60TH NY Infantry

This silk national color originally included either 34 or 35, gold-colored, painted stars in a concentric oval pattern. Overall, approximately 40% of the flag is missing, including most of the canton, the lower stripe, the fly edge, and fringe. The losses result from use, poor storage, and possibly souveniring. In 1967 a flag restorer sandwiched the flag between nylon netting and used blue infill fabric to disguise losses in the canton.

From: http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/btlflags/infantry/60thInfNationalColor2008.0002.htm

Links From Anne Cady's web site:

ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY NY CIVIL WAR Data:
St. Lawrence County Civil War Rosters, with Soldier Index - From 1878 Evert's History of St. Lawrence County
4-part series of articles from Northern Tribune Newspaper discussing Civil War Veterans from Rossie
Roster of Canton "Hartwell T. Martyn" GAR Post - 1909 Includes both living and deceased members
 

Stan Maine's Paper: http://slcha.org/60reunion/60thNY.pdf   

       Note, from Stan, "the 33rd Militia was the core of the 60th regiment NYS Volunteers"

St Lawrence Plaindealer, March 29, 1862:

St. Lawrence Plaindealer, Jan 14 1908:

New York State Military Museum - 60th NY:

Medal of Honor Winner - New Hope Church, Ga and Picketts Mill - Follett Johnson

Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 60th New York Infantry. Place and date: At New Hope Church, Ga., 27 May 1864. Entered service at: ------. Birth: St. Lawrence, N.Y. Date of issue: 6 April 1892. Citation: Voluntarily exposed himself to the fire of a Confederate sharpshooter, thus drawing fire upon himself and enabling his comrade to shoot the sharpshooter.

Newspaper clippings link:  http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/60thInf/60thInfCWN.htm

60th Regiment Infantry "St. Lawrence Regiment" from: http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unnyinf5.htm#60

Organized at Ogdensburg, N.Y., and mustered in October 30, 1861. Left State for Baltimore, Md., November 4, 1861. Attached to Dix's Division to March, 1862. Railroad Brigade, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Sigel's Division, Dept. of the Shenandoah, to June 26, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, to August, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September. 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, to May, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division. 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.
 

SERVICE.--Duty at Baltimore, Md., and between there and Washington, D.C.; also at Relay House, Md., and Harper's Ferry, W. Va., until June, 1862. Defense of Harper's Ferry May 28-30. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley until August. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Sulphur Springs August 24. Battle of Groveton August 29. Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17. Duty at Bolivar Heights until December. Reconnaissance to Rippon, W. Va., November 9. Expedition to Winchester December 2-6. March to Fredericksburg, Va., December 9-16. Duty at Fairfax until January 20, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24. Duty on line of the Rappahannock until September 24. Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3. Duty in Lookout Valley until November. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Battles of Lookout Mountain November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27. Duty at Bridgeport, Ala., until May, 1864. Scout from Stevenson to Caperton's Ferry April 11 (Detachment). Veterans on furlough December, 1863-January, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Operations about Rocky Faced Ridge, Tunnel Hill and Buzzard's Roost May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Cassville May 19. New Hope Church May 25. Battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 26-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw  Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Mountain June 11-14. Ackworth June 12. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2. Occupation of Atlanta September 2 to November 15. Expedition from Atlanta to Tuckum's Cross Roads October 26-29. Near Atlanta November 9. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Near Davisboro November 28. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. North Edisto River, S.C., February 12-13. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 9-13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C, via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out July 17, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 64 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 96 Enlisted men by disease. Total 168.

New York Times, Nov 5, 1861:

Ogdensburg Advance 1861:

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William Bingham Goodrich  (Col. Killed at Antietam)

Leffert Lefferts Buck    (carried the flag to the top of Lookout Mountain, Tn - became a famous engineer - bridge builder.

Photo provided by Joe Laurenza from the Gouverneur, NY Museum and Stella Tamblin, Richville Historian

Abel Godard

Reverend Jesse Henry Jones

Jesse H. Jones: Age, 25 years. Enrolled September 24th, 1861 at Ogdensburg. Mustered into Company G as a private October 30th, 1861 for a three-year tour of duty. Promoted to Corporal February 1st, 1863 and discharged January 27th, 1864.  ( from NY State Military Museum http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/60thInf/60thInfPersonJones.htm

                  Ogdensburg Advance 1886

Reverend Richard Eddy

Capt. Thomas Elliott from Heuvelton (buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, Heuvelton  - Thomas Elliott, Major 60th NY Vols; Born July 12, 1828 (Section 35)

This picture is from the period of time when the 60th NY served between Baltimore, Md., and Washington, D. C., under General Dix in the so-called Railroad Brigade, at Baltimore and Relay House, Md.

Cpl. J.B. Major, Relay House 1863     

This MIGHT be Joseph Major from Oswegatchie.  There is a person listed by this name on Anne Cady's list for the 142nd under Capt. William Wheeler:  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stlawgen/ROSTERS/142E.HTM

Major, Joseph; private; enrolled Sept 16, 1862 at Oswegatchie

These two pictures are from Daniel Carroll Toomey's book  "A History of Relay, Maryland and The Thomas Viaduct" -  A copy of this book can be purchased by writing to the publisher, Toomey Press, PO Box 122, Linthicum, MD  21090.  Both pictures were taken by "W.J. Miller, Baltimore, Baltimore"

Rollin Conkey Gale -  2nd Lieutenant;  enrolled Oct 19, 1861 at Ogdensburg, company I, age 27, promoted to Capt & Assistant Adjutant General. Gale was commissioned into Company I as a Second Lieutenant on 24 September 1861 and was quickly promoted to First Lieutenant on 30 October 1861. He was discharged for promotion on 25 August 1862 and commissioned into the United States Volunteers Adjutant General Department as a Captain and Assistant Adjutant General and mustered out on 19 September 1865.  Rollin Conkey Gale married Delia Hodskin - Canton, NY.  He born in  Orwell, Vt. in 1832 and then lived in Canton, NY.  Their son was Dr. William (Will) Hodskin Gale of Clinton County Michigan.  Family search has Rollin listed as the son of Esther Conkey (dau. James B Conkey & Mary Hulburt) and Nathan M. Gale , doctor (b Bridgeport Vt., d Cornwall Vt).  After the Civil War, Rollin moved west.  The articles below say he died in 1879 but the dates don't add up, another article I found lists the death date as 1882.  Family search has him listed as getting married a second time on  Oct 29, 1879 in Pierce Wisconsin to Helen EA Palmer.    They had a daughter Addia Gale born May 1880 in Wisconsin and Rollin  died April 23, 1882 in St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota.

• St. Lawrence Republican 1913 (SLC Band - played at Lincoln's funeral:

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• Canton Commercial Advertiser Jan 26, 1943:

Dr. James S Gale:

• Canton Commercial Advertiser 1942 (James S Gale brother of Rollin Conkey Gale):
  

• Aug 1894 - Canton Commercial Advertiser and Massena Observer:

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FOLLOW THEIR FOOTSTEPS!

Places the 60th NY Fought during the Civil War -

• Leaving  Ogdensburg NY:

           Ogdensburg Advance, November 8, 1861:

Ogdensburg Advance 1861:

New York Times - Nov 5, 1861:

Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia & Washington DC:

Visit this page to read Donald Brown's articles Md., Relay, Harper's Ferry, Lowden Heights, Shenandoah, Chancellorsville, Antietam, Winchester and Gettysburg

• Pictures of Relay Station, Md. and the Thomas Viaduct:

The Relay Viaduct Hotel

A little story from "A History of Relay, Maryland and The Thomas Viaduct" by Daniel Carroll Toomey- pg 22-(toomey pres@aol.com)  "While on duty at Relay, a number of Union solders were killed or injured in railroad accidents.  William McDonald (from Ogdensburg NY), of Company E, Sixtieth New York Volunteers, was walking guard duty one night when he felt ill and sat down on the track to regain his composure.  He fainted, falling in such a way as to leave one leg on the track.  When a New York Express came through, it stuck the unfortunate soldier causing him to lose his leg below the knee but not his life. "

• Ellicotts Mills  from http://wolffmad.com/soldiers/

Death was also caused by careless behavior as young men became accustomed to military realities. At that time, the Patapsco Guards patrolled the covered bridge over the Patapsco on the Howard County side of town, while the soldiers of Company B, the 60th Regiment, New York Volunteers were patrolling the Baltimore County side. Every two hours, at the change of guard, the guards on each side of the bridge met at the center for a salute.

Town witnesses gave testimony that William Knight had been horsing around with Private Simon Fishbeck of New York at the bridge, playing at bayonet fights, when Fishbeck's gun went off. Knight was wounded in the shoulder. Although he received immediate care from Dr. McGlaughlin of Ellicotts Mills, who witnessed the shooting, Knight still died within minutes. The New York troops were not allowed to carry loaded guns in the daytime, but Fishbeck testified that he had picked up the wrong gun, on left over from a night sentry.

• Near Viaduct Bridge, Baltimore, Md: Ogdensburg Advance, November 22, 1861: (Info dated Nov 12)

St. Lawrence Republican Nov 26, 1861:

• Camp Reese, Baltimore, Md.: Ogdensburg Advance, December 13, 1861: (Info Dated Dec 5)

• Clare Station, Near Baltimore, Md - Ogdensburg Advance Dec 27, 1861 (Info date Dec 14)

• Camp Hobart, Baltimore, Md. - Ogdensburg Advance January 10, 1862 (Info dated Jan 2):

• Headquarters at Baltimore - Ogdensburg Advance Jan 17, 1862 (Info date Jan 6)

(Captain Remington above is Seth Pierre Remington - Scott's 900 Cavalry)

•  Camp Rathrone, Baltimore, Md. - Ogdensburg Advance January 24, 1862:

Ogdensburg Advance 1862:

Soldiers from the 60th killed or died of disease Near Baltimore:

Hugh Adrain - buried in Heuvelton

John  Annett - Frederick Md.

John Arney 

Thomas Boyd died Jan 1862 buried in the Soldiers Cem

James Cavenaugh died 12/19/1861 buried at Louden Park

Benjamin B Clark - Captain - died in Baltimore of Fever

Orso C Danton - killed 4/22/1862 buried at Baltimore

Henry W. Dunn(Drum), * of the 60th Regt NYSV; Died in Baltimore MD, Dec 11, 1861 of Typhoid Fever, 35 yrs (Section 1) - Pine Hill Cemetery, Morristown NY

Henry C Eastman - died 3/8/1862 buried at Southville, NY

Aaron Geer - died 12/17/1861 buried Baltimore Md

Freeman Hamlin died 10/9/1862

Holey E Meacham died 12/31/1861 buried Baltimore Md.

Samuel Melvin died Dec 1861

Edwin H Porter, died - accident - Baltimore Md

Henry W Powers died disease 11/20/1861 -buried Baltimore Md.

George Rush - died at Relay House 7/26/1862

Joseph Shampine, died typhoid 9/22/1852, buried Cypress Hill?

Wallace Smith died 4/24/1862 buried in Hermon NY

Mortimer Stevens, died Typhoid 12/20/1861 ,buried at Hillcrest Cemetery Heuvelton

David P Whitman, died Typhoid 2/17/1862, Baltimore Md.

• Harper's Ferry, West Virginia (May 25 1862) (under command of Major General Sigel through the Shenandoah Valley  & Major General Banks through a retreat through Virginia.

        Major General Franz Sigel  From Harper's Weekly http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1862/general-sigel.htm

Sigel, Franz, 1824-1902. German-American, soldier and editor, b. Sinsheim, Germany. To U. S. (1852); served through Civil War on Union side; major general (1862). Publisher and editor, New Yorker Deutsches Volksblatt. (from National Archives)
 

 

Major General Nathaniel Prentiss Banks - Harper's Weekly http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1862/general-nathaniel-banks.htm

   

Before and after views of the wartime destruction at Harpers Ferry

Harper's Ferry Rail Road Bridge   http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/harpers-ferry/harpers-ferry-railroad.htm

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia 1865

Harper's Ferry Arsenal  http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/harpers-ferry/harpers-ferry-arsenal.htm

Letter from Corporal Lorenzo C. Harrington of the 60th New York Infantry, Company K.

 Datelined "Camp Siegle near Winchester, Va.," 14 June 1862, shortly before Harrington died from typhoid fever. Written in ink, letter details the company's movement from Harper's Ferry to Winchester and skirmishing with Confederate forces: "…we were ordered into line ready to march & to add to our comfort it commenced raining just before we started…we were wet through to the lineing…mud was very deep…we traveled about 40 miles in less than two days…There about 70 thousand here in the valley…While we were at the ferry we had a little skirmish…we found that the rebels were advancing and we through out 75 men and one piece of artillery…They opened upon us with six pieces of artillery…One struck within six feet of me & burst but doing no damage. The Colonel called for volunteers to go out & I went to him & got permission to go out for I could not leave with out his consent for I was color guard. The color guard consists of one color bearer…& eight corporals to guard it in the field of battle…It is a very dangerous place but it gives me pleasure to have the privilege of defending it in such a time as this…" Harrington mustered into Company K on 30 October 1861. He was promoted to Corporal on 1 May 1862, but died of typhoid fever just a few months later, on 31 July 1862.

