Soldier's Letter, Civil War, June 1863 - Port Hudson

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, July 2, 1863

Letter from William B. Corbett, 114th NY Regiment

Rear of Port Hudson, La., June 15, 1863

Dear Sir:  It is with pain I have to relate the proceedings of yesterday, which day will ever be remembered by the 114th Regiment.  On the evening of the 13th we were all served out with sixty rounds of cartridge, and at twelve o'clock at night, our cooks made their appearance with rations of which we supplied ourselves.  We were soon ordered to fall in and in a few minutes were ready to march.  Accordingly five Companies of our Regiment started with Col Smith and Major Morse as our leaders. Soon were joined by the 75th and 160th New York Regiments, 8th Vermont and 12th Connecticut, which Regiments constitute Wietzel's Brigade. We marched along silently through the woods, except some remarks about what we were going to do, everyone forming his own opinion; but it being Sunday, a day so remarkable for the battles of the American army, everyone was satisfied that we were going to charge the enemy's works.  As we went along from one ravine to another we found troops under arms, and after a little while we came up with a group of officers, among whom was Gen. Wietzel. the sight of our General seemed to give us new courage. Gen. Wietzel is highly esteemed by his command and their confidence in him is such that when even he is near we anticipate no danger.

Soon our artillery opened fire and as we turned in a ravine we halted and fixed bayonets. We soon heard a cheer on our left which told us that Payne's Brigade charged the enemy's works, and the roar of artillery and musketry told the bloody work had commenced. We started ahead but soon had to halt on account of the 91st New York Regiment, which was in the ravine before us.  Soon the General's Aids ran by us to see what was the matter. As soon as the way was clear for our Regiment we proceeded in the best of spirits expected to cover ourselves with honor by entering the enemy's works. About six o'clock we got to the scene of action, and soon the command was given to charge on a double quick. With a yell we darted forward under a raking fire from the enemy from behind their works, until our colors got shot. At this time we poured a volley into their works and lay down until reloaded. Our gallant Major stepped in front and asked us if we were ready, to which we responded yes.  He than told us to give three cheers and follow him. This time a number of us got into a ditch under the enemy's works where our boys were slain like sheep.  Our major, like the Colonel, got wounded in this charge.  Most all of our officers were either killed or wounded.  Once more our shattered companies tried a charge led by Lieut. Searles of co. G.  He also got wounded at this time. Nearly half our men lay wounded on the field.  It was a most thrilling scene to witness the groans of our brave men in their agony of pain. All our color guards were wounded, and the color bearer killed, but a Lieut. of the 160th New York picked up our colors, and one of our boys stepped forward and demanded them, so we had the honor of bringing them off the field.

After laying two hours under fire and making three charges, we fell to the rear to form again.  Never did five Companies of men go into a charge more willingly or with better courage, than did the officers and men of the 114th.  But there was no such thing as entering the works, for we had to charge over fallen timber and brush, and there was a ditch at least six feet wide and six feet deep on our side of their works, the breast work or parapet being eight or ten feet high so it was impossible for any man to scale them without use of ladders or plank.  If we had any fair kind of a chance we would enter the works, for never was there a more determined lot of men as the number of killed and wounded will show.  There were several other charges made but without effect. There was a Regiment sent in ahead with bags of cotton to fill the ditch for us to charge over, but they could not be made to go there.  Out of the officers of our five Companies there were only three came out whole.  I don't intend to give only a faint idea of what it was, for if I tried to I could not. Those who lived or was not wounded remained under fire until after dark.  To look round the little place our company occupied in the woods, and to see so many missing made us very sad.

The following is a list of casualties in Co. E.  Lieut. Longwell, of Co. D, who took command of our Company, was wounded in the hand while leading us into action.  Much praise is due him, as he is the only man who ever led Co. E into action yet.  Indeed he is a brave officer.

Sergts. Uri Rorapaugh, acting lieut., Wm. J. Rogers, Seymour C. Horton, wounded. Corpl. John C. Stoughton, missing.  Privates, Jack Chidester, David McBirney, Chas. R. Hayward, Robt Wedge, Benjamin Pittsley, Chas B. Davis, Sophronus Hinman, Joseph J. Smith, Freemen S. Wedge, Edw'd Post, Lewis Handy*, Preston R. Peck, all slightly wounded, excepting Preston and Handy who were mortally wounded and left on the field, probably dead. Col. Smith is living.  Capt. Tucker, and Lieut. Corben of Co. G, are killed.

I remain truly yours,  Wm. B. Corbett

*since heard from, likely to recover.

