Veterans of Civil Conflict in Annual Reunion at Gansevoort

R e p o r t o f T r a n s a c t i o n s o f S u r v i v o r s o f 7 7 t h

R e g i m e n t , W h o B o r e A r m s D u r ­

i n g t h e W a r o f ' 6 1 .

The repor t presented herewith is rendered by a member of the 77th

the roster of which contains the names of many Sara togians :

A pleasant morning greeted the vet­e rans on Friday, September 22, 1905, for the i r thir ty-third annua l reunion at Gansevoort, N. Y. I t was an ideal morning, enjoyed by none more than by the assembling survivors of the. Seventy-Seventh Regiment , New York Volunteers of 1861-5.

As Bill and Charlie and Tom and Ed and Jess and George and J im and Al me t and clasped hands , their countenances vied with the bright­ness of the morning as they said: "You are looking well, though you don't seem to l imber up as when we went hence in '61-2. I 'm glad to see you again."

You, citizens, don't know, nor can you ever know the feelings of the comrades a s they mee t in reunion, the men who served in the defence of the Union in 1861-5; by whose valor you a re now enjoying a United States , a country second to no other.

At high noon Comrade Brown, an­nouncing dinner to the assemblage at the Brick church, s ta ted tha t the vet­e rans would be seated first. As the ve terans marched two by two into the room on the first floor of the Dutch Reformed church, a most gener-our spread m e t thei r eyes, which they found jus t a s pala table a s i t looked. More pie and cake was seen there t h a t day t h a n a Seventy-Seventh boy saw in the field during the whole three years of his first enlistment. One hundred and six ve terans were seated a t t he first tables. After they had fully pa r t aken of the bountiful feast, prepared for them by the good dames and lassies of Gansevoort. they gave way to others who refilled the one hundred and six sea ts and after them even more were served: notwithstand­ing, it was reported, the commisar-iat was far from empty.

Assembly In Church. At 12.35 Comrade Brown called the

assembly in the audience room of the church to order, and invited Deacon Ransom K. Dwyer to invoke God's blessing. After which Comrade Brown gladly welcomed the Seventy-Seventh survivors to Gansevoort again and

hoped tha t they would have no re­gre t for coming the third t ime. He then turned the ve te rans ' meet ing over to thei r President , Comrade Winsor B. French, who, for more than two years thei r commanding officer, re­sponded feelingly.

Secretary E. H. Ful ler then called the names on the survivors ' ros ter dur­ing which Comrades Jul ius Bennet t "C," J a m e s C. Barber "E," Samuel Burpee "I ," Alonzo D. Bump "K," Tru­man Duel "H," Orville S. Griffin "A," Benjamin N. Harr ington "C," Alonzo Howland, "H," Charles Juber, "G," Henry H. Richards "A," George B. Russell "OK," Jacob V. Stevenson "A," George Scott "G," Jos iah Stra t ton "I , " Taylor VanDerwerker "G," were reported dead. The following names answered present : Rober t Aucock, Erskin B. Branch, Clarence Bruso, Edgar O. Burt, Henry H. Baker, Ed­ward Brady, George H. Brown, J a m e s C. Brisbin, Albert M. Burrows, Edward M. Bailey, William Brooks, John E. Brainard, Charles Cutler, Charles Chapman, Edward W. Cain, Will iam G. Caw, Daniel H. Cole, Al­ber t H. Clements, Charles Davis, John W. Derby, Joseph Dorvee, Seth W. Deyoe, James L. DeGroff, Edward B. Deuel, Emory Doolittle, Edward Evans , George H. Ellison, Winsor B. French, Edward H. Fuller, Will iam W. Finch, J. Scot t Fuller, Edwin H. Gates, Wal te r G. Gifford, Garre t t S. Grovenstein, Cornelius S. Huyck, J ames H. Holsapple, C. H. J. Mont­gomery, Charles H. Hodges, Charles E. Houghtaling, Edwin Ham, A. De-loss Hammond, Henry Jones, Altus H. Jewell, Charles E. Jennings , Oscar F . Lockwood, Octavius Landers , Wil­liam T. Lat t imore , Henry H. Merrill, Lyman E. Miller, War ren B. Miller, Michael McGuire, Charles W. Mosher, John H. Mosher, Charles H. Murray, (came all the way from Yoder, Reno County, Kansas ) , Na than Munn, Les­t e r A. Pra t t , Horace A. Post, Charles Pa lmater , Gardner Perry, George N. Peacock, Thomas Putnam, George E. Pulling, John N. Rose, George R. Reno, Cornelius Rose, John D. Riley, F r a n k Reed, Charles E. Stevens, James N. Slingerland, George H. Scidmore, Henry A. Smith, George D. Story, Wil­liam O. Taylor, J ames S. Taylor, Jesse B. Thorn, Charles D. Thurber, Will iam W. Velie, J a m e s M. Wood, Will iam G. Watson, Lewis Wood, George L. Wendel l , Henry Wilbur, F r a n k C. Winship, Will iam H. Zein-stein.