Soldiers killed or died of Disease - Harper's Ferry:

   John Kellison, died of Smallpox, 6/10/1862 - buried at Harper's Ferry

           John Lawton - 12/31/1862 died of disease

           James Robinson died disease 12/30/1862 - buried at Harper's Ferry

           Henry I Smith died Typhid 11/11/1862 - buried at Winchester

           Richard Taylor, died diarr. 1/11/1863

           Albert Walrath,  died dis, Oct 1862 buried at Harper's Ferry

           Willard R Wetherel died dis 3/12/1863 - buried Russell NY

•          Shenandoah Valley: (until August 1862)

•          Sulphur Springs Va  - White Sulphur Springs West Virginia - until Aug 24, 1862:

                 (note, the State of West Virginia was created from the western part of Virginia by

                  President Lincoln's proclamation on June 20, 1863)

 

         From Harper's Weekly Sept 19, 1863 - Camp Warrington Sulphur Springs Virginia

        From:  Harper's Weekly, Sept 13, 1862 - Warrington, Va.

           From: Harper's Weekly, Sept 13, 1862 Rappahannock Station - Pope's HQ

                  Web site: Rappahonnock Station & White Sulphur Springs Va: http://americancivilwar.com/statepic/va/va023.html    

                  Soldiers who died:

                    Levi J Barton, died, White Sulphur Springs Va. - 8/10/1862 buried Warrenton

                    Sanford Blaisdell , died White Sulphur Springs, 8/16/1862, buried Warrenton

    John Cardinell, White Sulphur Spring 8/10/1862, buried Warrenton

                    Lewis E Comstock, died Warrington Va 7/20/1862 buried Warrington

                    George W Daggett - White Sulphur Spring, 8/10/1862 - Warrenton Cem

            Charles Force, Warrington, 7/20/1862 buried Winch, Va

            George R Ties, died Typh, White Sulphur Spring, 8/10/1862 buried Warrenton 

            George Sewell, died Typh, Sulphur Springs Va, 8/13/1862

            Ephraim S. Wright - died Typh, White Sulphur Springs, 8/18/1862 - buried Warrenton

•          Battle of Groveton - Aug 29, 1862

                 From Harper's Weekly - Sept 13, 1862:

THE SECOND BATTLE OF BULL RUN.

The following dispatch explains itself:

HEADQUARTERS, FIELD OF BATTLE, GROVETON, NEAR GAINESVILLE, August 30, 1862. To Major-General Halleck, Commander-in-Chief, Washington, D. C.:

We fought a terrific battle here yesterday with the combined forces of the enemy, which lasted with continuous fury from daylight until after dark, by which time the enemy was driven from the field, which we now occupy.

Our troops are too much exhausted to push matters; but I shall do so in the course of the morning, as soon as Fitz John Porter's corps comes up from Manassas.

The enemy is still in our front, but badly used up.

We have lost not less than 8000 men killed and wounded, and, from the appearance of the field, the enemy have lost at least two to our one. He stood strictly on the defensive, and every attack was made by ourselves.

Our troops have behaved splendidly.

The battle was fought on the identical battle-field of Bull Run, which greatly increased the enthusiasm of our men.

The news just reaches us from the front that the enemy is retreating toward the mountains. I go forward at once to see.

We have made great captures; but I am not able yet to form an idea of their extent.   JOHN POPE,

   Major-General Commanding.

                   Battle of Groveton Web site: http://www.civilwarhome.com/groveton.htm

•          Bull Run (Second Manassas) Aug 30, 1862

                   Web Site:     http://americancivilwar.com/statepic/va/va026.html

                   Web Site:  http://www.civilwarhome.com/manassas2.htm

        Other Soldiers who died in Virginia, Baltimore & Washington DC:

                1862:

                        Louis Bayette, died, Wash Ct. House Va, 7/30/1862, buried Culpeper

                        Eugene E. Bolton, died Washington, 10/25/1862, Rossie NY Cemetery

                        Benjamin F Brooks, Hedgeman's River, Va - 7/20/1862, Mooers Village Cem

                        William Bruce, of wounds, Alexandria, Va 11/16/1862, buried at Alexandria Va

                        Nelson Daggett - Wash DC, 11/8/1862  MAC DC

                        Peter W Ellis - Lil Wash Va, 8/19/1862  WCH, Va

                        Edward S Finley, 8/5/1862,  WCH, Va

                        Sylvanus Heath , 7/25/1862, Alexandria Va

                        Edmond Mason, died Camp Preston King (Near Baltimore) 2/6/1862, buried Louden Park

                        Thomas McCabe, died Typhoid, Wash DC, 8/30 1862 MAC, DC

                        Frederick Miller, died typhoid, Little Washington Va, 8/5/1862, SCH, Va

                        David G Morrison, died Typhoid, Wash DC 9/2/1862, MAC DC

                        John F Paye, died Typhoid, Wash. Ct. House, 8/7/1862

                        Horace Remington  - 7/30/1862 - died Wash DC, MAC DC

                        Hosea C Reynolds, died typhoid, Wash DC 10/26/1862, Old Madrid Cemetery

                        HB Rowley, died Typh, Winchester Va 1/8/1862, buried Winchester

                        Angel Saures, 11/4/1862, Wash DC, MAC DC

                        Seth RC Thompson died Dys, Cedar Creek Va, 6/29/1862 buried at Cedar Creek

                        Abraham Wells died Typh, Lil Wash Va 7/13/1862 buried at Arlington

                        James E White, died of Wounds, Wash DC 8/28/1862 - Soldiers Cem

                1863:

                        Lindon Bissell, died Wash DC, 2/11/1863, buried MAC DC                  

                        Oliver P Brill, died Wash DC 1/3/1863, MAC DC

                        Hortio M Chase - died Wounds, 5/16/1863 - MAC DC

                        Benjamin R Clark Died Wash Ct. House, Va, 10/2/1863

                        Michael H  Crowley died of wounds - 6/26, 1863

                       John L Forward died 1/11/1863 buried in DeKalb NY (assume from date he died in Va)

                        Russell J Fredinburg. died Wash DC, 5/10/1863 buried MAC DC

                        Luke Gleason died 6/4/1863 - Pierrepont,  NY Cooks Cem

                        Henry M Hulet, d 4/8/1863, assume from date Va - buried in Dekalb NY

                        Joseph Luden, died Typhoid, Wash DC 1/20/1863 WAC DC

                         Elon G McKee, died of fever, 8/5/1863, WCH, Va.

                         Harmon Sheldon - died dis 8/22/1863 Hopkinton NY Cem - assume Va?

                         Perry Stacy - died disc Ponfair Station, Va 1/7/1863 buried Mooers Village

                1864:

                        Henry La Due - died from an accident, Ben Wood Sta Va 2/16/1864

                        John Williams, died Wash DC 4/25/1864 MAC DC

                1865:

                        Stephen Collins died Alexandria Va, 6/30/1865 buried at Arlington

                        Levi A Gleason died 6/13/1865 buried at Arlington, Va

        Cemetery, Culpeper, Va  http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/vacem3.htm

Name             Rank      Co.  Date of death Grave Row Sec Blk Original place of interment

        Annis, George Washington, Private    D  Aug. 2, 1862    363      11    A    1  John Jelt's farm

          near Washington Court   House, Rappahannock Co., VA  ( from Parishville, NY - died of

           disease  http://www.angelfire.com/mi/annisall/allhonor1865.htm       

        Brayton, Job, Private      E  July 26, 1862    366      11    A   1  John Jelt's farm

        Bromaghim (Bromaglin), Alexander, Private, July 23, 1862, 365     11    A   1  John Jelt's

        farm

Chaffee, C. P., Private    I   July 28, 1862     372    11     A   1 John Jelt's farm    

Charles Chaffer, Lil. Wash Va, 7/25/1862 buried Louden Park

Handley, Jas., Private       E   Aug. 4, 1862    368     11     A   1 John Jelt's farm 

         James Handley, 8/1/1862 WCH, Va

        Harner(Harmer), John, Private      D   Aug. 2, 1862     369    11     A   1  John Jelt's farm

                 John Harmer died Lil Wash Va 8/3/1862 buried Lil. Wash

        Harrington, Lorenzo C., Corporal,K July 30, 1862   389     11     A  1  John Jelt's

                   died Lil Wash Va 7/31/1862 WCH, Va

        Hogan, Guy, lst Lieut        I   Aug. 4, 1862, foot of flagstaff   John Jelt's 

                   Died Lil. Wash Va, 8/1/1862 WCH, Va.

Merrihue, Valentine, Private D July 27, 1862 370    11      A   1  John Jelt's farm

           Valentine Merihew, died fever, 7/26/1862, Wash DC, WCH, Va

Parker, Elisha, Private      D  Aug. 2, 1862    364    11      A   11  John Jelt's farm

White, L. E., 1st Lieut.    H  July 26, 1862    foot of flagstaff  John Jelt's farm

   Loring E. White, died Typh, Lil. Wash Va, 7/26/1862 WCH, Va

Ryatt, E. L., Lieutenant    F  July 26, 1862    foot of flagstaff  County Cemetery, Washington   Court House,    Rappahannock Co., VA                                                                       

Smithers, A, Private          F July 29, 1862     385   11     A    1 County Cemetery, Washington  Court House                                                                  

           Albert Smithers - Washington Court House, 7/28/1862

             General Meade's HQ - Culpeper Va from: http://www.civilwarphotos.net/files/other_locations.htm

• Antietam (Sharpsburg), Md. - Sept 17, 1862 ( corp assigned to Brigadier General Mansfield who was  mortally wounded at Antietam as was William Bingham Goodrich)

  

   

          

  Joseph King Fenno Mansfield (December 22, 1803 – September 18, 1862) was a career U.S. Army officer, civil engineer, and a Union general in the American Civil War, mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam.  (from Wikipedia)

  Bio on Mansfield: http://www.library.ci.corpus-christi.tx.us/MexicanWar/mansfieldjkf.htm

               Photos of Antietam:

          http://www.usa-civil-war.com/Sharpsburg/sharpsburg.html 

  and

           http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/v?ammem/cwar:0126-0156:T8

  See William B Goodrich for Photos & Maps of the New York 60th at Antietam, Col Goodrich was killed during this battle.

  

                                Antietam battle field on the day of the battle September 16,1862.

  

  Antietam Bridge

  

  Goodrich's Brigade, Greene's Division - No. 113- center left on map above

  

  Soldiers who died at Antietam:

        Anson D Bigelow 10/2/1862 buried at Antietam

        Severance Gersham - died Wounds 9/22/1862

        Francis Gallagher - 9/29/1862 buried Cypress Hill Cem - assume from Date Antietam

        William Bingham Goodrich, Col

        Edgar Curtis died Oct 1862, buried at Stockholm NY - Brookdale Cem - assume from date

                    he was at Antietam

        Fred Hoxie - died Wounds

       Timothy McCarty died dysentery - Frederick Md - buried at Antietam

David Robinson - killed at Antietam-  from http://www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/nurses.htm

        David V. Robinson, CO D 60 Reg NYV Killed at the battle of Antietam AE

       35 yrs 7 mos 13 dys; d. Sept 17, 1862; Plot 31 - North Russell Cemetery,

        Russell NY

       Thomas McCabe died 8/30/1862 in Wash CD buried MAC DC (from dates possibly as a

        result of Antietam)

        Lewis Thomas - 9/20/1862 - Morristown Cemetery (assume killed as a result of

        Antietam from the dates)

• Bolivar Heights, West Virginia (next to Harper's Ferry)- until Dec

• Rippon, West Va - Reconnaisance - Nov 9, 1862

• Expedition to Winchester, Va Dec 2-6,1862

                 Web Site: http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc6/winchester1.htm

                 Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_in_the_Civil_War

• Fredericksburg,  Va, Dec 9 - 16, 1862

         National Park Services Web Site: http://www.nps.gov/frsp/fredhist.htm

         Another Great Web Site: http://www.brotherswar.com/Fredericksburg-10.htm

Fredericksburg and Rappahonnock River 1863  (Timothy H O'Sullivan Photo)

• Mud March Jan 20 - 24, 1863

        From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud_March_(American_Civil_War)

•  Chancellorsville, Va. (Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania) April 30 to May 6, 1863

        http://www.usa-civil-war.com/Chancellorsville/chancellor.html

        Order of Battle:    

3rd Brigade    BG George S. Greene See picture Below

60th New York: Lt John C. O. Redington (enlisted at Ogdensburg, NY) 78th New York: Maj Henry R. Stagg, Cpt William H. Randall 102nd New York: Col James C. Lane 137th New York: Col David Ireland 149th New York: Maj Abel G. Cook, Cpt Oliver T. May, Ltc Koert S. Van Voorhis

Wounded Soldiers in the field after the Battle of Chancellorsville near Fredericksburg 1863

Soldiers who died at Chancellorsville & Fredericksburg & Aquia Creek:

 Samuel C Haskell , Son of Sam'l C & E.F. Haskell, Fell near Chancelorville, Va; May 3, 1863, Aged 27 yrs - monument at Haskell Ridge Cemetery, Madrid, NY

William P. Hulett, was killed at the battle of Chancellorsville, VA, May 3, 1863 in his 37(?) Year (Section 1)  (60th Co F) - Hillcrest Cemetery, Heuvelton, NY

Lester M Bond, KIA 5/3/1863 - Chancellorsville

Amos H Burnham died at Aquia Creek  2/22/1863 buried at Fredericksburg

Luke Gleason died 6/4/1863 - (I am assuming as a result of Chancellorsville from the date) - Pierre-Cooks Corners Cemetery

Martin H Heywood died 6/6/1863 ( I am assuming as a result of Chancellorsville from the date) - Buckton/Stockholm Cemetery

Thomas Head died at Aquia Creek Va 4/20/1863 buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, Heuvelton NY

Lewis H Lagnea - Chancellorsville - 5/3/1863

John McNemara KIA Chancellorsville 5/3/1863

John Moony KIA Chancellorsville 5/3/1863

Wesley Oliver KIA Chancellorsville 5/3/1863

Darwin Reed - died Typhoid, Aquia Creek, Va 4/12/1863

Horatio M Chase - died of wounds in Washington CD 5/16/1863 MAC DC Cem - (probably Chancellorsville by the date...)