Vital Records, Greene, NY, December 1864 & January 1865

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Chenango American, Greene, NY, December 8, 1864

Death of Henry Gartsee

News has been received, through Charles Gross, who is a detailed nurse on board the steamer George Leary, that Henry Gartsee, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], died some months ago in the rebel prison at Andersonville, of dropsy.  He was taken prisoner near Fredericksburg, Va., during the first days of the fighting in the Wilderness, together with a number of others from this place.  He enlisted last winter in the company formed here by Capt. Henry Vaughn for the 22d cavalry.  He was a printer by trade, and had many friends among the young men of the county.  Of a genial, kindly, cheerful disposition, his nature was of the sort to draw about him the pleasant hearted and the gay.  He was one of the "laughing sons of mirth" whom nothing could make sour and gloomy and we are sure that the untold horrors of a Southern prison and the near approach of death therein did not shake the firm faith he cherished that "there is no darker fate before us than that we've left behind."  He will be long remembered and regretted. Chenango Chronicle

Death of a Printer

De Witt C. Northrup, a printer who served his apprenticeship in this office, died in this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], of consumption, on Monday last. We knew him as a faithful, upright, and industrious boy, and deeply regret that he has been thus called away in the prime of his youth.  For the past few years he has been employed in responsible positions in a western State, and bid fair to attain prominence and usefulness.  He returned with the seeds of disease firmly fixed upon him, to the home of his parents in this village, about four weeks since, where he rapidly declined and died.  He was 24 years of age, and leaves a wife and child to mourn his untimely departure.

Soldier's Burial

The body of David W. Pettis, son of Ralph Pettis, of this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], a soldier in the 114th Regiment, who died in hospital some weeks since, was brought to this village for interment on Tuesday last.  His remains were escorted to their last resting place, by Ocean Fire Co., of which he was a member, and a concourse of citizens. A funeral sermon was preached at the Congregational church by Rev. H. Garlick.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, December 29, 1864

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst., Miss Alida M. Rogers, aged 18 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 14th inst., Mrs. Sally Leach, relict of the late Jonas Leach, aged 81 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d inst. of chronic diarrhea, Francis E. Phetteplace, a member of the 22d N.Y. Cavalry.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d inst., Mrs. Mary Ann [Ruthford], wife of Robert Ruthford, aged 24 years.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], on the 15th inst., Ellsworth J. [Crandall], son of Elisha Crandall aged 8 years.

Died:  At Baton Rouge Hospital, La., on the 16th ult. Mr. Nehemiah Wheeler, Jr., of Co. A, 11th N.Y. Cavalry, aged 30 years 5 months and 16 days, late of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Buffalo [Erie Co., NY], on the 8th inst., of typhoid fever, Jessie Percival [Clarke], youngest daughter of Rev. Ethan Ray and Mary E. Clarke, aged 15 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 12, 1865

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst., by Rev. Peck, Mr. George Van Dyke of Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY] to Miss Eliza Byers? of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst. by Rev. Woodmansee, Wm. E. Smith of Lisle [Broome Co., NY] to Mary E. Sanders of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]. 

Died:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 10th inst., Mr. John Gross, Jr., aged 35 years.

Died:  In Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], on the 5th inst., Eliza Ann [Johnson], daughter of Rev. Samuel Johnson, aged 5 years.

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d ult. Miss Anna M. Rogers, aged 18 years.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst. Mary [Bloom], wife of Henry Bloom, aged 38 years.

Died:  In Triangle [Broome Co., NY], on the 25th ult. Gurdon Whitney, formerly of Preston [Chenango Co., NY], aged 74 years.

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st ult. George F. [Rider], aged 1 year, 8 months, and 21 days; on the 25th Willey H. [Rider], aged 3 years and 6 months; on the 28th, Henry E. [Rider], aged 8 years and 16 days; children of Lewis and Dorcus Rider.

Died:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. Mr. Sidney D. Rexford, aged 23 years.

Death of Rev. A G. Orton, D.D.