There were also present the follow­ing named of other reg iments : Wil­l iam H. Bra te , E, 13th N. Y. Heavy Art. Vols.; Calvin B. Cook, K., 4th N. Y. Heavy Art. Vols.; Simpson Lendwood, G, 7th N. Y. Heavy Art. Vols.; A. D. Loud, G., 2d N. Y. Cav. Vols. Har r i s Light ; John S. Fasset t , E, 22nd N. Y. Inf. Vols, and 2d N. Y. Vet. Cav. Vols.; R. H. Densmore, E, 44th N . Y. Inf. Vols.; Ez r a D. Green, A, 54th N. Y. Inf. Vols.; Faye t te Sillick, 93d, N. Y. Inf Vols.; Will iam Beuny, F , 96th, N. Y. Inf. Vols.; Ed­gar Ham, C, Myers, Hanford Myers ; Daniel Steenburg, G. W. Smith and M. B. Wood of F, and John Deyoe, G, 115th N. Y., Inf. Vols.; R. M.Cook , F , 125th N. Y. Inf. Vols.; J ames E. Clark, E, 128th N. Y. Inf. Vols.; Alon­zo Straight , G, 134th N. Y. Inf. Vols.;

Seth Hill, H, and C. H. Lapoint K, 153rd N. Y. Inf. Vols.; G. D. Cook, E. 169th N. Y. Inf. Vols.: Hosea B. Orms-bee, C, 13th Vermont Inf. Vols.; G. W. Grover, I, 25th Conn. Inf. Vols.; J a m e s M. Thorn, H, F i r s t Uni ted States , Sharpshooters ; William L. Hoyt, 10th Regiment N. Y. Heavy Ar­tillery.

Regrets. Wishing a good t ime to those who

may be present to whom remembrance is sent and regre t for inability to be present received from Henry C. Bradt , Charles E. Chedel, Sanford E. Camp­bell, John H. Davenport. John E. Ev­ans (by a bro ther ) , Charles H. Goss, H. Hammond (an unknown) , William H. Hare, J ames R. Hindes, Benjamin F. Judson, Franklin H. Jucket t , Julius A. Jerome, Samuel B. Kidd, (by his wife as this s ame Kidd is meander ing in California), Thomas King, Edwin A. Lockwood, J a m e s A. Lawrence, Carlos W. Rowe (who has had the misfortune to recently get his leg broken again) , Henry C. Rowland ( w h o is in feeble heal th because of his 78 years ) , Wil­liam A. Rose, Benjamin T. Simon., Den­nis B. Smith (an Octogenarian) , Dan­iel C. Simonds, David Str ingham, Mil­ton F. Sweet, Simon (Sill) Siegel, Sam­uel B. Shepard, Dr. George T. Stevens (by his son, because of t he i l lness of fa ther) , Lewis Van Derwerker, Wil­liam H. Wright .

A telegram of which t he following is a copy was sen t to Doctor Comrade Stevens :

"Survivors of Seventy-Seventh New York in thirty-third reunion recall ing your universal sympathy for t he boys in service, heart i ly extend thei r sym­pa thy amid sincerely hope you may re­gain your heal th and be with them next year."

Comrade With Wounds, Sanford E. Campbell, wr i tes * *

* "my left leg which w a s hu r t in t h e spring of 1862 before Yorktown and my right hip which was wounded a t Winchester , Sept. 19, 1864, makes it necessary for me to s tay close a t home, for t he wounds have to be dressed th ree or four t imes daily and I can get around only by the aid of a cane or crutch. On the 3d of July, 1863, we were standing in ba t t le line support ing one of Gen. Slocum's bat ter ies . As I was in the rea r ranks I stepped back and leaned agains t a small tree. A shell came along tak ing off the under jaw of a horse, t he forelegs from two others , plowed the ground making the s tones fly to beat t he band as onward i t went without injuring me. It was a narrow escape."