                Michael H Crowley - died of wounds 6/26/1863 - (probably Chancellorsville by the

                date)

                Sylvester Tupper died 6/3/1863 Chancellorsville - buried at Beech Plains Cemetery

 

•  Gettysburg, Pa.  July 1-3, 1863 (see my page on )

http://www.civilwarhome.com/gettysbu.htm

Write up on the 60th NY at Gettysburg:  http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/60thInf/60thInfHistSketch.htm

     Photos of Gettysburg:

         http://www.civil-war.net/searchphotos.asp?searchphotos=Gettysburg,%20PA

        and

         http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/v?ammem/cwar:0185-0209:T11

Culp's Hill - Battered Trees - Gettysburg - Union Right Flank

View of Culp's Hill from East Cemetery Hill

The Union defenses on Culp's Hill were unsuccessfully attacked by Johnston's Confederate Division early on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg. One of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War, over 50,000 men were killed or wounded during three days of fighting.

From:  http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10436055

Dead Soldiers at Culp's Hill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Culp's Hill Breastworks

Culp's Hill

From Wikipedia - Order of Battle:

John White Geary in the Civil War -

BG - 2nd Division

Major General George Sears Greene

Greene at Antietam, Chancellorsville & Gettysburg: http://www.rocemabra.com/~roger/tagg/generals/general34.html

Greene at Culp's Hill, Gettysburg:

http://www.137thny.com/greene_on_culp.htm

"George Sears Greene (May 6, 1801 – January 28, 1899) was a civil engineer and a Union general during the American Civil War. He was part of the Greene family of Rhode Island, which had a distinguished military record for the United States. His greatest contribution during the war was his defense of the Union right flank at Culp's Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg.

 As a civilian, he was a founder of the American Society of Civil Engineers and Architects and was responsible for numerous railroads and aqueduct construction projects in the northeastern United States. Greene built railroads in six states and designed municipal sewage and water systems for Washington, D.C., Detroit, and several other cities. In New York City, he designed the Croton Aqueduct reservoir in Central Park and the enlarged High Bridge over the Harlem River. "  Note that Leffert Buck also worked on the Croton Aqueduct.

Ogdensburg Advance 1913:

Soldiers who died at Gettysburg:

   Gettysburg, Pa 

  Sgt Charles  Gray  (Grey) I  60th  (died7/3/1863)

  Philetus Ayres  K  60th (died 7/2/1863)

  Hannibal Dorset  F  60th   (correct name is Hannibal Downs ) (died 7/3/1863)

  John Norton  C  60th

  1st Lt Myron D Stanley  E  60th (died 7/8/1863) http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=16879

  William Johnson  B  60th (died 7/8/1863)

  William Murphy  I  60th (died 7/2/1863)

          Henry McDowell  C  60th (died 7/16/1863)

          Sgt William W. Clark  B  60th (died 8/20/1863)

          Orin Shepherd  A  60th  (d July 30/1863)

           Amasa R. Townsend  I  60th  (died 7/3/1863)

         Sgt Daniel Corbett  B  60th (died 7/3/1863)

           Edward  Van Tassel  C  60th (7/3/1863)

          Philo Stevenson  A  60th  (d 7/2/1863)

          Peter Mc Donald  I  60th (died 7/2/1863)

        Others:

                 Harmon Sheldon died 8/22/1863 buried at Hopkinton Cemetery (assume he died as a result of

                 Gettysburg from the date)

                 Elon G McKee died WCH, Va 8/5/1863 buried WCH, Va (possibly as a result of Gettysburg based

                 on date)

                 Hiram Mead - died 7/2/1863 - Gettysburg, buried there

                 William Miller - died 7/2/1863 - Gettysburg - buried there

                 Amasa A. Lockwood - 7/2/1863 - Gettysburg

        Reunions:

                  Link to SLCHA picture:  http://www.slcha.org/60reunion/

Ogdensburg Advance 1907:

Gettysburg - Ogdensburg Advance - article dated 1913

Alabama:

      (both towns are located at the north east border of Alabama close to Chattanooga, Tn.)

•  Bridgeport, Alabama  - Sept - Oct 3, 1863 & May 1864

         From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgeport,_Alabama

         Soldiers who died in Alabama:                 

                  Alphonzo Daniels - 2/24/1864 - buried at Stevenson, Al

                 Clark S Reise - 4/3/1864 -died at Stevenson, Al

Tennessee:

•  Lookout Mountain, Tn.:  - Nov 24, 1863

       http://www.usa-civil-war.com/West/Lookout_mtn/lookout_mtn.html

History of St. Lawrence County, NY,  Philadelphia - LH Everts - 1878 - Durant, Samuel W - pg 479 "(5 killed, 32 wounded), and captured General Walthall's sword, his battle flag, 2 pieces of artillery and about 200 prisoners."

Order of Battle -Chattanooga Campaign - Under Grant:

       12th Army Corp:

          John W Geary - BG - 2nd Division

             Col. David Ireland - Third Brigade                                                         

60th New York, Col. Abel Godard. (from Richville, NY)
78th New York, Lieut. Col. Herbert von Hammerstein.
102d New York, Col. James C. Lane.
137th New York, Capt. Milo B. Eldredge.
149th New York:
    Col. Henry A. Barnum,
    Lieut. Col. Charles B. Randall.

 

        Potsdam Courier Freeman Dec 23, 1863:

 

       General Grant and Staff - Lookout Mountain, Chatanooga, Tn

 

     Grant Above Bottom Left

Confederate generals held Lookout Mountain, outside the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, following the Union defeat at the battle of Chickamauga Creek, September 19-20, 1863. Union troops continued to occupy Chattanooga, but were surrounded. General Grant sent forces under the command of William Tecumseh Sherman and Fighting Joe Hooker to attack the Confederate army, and Hooker's soldiers seized the summit of Lookout Mountain on November 24, 1863.

       Harper's Weekly - Thomas Nast - "Fighting Among the Clouds"

Lulu Falls - Lookout Mountain - Chattanooga, Tn.

Battle of Lookout Mountain

 

Ogdensburg Advance 1896:

 

At a dinner in Morley, NY - From St. Lawrence Plaindealer, Sept 19, 1888:

St. Lawrence Plaindealer November 22, 1910:

St. Lawrence Plaindealer March 11, 1903:

 

60th NY Soldiers buried at Chattanooga: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyrensse/chattcem.htm

       - Ayers, Martin, rank unknown, Co. D, 60th NY Infantry, Nov. 24, 1863, B/20

                Killed in Action - Lookout Mountain   

       -  Backus ( Bockus), Charles E., Private, Co. b, 60th NY Regt., date of death unknown,

           B/234  - KIA  Ringgold, Ga (note: Per Stan Maine - should be Charles E Bockus

          from Waddington NY)

       -  Dopp, Lewis G., Private, Co. I, 60th NY Regt., May 10, 1864, C/328

        - Fitch, J. C., Sergeant, Co. A, 60th NY Regt., date of death unknown, B/236
               (see above, killed at Ringgold)
        - Flora, Felix (Phelix), Private, Co. G, 60th NY Regt., Nov. 24, 1863, B/344

                 KIA - Lookout Mountain
        - Lee, Thomas, Private, Co. C, 60th NY Infantry, Nov. 24, 1863, B/21

                 KIA - Lookout Mountain

        - Mayo, George, Private, Co. H, 60th NY Infantry, date of death unknown, B/134

                 KIA - Lookout Mountain

        - Nelson, John E., 1st Lieut., Co. A, 60th NY Regt., June 18, 1863, D/e

        - Roubadean, Michael, Private, Co. H, 60th NY Regt., Nov. 27, 1863, B/236

                  KIA Ringgold

        - Smith, Robert, Private, Co. G, 60th NY Regt., Nov. 24, 1863, B/343

                  KIA Lookout Mountain

        - Swain, Alexander, Private, Co. B, 60th NY Regt., July 6, 1864, E/628

                  Died of Typhoid - Chattanooga, Tn

        - Upton, William, Private, Co. H, 60th NY Regt., Nov. 28, 1863, B/338

                  KIA Ringgold 11/27/1863

        - Weils, Laden, Private, Co. K, 60th NY Regt., July 24, 1864, F/204

          (note:  Per Stan Maine - should be Loton Wells from Parishville, NY)

  

   Other Soldiers who died in Tn:

                 Palmer Hartsen - died of wounds, Nashville Tn 8/16/1864 buried in Nashville

                 Levi Sipher - died Dyst, Chattanooga 11/29/1864 - Cave Hill Cem

                 John Thomas died Wounds, Nashville 10/30/1862 buried Nashville, Tn

                 Patrick Malia - died dist, 11/19/1864 - Tn 

                 Gorden S. Manchester 10/15/1863 (Possibly died in Tn based on death date - could also be a

                             death from Gettysburg wounded?)  

                  Andrew W Smith died 7/10/1864 buried in Nashville, Tn.     

Georgia:

"From the Civil War Archives"
Portion of Battle Map Showing Paulding
& Surrounding County Battles
http://americancivilwar.com/statepic/georgia.html

from:  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gapauldi/battles.html

•    Ringgold Gap - Taylor Ridge, Ga (Chattanooga Campaign) : Nov  23 - 26, 1863

       http://www.sherpaguides.com/georgia/civil_war/northwest/ringold_area.html

Battery At Drill

Taken less than a year after the battle, this photograph shows the site of the fighting, with the town of Ringgold in the background

More Ringgold Photos:

http://www.civil-war.net/searchphotos.asp

60th NY Soldiers killed at the battle of Ringgold:

        - James C Fitch - from Canton NY - KIA 11/27/1863 - Chattanooga Cem

        - see others above - buried in Chattanooga

•   Resaca, Ga. - May 14 & 15, 1864

Reseca was the biggest battle fought in North Georgia during Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign, with all six Corps involved.  As with many of the early battles, the Union suffered larger casualties (Union: 6,800, Confederate: 5,200), but Sherman eventually outflanked Resaca and continued towards Atlanta.

              http://www.sherpaguides.com/georgia/civil_war/northwest/resaca_area.html

Battle of Resaca  - May 13 - 15 1864

•   Tunnel Hill, Ga: (May 8-11)

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  1850 W&A Railroad Tunnel

    - Ghosts:  http://www.kudzumonthly.com/kudzu/dec01/Tunnel_Hill.html

    - Another Web site -  http://www.northga.net/whitfield/tunnel.html

   

• Buzzard's Roost (also called Mill Creek Gap, Rocky Face Ridge and Dug Gap) (May 8-11)

  

  General Sherman's Advance - Buzzard's Roost Pass, Ga, Harpers Weekly - May 21, 1864

  Description from:http://www.laughtergenealogy.com/bin/cw-battles/rockyface.shtml

  
  Gen. Joseph E. Johnston had entrenched his army on the long, high mountain of Rocky Face Ridge and eastward across Crow Valley. As Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman approached, he decided to demonstrate against the position with two columns while he sent a third one through Snake Creek Gap, to the right, to hit the Western & Atlantic Railroad at Resaca. The two columns engaged the enemy at Buzzard Roost (Mill Creek Gap) and at Dug Gap.

  In the meantime, the third column, under Maj. Gen. James Birdseye McPherson, passed through Snake Creek Gap and on the 9th advanced to the outskirts of Resaca where it found Confederates entrenched. Fearing defeat, McPherson pulled his column back to Snake Creek Gap.

  On the 10th, Sherman decided to take most of his men and join McPherson to take Resaca. The next morning, Sherman’ s army withdrew from in front of Rocky Face Ridge. Discovering Sherman’s movement, Johnston retired south towards Resaca on the 12th.

  Result: Union victory (Union casualties were high, but they did force the Confederates off Rocky Face Ridge.)

   

•  Photos from the Chicago Public Library:  http://digital.chipublib.org/cdm4/results.php?CISOBOX1=georgia&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP1=any&CISOROOT=all

       Includes: Allatoona Pass, Resaca, Buzzard's Roost, Chattahoochee River,

       Kennesaw Mt.

http://digital.chipublib.org/cdm4/results.php?CISOBOX1=ga&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP1=any&CISOROOT=all

         includes  Resaca, Savanna, Ringgold, New Hope Church, Atlanta

•  Cassville, Ga. (May 18 - 19, 1864):

        From: http://home.earthlink.net/~khsociety/sherman/Sherman2008.htm#_Toc193336246

•  Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864

  From: http://home.earthlink.net/~khsociety/sherman/Sherman2008.htm#_Toc193336244

  This was the first battle of the Atlanta Campaign with John Bell Hood as Confederate Commander, replacing Joe Johnston.  At this point, the tide in the Atlanta Campaign started to turn in terms of casualties (Union: 1,800; Confederate: 2,500) 

                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Peachtree_Creek

Wooden Headstones - Peachtree Creek - Battle July 20, 1864

• Chatahoochie Bridge - Aug 26 - Sept 2

• Atlanta - July 22:

The battle of Atlanta was another disaster for the Confederates under John Bell Hood.  Fighting centered east of Atlanta, near modern day Grant Park, and the I-20/Glenwood Ave. interchange.  (Union: 3,700; Confederate: 7,000)

 History of St. Lawrence County, NY,  Philadelphia - LH Everts - 1878 - Durant, Samuel W  - pg 479   "The 60th NY....was the first regiment to plant its banner over the court-house of Atlanta, contesting for that honor in a race with the 111th Pennsylvania Volunteers.

