound coming through the still night +air, save the steady tread of the guard, or the +hoarse, hollow cough of the prisoners, at 11 +o'clock we were all suddenly aroused from our +slumbers by the report of the alarm gun, the long +roll soon followed and instantly the officers were +out ordering the men quickly into line, each Company +was marched on the parade ground on a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_178" id="Page_178">[178]</a></span> +double quick, the line soon formed and every thing +was in readiness awaiting orders. Presently an +orderly came riding up assigning to our Regiment +a position, then quickly to another camp he went, +and we started at quick time for our position, +just as we set off the battery came thundering +down the road, the bugle sounded, men dismounted, +pieces were unlimbered, quickly loaded, and +ready for action. From the opposite direction +came more field pieces which formed a battery +just in front of our halting place, then by us rushed +a Regiment, and to us again came the orderly, +and we were divided, one Battalion went in one +direction and the other in an other. Thus the +different commands were manœuvred for about +an hour, finally a rest being allowed, the men began +to enquire if we had not been "sold," as it +was evident there was no disturbance in the +prison camp nor any signs of an outbreak. But +no one could give a solution to the problem, until +the next morning we found it was all done +by our Brigade Commander, to see what reliance +could be placed on the men in case of an emergency.</p> + +<p>In pursuance of orders received a day or two +previous, our Regiment, together with the entire<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_179" id="Page_179">[179]</a></span> +Brigade, started at noon of October 19th for the +general parade ground, to take part in a Brigade +review, it was an informal affair and only +occupied two hours, it was a sort of preliminary +or drill to fit us for a grand review to take place +some time in the next month.</p> + +<p>Messrs. Tolles and Burritt came over from +Ithaca, reaching camp the morning of October +20th, to take views in and about the camps, they +succeeded in getting a great many fine views of +the different positions occupied by the troops.</p> + +<p>At inspection on the morning of October 23d, +orders were issued to each Regiment, to hold +themselves in readiness to fall in at a moment's +notice. It was understood that Governor Seymour +was in the city and would visit the different +camps during the day. It being unknown +at what time we would have to fall in, our boys +went about the camp with their equipments on, +ready to take their places in line at the first call. +In the afternoon at 3 o'clock the roll was sounded +and our Regiment was soon in line, presently +Gov. Seymour and a few members of his staff, +accompanied by some of the post officers, passed +and were saluted by the Regiment; there was +no pretentious show of any kind, merely a recognition<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_180" id="Page_180">[180]</a></span> +and compliment to the Commander-in-Chief +of the State forces.</p> + +<p>On the evening of October 24th, our boys arranged +one of their characteristic performances—a +minstrel show. We had indeed acquired a +great reputation during our life in camp for being +possessed of an inexhaustible store of fun, +and had the material for engaging in anything +that might offer which could be turned into a +source of amusement.</p> + +<p>On the evening mentioned we built a staging +of rather large dimensions of material furnished +us by the Quarter-Master of the Regiment, sticking +bayonets in the ground with a candle placed +in them to serve as foot-lights, seats were provided +for our audience, and every convenience +added as far as possible in order to make our +entertainments popular. We were richly rewarded +on this occasion as our performances +had been growing very much in favor, and on +this night many came up from the city in carriages +until we had an audience of which many +a more worthy showman might have been proud.</p> + +<p>It would be impossible to enumerate all the +sources of fun that were introduced and carried +out, but it is sufficient to say that there was not<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_181" id="Page_181">[181]</a></span> +an hour in the day but that one might enjoy a +hearty laugh over the pranks of one or more of +the boys.</p> + +<p>The 2d of November was a great day among +the different Regiments stationed at Elmira. +A grand review had been ordered to come off +at noon, to consist of all the troops not on duty, +to be reviewed by General Diven and staff. +There were nine Regiments and two Batteries +on the field, viz: the 12th Regulars, 1st V. R. +C., the 54th, 56th, 58th, 77th, 98th, 99th, 102d +Regiments N. G., the 4th Regulars, and Rochester +Batteries. The line was formed at noon, +on the large field in the rear of the regular +parade ground. Soon after, General Diven and +staff came on the ground, receiving the customary +salute from the Batteries. We were +marched in review, first at common time, then +at quick time. After going through some minor +evolutions, we were dismissed, reaching our +camps just before 6 o'clock. Everything passed +off well, and the reviewing officers expressed +themselves highly satisfied with the appearance +of the men, and their proficiency in drill. +There were about 4,500 men of all grades, who +took part in the review, and those who witnessed<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_182" id="Page_182">[182]</a></span> +the parade considered it a fine affair, as +well as being a creditable appearance of our +State troops.</p> + +<p>It was now drawing near the time when a +great many of the Regiments were to be mustered +out of service, having served the time for +which they enlisted.</p> + +<p>On the 3d of November the 54th Regiment +was mustered out, and left for home. On the +5th, the 56th, 77th, and 99th Regiments were +also dismissed from service, and each set out for +their respective homes. This made our duties +very much harder, as no troops were furnished +in place of those leaving; consequently those +who remained had to do double duty. We did +not mind that much, however, as we knew our +time would soon come for going home; although +it would be near the middle of December before +our 100 days were completed, yet our time was +out with that of the remainder of the Regiment, +who were mustered in some 20 days before we +were.</p> + +<p>The evening of November 16th was occupied +by our Company in giving an oyster supper as +a complimentary entertainment to the officers of +the Regiment. The table was set and supper<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_183" id="Page_183">[183]</a></span> +served in our cook-house. Among our guests +we had the Colonel and staff, and nearly all the +line officers of our Regiment, together with several +members of other Regiments. Everything +passed off finely, and both guests and hosts +seemed to enjoy the evening's fun to the fullest +extent.</p> + +<p>It was fully expected by the authorities that +the Regiment would be relieved from duty by +the 20th of November, but all hopes of reaching +home before the first of the following month +were given up, for we certainly could not be +spared until some Regiment should come to take +our place, as there were barely men enough to +do the duty required, and even those were virtually +over-worked. It made little difference +with us, however, as we had some time yet to +serve, but then we had expected to be relieved +from duty the same as the rest of the command +to which we were attached, and felt some little +disappointment at the delay. All were anxious +to be home at Thanksgiving, the 24th of November, +to eat the time-honored roast turkey and +plum pudding, but we found it was of no use to +raise any expectations, as they were not to be +realized. We were not forgotten, however.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_184" id="Page_184">[184]</a></span> +There arrived from home the night before several +boxes and barrels, well filled with all the +delicacies, as well as substantials, that are necessary +to makeup a grand Thanksgiving dinner. +These were spread and partaken of by our boy +with seemingly as much pleasure as if we had +been at home.</p> + +<p>After many disappointments and vexatious delays, +orders were issued on the 1st of December +to the effect that any Company having the proper +papers drawn up and showing no deficiency as +regarded equipments, should be mustered out on +the 2d day of December, or as soon thereafter as +all necessary papers were completed.</p> + +<p>You may imagine that a great amount of writing +was done during that night, as the next +morning found us ready for the mustering officer. +Quite early in the morning we began to pack up +and make preparations to break camp.</p> + +<p>At 10 A. M. the Captain was in possession of +the Quarter-Master's and Ordinance officers' receipts +for arms, accoutrements and camp equipage +returned, and at 11 A. M. we were mustered out +of the United States service, having been Uncle +Sam's boys in blue just ninety-two days. We +soon after set off for the Depot with what baggage<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_185" id="Page_185">[185]</a></span> +we had, and at 7 P. M. reached Owego +where we had to remain until morning.</p> + +<p>At about 7 o'clock we were in sight of home +and soon at the Depot, here we were received +by a large number of citizens and marched directly +to the Armory where we were welcomed +home in a short speech by <i>M. R. Barnard</i>, neatly +responded to by <i>Captain Blood</i>, after which we +separated to don a citizen's attire and citizen's +employment.</p> + +<p>Although our three months' work, in the mere +point of dollars and cents, was a loss to every +man, yet I doubt if there is one who regrets having +spent this much time in the government service. +Each man received a regular discharge +which in years hence he may refer to with somewhat +of pride at the thought of having done even +his mite in serving his country and contributed +a little towards suppressing the rebellion. We +were regularly enlisted in the United States +army, and subject in every particular to the same +treatment and usage as any of the men in the +government employ. Our duty, it is true, was +not attended with any of the dangers which accompanied +the duties of the men in the field, yet +it was work that had to be done, and could be<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_186" id="Page_186">[186]</a></span> +as well performed by State troops as to take +veterans from the field. Our Company as a +whole were well treated in every instance, enjoying +many advantages which the social position +of the members secured to them, and we were +allowed privileges which were hardly expected; +in fact our standard of capabilities was raised so +high that our men were constantly being detailed +for some special duty, requiring men of more +than ordinary intellect and foresight to accomplish. +Soon after moving to Barracks No. 3, +two of our men were detached from the Company +and placed in the capacity of chief Clerks at +Brigade Head-Quarters, another was made Clerk +and Assistant to the Post Inspector, each retaining +his responsible position during our stay in +camp. Another was appointed to the position +of Ordinance Sergeant, while a fifth member held +the rank of Sergeant Major for a number of +weeks, during the absence of the regular occupant +of that office. Any one at all acquainted +with the duties devolving upon an occupant of +either of these offices, may judge of the honor extended +our Company, and the preference shown +its particular members, by the appointments to +such positions of responsibility and trust.</p> + +<p>It may<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_187" id="Page_187">[187]</a></span> be a fact worthy of mention, that +there was not a duty imposed on our men that +was not promptly fulfilled; every detail called +for was forthcoming, and that, too, without hesitation +or caviling, which was so common among +a large number of the Companies. This is the +more noticeable, as during the last few weeks +of our stay at Elmira our boys were called on +to do double duty. There were so many of the +Regiments going home, and no provision made +for supplying their places, yet every duty was +cheerfully performed, although some men did +40 hours actual duty out of 48.</p> + +<p>Every man had a pride in keeping everything +in and about our quarters scrupulously clean. +Our cook-house, with all its cooking apparatus, +presented the appearance of a model kitchen, +and each tent was swept and arranged with all +the care that could have been taken by a tidy +house-wife.</p> + +<p>In appearance and proficiency of drill, as a +Company, we soon attained a place second to +none, and which we easily retained against all +competitors.</p> + +<p>Through the exertions and faithfulness of our +officers, we had the pleasure of receiving from<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_188" id="Page_188">[188]</a></span> +Captain Carpenter, the Post Inspector, the +compliment that we were finest in appearance, +and most proficient in drill, of any of the Companies +stationed at Camp Chemung.</p> + +<p>Our officers were ever watchful to promote +the comfort and best interest of the men, striving +in a hundred different ways to lighten the +duties imposed on the men, providing everything +in their power to relieve the sick, besides, at a +personal expense, contributing many articles of +food or camp furniture, so that, by their exertions, +the irksomeness of our duties was destroyed, +and every man considered it more of a +pleasure than an obligation to obey their commands.</p> + +<p>We were sorry to part with many of our own +Regiment, as well as members of other commands +with whom we had formed an acquaintance, +much to our profit, but our work had been +done, and we were honorably discharged, returning +home feeling that the time had been +well spent, and with no regrets that we had +been in the United States service for three +months.</p> + +<hr style="width: 45%;" /> +<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_189" id="Page_189">[189]</a></span></p> + +<p>December 26th a delegation of the Company +attended the funeral of M. G. Phillips, a late +member. January 5th.—Annual meeting and +supper at Captain Esty's. Washington's Birth-day, +February 22d, 1865, was duly honored by +the Company by a parade. May 28th—Attended +the funeral of the late Lieutenant George +Fisk. June 27th—Were inspected at Trumansburg +by Colonel H. D. Barto. July 7th—A +number of members were expelled for violation +of By-Laws. Attended the funeral of Captain +Bartholemew, at Etna, who was killed in the +United States service. August 3d—Attended +the funeral of Major Belcher, who died from +disease contracted while in the army of the +United States. Target shoot August 15th, +1865. The prizes were taken and awarded as +follows:</p> + +<p>1st. William S. Crittenden—a splendid Revolver, +presented by Captain Esty.</p> + +<p>2d. Walter C. Steel—a pair of rich, gold-lined +Silver Goblets, presented by Lieutenant +John C. Hazen.</p> + +<p>3d. L. S. Mackey—a beautiful Silver Castor, +presented by the Sergeants of the Company.</p> + +<p>4th. Sergeant E. M. Finch—an English silver-steel,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_190" id="Page_190">[190]</a></span> +pearl handle Pocket Knife, presented +by L. R. King, Esq.</p> + +<p>5th. Geo. R. Williams—bottle of French +Perfumery, presented by Geo. E. Halsey, Esq.</p> + +<p>6th. John Young—a magnificent box of Herring, +presented by J. B. Taylor & Co.</p> + +<p>7th. Geo. M. King—a Glass Pipe, presented +by Messrs. J. B. Taylor & Co.</p> + +<p>After the prizes were awarded, Captain Esty +was presented with a magnificent sword, belt, +sword-knot and case, by Capt. B. R. Williams, +on behalf of the members and ex-members of the +Company.</p> + +<p>The Company was reviewed and inspected +by Colonels H. D. Barto and K. S. Van Voorhees, +at Trumansburg, Oct. 19th, 1865. January +23d, attended the funeral of Chief-Engineer +Joseph Sidney, U. S. N., who died while in the +service of his country.</p> + +<p>We now come in the history of the Company +to the dedication of the new Armory and Drill-Room, +which are located in the Cornell Library +building, and which were dedicated by one of +the finest entertainments ever given in Ithaca, +February 10th, 1866, at which time the Company +were assisted by Miss Louise St. John, Mrs.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_191" id="Page_191">[191]</a></span> +J. S. Granger, Miss A. McCormick, Mrs. Joseph +Esty, Jr., and Miss Frankie Atwater; also +Gen. H. A. Dowe, Gen. William Glenny, Col. +Charles F. Blood, Col. K. S. Van Voorhees, +Capt. B. R. Williams, Quar. Mas. J. C. Heath, +Hon. B. G. Ferris, Hon. James B. Taylor, F. M. +Finch, Esq., F. K. Andrus, Esq., Charles Curtis, +Esq., Edward Hall, Esq., Thomas Crane, +Esq., Edward Moore, Esq., L. V. B. Maurice, +Esq., Elijah Cornell, Esq., and Master Fred. +Summers.</p> + +<p>The entertainment was liberally patronized +by the citizens of Ithaca, enabling the Company +to cancel a large proportion of the indebtedness +incurred in furnishing their Armory. The expenditures +of the Company in this direction, and +expense attending their exhibition, was six hundred +and twenty-eight dollars and fifty-four +cents.</p> + +<p>The present indebtedness of the Company is +less than two hundred dollars, which amount +they hope to cancel entirely by the profits on +the sales of this History.</p> + +<p>The furniture of the Armory will compare, +we think, with any room in the Library. A fine +photographic likeness of each of the officers of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_192" id="Page_192">[192]</a></span> +the Company, taken by the celebrated Artists, +Messrs. Beardsley Brothers, occupy a prominent +position. The Drill-Room is one of the finest +in the State. For the present superior advantages +enjoyed by the Company, they are much +indebted to Hon. Ezra Cornell, whose name is +connected with every enterprise which has in +view the prosperity of our village.</p> + +<p>We have endeavored to give, as we stated at +the commencement, a full, true and concise history +of the DeWitt Guard, our task is completed; +and in closing, we only ask that a generous +public will remember the present and former +members of this Company, who sacrificed +so much for their country in the hour of her +peril, and to bestow honor where honor is due.</p> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='tnote'><h3>Transcriber's Notes:</h3> +<p>Obvious punctuation errors repaired.</p> + +<p>Page 15: "unparalelled" changed to "unparalleled" (to a degree unparalleled).</p> + +<p>Pages 19, 21: "Chancellorville" changed to "Chancellorsville".</p> + +<p>Page 19: "Coal Harbor" changed to "Cold Harbor".</p> + +<p>Page 33: "comrads" changed to "comrades" (the cheers of comrades).</p> + +<p>Page 37: "seperated" changed to "separated" (separated from his command).</p> + +<p>Page 38: "commisioned" changed to "commissioned" (was elected and commissioned).</p> + +<p>Page 40: "excrutiating" changed to "excruciating" (the most excruciating torture).</p> + +<p>Page 41: "comrad" changed to "comrade" (of our deceased comrade).</p> + +<p>Page 50: "base" changed to "bass" (on the bass drum).</p> + +<p>Page 50: "equippage" changed to "equipage" (equipage in perfect order).</p> + +<p>Page 53: "reconnoisances" changed to "reconnoissances" +(two important reconnoissances).</p> + +<p>Page 105: "accroutrements" changed to "accoutrements" (with +gun and accoutrements).</p> + +<p>Page 115: "opperation" changed to "operation" +(in operation day and night).</p> + +<p>Page 125: "marksman" changed to "marksmen" +(marksmen in Tompkins County).</p> + +<p>Page 137: "excell" changed to "excel" (Few men can excel him).</p> + +<p>Page 145: "brake" changed to "break" (enough to break down).</p> + +<p>Page 155: "McNiel" changed to "McNeil".</p> + +<p>Page 166: "stake" changed to "steak" (the beef steak will be tender).</p> + +<p>Page 167: "potatoe" changed to "potato" (beef-steak-and-potato).</p> + +<p>Page 180: "arraigned" changed to "arranged" (our boys arranged).</p> + +<p>Page 180: "inexhaustable" changed to "inexhaustible" (inexhaustible store of fun).</p> + +<p>Page 184: "ninty" changed to "ninety" (just ninety-two days).</p> + +<p>Page 186: "capabilites" changed to "capabilities" +(our standard of capabilities).</p> +</div> + + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of History of the Dewitt guard, company +A, 50th regiment National guard, state of New York, by Unknown + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORY OF THE DEWITT GUARD *** + +***** This file should be named 36200-h.htm or 36200-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/3/6/2/0/36200/ + +Produced by Moti Ben-Ari and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was +produced from images generously made available by The +Internet Archive/American Libraries.) + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: History of the Dewitt guard, company A, 50th regiment National guard, state of New York + +Author: Unknown + +Release Date: May 23, 2011 [EBook #36200] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORY OF THE DEWITT GUARD *** + + + + +Produced by Moti Ben-Ari and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was +produced from images generously made available by The +Internet Archive/American Libraries.) + + + + + + + + HISTORY + + OF THE + + DEWITT GUARD, + + COMPANY A, + + 50th Regiment National Guard, + + STATE OF NEW YORK. + + + PUBLISHED BY THE COMPANY. + + + ITHACA, N. Y.: + ANDRUS, McCHAIN & CO., STEAM PRINTERS. + 1866. + + + + +PREFACE. + + +Our object in giving to the public a full, true, and concise history of +Company A, 50th Regiment National Guard, State of New York, better known +to the citizens of Ithaca as the DeWitt Guard, is to show as honorable a +record as can be produced by any similar organization--so far as the +membership of this Company was connected with the army and navy of the +United States during the late rebellion. We shall show that the total +membership of the Company from the time of its organization, in +December, 1851, to the present time, has been two hundred and two, of +which eighty-two served either in the army or navy during the war +against eighty-eight who did not; twenty-nine names appear on the +Company roll, of whom it is not known to the writer whether they were or +were not in the army, and nine who died previous to the war. We have +undertaken a brief personal history to each, which we believe will be +interesting to the reader. + +We also wish to show that the Company has been, from the time of its +organization to the present, a self-supporting and self-sustaining +institution, until recently receiving nothing from the State but arms, +and that the individual members have contributed the sum of two thousand +seven hundred and twenty dollars and fifty-six cents, to which amount +should be added a liberal percentage for disbursements which do not +appear on Company records. + +We propose to give the name of each member of the DeWitt Guard from its +organization, the date of his enlistment, his profession, with such +incidents as we think will be of interest to the reader, after which we +shall give the history of the Company collectively. There may be those +who have belonged to the Company whose names will not appear in these +pages. This must be attributed to the fact of their not signing the +muster-roll of the Company, as every name there recorded is introduced +in the following history. + + + + +HISTORY. + + +ARCH. H. MCNEIL, Merchant, enlisted November 5th, 1851. At the first +election of company officers McNeil was chosen second Lieutenant, which +position he honorably and creditably filled to the time of his death, +which occurred November 28th, 1855. To Lieutenant McNeil the Company +were much indebted. To him more than any other one man, belonged the +credit of organizing the Company. + +He was loved, respected, and honored by both officers and men, and his +death caused a breach not easily repaired. Upon receiving intelligence +of his death, the Company were immediately called together and the +following resolutions unanimously adopted: + + _Resolved_, That in the death of Lieutenant A. H. McNeil the + members of this Company have not only lost a commissioned + officer in whom a zealous, lively and effective interest for the + welfare of the Company always prevailed, but an officer whose + military bearing commanded our respect, and a fellow soldier + whose conduct and kindness has merited and won our esteem. That + we deeply feel his loss, and mourn his untimely departure from + our midst, + + _Resolved_, That we tender to the widow and relatives of our + deceased officer our sincere condolence in this their great + affliction. + + _Resolved_, That we accompany the remains of our late officer to + the depot on the morrow, and that a delegation of seven men + accompany his remains to the city of Auburn as an escort and + attend his funeral. + + _Resolved_, That on all parades we will wear the usual badge of + mourning for one year. + +At a special meeting held on the return from Auburn of the escort which +accompanied the remains of Lieut. A. H. McNeil, and after hearing the +report of the officer commanding said escort, the following preamble and +resolutions were unanimously adopted: + + WHEREAS, An escort from this Company having been delegated to + accompany and perform the last sad duties over the remains of + our esteemed friend, Lieut. A. H. McNeil, at Auburn, and while + there having met with reception and attention which ever + characterize the true and tried friend and soldier, be it + therefore + + _Resolved_, That to General Segoin and Colonel Jenkins, and + their respective staffs, to the Auburn City Guard, Willard + Guard, and to the delegation from other Companies, we as a + Company return them our sincere and heartfelt thanks for the + manner in which they cared for them, and the kindness with which + they were every where greeted by them while there, and in the + admirable arrangements for the funeral made at such short + notice, and for the cheerful and handsome manner in which they + were carried out; gratified as we are, words can only attempt a + description of our feelings of the manner in which they + alleviated our sorrows in the burial of our dead. And although + the deceased had not resided among them for years, yet like us + they appreciated his many virtues and remembered his uniform + kindness to all, and when they but learned of his decease, their + tears mingled with ours at our irreparable loss. + + _Resolved_, That in future, should it be possible for us to + repay them in any manner that it will be forthcoming, feeling, + as we do, that no sacrifice will be too great in attempting a + return of their kindness in the hour of our affliction, and as + individuals, as citizens and as soldiers, we hope that the + choicest of Heaven's blessings may be theirs, and that their + respective staffs and Companies may ever meet with prosperity. + +GEORGE H. COLLINS, Merchant, enlisted November 5th, 1851. Mr. Collins +was permitted to serve but a short time as a member of the Company, as +he was selected by the Colonel and commissioned Adjutant of the +Regiment, which position he held for many years. Changing his residence +to the city of New York, his connection with the 50th Regiment was +dissolved. + +BEN. B. WILCOX, Hotel keeper, enlisted November 5th, 1851. Served with +the Company but a short time; removed to Owego; was for a time +proprietor of the Ah-Wa-Ga House, but more recently of a hotel at +Saratoga Springs. + +WILLIAM M. SMITH, Brewer, enlisted November 5th, 1851. Served but a +short time. + +H. F. RANDOLPH, Shoe Merchant, enlisted November 5th, 1851. Mr. Randolph +had more than served his time, and reached the rank of Captain, in the +old militia before joining this organization. He was an officer of no +common attainments--prompt, active and generous. The interest he had +always manifested, and now felt, in military matters, compelled him to +join this new enterprise; he enlisted as a private, and is to this day +an honorary member of the Company. He has accompanied them on many an +excursion, and is always invested with the command of the honorary +members. The Captain has now attained the age of sixty-three years, and +is still as smart, hale and hearty as a lad of sixteen. + +J. C. MCWHORTER, Merchant, enlisted November 5th, 1851. Remained but a +short time with the Company, but the soul-stirring strains of music, as +rendered by him on the snare drum while he was a member, will long be +remembered by those associated with him during his short military +experience. + +FRED. S. LAMOUREUX, Musician, enlisted November 5th, 1851. Was a very +valuable member for a very short time; for while resting from the +fatigue of drill, Lamoureux always furnished the music for the _light +foot_ portion of the Company. + +WILLIAM S. ALLEN, Carpenter, enlisted November 6th, 1851. Was a faithful +and exemplary member for a few years, and undoubtedly his connection +with this Company gave him the position he has honorably filled since +his removal from us--that of policeman in New York city. He was +consequently transferred as Sergeant from this Company to Sergeant of +police in that city. + +K. MORRIS, Clothing Merchant, enlisted November 7th, 1851. Served but a +short time. + +S. NEWMARK, Clothing Merchant, enlisted November 10th, 1851. Served +faithfully for a short time and was granted an honorable discharge. + +J. G. CONRAD, Clerk, enlisted November 8th, 1851. Mr. Conrad faithfully +performed the duties of a member of this Company for a short time. + +L. R. KING, Merchant, enlisted November 9th, 1851. At the time of the +organization of the Company, Mr. King was elected fourth Sergeant, and +by promotion filled each office up to first Lieutenant, and was in +command of the Company for some time. Lieutenant King, by his kind and +pleasing way, and the interest he ever manifested in the welfare of the +Company, commanded the