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Engineers of the 8th N.Y. State Militia, 1861.

Engineers of the 8th N.Y. State Militia, 1861.

History of Monroe CountyWebster's Civil War Soldiers

History of Monroe County, New York, 1788-1877
by Prof. W. H. McIntosh
pages 269-294

Residents of Webster that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Webster Public Library Reference Section (r974.788)

A

ADAMS, Thomas enlisted October 1864
ANDREW, Orson Company H, 140th Infantry, enlisted August 1862; discharged 1865
ANDREWS, Orin Company A, 23rd Infantry, enlisted May 1861; in battles of Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg; discharged May 1863
ANDREWS, Rowland Company B, 27th Infantry, enlisted May 1861; in battles of Bull Run, Richmond; wounded at Savage Station, and died there
AUSTIN, Charles enlisted September 1864
AUSTIN, George L. enlisted March 1865

B

BAILEY, Charles Company F, 108th Infantry, enlisted July 1862; wounded at Gettysburg and at Wilderness; discharged May 1862, on account of wounds
BAILEY, Harvey Company I, 140th Infantry, enlisted August 1862; in battles of Wilderness, Cedar Creek, and Fredericksburg; discharged June 1865
BAILEY, John Widener Company F, 108th Infantry, enlisted February 1864; killed at battle of Petersburg, June 20, 1864
BALLARD, Hiram Company C, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted January 1862; discharged January 1865
BANCROFT, William R Company C, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted December 1863; discharged June 1865
BAUMAN, Jacob 108th Infantry, enlisted August 1862; deserted
BEAVER, William Company A, 108th Infantry, enlisted July 1862; died in the army
BEEBE, Spencer 1st New York enlisted October 1861; in battles of Antietam, Bull Run, Gettysburg, Wilderness, and Cold Harbor; discharged October 1864
BELL, Henry Joseph 151st Infantry, enlisted 1862; killed near Petersburg
BENEDICT, Leonard Company M, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted December 1863; killed near Petersburg, April 6, 1865
BILLINGS, Flynn 22d Cavalry, enlisted, 1863; discharged August 1865
BOUGHTON, Wilson H. Company M, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted December 1862; in battles of Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Reams' Station; at Lee's surrender; discharged October 1865
BOWERS, Squire Company H, 8th Cavalry, enlisted September 1861; discharged June 1862
BOWMAN, George Company A, 8th Cavalry, enlisted July 1862
BOWMAN, Jacob Company G, 108th Infantry, enlisted July 1861
BOWNES, Edward 108th Infantry, enlisted July 1862
BRADSHAW, Luther G. Company A, 108th Infantry, enlisted July 1862
BREWER, Peter Company A, 8th Cavalry, enlisted October 1861
BREWER, Sylvester Company D, 140th Infantry, enlisted August 1862; in many battles; imprisoned; discharged August 1865
BROCK, Charles Company B, 9th Heavy Artillery, enlisted August 1862; wounded at Cold Harbor, and discharged May 1865, on account of wounds
BROWN, William Henry Company I, 140th Infantry, enlisted August 1862; in battles of Gettysburg, Chancelloreville, Fredericksburg, Wilderness and Petersburg; discharged June 1865
BUNNELL, Daniel 18th New York, enlisted August 1862; in battles of Bislin, Port Hudson, also in post near Mobile; discharged July 1865
BURNETT, Samuel Company A, 8th Cavalry, enlisted September I861; in battles of Antietam, Bull Run, Gettysburg; discharged 1864; re-enlisted; discharged July 1865
BURNETT, William W. Company H, 8th Cavalry, enlisted September 1861; wounded on Wilson's raid; taken prisoner, sent to Petersburg, then to Richmond; exchanged in fall of 1864; discharged January 1865; re-enlisted

C

CAMPBELL, James Company F, 8th Cavalry, enlisted October 1861; in no engagement; discharged October 1862, on account of disability
CARROLL, Charles 8th Cavalry, enlisted October 1861; engaged on railroad; discharged July 1865
CARROLL, Frank 8th Cavalry, enlisted October 1861; discharged December 1864
CHAPMAN, William Company A, 108th Infantry, enlisted July 1862; wounded at Antietam; discharged December 1862, on account of wounds
CLARK, Charles Edgar Company C, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted January 1862; discharged February 1865
CLARK, George W. 8th Cavalry, enlisted November 1861; wounded by shell; discharged 1864
CLEGG, William enlisted August 1864
CLOW, Charles Company C, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted December 1863; in many battles including Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Reams' Station, Petersburg; discharged October 1865
COONEY, James Company C, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted August 1862; in battles of Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Reams' Station; taken prisoner and sent to Richmond; no more known of him
CORY, Robert A. Company C, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted August 1862; discharged May 1865
COWELL, John B 108th Infantry, enlisted July 1862
CURTICE, Calvin Company E, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted August 1862; in battles including Cold Harbor, Wilderness, Petersburg, Deep Bottom; discharged June 1865
CURTICE, Orin S. Company E, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted August 1862; in battles of Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Deep Bottom; discharged July 1865