Atlanta - City Hall  photo from http://www.civilwarphotos.net/files/atlanta.htm

 

      Billard Saloon - Peachtree Street

          Federal Soldiers & Guns

Gen. William T. Sherman, leaning on breach of gun, and staff at Federal Fort No. 7

      Ruin of Hood's Ammunition Train & Schofield Rolling Mill

More Atlanta Civil War Pictures: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/v?ammem/cwar:0688-0709:T19

Soldiers who died in Atlanta:

James, Chilton - son of A & P Chilton, Killed at Atlanta GA, May 24, 1864; Aged 24 yrs, 7 mos, 26 days (Section 1)  (60th NY, Co F)- Old Hermon Cemetery, Hermon, ny

• Tuckum's Cross Roads - Oct 26 - 29

• Near Atlanta - November 9

From Wikipedia:

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Map of the Savannah Campaign (Sherman's March to the Sea) of the American Civil War. Drawn by Hal Jespersen in Macromedia Freehand. Graphic source file is available at http://www.posix.com/CWmaps/

          (note that Springfield, Sister's Ferry and Robertsville, SC mark their route out of Savannah when

            they started their journey north again - see below - SC & NC)                  

• Sherman's March Atlanta to the Sea - Savannah 

14th & 20 Corp moving out of Atlanta Nov 15, 1864 - Harper's Weekly -  Jan 7, 1865

• 60th's Report by Maj Thomas Elliott (from Stan Maine):

•  Milledgeville - Nov 28, 1864

        20th Corp Crossing Little River near Milledgeville - Harper's Weekly - Jan 7, 1865

Milledgeville Magazine - Harper's Weekly - Jan 7, 1865

The Civil War and Its Aftermath http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-769 Georgia College and State University On January 19, 1861, Georgia convention delegates passed the Ordinance of Secession, and the "Republic of Georgia" joined the Confederate States of America, to the accompaniment of wild celebration, bonfires, and illuminations on Milledgeville's Statehouse Square. Three years later, on a bitterly cold November day, General William T. Sherman and 30,000 Federal troops marched into Milledgeville. When they left a couple of days later, the statehouse had been ransacked; the state arsenal and powder magazine had been destroyed; the penitentiary, the central depot, and the Oconee bridge were burned; and the surrounding countryside was devastated. In 1868, during Reconstruction, the capital was moved to Atlanta—a city emerging as the symbol of the New South as surely as Milledgeville symbolized the Old South.

 from "Sherman" by Lloyd Lewis:

 

• Near Davisboro, Ga - Nov 28, 1864:

• Millen, Ga - Camp Lawton - Confederate Prison:

Exterior of the Prison Pen, Millen Ga, Harper's Weekly Jan 7, 1865

Interior of the Prison Pen, Millen Ga - Harper's Weekly Jan 7. 1865

"Thus the two columns marched on by roads parallel to the Georgia Central Railroad toward the Ogechee River. KILPATRICK moved on the left flank, still beclouding the rebels by feints on Augusta November 30 the whole army, with the exception of the Fifteenth Corps, had crossed the Ogechee without fighting a battle. KILPATRICK had already advanced to Millen, but had failed to find any of our prisoners there. Our prisoners had been kept for some time at Millen, four miles distant from Millen Junction. The Junction was completely destroyed by General SHERMAN; no vestige of the place remains. The prison pen at Millen was built of large logs driven into the ground, with sentry posts on the top at short intervals. No shelter whatever was afforded to the prisoners, who burrowed in the earth. The pen was commanded by a fort, which appears in the sketch on the right. The. square buildings shown in the sketch are ovens. Just inside the palisades a light rail fence ran, which was called the dead line. When GEORGE N. BARNARD, whose sketches of the prison pen are here reproduced, was at that place he saw our dead soldiers lying unburied, as shown in the illustration. The grave yard near by showed that over 700 of our men had been buried, the only record being small boards numbering every fifty, thus-50, 100, 150, 200, etc."

      From: http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc10/fortlawton1b.htm

Albany Evening Journal, November 16, 1864:

Oswego Commercial Times, November 17, 1864:

Archaeologists look for "World's Largest Prison" at state park By Michael Griffin Millen News Intern   August 2, 2006 from The Millen News:  http://www.themillennews.com/news/2006/0802/Front_page/002.html   Georgia Department of Transportation archaeologists search for remains of the prison stockade at Magnolia Springs State Park. (Photo contributed) Archaeologists from the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), along with Georgia State Park staff came to Magnolia Springs State Park July 17 to look for the boundaries of Camp Lawton, the largest prison camp constructed during the Civil War.   The recent survey was meant to extend the size of the original survey grids established at last year's study by Shawn Patch, former GDOT archaeologist. Ground-penetrating radar was used to gather data about the location of the remains of the perimeter walls of Camp Lawton; however, the results were inconclusive. GDOT and Georgia State Park officials remain optimistic that they will find the boundaries of the stockade, and plan to return in the fall to conduct more tests. The study is, in part, the result of a recently uncovered memoir by Robert K. Sneden. During the Civil War, Sneden was a topographical engineer in the Union's army of the Potomac. Captured by Confederate forces in 1863, he spent much of the war in prison camps at Andersonville and Camp Lawton. Sneden was an artist and left detailed drawings and sketches of Camp Lawton. While at Camp Lawton, Sneden worked at the Confederate hospital as a paroled prisoner. He claims to have kept the death records and notes 1,300 prisoners died and placed in two burial trenches. Sparse surviving records show one burial trench and 685 bodies removed from Camp Lawton to Beaufort National Cemetery in Beaufort, S.C.

 

Fire at Millen Junction - Harper's Weekly - Jan 7, 1865

      from  "Sherman" by Lloyd Lewis

     

Soldiers killed at Millen:

           Oliver L Platney, died POW - Millen

Malone Palladium Dec 1, 1864:

                Albany Evening Journal Nov 28, 1864:

 

 More on Sherman's March to the Sea:

From: http://ourgeorgiahistory.com/year/1864

November 16, 1864	Sherman leaves Atlanta having reorganized his men into two "wings" of two corps apiece. The Left Wing is commanded by Henry Slocum, the Right Wing by O. O. Howard. Sherman's strategic plan is for the Left Wing to make a feint on Augusta while the Right Wing makes a feint at Macon, forcing the remaining Confederate troops to be split between the two towns.
	City of Augusta, Georgia
	City of Macon, Georgia

November 19, 1864	Left Wing arrives in Rutledge. General John Geary is detached from the main column and ordered to make a feint on Augusta. He encounters resistance at Buckhead and burns bridges over the Oconee River and destroys a rail depot in the town.
	City of Augusta, Georgia
	March to the Sea

 

November 20, 1864	Henry Slocum spares Madison, Georgia (Morgan County). Joshua Hill, who knew Sherman's brother John, was the last Confederate senator to leave Washington D. C., and had met Sherman during the Atlanta Campaign, rode out to meet Slocum and ask that the town be spared destruction. Slocum granted the request, ordering the town be spared. In spite of the order the town was heavily looted.
	Morgan County, Georgia
	March to the Sea

 

Sherman's Commanders General William T. Sherman's commanders on the March to the Sea were: (standing left to right) Oliver O. Howard, William B. Hazen, Jefferson C. Davis, Joseph A. Mower, (seated left to right) John A. Logan, Sherman, Henry W. Slocum, Francis P. Blair Jr.  from National Archives and Records Admin.

The March:   http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-641

Sherman divided his army into two wings. The right wing was under Oliver O. Howard. Peter J. Osterhaus commanded the Fifteenth Corps, and Francis P. Blair Jr. commanded the Seventeenth Corps. The left wing was commanded by Henry W. Slocum, with the Fourteenth Corps under Jefferson C. Davis and the Twentieth Corps under Alpheus S. Williams. Judson Kilpatrick led the cavalry. Sherman had about 2,500 supply wagons and 600 ambulances. Before the army left Atlanta, the general issued an order outlining the rules of the march, but soldiers often ignored the restrictions on foraging.  from:  The Longest Night by David J Eicher

 

Major General Henry Slocum led the Left wing of the March - The Army of Georgia" to the sea.  This included Brig Gen Jefferson C Davis of the 14th Corp with Divisions of Brig. Generals: William P Carlen, James D Morgan and Absalom Baird.  It also included the 20th Corp with Divisions of Brig Generals including Nathaniel J Jackson, John W Geary and William T Ward.

Major General Oliver O Howard led the Army of Tennessee, the Right wing of the March.  This included Major General Peter J Osterhaus leading the 15th Corp with Division Brig. Generals:  Charles W Woods, William B Hazen, John E Smith and John M Corse.  This group also included Major General Frank Blair Jr. of the 17th Corps, divisions of Major Generals Joseph A Mower and Brig Gens: Mortimer D Leggett and Gile A Smith.

The Left Wing of Sherman's army was commanded by Major General H.W. Slocum, who, with his 20th Corps, left Atlanta by way of Decatur, Stone Mountain and Social Circle, and marched to Madison, creating the impression that Augusta was the objective. At Madison, Brigadier General John W. Geary was sent to the Oconee to destroy the railroad bridge and large stores of grain at Blue Springs (now Swords), and to rejoin the 20th Corps near Eatonton. After destroying the railroad facilities in and near Madison, Brigadier General A.S. Williams turned south toward Milledgeville where the Left Wing had been ordered to concentrate.  http://www.aug.edu/~liblsc/Grant/Pfadenhauer/pfaden_sherman.html

From Covington the Fourteenth Corps (Davis's), with which I was traveling, turned to the right for Milledgeville, via Shady Dale. General Slocum was ahead at Madison, with the Twentieth Corps, having torn up the railroad as far as that place, and thence had sent Geary's division on to the Oconee, to burn the bridges across that stream, when this corps turned south by Eatonton, for Milledgeville, the common "objective" for the first stage of the "march." We found abundance of corn, molasses, meal, bacon, and sweet-potatoes. We also took a good many cows and oxen, and a large number of mules. In all these the country was quite rich, never before having been visited by a hostile army; the recent crop had been excellent, had been just gathered and laid by for the winter. As a rule, we destroyed none, but kept our wagons full, and fed our teams bountifully.  http://www.sonofthesouth.net/union-generals/sherman/memoirs/general-sherman-march-sea.htm

 

Sherman's Troops Entering Savannah - Dec 21, 1846 by Theodore R Davis - Harper's Weekly - Jan 14, 1865  from http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1865/sherman-entering-savannah.htmsame

 60th NY:

             - see Lester Willson - also see below - As assistant adjutant-general, he received the surrender

               of the city of Savannah from Mayor Arnold and was the first officer to enter that city the 

               head of his own regiment:

As assistant adjutant-general he received the surrender of Savannah at the hands of its mayor (Arnold), and was the first officer to enter the city at the head of his own regiment. This occurred for the reason that advance was made before daylight, and, it being reported that the enemy held a position in front, Colonel Willson was ordered to take the regiment in front of column, which happened to be the Sixtieth, and met the mayor and a delegation of the City Council instead of troops. Having received the surrender, with the request that protection be given the citizens as well from the mob that was then breaking into houses and plundering, he hastened into the city with his regiment.

Soldiers Killed at Savannah, NC:

        Thomas Ashworth died 2/5/1865 - buried at Beaufort SC

Charles Moyer, born Oct 18, 1819, Killed at the battle of Savannah GA, Jan 16, 1865, Co C   60 Reg NYV -Brier Hill Cemetery, Morristown, NY

William Gates 1/11/1864 buried at Old Madrid Cemetery, NY - (assume from dates he died in Savannah)

    From Wikipedia:

I have already received guns that can cast heavy and destructive shot as far as the heart of your city; also, I have for some days held and controlled every avenue by which the people and garrison of Savannah can be supplied, and I am therefore justified in demanding the surrender of the city of Savannah, and its dependent forts, and shall wait a reasonable time for your answer, before opening with heavy ordnance. Should you entertain the proposition, I am prepared to grant liberal terms to the inhabitants and garrison; but should I be forced to resort to assault, or the slower and surer process of starvation, I shall then feel justified in resorting to the harshest measures, and shall make little effort to restrain my army—burning to avenge the national wrong which they attach to Savannah and other large cities which have been so prominent in dragging our country into civil war.