respect and admiration of every man who served +under him. He held the commission of first Lieutenant from May 28th, +1856, to August 25th, 1862. Upon his resignation being accepted, he was +voted an honorary membership for life. He is one of the enterprising +firm of Treman, King & Co., large manufacturers. We believe that Mr. +King can look back upon the years spent in the DeWitt Guard as not +altogether unprofitable. + +W. B. HATFIELD, Clerk, enlisted November 15th, 1851. Mr. Hatfield was a +good soldier; was in the employ of L. H. Culver, Esq.; retained his +connection with the Company and his employer until his removal to the +West. + +SPENCE SPENCER, Book Merchant, enlisted November 15th, 1851. Retained +his membership but a short time, but with the liberality which was +always a prominent characteristic of Mr. Spencer, he donated to the +Company a complete uniform, which is the first recorded gift made to +the DeWitt Guard. He is still a citizen of Ithaca, and has of late +attached no small degree of honor to his name by publishing the book +entitled, "The Scenery of Ithaca." + +L. MILLSPAUGH, dealer in Harness, Trunks, &c., enlisted November 15th, +1851. Mr. Millspaugh was an old soldier before joining this Company, +having held the commission of Lieut. Colonel in the old militia, issued +by Gov. Seward in 1842; but feeling a deep interest in the organization +of a new Company, enlisted as a private. On the 29th day of January, +1852, he was elected first Corporal, which position he held but a short +time, as he was gradually promoted until he had filled nearly all the +grades of non-commissioned offices. He always declined accepting a +commission, and when it seemed to be the unanimous wish of the Company, +his prompt reply was "No." He continued an invaluable member until long +after he had served his time, (seven years,) when he was granted an +honorable discharge. Our friend, by his emphatic "No," has not been as +successful, however, in a political way, he having repeatedly been +called to fill civil offices of honor and trust; and by his being +re-elected to most of the offices he has held, is in itself sufficient +to show his standing in the community in which he lives. Whether all +this would have been so, had he never joined the DeWitt Guard, we leave +for a discriminating public to judge. + +J. B. TERRY, Merchant, enlisted November 15th, 1851. Mr. Terry filled +the office of Secretary of the Company for the first two years of its +existence. He was a good soldier, an exemplary and respected citizen, +and the community generally mourned his loss when he was removed by +death. + +JEROME ROWE, Lawyer, enlisted November 18th, 1851. Some unhappy +misunderstanding caused the withdrawal of Mr. Rowe from the Company +during the early part of its history. He was untiring in his endeavors +to establish the organization, and the same energy and devotion which he +displayed at that time, has followed him thus far through life. He +filled the office of Special County Judge of Tompkins County, with honor +to himself and perfect satisfaction to the people. He entered the army +of the United States April 1st, 1861, was commissioned Captain of +Company A, 32d New York volunteers, same date, and served as such one +year. + +HUGH MCDONALD, enlisted November 18th, 1851. Was elected Orderly +Sergeant Dec. 31st of the same year, which position he filled as long as +he was a resident of the village. McDonald was a soldier of much +experience, having served in the Mexican war, where he became perfectly +familiar with the duties pertaining to the soldier in the field. As a +drill-master he was not excelled, and under his instruction the Company +soon became very proficient in the manual of arms, and school of the +soldier and Company. At the outbreak of the Rebellion he enlisted in a +Pennsylvania Regiment, was very soon promoted to Captain, and again to +Major. We should be glad to give a full history of his life through the +war, but have been unable to obtain it. This much we can say, he was a +patriotic citizen, a true soldier, and a faithful officer. + +N. H. CURTIS, Upholsterer, enlisted November 19th, 1851. Was long +connected with the Company; filled the posts of Corporal and Sergeant. +After a long residence in our village, he removed to the West, where he +survived but a few years. + +DANIEL PLACE, Jeweler, enlisted November ---- 1851. Mr. Place joined the +Company in order that the number required by law might be secured, so as +to enable them to proceed with the election of officers. He never served +as an active member. + +LUCIUS F. PEASE, Painter, enlisted November 20th, 1851. Mr. Pease well +and faithfully performed the duties required of him as a member of the +DeWitt Guard for the full term of his enlistment, (seven years,) and was +granted an honorable discharge. He is still living in Ithaca, an +industrious mechanic, and a good citizen. + +CHRISTOPHER WHALEY, Druggist, enlisted November 21, 1851. Was discharged +on Surgeon's certificate soon after his enlistment. + +WILLIAM GLENNY, Clerk, enlisted November 21st, 1851. December 31st was +elected fourth Corporal; March 3d, 1853, was elected Secretary, which +office he most creditably filled, as the records of the Company show, up +to January, 1857; was elected fourth Sergeant Jan. 14th, 1857; May 17th, +1861, second Sergeant, which office he held at the time of his +enlistment in the United States army. + +The subject of this sketch reflects great credit upon the Company to +which he formerly belonged, and in the perilous hour honored his +constituency, as well as himself, to a degree unparalleled in the +history of the Rebellion. Having in his former life been a warm and +ardent supporter of the inalienable rights of man, and an exponent of a +free government, the first attempt by traitors to destroy its fair +fabric, bought by the blood of our fathers, and to trample under foot +the time-honored and beloved emblem of our free and independent +nationality, so enraged his sense of right and justice, that he at once +expressed his determination to fulfill his public declarations to the +effect, that when traitors should thrust the bayonet at the nation's +life, he would be found among those who were willing to peril their +lives in its defence. + +Being met with opposition and the remonstrance of friends, that there +were single men, and those more inured to hardship, sufficient for the +emergency, whose duty it was to go first, his plans were for a time +delayed, and until a second or third reverse of our arms, when he could +no longer be restrained, went earnestly at work, and by his persistent +efforts succeeded in raising a sufficient number of volunteers for the +basis of a Company; which, by authority of the commandant of the Elmira +rendezvous, in accordance with orders from the Adjutant General of the +State, was organized at Ithaca Sept. 10th, 1861, and by him conducted to +Elmira, where, by a unanimous vote of the Company, he was elected its +Captain, and so commissioned by Gov. Seymour, commission bearing date +Sept. 13th, 1861. + +Captain Glenny then went earnestly at work and recruited his Company to +the minimum standard, and by vote of its members united its destinies +with the 64th Regiment N. Y. Volunteers, commanded by Col. Thomas J. +Parker. + +On the 10th of December the Regiment moved to Washington, and a month +later crossed the Potomac and camped with the main army three miles west +of Alexandria, and was brigaded under General O. O. Howard, who +commanded the first Brigade, first Division, second Corps. Early in the +spring of 1862, the Brigade moved one week in advance of the main army +for the purpose of repairing the Orange & Alexandria Railroad. A short +distance beyond Fairfax Station signs of the enemy were discovered, and +for safety to the command, two Companies from the 64th, under command of +Captain Glenny, (his own being one of the number) were sent some +considerable distance to the front as an extreme outpost. Here the first +blood of the opening campaign was drawn by shooting a rebel scout by one +of Captain Glenny's men. + +The main army soon after advanced to the famous fields of Manassas, but +only to find the enemy beating a hasty retreat, leaving every +conceivable ruin in their track. + +At this juncture the army changed its base to the Peninsula and +Chickahominy swamps, where, after the siege of Yorktown, and on the +first of June, was fought the terrific battle of Fair Oaks, in which +Captain Glenny, while leading his men in a charge, received a wound, +which, for a time, was thought to be mortal, a minnie ball passing +through his left shoulder. + +In about two months he again returned to his command, but so disabled +that he was detached on recruiting service and stationed at Elmira; +after which he returned to the army, and after nearly another year's +campaign, was, in accordance with orders, again detached at Elmira on +service connected with the draft. After being relieved from this duty, +he rejoined his command, with which he served until the close of the +war. + +Owing to circumstances beyond his control, he served near two and a half +years as Captain without promotion, after which in rapid succession he +received the different grades of Major, Lieut. Colonel and Colonel, but +was unable to muster into the latter grade by reason of insufficiency of +numbers in the Regiment. This was, however, in part recompensed for, as +after the smoke of battle and the clash of arms had ceased, and honors +were conferred upon "whom honor was due," Captain Glenny had two grades +by brevet conferred upon him by the President, that of Brevet Colonel +and Brevet Brigadier General, for gallant and meritorious +services--honors which he modestly and unassumingly wears, but of which +he may justly be proud. + +From the time of his entry into the service until the close of the war, +near four years, (except while suffering from wounds and on detached +service,) General Glenny fought traitors with unrelenting fidelity to +principle and the inalienable rights of man. + +The number of decisive battles of which he may claim to be hero, and in +which he had the honor to bare his breast to the bayonet and bullet, are +twenty-two; six of them being bayonet charges and direct assaults upon +the enemy and their fortifications. Among the principal of these battles +may be placed Fair Oaks, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Po River, +Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Deep Bottom, Petersburg, +Gravelly Run, Southside Road, Farmville, Reams Station, &c. The Regiment +fought in upwards of thirty-three. General Glenny's superior officers +being wounded, he was invested with the command of the Regiment on the +battle-field of Spottsylvania, which command he retained until the close +of the war, except at different periods, by seniority of rank, he +commanded a Brigade. At the battle of Ream's Station he took command of +the Brigade which he retained for some considerable time, as so fierce +had been the campaign that but one other field officer was left for duty +in the Brigade comprising seven Regiments. Had we time and space, many +acts of personal bravery and valorous deeds might be accredited to this +officer during his brief career of warfare, as owing to his known +integrity of character and ability, superior officers frequently +selected him to fill posts of great danger. + +General Glenny's command has the honor of being the first infantry +troops upon the Southside Railroad, also of making the last charge upon +the enemy at Farmville, April 7th, 1865. + +Two or three circumstances of peculiar interest, showing the morals of +this officer, may not be inappropriate, and in a degree indicate his +decision of character and fidelity to his untarnished reputation and +walks of private life. + +In the latter part of May, 1862, and just prior to the battle of Fair +Oaks, by orders of General McClellan, the first ration of whiskey was +issued to the troops. This being incompatible with the principles of +General Glenny, he at once called his men in line, and stated that he +believed the new element just introduced in the army was destructive of +its best interests, prejudicial to its health, efficiency and +discipline, and rather than stultify his conscience by being responsible +for its issue, he would suffer himself to be cashiered for disobedience +of orders. His position having been defined, the question was submitted +to the Company, which, by a unanimous vote, rejected the whiskey. During +the day General Howard, who by some means had become acquainted with the +facts, at once dispatched one of his aids with a book, his compliments +and a message, to General Glenny, to the effect that he was the only +officer in the Brigade who had taken that position, and was gratified to +know he had one under his command who had sufficient moral courage to +take so exalted a stand. + +At Chancellorsville, where the Union army met with temporary defeat, +this Regiment made one of the most gallant stands of any during the war. +It held its position and repulsed five successive charges made by the +enemy under cover of their artillery. The enemy, a few minutes later, +succeeded in turning the right of our lines, when orders were sent to +General Glenny to withdraw his men immediately, which he did +successfully under a galling fire, and just as the enemy were closing in +upon him from front and rear in the form of a pair of shears. + +Again at Po River, the Regiment was hastily thrown out as a skirmish +line. Owing to emergencies the main army were obliged to change position +so suddenly, that there was no time to withdraw or notify the skirmish +line of their perilous position; and the only alternative was to leave +them to their fate. It was not until some two hours later, when +mistrusting all was not right, and finding the main army had left the +position a few hours previously taken up, it was decided at once to make +desperate efforts to extricate the Regiment, which was found to be +surrounded on three sides, and the fourth fast closing in, which was +accomplished with but slight loss. This was a prominent trait in General +Glenny's character, to always hazard life rather than be a prisoner in +the hands of traitors, whom he looked upon with contempt and scorn. + +In the last charge made by the Regiment, or any of the army, at +Farmville, April 7th, 1865, General Glenny lost fourteen men, and one +officer of the rank of Captain. The latter finding himself mortally +wounded, and having been rather a reckless young man, at once became +alarmed with reference to his future state. While lying on the field, he +called General Glenny, (then Colonel,) took him by the hand, and as soon +as he could gather sufficient strength to speak, says, "Colonel, can you +pray?" When answered in the affirmative he said, "I have got to die and +am unprepared." In compliance with his request, General Glenny knelt by +his side in prayer; but as missiles of death were flying on every hand, +and the enemy opening an increasing fire, which required him to watch as +well as pray, and to attend to the living as well as the dying, he at +once ordered the Captain carried to the rear, where he soon died, +leaving good evidence that he had found spiritual relief. + +This was the closing drama of the war, as two days after General Lee +surrendered the rebel army of Northern Virginia to General Grant. The +Union army soon after returned to Washington and vicinity, where, by +different commands, they were mustered out of service. The 64th +proceeded to Elmira, where it received final pay and discharge July +24th, 1865. Thus ended near four years of warfare with General Glenny; +he being the only officer who went out as such who returned with the +Regiment. + +The General is now engaged in the mercantile trade, and located in the +store formerly occupied by John Kendall, Esq., and is carrying on a very +successful and profitable trade. + +STEPHEN BREWER, Saddles, Harness, &c., enlisted November 21st, 1851. Mr. +Brewer was a good soldier; his membership with the Company was soon +dissolved by his removal to Cortland village, where, like his +professional brother Millspaugh, he has held many offices of trust and +honor, among which was County Judge of Cortland county. + +F. K. ANDRUS, Bookseller, &c., enlisted November 21st, 1851. Mr. Andrus +has answered to his name as fourth, third, second and first Corporal, +and fifth, fourth, third and second Sergeants. Was one of the most +active members of the Company during the whole seven years, and over, of +his membership. We find but very few meetings or drills of the Company +that he is not marked present. He was a thorough soldier, never +satisfied with half knowing how. His motto was, "Excelsior." No member +who served while Sergeant Andrus was connected with the Company, will +ever forget him; always good-natured and cheerful, inclined to look on +the bright and never on the dark side of the picture; and during times +in the history of the Company, when many were despondent, and the future +looked any thing but encouraging, he was always with a cheerful heart +and a ready hand, willing to contribute in whatever way was necessary to +raise the standard of the Company; and we believe whatever he undertook +he succeeded in accomplishing. Mr. Andrus is now one of the firm of +Andrus, McChain & Co., probably the largest Paper Manufacturers in +Western New York; and very many of our citizens and distinguished +visitors from abroad, can testify to his politeness and urbanity in +showing them through their large manufactory at Fall Creek. + +CHARLES CLAPP, Painter, enlisted November 21st, 1851. Mr. Clapp, at his +own request, was granted a discharge soon after his enlistment. His +military ardor was in no degree dampened, however, as will be seen from +the following: He enlisted in the United States army December 30th, +1863, in Company M, 21st New York Cavalry, in which he served eighteen +months; was engaged in the battle of New Market, and in the reserve at +Cedar Creek. Mr. Clapp also had two sons in the army. He was +particularly distinguished for his Good Samaritan kindness, as many of +his comrades can testify. Having some knowledge of medicine, he imparted +the all-healing balm to those about him who were sick or wounded. + +E. C. FULLER, Painter, enlisted November 21st, 1851. He filled the +offices of Corporal and Sergeant; was a good soldier, a faithful +officer, and a skilled artisan. + +WILLIAM V. BRUYN, Lawyer, enlisted November 21st, 1851. Immediately upon +his joining the Company he was elected first Lieutenant, which +commission he held until his removal to Syracuse. He was a man of +talents and fine accomplishments, which, combined with his gentlemanly +bearing, made an officer of which the Company were at all times proud. +He was once District Attorney of Tompkins county, and is now engaged in +his profession in the city of Syracuse, where he meets with that success +he so richly merits. + +LOREN DAY, wholesale Liquor dealer, enlisted November 21st, 1851. Mr. +Day, we believe, never served as a member but a short time, if at all. +His connection, however, with this or any other institution, would be an +honor to it. He is one of the most quiet, still one of the best, +citizens of our village. He has been very successful in business, which +may be credited to his strict attention and uncompromising honesty. + +WILLIAM M. CULVER, dealer in Hats, Caps and Furs, enlisted November 22d, +1851. Served but a short time, a worthy member, and was honorably +discharged. He is still successfully engaged in the above business. + +THEODORE A. HANMER, Clerk, enlisted November 24th, 1851. Very soon after +enlistment he removed to a Southern State, where he still resides. + +PHILIP J. PARTENHEIMER, Cashier Tompkins County Bank, enlisted November +25th, 1851. We often hear it said there is no man but has his enemies; +this may be the rule, we will produce the exception. + +At the first election of Company A, held in December, 1851, Mr. +Partenheimer was unanimously elected their Captain, which commission he +held until August 25th, 1862--over ten years. Nearly two hundred men +served under him while Captain of this Company, by each of which he was +not only respected and honored as their commanding officer, but as a +citizen and gentleman. Few officers ever had the confidence, respect and +esteem of his command as did Captain Partenheimer. Very likely some were +at times dissatisfied with his rulings; soon, however, his sound +judgment was apparent, and his decisions perfectly satisfactory to all. +When necessary he was stern, but always kind and forgiving. When he gave +a command, his men knew it must be promptly and correctly executed. His +generosity was only exceeded (so far as his Company was concerned) by +his desire to have his gifts unknown to the members or others, and if it +could be known how much he had paid for the use and improvement of his +Company, a very considerable sum could be added to the amount of +disbursements spoken of in the preface of this record. + +Captain Partenheimer's first business engagement was with S. B. Munn, +Jr., of this village. His clerkship was of short duration, however, as +his superior talent as an accountant was soon displayed, and he made his +second engagement with the Tompkins County Bank as book-keeper. With +this situation the same remarks are applicable as to the clerkship; he +was soon promoted to the position of Teller of the same institution, and +later to Cashier, which office he still holds. His various and rapid +promotions in the Bank were not equal, however, to the demands made upon +him by his fellow citizens. To show his popularity, we mention some of +the civil offices he has filled: Town Clerk, Notary Public, Trustee of +the village, President of same repeatedly, Chief Engineer of the Fire +Department for many years in succession, and also served his town in +the Board of Supervisors of Tompkins county. Each of the above mentioned +offices he has filled with honor to himself, and for us to say with +satisfaction to the people, would be superfluous. It is worthy of note, +that Captain Partenheimer never was ambitious for office; that all the +offices he has filled, both civil and military, have been thrust upon +him; and it is proverbial in his case, that he has in the most positive +and peremptory manner, declined many honors that the community have +endeavored to heap upon him. He is, most emphatically, a self-made man; +and to his own personal exertions the public are indebted for a man of +sterling worth and vast usefulness. + +PHILIP STEPHENS, Butcher, enlisted November 25th, 1851. Mr. Stephens was +one of the best soldiers of the DeWitt Guard; and not only this, but one +of the most valuable men for the Company. He would allow nothing to +prevent his attendance at the drills and meetings, where he always took +an active part, as he also did in the general welfare of the Company. +His purse was always open to contribute to any object that had in view +the advancement of the institution. He creditably filled most of the +non-commissioned offices; enjoyed being a soldier, and the Company +enjoyed him as such. Mr. Stephens has been very successful in his +business enterprises, and has built up a reputation throughout the +State. The epicure of New York city as well as Chicago, satisfies his +taste with luxuries provided by Stephens in the way of choice meats. Mr. +Stephens has recently purchased one of the most beautiful building sites +in our village, and intends soon building a handsome and capacious +dwelling. + +A. PHILLIPS, Merchant Tailor, enlisted November 25th, 1851. Mr. Phillips +remained with the Company but a short time, and upon his retiring +therefrom, presented them with a new uniform complete. It has always +been the pleasure of Mr. Phillips to lend his influence for the benefit +of the Company, and has furnished in the person of his son a most worthy +and valuable member. + +JOHN S. VAN LIEW, Clerk, enlisted November 29th, 1851. Removed from the +district soon after joining the Company. + +A. G. THOMPSON, enlisted November 29th, 1851. With the history of Mr. +Thompson the writer is not acquainted. + +JOHN RANDOLPH, Mason, enlisted December 1st, 1851. Was an excellent +member for some years; his tall and commanding form, his precise and +measured step and general bearing, fitted him for a first-class soldier. +He removed to Michigan about 1858. Joining a Michigan Regiment, he +entered the United States army in 1861; was commissioned as Captain soon +after his enlistment, and for meritorious conduct was promoted to Major. +He was a brave soldier and a courageous officer. He died soon after +honorably serving the time of his enlistment, from disease contracted +while in the service. + +We copy the following to show the esteem in which he was held by his +command: + + "MINER'S HILL, VA., November 18th, 1861. + + We, the undersigned, members of Company D, (Barry Guard,) 4th + Michigan Volunteers, in testimony of our high appreciation of + our beloved Captain, John Randolph, for his uniform urbanity to, + and kind treatment of, his Company, and for his ability as an + officer, do hereby present him with the accompanying slight + memento of our highest regard. + + J. N. Hall, E. S. Baldwin, G. G. Mowry, and ninety-seven other + members of the Company." + + + SPEECH OF MAJOR BARRY. + + "Captain Randolph: I have been commissioned by the members of + Company D, (Barry Guard,) under your command, to present you in + their behalf this beautiful sword and belt, in testimony of + their high appreciation of your uniform urbanity to, and kind + treatment of, your Company, and of your ability as an officer. + + While I feel honored in being the medium of communication + between the Company (which, among all others, possesses my + highest affection) and yourself, I can refer with pride to this + testimonial as conclusive evidence, not only of your high + qualities as an officer, but also the kindness of your heart. + + Captain, I commit this sword to your keeping in confidence, that + possessing those qualities as an officer and a man, you will + never suffer it to be dishonored." + + + RESPONSE OF CAPTAIN RANDOLPH. + + "Major Barry: No words that I may speak can express my feelings + on this occasion. But a few days ago I left behind me a brave + band of tried and true men, whose warm expressions of concern + for my safety and speedy return scarcely die away in the + distance, ere I am followed by a more substantial token of their + esteem for me, and kindness of heart, in the shape of this + beautiful sword. Coming, as it does, unexpectedly and in so + delicate a way, it is not a wonder that my eye should express a + feeling that is foreign to my heart. We are bound together in a + brotherhood, by ties more binding and endearing than those which + make up friendship in civil life. With the same old flag + floating over us, sharing a common and imminent danger + perpetually about us, with the thousand other incidental and + reciprocal acts of courtesy attending well ordered camp-life, it + would be strange if we did not become brothers in feeling, as + well as in action. As I felt a gladness a few days ago, when + departing from camp on a short furlough to visit my many friends + here, so now on returning I feel my heart bound at the thought + that I shall soon hear the cheers of comrades, and feel the warm + grasp of their stout hands. We have ever remembered and looked + upon you, Major Barry, as the father of our Company, and feel + proud that we bear the name of the Barry Guard. When the boom of + the gun of treason first rolled through the land, and the harsh + voice of actual war broke upon the startled ears of our peaceful + and happy people, your voice called us together, gave our zeal + direction, and cooled our excitement to concentrated action; and + not one of us will ever cease to regret that other duties + prevented your accompanying us in a cause we all know has your + whole heart and sympathy. This splendid gift, then, comes to me + with double effect. It is like the donation of brothers tendered + by the hand of a father, and so I receive it. And I here swear + never to dishonor the blade nor disgrace the donors, but + whenever I can strike a blow for the right, for our cause, for + our flag and the Union, it shall leap from the scabbard, and God + helping me, shall not be again sheathed while this right arm can + strike a blow, or victory remains uncertain." + +SHERMAN K. HALL, Grocer, enlisted December 2d, 1851. Remained with the +Company but a short time. + +WILLIAM O. BRYAN, Shoemaker, enlisted December 2d, 1851. Removed from +town very soon after enlistment; is now engaged in the Drug and Medicine +trade of the West. + +F. A. PARTENHEIMER, proprietor of the "Continental Boot and Shoe Store." +A strong desire to become a military gentleman led Mr. Partenheimer to +enlist in the militia of the State, which he did January 1st, 1852, when +he found that he possessed all the proper qualifications of a good +soldier. Undoubtedly, however, these necessary qualifications were more +apparent to others than himself, as he was soon elected Corporal, from +which he was promoted to Sergeant, and most worthily did he fill his +office, until having served his seven years he was granted an honorable +discharge. Our sincere regrets are extended to any Company which does +not number among its members at least one man like Sergeant +Partenheimer. A more true and devoted soldier never existed; but upon +him nature had bestowed a great deal more than the ordinary amount of +original wit; and at times, when not on duty, our Sergeant would furnish +innocent fun for a Regiment. At Camp Burnett, Sept. 1859, he was the +life of the camp, and many of his jokes are not, to this day, forgotten. + +It gives us pleasure to state, that now Mr. Partenheimer is sole +proprietor of one of our most successful and enterprising Boot and Shoe +manufactories, and is receiving that portion of public patronage which +he merits. + +CHARLES F. BLOOD, Merchant Tailor, enlisted January 1st, 1852. In +joining this Company, Mr. Blood's first and greatest ambition was to +become a thorough soldier, which object he successfully accomplished we +shall proceed to show. + +Very soon after becoming a member of the Company, he was elected their +standard-bearer. His strong desire to become familiar with all the +rudiments, and to become perfect, not only in the school of the soldier, +but also of the Company and Battalion, led him to devote but little time +to the duties of his new office. So anxious was he to learn, that with +the Tactics for his drill-master, and a borrowed gun for an assistant, +he would by himself combine the theoretical with the practical. We say +without fear of contradiction, that to-day a man more conversant with +the theory and practice of the science of military, cannot be found. + +The 28th of May, 1856, he was elected and commissioned second +Lieutenant, which office he filled until August 25th, 1862, at which +time he was elected Captain. As a commanding officer Captain Blood could +not be excelled. The time he had so studiously devoted in the earlier +part of his military career to this object, he now discovered was of +great use to him. Combine with this knowledge his splendid voice and +fine military carriage, he was an officer of which his men were at all +times proud. + +When the Company volunteered and were mustered into the United States +service, Captain Blood accompanied them; and through his exertions they +obtained a very desirable position in the 58th Regiment National Guard. +It was his chief and constant aim to see that his men were at all times +comfortable, and to see that they, as United States soldiers, had all +they were entitled to. + +Very soon after joining the army, Captain Blood was detailed from his +Company and commissioned one of the court-martial of the Department of +New York, before which court was transacted a large amount of business. +The compliments that were bestowed upon Captain Blood as a member of +this court, by the Division and Post Commanders, and by other members of +the court, must, indeed, have been very flattering to him. In his +decisions (not one of which were ever set aside or annulled) he was +prompt and discriminating, always tempering his judgment with that +amount of clemency which he considered was best for the Government he +represented, and for the unfortunate delinquents who appeared before +him. + +Notwithstanding he was so much of the time separated from his command, +still he endeavored to be in camp with them every night, and a large +portion of the time messed with them. + +Captain Blood, as every person knows who is acquainted with him, was a +strictly conscientious man, and still he always enjoyed the sports and +harmless amusements of his men in camp, and at all proper times and +occasions would join with them. It is needless for us to say, that each +member of his Company became very much attached to him, not one of which +but would have sacrificed their all for his comfort. + +His door was always open and he was at all times glad to see his men, +and his tent was Company Head-Quarters _indeed_. It was the remark of +very many officers and others who visited Elmira during encampment of +this Company, that Captain Blood was the most accomplished officer, and +commanded the best Company of men, that assisted in garrisoning that +post during the war. + +The Captain always attended the religious services of the Regiment, and +by this means exerted a beneficial influence over his men. His example +was always that of an uncompromising christian, as well as a good +soldier and true patriot. + +Immediately following the Elmira campaign, Captain Blood was elected and +commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the 50th Regiment National Guard, and +now holds that commission. + +In this instance we see a private of Company A, by various promotions, +reach the rank second in command of the Regiment, and undoubtedly in a +short time will be in full command. No officer is more worthy the honor +than Colonel Blood. + +In civil life he is none the less honored, having filled public offices +with equal success. + +He has been not only a good soldier, a respected Lieutenant, honored +Captain and esteemed Colonel, but is a citizen of the highest standing +and respected by every one. + +H. J. WILSON, Painter, enlisted January 1st, 1852. Mr. Wilson served his +full time and received an honorable discharge as a soldier, but is still +connected with the Regiment as a musician. It is the strong desire of +every member of the Company, as well as of the Regiment, that his +membership may be continued yet many years. Our excellent Band, without +Wilson, would be like tinkling brass--of uncertain sound. The rich, full +and expressive tones rendered by him on his powerful Tuba, fully prove +him to be a musician of no ordinary talent. + +JACOB SAGER, Clerk, enlisted January 1st, 1852. Was Company musician, +which position he filled until his removal from the District. He was not +only a good musician, but a gentleman. + +CLARK WILSON, Machinist, enlisted January ----, 1852. Mr. Wilson was +Company drummer for a time, but preferring a gun to a drum, took his +place in the ranks; served some time; is now Chief Engineer on Seneca +Lake. + +HORACE ROOT, Brewer, enlisted March 17th, 1852. Mr. Root was always +promptly on hand at the drills and meetings of the Company while a +member. The record does not show how long he was connected with the +Company; our recollection is some three years. + +CALEB BABCOCK, enlisted March 17th, 1852. His membership was short; very +soon after becoming a member he left the place. He is now an officer on +one of the New York and Liverpool Line of Steamers. + +A. J. TERRY, Tobacconist, enlisted May 15th, 1852. Mr. Terry was a good +member of the Company and a good citizen. He died a few years ago, after +suffering the most excruciating torture of acute rheumatism. + +JAMES C. MCCLUNE, Lawyer, enlisted June 3d, 1852. Mr. McClune always +evinced the greatest interest in the welfare of the Company; he was one +of its best workers, was a first-class soldier, and was soon elected +Corporal from which he was promoted to Sergeant, which office he held +until November 29th, 1856, when he was removed by death. Upon receiving +intelligence of his death a special meeting was called, when the +following preamble and resolutions, offered by Lieut. King, were +unanimously adopted: + + "WHEREAS, The Supreme Ruler of the Universe has, in the exercise + of His power and wisdom, seen fit to remove from our midst our + esteemed friend and fellow soldier, Sergeant James C. McClune, + therefore be it + + _Resolved_, That we receive the sad bereavement as a mandate + from Him who doeth all things well. + + _Resolved_, That we offer our sincere and heartfelt condolence + to the sorrowing family of the deceased, and we assure them that + we will ever revere the memory of their son and brother. + + RESOLVED, That as a mark of our respect for the character of our + deceased comrade, we will attend his funeral, and escort his + remains to their last resting place with military honors. + + RESOLVED, That we wear the usual badge of mourning for the space + of six months. + + RESOLVED, That a copy of these resolutions, signed by the + Chairman and Secretary, be presented to the family of the + deceased, and published in the village papers. + + P. J. PARTENHEIMER, _Captain_. + + WILLIAM GLENNY, _Sec'y_. + +JAMES H. GREENLY, Merchant, enlisted June 3d, 1852. Mr. Greenly was in +every respect a most estimable man, and as a soldier he had no superior. +Always manifested a lively interest in whatever conduced to the benefit +of the organization. He filled all the grades of non-commissioned +offices; was Orderly Sergeant at the time he removed from us. No member +ever left, carrying with him more well wishes and kind regards, than +Sergeant James H. Greenly. Success and prosperity attend him ever in all +his undertakings. + +JACOB WARSHASKI, Clothing Merchant, enlisted July 1st, 1852. Was a +faithful and worthy member for a few years. Upon changing his residence +was granted an honorable discharge. + +MAJOR A. O. SHAW, Blacksmith. To name a day as the one on which the +Major enlisted, is for us an impossibility, and we think it would be too +much of a task for him, even, to find out the exact year, say nothing +about the day. Suffice it to say, he has been honored with the title of +Major from the earliest recollection of the writer. He has seen the time +when he had command of more musicians alone than this Company at any one +time ever numbered as members. He always enjoyed being a military man, +and we believe there could be no greater pleasure for the Major to-day, +than to head a column of a few hundred men and march through the streets +of Ithaca, as he has done in years gone by. He has received three +honorable discharges, each being granted by reason of the expiration of +his term of service. This would give the Major twenty-one years in the +service, and how much he overran on time on each of the discharges, we +doubt if he knows. At all events he was a member of the DeWitt Guard +when the writer joined, (which was in 1855,) and served until last year +before he received his last discharge. + +He has always been, and is to-day, one of the most accommodating +military men of our acquaintance. At any time the Company would like to +have him turn out with them, he is always ready, and invariably refuses +a single dime compensation. The Major has the respect, not only of the +Company with which he has so long served, but of the whole community. As +a citizen, his politeness and gentlemanly conduct attracts the attention +of every person who meets him; and the various positions he has so long +and creditably filled, is sufficient to show that he is properly +appreciated by the community in which he resides. + +MOSES R. WRIGHT, Lawyer, enlisted July 8th, 1852. Was connected with the +Company but a short time; was a man of fine talent, and a lawyer of +great ability. He died in this village June 6th, 1855. + +L. S. BLUE, Boot and Shoe Merchant, enlisted July 8th, 1852. Mr. Blue +served but a short time. Is now a resident of New York city. + +JOHN PAGE, Shoemaker, enlisted July 12th, 1852. His membership was +short. + +D. M. OLTZ, Carpenter, enlisted June 23d, 1853. Was a good soldier and a +good member of the Company; served for some time. His membership was +dissolved by his removal to Canada. + +J. B. HAMMOND, Jeweler, enlisted June 23d, 1853. Served faithfully as +Company bugler until his removal to St. Louis. + +MELVILLE WILKINSON, Clerk, enlisted July 4th, 1853. Was a good soldier +while connected with the Company, and a better one after leaving it. He +removed from the district after a membership of one or two years. Upon +the breaking out of the war he enlisted in the 23d New York Volunteers; +was soon commissioned Lieutenant; served his time; volunteered the +second time, and was elected Captain in the 107th New York Volunteers. +He was a brave and true officer; was engaged in many battles; was +transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps; afterwards held a prominent +position upon the staff of General Coxe, who commanded the Department of +Ohio. At the close of the war he devoted his time to preparing himself +for the ministry, and is now an Episcopal clergyman, located in Ohio. + +THOMAS J. PHILLIPS, Miller. (Date of enlistment not recorded.) Mr. +Phillips was no ordinary soldier, as he most conclusively proved to a +Bank President at the Seneca Falls encampment. He was always careful to +know what his duty was, and then he was going to do it, let the +consequences be what they might. He was always good natured, perfectly +happy, and was poor society for those troubled with the _blues_. Never +wanted much to do with a person who did not feel as good as himself. Was +worth at the encampment spoken of above, more than some whole Companies. +Had the advantages of an early education and good bringing up, used to +living well at home, and believed in living well in camp--_and did_. No +person, although he might be President of all the Banks in Hungary, +could pass the line when he was the sentinel. He was athletic, not only +in person but in mind, and too much good cannot be said of him as a +soldier and a citizen. The Company sustained a severe loss when Mr. +Phillips removed from among them, and became the proprietor of the Danby +Spring Mills. + +WILLIAM H. BROWN, Grocer, enlisted July 28th, 1853. Mr. Brown served his +full time and received an honorable discharge. He always felt a deep +interest in the welfare of the Company; particularly prompt to meet all +the demands made upon him; always gave cheerfully, and has in many +instances paid for others who could illy afford to pay for themselves; +was always careful to have no one know that he paid obligations other +than his own; always present at the drills and meetings of the Company, +and altogether Mr. Brown was one of the _solid men_ of the Company. He +has acted as Company Sutler at a number of encampments, and in this +capacity has given the most perfect satisfaction. + +LEONARD STODDARD, Carriage Maker, enlisted July 28th, 1853. His +membership was short--removing from the district soon after joining. He +was employed in the extensive establishment of William S. Hoyt, Esq., +the largest carriage manufacturer in Western New York. + +SAMUEL STODDARD, Wool and Leather Merchant, enlisted June 29th, 1854. + +In the DeWitt Guard, as well as in every other organization or +association with which Mr. Stoddard has been connected, he was, as he +would term his best grade of wool, super extra. He was an old militiaman +when he joined this Company, and had improved all the advantages to be +derived from the Old Guard, which in an eminent degree qualified him +for a good soldier in this, then new, Company. A peculiar trait in the +military character of Mr. Stoddard was, he invariably attended the +drills and meetings of the Company. Consider, with this fact, the large +business carried on by him, which one would suppose would require his +undivided time and attention, and we find he must have sacrificed a good +deal for the interest he felt in this Company. He would forego other +enjoyments for the sake of attending the weekly drills in which he took +much pleasure, believing that this exercise was of vast good to him. He +became a very proficient soldier; never would accept office of any kind, +though besought with tears; his highest ambition was to be a _good_ high +private; was one of the most liberal men in the Company, always +contributing freely, and many times more than his proportion; was always +in favor of paying promptly any demand made upon the Company, and +opposed to obligations or debts accumulating against them, and we find +it recorded in two or three instances where Mr. Stoddard moved that a +tax of two or more dollars be levied upon each member to pay up +deficits. He served his full time and was granted an honorable +discharge. For the high standing of the DeWitt Guard to-day, they are in +no small degree indebted to Mr. Stoddard. He has enjoyed the confidence +of the community sufficient to be elected several times to positions of +trust and honor. Long live Samuel Stoddard. + +D. L. AVERY, Merchant, enlisted June 24th, 1854. Mr. Avery was a young +man of fine attainments, and had every promise of a brilliant future. He +manifested much interest in the Company, and although connected with +them but a short time, yet sufficiently long to gain the esteem and +respect of each member. His death occurred August 24th, 1854. That the +loss of Mr. Avery was keenly felt by the Company, the following preamble +and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted, will show: + + WHEREAS, It has pleased Divine Providence suddenly to take away + from our midst by death our much esteemed friend and fellow + soldier D. L. Avery, thus depriving us of an active and valued + member, and our citizens of one whom but to know was to esteem; + and Whereas, The officers and soldiers of the DeWitt Guard + feeling and duly appreciating the loss of our universally + esteemed member of our corps, and being desirous of giving + expression to a spontaneous sentiment of regard for our departed + brother in arms, it is therefore unanimously + + _Resolved_, That we do most sincerely mourn the loss of our + late comrade, so suddenly and unexpectedly called away from our + ranks by the stern and unrelenting King of Terrors, and that we + tender to the partner, brother and sisters of the deceased our + heartfelt sympathies in their irreparable loss. + + _Resolved_, That we attend in a body to assist in the last sad + duties and ceremonies of the funeral of our late brother, friend + and fellow soldier, and that we wear the usual badge of mourning + on all parades for thirty days. + + _Resolved_, That the proceedings be signed by our Captain, and a + copy thereof be furnished the relatives of the deceased, and + also for publication in the village papers. + + P. J. PARTENHEIMER, _Capt, Com'd'g_. + + WILLIAM GLENNY, _Sec'y_. + +M. E. ELMENDORF, Dentist, enlisted June 30th, 1854. Mr. Elmendorf was a +first-class soldier and a tip-top fellow generally. Was particularly +celebrated as a fine shot, taking a prize at each of the target shoots +while a member. Was an active, energetic young man, and very readily +became master of his profession, and is now a Dental Surgeon of +considerable note in the city of New York. + +LOT S. HINDS, Currier, enlisted July 12th, 1854. Was a good, attentive +soldier and a faithful member; served some years with the Company; +removed from our village to Danby, where he now resides. Has a son in +the United States army. + +J. S. PUTNAM, Hotel keeper, enlisted July 12th, 1854. Was a resident but +a short time. + +IRA M. GARDNER, Mason, enlisted September 18th, 1855. Mr. Gardner served +faithfully his seven years, and received an honorable discharge. He has +always resided in Ithaca, is a good citizen, a respected man, and a +first-class mechanic. + +WILLIAM H. HAMMOND, Gas Plumber, enlisted September 23d, 1855. Served +his full time and was honorably discharged. Held the office of Company +standard-bearer for some years. Was also armory keeper, keeping the guns +and equipage in perfect order. We believe the State honestly indebted to +him for services rendered, for which he ought to have his pay. + +WILLIAM V. BROWN, Currier, enlisted September 26th, 1855. Mr. Brown was +celebrated for the great amount of artistic and thoroughly grand music +as produced by himself on the bass drum. He was Company musician, and +remained with them as long as he was a citizen of the place. He is now a +resident of Union Springs. "_Big Bill Brown, the Drummer_" will long be +remembered with gratitude by all those connected with the Company during +his membership. + +K. S. VAN VOORHEES, Master Mechanic, enlisted July ----, 1854. Colonel +Van Voorhees entered the militia service of the State in Feb., 1835, +joining the first Company New York Cadets, which was attached as a flank +Company to the 2d Regiment N. Y. S. Artillery, (doing duty as Infantry,) +and known as the Governor's Guard. In the spring of 1839 he was promoted +from Orderly Sergeant, and commissioned as Captain of the Company by +Gov. W. H. Seward, he having been unanimously elected to that position +by the members of the Company. In the spring of 1840 he was presented +with an elegant sword bearing the following inscription: + + Presented to + + CAPT. K. S. VAN VOORHEES, + + BY THE FIRST COMPANY NEW YORK CADETS, AS A TOKEN OF + ESTEEM AND RESPECT. + + New York, April 16th, 1840. + +In the Fall of 1840 he visited Ithaca, and having concluded to make this +place his permanent residence, he forwarded to New York his resignation +in the Spring of 1841. After his removal to this place, he lent his +assistance to the drilling and instruction of the Old Ithaca Guard until +they were disbanded. + +Upon the most urgent solicitations of both officers and men, he +consented to become one of the members of the DeWitt Guard. He, +possessing probably the greatest amount of military knowledge of any +person in the district, was secured by the Company as instructor, and +immediately elected Orderly Sergeant. This he did simply as an +accommodation, having gained all the military honors he cared to have +bestowed upon him before coming to Ithaca. + +For us to bestow any compliments upon him in this sketch is perfectly +uncalled for, as we produce the following record in place of further +remarks: + +At the breaking out of the Rebellion he was prevented from entering the +service of his country by a severe bodily injury which he had received a +few months before; but in the Fall of 1862 he had so far recovered from +his lameness, that he ventured to accept the position of Lieutenant +Colonel of a Regiment then organizing at Binghamton, N. Y., and +afterwards known as the 137th New York Volunteers, to which position he +was chosen by the unanimous vote of the War Committee of the 24th +Senatorial District. + +He immediately entered upon the duty, in connection with Colonel David +Ireland, of organizing and disciplining the Regiment, and getting it +ready for active service in the field. The want of any knowledge of +military tactics by either officers or men, rendered the labor of +instructing and drilling the Regiment very arduous, the most of which +was performed by Lt. Col. Van Voorhees, Col. Ireland attending to the +administrative affairs of the Regiment. Previous to the Regiment's +leaving for the seat of war, Lt. Col. Van Voorhees was presented by his +friends at Ithaca with a fine horse and set of horse equipments. The +Regiment was mustered into the U. S. service on the 25th September, and +left for Washington on the 27th, arriving there on the 30th, and were +immediately forwarded to Harper's Ferry, Va., by way of Fredericksburgh, +Md.; arriving at Harper's Ferry on the 3d October, where they remained +until the 10th December, having in the meantime made two important +reconnoissances under Gen. Gregg--one to Charlestown and the other to +Winchester, Va. + +On the 10th December the 12th Army Corps, to which the 137th Regiment +had been attached, left Harper's Ferry at the time of Burnside's +unsuccessful attack on Fredericksburgh, and having marched to Dumfries, +Va., were, in consequence of Burnside's repulse, marched back to Fairfax +Station, where they remained until the 17th January, 1863, when they +were again ordered forward, Burnside intending to make another attack on +Fredericksburgh, but failed on account of the mud. + +The 12th Corps having reached Stafford Court House, the Brigade to which +the 137th was attached was ordered to Aquia Creek, where they remained +until the 26th April, when they commenced their march to +Chancellorsville, which they reached on the 29th of April. On the 30th +the 12th Corps was ordered forward to feel the enemy's position, and +finding them in strong force returned to camp, where they commenced +throwing up earthworks, the 137th using bayonets for picks and tin +plates for shovels. In the subsequent battles the Regiment maintained +its position in the trenches until they were entered by the enemy from +the right, (the right flank of the army having been turned by the giving +way of the 11th Corps,) when they were ordered to retire, which they did +in good order. As this was the first battle in which the Regiment was +engaged, some anxiety was felt by the officers as to the mettle of their +men; but their conduct on this occasion was such as to give no further +uneasiness. After the battle the Regiment returned to Aquia Creek, where +it remained until the 13th June, when it commenced its march to +Gettysburg, and on the 2d and 3d July was closely and hotly engaged with +the invader. + +Late in the afternoon of the 2d July the whole of the 12th Corps, with +the exception of Green's Brigade, was sent to support the left of the +line, which was closely pressed; they had scarcely gone when Stonewall +Jackson's old Corps, seven thousand strong, under Ewell, charged our +right, which was defended by only Green's Brigade of New York troops +less than two thousand strong; but so obstinate was the defence, that +the enemy did not succeed in breaking our lines; heavy firing was kept +up nearly all night. About four o'clock of the morning of the 3d, the +enemy again advanced to the charge but was again repulsed, and a heavy +and constant fire was kept up until half past ten, when the enemy +retired. The loss of the 137th was four officers and forty-one men +killed, and three officers and sixty-four men wounded. Lt. Col. Van +Voorhees was slightly wounded twice during the action. + +After the battle and the escape of Lee's army across the Potomac, the +army again encamped on the banks of the Rappahannock and afterwards on +the banks of the Rappidan, when, on the 23d September, immediately after +the battle of Chickamauga, the 11th and 12th Corps under Hooker were +ordered to Tennessee, where they arrived in the fore part of October. In +the latter part of that month Hooker was ordered by Grant to open +communication between Bridgport, Ala., and Chattanooga, Tenn., by the +way of White Side, along the line of the Memphis and Charleston +Railroad. The army of the Cumberland being besieged in Chattanooga and +destitute of provisions, it became necessary to secure a shorter line of +communication, or the place would have to be abandoned with the loss of +all the artillery and trains, as there were no animals left to draw them +away. On the 28th of October the 11th Corps under Gen. Howard, followed +by a part of Geary's Division of the 12th Corps, all under the command +of Gen. Hooker, debouched into Lookout Valley, and for six miles marched +in plain view of the rebels who occupied the summit and sides of the +mountain, and who could almost count the men in the ranks. On encamping +for the night, the 11th Corps was about two and a half miles in advance +of Geary's Division, which, being observed by the enemy, they determined +to surprise and capture Geary's Division; and accordingly two Divisions +of Longstreet's Corps were ordered to the attack. They came in between +the 11th Corps and Geary's Division, and while one Division took up a +position to prevent reinforcements from being sent to Gen. Geary, the +other advanced to the attack, which came near being a surprise, the +attack being made about midnight. Gen. Geary had with him at the time +but four Regiments and two sections of a battery. The 111th Pennsylvania +succeeded in getting into line, and the 137th New York were but partly +in line when the enemy opened fire upon them at less than fifty yards +distance. These two Regiments bore the whole brunt of the battle, which +lasted over two hours; the other two Regiments were placed in position +to protect the right flank and rear, leaving the left flank exposed. +Early in the action Gen. Green, commanding the Brigade, was wounded, and +Col. Ireland of the 137 Regiment being senior Colonel, the command of +the Brigade devolved upon him, leaving the command of the Regiment to +Lt. Col. Van Voorhees. The enemy finding the left unprotected, moved a +part of their force to the left, and came down on the left and rear of +the 137th, but Col. Van Voorhees immediately placed his three left +Companies perpendicular to the rear facing them to the left, and facing +the rear rank of four other Companies to the rear, the Regiment kept up +such a vigorous and well directed fire to the front, flank and rear, as +finally to beat back the enemy and cause his retreat, though not till +nearly every cartridge in the Regiment was expended. + +The 137th (who lost nearly one-third of their number in killed and +wounded) was highly complimented for their coolness and courage in this +engagement. Gen. Geary in a speech delivered to the Regiment at the time +of its muster-out, used the following language in regard to their +conduct on this occasion: "I have at all times and in all places given +you the credit of saving my Division from rout or capture at Wauhatchie. +As I passed down your rear and observed the vigorous attack that was +made upon you, I exclaimed, 'My God, if the 137th gives way all is +lost.' But thanks to the coolness, skill and courage of your commanding +officer, and to your own determined will, you maintained your ground +nobly, and the enemy was driven back to his mountain den." + +Gen. Howard, in a speech at Philadelphia, characterized this battle as +"the wonderful night's revel at Wauhatchie;" and the rebel papers and +dispatches acknowledged a serious defeat and heavy loss. Col. Van +Voorhees was severely wounded during the action, but refused to leave +the field to have his wound dressed until the action was over and all +danger of its renewal had passed. + +Col. Van Voorhees being at home recovering from his wound, was not with +his Regiment in their "battle above the clouds," in which it maintained +its reputation, being the first to enter the enemy's works upon Lookout +Mountain. Col. Van Voorhees rejoined his Regiment in January, and led it +in all the battles of the Atlanta campaign, which commenced on the 2d +day of May and ended by the capture of Atlanta on the 2d day of +September, being four months of almost continuous fighting. The first +battle was that of Mill Creek Gap, May 8th, in which Geary's Division +drove the rebels into their works on the summit of Taylor's Ridge. The +next was the battle of Resacca, May 15th, in which the Regiment lost +several in wounded. The next was the battle of Dallas, or New Hope +Church, on the 25th of May; here Hooker's Corps lost heavily. One line +of the enemy's works was carried just at night, and they driven about a +mile into a second line of works which was not carried owing to the +darkness; but a position was taken and a line of works established +within a stone's throw of the enemy's line. The Regiment remained here +eight days under a constant fire, and without any shelter from the +weather. On the 5th June the enemy was found to have evacuated his +works, and it was supposed had crossed the Chattahoochie River; the men +needing rest the enemy was not followed. The army was moved forward a +few miles and put into camp for rest. + +On the 7th June, Col. Van Voorhees being officer of the day and having +charge of the picket line, discovered the enemy's position; their line +extending from Kenesaw Mountain to Lost Mountain, a distance of eight +miles. He made a written report of the fact to Gen. Geary, who +immediately sent for him and discredited the report, stating that