In Lisle [Broome Co., NY], on the 28th ult., Rev. A.G. Orton, D.D., formerly of this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], aged 75 years. [Chenango American, Jan. 5, 1865]

The death of the Rev. Dr. Orton, simply stated in the last issue of this paper, deserves more -?- than just mere announcement of the death.  He lived and labored in the Congregational Society in this village [Greene, Chenango Co., NY] as its pastor for more than -?- years and was well known and greatly beloved in this community.  Possessing as he did, great kindness of heart and force of intellect, he was still so quiet and unobtrusive in his manner that one needed to know him well to understand his worth.  "He was a scholar and a ripe and good one."  As a student he was unremitting in his reading of the various authors that his well selected library contained.  His attainments in all the higher departments of solid learning were thorough and extensive.  He read much outside the curriculum of theological inquiries and studies. He was exceedingly found of the physical sciences and in chemistry and its cognate branches of knowledge, he was thoroughly versed.  But over all these acquirements there was visible the beautiful veil of a modesty so transparent that to those who knew him well lent an added charm to the possession of such valued intellectual treasures.  He was liberal in his feeling towards those outside the pale of his pastoral efforts and many among us who did not symbolize with him in his theology, yet lament his departure in the remembrance of his many virtues. Though his intellect lost its vigor as years advanced, yet there were times even to the last when the fires of cultivated thought would kindle up afresh over a congenial theme of study and inquiry.  

Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 19, 1864

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst. by Rev. Ransom, Mr. S.A. Cook of -?- to Miss Libbie Stackhouse of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the -?- inst by Rev. Bowdish, Mr. Henry D. Ives to Miss Emma Sheldon all of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst., by Rev. C. Steere, John S. Thorp of Canton [St. Lawrence Co., NY] to Mrs. Mary Nicholson, of McDonough.

Married:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst. by Rev. J.H. Barnard, Mr. Francis Chapel to Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Emily Law of Pitcher.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, January 26, 1865

Married:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY] on the 17th inst. by Rev. Mr. Holroyd, Mr. David B. Daily of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Amelia L. Martin of McDonough.

Married:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] on the 15th inst. by Rev. Bowdish Rev. A.S. Yale of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Lula F. Lyon of Elmira [Chemung Co., NY].

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, November 2, 1864

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, November 2, 1864

Married:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 23, 1864, Mr. Henry J. Jones, to Miss Emily L. Newton, both of North  Norwich.

Married:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], by Rev. w. Burnside, Mr. Platt V. Hall, of Union Vale, Dutchess Co. [NY] to Miss Louise E. Paul, of North Norwich.

Married:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 23, by Rev. M.G. Wadsworth, Mr. John B. Hebbard, of Sherburne, to Miss Nettie H. Bentley, of Preston [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  At the residence of the bride's father, in Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 25th, by Rev. W. A. Smith, of the Second Congregational Church, Mr. A. Simeon Parker, of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Kate A. Wheeler, of Greene.

Married:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 11th, by Rev. L. Sperry, Mr. Gideon Lobdell of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Olive Y. Cooley, of Guilford.

Married:  In Morrisville [Madison Co., NY], Oct. 24th, by Rev. J.R. Lewis, Mr. Gilbert L. Manwaring, of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Charlotte Glozier, of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday Oct 23d 1864, Georgie W. [Hutchins], son of James and Sattira S. Hutchins, aged 9 years and 6 months.

Dearest Georgie, thou hast left us, / Here thy loss we deeply feel; / But 'tis God who hath bereft us, / He can all our sorrows heal. / But oh, we would not wish him back, / He has gone where he'll be blest, / Where the wicked cease from troubling, / And the weary are at rest. [Selected by two of his schoolmates]

Died:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 22d, Clara [Weiler], infant daughter of William Weiler, aged 3 months.

Died:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 21st, Mary [White], relict of the late Jeremiah White, aged 58 years.

Died:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 17th, after a short illness, Mr. John Sage, aged 56 years.

Died:  At Iowa Falls, Oct. 7th, Elizabeth [Raymond], wife of William A. Raymond, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], aged 37 years.

Died:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Oct 17th, Jenette [Warner], wife of George Warner, aged 21 years and 7 months.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 17th, Susan C. [Hovey], wife of Hiram P. Hovey, aged 27 years.

Died:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 24th, of diptheria, Charlie Ray [Farnsworth], son of Jonathan and Lydia Farnsworth, aged 4 years, 5 months and 17 days.

Died:  In Richmond, Va., Sept. 22d, Mr. Jesse G. Davison, formerly of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], aged 41 years.

Died:  In Hampton Hospital, Va., of chronic diarrhea, Mr. Samuel Manwaring, of Co. E, 89th N.Y.S.V.

Died:  In Strasburgh, Va., Oct. 10th, Mr. Orrin O. Wells, of Co. C, 8th N.Y. Cavalry, aged 45 years.