– William T. Sherman , Message to William J. Hardee, December 17, 1864, recorded in his memoirs

Hardee decided not to surrender but to escape. On December 20, he led his men across the Savannah River on a pontoon bridge hastily constructed of rice flats. The next morning, Savannah mayor R. D. Arnold rode out to formally surrender, in exchange for General Geary's promise to protect the city's citizens and their property. Sherman's men, led by Geary's division of the XX Corps, occupied the city

 

From:  The History of the Civil War in America by John Stevens & Cabot Abbott pg 480:

 

From Stan Maine: The 60th was with Sherman and actually was in the front of the column that moved into Savannah.  They were detailed to guard a section of Savannah until just after Sherman's army left.  They marched out about a day or two later and caught up with the army somewhere around where Sherman crossed the river between Georgia and South Carolina (the Savannah) at about Springfield Georgia or Robertville, SC.  Then went North West (Almost due North) to Columbia SC  (Central SC).   This is about the path of Route 321 on my old Rand McNally Road atlas. Then they swung North East and crossed in to North Carolina at about Cheraw SC .

From Harper's Weekly: 

THE CAPTURE OF SAVANNAH.

AFTER having completed his grand march through Georgia, from Atlanta to Savannah, General SHERMAN'S first object was to communicate with the fleet off Savannah. This he accomplished by the capture of Fort McAllister, the only serious obstruction to the navigation of the Ogechee River. The fort was sixteen miles from the mouth of the Savannah. This was the first fort ever bombarded by our Monitors. It was now, however, taken by direct assault. The party to whom the work was assigned was General HAZEN'S Division. The garrison of the fort was insignificant in point of number, there being only men enough to man the guns, of which there were twenty-one. The assault was most spirited. The men marched at double-quick, penetrated the abatis, and, crossing the ditch, scaled the parapets of the fort, and in three minutes the garrison were prisoners. The capture of the fort gave us a large quantity of ordnance stores, guns, ammunition, etc. The guns were taken to the headquarters of the ordnance-officer, Lieutenant SPENCER, near the fort.

Pretty closely investing the city, except at a point on the north side directly across the river, SHERMAN at length determined to make an assault. Previous to this attempt, however, he sent a message to General HARDER demanding the surrender of the city. The latter assumed a rather defiant attitude and refused. But during the night he slipped across the Savannah on a pontoon with his fifteen thousand men. The movement was soon observed by General GEARY, who immediately pushed his division (the Second of the Twentieth Corps) on into the city. Before his arrival he was met by the Mayor and Commonalty of Savannah, who surrendered the city unconditionally. The forts were then taken possession of with all their ordnance The captures included 150 guns, 13 locomotives, and 35,000 bales of cotton. The rebels had destroyed their shipping. A floating battery was sunk. The Savannah, a formidable war vessel, was blown up. When the troops entered the city there was no disorder except that occasioned by ill-disposed people in the city, who plundered every thing within reach. Even the rebel soldiers had been participating in acts of violence. Order was soon restored, and the next Sabbath the churches were attended as usual. General GEARY has been appointed commander of the city, which is divided into two Departments, the Eastern and Western, commanded respectively by Colonel WOOD and Colonel BARNUM. GEARY took all the Commissary stores which be found in the city and placed them at the disposal of the Mayor and Common Council. It is estimated that 25,000 inhabitants remained in the city. The illustration on the first Savannah at sunrise. Colonel BARNUM'S brigade was the first in town. General SHERMAN'S loss, after he invested Savannah, was from six to eight hundred men.

The March back North (1865):

From Stan Maine: This is from the report of Captain Abner B Shipman who was commanding the 60th during the march north through the Carolina's January 1 through April 26th, 1865. 

 

The regiment in Savannah was commanded by Major Thomas Elliott who resigned before the march North. Shipman assumed command 18th January 1865,

 

Regiment started north at 10:30 AM on the 27th January 1865, moving in the direction of Sister's Ferry on the Savannah River.

            

             14th & 20th Corp Crossing the Savannah at Sister's Ferry, SC - Harper's Weekly -

             April 1, 1865

 

Marched 11 miles the first day

28th marched 12 miles

29th Moved toward Springfield  and camped with two miles of Sister's Ferry having marched ten miles.

From 30 January to 3 February they remained in camp

Feb 4 moved across Savannah River at Sister's Ferry marched 6 miles camped with two miles of Robertville, SC

        (locations on the Georgia map above)

South Carolina:

Link to the 3rd SC Batallion: http://www.geocities.com/the3rdscbattalion/

      Beaufort, SC National Civil War Cemetery: http://www.angelfire.com/sc/historysc/bncc.html

Name: ASHWORTH, THOMAS
Section: 11
Grave #: 975
Date of Interment: FEB 5 1865
Rank - Regiment - Unit - Company: PVT NY 60 INF CO F

Name: MOYER, CHARLES
Section: 48
Grave #: 5801
Date of Interment: DEC 15 1864
Rank - Regiment - Unit - Company: PVT NY 60 INF CO C

        Interments T U V W X Y Z not yet online

        Where the 60th went:

Feb 5th  cordoroyed roads, marched 6 miles

           Thomas Ashworth died 2/5/1865 - buried at Beaufort SC

Feb 6th marched 8 miles camped near Breech Branch    

Feb 7th marched 8 miles  the regiment going on picket at night. 

Feb 8th  marched 10 miles

Feb 9th marched 16 miles camped near Blackville

From: http://www.bcvm.org/blackville/history/index.htm

"Blackville became a marketing and transportation center and thrived until the Civil War.  By February of 1865, sixty thousand Union troops had passed through the town.  General Sherman met with his generals here, burned much of the town, looted, demolished the railroad, and continued on his march."

Feb 10th Marched through Blackville crossed south branch of the Edisto River

20th Corp Entering Blackville, SC - Harpers Weekly, April 1, 1865

Feb 11th remained in camp

Feb 12th marched 13 miles to the North Branch of the Edisto River

Feb 13th crossed the North Branch regiment ordered to form skirmish line but not to engage the enemy.  Small party of enemy met a few shots fired but no casualties.  relieved by the third division

Feb 14th marched 6 1/2 miles

Feb 15th  marched 13 miles arrived at Lexington

         From: Wikipedia:

By 1861, when it was incorporated as a town, Lexington boasted a diverse population of lawyers, physicians, trades people, artisans and farmers. There were then 2 churches, several schools, a carriage factory, a saw and gristmill, a tannery, livestock yard, tin and blacksmiths, and a weekly newspaper. The major crops of the surrounding countryside were mainly cotton, corn sweet potatoes and lumber. Lexington was not a marketing center for these staples, but did serve as a retail market for manufactured goods purchased wholesale by merchants in nearby Columbia.

In 1865 the town was virtually destroyed by occupying Union Army forces guarding General Sherman's western flank. The courthouse, county jail and St. Stephen's Lutheran Church were put to the torch as were most businesses and homes

 

Feb 16th-19th moved with the wagon trains marched about thirty miles.

Feb 20  moved in direction of Winnsborough (early spelling - later spelled Winnsboro)

Feb 21st arrived at Winnsborough destroyed railroad.

From: http://www.lakewateree.com/information/history.asp

Sherman arrived in Winnsboro and continues with his scorched earth march across the South. At that time Winnsboro's male population was 2, a clergyman and a doctor. 30 buildings were burned which included homes, stores, and others. Even the Episcopal Church was destroyed. Sherman was in town for 2 days, but when he left dispatched a brigade to protect the people from roving bandits.

From Harpers Weekly:

                                     Winnsborough, SC

 

Feb 22nd more railroad destruction near White Oak  then made days march 15 miles to Wateree Church

             From: http://www.sc.edu/library/socar/uscs/98spr/wateree.html

Guest Article: Civil War History in the Wateree Swamp

Dr. E. Cantey Haile, Jr.

In 1989, following the devastation of Hurricane Hugo, two friends of mine, who are interested in history, were searching an area in the Wateree swamp along the South Carolina Railroad roadbed that was used during the Civil War. Gen. Edward Potter's United States troops, including the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, had been sent from Georgetown to locate and eliminate a number of boxcars loaded with munitions on the tracks of the South Carolina Railroad. Their raid was successful as Potter's troops

This unknown liquid could have been anything from a high explosive such as nitro glycerin to an early form of biological warfare.

destroyed the Confederate munitions. Knowing the approximate location of these boxcars, my friends dug into the side of the trestle and uncovered the remains of a wooden box that contained test tubes. Inside these test tubes were small hermetically sealed vials of a clear liquid which were protected on each end by a wad of cotton. Although they had no idea what the nature of the liquid inside these vials was, because of where they came from, they were certainly curious as to the possible contents.

 

knowing my connection with the University, my friends called and asked if I could find anyone who would help identify the liquid. I knew that if anyone could get to the bottom of this mystery, it would be Dr. David Rembert, a professor at the University, who might know chemists interested in analyzing the liquid. I took Dr. Rembert one of the vials, and about two weeks later he called back to relate a wonderful story of how they had approached this unknown liquid which could have been anything from a high explosive such as nitro glycerin to an early form of biological warfare or perhaps chloroform.

 

The chemists knew immediately that the cotton in the test tubes indicated explosiveness. Nitro glycerin was an unlikely option as it will explode at the slightest vibrations. The chemists felt the best way to render the liquid inert was to subject it to super cooling which they did in a special chamber. When it did not freeze, the chemists scored the vial and broke it open. In order to determine if the liquid was organic or inorganic, a small amount was put in water.

USC chemist Dr. David Rembert knew immediately that the cotton in the test tubes indicated explosiveness.

Since organic materials usually don't mix with water and the substance did not dissolve immediately, it was concluded that the substance was organic. During the test the tube got almost too hot to hold. After the next test determined the material was extremely acidic, the chemists were able to determine that what they were dealing with was concentrated sulphuric acid. Now that we knew what it was, the next mystery to solve was why on earth these vials were on a Confederate munitions train? Again, our imaginations went wild. The answer came like a bolt out of the blue. I was reading an account of the Confederate torpedo service in an 1898 Century Magazine by R.O. Crowley. He discussed the potential use of "torpedoes" or mines as offensive instead of defensive weapons. The first problem was to prepare a fuse that was "not dangerous to handle but would explode quickly on contact with any substance."

During field trials in Virginia, Confederates succeeded in blowing a wharf on the James River to smitherines with rockets loaded with only twenty-five pounds of powder.

They made some sheetlead tubes about three inches long and one inch in diameter with one end being very thin. "Into this tube was inserted a small glass tube of similar shape filled with sulphuric acid, and hermetically sealed. The vacant space about the glass tube was tightly packed with a mixture of chlorate of potash and pulverized white sugar and the mouth of the tube was closed by fastening a strip of muslin over it.

Now, if the rounded end of the leaden tube is brought into contact with any hard substance, the thin lead will be mashed, the interior glass tube broken, and the sulphuric acid becoming mixed with the preparation of chlorate of potash and sugar, an immediate explosion is the result. We then prepared a copper cylinder containing about fifty pounds of powder, and placed several of the leaden fuses in the head, so that no matter what angle the butt struck the hull of the ship, one of the fuses would be smashed in and flame from the potash and sugar ignite the powder." There we had it, the complete answer to our mystery. Mr. Crowley goes on to discuss the field trials of the device and how they blew a wharf below Richmond on the James River to smitherines with rockets loaded with only twenty-five pounds of powder. One can only wonder if this was the very mechanism used by the Confederate submarine Hunley in sinking the Housatonic in Charleston harbor. Maybe this was the very reason these vials were on the train in the middle of a South Carolina swamp. Of course, we may never know if the answer is affirmative as to the type of fuse and explosive device used to sink the first warship ever sunk by a submarine. Although with the recent location of the Hunley off Sullivan's Island, it surely is exciting to think that we may have unearthed another peice of the puzzle. This episode and its description now comprise a chapter in one of the most respected textbooks of chemistry being used throughout the nation. The book is entitled Chemistry, Principles and Practices by Daniel L. Reger, Scott R. Goode, and Edward E. Mercer of the University of South Carolina. This account is found in chapter four under "Insights into Chemistry." We are reminded that the war between the States was the breeding ground for many unusual and inventive devices which have evolved into today's modern military weaponry.

Editor's Note: Caroliniana Columns may print articles of special interest to our members on topics related to South Carolina history or the collections of the South Caroliniana Library.

 

Feb 23 Moved in the direction of Rocky Mount helped moved the Wagon trains through bad roads

Feb 24 moved about 5 miles

Feb 25th remained in camp

Feb 26th Made a distance of only eight miles Camping near Hanging Rock Post Office

          From: http://www.carolinathreadtrail.org/threads/lancaster.html

Hanging Rock Battleground is located in Heath Springs, South Carolina. According to www.palmettocnservation.org the site was home to both Revolutionary War battles of Hanging Rock.  Additionally, the house on site was the home place of former SC Congressman J.P. Richards, who was chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee during the Eisenhower Administration. Union General William T. Sherman camped on the grounds during the Civil War, and the owner has letters posted by Sherman from the house. Sherman's officers stayed in the house, but the General preferred to camp in a tent with his men.