Benjamin F. Judson, wri tes * * * "It was in the spring of 1862, we were in camp near Newport News, Va. T h e General of our Brigade, the Col­onel and Lieutenant Colonel had gone over to For t ress Monroe, the Major was away and I was temporari ly in command of t h e Regiment. After offi­ciating as Colonel a t dress parade Lieutenant Wheeler and myself strol­led to the banks of the J a m e s River, and interestedly watching about th ree hundred of our boys enjoying fine sport swimming. A rebel gunboat ap­proached from the vicinity of York-town and threw a shell, it dropping and burst ing within a few yards of the swimmers, fortunately not wound­ing one. I ordered up a section of a ba t te ry of our brigade, bu t before it could get in position to fire, the gun boat changed front and disappeared, throwing shells as it went, over and in our camp vicinity, which, because of the elevation of our position, spent the i r fury in the wood beyond our camp. This was the second exchange of shot our regiment had with t he enemy."

His Waterloo. Thomas King, wr i t es : * * "The

bat t le of Cedar Creek was my Water­loo, for I was captured there and taken to t h a t fine old boarding house, Libby prison, between which and t h e old Virginia mud broke me physically and which, I think, induced the s t roke of appoplexy I had four years since, since which I have been a helpless old soldier who wishes part icular ly to be remembered to the comrades of his company, 'F. ' "

Charles H. Murray, whose home is in Hutchinson, Kansas , wr i t e s : * * "I have jus t got home from the Wes t ; been in Colorado, New Mexico, Ari­zona, California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, but saw nothing so good as my old home in Kansas . I am not feeling well after my long journey, yet I hope to be a t the re­union September 22." Comrade Mur­ray was looking fatigued, t ired. May he live long and be able to be presen t with the "boys" again and again.

Milton F. Sweet wr i t es : * * "I was with the regiment three years and seven months ; never missed a roll call, except during the thirty-five days while home on ve te ran ' s furlough. I was jus t a lucky boy. The bat t le of For t S tevens was a hot one for the t ime it lasted. Two of my company comrades fell, Ambrose Mat to t killed and Billy Lat t imore wounded; th ree balls went through the well house while I was there get t ing water ."

Lost Tentmates. Will iam H. Wright , wr i tes : "I re­

member September 5, 1862, the, first t ime our regiment w a s under fire, my ten tmate , John Northrup, was killed, the first man killed in the regiment . During the near ly four years we were out seven of my ten tmates were killed. I was wonded twice. I well remem­ber July 3, 1863, after t ha t thirty-five-

mile march, arr iving at Gettysburg jus t a t dusk and going into bat t le on

' the double quick. How gladly would I be with you on the 22d inst , only could I."

William G. Watson, wr i t es : "I ex­pect to be there and eat a bean and renew greet ings with comrades. Whether I was one of the lucky or un­lucky 'Boys in Blue' is jus t a s one looks a t it. I never took a rebel bat­tery single handed and alone, o r cap­tured a rebel flag; I t r ied to do my duty day by day and obey orders of my superiors. I am one of the lucky boys who thanks the Lord for spar ing my life to re turn to loved ones and friends, for it was the Lord t h a t chang­ed t he course of t h a t bul let t h a t passed through my body t h a t first n ight in t h e Wilderness , Va. I never t h a n k e d tha t rebel, for he did the best he could to render me harmless , and no doubt thought he had mustered out another Yank; but the Lord was my shield and salvation, in Him did I put my t rus t and He did not fail me, as He never does those who put thei r t r u s t in Him. I often wonder why old boys most like to tell of some scrape or deviltry they were relat ive to than to tell of the good they tr ied to do, to help each other, or, the cause we all r isked our l ives for. I could tell of the t r ia ls and hardships of get t ing off of the field after being wounded and back to the hospi ta l ; of how I hoped to get back north, but brought up in Annapolis, Md., where I helped to greet some of those poor boys who came back from Andersonville."

Comrades Charles E. Stevens, Dan­iel H. Cole and George H. Brown were appointed a commit tee to prepare a minute relative to those comrades re­ported died since the last meeting.