he did +not believe there was a rebel soldier this side of the Chattahoochie; he +however said he would send up the report. On the 8th June Gen. Sherman +telegraphed to the Secretary of War that "his cavalry had that day +discovered the enemy's position, and that his right rested on Kenesaw +Mountain and his left on Lost Mountain," thus confirming Col. Van +Voorhees' report made the day previous. + +On the 15th June the Regiment was moved forward to the foot of Pine +Knob, (which was occupied by the enemy,) where they threw up works for +the artillery who shelled the hill, one result of which was the killing +of Gen. Polk of the rebel army. On the same day the Division moved +forward to the attack of Pine Knob; several lines of rifle pits were +carried, but the main works were very formidable and were not carried. A +line of works were built the same night within a hundred yards of the +enemy's line, and heavy skirmishing kept up on the 16th, and on the +morning of the 17th the enemy was found to have evacuated his works. The +Regiment lost two killed and twenty wounded. The enemy was immediately +pursued and found in a new position before noon of the same day. In +advancing to support a battery the Regiment lost one man killed and one +wounded. On the morning of the 19th the enemy was found to have again +abandoned his works, but was found strongly entrenched two miles to the +rear. From this time up to the 5th July, when the enemy retreated across +the Chattahoochie, it was one continued series of battles, skirmishes, +and changes of position. + +On the 22d June the 137th Regiment, in connection with the 111th +Pennsylvania, were highly complimented by Gen. Hooker for their bravery +in obtaining possession of a commanding position which was strongly +defended by the enemy. + +No forward movement was made from the 7th to the 17th July, the army +needing rest and clothing; but on the 17th it again moved forward and +crossed the Chattahoochie River. On the 19th the 137th was thrown out as +skirmishers, and came upon the enemy's skirmishers at Peach Tree Creek, +four miles from Atlanta. The day being excessively warm, and Col. Van +Voorhees' duties as commander of the skirmish line very arduous, he was +prostrated by the heat and over exertion, acquiring a disability from +which he has not yet fully recovered. + +Hooker's Corps crossed Peach Tree Creek on the night of the 19th; and on +the 20th, while moving forward to take up a position, were unexpectedly +and fiercely attacked by the enemy in a thick piece of woods. Col. Van +Voorhees was ordered to move his Regiment by the right flank and take up +a position on the right of another Regiment, and in doing so came almost +directly upon the enemy's line of battle. Not knowing the position of +the rest of the Brigade owing to the thick underbrush, and fearing that +if he fell back the right flank of the Brigade would be exposed, he +caused his men to maintain their position, which they did manfully for +near half an hour, when he learnt that the rest of the Brigade had +fallen back some fifteen minutes before, and that his Regiment was left +alone battling with the enemy; he immediately gave orders to fall back, +when the Regiment retreated from its dangerous position. Loss eight +killed and nineteen wounded. Col. Van Voorhees was suffering at the time +with a very high fever, and could with difficulty sit on his horse. Many +officers in his condition would have got excused and went to the rear, +but he never wanted his Regiment to go into action without him; he +became very much attached to it and wished to share all its dangers. On +the 22d, being unable to sit up, he was carried to the field hospital; +the Surgeon in charge advised him to make application to be sent to the +hospital at Chattanooga; this he refused to do, saying, that after all +the hardships and fighting he had gone through with in the campaign, he +did not want to be to the rear when Atlanta was taken. He was, however, +on the 25th, against his consent, sent to the hospital at Lookout +Mountain. He rejoined his Regiment on the 30th August in time to lead it +into Atlanta on the 2d September. + +After the death of Col. Ireland, which occurred shortly after entering +Atlanta, all the officers present with the Regiment signed a petition to +Gov. Seymour, which was handsomely endorsed by the Brigade and Division +Commanders, requesting that Lt. Col. Van Voorhees be commissioned as +Colonel of the Regiment. Owing to an unjust order from the War +Department that "all Regiments reduced below the minimum number should +be deprived of its Colonel," he was unable to get mustered, though Gen. +Geary made a direct and special request of the Secretary of War, which +was endorsed by Gen. Slocum, requesting that he might be mustered into +the grade of Colonel as a "reward for his efficiency and gallantry as an +officer, his coolness and bravery on the battle-field, and for his +general good conduct during the whole of his period of service," but the +request was not granted. + +The 20th Corps remained in Atlanta until the 15th November, when Gen. +Sherman commenced his celebrated "March to the Sea." His march being +entirely unopposed, nothing worthy of note occurred until their arrival +near Savannah, December 11th. The 137th having been sent out to feel the +enemy's position, were deployed as skirmishers, and soon came upon the +enemy's skirmishers who were protected by the ruins of some buildings +and by a rice field embankment. A lively fire was kept up for some time, +when it was deemed advisable to drive them from their position so as to +uncover their front. Col. Van Voorhees gave the order to move forward; +so impetuous was the charge that the enemy was quickly driven into his +works, and could have been driven out and beyond them--as they were +seen to leave after firing one round--but as there was no support at +hand, Col. Van Voorhees did not deem it prudent to assail the fort, +which was defended by several heavy guns, and accordingly recalled his +men after several had gained the abattis of the fort, and took up a +position behind the rice-field embankment formerly held by the rebel +skirmishers, within two hundred yards of the rebel fort. + +The Regiment remained here until the 21st December, assisting in the +construction of works which could only be done under cover of darkness; +the rebel batteries were very active, and the men exposed to a constant +shelling; three shells passed through the Quarters of Col. Van Voorhees +in one forenoon, and having moved his Quarters to another building, a +piece of a shell from a gun-boat passed through his room, taking in its +way a table at which he had been sitting but a few minutes previous. The +Regiment returned from working on a fort about two o'clock of the +morning of the 21st, and shortly after signs of the enemy's evacuating +the city were observable, when Capt. S. B. Wheelock of the 137th, with +ten men, was sent out to reconnoitre the enemy's works. He found the +works abandoned with the guns still standing in position. The fact was +reported to the Brigade Commander, who immediately ordered the Brigade +forward into the enemy's works, and from thence moved directly into the +city, arriving there at daybreak, the 137th was the first to enter the +city. The Regiment remained in the city doing guard duty until the 27th +January, 1865, when it commenced its march through the Carolinas, +arriving at Goldsboro, N. C., on the 24th March. + +Col. Van Voorhees having been advised by several of the army Surgeons to +seek a change of climate for the recovery of his health, which had been +much impaired by exposure and the malarial influence of the climate, he +left Savannah January 1st, and was not with his Regiment in their march +from Savannah to Goldsboro. He left home February 22d to rejoin his +Regiment, but did not succeed in reaching it until its arrival at +Goldsboro. On the 10th April Sherman again moved forward in the +direction of Raleigh, N. C., which place he reached on the 13th April; +here the army remained until the 30th April, when it commenced its march +for Home, arriving at Alexandria, Va., on the 19th May. The Regiment +was mustered out on the 9th June, and ordered to Elmira, N. Y., where it +was paid off and discharged on the 18th June, 1865, having been nearly +three years in active service. + +In giving the military history of Col. Van Voorhees, we have coupled +with his also that of the Regiment, as their histories are one. The +officers and men of his command have always spoken well of him; they had +confidence in him as a commander, and esteemed him highly as a man. He +also enjoyed the confidence and respect of his superior officers, +especially of Gen. Geary, who placed the utmost confidence in his +ability as an officer, usually appointing him officer of the day when +more than usual watchfulness was required, saying that he "always felt +safe when Col. Van Voorhees was in command of the picket line." This +confidence was also shared in by the Regiment, it being generally +selected to occupy the most exposed positions, or lead the column when +danger was thought to be imminent. + +Col. Van Voorhees was several times (on account of the absence of all +its field officers) detailed to command the 149th New York, a Syracuse +Regiment of which Gen. Barnum, now State Prison Inspector, was Colonel. +On one of these occasions, when about to be relieved and returned to his +own Regiment, the following paper was put into his hands, signed by all +the officers present with the Regiment: + + 149TH REG'T N. Y. VOLS., + Aquia Landing, Va., June 8th, 1863. + + COL. K. S. VAN VOORHEES: + + We, the undersigned, officers of this command, take this + opportunity of expressing the feelings of each and every one of + us, as the time approaches which must sever the relations that + have existed between us and you as our commander. We desire to + assure you of our full appreciation of your services, always + characterized by kindness and forbearance, and in which the + qualities of the gentleman and soldier have commanded our + admiration. We desire to thank you for the earnestness and zeal + you have exhibited in your endeavors to instruct and better + prepare us for the duties devolving upon us, and to assure you + that we shall always remember the past four weeks, in which you + have been connected with us, with feelings of satisfaction and + pleasure; and taking leave of you, as we are about to do, we + earnestly hope that in the future _that_ success may attend you + which industry and fidelity always merit. + +At the close of the war Lt. Col. Van Voorhees was appointed Colonel by +brevet by the President "for gallant and meritorious services in the +late campaigns in Georgia and the Carolinas." + + +(_Contributed by Capt. B. R. W._) + +JOSEPH ESTY, JR., Clerk, enlisted Sept. 26th, 1855, and was elected +Secretary of the Company January 14, 1857. July 28th, 1858, he was first +put in the line of promotion by being elected fourth Corporal, and so +great was his popularity with the Company, and his knowledge of tactics, +that within a trifle over four years from the time of his receiving his +chevron as fourth Corporal, he was elected and received his commission +as second Lieutenant, (Aug. 25th, 1862,) having filled nearly if not all +of the intermediate positions. During the Elmira campaign he was with +the Company, steadily refusing to accept of any better fare or +accommodations, than the men under his charge received. + +While at Barracks No. 1, he invariably accompanied his men to the mess +house, and prevented many impositions which officers in charge were in +the habit of practicing upon soldiers who were obliged to take their +rations in that unsavory institution. While the Company were on duty at +the rebel prison, no officer did his duty more cheerfully and strictly. +He was never known to plead illness to avoid his turn, and the writer of +this sketch has, on more than one occasion, known him to take the turn +of other officers who plead illness, when he himself was not fit for +duty. On one occasion he attended the officer's drill of the Regiment +when he was hardly able to leave his tent, and upon the fact being +reported to the Colonel, he was peremptorily ordered to his Quarters, to +gain the rest which he would not take voluntarily. + +No officer in the Regiment stood higher in the estimation of both +officers and men, than did Lieut. Esty; and such was the respect of his +own Company for him, that upon their return home and the promotion of +Captain Blood to the position he now occupies, Lieut. Esty was (Dec. +26th, 1864) elected Captain. + +His reluctance to accept the position, showed that he had no aspirations +to rise in rank above his fellows, and it was only upon the urgent +entreaties of the officers of the Regiment, and his intimate friends, +that he was induced to accept the honor thus thrust upon him; and we +venture to say, without any fear of detracting from the worthy merits of +his predecessors, that no officer has given more time and money to +advance the interest of the Company, than has he--a large proportion of +the target prizes for the past two years having been procured by him. +At the meeting for target practice August 15th, 1865, Captain Esty was +presented by the Company with a splendid sword and belt, which cost +about $120. The Captain was taken completely by surprise, as he had +received no hint of the matter, and his overcharged feelings prevented +him from making known to the Company how highly he prized the gift; but +his pleasure at receiving was not greater than the happiness of the +donors, in thus having an opportunity of demonstrating their feelings +toward him. + +The beautiful Armory and Drill-Room now occupied by the Company, are +mainly due to his indefatigable efforts. + +One prominent feature in the history of the Company, and one which we +fear the historian may, from feelings of delicacy, omit, was the +splendid supper given, soon after the return of the Company from Elmira, +by Captain Esty and lady--an entertainment which was a high testimonial +of the Captain's generosity, and the skill and hospitality of Mrs. Esty. +The supper will long be remembered by the happy participants. + +Captain Esty, in civil life, is no less esteemed than as a soldier, +having been for a number of years the confidential clerk and +book-keeper in the extensive Leather establishment of Hon. E. S. Esty, +an establishment which owes its success in no small degree to his +energetic and business qualities. + +CHARLES HAUSNER, Carpenter, enlisted October 6th, 1855. Served his full +time in the Company. Enlisted Sept. 10th, 1861, in the United States +army, in which he served until the 6th day of Sept., 1862, when he was +honorably discharged by reason of being totally unserviceable on account +of wounds received while in the army. He participated in the battle of +Fair Oaks, and received in that one engagement six wounds, while his +clothes were pierced by fourteen bullets of the enemy. Probably no +soldier ever received the same number of wounds and lived. Upon his +return home he was elected Captain of Company E, 50th Regiment National +Guard. + +A. T. JARVIS, Clerk, enlisted March 19th, 1856. Was a member but a short +time. + +O. BINGHAM, Boot and Shoe Merchant, enlisted April 2d, 1856. Served his +full time, and was honorably discharged from further service in the +militia. Upon the breaking out of the Rebellion he enlisted in Company +D, 137th N. Y. Volunteers. August 16th, 1862, was mustered into the +United States service at Camp Susquehanna, Binghamton. Soon after the +Regiment was ordered to Washington, and from thence to Harper's Ferry, +Va., in October, 1862. The Regiment was soon attached to the 12th Army +Corps; after a few weeks in camp were ordered to join Gen. Burnside in +front of Fredericksburgh, Va. On account of the almost impassibility of +the roads, the Regiment did not arrive in time to participate in the +fight. Were here ordered into camp at Fairfax, Va., from thence to Aquia +Landing, on the Potomac. + +The Regiment remained in this camp, perfecting themselves in all the +arts of war, until Gen. Hooker had perfected the plan for the battle of +Chancellorsville, to which place the Regiment was ordered in the latter +part of April, 1863, under command of Gen. Slocum. In this engagement +the 137th Regiment did some very hard fighting, and the hero of this +sketch came near losing his life while performing acts of kindness to +his comrades. He was returning from a spring near by with a number of +canteens of water, when he was attacked by a number of rebels who gave +him chase through the woods; but our soldier escaped unharmed, although +at one time it seemed that nothing short of a miracle could save him. +After the battle the Regiment recrossed the Rappahannock and were again +in camp. + +On the 13th of June Mr. Bingham was promoted to the office of Chief +Musician of the Regiment by Col. Ireland for meritorious conduct, and no +member of the Regiment or Brigade was more competent to fill this +position. This office he held until mustered out of the service. + +June 14th the Regiment started for Gettysburg; arrived on the 1st of +July and immediately took position on the right of the line. In this +battle the Regiment was engaged three days; Chief Musician Bingham had +his cap shot off his head as he was carrying a wounded Sergeant from the +line; he lost five men of his drum corps, three being wounded and two +captured. + +In September the 11th and 12th Corps were detached from the army of the +Potomac and ordered to Tennessee. The men were transported in cattle +cars, and reached the city of Nashville after about ten days travel; +from thence were moved to Wauhatchie Valley. In this valley one +Brigade, composed of the 137th and other Regiments, in all about one +thousand men, were attacked by the rebel General Hood with four thousand +picked men; the enemy finally withdrew to Lookout Mountain. In this +fight our Chief Musician had his bugle, which was hanging by his side, +pierced with a bullet and destroyed. + +After several other engagements in this vicinity, the enemy were routed, +and the men ordered to prepare for the taking of Atlanta, which city was +captured by the Union forces Sept. 2d, 1864, Chief Musician Bingham +marching in command of the drum corps of his Division playing the +familiar tune Yankee Doodle, to the disgust of the inhabitants of that +city. + +From this time comparative quiet reigned until November 14th, when +commenced the great "March for the Sea Coast," which was so successfully +accomplished, as also the march from Savannah to Richmond, from which +point the army were moved by easy marches to Washington, at which city +they were mustered out of the service as fast as possible. Our Chief +Musician was mustered out near Washington June 9th, 1865, and +immediately sent with the Regiment to Elmira, where they were paid and +honorably discharged June 20th. + +He was in the service nearly three years; never lost a day's duty from +his Regiment; he participated in every engagement of the Regiment from +the time it entered the field, and fully proved himself to be a soldier +of ability and courage, possessing all the qualities that are requisite +to make a first-class American soldier. + +Now that he has returned to his home and friends, we all unite in +bestowing upon him the honor he so dearly bought, and respect and +cherish him as one of the defenders of our common country. + +H. W. BISHOP, Druggist, elected May 31st, 1856. Doctor Bishop was an +excellent member; served the Company as Treasurer for two years; filled +most of the non-commissioned offices, and was esteemed highly by all the +members, as he was by the community at large. He was Orderly Sergeant at +the time he left the Company and joined the United States army. Very +soon after his enlistment in the service of his country, he was promoted +to hospital Steward, which position he filled until removed by death. +Many there are, besides his near relatives and the Company of which he +was a member, who mourn the loss of Doctor Bishop. + +E. S. CONKLIN, enlisted June 9th, 1856. The writer is wholly +unacquainted with the history of this member. + +E. B. TORREY, Banker, enlisted September 10th, 1856. No member ever +connected himself with the DeWitt Guard who took more interest in the +Company than did Mr. Torrey; and although his profession was such that +it would seem impossible for him to spend any very great amount of time +with the Company, still through the kindness and leniency of President +J. B. Williams, and Cashier, Colonel Hardy, he almost always answered to +his name at all the drills and parades of the Company. At the business +meeting he was particularly useful, always lending his advice, and eager +to do any thing that would increase the interest of the members. Always +scrupulously prompt in meeting his obligations, and we believe during +the several years of his membership, he never allowed his dues to run +over one month; he filled most of the non-commissioned offices; as a +soldier he liked every other soldier, and every other soldier liked him; +and the only way he could ever dissolve his membership, was by the +expiration of his term of enlistment. He most creditably served his time +and received an honorable discharge. He retired from the Bank a short +time since, and secured a patent for "Torrey's Patent Artesian Wells," +which is a most valuable invention, and is being universally used +wherever introduced. We extend to him our hearty congratulations for the +success he has already attained, and earnestly hope that our friend will +realize his full anticipations in his new enterprise. + +M. R. BARNARD, Principal of Public School, enlisted Sept. 10th, 1856. +Mr. Barnard served his full time and was honorably discharged from +further service in the militia. He served the Company as Secretary for a +year or more. He is still represented by his son, Corporal E. E. +Barnard; is brother of John Barnard, the hero of Lookout Mountain. Has +been for many years Principal of our Public School, having some times as +many as eight hundred scholars. In this situation, as well as every +other one, he gave the most perfect satisfaction, and the regrets were +many that we heard expressed when he determined to withdraw from the +school, and still many more when it became known that he had fully +determined to change his residence to Louisville, Ky. + +Prof. Barnard is a thorough scholar, a man of great and comprehensive +mind, fine intellect, and a man in every way qualified to hold the very +first position in society wherever he may go. When in his new home he +becomes as well known as he is here, we know he will be equally +respected. Success and prosperity ever attend him. + +MARCUS LYON, Lawyer and District Attorney, elected January 20th, 1857. +Mr. Lyon soon discovered that it would require more of his time than he +could possibly devote to this purpose, and furnished a substitute in the +person of the lamented Wager. + +LUTHER LOSEY, Harness-Maker, enlisted June 27th, 1857. Mr. Losey served +his time, was a good soldier and a fine mechanic, else he could not have +found employment so many years in the establishment of Colonel +Millspaugh. He is now a resident of one of the Western States. + +HENRY S. KRUM, Shoe Merchant, enlisted May 18th, 1858. Mr. Krum served +but a very short time as a member of this Company, but sufficiently +long to prepare him to assume command of a Company upon his entering the +United States service. He was in the service for some time, and upon his +return home was elected Captain of the Caroline Company, National Guard, +which position he still holds. + +JOHN C. HAZEN, Merchant, enlisted May 18th, 1858. We have very +frequently, through this History, mentioned instances where the Company +were indebted to individual members for some particular acts, or the +interest they have manifested in the general good and prosperity of the +Company. In this instance, however, we have the contrary. We believe +Lieut. Hazen is more indebted to the DeWitt Guard, than any person now +living, and on this point we are sure we shall satisfy the reader. + +July 12th, 1857, the Company visited the city of Auburn, (an account of +which will be found in the History of the Company). While there, they +were several times the guests of a number of distinguished citizens of +that city. At a very elaborate and magnificent entertainment given in +honor of the Company, by Hon. B. F. Hall, the subject of this sketch +formed the acquaintance of the daughter of our host. Auburn's fairest +daughters were there. The elite of the city were represented. Among them +all, the choice of our friend was the lady just mentioned. The result of +the acquaintance that evening formed, is generally known. Little did the +good people of Auburn think that our excursion was to be the means of +depriving them of one of their fairest daughters. Auburn, the loveliest +city of the plain, the loser; but Ithaca, the Forest City, the gainer. +All must concede that no one was more deserving, or better entitled to +the prize, than our respected soldier. A very noticeable and singular +incident in connection with our excursion to Auburn, we came near +forgetting, which should be mentioned here. It is this: that at that +time, Sergeant Hazen was Company Secretary, and the account of that +trip, so fully and graphically given, in another part of this book, is +taken verbatim from his minutes. + +As we have noticed, Mr. Hazen enlisted in May, 1858. He was permitted to +remain but a short time in the ranks, but filled all of the +non-commissioned offices, and was Orderly Sergeant while in the United +States service, which is a position of much importance, and also one +where the utmost caution must be used, or the occupant will soon find +that his comrades are exceedingly dissatisfied with him; it being the +duty of the Orderly to make the various details. But in this instance, +there was never one word of complaint. The Orderly, in his pleasant +manner, would say to the men: "Please report for duty, to-morrow +morning," and invariably the men were there. Every member of the +Company, not only but very many officers and men with whom we were +associated while in Elmira, became very much attached to Sergeant Hazen; +and all this, not without cause, for certainly he was one of the very +best men in camp. To show that he was appreciated, very soon after the +Company returned from Elmira, they elected him First Lieutenant, which +commission he now holds. + +Lieutenant Hazen is not only a fine soldier, and a good and respected +officer, but as a citizen and a business man, he has very few superiors. +The firm of Stowell & Hazen is known throughout the county, and they +enjoy the confidence of as large a class of customers, as any House in +Western New York. They conform to a strict degree of honesty in small as +well as large transactions, and by this means have built up a +reputation second to none in the State. + +EDWARD D. NORTON, Printer, enlisted June 17, 1858. His qualifications as +a soldier, were sufficiently good to entitle him to fill the posts of +Corporal and Sergeant in a worthy and creditable manner. He was employed +for many years in the _Ithaca Journal_ office, but finally removed to +the city of Rochester, where he now resides. + +WILLIAM BYINGTON, Merchant, enlisted June 21st, 1858. Mr. Byington +served his full time, and was honorably discharged. He was a good +soldier, an equally good Corporal, and a better Sergeant. At the time +the Company were called into the United States service, it was +impossible for Sergeant Byington to accompany them; Lieut. Kenney, his +partner, being an officer in the Company, it was desirable to have him, +and of course both could not leave; but the Sergeant, at considerable +expense, furnished a satisfactory substitute. He was never behind his +comrades in contributing in any way that would be for the general good +of the institution. He is one of the enterprising merchants of this +place, and all acquainted with him can testify to his equally good +qualifications as a citizen, that we have as a soldier. + +WILLIAM L. MINTURN, Mason, enlisted June 17th, 1858. Was a faithful and +attentive soldier, served his full time and received an honorable +discharge. There is no better man in the community than Mr. Minturn. As +for his reputation as a Master Mechanic, we refer the reader to the many +buildings erected under his supervision in our village. + +SILAS R. ZIMMER, Clerk, enlisted July, 20th, 1858. Mr. Zimmer served a +number of years with the Company to the most perfect satisfaction of +both officers and men. He was one of the employees of that prince of +merchants, L. H. Culver, Esq. + +A. BRUM, Clothing Merchant, enlisted July 27th, 1858. Was connected with +the Company but a short time. Removed, we believe, to the city of New +York. + +PHILIP S. RYDER, Artist, enlisted July 27th, 1858. Mr. Ryder performed +well the duties of a member of this Company so long as he remained a +resident of the district. We believe he is now a resident of Cleveland, +O. + +LEVI KENNEY, Merchant, enlisted June 24th, 1858. After serving a very +short time as private, was elected Corporal, promoted to Sergeant, and +finally to first Lieutenant, which commission he held until the +expiration of his term of enlistment, when he resigned. Lieutenant +Kenney was a stirring and an energetic officer. The command of the +Company devolved upon him much of the time while in the United States +army, and at one time was in command of the Regiment. The Company had +been but a few days at Elmira, when Lieut. Kenney was selected from +among all the officers to command a very large detachment of +substitutes, drafted men and bounty-jumpers to the Head-Quarters of Gen. +Grant's army. He selected his officers and Guard with care, and we think +his report upon his return, to the Commander of the Post, was as +satisfactory as any return ever made to him. This is the only instance +that occurred while there, of the command being given to an officer of +less rank than Captain. The Lieutenant was detailed from his command on +three different occasions and commissioned one of the court-martial for +the trial of officers only. He was elected clerk of the court, and the +records were kept by him equally well