 

Feb 27th Crossed Hanging Rock Creek marched four miles

         

                                     Hanging Rock, SC - Harper's Weekly - April 1, 1865

 

Hanging Rock Photo from http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=4012

 

Feb 28th Marched 8 miles camped near Little Lynches Creek

Mar 1st moved 12 miles crossed Lynches River marched about twelve miles

Mar 2 Marched 8 miles

Mar 3rd Crossed Black Creek marched ten miles

Mar 4th Marched through Chesterfield made about 10 miles camped near Sneeds-borough

Mar 5th Remained in camp

                   20th Corp Entering Chesterfield, SC - Harper's Weekly -

                                          April 1, 1865

                                                    

Mar 6th Passed through Cheraw crossed Pee Dee river made about 15 miles

                                   General Mower Firing the Blakely Gun Across the  Pee Dee - Harper's

                                                                Weekly - April 1, 1865

 

From Wikipedia:

Leading up to the American Civil War, Cheraw citizens played a key role in South Carolina’s Secession from the Union. On November 19, 1860 the first call for secession in a public meeting was made at the Chesterfield County Courthouse. John A. Inglis of Cheraw was in attendance. He later introduced the resolution for South Carolina to secede. Inglis was also named the chairman of the committee that wrote the document for South Carolina’s secession.

From the beginning of the war, Cheraw was known as a place for refuge and a storehouse for valuables. In March 1865, General William T. Sherman brought his Union troops to Cheraw for several days. One Union soldier said that they found Cheraw to be “a pleasant town and an old one with the Southern aristocratic bearing.” Sherman used this as a time to gain more control over his men. No private dwellings or public buildings in Cheraw were destroyed by Sherman and his troops. However, an accidental explosion of captured gunpowder at the river hill burned the Cheraw business district. The county courthouse in Chesterfield was burned. Thus, it is difficult to date many of the properties. During the Civil War, St. David’s Church was used as a hospital by both the Confederate and Union armies. Some troops from both armies were buried there. The first Confederate Monument was erected there in 1867. Originally, the monument did not mention the Confederate soldiers because the area was still occupied by Federal troops.

The Civil War caused great economic hardship in Cheraw, as it did in the entire South. However by the early 1900s, prosperity began to return to Cheraw. The Great Depression again brought change. Cheraw State Park and Sandhills State Forest were both founded in the 1930s. By the 1950s and 1960's the groundwork was laid for industrial growth. By the end of the 20th century, Cheraw had a balanced industrial base while maintaining it's historic charm, architectural treasures and natural resources

 

 North Carolina:

 

Mar 7th  marched about 10 miles camped near Rockingham, NC

Mar 8th Marched about 6 miles  Moved to the rear of the Corps as rear guard on the 9th

             Soldier Died - Henry Stewart 3/8/65 - buried at Hermon,  NY (not sure if he died here but dates match)

Mar 10th Crossed the Lumber River marched four miles

Mar 11th crossed Rock Fish Creek made ten miles

Mar 12th marched 12 miles arrived at Fayetteville, NC

                                               Fayetteville Arsenal - Harper's Weekly - April 1, 1865

                        

From: http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/07-06/touched-and-torched-by-the-civil-war-fayetteville-north-carolina-usa.html

Some of what's basically left of General Sherman's

"handiwork" on the Federal Arsenal

Another really good Fayetteville web site:  http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc10/fayetteville1.htm

 

 

Mar 13th  Passed through Fayetteville crossed Cape Fear River camped 3 and 1/2 miles outside the town.

14th Remained in Camp

Mar 15th moved in the direction of Goldsborough camped near Black River having marched about 14 miles

     Click here for photo - UNC Collection - Field where battle of Goldsborough was fought     http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/pcoll/civilwar/80-218.JPG

        

Mar 16th Regiment sent in advance across the Black River and town forward as picket while the troops built a bridge. marched about 7 mile that day

Mar 17 remained in camp

Mar 18th marched in rear of the Corps train traveled about 8 miles

Mar 19th moved with the trains in the direction of Goldsborough

Mar 20th at 1:30 AM  ordered with the brigade to rejoin the rest of the Corps that was about 6 miles to the left.

 

•      Bentonville,  NC  March 19 - 21

Battle of Bentonville, NC (from Harper's Weekly, April 18, 1865)

 Web site: http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc8/bentonville1.htm

Also click on http://americancivilwar.com/statepic/nc/nc020.html

Mar 21st no material change

Mar 22nd marched towards Goldsboruogh made about 10 miles

Mar 23rd Crossed the Neuse River marched about 9 miles

Mar 24th continued towards Goldsborough arrived at noon and marched two miles beyond.  There they camped.  That ends the official report except praise for the command.

•      Advance on Raleigh April 9 - 13 & Occupation April 14

•      Bennetts House - April 16 - Surrender of Johnson - Durham NC

  •      Bennett's Place Web Site:  http://www.nchistoricsites.org/Bennett/Bennett.htm

  •      The Civil War in North Carolina: http://www.nccivilwar150.com/maps/maps.htm

  •         Historic Photos:  http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc3/bennett_nc1.htm

   

March to Washington via Richmond - April 29 - May 20

Grand Review - May 24

Mustered Out  July 17, 1865

Ogdensburg Daily Journal July 24, 1865:

 

Potsdam Courier Freeman Oct 25, 1865:

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Obits & Cemetery Burials:

Ogdensburg Advance 1926:

Potsdam St Lawrence Herald - 1898:

Potsdam St Lawrence Herald 1902:

Canton Plaindealer 1866:

General Lester Wilson

Lester S. Willson diaries, 1863-1865.

Location: Montana State University--Bozeman Libraries, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections.

http://www.lib.montana.edu/collect/spcoll/findaid/1407.html#1

http://www.distinctlymontana.com/index.aspx/issues/Fall2007/reside/Fred_Willson

Background: Lester Sebastian Willson was born in Canton, N.Y., on 15 June 1839. His parents, Ambrose and Julia Willson had at least two other sons, Davis and George. Lester enlisted as a private in the Company A, 60th New York Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and spent the early months guarding the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Maryland. He rose quickly in rank. At the war's end Willson was breveted a brigadier general and administered the Soldier's Home in Albany, N.Y. In 1867 he moved to Montana Territory to join his brother Davis in the mercantile business at Bozeman. Willson entered into a partnership with Loren W. Tuller and Charles Rich at Bozeman, eventually replacing both men to become a sole proprietor. He also served in the state legislature and with the state militia. Lester S. Wilson continued to operate his business until his death on 26 Jan. 1919.

Contents: The first volume of Willson's diaries contains entries made from 3 July 1863 to 5 Sept. 1864, with substantial gaps. Willson's terse entries describe his final days at Canton, N.Y., recuperating from a wound he received at Chancellorsville up to his reunion with the 60th New York Infantry in northern Virginia on 11 July 1863. The diary resumes on 26 June 1864 as Willson's regiment prepared to move on Confederate positions guarding the approaches to Atlanta through their subsequent capture of the city. These entries cover in some detail the construction of field works and battle actions at Peach Tree Creek. The second diary begins on 3 Nov. 1864 and ends on 2 May 1865, again with substantial gaps. Willson records his experiences on Gen. William T. Sherman's march from Atlanta to Savannah on the Georgia coast. The actual surrender of Savannah was not recorded by Willson, but the subsequent march from that city to Columbia, S.C., received many entries. The diary concludes with the 60th New York on their campaign into North Carolina and the surrender of the Confederate army of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. Willson describes the logistics of marching with Sherman's army, the destruction of property by Union troops, and the liberated slaves who accompanied the army. As a staff officer, Willson also touches on the arguments and in-fighting among officers on matters of promotion and command organization.

Godard Mansion in Richville

Canton Commercial Advertiser 1931:

Gouverneur Herald 1891:

From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14815478

 

Lester Sebastian Willson

Birth:   Jun. 16, 1839 Canton St. Lawrence County New York, USA Death:   Jan. 26, 1919 Bozeman Gallatin County Montana, USA   Brevet Brigadier General. He enlisted as a private in the 60th New York Volunteer Infantry in August of 1861 and spent the next few months guarding the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Maryland. By 1865, he had gained the rank of colonel of his regiment. He participated in campaigns in Virginia and Maryland and was severely wounded at Chancellorsville. Beginning in February of 1864, he participated in all of the battles of General Sherman's campaign from Chattanooga to Raleigh. As assistant adjutant-general, he received the surrender of the city of Savannah from Mayor Arnold and was the first officer to enter that city at the head of his own regiment. At the conclusion of the war, he was breveted brigadier general "for gallant and meritorious services in the campaign under General Sherman, resulting in the fall of Atlanta." He later administered the Soldiers' Home in Albany, New York. In 1867, he moved to Bozeman in Montana territory to join his brother in the mercantile business. (bio by: Thomas Fisher)       Burial: Sunset Hills Cemetery Bozeman Gallatin County Montana, USA Plot: Section D   Record added: Jul 4 2006 By: Thomas Fisher

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Canton Commercial Advertiser 1940:

Gouverneur Press 1918:

Canton Commercial Advertiser 1917:

Canton Commercial Advertiser 1919:

Lester Willson Family Papers:

http://www.lib.montana.edu/collect/spcoll/findaid/1407.html#Contents

Lester Willson Company Papers:

http://www.lib.montana.edu/collect/spcoll/findaid/1018.html

The Willson Brothers Come to Montana:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3951/is_199904/ai_n8830817

Canton Commercial Advertiser 1918:

Canton Commercial Advertiser 1940:

Burials at Bayside Cemetery Potsdam 

http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/60thInf/60thInfMain.htm

From Franklin County: http://home.att.net/~cwppds/12nycav.htm

BARNES, Jonathan Abbot - Private, Co. F. Born 1818 in VT. First enlisted Sept `61 in Co. I, 60th NY Infantry; a Farmer from Dickinson, Franklin Co., NY. discharged for disability in `62. Enlisted next on 30 March `63 at New York, NY at age 44 from Dickinson, NY. Captured 20 April `64 at Plymouth, NC. Died 22 or 25 July 1864 of Dysentery at Andersonville, GA. Grave # 3748.

KIRBY, Charles - Private, Co. F. Born at Malone, NY. First enlisted Sept `61 in Co. I, 60th NY Infantry; a Farmer from Dickinson, Franklin Co., NY. Discharged for disability 26 May `62 at Baltimore, MD. Enlisted again in the 12th NY Cavalry on 18 Feb `63 at age 23. Captured 20 April `64 at Plymouth, NC. Died 20 or 30 July 1864 of Anasarca at Andersonville, GA. Grave # 4297.

From: http://www.28thga.org/123ny_roster_g.html   123rd New York Volunteer Infantry "The Washington County Regiment" - Recruits transferred to the 60th NY Infantry:

Bartholomew, Francis - enlisted Feb. 6, 1865, for one year.

Black, George - enlisted Jan. 23, 1865, for three years.

Crofut, Henry D. - enlisted March 3, 1865, for one year.

Crowley, Nathan C. - enlisted Jan. 10, 1865, for two years.

Dall, Lewis - enlisted Feb. 5, 1865, for one year.

Fenton, Joseph - enlisted Feb. 6, 1865, for three years.

Harris, Charles - enlisted Jan. 6, 1865, for three years.

Johns, David I. - enlisted Jan. 13, 1865, for three years.

Klein, William - enlisted Jan. 12, 1865, for three years.

Legnard, Francis - enlisted Jan. 12, 1865, for one year.

Mulligan, Thomas - enlisted Jan. 6, 1865, for three years.

          Holland, John from  http://hamilton.nygenweb.net/military/CivilWarProject/H.htm

Enlisted 25 Mar 1864 at Hartford, NY, age 18 as
Private, Co. E, 123rd NY Infantry
Mustered in 30 Mar 1864
Transferred 8 June 1865 to 60th NY Infantry
Discharged Aug 1865 (from 1890 census)

 

More Burials & Other Records: (many below from Anne Cady's web site)

Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn NY

              Col. William Bingham Goodrich

Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery, Washington County, Oregon:

               Billings, George, no dates, Co. D, 60th New York Infantry, Civil War (Union), [JG]
               Sabin, A. G., no dates, Co. I, 60th New York Infantry, Civil War (Union), [JG]

Arlington, Va:

              Henry Scofiled Farrell, 1st Lt, died 1902  http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/hsfarrell.htm

Richmond Michigan (GAR - not burial): http://www.macombmicw.com/beebe.html

Vroman, Norman

60th N.Y. Infantry, Company C

 

South Dakota State Archives: http://www.sdhistory.org/arc/civilwar/county/deuel.htm

Washington:   - 1890 Veterans Census for Kitsap County, Washington http://home.comcast.net/~suvcw1/cemetery/graves/census.pdf

 ROBERTS, Jacob M., residing in the Port Washington Precinct.

Co. L, 14th New York Heavy Artillery and Co. B, 60th New York Infantry

He applied for a veteran's pension on 07 May 1886. He is buried at the Veterans Home

Cemetery at Retsil.

 From Rochester NY Library Civil War Master List: http://www2.libraryweb.org/documentView.asp?docid=134

Brown N/A N/A Sgt. 60th N.Y.V. May 13 1864 UA 2-1

Lost an arm in the service; Is now in the city;

Has re-enlisted in the Regular Army

 

Hickcok Norman N/A N/A 60th N.Y.V. Jul 20 1880 UA 2-4 Listed as Civil War Veteran

 

North Country Cemeteries:

Carville Cemetery, Brasher, NY:

      Francis Gray , Co I 60 Reg. N.Y.V. died July 4, 1876 Ae

Flint Chaffee Cemetery, Brasher NY:

      Truman Clark - Co I 60 NY Inf

Evergreen Cemetery, Canton NY

          Leffert Lefferts Buck       Leffert L Buck, Civil Engineer, Captain Co A 60th NY Vol In; 1837-1909 (Section B)

             Edwin Delos North, Sergt 60 NYV, 1832-1912 (Section F)
 

Olin Cemetery - Canton NY

           Ira B. Whitford, Co A 60 Reg NYSV; d. May 11, 1863 AE 32 yrs, 8 mos (#79)

Bridge Cemetery - Canton NY: 

Patrick Fitzpatrick, Co I 60th NYVI, d. March 13, 1891 AE 68 yrs

     He may also have served with the 142nd - He is on this list:  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stlawgen/ROSTERS/142A.HTM

William Earl, Co D 60 NYV Inft. Died May 26, 1867 AE 24 yrs

Jerusalem Cemetery, Canton NY:

               Alvin L. Barber, 60 NY Reg 1844-1936

           Silas P. Blount, Co A 60 NY Vol; 1840-1922

King Cemetery, Canton NY:

              KING, George W died 12 May 1884 age 41 yrs(?) Co. D 60th N.Y.S.V.