Balance On Hand

Treasure r Charles D. Thurber 's re­port, tha t after paying the expenses of the last reunion report, cut t ing grass and cleaning about monument , and notices of the present reunion, there is $21.84 on hand, was adopted.

The boys of Gansevoort, imbued with t he same spirit of patr iot ism as those of o ther towns, got together for the purpose of rais ing a company in answer to Congressman James B. McKean's le t te r of August 21, 1861, to his const i tuents of the Fif teenth Con­gressional District, for volunteers for the defense of the Union. The com­pany became G of the Seventy-seventh Regiment, and when the regiment broke "Camp Schuyler," November 28, 1861, G company had on its rolls the names of eighty-four members .

"Where Are They Now?" Calvin A. Rice, captain, discharged

to date January 8, 1863, dead. George S. Orr, first l ieutenant , pro­

moted captain, discharged December 13, 1864, alive.

Lucius E. Shurtleff, second lieuten­ant, became quar termaster , dead.

William K. Young, second lieuten­ant , resigned April 15, 1862, dead.

Orrin P. Rugg, first sergeant , pro­moted second l ieutenant April 15, 1862, Captain October 10, 1862, in action a t Spotsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864, killed.

Will iam J. Hammond, second ser­geant, discharged December 13, 1864, dead.

George M. Ross, third sergeant, pro­moted first sergeant April 16, 1862, second l ieutenant October 5, 1862, first l ieutenant J anua ry 5, 1863, captain August 25, 1864, discharged June 27, 1865, alive.

F r a n k C. Winship, fourth sergeant , captured October 14, 1863, paroled No­vember 20, 1864, a t Savannah, Ga., dis­charged December 13, 1864, present .

Isaac Bemis, fifth sergeant, re-enlist­ed as a private December 25, 1863, discharged June 27, 1865, alive.

Clinton B. Fay, first corporal, dis­charged on surgeon's certificate of dis­ability May 10, 1862, unknown.

Lyman Van Denberg, second cor­poral, promoted sergeant December 26, 1862, re-enlisted December 25, 1863, dead.

F r a n k Harr i s , third corporal, dis­charged on surgeon's certificate of disability November 24, 1862, dead.

Wallace W. Wickham, fourth cor­poral, discharged on surgeon's certi­ficate of disability October 1, 1862, dead.

Nathaniel M. Rice, fifth corporal, discharged November 9, 1862, on sur­geon's certificate of disability, alive.

David N. Weatherwax, sixth corpor­al, promoted first sergeant July 7, 1864, discharged December 13, 1864, dead.

Taylor J. Newall, seventh corporal, discharged November 22, 1862, on sur­geon's certificate of disability, dead.

Willard J. Dennison, eighth corporal, discharged March 23, 1863, on sur­geon's certificate of disability, dead.

Ambrose McOdoch, musician, re-en­listed as a private December 25, 1863, discharged June 27, 1865, unknown.

Albert Close, musician, discharged October 1, 1862, on surgeon's certifi­cate of disability, dead.

Pr ivate Dennis Avery, for disability, discharged May 5, 1862, dead.

Russell Avery, captured May 3, 1863, unknown.

William H. Austin, discharged for disability August 28, 1862, unknown.

William Bar tman, discharged for disability February 28, 1862, dead.

James C. Brisbin, re-enlisted Decem­ber 25, 1863, discharged October 3, 1865, wounded May 6, 1864, Wilderness and April 19, 1864, a t Winchester , present .

Edward Brady, re-enlisted December 25, 1863, discharged June 27, 1865, present .

Charles H. Bart le t t , discharged De­cember 13, 1864, dead.

Alber t M. Burrows, re-enlisted De­cember 25, 1863, wounded twice nea r Petersburg , Va., on September 21, 1864, and April 2, 1865, discharged July 25, 1865, present .

Henry H. Barker, discharged De­cember 13, 1864, present .

Charles Bordwell, discharged De­cember 13, 1864, dead.

Seymour Burch, promoted sergeant major November 11, 1861, re turned to company February 12, 1862, discharg­ed February 8, 1863, alive.

Charles Cutler, re-enlisted Decem­ber 25, 1863, promoted corporal July 1, 1864, discharged June 27, 1865, pres­ent.

George W. Campbell, discharged for disability June 21, 1862, dead.