as by one who had long been +familiar with the duties of an office of that kind. He was one of the +best officers in the Regiment, thoroughly familiar with his duties, and +required of his men (as do all good officers) a prompt and willing +obedience to all commands. He was complimented on several occasions by +Col. Wisner, commanding the Regiment; also received honorable mention by +Major Beal, of the veteran Reserve Corps, and by Col. Moore, commanding +the Post. + +Soon after returning from Elmira his term of service expired, and he +resigned his commission and was granted an honorable discharge. No +officer or enlisted man ever served his term with more fidelity than did +Lieut. Kenney, and no officer was more entitled to the respect of his +men. He is the senior partner in the firm of Kenney, Byington & Co., the +only exclusively Dry-Goods House in Ithaca; and their splendidly +arranged and well filled store, together with the vast amount of +patronage they enjoy, is sufficient proof that he is as well appreciated +as a citizen and business man, as he was a soldier and officer. + +JAMES H. SMITH, Tin-Smith, enlisted September 2d, 1858. As long as Mr. +Smith was a citizen of Ithaca he was a member in good standing in this +Company. Our recollection is that he served about three years. He +removed to Elmira. + +P. B. WAGER, Lawyer, enlisted January 5th, 1859. Remained with the +Company until he enlisted in the service of his country. No young man +ever started in life with a more brilliant prospect than did Mr. Wager; +had but a short time previous to his enlistment in the United States +army been admitted to the bar, and had commenced the practice of Law +with very marked success. At the outbreak of the Rebellion he enlisted +in Company I, 32d New York Volunteers, and received a Lieutenancy, which +commission he held until the time of his death. He died in camp, and his +remains were forwarded to his home and buried with military honors by +this Company, assisted by the entire Fire Department of the village. +Lieutenant Wager was a patriotic soldier and a courageous officer. + +D. A. MCKAY, Cigar Manufacturer, enlisted May 12th, 1859. Served as a +member of this Company until his enlistment in the United States army. +Was soon commissioned Lieutenant, and faithfully served until the close +of the war. We have been unable to collect as full a history of +Lieutenant McKay as we would have been glad to have given; but we are +able to say, however, that his war history was an honorable one, and he +has a lasting claim upon his fellow citizens for gallant services +rendered his country during the hour of her peril. + +C. C. GREENLY, Merchant, enlisted September 27th, 1859. But a very short +period of time elapsed between his enlistment and the time when he was +duly confirmed fourth Corporal of Company A. Step by step he advanced +until commissioned a Lieutenant by Gov. Fenton, which commission he now +holds. Each office he has filled most honorably, and no member stands +higher in the estimation of the Company to-day than Lieut. Greenly. +While serving in the army, he performed the duties that devolved upon +him in a manner that would have been highly creditable to an officer of +many years experience. + +It was the pleasure of the writer to be associated with Lieut. Greenly +and others who were in charge of a detail of men whose destination was +the Head-Quarters of Gen. Grant at City Point, and too much credit +cannot be awarded the Lieutenant for the care with which he guarded his +men, turning over to the authorities at City Point every man of his +command, while others would be short five or six, and sometimes many +more; all in his charge were either drafted men, substitutes, or +deserters. The writer most thoroughly appreciated the company of Lieut. +Greenly in that expedition, and wishes to acknowledge many favors shown +him. + +It may be supposed by many that the duties of the members of the DeWitt +Guard at Elmira were not very arduous; but in this particular instance +we know the contrary to be the case. Aside from the regular camp duties, +(which a portion of the time were very severe,) the Lieutenant carried +on an extensive correspondence, the satisfactory termination of which +resulted in the marriage of our respected officer soon after his return +from the field. + +W. F. FINCH, Merchant, enlisted May 1st, 1860. During nearly six years +of membership, we find Mr. Finch marked absent from the drills but three +or four times--surely a good introduction. Not only in attendance, +however, was he regular and punctual, but in every other duty required +of him as a member of the Company. So particular was he not to be in +arrears on the Company's books, that we believe there was not six +months of his membership that the Company were not indebted to him for +dues and taxes paid in advance. He enjoyed the exercise of the drill, +and became perfectly familiar with the tactics and evolutions; took +great pride in being a good soldier. Against his wishes he was elected +Corporal, and by various promotions reached the position of second +Sergeant. A little more than a year ago we were deprived of the pleasure +of the further direct membership of our respected Sergeant, by the +interposition of our esteemed Colonel, H. D. Barto, who, discovering in +him a man with the qualifications of a perfect soldier, appointed him to +a position on his staff, which, after due consideration, he accepted. +Still he retains his membership in the Company so far as paying his dues +are concerned. He is a member of the firm of Morrison, Hawkins & Finch, +the leading Dry-Goods House of the place. + +EDGAR M. FINCH, Book-Keeper, enlisted June 6th, 1860. Is brother of +Sergeant W. F. Finch, and the same must be said in his case, so far as +holding office is concerned, with one exception. He has filled every +non-commissioned office --is now Orderly Sergeant. He served with his +Company during their term of enlistment in the United States army. No +better soldier can be found, not even in the regular army, than Sergeant +Finch. The most regular attendant at the drills, meetings and parades, +of any member ever connected with the Company. As will be noticed, he +enlisted over six years ago, and during that time has never paid a fine. +He is one of the most unassuming, yet one of the noblest and most +generous young men of Ithaca. + +JOHN C. HEATH, Wholesale and Retail Grocer, enlisted September 4th, +1860. + +We know of no one who has devoted more time, or distributed more money +to build up, keep in existence and sustain the military organizations of +the day, than Quartermaster Heath. Whatever he becomes interested in, +either in a military or business way, he invariably drives to a +successful termination. In the organization of the Regiment he took an +active part, and we know Colonel Barto must feel under great +indebtedness to him for rendering invaluable assistance in organizing +and mustering in the service many of the new Companies. + +While connected with the Company he was one of its best members and +warmest supporters; and although at the present time in no way directly +connected with them as a Company, he still manifests a deep interest in +its prosperity. His first office was fourth Corporal, from which he was +promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant upon the non-commissioned staff of +Col. H. A. Dowe, (since promoted to Brigadier General.) Upon the +reorganization of the Regiment, he accepted the commission of +Quartermaster upon the staff of Colonel Barto, which he now holds, the +duties of which for the past year and a half have been onerous, having +distributed to the various Companies of the Regiment all their arms, +clothing and other equipage, besides performing other duties not +directly in the line of his office. The officers, as well as the men of +the 50th Regiment, owe Quartermaster Heath a debt of gratitude, which we +are led to believe will only be cancelled by their continuing to sustain +and keep alive the interest they have recently manifested in their +Companies, and make the Regiment one of the best in the State. + +We congratulate our friend on being associated in business with James B. +Taylor, Esq., the most celebrated of all Ithaca Grocery merchants. The +firm of J. B. Taylor & Co. is known from New York to Chicago, and from +Boston to New Orleans, as the most responsible and most accommodating of +any establishment of the kind between these extreme points; also, for +keeping the largest stock of goods, and selling them the cheapest, of +any House outside of the great cities. + +With Quartermaster Heath to look after the interest of the militia, and +Alderman Taylor that of his constituents and the general welfare of our +village, we may consider ourselves safe beyond the possibility of a +doubt. + +H. W. JACKSON, JR., Merchant, enlisted September 4th, 1860. Very soon +after joining this Company he enlisted in the United States service, +being one of the organizers of Company I, 32d New York Volunteers. Was +elected first Lieutenant, which commission he held for about a year and +a half, when his health failing he was compelled to resign. He was +engaged in two or three battles under Gen. Franklin. + +C. WOODWORTH, Merchant, enlisted September 4th, 1860. Mr. Woodworth was +most an estimable man in every respect. During the short time he was +connected with the Company, every member became warmly and firmly +attached to him. + +He removed from this place to Fon Du Lac, Wis., where he had been a +resident but a short time when, in the all-wise Providence of God, he +was called to that Heavenly City for which he, in a most eminent degree, +was prepared to enter. + +GEORGE H. GRANT, Clerk, enlisted April 23d, 1861. Served faithfully as a +member of this Company, also in the United States army and in the United +States navy. Was most thoroughly appreciated by the members of this +Company. During the Elmira campaign he was one of the great alleviators +of that terrible disease--homesickness. Will long be remembered as one +of the celebrated Quartette--Grant, Wilson, Betts and Johnson. + +E. J. FARNHAM, Clerk, enlisted April 23d, 1861. Was one of the first +soldiers that enlisted from this place in the United States army. Served +honorably in Company A, 32d New York Volunteers, until in consequence of +disease contracted in the army, he was no longer qualified to serve and +was honorably discharged. Was a good soldier, and sacrificed his health +for the honor of his country. + +ADNAH NEYHART, Speculator, enlisted April 23d, 1861. By reason of his +profession, Mr. Neyhart was much of the time separated from the Company, +but always prompt in meeting his obligations and sustaining the Company +in every possible way, aside from being personally present. Furnished a +substitute who represented him in the United States army, suffered many +reverses in business, but fortunately his last investment was a good +one--_he struck oil_--and is now again "_sound_." + +We congratulate him; no one has worked harder for, or is better entitled +to, a two hundred and fifty barrel well than Adnah. + +THOMAS A. BROWN, Tin-Smith, enlisted April 23d, 1861. Was an active +member during the short time he was a resident of the village. + +R. W. HEGGIE, Clerk, enlisted July 3d, 1861. No young man ever joined +this Company that evinced more interest in its success and general +welfare, than did Mr. Heggie, and no member was more respected. He was +in every way calculated to win the esteem and friendship of all with +whom he became associated. He very readily became a perfect soldier. +With a fervent love for his country, and a desire to do something for +its defence in the hour of its peril, he enlisted, August 26th, 1863, in +Company G, 15th New York Cavalry; was soon elected first Sergeant, and +May 24th, 1864, was commissioned Lieutenant. Was engaged in many +battles, in one of which he was wounded and a short time separated from +his Company. He was a courageous officer, always ready to dash into the +conflict. Several times he was in command of troops, conveying them from +Boston to Charleston; was then entrusted by Government with a position +of great responsibility and importance, but at all times was equal to +his duties. He faithfully served until the close of the war, and was +honorably mustered out. Is now connected with one of the largest cotton +establishments of the South, and located at Galveston, Texas. + +JOHN S. GAY, Clerk, enlisted July 3d, 1861. Was a member until July 7th, +1865; was with the Company during their term of service in the army; a +good soldier that could be trusted, and he accompanied several +detachments to the front. Is now engaged in business at Cairo, Ill. + +W. H. KELLOGG, Tobacconist, enlisted July 3d, 1861. Served as a member +until July 7th, 1865. Volunteered in the United States army Sept. 2d, +1864, and honorably served the full term of his enlistment. + +HENRY A. ST. JOHN, Merchant, enlisted July 3d, 1861. Although his name +is recorded as enlisting July 3d, 1861, he had, however, been connected +with the Company a long time previous to that date, but in a capacity +that would not admit of his signing the roll and becoming a regular +member under the statute. Displaying a taste for the science of military +while a mere boy, he was elected by the members of this Company one of +their markers. At the time he became a full member he was well versed in +the school of the soldier, and familiar with the school of the Company. +Was soon elected fourth Corporal, being the youngest member that had +ever held office; was gradually promoted until he reached the post of +second Sergeant, which position he now fills. Sergeant St. John +particularly distinguished himself while at Elmira; was one of the best +non-commissioned officers of the Regiment. Col. R. P. Wisner, commanding +the 58th Regiment, twice appointed him to fill vacancies occasioned by +absence of officers of his staff. Was the first Sergeant detached from +the Regiment and placed in charge over substitutes and deserters, en +route for City Point, arriving at his destination without the loss of a +man. He fully understood his duty, enforcing strict discipline, and +requiring his men to conform to all the regulations and articles of war, +but equally careful not to exceed the bounds of his authority. + +He is one of the most active men of the Company; always first in any +enterprise, the object of which is the good of the organization. He has +contributed much toward this History by giving a detailed and very +accurate account of the Elmira campaign, which may be found on another +page. It is a pleasure to be associated with him as a soldier, or +socially in the ordinary walks of life. Is a member of the firm of G. W. +Baker & Co., the popular Dry-Goods House of the place. + +M. L. GRANGER, Merchant, enlisted July 3d, 1861. In time and money Mr. +Granger has sacrificed much for the sake of being a soldier. Always +present at parades, drills or meetings, and always prompt to meet his +obligations. He volunteered in the United States service with the +Company in 1864, shared the pleasures and deprivations of camp life with +his comrades. For the fatherly care and attention shown the younger +members, and those who needed assistance in any way, he was named and +known in camp by the title of "Uncle Amos." He honestly served out the +term of his enlistment and was honorably discharged. Is partner in the +firm of J. S. Granger & Co., a very extensive Dry-Goods House, who enjoy +the reputation of keeping the most carefully selected stock of goods of +any establishment of the kind in Central New York. + +ROBERT GOODWIN, Baker, enlisted July 3d, 1861. A good soldier and an +upright man. Was employed in the Bakery department of the extensive +establishment of John L. Whiton, Esq. Removed West about three years +ago. + +JAMES STANYON, Blacksmith, enlisted July 3d, 1861. Was Company musician, +and served as such until he volunteered in the United States service. He +was a worthy and honorable soldier, engaged in many battles. We have +been unable to obtain his war history for publication. + +HENRY W. COLLINS, Clerk, enlisted July 3d, 1861. Like Sergeant St. John, +Mr. Collins was one of the Company markers long before he became a +regular member. Was a soldier of merit, and liked by all the members. +Served the Company as Secretary; his skillful penmanship, as shown upon +the records, would be of itself a sufficient recommendation; but "_none +need apply_," as he is now first book-keeper in the New York office of +Adams' Express Company. His absence is temporary, however, as he still +considers Ithaca his residence, and is still a member of this Company. + +JOHN C. GAUNTLETT, Druggist, enlisted September 4th, 1861. Mr. Gauntlett +has always been as popular as a soldier, as he is a citizen and +associate. He is of the class that we would always like to retain as +members; but to meet the demands of superior officers, we are obliged to +relinquish our claim upon them. Starting from the ranks, Sergeant +Gauntlett had reached the post of fourth Sergeant, when Colonel Barto +selected him as Regimental Standard-bearer, which office he now holds. +Not feeling disposed to leave his old friends, however, he retains his +membership and position in the Company, and still acts with them, except +on Regimental parade. He volunteered with the Company in the United +States service, and well and faithfully served out the term of his +enlistment. + +He is engaged in the Drug and Medicine business, and it is a matter of +pride to him, and a source of gratification to his numerous friends, +that he stands at the head of that branch of trade in Tompkins county. + +IRVING W. NORTON, Cigar-Maker, enlisted September 4th, 1861. Was a good +soldier while connected with the Company. Volunteered in the United +States service, and received a bayonet wound near his right eye. By this +he was prevented from being with his Company for a short time, when he +again resumed his duties and served the full term of his enlistment. Mr. +Norton, and the night he was wounded, will long be remembered by the +DeWitt Guard. + +JOHN L. MANDEVILLE, Civil Engineer and Surveyor, enlisted October 2d, +1861. A prompt and systematic soldier, and a most excellent member of +the Company. Although a resident of the town of Caroline, is as +frequently at the drills as many who live in town. Has always taken a +great interest in the Company, accompanied them to Elmira, and +volunteered in the United States service. Was permitted to serve but a +short time with the Company, however, as he was detailed chief Clerk at +Colonel Moore's Head-Quarters; he was, nevertheless, always ready for +any kind of duty, when not engaged in his office. While acting as +sentinel (relieving one of the guard for a play spell) one night, he +alone arrested two desperate characters, who were stealing from the camp +of the 58th Regiment, for which he received a unanimous vote of thanks. +He served the full term of his enlistment, and was honorably discharged, +since which time, until recently, he has been engaged in civil +engineering in and around Washington and Baltimore. He has now returned, +and can be addressed at Mott's Corners, Tompkins county, N. Y. + +E. K. JOHNSON, Clerk, enlisted March 10th, 1862. Mr. Johnson, better +known as "Kirk," was honored with a non-commissioned office. Served with +the Company as Secretary, and from his records we make extracts +elsewhere. Was a capital soldier, a perfect gentleman, and a first rate +fellow generally. Volunteered and served in the United States service +with the DeWitt Guard at Elmira. No more daring soldier ever stood up +before a live Johnny, than he; was detailed as police--the celebrated +quartette, Johnson, Betts, Grant and Wilson--and we can assure the +reader that every thing within their reach was perfectly safe. +Consistent with their obligations as police officers, they watched the +various hen-roosts, and other places likely to be disturbed by unruly +soldiers; and not more than fifteen or sixteen times did they find in +the cook stove oven of Company A, turkeys, chickens, ducks, and other +domestic fowls. At the close of his term of service in the army, he made +an engagement with a large establishment at the West, where he has since +resided. He has warm and _peculiar_ attachments to the place of his +birth, and we earnestly hope it may yet be his permanent residence. + +A. H. PLATTS, Grocer, enlisted March 7th, 1862. Retained his membership +but a very short time. + +W. H. HOSFORD, Mechanic, enlisted August 6th, 1862. Served honorably in +the United States army. We should have been glad to have published his +war history, but have been unable to procure it. + +JAMES H. BISHOP, Carpenter, enlisted August 6th, 1862. August 16th, +1862, Mr. Bishop volunteered in the United States army for three years, +unless sooner discharged. Soon after enlisting, he joined Captain John +H. Terry's Company, which was connected with the 137th Regiment, +commanded by Col. David Ireland, and subsequently by Col. K. S. Van +Voorhees. Before leaving Binghamton was elected Corporal. The first camp +duty performed by Corporal Bishop, was picket duty on Bolivar Heights; +the weather becoming severely cold, and he being placed upon the +"lookout," which was the highest point on the Heights, he suffered more +from cold and exposure than he did during all the time he was in the +service. This post he occupied one week; soon after this the camp was +removed to Fairfax Station. April 27th was ordered to pack and be ready +to move. The baggage of each soldier consisted of his clothes, tent, +blankets, eight day's rations, and one hundred and sixty rounds of +cartridges, with gun and accoutrements. Corporal Bishop was engaged in +each day's battle at Chancellorsville, which were the 1st, 2d and 3d +days of May. Was next engaged at the battle of Gettysburg, where he was +constantly fighting for three days. After the return of the Regiment to +Virginia, Corporal Bishop was detailed for special duty, and sent to +Elmira on recruiting service, at which place he remained until April, +1864, when he again joined his regiment at Stevenson, Ala. Was engaged +in the skirmishes around Resacca, and finally in the battle at that +place, which was from the 12th to the 15th of May. Participated in the +sharp fight at Dallas Woods, also at Pine Knob and the severe battle of +Peach Tree Creek. After these and many other battles of less account, +the Regiment marched into the city of Atlanta at midnight, the band +playing "The Campbells are Coming." Thus ended a campaign of four +months. + +Again taking up a line of march toward Milledgeville, the only +obstructions they met were the railroads, which were speedily rendered +useless by taking up the track, heating the rails in a fire made of the +ties, and then twisting them around the nearest tree or stump. Being +obliged to depend upon the country through which they passed for +subsistence, foraging parties were each day sent out, and supplies of +sweet potatoes, pork and poultry would be brought in by them, upon which +they lived like nabobs. After marching many days and much skirmishing, +they finally entered the city of Savannah about sunrise on the morning +of the 22d day of December. From this time up to the time of the +muster-out of the Regiment, Corporal Bishop was every day ready for +duty, losing no time by sickness or otherwise. Was finally mustered out +with his Regiment and honorably discharged. All honor to Corporal James +H. Bishop of the 137th Regiment New York Volunteers. + +He is now settled down again in his old home, receiving the +congratulations of his friends, and prepared at all times to assist them +"to a new house," or accommodate them in any way in the line of his +profession. + +A. L. BISHOP, Carpenter, enlisted August 6th, 1862. Soon after joining +the DeWitt Guard, Mr. Bishop volunteered in the United States service, +into which he was mustered Aug. 16th, 1862, in Captain J. H. Terry's +Company, 137th New York Volunteers. Before leaving Binghamton, the first +place of rendezvous of the Regiment, Mr. Bishop was elected and +appointed first Duty Sergeant of the Regiment. He left Binghamton with +his Regiment for the seat of war Sept. 27th, 1862. The first camp of any +account was at Pleasant Valley, where our Sergeant experienced rather +hard fare--being obliged to eat rations which would, by very fastidious +persons, have been considered rather unpalatable--but of course +soldiers must get used to most every thing, and so our friend made the +best of his "hard tack" and _fresh meat_. On the 10th day of December he +was elected and appointed Orderly Sergeant, filling the vacancy +occasioned by the death of Orderly Sergeant M. L. Beers. Arrived at +Aquia Jan. 27th, 1863. The duty here was very severe, consisting of camp +guard, picket guard, ordinance guard, railroad guard and fatigue duty. +Remained in camp at this point until the last of April, when orders were +received to be ready to march at a moment's warning, which orders were +carried into execution April 27th, when the Rappahannock was crossed at +Kelly's Ford, moving in the direction of Chancellorsville, where the +Company were engaged the 1st, 2d and 3d days of May, on each of which +Sergeant Bishop took an active part. + +On the 8th day of June he was commissioned and mustered as second +Lieutenant of Company D, vice Lieutenant Whitmore resigned. Was engaged +the 2d and 3d days of July in the battle of Gettysburg. Was in command +of troops that guarded the wagon trains from Nashville, Tenn., to +Bridgeport, Ala. Also marched and guarded a wagon train to Chattanooga; +arriving as far as Wauhatchie halted for the night, comfortably rolling +themselves in their blankets preparatory to a good night's rest. About +eleven o'clock firing was heard upon the picket line, when they were +ordered out and soon in line, which had hardly been done before they +received a sharp volley of musketry from the rebels. The fight lasted +until three o'clock of the next morning. The killed, wounded and missing +of the 137th Regiment in this engagement was ninety men. Lieut. Bishop +also participated in the famous fight at Lookout Mountain, and that of +Ringold, Ga. + +May 2d, 1864, he commenced the great Georgia campaign with Gen. Sherman; +was engaged in the battle of Resacca from the 12th to the 15th of May, +and on the 25th in the battle of Dallas Wood; the next engagement was at +Pine Knob on the 15th of June; had continued skirmishing until the 20th +of July, when occurred the battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga., after which +they rested until the 23d, when they moved in front of Atlanta; marched +into the city Sept. 2d at twelve o'clock, after a campaign of over four +months. + +October 24th Lieut. Bishop was commissioned and mustered first +Lieutenant of Company D, vice Lieut. C. C. Kellogg resigned. October +25th he was sent out with a foraging party; were out four days and +returned with five hundred wagon loads of forage. November 1st started +for home on a twenty days leave of absence, and eight of the days were +occupied in getting there; upon his return he found the Regiment at +Savannah. January 27th he was ordered to the hospital, being wholly +unfit for duty; was detained there twenty days: was again with the +Regiment at Raleigh, N. C., where orders were received to be ready +forthwith to march for Richmond, the Confederacy having succumbed to the +government of the United States. Passed through Richmond the 11th of +May, crossed the Rappahannock at U. S. ford the 15th, and arrived at +Alexandria on the 19th. May 23d he received an order stating that he was +honorably discharged from further service by reason of physical +disability; arrived at his home in Ithaca June 20th, 1865. + +No more worthy soldier or respected officer ever enlisted or commanded a +Company, than Lieut. A. L. Bishop; and a more honorable record than his +cannot be produced--always ready to do his whole duty to his comrades +and his country. + +J. H. TERRY, Lawyer, enlisted August 4th, 1862. Had belonged to the +Company but a short time when he enlisted in the United States service, +and was elected Captain of a Company organized in this village. We have +been unable to obtain his war history. He is now engaged in his +profession at the West. + +B. R. WILLIAMS, Junior Editor of the Ithaca Citizen and Democrat, +enlisted September 3d, 1862. Captain Williams, while connected with the +Company, was one of its most useful members, and it gives us pleasure to +be afforded this opportunity to acknowledge our obligations, and also to +accord to him the honor which is his due. + +He was permitted to remain as a private in the Company but a very short +time before he was elected Corporal, and by promotion reached the +position of Sergeant, in which capacity he enlisted in the United States +service with this Company in September, 1864; there, after a short time, +the Company were deprived of his services by reason of his accepting a +position upon the staff of Col. R. P. Wisner, which, however, did not +separate him from his former associates. Captain Williams, by his many +acts of personal kindness toward the members of the DeWitt Guard while +in the service, and particularly toward the officers, in rendering them +the most invaluable assistance in arranging and closing up their +account, was entitled to and received their most hearty thanks. He +rendered very many acts of kindness officially which were in no way +connected with the duties of his office, but it seemed to be a pleasure +for him to do any thing for the officers and men of his former Company. +He was constantly on terms of the most perfect friendship with the +officers and men of the Regiment, and was a particular favorite with +all. + +While a member of the Company he filled the office of Secretary, and we +are permitted to copy extracts from his minutes which we do on another +page. Very soon after returning from Elmira, he was commissioned Captain +of Engineers in the 50th Regiment, National Guard. Notwithstanding his +promotion, he still insists upon retaining his membership in the DeWitt +Guard, against which not one objection is known to exist; it is the +strong desire of every member of the Company that he may continue such, +as long as they are in any way connected with said