Died:  In Hospital at Winchester, Va. from wounds received in battle, Mr. Frank M. Skillman of Co. E, 114th N.Y.SV., aged 23 years, son of Joseph Skillman, of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

Death of Lieut. Burch

The battle of Cedar Creek, in the Shenandoah Valley, which was fought on the 19th ult. proved fatal to a large number of our best and bravest soldiers, but to none more deserving of a kind and honorable remembrance than Lieut. Isaac Burch, of Co. B, 114th Regiment N.Y. Volunteers.  He was in command of the company, Capt. Bocker being absent; and though we have heard no particulars of his death, we venture to say that he fell manfully discharging his duty.  He was the son of the late Doct. Russel B. Buch, of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], and was employed in this office, as a printer, for nearly five years previous to his enlistment.  He went as a private; acted for some time as a clerk for Col. E.B. Smith; was promoted to Orderly Sergeant, and next to 2d and then 1st Lieutenant, in which last capacity he was serving at the time of his death.  He was amiable, intelligent and honest; an excellent companion; a true friend; generous and warm hearted towards all around him; and in all respects one to exite the love and respect of his fellow men. We deeply deplore his fate.

Chenango Union, November 9, 1864

Married:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY] Nov. 3d, 1864, at the residence of the bride's mother, by Rev. W. R. Cochrane, Mr. Richard S. Davenport to Miss Cynthia H. Moore, all of McDonough.

Married:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], At Brown's Hotel Nov. 3d, 18645, by Rev. W. R. Cochrane, Mr. Thomas P. Webb, to Miss Betsey N. Cline, all of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 1st, by Rev. E. Holroyd, Jr. Thomas L. Fairchild to Miss Ferni Coburn, all of the above place.

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 21, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Chauncey Hebbard to Miss Alice A. Edgerton, both of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 25, by Rev. W. G. Queal, Mr. Alanson Boothe, of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Sarah Rhodes, of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Utica [Oneida Co., NY], Oct. 31, Mr. Sherman S. Westfall of Buffalo [Erie Co., NY], to Miss Ida M. Page, of Lincklaen [Chenango Co., NY].

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, November 16, 1864

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 5th, 1864, by Rev. W. C .Bowen, Mr. Daniel Campbell to Miss Hattie Ingraham, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Earlville [Madison Co., NY] October 28th, 1864, by Rev. Mr. Thurston, Oscar F. Matterson, Esq., to Mrs. Mary Reed, both of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 31st, by Rev. W. A. Smith, Mr. Selden Sanders of Colesville [Broome Co., NY], to Miss Ann J. Chandler, of Greene.

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], November 1st, by Rev. M.S. Wells, Mr. Devillo Robinson to Miss Mary E. Bartlett, all of Greene.

Tribute to Lieut. L. W. Hatch

The officers of the 15th N.Y. Cavalry, at Cumberland, Md., have paid a feeling tribute of admiration and respect to Lieut L. W. Hatch, of the same Regiment, formerly of Sherburne in this County [Chenango Co., NY], who was recently killed in battle.  The following, among other Resolutions, was adopted:  "Resolved:  That being called upon to chronicle the death of Lieut. L.W. Hatch, we feel that the Regiment and the service of the United States has lost a brave an noble officer, who fell while leading his men in an engagement with the enemy; that we have ever recognized in him the qualities of a true Christian and a good soldier, having the best interests of the service and his country at heart." An officer was appointed to escort the remains of Lieut. H. to his friends at home.

Death of Sergeant Boulls

Among the killed in the late battle of the Shenandoah, we notice the name Sergeant W. E. Boulls, son of William Boulls, of this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY].  Mr. Boulls was formerly employed in this office, afterwards in the Rural office in Rochester, where he enlisted.  He was a worthy young man, and his loss is deplored by all who knew him.  Oxford Times.  

Sergeant Boulls was also formerly an employee of this office [Chenango Union], and make the second of our old compositors who within the last few weeks have been lost upon the battle fields of the Shenandoah.

Lee Crandall Captured

Lee Crandall, formerly of this county [Chenango Co., NY], and now a Colonel in the rebel service, was captured, together with Gen. Marmaduke and three other Colonels, in one of the recent battles between our forces and those of Gen. Price in Missouri.  He will be remembered as a somewhat fast operator in product and dry goods at South New Berlin, about the years 1855-6, where he played himself out, and most of his friends besides, in short order, failing for a large amount.  He left this place for Missouri six or seven years ago, and as might have been expected from his temperament, joined the rebellion when it broke out, and has held a commission in the rebel army ever since.  He is now with other prisoners on Johnson's Island, Lake Erie.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, November 23, 1864

Married:  Nov. 7th, 1864, by Rev. L.C Queal, Mr. Charles Cook of Madison [Madison Co., NY] to  Miss Betsey A. Scranton of Pitcher Springs [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Mt. Upton [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 22d, by Rev. J. Evans, Mr. O.S. Cuffman, of Hartwick [Otsego Co., NY] to Miss Irene L. Rockwell of Mt. Upton.

