Military

Canaan,

Columbia County,

New York

By Capt. Franklin Ellis359

1878

     It is impossible, in the limited space at our command, to enlarge upon the military history of the town.  Besides those already mentioned as having served in the Revolution, the names of others appear in the military lists of the county.  At the first call of the government for aid to suppress the Rebellion the town gave an actives response.  A special meeting was held Aug. 30, 1862, to facilitate enlistments, a bounty of $150 per volunteer being provided to this end.  The supervisor and the assessors were constituted a disbursing committee of the several bounty funds provided at this and subsequent special meetings.  The soldier's list give the names of the volunteers credited to the town by the State authorities.

    

NAME ENLIST DATE COMPANY
Russel S. Allis  Aug. 13, 1862 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. I, died of disease, Oct. 16, 1862
Cyrus W. Ames Sept. 12, 1864 91st Regt., Co. H; disch. June 10, 1865
George Barnes Jan. 4, 1863 21st Cav., Co. A; wounded; disch. June 9, 1865
Samuel A. Barstow, Jr. Sept. 8, 1864 20th Battery; disch. Aug. 1, 1865
Wm. Bolster Sept. 8, 1864 12th Battery; disch. June 8, 1865
Albert N. Blinn Oct. 7, 1862 9th Sharpshooters; disch. Aug. 5, 1863
Lewis K. Brown Sept. 18, 1864 20th Battery; disch. Aug. 1, 1865
Daniel Blinn Aug. 8, 1862 128th Regt., Co. A; disch. July 26, 1865
Reuben Bates Aug. 15, 1862 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. I; discharged
Vincent Burrows Aug. 19, 1864 91st Regt., Co. I; disch. June 10, 1865
Charles W. Battershall Oct. 18, 1862 9th Sharpshooters; disch. Aug. 5, 1862
Norman L. Barnes Oct. 8, 1862 9th Sharpshooters; disch.; re-enl. Sept. 3, 1864, 91st Regt., Co. I; disch. June 10, 1865
Warren Blinn, lieut. Oct. 7, 1862 9th Sharpshooters; disch. Aug. 3, 1863
Wm. H. H. Burt Sept. 16, 1863 8th Sharpshooters
Abraham J. Blinn Aug. 21, 1864 91st Regt., Co. I; disch. June 5, 1865
Harmar B. Bostwick   1st Eng.; disch. June 18, 1863
Asa C. Crego Sept. 18, 1864 20th Art; disch. Aug. 1, 1865
Bernard H. Carpenter Oct. 7, 1862 9th Sharpshooters; disch. Aug. 5, 1863
Samuel Comstock Aug. 8, 1862 128th Regt., Co. A; prisoner at Salisbury; died in prison
Joseph L. Churchill Aug. 8, 1862 128th Regt., Co. A; disch. July 12, 1865
John Carroll Oct. 7, 1862 9th Sharpshooter; disch. Aug. 5, 1863
Eber Castle Oct. 7, 1862 9th Sharpshooters; disch. Aug. 15, 1863
Samuel De Graff Aug. 8, 1862 128th Regt., Co. A; disch for disability, June 1, 1864
John Dragon Sept. 8, 1862 20th Battery; disch. Aug. 1, 1865
John J. Dusenbury Aug. 6, 1862 128th Regt., Co. A; disch. for disability, Aug. 14, 1863
John E. De Graff Aug. 6, 1862 128th Regt., Co. A; died of disease at quarantine, Jan. 29, 1863
Michael Eidleman, blacksmith Sept. 4, 1862 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. I; died of disease at Hampton, Aug. 1, 1864
Wm. D. Ellsworth July 10, 1861 5th Conn. Regt., Co. G; detailed in Signal Corps; died of disease at Beaufort
Daniel W. Eldridge Sept. 8, 1864 91st Regt., Co. I; disch. June 10, 1865
Sidney A. Ford Aug. 19, 1864 91st Regt., Co. I; disch. June 29, 1865
George Finch Aug. 6, 1862 128th Regt., Co. A; disch. for disability, March 16, 1863
Lorenzo D. Ford Aug. 8, 1862 128th Regt., Co. A; hospital service; pro. to corp.; disch. July 12, 1865
Wm. Henry Field July 10, 1861 5th Conn. Regt., Co. G; disch.; re-enl.
Henry M. Gott Oct. 6, 1862 9th Sharpshooters; had before served in 31st Mass. Regt.; disch. Aug. 5, 1865
Charles B. Husted Oct. 4, 1862 9th Sharpshooters; disch. Aug. 5, 1863; re-enl. Sept. 17, 1864, 91st Regt.; disch. June 10, 1865
Eugene Hotchkiss Sept. 8, 1864 20th Bat.; disch. Aug. 1, 1865
Jesse Herrick Sept. 8, 1864 20th Bat.; disch. Aug. 1, 1865
George W. Holdridge Oct. 18, 1862 9th Sharpshooters; died of disease at Hampton, July 5, 1863
Francis E. Holdridge Oct. 18, 1862 9th Sharpshooters; disch. Aug. 5, 1863
George W. Hine Sept. 21, 1864 142d Regt., Co. B; disch. June 22, 1865
Patrick Higgins Aug. 19, 1864 91st Regt., Co. I; disch. June 10, 1865
John R. Harrison Aug. 8, 1862 128th Regt., Co. A
Henry Ingleson Sept. 8, 1864 20th Bat.; disch. Aug. 1, 1865