institution. + +M. L. THOMPSON, Speculator, enlisted September 8th, 1862. Removed from +the District soon after enlisting; sought his fortune in the oil wells +of Pennsylvania, which adventures, we are pleased to state, have been +successful. + +GEORGE E. HALSEY, Druggist, enlisted September 23d, 1862. Served with +the Company until he represented himself in the United States army by +substitution, when he withdrew from this Company. Is proprietor of the +celebrated Fountain Drug Store of this village. + +VERNON J. TERRY, Tobacconist, enlisted September 23d, 1862. Mr. Terry is +the third member of the same family who have served as members of this +Company. On account of business it was impossible for him to personally +accompany his comrades during their service in the United States +army,--but generously furnished a substitute at an expense to him of +over one hundred dollars. He is one of the large tobacco and cigar +manufactures of this village, and his brand upon the weed is a sure +indication of prime stock. + +ALFRED BROOKS, Hat, Cap and Fur Merchant, enlisted October 1st, 1862. +Is now fourth Sergeant of the Company; is a favorite, not only of the +Company, but of the community at large; was a good soldier, is a good +Sergeant, and will make a good Captain or Colonel. Stood face to face +with the Rebels at Elmira, and never evinced the slightest degree of +cowardice. + +He is the junior partner of the firm of F. Brooks & Son, so favorably +known throughout the county. The most fastidious cannot fail in being +exactly suited with a selection from their extensive assortment of hats, +caps or furs. + +P. L. ROOT, Painter, enlisted May 12th, 1863. Served but a very short +time. + +ERASTUS M. CRONK, Traveling Agent, enlisted May 19th, 1863. Mr. Cronk's +profession is such that necessarily he is absent from many of the drills +and meetings of the Company, but he is always willing to pay for all +such absences. + +He procured a substitute that represented him in the United States army, +with a desire to do all that he can for the good of the organization, +and a perfect willingness to stand by all rules and regulations of the +Company. He is a good member, although only occasionally meeting with +them. + +E. T. GARDNER, Mason, enlisted May 19th, 1863. At the time the Company +volunteered in the service of the general government, Mr. Gardner _did +not_ go, being under eighteen years of age at the time he enlisted, and +not legally a soldier. Hence his name was stricken from the Roll. + +E. M. GREENLY, Professor in Ithaca Academy, enlisted May 20th, 1863. +Very much of the time since his enlistment he has been traveling in +foreign countries. Since his final return he has not renewed his +membership. + +WILLIAM H. HERN, Clerk, enlisted May 21st, 1863. Mr. Hern was a +first-class soldier, and a young man of high standing and great +respectability in society. He removed from this village to the city of +Syracuse; is engaged in candy manufacturing. Has also a large bakery +which is in operation day and night, and is doing a very profitable +business. + +THOMAS HERN, Confectioner, enlisted May 21st, 1863. Served with the +Company in the United States army, and was a true and faithful soldier; +was respected by both officers and men. + +ALBERT PRAME, Shoemaker, enlisted May 21st, 1863. Is now Corporal, +which position he gained by being one of the most regular members at +meetings and drills, and one the best drilled soldiers of the Company. +Corporal Prame is one of the most unassuming and quiet members, but one +of the best men that ever kept step with the beat of the drum. He proved +himself one of the "excelsior" during the term of enlistment in the +United States service. Was one of the guard over a large detachment of +troops sent to the front, and we speak understandingly when we say he +was the best soldier that possibly could have been selected for that +purpose. No bribe, however large, was sufficient to induce him to depart +from his duty in the slightest degree. He well and truly performed all +the duties required of a soldier, and was honorably discharged with the +Company on expiration of his term of enlistment at Elmira. + +CHARLES R. RANDOLPH, Book-Binder, enlisted May 21st, 1863. Is brother of +the late Major John Randolph. Served with the Company until transferred +to the 50th Regimental Band, by order of Colonel Henry D. Barto. Mr. +Randolph furnished a substitute to represent him in the army of the +United States, after paying three hundred dollars, being one of the +original drafted men. + +Mr. Randolph is Foreman in the Bindery department of the establishment +of Andrus, McChain & Company. Has not only the confidence and respect of +his employers, but of the community at large. + +E. E. WARFIELD, Harness-Maker, enlisted May 21st, 1863. A good soldier, +an honest, upright man, and a superior mechanic. Was with the Company at +Elmira, and honorably served the full term of his enlistment. + +CHARLES RICE, Rail Road Man, enlisted May 21st, 1863. But never served. + +WILLIAM S. CRITTENDEN, Clerk, enlisted May 21st, 1863. Mr. Crittenden is +a good member, and is faithfully serving the term of his enlistment. Was +with the Company in the United States service, and performed all the +duties required of him. Is a book-keeper and accountant; and has been +selected as the most competent person to take the militia enrollment of +this district. + +URI CLARK, Jeweler, enlisted May 26th, 1863. Sergeant Clark is as good a +soldier as he is a perfect engraver, and as good an officer as he is +skillful and perfect in the various arts of which he is master. With no +show of arrogance on account of his attainments, he fulfills his duties +as a member of the DeWitt Guard as cheerfully and as consistent as he +does any and all the duties of a good citizen, and an upright member of +society. He was honored by the members of the Company by being elected +in the first place to the vacancy occasioned by the promotion of the +fourth Corporal; he bore his honor meekly, and by gradual promotion has +reached the rank of third Sergeant. + +Sacrificed his business for the sake of doing his duty as a soldier, and +volunteered with the Company in the service of the United States in +September, 1864, and most honorably did he serve the full term of his +enlistment. + +E. C. MARSH, Merchant, enlisted June 3d, 1863. Served honorably as +Lieutenant in the United States army. We have been unable to procure his +war history for publication. + +W. H. HOYT, Tobacconist, enlisted June 3d, 1863. Furnished a good and +acceptable substitute to represent him in the army, for which he paid +one hundred dollars. Is engaged largely in the manufacture of cigars. +All who appreciate a good cigar, and who indulge in this luxury, should +try the brand manufactured by our friend Hoyt. + +L. P. KENNEDY, Merchant, enlisted June 9th 1863. We envy no man his task +were he compelled to find, in this lower sphere, a more consistent, +upright and generous man, or a more devoted, faithful and exemplary +soldier, than Corporal L. P. Kennedy; always at the drills, invariably +present at all parades, and never absent at the meetings of the Company. +He was represented in the United States army by a good and faithful +substitute. + +He is engaged in a general dry-good and fancy trade, and is receiving a +liberal share of the public patronage. + +E. M. LATTA, Turner, enlisted September 2d, 1863. Corporal Latta is one +of the members that the Company, and all who feel an interest in its +welfare, are greatly indebted to. One of the most punctual and regular +attendants at all the meetings, drills and parades; so much so, that it +is the remark of those present, when the Corporal is absent, that +something serious is the matter. A finer soldier never shouldered a gun, +a perfect gentleman, a splendid mechanic, and a citizen respected by +all who know him. One of the best shots in the Company, invariably +taking a prize at the target shoots. He volunteered and was mustered in +the United States service with the Company in 1864. No more faithful or +better soldier ever swore in the service, always ready to do any thing +he was called upon, and many times did double duty to relieve others +whom he thought not as well able to perform the labor as himself. The +attachments formed by members of the Company while at Elmira, will long +be remembered, and the name of Corporal Latta will stand high upon the +list of those who rendered many kindnesses, and was always so willing to +do any thing for his comrades that would tend in any way to meliorate +their condition. He was detailed several times and sent with detachments +of troops to the front, and in all his trips never lost a man. Served +the full term of his enlistment and was honorably discharged. + +JOHN SHAW, Student, (date of enlistment not recorded). A very active +member; joined the Company when a mere boy and filled the position of +marker. As soon as he was of suitable age and size, he shouldered his +gun and became a regular member; he served well and faithfully until he +left his home to attend college. + +We believe it is his intention to devote himself to the ministry. + +M. G. PHILLIPS, Blacksmith, enlisted September 2d, 1863. Mr. Phillips +was an honored and respected member, a good soldier, and a conscientious +man. He died December 26th, 1864. + +FRED. GREENLY, Student, enlisted September 2d, 1863. A young man of fine +attainments, and a splendid soldier. He served with the Company as long +as he was a resident of the place. + +Is now a Professor in the Military Academy at Eaglewood, New Jersey. +Received his first military education in this Company, and was under the +instruction of Colonel K. S. Van Voorhees. + +WILLIAM K. STANSBURY, Book-Keeper, enlisted September 2d, 1863. Served +as marker in the Company until September, 1864, when he resigned. + +FRANK PERRY, Confectioner, enlisted September 3d, 1863. Was a good +member, and served faithfully until he removed from the district. Is now +a resident of the city of Syracuse. + +C. R. BALDWIN, Furniture Dealer, enlisted October 8th, 1863. Furnished a +substitute who represented him with the Company in the United States +service, for which he paid one hundred dollars. Is engaged in the most +extensive Furniture trade of any establishment in the county. + +JAMES PATTERSON, Cigar-Maker, enlisted October 8th, 1863. Served with +the Company until he volunteered in the United States army. He was a +good soldier, and received a number of promotions in the army. Was +engaged in many battles, an account of which we are unable to give. + +EUGENE E. BARNARD, Clerk, enlisted October 8th, 1863. Son of Professor +M. R. Barnard, and nephew of John Barnard, the hero of Lookout Mountain. +By reason of his superior qualifications as a soldier, was honored by +being elected Corporal, which office he now holds, and fulfills the +duties required of him as such with perfect satisfaction. He volunteered +with the Company in the U. S. service, and served his full time with +honor. Was most a capital fellow in camp; always performed his duty +well, and was honorably discharged with the Company on the expiration +of their term of service. The Company can ill afford to lose Corporal +Barnard. + +JOHN C. CLEVELAND, Furniture Dealer, enlisted October 8th, 1863. Served +but a short time. + +LINUS S. MACKEY, Painter, enlisted March 5th, 1864. Mr. Mackey was a +good soldier, as may be inferred from the fact of his promotion from the +ranks of this Company to Sergeant of the Engineer Corps of the 50th +Regiment. + +He enlisted in the United States army August 6th, 1862, at Ithaca, and +attached himself to Company D, 143d, New York Volunteers; was soon +promoted to Sergeant. He served in the army until September 16th, 1863, +at which time he was honorably discharged, by reason of disability from +disease of the lungs contracted while in the army. + +M. M. BROWN, Physician and Surgeon, enlisted March 7th, 1864. Doctor +Brown joined this Company out of pure patriotic and christian motives, +supposing that the government would accept the services of the Company +when offered, which offer was twice tendered the government during the +short time he was connected with the Company. Believing that they were +not to be called upon to defend the honor and integrity of the country, +the Doctor furnished an acceptable substitute, and was, by reason of his +profession, relieved from further membership. The Doctor is engaged in a +very successful practice in our village and is one of the Coroners of +the county. + +STEPHEN F. LEWIS, Artist, enlisted June 7th, 1864. Mr. Lewis is most an +acceptable member. Is temporarily absent in the city of New York +perfecting himself in his favorite art. He served with the Company +through the Elmira campaign, and was a true soldier. + +We hope our comrade will soon be again with us. + +THEODORE DESCHNER, Gun-Smith, enlisted June 22d, 1864. Mr. Deschner was +originally from Danzig, Prussia Proper; was engaged five years in the +Prussian service; was promoted from the ranks to a non-commissioned line +office, and again to Captain, and served as such from 1848 to 1850. He +received a severe wound while bravely charging with his men in a sharply +contested fight in the Province of Posen in 1849. From the effects of +this wound Mr. Deschner has never recovered, and will, in all +probability, be a sufferer during life. In 1850 he was engaged against +the Austrians. In 1854 he was again called into the service of his +country, but suffering so acutely from his wound he resigned his office +and came to this country and located in the city of Rochester, where he +resided seven years; here he organized a Rifle Company. Finally upon the +urgent solicitation of a number of citizens of this place, he removed +here in 1861, and has been engaged in the manufactory of Guns and +Pistols. He has the reputation of doing the finest work of any mechanic +engaged in his branch of trade in the State; constantly receiving orders +from the Eastern States, and his Western customers have not forgotten +him. Has constantly on hand an extensive assortment of Guns, Pistols and +Fishing Tackle. + +Very soon after joining the DeWitt Guard, he was chosen Company Standard +Bearer; later was appointed by Colonel Barto Regimental Gunner. Has been +for the last three years Company Armorer, and all who have visited the +Armory, and at all examined the guns and accoutrements, can testify to +his qualifications for this office. He is probably one of the best, if +not the best, marksmen in Tompkins County, always taking a prize at the +target shoots of the Company. + +Mr. Deschner is a very worthy, upright and honest citizen, and is well +entitled to all the honors that have been bestowed upon him. + +WALTER C. STEEL, Student, enlisted June 22d, 1864. Mr. Steel is a young +man that commands the respect and esteem of all his acquaintances. He +enlisted in this Company as musician, but he is at all times ready to +perform any duty in a military way that he may be called upon to do. He +is not only an expert with the drum, but few can excel him in the +tactics, is perfectly familiar not only with all the calls with the +drum, but can go through the drill equally well. He volunteered in the +United States service with the Company, and well did he serve out the +whole of his time; of all the musicians at Elmira none could compete +with Mr. Steel. He is a young man of much promise, and the whole Company +wish him great success in whatever profession he may adopt. + +GEORGE R. WILLIAMS, Vice-President Merchants' & Farmers' National Bank, +of Ithaca, enlisted July 13th, 1864. For a perfect sample of an honest, +upright, conscientious, as well as active, energetic and successful +young man, we produce Mr. Williams. Notwithstanding his official duties, +he endeavors to be present at the drills and meetings, and is an +invaluable member. He volunteered in the service of the General +Government with the Company in 1864. They were soon deprived of his +services, by reason of his being detailed as chief Clerk at +Head-Quarters. He however remained with them in camp, frequently +volunteering to appear with them on dress-parade and during inspections. +No man stood higher, or commanded more respect in Elmira, than Mr. +Williams. + +H. E. SMITH, Clerk, enlisted August 29th, 1864. Discharged July 7th, +1865; served with the Company at Elmira. + +T. H. GRIFFITH, Miller, enlisted September 1st, 1864. A particular +favorite with all the members at Elmira. Was Company cook, and no man +could make army rations taste better than our friend Griffith. He served +as a member until some time after the Company returned from Elmira, +when, on account of his residence being in another district, he was +honorably discharged. + +H. L. MILLER, Farmer, enlisted September 1st, 1864. Harley was well +liked by all the men at Elmira--and withal he was a first rate soldier. +Although a resident of another district, is still connected with the +Company. + +J. W. BROWN, Clerk, enlisted September 1st, 1864. Brother of M. M. +Brown, M. D., whose substitute he was. Served faithfully with the +Company through the Elmira campaign; was a good soldier, and a young man +of much promise. + +CHARLES R. SHERWOOD, Clerk, enlisted September ----, 1864. Charley was a +good young man, and was just as good a soldier. Served the full term of +his enlistment with the Company at Elmira. Upon his return, removed to +the city of Buffalo. + +MARTIN BESIMER, Student, enlisted December 26th, 1864. A good soldier +and a very fine young man. Served with the Company until very recently, +when he removed from the district. + +AARON OSBORN, Clerk, enlisted February 27th, 1865. Mr. Osborn is one of +the very best members at the present day; always present and always +prompt to meet his dues and other obligations, and as a soldier is +excelled by very few; as a citizen he is respected by all. He is +connected with the large Boot and Shoe manufactory of C. Christiance & +Son, of this village. + +W. V. WOOD, Farmer, enlisted February 27th, 1865. Discharged June, 1866. + +W. H. HALL, Clerk, enlisted February 27th, 1865. Volunteered from the +Company in the United States Navy. + +CHARLES A. PHILLIPS, Clothing Merchant, enlisted February 10th, 1865. +Mr. Phillips is one of the most active members; is its present +Secretary; every body likes Charley. Is one of the firm of A. Phillips & +Sons, extensive Clothing manufactures. The large and increasing business +of their House is their best recommendation. + +D. N. JOHNSON, Book-Keeper, enlisted February 27th, 1865. Son of Captain +Johnson and brother of E. K., whose history has already been noticed. +One of the most respected and esteemed young men of the village. A good +soldier and a good member of the Company. Is confidential clerk and +book-keeper with Messrs. Seymour & Johnson, merchants and general +dealers. + +C. L. TABER, Clerk, enlisted April 5th, 1865. Charley is a first rate +boy; just as good a soldier, and equally as good a member of the +Company. + +WILLIAM HATCH, Steam-Boat Steward, enlisted February 10th, 1865. Any +person who has traveled the waters of Cayuga Lake, and not heard of +Billy Hatch, and not regaled themselves with the luxuries provided by +him, is probably the very one who would deny the existence of any such +sheet of water, or would astonish us no more were they to deny their own +existence. To confine ourselves to Mr. Hatch's qualifications as a +soldier, however, would be more proper in this connection; but where a +man is as good in one position as in another, we are frequently apt to +digress from our subject. + +The time he is obliged to be away from the drills and meetings, he makes +up by doing for the Company very much in other directions. One of the +most prompt, as well as one of the most generous members, has frequently +paid fines and dues or other obligations of other members, who he +thought could not afford to pay for themselves. Although at many of our +drills we miss Mr. Hatch, still he is a member we should be as unwilling +to have leave us, as would Captain Wilcox, Captain Goodrich or the +traveling community at large, to have him resign his position on the +Kate Morgan. + +M. J. BARKER, Express Clerk, enlisted May 4th, 1865. A very stirring and +energetic young man, and a soldier of ability. Is properly appreciated +by the Company he represents. + +CHARLES F. CLARK, Clerk, enlisted May 4th, 1865. Is a young man of +promise, a good soldier and first class salesman. Is employed in the +large dry-goods house of J. S. Granger & Company. + +GEORGE POLLAY, Carpenter, enlisted February 1st, 1865. Served with the +Company through the term of their enlistment in the United States army. +Was there a good soldier; was discharged from the general service with +the Company, and discharged from the Company soon after. + +FRANK LUCAS, enlisted February 1st, 1865. A short time thereafter was +discharged. Has served in the United States army. + +GEORGE M. KING, Student, enlisted May 31st, 1865. A perfect gentleman, +and as good a member as ever enrolled himself with the DeWitt Guard. He +joined with a full determination to become as good a soldier as there +was in the Company. He has applied himself most thoroughly, and we leave +for those who see the Company on parade to judge how near he has +reached the goal of a soldier's ambition. Is a very fine shot, and has +taken prizes at the various target practices. + +WARREN H. LEWIS, enlisted June 7th, 1865. Soon after left to seek his +fortune in the oil regions of Pennsylvania. + +CHARLES W. CONOVER, Farmer, enlisted June 7th, 1865. Although Mr. +Conover has belonged to the Company but little over a year, still by +strict attention, and a determination to learn, he has become a soldier +of merit. No member is more regular, or manifests a livelier interest in +the Company than he. A stranger to many of the members when he enlisted, +but soon he gained their well wishes, and to-day no one stands higher in +the estimation of the Company than Mr. Conover. + +FRANK BAKER, Farmer, enlisted June 7th, 1865. All that was said in +relation to the last named soldier, is perfectly in place in this +instance. Mr. Baker is a very attentive and active member; very few +drills or meetings that he is not present, although he has further to +come than any other person connected with the Company. Such members as +these will in due time receive the promotion they have earned and are +entitled to. + +THEODORE J. SMITH, Cigar-Maker, enlisted June 17th, 1865. Mr. Smith is a +good soldier, having served a long time in the United States service, a +history of which we have been unable to obtain. + +S. W. PURDY, Barber, enlisted June 20th, 1865. Was a much better barber +than soldier; and although a sufficiently good marksman to take the +first prize, still not generous enough to pay his Company obligations +before leaving the place. + +GEORGE L. CLAPP, enlisted June 20th, 1865. A fine young man and a good +soldier, served his country during the late war. An account of his war +history we have been unable to obtain. + +FITCH R. CURRAN, Book-Keeper, enlisted June 20th, 1865. After a very +short membership, our friend discovered that he had not yet reached the +age of eighteen. Taking advantage of his age he withdrew. + +JOHN F. YOUNG, Jeweler, enlisted June 20th, 1865. Mr. Young is a +gentleman of much promise and an excellent soldier. Is one of the most +active members of the Company. Is employed in the large establishment +of Burritt, Brooks & Co., the oldest House of the kind in Western New +York. + +CHARLES E. FISK, Book-Binder, enlisted June 28th, 1865. Is one of the +most respectable members at the present time, and is in all respects a +fine young man. Is an employee in the establishment of Andrus, McChain & +Co. + +FRANK B. WYCKOFF, Clerk, enlisted September 6th, 1865. Mr. Wyckoff has +been, and we hope will continue to remain, a good member of this +Company, notwithstanding a little informality in his muster. Is employed +in the Dry-Goods House of Morrison, Hawkins & Co. + +M. B. APGAR, Turner, enlisted September 6th, 1865. Mr. Apgar was a fine +soldier, and it was one of the misfortunes that the Company are +constantly liable to, that he retired therefrom by reason of changing +his residence to the city of New York. He was a United States soldier +and was connected with Company G, 15th New York Cavalry. Was engaged in +all the battles that the Regiment participated in. Enlisted at Ithaca, +July 30th, 1863, and was mustered in at Syracuse, August 26th. He alone +captured a number of prisoners at the charge on Martinsburg, August +21st, for which he was promoted to Corporal, and November 9th was again +promoted to Sergeant. Was taken prisoner December 21st, 1864, but was +soon exchanged. Received the farewell address of General Custer, May +23d, 1865, and was mustered out soon after. We are sure Sergeant Apgar +was engaged in over fourteen battles. He is remembered as one of the +defenders of the country. + +NORMAN JOHNSON, Jr., Carpenter, enlisted September 6th, 1865. Mr. +Johnson served in the United States army, but we have been unable to +procure his history for publication. + +JOHN S. HULBERT, Painter, enlisted August 24th, 1865. Mr. Hulbert +withdrew from the Company and was discharged soon after his enlistment. + +He enlisted in Company D, 137th Regiment New York Volunteers, August +16th, 1862, and was with the Regiment until the capture of Atlanta, at +which time he was detailed as wagon guard at Head-Quarters. Was mustered +out of the service June 9th, 1865. Was engaged in the following battles: +Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wauhatchie Valley, Lookout Mountain, +Missionary Ridge, Ringold, Resacca, Dallas Woods, Pine Knob, Kenesaw +Mountain, South Mountain, Peach Tree Creek and Atlanta. Another of the +brave soldiers who served our Union in the recent civil war. + +S. L. BAKER, Tin-Smith, enlisted September 6th, 1865. Mr. Baker is +respected by all the members of the Company; is always punctual at the +parades, drills and meetings, and is an industrious and worthy young +man. Is employed in the extensive works of Messrs. Treman, King & Co. +Took the first prize at the July target shoot. + +HARLAN HILL, Rail Road Agent, enlisted September 8th, 1865. Mr. Hill is +the gentlemanly Ticket Agent at the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Rail +Road Depot in this village, a position which he fills with ability. +Although not long connected with the Company, still he has well +perfected himself in the tactics, and is a prompt and active member. + +R. W. DODD, Cigar-Maker, enlisted October 4th, 1865. Mr. Dodd was one of +the first soldiers that enlisted from this village. Joining Company A, +(Captain Jerome Rowe) 32d New York Volunteers. He well and faithfully +served the full term of his enrollment, and again re-enlisted. We +regret being unable to give a full history of Mr. Dodd's military life. + +THEODORE QUICK, Cigar-Maker, enlisted October 12th, 1865. Mr. Quick has +succeeded in perfecting himself as a soldier to a degree that but few +attain. Few men can excell him in the tactics. Is an invaluable member +of the Company. He enlisted in the United States army August 11th, 1862, +in Company I, 109th Regiment, and served with the Company and Regiment +until they were mustered out. Was engaged in the battles of the +Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Petersburg, Welden Railroad and a number of +lesser engagements. + +On account of illness contracted in the army, was three months in the +hospital. + +W. S. MANDEVILLE, Clerk, enlisted October 12th, 1865. Considering the +time he has served Mr. Mandeville is one of the best soldiers we know +of, prompt, energetic and capable, we think, of commanding a Company or +a Regiment. Immediately upon joining the Company, he manifested an +interest, and with a determination to learn he attended every drill, and +aside from this would by himself study the tactics, until he became +perfectly posted in the science of military. He is a young man of much +promise, and is the exemplification of a perfect gentleman. Is employed +in the large Drug Store of Messrs. Schuyler & Curtis, and enjoys the +confidence and respect, not only of his employers, but of the whole +circle of his acquaintances, and the very many patrons of the House with +which he is engaged. + +J. J. MITCHELL, Merchant, enlisted October 12th, 1865. Mr. Mitchell +beareth the same similarity to the last named member, that one pea +beareth to another. As long as he was a resident of the village he was +invariably present at the parades, drills and meetings of the Company. +He is now a citizen of Lansing, but retains his membership in this +Company, and meets with them on all parades. He is engaged in the +Dry-Goods trade at Ludlowville, and is probably doing the greatest +amount of business of any house of the kind--outside of the village of +Ithaca--in Tompkins County. + +CLARK FRALICK, enlisted October 5th, 1865. He enlisted July 20th, 1862, +in the United States army, in which he served three years in Company D, +143d New York Volunteers; was engaged in six battles; was not sick a day +while in the service, nor ever lost an hour from his Regiment. + +E. M. THOMPSON, enlisted October 10th, 1865. Mr. Thompson removed from +the place soon after his enlistment. + +W. H. BROWER, enlisted October 31st, 1865. Signed the Roll, but never +appeared at a meeting or drill. + +E. G. FOSTER, Boat-Builder, enlisted November 6th, 1865. Soon removed to +Minnesota. + +LUKE BERGIN, Tailor, enlisted November 10th, 1865. Manifests but a +slight degree of interest in the Company. + +ARCHE DRESSER, Harness-Maker, enlisted November 10th, 1865. Soon removed +from the district. Was a soldier, and a good one, in the United States +army. + +B. ALMY, JR., Teacher, enlisted January 17th, 1866. Mr. Almy joined upon +transfer from the Enfield Company, of which he was Orderly Sergeant. Is +a teacher of ability; his present engagement is with the Public School +in this village. + +JOHN E. CLAPP, Clerk, enlisted March 15th, 1866. Is one of the most +attentive members at the present time. + +H. G. STODDARD, Clerk, enlisted March 29th, 1866. Mr. Stoddard, as will +be observed, has very recently joined, but promises to become one of the +best members of the Company. + +J. H. WILLETTS, Student, enlisted May 7th, 1866. Mr. Willetts