Married:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 12th, by Rev. L. Bowdish, Mr. Melvin H. Handy, of Elmira [Chemung Co., NY], to Miss Emeline E. Beach, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 12th, 1864, Mr. Joseph Brown, aged 82 years.

Died:  In St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 12th, Capt. William H. DeForest, eldest son of Gen. H. DeForest, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], in the 53d year of his age.

Died:  In Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 1st, Isaac H. [Atwell], son of John and Melinda Atwell, aged 10 years, 9 months and 27 days.

Died:  In Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 16th, Mr. Willis Chase, aged 33 years.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 12th, Mrs. Eliza Guthrie, widow of the late Chauncey Guthrie, aged 71 years.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 7th, of diptheria, Polly A. [Wiswell], wife of John Wiswell, aged 21 years 7 months and 21 days.

Died:  Also, Nov. 8th, of the same disease, Lucy Ann [Wiswell], daughter of John Wiswell, aged 6 months and 3 days.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 12th, of consumption, Mr. Oliver D. Mead, aged 20 years, a member of Co. E 89th N.Y.S. Vols.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 22d, Econdo C. [Brigham] aged 8 years and Nov. 9th, Charles B. [Brigham], aged 11 years, children of George W. and Betsey J Brigham.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 11th, Herbert R. [Moore], son of Thomas L. Moore, aged 3 years.

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 11th, J. Leuvern [Noyes], only child of James J. and Eunice Noyes, aged 4 years.

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], Nov. 10th, Charles R. [Miner], son of Paul and Harriet m. miner, aged 12 years.

Died:  In Owasso, Mich., Oct. 31str, Mary Ernestine [Dimmick], only daughter of Dwight and Emily Dimmick, aged 16 yrs.

Died:  At Jarvis (U.S. General) Hospital, Baltimore, Md., Nov. 2d, 1864, of wounds received at the battle of Cedar Creek, Oct. 19th, Corp. Homer Sisson, of Co. C, 114th Reg. N.Y. Vols, aged 36 years and 9 months.  The deceased entered the service as a private at the time of the formation of the Regiment, and the little promotion he gained was earned by his soldierly bearing and the prompt discharge of every duty assigned him. Although his comrades have lost a friend, and the service a brave soldier, yet their loss is incomparable to that of the little family who now mourn the death of a devoted and kind husband and father, and parents the loss of a dutiful son.

Died:  Killed in battle, near Weldon Railroad, Va., Oct. 1st, Mr. William A. Miles, of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], a member of Co. K., 10th N.Y. Cavalry, aged 21 years, 9 months and 28? days

Death of Thomas D. Wright

Mr. Wright died at Deposit [Delaware Co., NY], Monday morning, the 7th instant, at the residence of Father Sweeney.  So peaceful was his death, that no struggle awakened the worthy priest, with whom Mr. Wright slept.  Skillful  surgeons who officiated at the coroner's inquest, at once decided that the cause of Mr. Wright's death was nervous exhaustion, producing an engorgement of the heart.  Mr. Wright's ardent temperament, his refined, intellectual abilities, when aroused, were too intense for his delicate physical organization.

Mr. Wright was a native of Ireland, a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, whose highest honors he received.  Mr. Wright's patriotism compromised him during the revolutionary times of 1847-8. With many other gallant sprits, Mr. Wright left his beloved land, and adopted our country and county as his own.  Mr. Wright studied law, became partner with the Hon. D.S. Dickinson, and at once achieved a high standing in this community, and a wide reputation abroad.  He was a young man of high literary attainments, rapid logical intuition, splendid memory, brilliant oratorical facilities, strongly resembling that array of genius (Curran, Grattan, Emmett, Sheridan), who have made the Irish character proverbial for eloquence.