Charles Chapman, dischaarged for disability November 6, 18622, present .

John A. Chase, re-enlistedd December 25, 1863, discharged J u n e e 27, 1865, dead.

George W. Close, of diseaase March 12, 1862, Camp Griffin, Va., ddied.

Joseph Cartr ight , deserted, Novem­ber 23, 1861, dead.

George De Long, discharged Deecem-ber 31, 1864, unknown.

Henry G. Gurney, discharged Mayy 6, 1863, for disability, dead.

Wa l t e r G. Gifford, discharged Occto-ber 4, 1862, for disability, present .

Jonah D. Groesbeck, discharged Januu-ary 10, 1863, for disability, dead.

F reeman Gilbert, captured May 30,, 1864; paroled February 2, 1865, d i s ­charged March 30, 1865, unknown.

J a m e s Harr ington, re-enlisted De-cember 25, 1863, d ischarged June 27,

1865, alive. John W. Hilton, a t hospital , Annapo­

lis, Md., June 27, 1862, died. Will iam H. Hare , re-enlisted De­

cember 25, 1863, discharged, June 27, 1865, alive.

E. Hur lbur t , deserted November 23, 1861, dead.

John Horrigan, re-enlisted Decem­ber 25, 1863, promoted corporal April 22, 1863, a t Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864, killed.

Philip Hardee, deserted, November 23, 1861, dead.

Charles A. Hull, deserted, November 23, 1861, dead.

Charles Juber, for disability, dis­charged April 24, 1862, dead.

Joseph Jump, deserted from U. S. hospital, Annapolis, Md., on expiration of furlough, July 6, 1862, unknown.

Samuel Kidd, re-enlisted December 25, 1863, discharged June 27, 1865, alive.

Octavius Landers , discharged for disability April 22, 1863, present .

Will iam T. Lat t imore, re-enlisted December 25, 1863, wounded July 12, 1864, a t For t Stevens, D. C , discharg­ed June 27, 1865, present .

Martin Lowery, of disease a t Meri­dian Hill, D. C , December 29, 1861, died.

Samuel Malison, of disease a t Camp Griffin, Va., March 22, 1862, died.

Samuel McGowan, re-enlisted De­cember 25, 1863, wounded September 19, 1864, a t Winchester , absen t on fur­lough when battalion mustered out June , 1865, dead.

Henry M. Myers, promoted corporal, wounded May 10, 1864, discharged De­cember 13, 1864, dead.

Jeffrey D. Merrill, t ransferred to Third New York Independent Bat te ry November 13, 1863, alive.

Henry M. Moody, of disease at U. S. Lincoln hospital, Washington, D. C , August 4, 1863, died.

Daniel Morse, for disability, dis­charged February 3, 1863, dead.

Daniel E. Morse, re-enlisted Decem­ber 25, 1863, discharged, June 27, 1865, dead.

Charles Munn, of wounds received September 17, 1862, a t Ant ie tam, Oc­tober 19, 1862, a t Wes t Philadelphia, Pa., died.

Michael Mehan, deserted January 14, 1862, dead.

John Robinson, of disease a t hospital Alexandria, Va., April 17, 1862, died.

Reuben E. Robinson, discharged for disability March 3, 1863, dead.

Oliver Shaw, promoted corporal, missing in action May 10, 1864, at Spotsyvania, Va., never having been seen or heard from since, undoubtedly killed.

Charles Sill, reenlisted December 25, 1863, detailed a s clerk in A. G. O. Vol­unteer Depar tment May 15, 1869, dis­charged June 1865, unknown.

William Sweet, of disease a t For t Monroe, Va. September 1, 1862; died.

Milton F. Sweet, reenlis ted Decem­ber 25, 1863, promoted corporal July 1, 1864, discharged June 27, 1865, alive.

Rowland Sherman, discharged De­cember 13, 1869, dead.

Washington Sherman, promoted 1st sergeant October 4, 1862 a t Spotsy-vania, Va. May 10, 1864, killed.

J ames S t a r t e r , at Newport News, Va., of disease April 11, 1862, died.

John Stone, captured June 30, 1862 at Savage Station, Va., while sick in Hospital , paroled a t Aiken Landing, Va. August 5, 1862, discharged for dis­ability November 4, 1862, dead.

Dudley E. See, of disease a t Meri­dian Hill, D. C. January 21, 1862, died.

