Obituaries (September 18)

Civil War Casualties - 1863

Chenango Telegraph, October 7, 1863

STILES:  At Berwick City, La., Sept. 22, 1863, of congestive chills, Walt Stiles, a member of Co. C, 114th Regiment N.Y.S.V., formerly of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].  He was a soldier ever prompt and obedient in the discharge of his duty, a friend always affable and obliging, and a man against whom the finger of reproach could not be lifted.  We gave him all a soldier has to give, a grave hallowed by the last offering of his surviving comrades.  Sergt. C.S. Briggs

 

Chenango Telegraph, October 14, 1863

 

ROOT:  In the Regimental Hospital at Brashear City, La., and formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Sept 3, 1863, of chronic diarrhea, Mr. Oscar F. Root, Co. A, 114th N.Y.S.V., aged 27 years.

 

SHELDON:  At Court House Hospital, Baton Rouge, La., Sept. 11, 1863, of chronic diarrhea, Mr. Samuel S. Sheldon, Co. K, 161st Regiment N.Y.S.V.

 

COUGHLIN:  At University Hospital, New Orleans, Sept. 12, 1863, of dropsy, Mr. Michael P. Coughlin, Co. K 161st Reg. N.Y.S.V.

 

JACOBS:  In Camp Hospital at Folly Island, S.C., Sept. 19, 1863, Lieut Ira D. Jacobs Co. I, 89th Reg., N.Y.S.V.  Lieut. Jacobs enlisted as a private in the 89th Regiment in the fall of 1861, and for good conduct and soldierly bearing was soon promoted to Orderly Sergeant and served as such until a short time previous to his death when he was commissioned as Lieutenant.  He had served his country faithfully for the past two years, and had been in every engagement in which his regiment took part and came out unhurt from all.  He had just attained a position in which he could reap the reward which he so richly merited for two years hardship when death overtook him.  Another noble son is added to the list of heroes who have laid down their lives for their country's good.  A.L.S.

 

Chenango Telegraph, October 28, 1863

 

PECK:  At Berwick City, La, Sept 25, 1863, of congestive fever, private Thomas Peck, Co. B, 114th Regiment N.Y.S.V., formerly of Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY] aged 18 years.  He was a soldier ever prompt and obedient in the execution of his duty, a friend always affable and obliging and a man against whom the finer of reproach could not be lifted. We gave him all a soldier has to give, a grave hallowed by the last offering of his surviving comrades.  Sergeant Chas. J. Biggs, Co. C, 114th Regiment.

 

PECK:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 18, 1863, of chronic diarrhea, Mr. Andrew Peck, aged 20 years, late of Co. B, 114th Reg. N.Y.S.V.  He was a brother of Thomas, a notice of whose death is here inserted.  These two promising youths joined hands around the same fireside, in the same church, in our glorious country's service, and now they join hands in the home of our Heavenly Father. Brave and beloved boys, farewell! 

 

Chenango Telegraph, November 4, 1863

 

BECKWITH:  in Cazenovia [Madison Co., NY], October 19, 1863, Mr. Charles S. Beckwith, aged 34 years.  Mr. Beckwith was a member of the 114th Regiment, and left home about a year ago to share the joys and sorrows of a soldier's life.  Much of the time he was unable to do duty by reason of sickness and finally received permission to return to his family.  He came as far as Cazenovia, where it became apparent that his strength had nearly failed.  Kind friends sought for him rest, procured a comfortable room, and attended his wants with the kindness of the good Samaritan, hoping (if he could not wholly recover) he might gain strength to reach home.  In this they were disappointed.  Providence had otherwise ordered and with Christian courage he met the last enemy and gained a signal victory through the great Captain of salvation.  The widow of the deceased often expressed her most hearty thanks for the kindness and care shown him in his illness and in preparing him for the grave.  We have laid him down to rest where we trust the unhallowed feet of traitors will never tread.

[Pharsalia Center Cemetery]

 

Chenango Telegraph, November 18, 1863

 

WEST:  At Port Hudson, June 11, 1863, John D. West, a private in Co. B, 114th Reg., N.YS.V., aged 25 years.  He was from Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], and enlisted at the same time with Andrew and Thomas Peck, a notice of whose deaths appeared in the Telegraph of Oct. 28, 1863.  His Capt., in communicating the sad intelligence of his death, said:  "John D. West was one of my best men, always reliable and prompt in discharging his duties.  And he was brave, his falling upon the field of battle will testify, as he was advised by his Captain not to go into the action, he being unwell at the time.  John was a Christian young man, as well amid the temptations and allurements of camp life as among better influences at home.  On the evening before the battle he said to a friend:  "If I fall, write to my folks and tell them I fell at my post, and in a glorious cause, fighting for my country."   J.P.W.

 

Chenango Telegraph, November 25, 1863

 



BENJAMIN:  At the U.S. General Hospital, Baton Rouge La., Sept. 23d, of chronic diarrhea, Park Benjamin of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY].  Member of Co. K, 161st N.Y.S.V.

 

COOK:  Also Oct. 4th, at the same place, of typhoid fever, Chester Cook, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] member of Co. K., 161st, N.Y.S.V.