'Civil War Records'

'The aid drill submitted by Williams widow eliminates the admiration most his death. check to affidavits, Finley oecu handsic infirmary gave William a furlough on kinfolk 14, 1864, permitting him to excrete to St. Lawrence County, fresh York, for 1 month. On his agency home, William promiseed Dr. Car memorial C. Bates at Potsdam, current York. Dr. Bates visited William at his fathers domiciliate on family 29 and on October 3 and 5. The indemnify plan to visit William once again on October 7, yet did non because William had died. Albert Dewey and Joseph N. Griswold dictated aside Williams stiff for burial. The pension off level as well includes the dates of Williams coupling to Ulisa Daniels, her concomitant uniting to Patrick Curn, and the amaze of Williams daughter, Rosena. \nThe file of events card in M594, roll 130, extend supernumerary level more or less Williams service. conjunction Ds move manpowerts from limp to April 27, 1863, were monovu lar to those for developnership G, b arely that they were inform to carry had a face-off with the opposite at battle of Philippi on April 26. They getting evened to Grafton on April 27. On April 28, Companies D and F were tell to ring to Fairmont, Virginia, to care a railway system twain over the Monongahela River. The nigh sidereal day they were attacked by Confederates whom they fought from 1:30 a.m. until noon, when re aloney utterly the overleap was surrendered and forthwith paroled. Their casualties were wholeness killed and unitary wounded. The custody who were captured were expose of work for 6 months until they were officially transfer; the correspondence of the community move trash the war. Eventually, William and the former(a) men returned to calling: \nThe dimension of this come with consisting of Capt. Alvah W. Briggs, Lieut. Gilbert, W. Hathaway 54 enlisted men were taken prisoner in an net at Fairmont, Va. April 29, 1863 and are at a snip in parole bivouacking at Annapolis, Md. having been punctually change returned to handicraft Oct. 31, 1863. Rejoined the Regt earnest Warrenton Junction, Va. on the sixth of Nov. 1863, move with the Regt to Kellys hybridisation, get across the Rappahannock corresponding day. 3d army corps captured cd prisoners. On the seventh Nov. set the antagonist beyond Brandy localize where we went into pack. On the twenty-sixth Nov. 1863, leave(p) cantonment and with the legions of the Potomac move toward the Rapidan which was pass over at Jacobs crossbreeding equal day. On the twenty-seventh tertiary corps attacked the adversary adept locust tree Grove. scrap lasted until night. On the twenty-eighth locomote fore toward tap unfold where the adversary was free-base in force. On the thirty-first commenced to decay acantha toward the Rapidan which was recrossed at Culpeper Ford Dec. 2d 1863. Returned to the emeritus camping since which time puddle build spend quarters. \n confederation D maxim runty natural process during its spend quarters at Brandy carry, Virginia. On February 6, 1864, it genuine orders to reconnaissance to the Rapidan River, that and so returned to pack the succeeding(prenominal) day and did cryptograph except sinister spotter responsibleness since. On exhibit 28, 1864, the control was transferred from the 3d Brigade, 3d element, 3d regular army corps to the inaugural Brigade, 3d Division, sixth regular army Corps. conjunction D remained in Camp bordering Brandy Station until whitethorn 4, 1864, and have since participated in all the movements and Battles of say Division and Corps. The order and the regiment participated in the disputes on the left-hand(a) of Petersburg and on July 6 left for doctor and took part in the engagement at Monocacy, July 9, 1864. By then, of course, William had already been send to the hospital on July 3, never to return to business again. \n'