D

DAVIS, James Stacy Company C, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted August 1862
DEAN, Rowe Company C, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted August 1862; in battles of Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and Reams' Station; taken prisoner, and died November 1864, in Salisbury prison
DEITS, Franklin Company B, 108th Infantry, enlisted July 1862
DICKINSON, George A. enlisted August 1862
DOYLE, Francis A. enlisted March 1865
DRAKE, Manning Company G, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted December 1863; in battles of Wilderness and Williamsburg; discharged September 1865
DRUM, Henry S. Company G, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted January 1864; in many battles including Wilderness, Petersburg; died in army January 1865
DUNCOMBE, John Company C, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted January 1862; taken prisoner at Reams' Station; in Salisbury prison six months; discharged 1864; re-enlisted
DUNN, John enlisted September 1864
DUSENBURY, David Company I, 8th Cavalry, enlisted October 1861; wounded at Cedar Creek; discharged on account of wounds, August 1864
DUSENBURY, Eli Musician, Company C, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted December 1862; discharged January 1864; re-enlisted

F

FARR, Thomas S. Company L, 8th Cavalry, enlisted August 1861; in many battles; promoted to Captain; wounded at Waynesborough; died September 1864, of wounds
FAY, John Company D, 13th Infantry
FINKLE, Frinkley Company M, 21st Cavalry, enlisted October 1863; wounded; discharged August 1865
FINKLE, George 18th (Mack's) Battery, enlisted December 1863; discharged July 1865
FISHER, John 140th Infantry
FOOTE, Adonijah Company A, 140th Infantry, enlisted February 1865
FOSDICK, Andrew J. Company M, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted December 1863; in battle of Cold Harbor; taken prisoner at Reams' Station; exchanged; discharged June 1865
FOSTER, Charles W. 18th (Mack's) Battery, enlisted August 1862; in battles of Plain's Store and Port Hudson; discharged August 1863, on account of disability   ...more
FRY, Orin 13th Infantry; died in army

G

GARDNER, Henry 4th Heavy Artillery enlisted January 1861; discharged July 1863; re-enlisted; discharged July 1865
GLEADELL, James Company G, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted February 1864; discharged September 1865
GRANGER, John 4th Heavy Artillery
GRANGER, Seman Company C, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted January 1862; re-enlisted; in battles of Wilderness; taken prisoner at Reams' Station; died November 1864, at Libby prison
GRAPINSTATER, Frank Company C, 4th Heavy Artillery
GREENMAN, Matthew 9th Artillery, enlisted December 1862
GREENMAN, Wesley 9th Artillery, enlisted December 1862; died in the army
GREY, John 108th Infantry, enlisted July 1862
GRUNELL, Nathan L. Company L, 1st New York enlisted October 1861; discharged November 1864

H

HALEY, James enlisted September 1864
HALL, Samuel 130th Infantry, enlisted August 1862
HALLANER, Conrad Company I, 8th Cavalry, enlisted October 1861; taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry; in prison three months; discharged November 1862, on account of disability
HAMIL, John W. Company E, 2nd Cavalry, enlisted March 1865
HARRISON, George enlisted September 1864
HART, Romaine B. Company B, 108th Infantry, enlisted August 1862; wounded in battle of Antietam; discharged on account of wounds; re-enlisted; discharged 1865
HASKINS, Stephen 8th Cavalry, enlisted 1861
HAYDEN, Michael Company E, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted August 1862; in Salisbury prison six months; sick after; discharged August 1865
HEATH, Henry Company I, 8th Cavalry, enlisted October 1861; wounded; died of wounds September 1863
HENMAN, Charles J. 4th Heavy Artillery
HERRICK, E. G. Company G, 26th Infantry, enlisted May 1861; died in Alexandria, 1862
HERRICK, Joseph Company E, 13th Infantry, enlisted May 1861; in battles of Bull Run and Wilderness; discharged May 1863
HETLER, John 18th New York, enlisted August 1862; wounded while washing; died in hospital in 1863
HETLER, William
HISCUTT, Benjamin Company M, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted January 1864; died in hospital
HISCUTT, Francis Company A, 108th Infantry, enlisted July 1862; discharged May 1865
HODGE, Benjamin 18th New York, enlisted August 1882; in battles of Port Hudson and Baton Rouge; died of sickness at Mobile, May 1865
HODSKEY, Daniel Company E, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted August 1862; deserted in 1863, and went to Canada
HOLCOMB, Andrew Company L, 1st New York, enlisted November 1861; in many battles including Bull Run, Antietam, Gettysburg; discharged 1864; re-enlisted; discharged 1865
HOLLEY, Lawton D. Company E, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted August 1862; in battles of Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Petersburg; taken prisoner at Reams' Station; imprisoned, paroled, exchanged; discharged May 1865
HURD, Frank Company C, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted December 1863; wounded in battle of Wilderness in May 1864; discharged September 1865