George L. Tucker, for disability Sep-t ember 27, 1863 discharged, alive.

James C. Van Denberg, reenlis ted December 25, 1863 in action a t Spotsyl­vania May 10, 1869 missing, probably killed.

Sidney Van Denberg, for disability discharged March 19, 1862, dead.

Taylor Van Derwerker, reenlisted December 25, 1863, discharged June 27, 1865, dead,

William Van Dusen, for disability discharged September 1, 1862, dead.

Charles Van Kleeck, a t Davids Isl­and, N. Y. Harbor of wounds received at Cold Harbor, Va. June 3, 1864, July 26, 1864, died.

Isaac H. Wilson, promoted corporal then se rgean t July 4, 1864, wounded May 6, 1864 in the wilderness and September 19, 1864 a t Opequan Creek, Va., discharged December 13, 1864 be­cause of end of t e rm of enlistment, dead.

Charles Wheeler , reenlisted Decem­ber 25, 1863 missing in action May 10, 1864 at Spotsylvania, Va., probably killed.

Silas White , for disabil i ty discharg­ed October 2, 1862, dead.

Shallum West, for disability dis­charged October 24, 1862, dead.

Of the eighty-four members of G company mustered into the United States service November 23, 1861, sev­enteen reenlisited, the whereabouts of eight a r e unknown; twenty-one a r e living of whom ten are present and fifty-five a r e dead. There subsequent-ly joined G Company th i r ty -e igh t more men, viz:

Henry Baker, discharged for disa­bility July 26, 1863, dead.

Pe te r Bell, discharged for disability June 24, 1862, dead.

Cornelius P. Brewer, of disease a t Washington, D. C. April 13, 1863, died.

George W. Boice, of d isease a t An­napolis, Md. May 30, 1862, died.

George H. Brown, wounded May 6, 1864 in t h e Wilderness , discharged June 7, 1865, present.

J a m e s Bath, of disease a t Aquia Creek, Va., October 20, 1862, died.

J ames H. Carr, wounded May 10, 1869 at Spotsylvania, discharged June 16, 1865, unknown.

Alfred Chase, a t Por t Fisher, Va., March 26, 1865, killed.

Henry H. Darrow, of wounds receiv­ed May 18, 1864 at Spotsylvania, a t Alexandria, Va., June 23, 1864, died.

George H. Ellison, discharged at Washington, D. C., June 16, 1865, pres­ent .

T. Scott Fuller, captured May 6, 1864, in Wilderness , paroled December 10, 1864, a t Charleston, S. C., dis­charged a t Washington, D. C , June 16, 1865, present .

John A. Gazely, captured in charge a t Freder icksburg, Va., May 3, 1863, paroled at City Poin t , Va. May 15, 1863, discharged September 25, 1889 to date June 1, 1863, unknown.

Alexander Hoyt, t ransferred to F i r s t N. Y. Independent Bat te ry De­cember 5, 1863, dead.

John H. Hinckley, of disease in hos­pital, Liberty Hall, Va., June 27, 1862, dead.

Jerome Hewitt , for disability at Washington, D. C , February 28, 1862, discharged, dead.

Thomas Hacket t , wounded August 21, 1864, discharged at Washington, D. C , June 16, 1865, dead.

A. Deloss Hammond, wounded in Wilderness , May 6, 1864, discharged at Philadelphia, Pa., for wounds, July 22, 1865, present.

War ren C. Hall , wounded May 3, 1863, at Freder icksburg, and May 12, 1864 at Spotsylvania, discharged at Elmira, N. Y., May 12, 1865, unknown.

F r a n k Hall, wounded May 10, 1864, at Spotsylvania, a t Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864, killed.

George Ingersoll, discharged Febru­ary 24, 1865, dead.

Francis Leake, for disability a t For t Columbia, N. Y., harbor, December 4, 1863, discharged, dead.

Charles Leake, of disease a t Lincoln hospital, Washington, D. C., J anua ry 10, 1863, died.

Pe te r Murphy, wounded July 12, 1864, at For t Stevens, D. C , discharged at Mower General Hospital , Philadel­phia, Pa., J une 22, 1865, dead.

William McNeal, t ransferred to 3d N. Y. Independent Bat tery, December 13, 1863, dead.

Hugh McMahon, wounded May 3, 1863, at Fredericksburg, Va., deserted in August 1864 from a hospital, un­known.