joined the +Company almost a perfect stranger to all the members, but by his +gentlemanly deportment and perfect willingness to learn, has gained the +respect of both officers and men. + +M. MCCALLESTER, Farmer, enlisted May 7th, 1866. His residence is so far +from the village that he is only occasionally present at the drills and +meetings, but from the eagerness he displayed to learn when he first +became a member, we are led to believe he will make a good soldier. + +C. N. TABER, enlisted May 31st, 1866. Mr. Taber promises to become a +soldier of extraordinary merit. + +LEWIS S. NEIL, Painter, enlisted May 31st, 1866. Although next to the +last soldier enlisted in the DeWitt Guard, we are led to believe will +soon become next to the best in his knowledge of military; and perhaps +in this instance as in others, the last shall be first. + +JOHN BARNARD, "The Hero of Lookout Mountain," seized with a patriotic +ardour to serve his country in its trying period for National +existence, on the 20th day of August, 1862, he volunteered and joined +Capt. J. H. Terry's Company, then being formed in this village. Was duly +examined and mustered into the United States service at Binghamton, N. +Y., on the 25th of September, 1862. Was unanimously elected 8th Corporal +of Company D. He left Binghamton with the Regiment for the seat of war, +September 27th. + +He accompanied General Geary on a reconnoissance to Manchester, which +occupied five days. December 10th ordered to reinforce General Burnside +at Fredericksburg. This was the first time our hero came within hearing +of the enemy's guns, but his courage was equal to any emergency, and +never, through the whole course of his military life, did he turn his +back to the enemy, but always stood up and boldly battled for the right. +Sunday, December 28th, had the first skirmish. On the 18th of January, +1863, was detailed by Colonel Ireland as one of the color guard of the +Regiment. On the 27th day of April, was ordered on a march, and with +eight days' rations and ninety rounds of ammunition, started for the +Chancellorsville battle ground, where he arrived and participated in +the battles of May 1st, 2d and 3d. July 2d and 3d were engaged with the +enemy upon the bloody fields of Gettysburg. September 24th, was ordered +to reinforce General Rosecrans at Chattanooga, Tennessee. October 29th, +participated in the midnight battle of Wauhatchie. In this engagement +one out of every three of the whole number were either killed or +wounded. Color-bearer Baker was seriously wounded, and the colors of the +Regiment fell into the hands of our gallant Barnard, he having escaped +unharmed, although his overcoat, which was strapped upon his back, was +shot through by one of the enemy's bullets. After this engagement he was +detailed as color-bearer of the Regiment, vice Baker wounded. + +On the 24th of November was ordered to march flying light, with only one +day's rations; participated in the famous "Battle above the Clouds;" +climbing over rocks and fallen trees, our bold and daring Sergeant +succeeded in planting the colors of his Regiment on the rebel works, +amid a terrific fire from the enemy. Sergeant Brink, with the State +colors, was shot down upon his right, and Corporal Foot, of the color +guard, upon his left. For this brave and heroic deed, Sergeant Barnard +received the thanks of Colonel Ireland, as well as of all the general +officers. November 25th, was engaged in the battle of Missionary Ridge, +and November 27th in the battle of Ringold, Georgia. January 4th, 1864, +was ordered to Stevenson, Alabama. While here Sergeant Barnard was +detailed by the Commandant of the Post and appointed Post-Master, a very +responsible position, having the entire charge of the mail for over five +thousand troops. This office he held until Sherman's campaign against +Atlanta commenced, and in May he again resumed his office in the +Regiment. Was engaged in the action at Resacca, May 15th, battle of New +Hope Church, May 25th, battle of Pine Hill, June 15th, and continued +skirmishing until June 21st, when he participated in the battle of +Kolb's Farm. June 24th battle of Kenesaw Mountain; still continued +skirmishing with the enemy, and drove them across the Chattahoochie +River. July 20th was in the battle of Peach Tree Creek; also in the +siege of Atlanta, and was among the first troops that entered the city, +September 2d. + +November 15th he started on the Georgia campaign, and participated in +the siege of Savannah from December 11th until December 21st, when +together with the color-bearer of the 102d New York, he hoisted the old +flag upon the City Hall in Savannah. January 27th, 1865, started on the +Carolina campaign. Was engaged in the skirmishes at Edisto River, +Lexington Court House, S. C, and Averysboro, N. C. Arrived at Goldsboro, +N. C, April 1st, 1865. Was present at the capture of Raleigh on the 14th +of April. + +On the 30th of April, the war having virtually closed by the surrender +of Generals Lee and Johnson, Sergeant Barnard, with his Regiment, +started homeward, arriving in Alexandria, Virginia, May 19th. Took part +in the Grand Review at Washington, May 24th, and on June 9th was +mustered out of the United States service. + +Sergeant Barnard was engaged in fourteen battles, besides numerous +skirmishes, which, in times previous to the late war, would have been +considered battles of much account. + +Suffering all the dangers, exposures and deprivations of the Georgia and +Carolina campaigns, our Sergeant was never a day from his Regiment, +unless detailed for special duty. He made every mile of the whole march +on foot, carrying a burden that every American soldier knows is enough +to break down the constitution of almost any ordinary man. + +No soldier ever enlisted in the service of his country, who is deserving +of more honor than Sergeant John Barnard. + +Remember, you that staid at home and experienced none of the trials and +deprivations of war, those who sacrificed their health, their lives and +their all for you, as well as every other citizen of this great +Republic. + + + + +HISTORY OF THE COMPANY. + + +The DeWitt Guard was organized in 1851, and the first regular meeting +was held December 31st. At this meeting a series of By-Laws were +adopted, very many of which are in operation at the present time, +although there is not at the present time a single person connected with +the organization who at that time was a member. + +J. B. Terry was elected the first Secretary, and George H. Collins +Treasurer, with Stephen Brewer and Loren Day as Directors. + +At that time the law permitted the Companies to have a certain number of +supernumeraries, and at the second regular meeting, F. Reed Dana, W. G. +Maurice, Isaac Tichenor, Julius M. Adsley, Dana Fox, E. M. Marshall, +John Rumsey, George McChain and S. B. Covert, were duly elected +supernumeraries. The first out of doors drill took place in the Park, +June 23d, and lasted two hours. The 4th day of July was duly observed +by the Company: a parade, at which the Company did their first street +firing, and a dinner at Colonel Seymour's Ithaca Hotel, constituted the +festivities of the day. At the regular meeting, September 2d, 1852, a +note was given to Colonel Millspaugh for fifty dollars, this being the +amount he advanced to pay the Armorer's bill. On Thursday morning, +September 23d, the drum beat at five o'clock, which warned the citizens +of the near approach of the departure of Captain Partenheimer's Company, +not for the seat of war, but for their first encampment at Goodwin's +Falls. At 9 o'clock the life-like engine "Lackawanna," with a modesty +becoming the Company to whom she belonged, introduced the Company to his +honor "William E. Dodge," who safely landed his "precious load of +freight" soon after at Goodwin's Landing. After a march of about three +miles, to the music of Canham's Brass Band, the camp-ground was reached; +tents were soon pitched, colors were hoisted, and at one P. M. were +ready for our first rations; at two P. M. of the same day the Company +paraded for the first time upon a camp-ground. The Company remained in +camp one week. + +Thursday November 25th, 1852, by proclamation of the Governor, was +observed as a day of Thanksgiving. This being the day designated by the +fair ones of our village for the presentation of the Banner to our +Company, Captain Partenheimer's orders were responded to by a prompt and +full corps. Upon being drawn up in line in front of the Clinton House, +Hon. S. B. Cushing, on behalf of the Ladies, in a few appropriate +remarks, presented the Banner. Our worthy Lieutenant Bruyn, on behalf of +the Captain and his Company, returned his most sincere and heartfelt +thanks, with a few remarks highly complimentary to him from whose hand +he received the Banner, and to those Ladies instrumental in making the +donation. Alter a parade through the principal streets, and giving each +Public House a round of blank cartridges, with that good feeling ever +manifested by the Company, they were dismissed by our commanding +officer. March 3d William Glenny was elected Secretary in place of J. B. +Terry, resigned. + +July 4th, 1853, was duly celebrated by the Company by an encampment +through the day in the Park. August 9th the Company were inspected by +Brigadier General Segoine, of Auburn. September 8th, 1853, the second +encampment of the Company took place at Goodwin's Falls; were here again +reviewed by General Segoine and Colonel D. E. Avery. On Sunday the +Company in a body attended church at Trumansburg. Washington's +birth-day, February 22d, 1854, was observed by the Company; a national +salute was fired by Sergeant McDonald, loading and firing five times a +minute. June 27th the committee of arrangements for the celebration of +the coming Fourth of July, offered the Company thirty dollars if they +would participate in the celebration, which was promptly refused, and +the Company voted unanimously to join in the celebration without money +and without price. Accordingly the Fourth day of July, 1854, was duly +celebrated in the true spirit of '76. The first target shoot of the +Company was held July 11th, 1854, and resulted in Sergeant McDonald +taking the first prize, L. Millspaugh the second and S. Stoddard the +third. Saturday August 26th, 1854, the Company appeared in full uniform +at 51/2 o'clock, A. M., to escort the remains of their late comrade, D. +Lewis Avery, to their last resting place. His remains were taken to +Aurora for interment. + +Monday August 28th, the Company started for Camp Seneca, at Seneca +Falls, where a week was spent by them very profitably. The second target +practice was September 22d, 1854, and Sergeant L. R. King, E. C. Fuller, +M. E. Elmendorf, Lot S. Hinds and Sergeant McDonald, were declared the +best shots, and received the prizes accordingly. January 8th, 1855, was +duly observed by the Company; in the evening had supper at the Clinton +House. September 6th the Company unanimously voted to furnish uniforms +free of expense to all new members who would join. September 14th, 1855, +K. S. Van Voorhees was elected first Sergeant, L. R. King, second +Sergeant, F. K. Andrus, third Sergeant, and James McClune, fourth +Sergeant. September 19th, third target shoot, the lucky ones not +recorded. October 31st, 1855, the Company were inspected and reviewed by +General Segoine and staff, and Colonel D. E. Avery and staff; in the +afternoon of the same day was another target shoot. November 29th the +Company escorted the remains of their late Lieutenant, A. H. McNeil, to +the Depot, being en route for the city of Auburn. The Company held their +annual meeting and took supper at the Clinton House, January 8th, 1856. +May 28th L. R. King was elected first Lieutenant, in place of W. V. +Bruyn, resigned, and Charles F. Blood second Lieutenant, in place of A. +H. McNeil, deceased. + +Wednesday June 11th, 1856. The Willard Guard of Auburn, accompanied by +Scott's Cornet Band of Rochester, arrived on an excursion to Ithaca. +When nearing the dock they were saluted with twenty-one guns from the +DeWitt Guard, and received by them accompanied by the entire Fire +Department of the village, and were escorted through the principal +streets to their quarters at the Clinton House. They were there welcomed +by an appropriate speech from J. H. Selkreg, Esq. William Shapcott, of +the Willard Guard, returning thanks on behalf of their Company to the +soldiers, Fire Department and citizens, for the cordial manner in which +they had been received. The Willard Guard paraded during the forenoon of +the following day, and at five o'clock P. M. were escorted to the Park +by the DeWitt Guard, where they were drilled in the different evolutions +of military tactics with great credit to themselves. On Friday morning +the DeWitt Guard again paraded and escorted their visitors to the +Steamboat Landing. After a few speeches, a great rivalry was kept up +between the two Companies for the last cheer, but amid the clattering of +drums it was impossible to tell which succeeded. + +September 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th and 6th, the Company were encamped at Dryden; +on Friday they were reviewed by General Segoine and staff of Auburn. The +encampment passed off with perfect harmony, and without any thing to mar +the good feeling which prevailed throughout. Tuesday, December 10th, the +Company escorted the remains of their late member, Sergeant James C. +McClune, to their last resting place. February 24th, upon invitation of +the Pioneers of Tompkins County, the Company paraded and escorted that +body through the principal streets of the village. September 15th target +shoot. October 13th the Company were inspected at Goodwin's Falls by +Adjutant George H. Collins. Upon invitation of the President of the +Tompkins County Horticultural Society, the Company paraded and attended +their Fair, June 3d, 1858. Upon invitation of the Tompkins Blues, the +Company visited Trumansburg and joined in celebrating the Fourth day of +July. A very pleasant entertainment was provided by the citizens of +that place. July 21st the Company visited Owego, and were agreeably +entertained by the citizens; returned the same evening. + +August 17th, 1858, the Company paraded in honor of the _successful +laying_ of the Atlantic Cable. August 31st, upon invitation of the +Ithaca Fire Department, joined with them in procession, and escorted +Cayuga Hose Company No. 4, of Auburn, to the Clinton House. + +"The DeWitt Guard, accompanied by Whitlock's celebrated Cornet Band and +several invited guests, left Ithaca at 7 o'clock A. M., July 12th, 1859, +on an excursion to our neighboring city of Auburn, and to enjoy one of +the _pleasantest trips ever experienced_ by any Company of soldiers. The +Company mustered two Lieutenants, three color-bearers and twenty-five +men. The smiles of Heaven seemed to be upon us, and every thing seemed +given to _conduce to our happiness_. It was indeed a lovely sight as we +floated down the beautiful Cayuga, which lay sleeping between the banks +of those noble hills, decked in nature's verdant garb. It would have +been a lovely scene for some artist to sketch in glowing colors; but no +artist could touch so tenderly the points with which nature has adorned +them. + +We arrived in the beautiful city at half-past twelve, amid the +thundering voice of artillery. Were received by the three military +Companies of the city, and were escorted by them through the principal +streets to our Head-Quarters White's Exchange. After a capital dinner, +we were marched to Fort Hill Cemetery to visit the grave of our lamented +Lieutenant, A. H. McNeil; an hour was spent in that beautiful cemetery. +In the evening we _were entertained_ at the residence of Mayor B. F. +Hall, which entertainment passed off to the perfect _satisfaction of all +present_. Wednesday morning were called together at ten o'clock, and +accepted an invitation of the Military Committee to visit the Prison and +Insane Asylum. + +In the afternoon the Auburn Companies, together with the DeWitt Guard, +paraded for nearly two hours, after which each Company was practiced in +the Battalion movements; the DeWitt Guard taking the lead. Each Company +displayed a thorough discipline in military tactics, the movements being +of almost mathematical precision. In the evening the Company were the +guests of Doctor Willard, and was splendidly entertained at his +beautiful residence on Genesee street. The Doctor is a model gentleman; +truly did we enjoy his hospitality. From his residence we were marched +to that of Captain Dodge of the Willard Guard, where a splendid +reception was given in honor of the DeWitt Guard. Here we were honored +with the society of some of Auburn's fairest daughters, their influence +on us being such as (in the language of our worthy Chaplain, Rev. W. C. +Steel) to make some _willing captives_. The Company returned late in the +evening to their Head-Quarters, highly pleased with their evening's +entertainments. Thursday morning the Company was marched to some of the +principal residences, paying our compliments to those of whom we had +been the honored guests the evening previous. The hour of two P. M. +having arrived, the time for our departure, we were escorted to the +Depot by the military Companies together with many citizens. Hon. A. +Wells extending our thanks to the soldiers and citizens of Auburn, for +the kindness shown us during our visit with them. Rev. Mr. Steel +following in a few beautiful and appropriate remarks, during which tears +were seen to fall from the eyes of some of the soldiery. We had won many +friends; the hour of separation had arrived; nothing could be more +expressive than the falling of a tear, the utterance of the soul, simple +yet unexpressed; no language could be more eloquent. We entered the cars +amid many cheers, having had proof that pleasures enjoyed excel +pleasures anticipated. + +After a pleasant return trip on the lake, we were much surprised to find +our own good citizens in large numbers, together with a Company of +Cavalry and the entire Fire Department, at the landing ready to receive +us, and escort us to our homes. We were received with a beautiful and +eloquent speech by Marcus Lyon, Esq., which was responded to by our +Chaplain, Rev. W. C. Steel. Were marched through the principal streets +to our Armory, highly pleased with our trip. Long will this excursion be +remembered by the DeWitt Guard; our _hearts_ having been united to the +soldiers and _people_ of Auburn by those bonds of friendship which time +shall never efface." + + JOHN C. HAZEN, Secretary. + +The 50th Regiment National Guard, consisting of Company A, Captain P. J. +Partenheimer, Company D, of Trumansburgh, Captain Belnap, and Company I, +of Havanna, Captain Mulford, the Regiment commanded by Colonel H. A. +Dowe, encamped at Ithaca, September 5th, 1859. On Friday were inspected +by General Segoine, of Auburn, and Adjutant Van Voorhees, of Ithaca. The +weather was fine during the encampment, every thing passed off pleasant +and to the satisfaction of all concerned. Long will Camp Burnett be +remembered by the members of the DeWitt Guard. January 4th, 1860, +Colonel A. E. Mather was elected a member of this Company, but was never +mustered in. June 4th, 1861, the Company paraded and escorted the Dryden +Volunteers to the Depot. + +July 3d the Company was presented with a handsome stand of colors by +Sergeant John C. Hazen. April 2d, 1861, the Company tendered their +services to the General Government. August 6th, 1862, escorted +volunteers to the Depot; three hearty cheers were given by the members +of the DeWitt Guard, for those of their number who had volunteered in +the service of their country. September 28th attended the funeral of +Lieutenant Marsh, at McLean, who was killed in the army. October 28th, +1862, were inspected at Trumansburg. December 3d Captain Blood +introduced the Bayonet Drill. February 22d, 1863, was celebrated by the +Company by a parade, and a supper in the evening at the Clinton House. +March 19th attended the funeral of Peter J. Hausner, a soldier who died +from disease contracted while in the army. June 17th, 1863, the Company +the second time offered their services to the Government. June 22d the +Company paraded in honor of the returning volunteers, and escorted them +through the streets of our village. July 1st attended the funeral of +Lieutenant Avery, at Farmerville, who was killed in the army. Celebrated +the 4th day of July, 1863, by an excursion to Long Point, at which place +the Company engaged in target practice with both muskets and artillery. +Annual parade, inspection and review at Ithaca, October 21st, 1863. Were +inspected by General William Glenny and Colonel H. A. Dowe, since +promoted to Brigadier General. The Company had another target practice +same day. Washington's Birth-day, February 22d, 1864, was celebrated by +a parade and supper in the evening at Gregory's. April 25th, 1864, the +Company for the third time offered their services to the General +Government. July 4th paraded and had target practice. Aug. 28th, the Co. +was accepted by the Gen'l Gov't for 100 days' service at Elmira. + + +(_By B. R. W., Secretary._) + +SEPT. 2D, 1864.--The Company assembled at the Armory at 6 o'clock, A. +M., with tears in their eyes and carpet-sacks in hand, to march for +Elmira. Headed by their gallant Captain, they proceeded silently to the +Depot, where the parting was truly heart-rending, and the Secretary, in +order to hide his feelings, was forced to take refuge in a freight car, +and solace himself with a fresh chew of _Mike Wick's best_. The voyage +was safely performed, the only cause of complaint being the _rye_ +treatment which some of the men received at Willseyville. + +The grand entree at Elmira was made at about two o'clock, P. M., where +we were received in behalf of the United States by the brilliant and +dashing Captain Colby, of the 58th, by whom, assisted by Drum-Major +Robinson's justly celebrated martial band, we were escorted to Barracks +No. 1. + +On entering the portals of this haven of rest, our ears were saluted +with cries of _Fresh Fish_. Our inexperienced eyes searched eagerly on +every side for this delectable delicacy, but we failed to discover it. +The future movements of the Company at this post are recorded by our +worthy Sergeant, H. S. + + + + +ELMIRA CAMPAIGN. + +DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE DOINGS OF COMPANY A, FIFTIETH REGIMENT N. G., S. +N. Y., WHILE PERFORMING ONE HUNDRED DAYS' DUTY AT ELMIRA. NEW YORK. + +Taken from the Diary of one of its Members. + + +In pursuance of Orders as follows: + + GENERAL HEAD-QUARTERS STATE OF NEW YORK, } + ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, } + Albany, Aug. 28th, 1864. } + + SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 348. + + Captain Charles F. Blood, commanding Company A, of the 50th + Regiment National Guard of the State of New York, will, by the + 5th of September, proximo, proceed with his command to Elmira, + N. Y., and report to Major A. S. Diven, acting Assistant Provost + Marshal General, and Superintendent of the Volunteer Recruiting + Service, who will muster them into the service of the United + States for one hundred (100) days, and attach them to the 58th + Regiment National Guard, of the State of New York. + + Requisition for the necessary clothing and transportation will + be made upon Brigadier General S. V. Talcott, Quartermaster + General, No. 51 Walker Street, New York city, and for arms and + accoutrements upon Brigadier General James A. Farrell, + Commissary General of Ordinance, State Arsenal, New York city. + + By order of the Commander-in-Chief, + JOHN T. SPRAGUE, + Adjutant General. + + HEAD-QUARTERS 50TH REGIMENT N. G., S. N. Y. } + Trumansburg, N. Y., Aug. 27th, 1864. } + + SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 3. + + Above Special Order, No. 348, is hereby promulgated. + + Captain Charles F. Blood, commanding Company "A," of this + Regiment, will immediately promulgate the above Orders to his + command. + + Said Captain will immediately report to these Head-Quarters, in + writing, the strength of his command, and the number of men he + will be able to report for duty at Elmira on the 5th day of + September, proximo. + + The Captain will see the importance of this Order, when it is + stated that orders must be made at once for clothing, + transportation, arms and accoutrements, at New York city for his + command. + + By order of + COL. HENRY D. BARTO, + Commanding 50th Reg't N. G., S. N. Y. + + Lewis Halsey, Adjutant. + +Company A, 50th Regiment National Guard, State of New York, started at 9 +o'clock on the morning of the second day of September, 1864, in +obedience with the above order, with the following officers and men: + + CHARLES F. BLOOD, _Captain_. + LEVI KENNEY, _1st Lieutenant_. + JOSEPH ESTY, JR., _2d Lieutenant_. + J. C. HAZEN, _Orderly_. + C. C. GREENLY, _2d Sergeant_. + E. M. FINCH, _3d Sergeant_. + H. A. ST. JOHN, _4th Sergeant_. + B. R. WILLIAMS, _1st Corporal_. + URI CLARK, _2d Corporal_. + J. C. GAUNTLETT, _3d Corporal_. + ALFRED BROOKS, _4th Corporal_. + + Frank Betts, + E. E. Barnard, + J. W. Brown, + F. Cheesbrough, + Wm. Crittenden, + A. Dean, + James Faulkner, + John Gay, + M. L. Granger, + T. H. Griffith, + George H. Grant, + S. J. Humm, + T. Hern, + E. K. Johnson, + J. McKinney, + W. H. Kellogg, + S. T. Lewis, + E. M. Latta, + J. Mandeville, + E. C. Marsh, + H. L. Miller, + J. W. Norton, + C. L. O'Brien, + A. Prame, + O. S. Perry, + George Pollay, + W. C. Steele, + C. R. Sherwood, + H. E. Smith, + E. E. Warfield, + Geo. R. Williams, + J. V. Wilson. + +We reached Elmira at 2 P. M. on the same day, and were immediately +marched to our quarters at Barracks No. 1, afterwards called the +Substitute Camp. At 31/2 P. M. we were mustered into the United States +service as Company L, 58th Regiment N. G., S. N. Y., Col. R. P. Wisner +commanding, and the same evening, on the requisition of our Captain, we +drew the following articles of clothing, arms and equipments, to each +man: + + 1 Woolen Blanket, + 1 Rubber Blanket, + 1 Overcoat, + 1 Blouse, + 1 Pair Pants, + 1 Cap, + 2 Pair Drawers, + 2 Pair Socks, + 1 Pair Shirts, + 1 Pair Shoes, + 1 Canteen, + 1 Spoon, + 1 Knife and Fork, + 1 Cup, + 1 Plate, + 1 Knapsack, + 1 Haversack. + +The arms served us were of the Enfield pattern, known as rifled muskets, +and were said to have been taken off of a rebel blockade-runner, which, +together with the necessary belts, cap and cartridge boxes, made as +complete an outfit as were given to any of the men serving in our army +for the preservation of the Union. + +One can scarcely imagine the ridiculous picture our boys made as they +tried on their new clothes, so generously given them by "Uncle Sam." +Here in one corner you might see a six-footer striving in vain to induce +a pair of pants, by hard pulling and stretching, to reach below his +knees, but finding no virtue in perseverance, he seizes the coat and +finds to his dismay the same difficulty with the sleeves that he found +with the pants--namely, too short. As he sits studying over his +misfortune, he is hailed by another fellow just his counterpart, +hobbling across the floor with a pair of pants so long that they +threaten to trip him at every step. + +But, O, dear! Look at that perfect picture of despair; a fellow who at +home wears a number five boot, trying to make a pair of number ten shoes +stay on his feet. Presently, however, a man is found whose fortune has +dealt to him a pair of "gun-boats" a size too small, immediately, with +true yankee spirit, a trade is made, and each is satisfied that he has +made the best of the bargain; so by dint of exchanges, garments are +found to fit, which at first seemed as if they had been distributed by +common consent, the smallest men to receive those intended for the +largest, and vice versa. + +But what ails that fellow over yonder? He looks as if he had lost his +last friend, and never expected to have another. We rush up to enquire +the cause of his discomforture, but our anxiety is turned into laughter, +when we behold him who had been congratulating himself on making such a +fine appearance in a suit of blue; brushing off the threads and dust, +and picking up one thread which seemed to be very long, but only +producing the more thread by the greater picking, our fine fellow finds +that he has ventilated the entire side of one of his trowsers legs. +Hark! the Orderly cries "fall in for rations;" although we may not yet +be perfectly acquainted with all orders pertaining particularly to camp +life, yet all seem to understand this one. With a good appetite after +our fun, we start for the mess-house. Some hungry man behind us as we +march along, hopes the beef steak will be tender, and the potatoes well +done, while another hints he does not like eggs too hard boiled, and a +third says he must have his rolls hot, and good butter to eat on them, +or he don't care for any supper; while a fourth never eats pies, and so +of course is anxious to find a good pudding awaiting his ravenous +appetite. But misery me! what a smell! where does it come from? most +certainly from the mess-house, no denying that. As we enter, every man +immediately loses his appetite; but bound to face the music, we all sit +down, place our cups and plates on the table, and await coming events. +Presently there comes a man with a basket of bread, another with a pan +of beef and a third with a pail of coffee. Waiter No. 1 very dexterously +causes a huge chunk of bread to alight on your plate; waiter No. 2 makes +a piece of beef perform the same evolution, and your cup is soon filled. +Here is your meal, now make the attack. Our bread and butter man seems +patiently waiting, although very pale, and is only aroused from his +stupor by a neighbor asking him if he is not going to eat; he meekly +answers, by saying he is waiting for some sugar and milk for his coffee. +But all are soon satisfied, and we go back to our barracks, our poor +beef-steak-and-potato companion feeling very much disappointed. + +Our duty at the substitute camp was to perform the guard duty necessary +to keep the men from escaping, and also to act as guard in taking men +from this post to the front. This camp was used as a rendezvous for +substitutes, to equip them preparatory to sending them to the