J

JANES, William 27th Infantry, enlisted June 1861
JEMMISON, William Company A, 26th Infantry, enlisted August 1861; wounded at second Bull Run; discharged March 1862, on account of wounds
JONES, Stephen Company B, 9th Artillery, enlisted August 1862; discharged July 1865
JUMP, Orin Company B, 8th Cavalry, enlisted 1861; died September 1864, in Andersonville prison
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K

KENNEDY, Michael 105th Infantry, enlisted March 1862
KETCHUM, Charles Company R, 13th Infantry, enlisted May 1861; deserted; left country; returned to town after war
KETCHUM, Howard Company K, 4th Heavy Artillery
KINNEY, James enlisted September 1864
KIRBY, William 108th (Mack's Battery) enlisted December 1862
KNIGHT, George W. 1st New York, enlisted November 1861
KRAMER, Adam 98th Infantry, enlisted November 1861; in many battles including Yorktown, Williamsburg, Cold Harbor, Antietam, Petersburg; discharged February 1865

L

LABAR, Dennis Company K, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted January 1864; came home on furlough, February 1864, and did not return
LABAR, Joseph Company K, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted December 1863; died in the army in 1864
LAEVINS, George M. Company A, 108th Infantry, enlisted June 1862; in battle of Antietam; taken sick and discharged January 1863
LAREAR, Voruel enlisted April 1865
LEES, John Company K, 6th Cavalry, enlisted September 1861; discharged August 1864
LOCKWOOD, Charles 140th Infantry, enlisted August 1862; thrown from baggage wagon, which dislocated hip; discharged February 1863
LOUCK, Abram Company I, 8th Cavalry, enlisted October 1861; was injured at Harper's Ferry; discharged March 1863, on account of injuries
LYON, Avery 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted December 1861

M

MAHONEY, John enlisted September 1864
MANCHESTER, Charles 9th Heavy Artillery, enlisted August 1862
MANDEVILLE, Mason 18th New York, died in the army
MANN, George Washington Company M, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted January 1864; in battles of Wilderness, Cold Harbor; taken prisoner at Reams' Station; died at Salisbury prison
MATTHERER, George Company M, 8th Cavalry, enlisted August 1862; wounded by shell near Fredericksburg; discharged December 1863
MCAFFEE, Archibald 108th Infantry
MCFARLIN, Charles Company H, 8th Cavalry, enlisted October 1861; died in hospital at Edwards' Ferry, April 1862
MCFARLIN, John 8th Cavalry, enlisted October 1861; killed at Winchester May 26, 1862
MCGUCKIN, Andrew 108th Infantry, enlisted July 1862; killed at Antietam, Sept 17, 1862
MCKEE, Leman Company C, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted August 1862; in battles of Wilderness, Cold Harbor; taken prisoner at Petersburg; died in Salisbury prison, October 1864
MIDDAUGH, Benjamin W. Company B, 8th Cavalry, enlisted November 1861; discharged February 1862, on account of disability
MIDDAUGH, Levi S. Company A, 3rd Cavalry, enlisted July 1861; discharged July 1864
MOORE, James
enlisted September 1864
MOSLEY, Lewis  

N

NEWCOMBE, Wellington 4th Heavy Artillery
NICKLEY, Jacob 140th Infantry, enlisted August 1862
NORTHRUP, Willis G. Company K, 108th Infantry, enlisted July 1862; discharged May 1865
NORTON, Frank Company H, 3rd Cavalry, enlisted August 1861; in many battles including Kingston, Whitehall; re-enlisted December 1863; discharged November 1865

O

O'FEE, John Company A, 108th Infantry, enlisted July 1862; wounded at battle of Chancellorsville, May 1864; discharged May 1865

P

PAINTER, George Company B, 9th Heavy Artillery, enlisted August 1862; in battle of Cold Harbor; wounded at Cedar Creek; discharged May 1865, on account of wounds
PALLETT, John Company A, 108th Infantry, enlisted July 1862; taken sick; discharged July 1863
PARKHURST, Charles 13th Infantry, enlisted May 1861; left army soon, for parts unknown
PARKHURST, David Company H, 140th Infantry, enlisted August 1862; discharged December 1864
PARKHURST, Fayette Company H, 8th Cavalry, enlisted October 1861; not in service long; discharged January 1862
PARKHURST, John M. Company C, 102nd Infantry, enlisted July 1862; wounded at Lookout Mountain; discharged September 1865
PARKHURST, Lyman Company K, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted January 1864; taken prisoner at Spottsylvania; three months in Andersonville prison; discharged April 1866
PARKHURST, Nathan Company A, 108th Infantry, enlisted July 1862; wounded at Antietam and Fredericksburg; discharged May 1865
PARSONS, Marshall Company C, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted August 1862; in battles of Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and Reams' Station; discharged May 1865
PARTRIDGE, William H. Company H, 78th Infantry, enlisted February 1862; in battles of Bull Run, Antietam, Gettysburg; wounded at Atlanta; discharged February 1865
PEET, Horace 8th Cavalry, enlisted September 1861
PHILLIPS, Dorr Company C, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted August 1862
PHILLIPS, John Company C, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted November 1861; re-enlisted
PHILLIPS, Ray 3rd Cavalry, enlisted July 1861; discharged August 1864
PIERCE, Charles Company A, 108th Infantry, enlisted July 1862; died a prisoner, near Alexandria
PIERCE, Samuel Company B, 9th Heavy Artillery, enlisted May 1863; in battles of Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Winchester, Cedar Creek, and at Lee's surrender; discharged October 1865
PLATT, Thomas enlisted September 1864
POOL, Rufus K. Company C, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted August 1862; died in hospital, February 1863
PORTER, George 18th New York, enlisted December 1863; went through siege of Mobile; discharged July 1865
PRATT, Oscar E. Company C, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted August 1862; promoted to Colonel; in battles of Cedar Creek, Petersburg, Appomattox, and others; mustered out October 1866
PRESTON, Joseph Company G, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted January 1863; in battles of Wilderness, Cold Harbor, and at surrender of Lee; discharged June 1865
PRIMBLE, Robert Company C, 1st Cavalry, enlisted August 1863; discharged August 1865

R

RICE, Chancey 26th Infantry, re-enlisted
RICHARDS, Andrew Company M, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted January 1864; in battles of Wilderness and Weldon Railroad; sick; discharged May 1865
RIDLEY, Benjamin 12th Infantry, enlisted December 1861; at siege of Yorktown, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Rappahannock; discharged 1863; re-enlisted; still in service
ROBB, Hawley 3rd Cavalry, enlisted August 1861; in battles of Cold Harbor, Wilderness, Petersburg, and at Lee's surrender; discharged 1864; re-enlisted
ROBB, James, jr. Company C, 3rd Cavalry, enlisted August 1861; in battles of Ball's Bluff and Kingston; came home on furlough, October 1863, and did not return
ROBISON, Lewis Company M, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted January 1864; in battles of Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Reams' Station; wounded; discharged June 1865
RODGERS, Charles M. Company B, 108th Infantry, enlisted August 1862; last known of him was at battle of Fredericksburg
RODGERS, Robert Company H, 3rd Cavalry, enlisted July 1861
ROGERS, Henry 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted 1863; discharged December 1865
ROWE, William Company C, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted December 1862; wounded at battle of Cold Harbor; discharged 1865