He leaves a wife, a daughter of the Hon. John A Collier, and three children.  When the last remains of the lamented Wright, attended by a large deputation of his townsmen, arrived, they were met by a large concourse, numbering thousands of our citizens.  Indeed, no laureled hero of the battle field ever had a more enviable tribute of respect.  And the sadness was so tender, that there was assurance that it was spontaneous and cordial.  Binghamton Democrat

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, November 30, 1864

Sad News From Norwich Boys

A letter received on Monday last from Charles C. Gross by his sister, Mr. J.F. Hill, brings sad news concerning two of the Norwich boys of Capt. Vaughan's Company, 22d Cavalry, who were among the number taken prisoner by the rebels near Fredericksburg last spring.  Mr. Gross is employed on one of the boats engaged in exchanging prisoners, and his letter is dated "Near Savannah, Nov. 21, 1864," and was written while awaiting the arrival of a rebel boat with prisoners.  he says:  "I saw one of the 22d N.Y. Cavalry yesterday.  He told me that Henry Gartsee was dead; he died in Andersonville, Georgia, with the dropsy.  He also thinks that Charles York's boy is dead; he was taken to the hospital in June with a very bad wound, and he has never heard form him since."

Both Gartsee and York were from Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].  The former was a printer by trade, and had worked much in this office.  He makes the third of our old compositors who have fallen victims to the war, all of whose deaths we have chronicled with the last few weeks.

Vital Records, Oxford, NY, June 1864

 Oxford Times, June 1, 1864

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 29th May, 1864, Minerva [Willoughby] wife of Mr. Ira Willoughby, aged 63 years and 5 months.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 27th ult. Mr. Joel Yale, aged 73 years.

Died:  In St. James Hospital, New Orleans, on the 6th May from a wound received in the Battle of Pleasant Hill, Mr. Joseph S. Smith of Co. E, 114th N.Y.S.V., of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th ult. Mr. Rufus Phillips, aged 85 years.

Oxford Times, June 8, 1864

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult., by Rev. Wm. Searles, Mr. H.D. Mallory to Miss Sophia S. Nash, both of Norwich.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult. by Rev. W. Searles, Mr. Charles H. Church to Miss Hattie Heady both of Norwich.

Married:  At Guilford Centre, on the 24th ult. by Rev. S. M. Kee, Mr. Legrand Cassell of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Alice Young of the former place.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY] on the 1st inst., Willard White, aged 31 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] on the 26th ult. Deliaette [Willcox], wife of Mr. Whitman Willcox, aged 39 years.

Oxford Times, June 15, 1864

Married:  At the residence of H. Lockwood, in Brooklyn, on the 25th ult. by Rev. Theodore L. Coyer, Mr. O.M. Hughson of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Fannie A. Knapp of Franklin [Delaware Co., NY].

Married:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. by Rev. E. Curtis, Mr. George W. Sanders to Miss Ellen B. King, both of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 20th ult., by Rev. O. Ketchum, Mr. Rodolphus Brown to Miss Adell Huddleston, all of Pharsalia.

Died:  On Oxford, on the 10th inst. of Diptheria, Albert [Weeks], son of Stephen and Julia A. Weeks, aged 18 years.  In the death of this youth society has lost an attractive member, brave, generous and warm hearted.  His friends will ever cherish his memory, while his grief stricken parents and sister, with his aged and blind grandfather and decrepit grandmother have sustained a loss that in this life can never be repaired. May the grace of God sustain them.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Rebecca H. [Rockwell], widow of the late Ashbel R. Rockwell, aged 55 years.

Died:  In Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], on the 4th inst., Eliza D. [Gran], wife of Halbert Gran, aged 37 years.

Died:  On board a Hospital boat, between Alexandria and New Orleans, on the 14th ult. Robert C. Hall, of Co. B, 114th Reg., and son of Murray Hall of Preston [Chenango Co., NY], aged 17 years.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. Mr. John C. Harris, aged 55 years.

Oxford Times, June 22, 1864

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst. by Rev. L.F. Spafford, Mr. Lewis D. Rogers to Mrs. Matilda M. Dobison, all of Oxford.

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 7th inst. by Rev. H. Garlick, Mr. George F. Wight of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Julia A. Morse of Greene.

Died:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst. Violettee B. [Hitchcock], wife of Norman P. Hitchcock, aged 52 years.

Died:  In Hospital, at Washington of wound received in battle, Corporal Joseph Weiler, of Co. K, 40th N.Y.S.V. from Norwich [Chenango Co., nY].

Oxford Times, June 29, 1864

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst. by Rev. H. Garlick, Mr. Harry D. Wheeler of Cedar Run, Pa., to Miss Ruth E. Horton of Eat Greene.

Married:  In the First Presbyterian Church at Montrose, Pa. on the 15th inst. by Rev. S.G. Specs, D.D. of Dayton, Ohio, Mr. Henry C. Tyler, son of Hon. M.C. Tyler to Miss Frances E. [Willcox], only daughter of E.P. Willcox, Esq., all of the former place.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 16th inst., Mr. William A. Bolt, aged 35 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 3d inst. Mr. Abram L. Beedle, aged 65 years.