Kendrew Cemetery, DeKalb NY

               Newton Stone, Co F 60th NY Vols, 1841-1927

Old DeKalb Cemetery:

               Harvey Daniels, Pvt Co F 60th NYVI; 1842-1932; Military Marker

               Samuel Miller, Co C 60th Reg NYVI, Died Aug 20, 1896; Aged 75 yrs

Union Risley Cemetery, DeKalb, NY:

               Henry H. Haven, Co F 60 NY Inf, Father, 1844-1923 (Section 1)

Wayside Cemetery, Richville/DeKalb NY:

             Col.  Abel Godard, born June 26, 1835 - died July 25, 1891; Col of the 60 NYSV in the war of the

             rebellion; Footstone 

             Dedication - In memory of unreturned soldiers of the war of 1861-1865. Erected by the

              citizens of Richville :

              - John Thomas (w entries with this name, one 60th NY Co K, other 106 Co G)

              -  Charles Force - 60th Inf Co K

              - George Wells - 60th, Co B

Riverside Cemetery, Edwards, NY:

               H. P. Henderson, d. Oct 20, 1894 AE 69 yrs, 4 mos; Co C 60th NY Volunteers (Section 2)

               William MaKee, Co D 60 NY Inf (Section 12)

South Edwards Cemetery, Edwards NY:

FERGUSON

Milo

1839

1891

B

Co. B, 60th NY in the Civil War. Husband of Sarah Maria Wood.

WOOD

Silas B.

13 Apr 1868

46yr, 8mo, 7 da.

B

Civil War Vet. Husband of Laura Austin.

• 60th Infantry, Company D - Silas Wood

         Utica Morning Herald May 1, 1868:

Edwards - St. Lawrence Plaindealer April 30,1868:

Pinney Cemetery - Edwards NY http://www.edwardshistorycenter.org/tales/cemeteries/pinney.html

             HP HENDERSON , Died Oct 20, 1894 - 69 years, 4 m

     McKee, William , Co D, died March 4, 1910

     Milo Ferguson, Co B - 1839-1891

Oswegatchie ( Cemetery, Fine, NY):

               William J. Barker  1842-1906  60th NY Vol Co F

Riverside Cemetery, Gouverneur, NY:

                  George W. Fox, died Nov 24, 1883, AE 46 yrs; A soldier in Co C., 60 NY Regt, Vet Vol, Marker

              (Section D)

George M Gleason - Watertown Reunion, Oct 2, 1901

Geo M. Gleason, 1829-1901, Gleason Marker (Section F)

Rarick Cemetery, Hammond NY:

       Alonzo Wilson, 1849-1895, Valet to Captain Thomas Hobart in the Civil War

       Martha, wife of Brev't Lieut Col. Thomas Hobart and daughter of David & Nancy Nicol; Died

       at Rolla, Mo, Oct 7, 1867 in her 25 yr  (Need to look in Mo for Thomas Hobart....putting

       wife Martha here as a placeholder....)

Old Hammond (Fairview) Cemetery, Hammond NY:

     Augustus Ward, Civil War Vet 1861-1865, Died 1923  (60th Inf, Co B)

Chippewa Street Cemetery, Hammond NY:

             John H Barney , Co C 60 Inf, 1841-1921 (Section L-2)
             Fredrick Morris Fitch , son of Augustus & Emily Fitch; died at Alexandria Va April 26, 1865

              AE 25 yrs, 5 mos, 16 dys (Section L-2)

Hillcrest Cemetery, Heuvelton, NY

Hugh Adrian, son of R & E Adrian; 60th Reft NY SV; Died Dec 22, 1861; Age 21 yrs (Section 37)

Joseph Bresette, Co F 60 NY Vols, 1837-1913 (Section 40)

James Conklin, Serg Co F 60 Regt N.Y.V.T. Vols; 1839-1922 (Section 40)

Thomas Elliott, Major 60th NY Vols; Born July 12, 1828 (Section 35)

Thomas Head, Co K 60th NY Inf (Section 33)

Daniel Lake, Co B 60th Reg NY Vol, Died Aug 29, 1894; Aged 54 yrs (Section 41)

William Pitt Hulett, was killed at the battle of Chancellorsville, VA, May 3, 1863 in his 37(?) Year (Section 1)  (60th Co F) - Musician

Ogdensburg Advance Dec 27, 1861: not sure where he is buried

 

Frederick William Prouse (Heuvelton)  - from the Fairport NY Herald Dec 5, 1923:

:

 

Old Hermon Cemetery, Hermon NY:     

        
Newell B. Clark, Co F 60th Reg N.Y.V.I. 1835-1924 (Section 3)

James A. Eggleson, 60 N.Y.V. 1832-1924 (Section 3)

John Ellis, 1841-1909, Co A 60th N.Y.V.I. (Section 1)

Jay Fairbanks, CO F 60th Reg, 1828-1912 (Section 2)

John W. Perry, Co K 60th NY Vols, 1839-1914 (back of Oliver Baker Stone) (Section 2)

Livingston G. Read, Co D 60 Reg N.Y.S.V., died Sept 15, 1864; AE 23 yrs (Section 1)

Charles D. Rice, New York PVT Co D 60 Regt NY Inf Civil War; April 17, 1840 - Sept 29, 1924 (Section 2)

Wallace Smith, Co A 60 Regt NY Vol; Died Apr 24, 1862 AE 22 yrs (Section 1)

Ira W. Starks, Died Oct 6, 1891, AE 51 yrs; A member of Co F 60 NY Vols; Inscription (Section 1)

Ezekiel Stevenson, Co A 60 Regt NY Vols; 1842-1910 (Section 1)

Henry Stewart, 60 Regt N.Y.S.V., died Mar 8, 1865; AE 24 yrs, 2 mo, 7 dys (Section 1)

James, Chilton - son of A & P Chilton, Killed at Atlanta GA, May 24, 1864; Aged 24 yrs, 7 mos, 26 dys (Section 1)  (60th NY, Co F)

Wm Albert McIntyre, died Apr 30, 1867; AE 24 yrs (Section 1) (60th, Co A)

 

New Hermon Cemetery, Hermon NY

George Flack , Co D 60 Regt NY Vol, 1843-1925 (Left Center Section)

Edgar Reed , Sgt Co D 60 NY Vols; 1844-1932 (Right Center Section)

Porter Hill Cemetery, Hermon, NY

  John J. Bowen, Co K 60 N.Y. Vol Inf; 1826-1891

 

Fort Jackson - Hopkinton Cemetery:

    Hugh CURRIER, Civil War, Co K 60th Reg't. NY Vols.; {from stone: 1844-1928}; from burial

    permit d. Dec. 12, 1928 Ogdensburg @ 85 yrs buried Dec. 16, 1928; from record of burial &

     lot numbers, dated Dec. 12, 1928 @ 85 yrs burial permit issued Ogdensburg buried Cem 2 Lot

    117

 

   MEACHAM, Holly E., Co K 60th NYSV; {from stone: June 5, 1842-Dec. 31, 1861 @ 19 yrs} died

   in the Civil War from 'Early History of Hopkinton' Halley E. Meacham born June 5, 1842, Co

   K 60th Regiment enlisted Oct. 8, 1861, for 3 years, private, died of disease Dec. 31, 1861 at

   Baltimore, Maryland buried London Park Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland}

 

   SHELDON, Hermon D., son of Amos, grandson of Gaius, Co K 60th Reg. Civil War, [from stone:

  d. Aug. 22, 1863 @ 21 yrs] of disease buried here.; buried Aug. 23, 1863 as recorded in Olivia

   Atwood's diary; record of burials in Hopkinton Village Cemetery by W.S. Phelps says he was

   buried Aug. 23, 1863 Lot 76

 

   WHITE, Orin Co K 60th Reg. Civil War, {from stone: "a soldiers grave" 'at rest' buried Apr. 5

   1874 @ 35 yrs}; also recorded in Olivia Atwood's diary; record of burials in Hopkinton Village

   Cemetery by W.S. Phelps says he was buried Apr. 5, 1874, f rom 'Early History of Hopkinton'

    Orin White born Jan. 2, 1839 Co K 60th Regiment enlisted Oct. 1861 for 3 years, married,

    Private, served about 8 months, died in Hopkinton}

 

   MASON, Lester, listed as a Soldier in the Civil War Mrs. Lester, from small book of burials,

   was buried June 13, 1879 (60th Co K)

Martin Cemetery, Lisbon, NY

Robert Nelson, Co B 60 Regt NY Vols; born Oct 15, 1840 - died Dec 23, 1926

White Church, Lisbon, NY: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~stlawgen/CEMETERY/Lisbon/Lisbon.HTM

David W Clements – Priv. Co B 1842-1913

George H Sherman – Co C 1846–1908

James E Woodley Cpl Cp G 1841-1929

Haskell Ridge Cemetery, Madrid, NY:

        Samuel C Haskell , Son of Sam'l C & E.F. Haskell, Fell near Chancelorville, Va; May 3, 1863, Aged 27 yrs

Madrid Cemetery:

           EL Lockwood 60th

           Fred Powell 60th

           Lieut. HC Reynolds

          William Gales 60th

          Lewis Rusaw 60th

          HS Wright 60th

          Samuel Haskell 60th

          Capt Hugh Smith 60th

Oldsville Cemetery, Macomb, NY

Daniel Graves, Co. B. 60 NY Vols., 1842-1929

E. R. Turner, Co. F, 60 N.Y. Vols, born March 11, 1840, died Mar 5, 1910

Elisha R. Turner Jr - Elisha enlisted as a 21 year old in September, 1861, for a term of 3 years. He was wounded at Chancellorsville, VA. He mustered out with his company in July, 1865.

Elisha is shown here with his wife Marcia J Whitney aka Justina Whitney. Both are buried in the Oldville Cemetery in Macomb, St Lawrence County, NY. 

Watertown Times, 1910:

Madrid Cemetery, Madrid NY:

       Dwight C Packard , 60th R Band, NY Vols; 1820-1910; AE 18 yrs, 3 mos; (Section 19)

Old Madrid Cemetery, Madrid NY:

       William Gates Jr , Co G 60 Regt NYV; d. Jan 11, 1864 AE 19 yrs (Section 4 )

       H C Reynolds , Lieut 60 Regt NYV; d. Oct 24, 1862 AE 26 yrs ; Close-up (Section 6 )

       Lewis Rusaw , Co G 60th NY Inf (Section 5 )

 Morley Cemetery & Trinity Church Cemetery, Morley NY:

              Mathew Johnson, Co G 60 NY Vol, 1834-1899; Second Marker (Section 1)

      Sylvester F. Thompson, Co G 60 NY Vols, 1843-1915 (Section 4)

              Lorenzo A. Woodley, Co G 60 NY Vols 1844-1908 (Section 1)

Brier Hill Cemetery, Morristown, NY

        Charles Moyer, born Oct 18, 1819, Killed at the battle of Savannah GA, Jan 16, 1865, Co C

        60 Reg NYV

Francis Yerden, Co B 60 Regt NY Vol Inf, Nov 18, 1911 Age 66 yrs

Pine Hill Cemetery, Morristown, NY

Henry W. Dunn, * of the 60th Regt NYSV; Died in Baltimore MD, Dec 11, 1861 of Typhoid Fever, 35 yrs (Section 1)

Francis C. Lewis, Co C 60 NY Vols, 1831-1901 (Section 3)

Catholic Cemetery, Norfolk NY:

               John Kelley Co A 60th NY

Ogdensburg Cemetery

       Stephen Beyette, Co F 60 Reg NY Vol; 1842-1918 (Section 1)

       James H. Brown, Co C 60th NY Inf; died May 18, 1889 Aged 47 yrs (Section 105)

       Felix Murray, Father, 1840-1922; Private Co G 60 Regt NY Inf (Section 107)

       Charles Santo, Co F 60 Reg NYV, 1836-1903 (Section 105)

       Levi M. Soper, Co C 60 NY Inf, 1844 - 1884 (Section 4)

       John Johnson, Co G 60 Regt NY Inft 1832-1900 (Section 105)

      

St. Mary's Cemetery, Ogdensburg, NY:

              Capt. John Delany, Co H 60th Regt NYS Vol Infantry, died Sept 1, 1870 Aged 47 yrs (Section 1)

Cooks Corner Cemetery, Pierrepont, NY:

       Luke Gleason, CO D 60 Reg N.Y.S.I. AE 22 yrs; d. June 4, 1863
       Eber Gleason, Co D 60 Reg N.Y.S.I. AE 26 yrs; d. Nov 5, 1865
 

 Pierrepont Hill Cemetery:

             Quartermaster General - Edwin Atkins Merritt  - need to check this, his son is buried here...

