Return of Co. H, 17th Regiment N.Y.V. - 1863

Return of Co. H, 17th Regiment New York Volunteers

Chenango American, June 18, 1863

What was left of the eighty men who left this County [Chenango Co., NY] in Co. H, 17th Regt. N.Y.S.V., returned home during the last week, having been honorably discharged. Their names are as follows:

Thomas Allen, Samuel W. Williams, Lyman Graves, Norwich

Cyrus Cook, Thomas Tracy, Albert Cady, Charles Petit , Sherburne

George Nichols, Frank Gomes, Stephen Figary, Oxford

Burdett Fisher, North Norwich

Smith Blackman, Plymouth

Hiram Scranton, Pitcher

M.A. Hotchkiss, Smithville,

Alfred Squires, Greene

Henry E. Riper, Lorenzo Tefft, Delos Gazely, Smyrna

Edwin S. Button, Preston

Isaac Hendricksen, Pharsalia

Lieut. George Moore who enlisted in New York has also returned home to this place.

The boys look well and hearty, and seem to have enjoyed their "picnic" as some of them termed it, right well.  None of the original commissioned officers were with the Company at its discharge.

Nobly has the 17th done its duty, and Chenango may well be proud of the brave boys who have returned again to her borders after having spent two long years in the country's service.  The battlefields of Yorktown, Hanover Court House, Gaines' Hill, Malvern Hill, 2d Bull Run, Antietam. Shepardstown Ford, Fredericksburg and Chancellersville attest their valor and bravery.  Their memory will be cherished by all lovers of liberty as the first who responded to the call of our country in its hour of peril.  We cheerfully take them by the hand and feel that they are of the loyal defenders of our country's honor.--Norwich Telegraph.