Comments for Yates County, NY, in the Civil War

Comment on Copperheads Meet; Deserter Writes from Canada by Rich

Rich — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:37:31 +0000

Thanks, Wayne. I’ll keep an eye open for any updates about him.

Comment on Copperheads Meet; Deserter Writes from Canada by Wayne Mahood

Wayne Mahood — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:42:26 +0000

Rich, et al,

Comment re William Hainer, labeled a deserter here. He must have returned, for he was brought up for a court-martial in late 1863, but it appears he was not convicted. In fact, he and Patrick Manley, possibly lured by the promise of some “reward” money, tried unsuccessfully to recover Capt. Morris Brown, Jr.’s body in June 1864.

Wayne Mahood

Comment on 126th Soldiers Continue to Defend the Regiment by Pressman Promoted | Blue Gray Review

Pressman Promoted | Blue Gray Review — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:02:44 +0000

[...] can read a letter from a member of the 126th written at Camp Douglass at Yates County, NY, in the Civil War. The letter backs up the idea that the 126th bore the brunt of the rebel attack at Harpers Ferry;s [...]

Comment on Slavery the Cause! Ogden and Jerusalem Agree by Mary

Mary — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:27:37 +0000

My great great grandfather was Darius Adams Ogden from this article. So we must be related!
Mary

Comment on Antietam Campaign Tour a Success! by Wayne Mahood

Wayne Mahood — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 13:31:33 +0000

Good as your description of the Antietam-Harpers Ferry trip was, it’s hard to do justice to its planning (thanks to Ray and Donna Copson), the guides who described the events of that historic period, and the camaraderie of the travelers.

Comment on 22nd Cavalry Had a Keuka Flavor by Donald D. Meyer

Donald D. Meyer — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 20:55:03 +0000

I recently found I have a half sister living in California. When I went to visit her she showed me a daily diary from her great grandfather while serving in the 22nd Cavalry. As I recall he entered the service in 1864/65. She has the diary and no one in her family seems to be interested in them. I would like to know if the 22nd has a museum and would be interested in these items.

Donald D. Meyer
COL,USAR, Ret

Comment on Slavery the Cause! Ogden and Jerusalem Agree by Chelsea

Chelsea — Thu, 10 May 2012 23:42:08 +0000

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

L.S.Stuhler — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:50:17 +0000

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

Brenda Yeoman — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:00:03 +0000

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

Jim Hilton — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:08:38 +0000

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.