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 12th inst. Polly [Spencer], wife of Mr. William Spencer, aged 68 years.

Died:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], on the 18th inst., Mr. Solomon Ensign, senior, aged 94 years.

Oxford Times, June 22, 1865

Death of Honorable John Tracy

This venerable and honored citizen died at his residence in this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the morning of Saturday the 18th instant, after a sickness of a week's duration.  Words of eulogy seem needless in referring to the death of one, the excellence of whose character and the purity of whose life have been for half century like an open book, known and read of all who knew him. To briefly recount a few of the leading events of that life, leaving them to speak for themselves, is our duty to the living, rather than a necessity to the dead, whose life record is now complete and fixed unalterably by the cold hand of death.  

Mr. Tracy was born at Norwich, Connecticut, Oct. 26th, 1783, and at the time of his death had completed his eightieth year. About the year 1805, he removed to this then new settlement, accomplishing his journey on horseback, a mode of travel made necessary at that day by the imperfect condition of the roads, and the limited facilities of public conveyance. After his arrival he found himself the possessor of few worldly goods save only that native common sense, enterprise and sterling integrity which he had brought from his New England home, and which served him far better than any inherited earthly treasure.  He soon became a clerk in the office of Uri Tracy, then the clerk of the old county of Tioga, subsequently studied law, and held a clerkship in the office of Stephen O. Runyan, was admitted to the bar, and soon became the partner of the latter.  His thorough and studious pursuit of his profession, ripe judgment and integrity of character soon recommended him to public favor, and he was, about March 6, 1815, appointed Surrogate of the new county of Chenango, holding the office about four years.  In 1820, '21, '22, and '26, he was a member of Assembly, again receiving the appointment of Surrogate in March 1821, which office he well and faithfully discharged until January 1833, previous to which time he was first judge of the county for ten years. 

As a judicial officer Judge Tracy brought to the discharge of his duties, patient research, sound judgment and a purity of character beyond reproach and without suspicion.  He possessed in a remarkable degree that incorruptible honesty which an ancient writer has fitly called the sister of justice, and which is perhaps no less its sister than its parent.  His rulings upon the law were seldom reversed in the courts of appeal.  In 1832, Judge Tracy was elected Lieutenant Governor of the State, occupying that office for three successive terms, during the Gubernatorial career of William L. Marcy.  The same qualities which had made him a trusted judge united to great urbanity, patience and impartiality, distinguished him as the presiding officer of the Senate, and in the court of Errors of which he was ex-officio member.  

He soon retired to private life, neither unsettled nor corrupted by office, and having lost none of his relish for home enjoyment.  He wore his honors as unobtrusively as the spring her flowers, yielding up his offices as one who truly regarded them as trusts to be faithfully performed, rather than objects of ambition to be sought.  Mr. Tracy was elected to the Constitutional Convention of 1846, called to revise our State constitution, was chosen to preside over its deliberations, and lived to see the successful operation in practice, of many of its reforms, of which he was an earnest and well informed advocate.

He then returned to private life, which he was so well fitted to enjoy, and which he adorned by the virtues which belong to the good citizen, the kind neighbor, and the steadfast friend, and the cheerful, intelligent and exemplary father and husband.  His interest in all good works for the permanent improvement and welfare of the village was repeatedly manifested, and the Oxford Academy of whose board of Trustees he was for years the President, and St. Paul's Church of whose vestry he was a member, and a Warden at his death, will bear evidence of his worth, and hand down his name to faithful and affectionate remembrance.  To go thus ripe for death, like the -?- rexper in the yellow autumn, with his life work well done, followed by the kind benedictions of one world to meet the "Well done good and faithful servant," of another; thus to have lived is superlative wisdom, so to have died is supreme happiness.  As we stood at the hush of day near the open door of the old house, but heard not the familiar voice of the departed, while the moonlight of the summer evening bathed the landscape and  streamed through the leaves in flickering, silvery patches at our feet, we thought of the good name that rested like that moonlight in pure and gentle radiance upon us, and how that bright example like the trees and blossoms which he had planted and trained, would linger, a faithful witness to his worth.

His funeral was attended from St. Paul's Church on Monday, by a large concourse of citizens, among whom were many from adjoining towns, to whom he was endeared by early association.