army. The +larger proportion of the men sent to this post seemed to be composed of +the refuse of all society, whose entire aim seemed to have been to +enlist and desert as often as opportunity offered. They were a lawless +set of men, and it was only by enforcing the most rigid discipline, that +they were kept within bounds. + +When a squad of substitutes was to be taken to the front, one or two +commissioned officers were usually detached, together with a compliment +of non-commissioned officers and privates, sufficient to carefully guard +against desertions on their way. Ordinary freight cars were used for +transportation, into which were crowded from 35 to 40 men, allowing five +men in each car as a guard. It was a shameful way of treating human +beings, crowded together for two days with barely room to move in, and +being required to assume all manner of positions at night in order to +get a little rest. Although sufficient rations were purported to be +issued for the journey, yet they never sufficed, and the men often +suffered from hunger. Yet in time Baltimore was reached, where all the +men were generally put into comfortable quarters for a day or so, and +then placed on board transports to be taken to different points on the +Potomac or James Rivers. + +These transports were often condemned, or at least unsafe vessels in the +employ of the Government, with no conveniences for the accommodation of +the number of men crowded on them. The writer had the misfortune to be +on one of these miserable crafts. On the night of Friday, Sept. 9th, we +left Baltimore with 1100 men, en route for City Point, on an old +condemned English emigrant steamer. We were 55 hours making the trip +(more than twice as long as we should have been), and twice the vessel +was turned to be run ashore, as she leaked so badly, and the pumps +giving out for a time, it was feared by her commander the water might +put out the fires under the boilers, and at no time could the old tub be +kept on an even keel. There were only a few casks of water, and no +provisions of any kind on board. The rations issued to the men on +starting were all gone long before we reached our destination, and not a +little suffering was experienced by the poor fellows for want of +something to eat. This is but one of many instances in which one portion +of the men in the Government employ were made to suffer by the neglect +and ill-treatment of another portion. + +But to return to our camp at Elmira. Our duties were about the same +thing every day; doing guard duty when it came our turn for detail, with +the diversion of an occasional squad to the front. This began to be an +old story to us, and we had to use our best endeavors to get up some +little excitement to break the monotony of camp routine. + +On the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 10th, orders were issued to our +Regiment to move to Barracks No. 3, without delay. It was a rainy day, +and all felt more like staying quietly in the barracks than like packing +up and moving; yet go we must, and go we did. The last squad left at 8 +o'clock in the evening. Tents, of which each Company had twelve, +including one officer's wall tent, were pitched for the night, and all +made themselves as comfortable as possible. In the morning, although it +had ceased raining, it was very wet, and the nature of the ground made +it very uncomfortable. We arranged our camp with a little more care, +building a stockade of boards two feet high, on which we pitched each +tent, and also making a floor on the bottom. Later in the season we +provided each tent with either a camp-stove or fire-place, which made +our quarters very comfortable, even in the severest weather. + +We also built a cook-house capable of seating our entire Company, and +furnished it with a good stove and such other apparatus as was necessary +to carry on our culinary operations. We were indeed the envy of the +entire Brigade, and it is undoubtedly true that by our own exertions we +possessed the best _arrangement_ for promoting our own comfort of any +Company on the ground. We were enabled by our advantages to provide all +the variety possible with the rations served us. There was hardly a day +but we were supplied with some delicacy by the kindness of our officers, +that was not on the regular bill of fare. Indeed, our Table d'Hote +gained such a notoriety, that in less than two weeks we had some of the +staff officers as regular boarders, and our worthy Colonel considered +it quite an honor when we gave him a standing invitation to partake of +any meal with us when he did not see fit to go to his boarding house--an +invitation that he often accepted and seemed quite to enjoy. + +Our principal duty at Barracks 3, or the rebel camp, as commonly called, +although the correct name was Camp Chemung, was to guard the rebel +prisoners confined at this post. Almost every day, however, men were +detailed and sent off on extra duty. The prison was formed of a stockade +built of boards 14 feet long, placed perpendicularly on a fence frame, +having the posts on the outside, thereby giving a perfectly smooth +surface on the inside, quite impossible to scale. There were two +entrances to the enclosure, one called the Main Gate, which was placed +on front, and was the principal means of entrance, the other was called +the Rear Gate, and placed at the rear of the prison on the river bank. +All around this stockade, four feet from the top, there was a platform +and railing for the guard to walk on, with sentry boxes about 240 feet +apart. Besides the guard "on the fence," there was a line of sentinels +on the ground outside the stockade. During the day men armed with +revolvers were posted at different points in the enclosure, and at night +were formed into a patrol guard. This patrol walked around the entire +enclosure about 15 feet from the stockade, there being an interval of +three minutes of time between each man. The guard on the fence and those +outside were relieved every two hours; the patrol was relieved every +four hours. It was the duty of the guard to challenge any of the +prisoners who were approaching the stockade, a second challenge was +given if the first was not sufficient, and if they still persisted and +were evidently trying to effect some means of escape, the order was to +fire on them and give the alarm. + +There were about 300 men detailed for duty each day. These consisted of +eight commissioned officers, 32 non-commissioned officers, and 260 +privates. This number was distributed to four different positions, +allowing an equal number of officers to each, but the men were +apportioned to each post according to the amount of duty to be done. + +The guard was formed and reviewed each morning at 8 o'clock, preparatory +to going on duty; the new guard usually relieved the guard of the +previous day at 10 o'clock, and were kept on duty 24 hours. Each squad +was under command of two officers, and was divided into three reliefs; +these reliefs alternated with each other in a duty of two hours, thus +allowing each man four hours' rest out of six. + +The field officer of the day was accustomed to make a complete tour of +the camp during the day, and usually visited each guard post at least +once during the night. Whenever he was seen approaching any of the +principal posts, the entire guard had to be turned out in order to be +inspected and reviewed by him. + +During the night, from 8 o'clock in the evening until 6 in the morning, +every half hour was called by the guard on the fence, at the same time +giving the number of each post and the word "All's well." + +The prisoners were divided into companies, each company being under the +charge of an officer detailed for that purpose. Roll was called morning +and evening, at one of which the officer was required to be present and +to make a daily report to the commandant of the post. Two meals per day +were given the prisoners, one at 8 A. M. and one at 3 P. M. They were +furnished with good, wholesome food, prepared in an immense cooking +establishment. Each company marched to this house at the regular hours, +and were served with their rations, going immediately back to their +quarters to eat them. + +Several large and commodious hospitals were provided for the sick, +arranged with all possible convenience, and attended by a corps of +competent Surgeons. + +One might draw a grand comparison between the way in which our men were +treated in the different prisons of the South, and the treatment of +rebels at the hands of our Government. We who have seen the worn-out, +hobbling rebel prisoner, go forth exchanged, after a few months' +imprisonment, a strong and healthy man, cannot but feel the contrast +when we see old friends, who, months ago were freed from Southern +prisons, even now unable to stand the burden of any daily toil, and +still wearing in their deep-lined faces the marks of past hardships. And +when we think of those who once filled the vacant places in our homes +and in our hearts, who might now be with us but for such hardships, we +can reflect only with shuddering upon the treatment they have received, +and feel grateful that we are at peace again. Verily, many a tale that +we might tell were better left untold. + +On the morning of Friday, Oct. 7th, one of the guard on the outside of +the fence discovered a hole, through which it was evident some of the +prisoners had escaped. The alarm was given, but it was too late. On +investigation there were found to be 16 prisoners missing. They had made +a tunnel about four feet under ground and sixty odd feet long, large +enough to allow a man to crawl through. The night in which they made +their escape was very dark and stormy, and taking advantage of this, +they completed their excavation, crawled through, and were free. + +This mode of escape was afterwards often tried, but the above is the +only instance in which any reward was obtained for the great amount of +work thus expended. A fellow put into practical operation one day a +novel method of escaping. It was customary on the death of any of the +rebels, to carry them to the dead-house; here the bodies were placed in +coffins, marked, and a register kept. From the prison they were carried +to the burial-ground, where the coffins were placed in long trenches, +with a head-board marked to correspond with the register kept at the +prison. One day one of the assistants at the dead-house arranged with +one of his fellows to be placed in a coffin, and have the lid lightly +nailed on. He was carried to the burial-ground, and unloaded with the +other bodies. As soon as the cart drove off, our sharp fellow easily +kicked the lid off and made good his escape. + +Our camp life was beginning to be very monotonous. Each day the same +routine was observed, and we were at our wit's end to produce some sort +of amusement. We were provided, however, with the following incident +which served us as a fund for some days: On the night of October 15th, +all the camps being quiet, and no sound coming through the still night +air, save the steady tread of the guard, or the hoarse, hollow cough of +the prisoners, at 11 o'clock we were all suddenly aroused from our +slumbers by the report of the alarm gun, the long roll soon followed and +instantly the officers were out ordering the men quickly into line, each +Company was marched on the parade ground on a double quick, the line +soon formed and every thing was in readiness awaiting orders. Presently +an orderly came riding up assigning to our Regiment a position, then +quickly to another camp he went, and we started at quick time for our +position, just as we set off the battery came thundering down the road, +the bugle sounded, men dismounted, pieces were unlimbered, quickly +loaded, and ready for action. From the opposite direction came more +field pieces which formed a battery just in front of our halting place, +then by us rushed a Regiment, and to us again came the orderly, and we +were divided, one Battalion went in one direction and the other in an +other. Thus the different commands were manoeuvred for about an hour, +finally a rest being allowed, the men began to enquire if we had not +been "sold," as it was evident there was no disturbance in the prison +camp nor any signs of an outbreak. But no one could give a solution to +the problem, until the next morning we found it was all done by our +Brigade Commander, to see what reliance could be placed on the men in +case of an emergency. + +In pursuance of orders received a day or two previous, our Regiment, +together with the entire Brigade, started at noon of October 19th for +the general parade ground, to take part in a Brigade review, it was an +informal affair and only occupied two hours, it was a sort of +preliminary or drill to fit us for a grand review to take place some +time in the next month. + +Messrs. Tolles and Burritt came over from Ithaca, reaching camp the +morning of October 20th, to take views in and about the camps, they +succeeded in getting a great many fine views of the different positions +occupied by the troops. + +At inspection on the morning of October 23d, orders were issued to each +Regiment, to hold themselves in readiness to fall in at a moment's +notice. It was understood that Governor Seymour was in the city and +would visit the different camps during the day. It being unknown at what +time we would have to fall in, our boys went about the camp with their +equipments on, ready to take their places in line at the first call. In +the afternoon at 3 o'clock the roll was sounded and our Regiment was +soon in line, presently Gov. Seymour and a few members of his staff, +accompanied by some of the post officers, passed and were saluted by the +Regiment; there was no pretentious show of any kind, merely a +recognition and compliment to the Commander-in-Chief of the State +forces. + +On the evening of October 24th, our boys arranged one of their +characteristic performances--a minstrel show. We had indeed acquired a +great reputation during our life in camp for being possessed of an +inexhaustible store of fun, and had the material for engaging in +anything that might offer which could be turned into a source of +amusement. + +On the evening mentioned we built a staging of rather large dimensions +of material furnished us by the Quarter-Master of the Regiment, sticking +bayonets in the ground with a candle placed in them to serve as +foot-lights, seats were provided for our audience, and every convenience +added as far as possible in order to make our entertainments popular. We +were richly rewarded on this occasion as our performances had been +growing very much in favor, and on this night many came up from the city +in carriages until we had an audience of which many a more worthy +showman might have been proud. + +It would be impossible to enumerate all the sources of fun that were +introduced and carried out, but it is sufficient to say that there was +not an hour in the day but that one might enjoy a hearty laugh over the +pranks of one or more of the boys. + +The 2d of November was a great day among the different Regiments +stationed at Elmira. A grand review had been ordered to come off at +noon, to consist of all the troops not on duty, to be reviewed by +General Diven and staff. There were nine Regiments and two Batteries on +the field, viz: the 12th Regulars, 1st V. R. C., the 54th, 56th, 58th, +77th, 98th, 99th, 102d Regiments N. G., the 4th Regulars, and Rochester +Batteries. The line was formed at noon, on the large field in the rear +of the regular parade ground. Soon after, General Diven and staff came +on the ground, receiving the customary salute from the Batteries. We +were marched in review, first at common time, then at quick time. After +going through some minor evolutions, we were dismissed, reaching our +camps just before 6 o'clock. Everything passed off well, and the +reviewing officers expressed themselves highly satisfied with the +appearance of the men, and their proficiency in drill. There were about +4,500 men of all grades, who took part in the review, and those who +witnessed the parade considered it a fine affair, as well as being a +creditable appearance of our State troops. + +It was now drawing near the time when a great many of the Regiments were +to be mustered out of service, having served the time for which they +enlisted. + +On the 3d of November the 54th Regiment was mustered out, and left for +home. On the 5th, the 56th, 77th, and 99th Regiments were also dismissed +from service, and each set out for their respective homes. This made our +duties very much harder, as no troops were furnished in place of those +leaving; consequently those who remained had to do double duty. We did +not mind that much, however, as we knew our time would soon come for +going home; although it would be near the middle of December before our +100 days were completed, yet our time was out with that of the remainder +of the Regiment, who were mustered in some 20 days before we were. + +The evening of November 16th was occupied by our Company in giving an +oyster supper as a complimentary entertainment to the officers of the +Regiment. The table was set and supper served in our cook-house. Among +our guests we had the Colonel and staff, and nearly all the line +officers of our Regiment, together with several members of other +Regiments. Everything passed off finely, and both guests and hosts +seemed to enjoy the evening's fun to the fullest extent. + +It was fully expected by the authorities that the Regiment would be +relieved from duty by the 20th of November, but all hopes of reaching +home before the first of the following month were given up, for we +certainly could not be spared until some Regiment should come to take +our place, as there were barely men enough to do the duty required, and +even those were virtually over-worked. It made little difference with +us, however, as we had some time yet to serve, but then we had expected +to be relieved from duty the same as the rest of the command to which we +were attached, and felt some little disappointment at the delay. All +were anxious to be home at Thanksgiving, the 24th of November, to eat +the time-honored roast turkey and plum pudding, but we found it was of +no use to raise any expectations, as they were not to be realized. We +were not forgotten, however. There arrived from home the night before +several boxes and barrels, well filled with all the delicacies, as well +as substantials, that are necessary to makeup a grand Thanksgiving +dinner. These were spread and partaken of by our boy with seemingly as +much pleasure as if we had been at home. + +After many disappointments and vexatious delays, orders were issued on +the 1st of December to the effect that any Company having the proper +papers drawn up and showing no deficiency as regarded equipments, should +be mustered out on the 2d day of December, or as soon thereafter as all +necessary papers were completed. + +You may imagine that a great amount of writing was done during that +night, as the next morning found us ready for the mustering officer. +Quite early in the morning we began to pack up and make preparations to +break camp. + +At 10 A. M. the Captain was in possession of the Quarter-Master's and +Ordinance officers' receipts for arms, accoutrements and camp equipage +returned, and at 11 A. M. we were mustered out of the United States +service, having been Uncle Sam's boys in blue just ninety-two days. We +soon after set off for the Depot with what baggage we had, and at 7 P. +M. reached Owego where we had to remain until morning. + +At about 7 o'clock we were in sight of home and soon at the Depot, here +we were received by a large number of citizens and marched directly to +the Armory where we were welcomed home in a short speech by _M. R. +Barnard_, neatly responded to by _Captain Blood_, after which we +separated to don a citizen's attire and citizen's employment. + +Although our three months' work, in the mere point of dollars and cents, +was a loss to every man, yet I doubt if there is one who regrets having +spent this much time in the government service. Each man received a +regular discharge which in years hence he may refer to with somewhat of +pride at the thought of having done even his mite in serving his country +and contributed a little towards suppressing the rebellion. We were +regularly enlisted in the United States army, and subject in every +particular to the same treatment and usage as any of the men in the +government employ. Our duty, it is true, was not attended with any of +the dangers which accompanied the duties of the men in the field, yet it +was work that had to be done, and could be as well performed by State +troops as to take veterans from the field. Our Company as a whole were +well treated in every instance, enjoying many advantages which the +social position of the members secured to them, and we were allowed +privileges which were hardly expected; in fact our standard of +capabilities was raised so high that our men were constantly being +detailed for some special duty, requiring men of more than ordinary +intellect and foresight to accomplish. Soon after moving to Barracks No. +3, two of our men were detached from the Company and placed in the +capacity of chief Clerks at Brigade Head-Quarters, another was made +Clerk and Assistant to the Post Inspector, each retaining his +responsible position during our stay in camp. Another was appointed to +the position of Ordinance Sergeant, while a fifth member held the rank +of Sergeant Major for a number of weeks, during the absence of the +regular occupant of that office. Any one at all acquainted with the +duties devolving upon an occupant of either of these offices, may judge +of the honor extended our Company, and the preference shown its +particular members, by the appointments to such positions of +responsibility and trust. + +It may be a fact worthy of mention, that there was not a duty imposed on +our men that was not promptly fulfilled; every detail called for was +forthcoming, and that, too, without hesitation or caviling, which was so +common among a large number of the Companies. This is the more +noticeable, as during the last few weeks of our stay at Elmira our boys +were called on to do double duty. There were so many of the Regiments +going home, and no provision made for supplying their places, yet every +duty was cheerfully performed, although some men did 40 hours actual +duty out of 48. + +Every man had a pride in keeping everything in and about our quarters +scrupulously clean. Our cook-house, with all its cooking apparatus, +presented the appearance of a model kitchen, and each tent was swept and +arranged with all the care that could have been taken by a tidy +house-wife. + +In appearance and proficiency of drill, as a Company, we soon attained a +place second to none, and which we easily retained against all +competitors. + +Through the exertions and faithfulness of our officers, we had the +pleasure of receiving from Captain Carpenter, the Post Inspector, the +compliment that we were finest in appearance, and most proficient in +drill, of any of the Companies stationed at Camp Chemung. + +Our officers were ever watchful to promote the comfort and best interest +of the men, striving in a hundred different ways to lighten the duties +imposed on the men, providing everything in their power to relieve the +sick, besides, at a personal expense, contributing many articles of food +or camp furniture, so that, by their exertions, the irksomeness of our +duties was destroyed, and every man considered it more of a pleasure +than an obligation to obey their commands. + +We were sorry to part with many of our own Regiment, as well as members +of other commands with whom we had formed an acquaintance, much to our +profit, but our work had been done, and we were honorably discharged, +returning home feeling that the time had been well spent, and with no +regrets that we had been in the United States service for three months. + + * * * * * + +December 26th a delegation of the Company attended the funeral of M. G. +Phillips, a late member. January 5th.--Annual meeting and supper at +Captain Esty's. Washington's Birth-day, February 22d, 1865, was duly +honored by the Company by a parade. May 28th--Attended the funeral of +the late Lieutenant George Fisk. June 27th--Were inspected at +Trumansburg by Colonel H. D. Barto. July 7th--A number of members were +expelled for violation of By-Laws. Attended the funeral of Captain +Bartholemew, at Etna, who was killed in the United States service. +August 3d--Attended the funeral of Major Belcher, who died from disease +contracted while in the army of the United States. Target shoot August +15th, 1865. The prizes were taken and awarded as follows: + +1st. William S. Crittenden--a splendid Revolver, presented by Captain +Esty. + +2d. Walter C. Steel--a pair of rich, gold-lined Silver Goblets, +presented by Lieutenant John C. Hazen. + +3d. L. S. Mackey--a beautiful Silver Castor, presented by the Sergeants +of the Company. + +4th. Sergeant E. M. Finch--an English silver-steel, pearl handle Pocket +Knife, presented by L. R. King, Esq. + +5th. Geo. R. Williams--bottle of French Perfumery, presented by Geo. E. +Halsey, Esq. + +6th. John Young--a magnificent box of Herring, presented by J. B. Taylor +& Co. + +7th. Geo. M. King--a Glass Pipe, presented by Messrs. J. B. Taylor & Co. + +After the prizes were awarded, Captain Esty was presented with a +magnificent sword, belt, sword-knot and case, by Capt. B. R. Williams, +on behalf of the members and ex-members of the Company. + +The Company was reviewed and inspected by Colonels H. D. Barto and K. S. +Van Voorhees, at Trumansburg, Oct. 19th, 1865. January 23d, attended the +funeral of Chief-Engineer Joseph Sidney, U. S. N., who died while in the +service of his country. + +We now come in the history of the Company to the dedication of the new +Armory and Drill-Room, which are located in the Cornell Library +building, and which were dedicated by one of the finest entertainments +ever given in Ithaca, February 10th, 1866, at which time the Company +were assisted by Miss Louise St. John, Mrs. J. S. Granger, Miss A. +McCormick, Mrs. Joseph Esty, Jr., and Miss Frankie Atwater; also Gen. H. +A. Dowe, Gen. William Glenny, Col. Charles F. Blood, Col. K. S. Van +Voorhees, Capt. B. R. Williams, Quar. Mas. J. C. Heath, Hon. B. G. +Ferris, Hon. James B. Taylor, F. M. Finch, Esq., F. K. Andrus, Esq., +Charles Curtis, Esq., Edward Hall, Esq., Thomas Crane, Esq., Edward +Moore, Esq., L. V. B. Maurice, Esq., Elijah Cornell, Esq., and Master +Fred. Summers. + +The entertainment was liberally patronized by the citizens of Ithaca, +enabling the Company to cancel a large proportion of the indebtedness +incurred in furnishing their Armory. The expenditures of the Company in +this direction, and expense attending their exhibition, was six hundred +and twenty-eight dollars and fifty-four cents. + +The present indebtedness of the Company is less than two hundred +dollars, which amount they hope to cancel entirely by the profits on the +sales of this History. + +The furniture of the Armory will compare, we think, with any room in the +Library. A fine photographic likeness of each of the officers of the +Company, taken by the celebrated Artists, Messrs. Beardsley Brothers, +occupy a prominent position. The Drill-Room is one of the finest in the +State. For the present superior advantages enjoyed by the Company, they +are much indebted to Hon. Ezra Cornell, whose name is connected with +every enterprise which has in view the prosperity of our village. + +We have endeavored to give, as we stated at the commencement, a full, +true and concise history of the DeWitt Guard, our task is completed; and +in closing, we only ask that a generous public will remember the present +and former members of this Company, who sacrificed so much for their +country in the hour of her peril, and to bestow honor where honor is +due. + + + * * * * * + + +Transcriber's Notes + +Obvious punctuation errors repaired. + +Page 15: "unparalelled" changed to "unparalleled" (to a degree +unparalleled). + +Pages 19, 21: "Chancellorville" changed to "Chancellorsville". + +Page 19: "Coal Harbor" changed to "Cold Harbor". + +Page 33: "comrads" changed to "comrades" (the cheers of comrades). + +Page 37: "seperated" changed to "separated" (separated from his +command). + +Page 38: "commisioned" changed to "commissioned" (was elected and +commissioned). + +Page 40: "excrutiating" changed to "excruciating" (the most excruciating +torture). + +Page 41: "comrad" changed to "comrade" (of our deceased comrade). + +Page 50: "base" changed to "bass" (on the bass drum). + +Page 50: "equippage" changed to "equipage" (equipage in perfect order). + +Page 53: "reconnoisances" changed to "reconnoissances" (two important +reconnoissances). + +Page 105: "accroutrements" changed to "accoutrements" (with gun and +accoutrements). + +Page 115: "opperation" changed to "operation" (in operation day and +night). + +Page 125: "marksman" changed to "marksmen" (marksmen in Tompkins +County). + +Page 137: "excell" changed to "excel" (Few men can excel him). + +Page 145: "brake" changed to "break" (enough to break down). + +Page 155: "McNiel" changed to "McNeil". + +Page 166: "stake" changed to "steak" (the beef steak will be tender). + +Page 167: "potatoe" changed to "potato" (beef-steak-and-potato). + +Page 180: "arraigned" changed to "arranged" (our boys arranged). + +Page 180: "inexhaustable" changed to "inexhaustible" (inexhaustible +store of fun). + +Page 184: "ninty" changed to "ninety" (just ninety-two days). + +Page 186: "capabilites" changed to "capabilities" (our standard of +capabilities). + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of History of the Dewitt guard, company +A, 50th regiment National guard, state of New York, by Unknown + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORY OF THE DEWITT GUARD *** + +***** This file should be named 36200.txt or 36200.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/3/6/2/0/36200/ + +Produced by Moti Ben-Ari and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was +produced from images generously made available by The +Internet Archive/American Libraries.) + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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