Ambrose Matott , promoted corporal May 28, 1864, a t For t Stevens, D. C , July 12, 1864, killed.

Martin Nash, of disease a t Camp Alexandriaa Va., September 26, 1862, died.

George Purdy, detached April 10, 1863, and t ransferred to 3d Independ­ent Bat tery April 26, 1864, dead.

Thomas Putnam, captured May 4, 1863, at Freder icksburg, Va., paroled May 15, 1863, at City Point, Va., wounded September 19, 1864, a t Win­chester , discharged a t General Hospi­tal, Freder icksburg, Va., May 31, 1865, present .

Edmund A. Phill ips, promoted cor­poral , of wounds received May 12, 1864, a t Spotsylvania, May 28, 1864, a t Alexandria, Va., died.

Gilbert N. Rose, of disease a t New­port News, Va., May 5, 1862, died.

John Rose, deser ted June 24, 1862, Camp Lincoln, Va., unknown.

George Scott, wounded May 3, 1863, a t Freder icksburg, Va., dead.

Pat r ick Savage, wounded May 10, 1864, Spotsylvania, re-enlisted Febru­ary 17, 1864, discharged at Washing­ton, D. C., July 24, 1865, dead.

Reuben Thompson, for disability a t Philadelphia, Pa., June 14, 1863, dis­charged, dead.

Loren M. Toms, of disease, a t Regi­menta l Hospital February 10, 1863, died.

Lewis VanDenburg, captured Octo­ber 15, 1863, in Hospital a t Anderson­ville, Ga., June 22, 1864, died.

Henry Wilbur, discharged a t Wash­ington, D. C , June 16, 1865, present .

Of these the whereabouts of five are unknown, six are present and twenty-seven are dead. From mus te r in, No­vember 23, 1861, to mus te r out, June 1865, G company had 122 names on its roster. The whereabouts of 13 a re unknown, 27 are alive, of whom 16 a re present and 82 are dead.

History of Companies Sec'y Ful ler s ta ted tha t for the past

five years a t each reunion he had read a brief sketch of a company at place, or adjacent, from where called, s t a r t -ing off with "D" in 1901, when reunion was held a t Wiltonville, because "D" was called the Wilton company; in 1902 new "K" at Schuylerville; in 1903, "H," the Charlton company, a t Schenectady; in 1904, "E," the Green­field company, at Hagaman ' s ; in 1905, this year, "G," the Gansevoort com­pany, here in Gansevoort.

"Believing they are interes t ing to comrade survivors ," he said, "I hope to give the o ther six companies, 'C' nex t year in Saratoga Spr ings; old 'K' a t Gloversville in 1907; 'B' a t Ballston in 1908; 'F' at St i l lwater—which will include Bemis Heights , Mechanicville and Stil lwater—in 1909; which leaves 'A' and 'I,' the two companies from Essex county. So let us go to West-port in 1910. Then in 1911 we will re­turn to Saratoga Springs, for it will then be fifty years since the Seventy-Seventh was mustered into the ser­vice of the United States and went to war in all the refulgence of youth, who knew no t wha t ba t t le was, bu t who learned ere the 'Cruel W a r W a s Over' —and may we all be present then."

Comrade Thurber read the following resolution, which was adopted by a r is ing vote :

"Resolved, Tha t the thanks of t he surviving members of the Seventy-Seventh Regiment be, and they a re hereby, extended to our secre tary and comrade, Edward H. Fuller, for his manifest and extraordinary in teres t in our organizat ion; and the efficient manne r in which he has performed, and is constantly performing his du­t ies as secretary, and part icularly for his company histories of the several companies of the regiment, including tha t of Company G, jus t read."

Reminiscenses. Incidents of "when we were soldier

boys" were given by Comrades French, Lockwood, Thurber ; and Will iam L. Hoyt of Elnora , R. F . D. No. 1, Sarato­ga County, Ten th Regiment , N. Y. Heavy, called Black River, Artil lery,

twin brother to Leroy Hoyt, who a t 18 years of age enlisted a t Charlton, September 24, 1861, being mus te red in as corporal " H " ; promoted serg­eant and then orderly sergeant Sep­tember 27, 1863; re-enlisted February 14, 1864, and who was undoubtedly killed in act ion a t Spotsylvania, Va., May 10, 1864, as he has never been seen or heard of since. Comrade Lat­t imore sang "Fought in the same Cam­paign" to the pleasure of all.