George S. Johnson Oct. 4, 1862 9th Sharpshooters; disch. Aug. 5, 1863; re-enl. Sept. 8, 1864; disch. Aug. 1, 1865
Wm. Johnson Oct. 8, 1862 9th Sharpshooters; disch. Aug. 5, 1865
Wm. H. Johnson Oct. 11, 1862 8th Sharpshooters; wounded June 1, 1864; disch. June 6, 1865
Charles P. Kingsley Aug. 4, 1862 128th Regt., Co. A; wounded; died at home of wounds, Nov. 30, 1864
Charles P. Kingsley (2d) Sept. 16, 1864 142d Regt., Co. B; disch. June 28, 1865
Frederick W. Kingsley Oct. 7, 1862 9th Sharpshooters; disch. Aug. 5, 1863
John H. Lawrence Sept. 8, 1864 12th Bat.; disch. June 8, 1865
Wm. Loftus Aug. 7, 1864 64th Regt., Co. H; disch. June 1865
Cyrus H. Lord Oct. 7, 1862 9th Sharpshooters; disch. Aug. 5, 1863
Henry Lemon Aug. 15, 1862 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. I; died of disease at Suffolk, Jan. 9, 1863
Anthony Loftus Oct. 7, 1862 9th Sharpshooters; disch. by habeas corpus
  John Loftus  Oct. 7, 1862 9th Sharpshooters; disch. by habeas corpus
Richard Lawrence June 1861 43d Regt. Co. A; re-enl.; prisoner at Andersonville twelve months, exchanged, and disch. June 1865
John Lane Aug. 26, 1862 11th Mass. Co. B; disch. Sept. 10, 1863
Edward B. Mullen Aug. 19, 1864 91st Regt., Co. I; disch. June 10, 1865
Patrick W. Mullen Nov. 7, 1861 91st Regt., Co. I; pro. to corp.; re-enl. 1864; disch. July 3, 1865
Aaron K. Mullen Aug. 6, 1862 128th Regt., Co. A; died of disease at New Orleans, June 22, 1864
Thaddeus Mattoon Aug. 6, 1862 128th Regt., Co. A; disch. July 12, 1865
Isaiah W. Merrils Oct. 4, 1862 9th Sharpshooters; pro. to corp.; disch. Aug. 5, 1863
John E. Mattoon Jan. 4, 1863 21st Cav. Co. L; discharged
John H. Mattoon Jan. 4, 1863 21st Cav., Co. L; disch. June 23, 1865
Richard McGuin Oct. 31, 1862 159th Regt., Co. G; discharged
James Mosheimer Aug. 4, 1862 128th Regt., Co. A; disch. July 26, 1865
Benjamin F. Mattoon Oct. 31, 1862 159th Regt., Co. G; discharged
James McCandley Oct. 8, 1862 128th Regt., Co. A; disch. July 12, 1865
Smith A. Mosher Oct. 7 1862 9th Sharpshooters
Charles B. Mattoon July 10, 1861 5th Conn., Co. G; re-enl.; disch. July 19, 1865
Henry H. Parke Oct. 18, 1862 9th Sharpshooters; disch. Aug. 5, 1863
Sylvester Pettit Oct. 18, 1862 9th Sharpshooters; disch. Aug. 5, 1863
James Richards July 10, 1861 5th Conn.; pro. to corp.; died of disease at Winchester, Va., March 17, 1862
Francis A. Russell Aug. 13, 1862 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. I; disabled; disch. for disability, Jan. 29, 1864
Alonzo B. Reynolds Aug. 6, 1864 91st regt., Co. H; disch. June 10, 1865
Stephen S. Reed, drummer Oct. 7, 1862 9th Sharpshooters; disch. Aug. 5, 1863
John B. Ricker Sept. 19, 1864 150th Regt.
Wm. N. Sherman Sept. 12, 1864 142d Regt., Co. B; disch. June 28, 1865
Charles Snyder Sept. 19, 1862 159th Regt., Co. B; disch. for disability, July 21, 1865
Wm. U. Stranahan Sept. 7, 1862 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. I; discharged
Allen C. Smith Aug. 13, 1862 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. I; disch. for disability
Patrick Sullivan Aug. 5, 1862 128th Regt., Co. A; disch. July 12, 1865
Henry C. Smith Aug. 15, 1862 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. I; disch. for disability
Wm. Shultz Sept. 8, 1864 20th Bat.; disch. Aug. 1, 1865
Adam Shaver Sept. 1, 1864 91st Regt., Co. I; disch. June 10, 1865
Charles Wheeler Aug. 19, 1864 91st Regt., Co. I; disch. June 10, 1865
Orlando Warriner Dec. 29, 1863 21st Cav., Co. A; disch. April 6, 1865
Frederick Wood Sept. 8, 1864 20th Art.; detailed at provost-marshal's office, New York city; disch. Aug. 1, 1865
Emmons Walker Sept. 8, 1864 20th Bat.; disch. Aug. 1, 1865
Evert Wetzel Sept. 8, 1864 20th Bat.; disch. Aug. 1, 1865
John Wagner Sept. 7 1862 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. I; pro. to sergt.; discharged
Justus A. Wilcox Aug. 8, 1862 38th Regt.; trans. to 128th Regt., Co. C; pro. to lieut. U. S. Colored Troops; discharged
Martin V. Wilcox Aug. 8, 1862 128th Regt., Co. A. died of disease at quarantine, Jan. 18, 1863
Alonzo Williams Aug. 8, 1862 128th Regt., Co. A; wounded; discharged
John Wilcox April 13, 1865 192d Regt.; disch. May 4, 1865; died June 2, 1865