S

SAMPSON, William 3rd Cavalry, enlisted August 1862; discharged soon, on account of disability
SANFORD, Thomas enlisted March 1865
SCHENCK, John Company C, 4th Artillery, enlisted August 1862
SCOTT, Walter enlisted September 1864
SHALER, John Company D, 13th Infantry, enlisted October 1861; discharged 1861, on account of disability; re-enlisted; in battles of second Bull Run, Yorktown and Fredericksburg; discharged 1865
SHARP, Isaac 4th Artillery
SIMPKINS, Silas Company A, 108th Infantry, enlisted July 1862; in battle of Antietam; discharged December 1862, on account of sickness
SLATER, Edward 108th Infantry, enlisted August 1862
SMART, Benjamin Company H, 13th Infantry, enlisted May 1861; in many battles including Bull Run, Ball's Bluff; discharged May 1863
SMITH, Edwin Company C, 4th Artillery, enlisted August 1862; in battles of Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Reams' Station; at Lee's surrender; discharged June 1865
SMITH, Morris 9th Artillery, enlisted August 1862
SMITH, Rawson Company E, 18th New York, enlisted September 1862; wounded near Baton Rouge; lost an arm; discharged June 1864
SMITH, William Henry Company M, 4th Artillery, enlisted December 1863; discharged September 1865
SNYDER, Eben Company F, 8th Cavalry
SNYDER, James H. 13th Infantry
SPEAR, Monroe 140th Infantry; too young, and not accepted
SPRAGUE, Jerome Reynolds' Battery, enlisted November 1861; died in Washington January 1862
STAATS, Abram M. Company C, 4th Heavy Artillery, enlisted August 1862; in many battles including Kingstown, Petersburg; discharged July 1864
STAATS, Daniel Company H, 3rd Cavalry, enlisted August 1861
STAATS, John Company A, 3rd Cavalry, enlisted July 1861; discharged on account of disability, November 1863
STEWART, Nathan Company C, 4th Artillery, enlisted December 1863; discharged September 1865
STONEBURGHER, William Company M, 4th Artillery, enlisted December 1863; discharged September 1865
STRATTON, James H. 140th Infantry, taken prisoner at battle of Wilderness, and died in Andersonville prison
STRATTON, William James Company C, 4th Artillery, enlisted August 1862; mail-carrier; discharged 1865
SUTTER, Nicholas 8th Cavalry, enlisted August 1862
SUTTON, Nelson Company C, 4th Artillery, enlisted August 1862; discharged June 1865

T

TAYLOR, James Company A, 108th Infantry, enlisted July 1862; in battles of Antietam, Gettysburg, Wilderness, and Winchester; wounded at Gettysburg; discharged 1865

V

VAN ALSTYNE, Frank Company M, 22nd Cavalry, enlisted February 1862; discharged September 1865
VAN ALSTYNE, George W. Company C, 4th Artillery enlisted August 1862; taken prisoner at Reams' Station; in prison six months; discharged 1865
VAN ALSTYNE, Jay Company M, 8th Cavalry, enlisted September 1861; wounded 1862; discharged 1863
VANNERS, David Company C, 4th Artillery, enlisted August 1862
VINTON, Joshua 108th (Mack's Battery), enlisted December 1863; died in army December 1864
VOSBURGH, Ira Company C, 4th Artillery, enlisted August 1862; discharged June 1865

W

WAGER, Alexis Company E, 108th Infantry, enlisted August 1862; in many battles including Antietam, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, Petersburg; discharged May 1865
WARD, Philip 108th Infantry, enlisted August 1862
WEAVER, John 8th Cavalry, enlisted 1861
WELCHLEY, John 140th Infantry, enlisted August 1862
WELLER, Edgar Alonzo Company M, 4th Artillery, enlisted December 1863; in battles of Wilderness, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg; discharged September 1865
WELSHER, Frank Company A, 108th Infantry, enlisted July 1862; wounded at Antietam; died May 1863
WHITING, Albert 18th New York, enlisted August 1862; imprisoned; paroled; discharged July 1865
WHITING, Joel Company A, 108th Infantry, enlisted July 1862; in battle of Antietam; taken sick; brought home in 1863, and died
WILEY, Hebron 13th Infantry, discharged March 1863
WILLARD, Albert J. Company E, 4th Artillery, enlisted August 1862; discharged June 1865
WILLIAMS, Almerin A. Company C, 4th Artillery, enlisted August 1862; in battles of Wilderness, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg; discharged June 1865
WILSON, A. Frank Company H, 108th Infantry, enlisted July 1862; in many battles including Antietam, Chancellorsville; discharged April 1864
WILSON, John J. 9th Artillery, enlisted August 1862; discharged June 1865
WINEGARD, Emery J. Company C, 100th Infantry, enlisted November 1861; wounded at Fair Oaks battle; taken prisoner at Deep Bottom, and sent to Andersonville;
WOLCOTT, Asel B. Company A, 3rd Cavalry, enlisted July 1861; discharged July 1864
WOLCOTT, George P. Company C, 4th Artillery, enlisted August 1862; taken sick, and died November 1862
WOODHULL, William Henry Company A, 108th Infantry, enlisted June 1862; in battles of Chancellorsville, Antietam, and Gettysburg; wounded at Antietam and at Gettsburg; discharged on account of wounds November 1863
WRIGHT, Jacob 18th New York enlisted August 1862; in battles of Port Hudson and Store Plains
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