Pierrepont Hill Cemetery, Pierrepont NY:

      Ezra Axtell , Member of Band 60 Regt NYSV; b. May 23, 1831 - d. Oct 27, 1916; Military

           Inscription

       John Brown , Born at Killin, Perthshire, Scotland; Co D 60 Reg NYSV; July 22, 1838-May 18,

           1918; Second Stone

        Donald Brown , CO D 60 NY Vol, 1840-1906

        Henry Gleason , Co D 60th Reg NY S Vols, 1839-1916

       James A Robinson , Co A 60 Regt NY Vol, Father, 1842-1927

( David Robinson from Pierrepont - killed at Antietam- from http://www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/nurses.htm   - not buried in this cemetery - possibly buried at Antietam - see North Russell Cemetery

East Pitcairn Cemetery, Pitcairn NY:

          J M Wells, Co D 60th NY Inf

Garrison Cemetery, Pitcairn, NY:

               James Streeter, Veteran 61-65, Co D 60th N.Y. Vols

Edwin Lanphere. Co D 60 N.Y. Vols - Civil War, 1840-1916

Gordon S. Manchester, Son of Osee & Flavilla Manchester; Member of Co D 60 Reg NYS Vols (Veteran 61-65), Died Nov 14, 1863; AE 20 yrs, 3 mos, 22 dys

Capt. V. M. Cartter, 60 NY, Vet 61-65; small headstone says "Father", footstone with initials "V.M.C.", 1829-1895

Jesse McAllister, Co D 60 Reg N.Y.V. 1; Footstone says "Father"; Veteran 61-65, 1840-1

Ogdensburg Advance Dec 27, 1861: (not sure where he is buried)

 

Old St. Mary's Cemetery, Potsdam, NY:

      James McCormick, 1840 - 1921, Born in Matilda Canada 1840 died Potsdam 1921.  Co. A 

        60^th NYSV. They lived on Market St. in Potsdam in 1905 and his wife Sarah is buried in Bayside

        Cemetery in Potsdam. They   also had daughters Velma and Mattie in 1870

Garfield Cemetery, Potsdam, NY:

       Henry G Covey, Co A 60 NY Vol, died April 22, 1885

       William D. Gurley, Co K 60 NY Vol, 1839-1913

Riverside Cemetery, Potsdam (Norwood)  NY:

    Col. Edward Nelson, CO D 60TH NY VOLS)(POST 167 GAR), 1842 - 1904,1842-October 26,

   1904) Colonel Edward Nelson died at his home in Norwood last Wednesday, aged 62

   years. Mr. Nelson’s health has been very poor for a number of years, but he was confined

   to the bed only a week. He was a member of Luther Priest Post G.A.R., also an Odd

    Fellow, a Forester and a Rebecca. His funeral was held Sunday at 2 p.m. and the four

   organizations, and the Womens Relief Corps attended in a body. Mr. Nelson was elected

   town collector twice and several times collected the school and village tax. Mr. Nelson

  was highly respected and will be greatly missed. He leaves a wife and three children.

 (From the Friday, November 4, 1904 edition of the Potsdam St. Lawrence Herald, courtesy

  of the Northern New York Library Network @ news.nnyln.net).

 

  Leonard A. Wilson,  POST 167, GAR)(60th, Co G), died 1926

Garrison Cemetery, Pitcairn NY:

      James Streeter , Veteran 61-65, Co D 60th N.Y. Vols

Rensselaer Falls Cemetery:

               Alonzo Washburn, Co B 60th NY Cav; 1837-1915 (Section 1)

Wegatchie Cemetery, Rossie NY

       Eugene Bolton, Member of 60 Regt NY Vol, died at Washington DC, Oct 15, 1862; Aged 20

               yrs, 5 mos, 14 dys

Russell Village - Balsam Cemetery, Russell, NY:

        Charles ALDOUS   Co. K 60^th NY Vol. 1840-1926 (Veteran 61-65)

South Russell Cemetery, Russell, NY:

                Bullock, William, 1844-1926, Company D, 60 NY Vo

                Brundage, C. R, Lt Col, 60 Reg, NYVI died 21 Oct 1897 age 75 yrs

      Southcott, William, died Feb 1868 age about 40 yrs

North Russell Cemetery, Russell, NY:

      Asa G. Morgan, Co D 60th Reg NYVI, 1840-1907; GAR Marker, Plot 187

      David V. Robinson, CO D 60 Reg NYV Killed at the battle of Antietam AE 35 yrs 7 mos 13 dys; d. Sept 17, 1862; Plot 31

Belleville Cemetery, Russell NY:

STEPHENSON, Col. William 1817-1906 Ellen his wife 1823-1896  

From Rootsweb: Name: William STEPHENSON Sex: M Birth: 25 Dec 1817 in Antrim County, Ireland Death: 11 Apr 1906 in Belleville Cemetery, Russel, NY Note: The following was written by William Stephenson in a letter: I was born in County Antrim, Ireland in the year 1817, December 25th. My father’s name was Robert Stephenson, my mother’s maiden name Rachel Hutchinson. My father had a cousin by the name of Wm. Martin, a merchant and distiller living in Edwards, N.Y., he advised my father to send me to him. So in the year 1832, I being between 14 and 15 years of age. I sailed from Belfast, Ireland in the ship 'Thomas Galson" for America. There were 500 passengers on board and I being the only boy among them became a great favorite with the sailors who did all they could to make the voyage a pleasant one for me. Two weeks after the vessel sailed from Belfast, the Asiatic cholera broke out on board and thirty-six of the passengers were consigned to watery graves. We were five weeks and three days on the ocean when the vessel landed at Quebec. When I reached Prescott the cholera was raging there also and there was no way to get to Ogdensburg. Finally I found a man who took pity on me and put me across the river in a rowboat. We landed opposite a large stone house occupied by Benjamin Nevin. I stayed over Sunday with a man by the name of Fuller. On Monday morning he sent his son to guide me through the woods. I then reached Gouverneur, where I found a man by the name of Thomas Grant, who had come with a team to take me to Edwards. There I became a clerk in my cousins store and made that place my home for six years. When there was a regiment of the State Militia formed in this country, I was chosen Captain of one of the Companies, was after appointed Colonel of the 33rd Regiment. (Note, from Stan Maine, the 33rd Militia was the core of the 60th regiment NYS Volunteers)  Soon after the commencement of the Civil War, in company with the Hon. Wm. Wheeler and Hon. A. B. James, I helped to raise three full regiments in St. Lawrence County. When it became necessary to raise men by the draft the Secretary of War appointed me Commissioner to superintend the draft in St. Law. and Franklin counties. I was a resident of the town of Russell for 50 years, assessor 9 years, commissioner of highways 5 years, and supervisor one term. As many young men do after leaving school, I was married choosing for my companion, Miss Helen Watson. To us were born 12 children, six sons and six daughters, of whom 8 are still living. After my wife and I had lived together for 57 years, God took her from me, and I am now awaiting that happy day when we shall again be united in death as in life, one.

 

Brookdale Cemetery, Stockholm, NY

       Lyman Curtis, So Rest My Son, 1824 - 1897 Co , 60 I, NYSV, Lot 122, Section B Row 12

Brookside Cemetery, Waddington NY: (from Sarah More's site: http://www.waddingtonredev.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=id_lochist%3baction=display%3bnum=1149013616

            GARDNER, Louis, d. June 10, 1863, age 45 yrs- pot 60th reg. civil (Vet Flag) Zone 2

       John Hatch, d. March 1882 (No day) (Masonic) Member Co.G, 60th Regt. N.Y.VI

       William C Jardine - 1833-1928 - Corp Co G, 60 Regt NY

         Lyman Wilson, died June 12, 1872, age 28, Co G, 60th Reg NYSV

 

Martinsburg, Lewis County, NY:

        REARY, John, Private, Co. F, 60th N.Y. Inf., Aug. 8, 1861 - 1864

       Lowville, Lewis Co., N.Y., Wounded in thigh, This soldiers discharge papers (illegible)

       burned & no accurate dates can be given

 http://www.rootsweb.com/~nylewis/Martinsburgh_1890_census.htm

Presho Cemetery, Lindley, NY:

Hiram L Pau, 1832  - 1884, Co. A, 60th NY vol.

Franklin County, NY

- Hartson, Palmer H., 60th NY Co. I, DICKINSON

 http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyfrank2/cwindex/ha-he.htm

- Fisk, Rufus, Moira, NY, b1829, 60th NY Co. I, discharged at Atlanta GA in Sept. 1864. Re-enlisted in March 1865 in the 193rd NY Inf. and mustered out in January 1866 at Harper's Ferry, VA. Also appears in the Dickinson records and is buried at Dickinson Center.

 http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/franklin/moira/civilwar/cr-ho.htm

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Shores/1549/Fisk/Fisk.html

Ives Cemetery, Dickinson Center, Franklin County:

Fisk, Rufus, b. ?, d. ?, Co. I 60th NY Infantry  http://www.interment.net/data/us/ny/franklin/ives.htm

 

Other States:

Colorado, GAR Post

       Carolton B Cozins -  COZENS, C Z, PVT, F, 60TH NY INF

        http://denverlibrary.org/research/genealogy/GAR/gar03.txt

LAWYER, A D, SERG, B, 60TH NY INF http://www.history.denverlibrary.org/research/civil_war_gar/L.html

Fitzgerald, Georgia:
Alex A Harvey, Co. F 60th New York Infantry/ Co. A 6th U.S. Cavalry http://www.fitzgeraldga.org/civil_war_gi.htm

Riverside Cemetery, St. Anthony, Idaho,  http://www.rootsweb.com/~idgenweb/civilwar.htm

        Park, Charles N., Co E   - 60 New York Inf.,

Kansas:

CAMAN

AUGUSTUS W'M

CIVIL

Cpl   Co E   60th NY Inf

L

20

http://skyways.lib.ks.us/library/lacygne/AlphabeticalListingCemeteryVeterans.xls

Oak Hill Cemetery, Chetopa, Ks

        Dewitt Perry, Co A

Michigan, Isabella: http://files.usgwarchives.org/mi/isabella/census/1890/isabella.txt

1890 Census:

Names of surviving Soldiers, Sailors and Marines and Widows    Rank         Company      Name of Regiment or Vessel    Date of Enlistment    Date of Discharge   Yrs. Mos. days

John D. Levanway ,Private      H   60th New York Infantry   Sept. 3, 1861   March 14, 1864      2    6    11      Rosebush, Isabella, Mich Front of thumb shot off,   Working power, but affected

Nebraska GAR: http://denverlibrary.org/research/genealogy/Nebraska/vetdata4.txt

HEAD, MOSES, 142ND NY INF;60TH NY INF, Post 130

HEFLIN, WILLIAM, 60TH NY INF, Post  http://history.denverlibrary.org/research/civil_war_gar_neb/H.pdf

          MARSH, GEORGE W., 60TH NY INF, Post 239

          McCARTER, JAMES W., 60TH NY INF, Post 112

Richmond, Oklahoma:

Jacob Weber -Jacob Weber b. 1866 July 16 Concordia Lafete Co., MO
(Lafayette) Jacob Weber d. 1898 Dec 19, Stroud, OK Adolph Weber b. 1871
Mar 10 Lions Creek Dickinson Co. KN d. 1898 Dec. 19, Stroud, OK Laura
Weber b. 1876 Jan. 10 Dickinson Co. KN d. 1898 Dec. 27 Stroud, OK m.
Jack DAW 1898, June 29 (d. 1899 Jan 1, Stroud, OK) ....  CW Discharge
papers and pension vouchers for Jacob Weber Co. D, 60th Reg, NY Vet Vol
enrolled 1864 Feb. 15 discharged 1865 Jul 17, Alexandria, VA Pension
receipt certificate #601553 Richmond, OK Terr. 1907 Richmond, Woodward
Co., OK 1912
 http://searches.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/mo/lafayette/queries/19961998.txt

 

Colby Wisconsin   http://www.usgennet.org/usa/wi/county/clark/webbbs/queries/index.cgi?read=884

         Lorenzo Cramer - Company D

Butternut & Park Falls, Wisconsin:

         Judson Noble, Co. I, 60th N. Y. Inf. 1843 - 1915

 http://www.russscott.com/~rscott/butternut/cwvets.htm

     

1890 Veterans Census for Kitsap County, Washington:

http://home.comcast.net/~suvcw1/cemetery/graves/census.pdf

Compiled by Don Vatne of Bremerton

ROBERTS, Jacob M., residing in the Port Washington Precinct.

Co. L, 14th New York Heavy Artillery and Co. B, 60th New York Infantry

He applied for a veteran's pension on 07 May 1886. He is buried at the Veterans Home

Cemetery at Retsil.

 

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Obits & Articles:

      St. Lawrence Plaindealer 1865

    Died -

St Lawrence Plaindealer 1867:

 

St. Lawrence Plaindealer 1868:

St. Lawrence Plaindealer March 14, 1911:

 

St. Lawrence Plaindealer 1911:

 

Courier Freeman  March 16, 1862:

 

St. Lawrence Plaindealer April 1, 1930:

Courier Freeman 1912:

 

St. Lawrence Plaindealer May 4, 1937:

 

St. Lawrence Plaindealer Feb 24, 1942: