Comments for Yates County, NY, in the Civil War http://www.yatescivilwar.org Yates County, New York: Civil War History, Sesquicentennial News and Events Thu, 10 May 2012 23:42:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Slavery the Cause! Ogden and Jerusalem Agree by Chelsea http://www.yatescivilwar.org/?p=605#comment-1023 Chelsea Thu, 10 May 2012 23:42:08 +0000 http://www.yatescivilwar.org/?p=605#comment-1023 Neat! My grandfather is Darius Ogden III. My grandmother is always telling me stories about the Ogden family... Glad I found this! Thanks! :) Neat! My grandfather is Darius Ogden III. My grandmother is always telling me stories about the Ogden family… Glad I found this! Thanks! :)

]]> Comment on Recruiting Continues in Penn Yan by L.S.Stuhler http://www.yatescivilwar.org/?p=512#comment-1020 L.S.Stuhler Wed, 09 May 2012 13:50:17 +0000 http://www.yatescivilwar.org/?p=512#comment-1020 Sylvester Thomas Griswold was my great-grandfather. I have quite a bit of information on him. He served in Battery B from Yates County. He and his father, Aaron, enlisted together but Aaron never came home. I can’t find him after the war so he either died on a battlefield or decided not to come home. I would be happy to share what I have with you. I also have a blog on wordpress but for some reason, it won’t allow me to like this blog, follow it or receive notifications from it. It’s a shame because it is a very interesting blog that I would like to follow. Sylvester Thomas Griswold was my great-grandfather. I have quite a bit of information on him. He served in Battery B from Yates County. He and his father, Aaron, enlisted together but Aaron never came home. I can’t find him after the war so he either died on a battlefield or decided not to come home. I would be happy to share what I have with you. I also have a blog on wordpress but for some reason, it won’t allow me to like this blog, follow it or receive notifications from it. It’s a shame because it is a very interesting blog that I would like to follow.

]]> Comment on Slavery the Cause! Ogden and Jerusalem Agree by Brenda Yeoman http://www.yatescivilwar.org/?p=605#comment-910 Brenda Yeoman Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:00:03 +0000 http://www.yatescivilwar.org/?p=605#comment-910 I just found that my husband's great great grandfather served with the 85th, although in G Company. He had been discharged from there and re-enlisted in the 1st Veteran's Cavalry. He ended up in Andersonville and then Camp Florence, being captured in July of 1864. I just finished reading Charlie Mosher's Civil War and I wonder why more newspaper coverage wasn't given to these returning heroes. I cannot begin to imagine what these men endured and it almost seems like they came home and picked up where they left off without missing a beat. Incredible that anyone lived through it. I also cannot imagine the horror of joining up with friends and neighbors and then watching them die one by one. Towns as a whole must have been terribly affected. Wonderful book, by the way. I'm director of our local library and we will own it before the week is out. I just found that my husband’s great great grandfather served with the 85th, although in G Company. He had been discharged from there and re-enlisted in the 1st Veteran’s Cavalry. He ended up in Andersonville and then Camp Florence, being captured in July of 1864. I just finished reading Charlie Mosher’s Civil War and I wonder why more newspaper coverage wasn’t given to these returning heroes. I cannot begin to imagine what these men endured and it almost seems like they came home and picked up where they left off without missing a beat. Incredible that anyone lived through it. I also cannot imagine the horror of joining up with friends and neighbors and then watching them die one by one. Towns as a whole must have been terribly affected. Wonderful book, by the way. I’m director of our local library and we will own it before the week is out.

]]> Comment on Chronicle Deplores PY Rebels and Rival Newspaper by Jim Hilton http://www.yatescivilwar.org/?p=632#comment-891 Jim Hilton Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:08:38 +0000 http://www.yatescivilwar.org/?p=632#comment-891 As usually is the case there is more to the story of the "disgrace of rearing two rebels" than written by Editor Cleveland. In my research on Thomas J. Nevins for the two articles in "Yates Past", that I wrote in 2009 and 2010, I found an account of his son, Stanley Morris Warner (nee Morris Stanley Nevins). It was in the Norwich (Vermont) University alumni history (1911) that I found a "gentler" description of Col. Warner. I used most of it in my description of him in the second article. As usually is the case there is more to the story of the “disgrace of rearing two rebels” than written by Editor Cleveland.

In my research on Thomas J. Nevins for the two articles in “Yates Past”, that I wrote in 2009 and 2010, I found an account of his son, Stanley Morris Warner (nee Morris Stanley Nevins). It was in the Norwich (Vermont) University alumni history (1911) that I found a “gentler” description of Col. Warner. I used most of it in my description of him in the second article.

]]> Comment on Slavery the Cause! Ogden and Jerusalem Agree by Wayne Mahood http://www.yatescivilwar.org/?p=605#comment-804 Wayne Mahood Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:28:07 +0000 http://www.yatescivilwar.org/?p=605#comment-804 Belated thanks, Rich, for the plug, but I hesitate to call myself an expert on anything, let alone the 85th NY. However, I'd like to believe "The Plymouth Pilgrims" and "Charlie Mosher's Civil War" offer some useful information to interested readers. It's clear Penn Yan's denizens played a significant role in the Civil War. Belated thanks, Rich, for the plug, but I hesitate to call myself an expert on anything, let alone the 85th NY. However, I’d like to believe “The Plymouth Pilgrims” and “Charlie Mosher’s Civil War” offer some useful information to interested readers. It’s clear Penn Yan’s denizens played a significant role in the Civil War.

]]> Comment on No Gentlemen Soldiers Needed; Col. Stuart Praised by Pontoon Games | Blue Gray Review http://www.yatescivilwar.org/?p=594#comment-786 Pontoon Games | Blue Gray Review Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:59:42 +0000 http://www.yatescivilwar.org/?p=594#comment-786 [...] month Yates County, NY, in the Civil War published two interesting letters from soldiers in the 50th New York volunteers. I found a couple [...] [...] month Yates County, NY, in the Civil War published two interesting letters from soldiers in the 50th New York volunteers. I found a couple [...]

]]> Comment on Recruiting Continues in Penn Yan by anne m. musgrave http://www.yatescivilwar.org/?p=512#comment-567 anne m. musgrave Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:37:39 +0000 http://www.yatescivilwar.org/?p=512#comment-567 looking for info on sylvester thomas griswold discharged 3/19/1865 looking for info on sylvester thomas griswold discharged 3/19/1865

]]> Comment on Recruiting Continues in Penn Yan by anne m. musgrave http://www.yatescivilwar.org/?p=512#comment-566 anne m. musgrave Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:36:39 +0000 http://www.yatescivilwar.org/?p=512#comment-566 looking for info on sylvester thomas griswols discharged 3/19/1865 looking for info on sylvester thomas griswols discharged 3/19/1865

]]> Comment on “Touched With Fire”: From Keuka Lake to the Civil War by Michael L Morse http://www.yatescivilwar.org/?p=462#comment-414 Michael L Morse Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:28:49 +0000 http://www.yatescivilwar.org/?p=462#comment-414 My grandmother, Myrta Moody Morse, gave me General Crane's discharge papers-which I treasure and have framed. I have two other relatives that served in the Civil War: Edward A. and William D Washburn. My records indicate that William was captured by Lee's Army and held in Andersonville Prison for three months. As of June 24th, 1930 Edward was receiving a pension of $100 a month(Bureau of Pensions document) My grandmother, Myrta Moody Morse, gave me General Crane’s discharge papers-which I treasure and have framed. I have two other relatives that served in the Civil War: Edward A. and William D Washburn. My records indicate that William was captured by Lee’s Army and held in Andersonville Prison for three months.
As of June 24th, 1930 Edward was receiving a pension of $100 a month(Bureau of Pensions document)

]]> Comment on Flag Raised; Yates Men Recruited for Berdan’s Sharpshooters by David Haggstrom http://www.yatescivilwar.org/?p=432#comment-400 David Haggstrom Mon, 01 Aug 2011 06:39:13 +0000 http://www.yatescivilwar.org/?p=432#comment-400 One of the Union veterans who rests in Until the Day Dawn Cemetery in Angelica (Allegany County) is Major John Cooley, one of three brothers who served. We believe the family was from Penn Yan, where their father was a cabinetmaker. Major Cooley will be portrayed, along with five others, during tours of the cemetery that will be given as part of the 42nd annual Angelica Heritage Days on Saturday & Sunday, August. 6 & 7. Our information is that Cooley joined Berdman’s regiment of sharp shooters at age 17. Major Cooley died at the home of his brother George in Angelica in 1887, at age 47. (There seems to be a conflict in the ages published in our source.) There will be two tours on Saturday, at 12:30 & 2:30 pm, and one on Sunday at 1:30. For more information, visit angelicaheritagedays. com. One of the Union veterans who rests in Until the Day Dawn Cemetery in Angelica (Allegany County) is Major John Cooley, one of three brothers who served. We believe the family was from Penn Yan, where their father was a cabinetmaker. Major Cooley will be portrayed, along with five others, during tours of the cemetery that will be given as part of the 42nd annual Angelica Heritage Days on Saturday & Sunday, August. 6 & 7. Our information is that Cooley joined Berdman’s regiment of sharp shooters at age 17. Major Cooley died at the home of his brother George in Angelica in 1887, at age 47. (There seems to be a conflict in the ages published in our source.)
There will be two tours on Saturday, at 12:30 & 2:30 pm, and one on Sunday at 1:30. For more information, visit angelicaheritagedays. com.

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