Mrs. Rice, daughter of a veteran, read a memorial poem by John Moore, of K Company.

Memorial Poem. Welcome, friends and comrades, Welcome one and all , Who cheerfully responded Unto our country 's call— A remnan t of tha t mighty host A few tha t ' s yet al ive; Welcome, honored Veterans Of sixty-one and five.

But oh, my friends and comrades, Our ranks are get t ing thin. Look into each other ' s faces, We all will never meet again. Old age comes like winter ' s cold

breath, Causing our numbers to grow small Like blighted oaks by s torms blasted. All around us comrades fall.

We have marched our last march , We have fought our last batt le . Our God, our Country and our home, The dearest names tha t tongue can

mention, And Honor, Peace and Freedom won. And now, you sons of ve terans , On you it next will fall To don the blue belt on the sword When cries your country 's call. And should her foes our r ights op­

pose Your batt le cry will be The Union, boys, forever, Make way for Liberty.

In Memoriaum. The committee to draft a minute

on the death of comrades since our last reunion presented the following, which was adopted:

"Whereas , I t has been the infinite wisdom of our supreme Commander to call our comrades to their las t encamp­men t ; be it

Resolved, Tha t we, as a regimental organization extend to thei r families our s incere and heartfel t sympathy.

C. E. Stevens, D. H. Cole and G. H. Brown.

Gettsysburg Badge sen t to Comrade Sanford E. Campbell and Will iam H. Wright which is all the secretary has and which makes one hundred and eighty-six comrades who have received the said badge. That number does not represent the s t rength of t h e regi­ment a t Gettysburg, for many com­rades had depar ted th is life before New York State gave ou t the badge.

At our first reunion at Gansevoort, Sept. 12, 1888, t he re were present one hundred and twenty-nine of the 77th and forty-seven veterans of other or­ganizations. At the second reunion at Gansevoort on Sept. 27, 1900, there were present one hundred and two of the 77th and thirty-nine of other organ­izations. Today the re are eighty-four of the 77th and twenty-six of o ther or­ganizations. Yes, "We ' re Coming, Fa the r Abraham."

On motion it was voted to hold the next reunion at Saratoga Springs on Monday, September 24, 1906. A com­rade intending to be present will write, inclosing s tamp for reply, to the sec­re ta ry before Aug. 20, 1906, for card for order for reduced fare over the D. & H. railroad to Saratoga Springs, N. Y.

A member of the regiment to whose address on roster notice of nex t reun­ion is sent failing to reply will be con­sidered to have gone t o t h a t bourne whence no soldier boy has ever return­ed. In consequence his name will be dropped from survivors ' roster . And it is hoped tha t every Company C boy, especially, will no t fail to send some incident of t he period when he carried a gun for the Union.

The following lines were wri t ten by Mrs. Mosher, the wife of a comrade, for this occasion: Once more in glad reunion,

We together as comrades mee t ; We hear the t read of veterans ,

Walking the village street.

They are coming, yes they ' re coming! But not a s in days of yore ;

W e hear not the din of batt le, Oh! may we nevermore.

How we love to meet our comrades, As we gather, year by year ;

And clasp each o ther by the hand;, Yes we hold them very dear.

In many a hard fought batt le, We have stood together, boys;

W e have shared each o ther ' s sorrows, And we've shared each other 's joys.

And the flag of peace is waving Over our land today,

Is waving in stately splendor, Over the Blue and the Gray.

As we listen to the roll call , There are voices we do not hear ;

And we think of our Comrades, fallen, And we drop a silent tear,

But the old t ime bat t les a r e over, Tha t we fought long years ago.

We had a mighty victory And ' twas W e who won t h e foe.

O, Comrades! a re we all fighting Under one banner today?

The banner of King Emanue l? If we are we will win for aye .

Then, in a grand reunion, Such as mor ta l s have never known,

W e shall one by one, receive a crown And res t forever a t Home,

Wi th t he t hanks of the ve terans to the ladies of Gansevoort for their mos t excellent dinner, and to t h e officers of the church for its use for the dinner and business meeting, with firmly grasped hands and affectionate look in the eye, the veterans bade each oth­er good-bye unti l September 24 next year a t t h e Springs. And so Welbekomar.