Soldier's Letter, Civil War, 114th NY Infantry, May 1863

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, June 17, 1863

The Expedition up the Teche - 114th NY Infantry

Headquarters 114th Reg. N.Y.S.V., Brashear City, La, May 26, 1863

When I closed my last communication, we had just returned "home" to Brashear, and were under orders to return to New Iberia.  We were ill calculated to commence another march, with feet blistered and bleeding from twenty days severe campaigning, but when it became rumored in camp that we were to rejoin the Brigade at the front, the regiment was joyous, and all were eager at the thought of rallying once more around the blue -?- of the gallant Gen. Weitzel.

About 2 P.M. of May 1st, we embarked on the Empire Perish, and soon were winding our way up the crooked and apparently insignificant stream.  Nothing of peculiar interest transpired during our passage, and we went into temporary camp at New Iberia. After remaining here two days we commenced our march to the front.

A few words about these marches.  In this country at this season of the year the weather is equally hot as our hottest weather in July at the North.  The sun is even more scalding. the roads are thickly covered with dust and all the other attending circumstances which serve to render a march uncomfortable have followed closely on our track. We averaged about fifteen miles per day, and intended generally to make our distance in the fore part of the day.  The reveille sounded at 4 A.M., and we moved at 5.  the general inconvenience was from sore feet.  Hardly a man in the regiment escaped this trouble, although the men bore up nobly under these pains, which oft times were severe, and in many cases so badly were their feet worn down that they bled, which rendered it almost impossible for our men to wear their shoes.  The health of the men was never better. The sick were left at New Iberia, and subsequently were returned to Brashear. Among the officers which returned were Col. Smith, three Captains and five Lieutenants. We had only about half our complement of officers with us .  We marched between six and seven hundred miles. This march has tried the mettle of the regiment.  Only the real hardy bone and sinew men can stand such marches as we have experienced in the last sixty days, for we can date the commencement of our expedition from our move from Bayou Boeuf. We bivouacked where we could find wood, water and beef. As we marched up we were alone and Col. Per Lee used every possible endeavor to halt us in the very best places he could find. Generally we would bivouac in the door yards of some plantation houses. We have halted in the yards and occupied many mansions of men of note, among whom I may mention Genl's Monton and Pratt, Col. Cloente, and a nephew of Gen. Scott.  Gen. Monton you will remember was with the force which we drove from the earthworks at Camp Bisland.  Gen. Pratt is with the rebel army in Virginia, Col. Cloente at Vicksburg, and Scott's nephew, with a commission in some of the departments.  Almost every house has some of its force in the army, and the wealthiest plantations generally turn out "shoulder straps."  We continued our line of march until May 13 when we were met with orders to return.  We were then within two days march of Alexandria.  We countermarched with the idea that we should be obliged to march all the ground over again and in this we were not disappointed. At Opelousas we received orders to report to Col. Morgan of the 90th N.Y., who was to command the forces which were to return. We joined those forces at St. Martinsville, which consisted of the 90th N.Y., 110th N.Y., 52d Mass. and the 41st Mass. which was mounted, and two pieces of artillery.  With these troops began Our Return.

One of the main object was to take all the negroes from the country.  They needed no urging on our part, but loading up what carts the respective plantations afforded, and taking mules, horses and cattle, joined the train.  So we passed each day adding much to our number. At New Iberia, the negro train consisted of four hundred and six carts, each cart averaging not less than ten heads of negroes.  In addition to this, the male portion of able men either marched, or took horses as we proceeded down.  It was a sight perhaps never witnessed before, and may never be again, to see the train pass. The carts were those used to cart cane and cotton from the field, and would hold as much as a small canal boat.  Some were covered with awnings made of all imaginable finds of material.  Carpetings, clothing, seed mattings, dried cowhides, boards and everything else which would serve to protect from the sun were used as a shield, and presented a most picturesque appearance, and the propelling power was equally varied.  Some of the carts were drawn by oxen, some by horses, some by mules, and an ox and a mule drawing the same cart were not infrequent. And in one case a cow and a mule were harnessed together.  The cooking utensils, bedding, clothing and in fact all -?- of the negroes were loaded on, and the aged and young, big and little, were all piled predominately together.  The train was over five miles in length and our crop of negroes when we reached Brashear City was not less than twelve thousand all told. We marched on, nothing occurring of importance, until we reached Franklin.  Here we were attacked by Guerrillas, and a sharp skirmish followed.  Franklin has, since the rebel rout of April 12th and 13th been notorious for its apparent unionism, but many have suspected a wolf in the clothing of sheep. We passed this place on the afternoon of May 25, the music playing the national airs, and the regiment singing. "We'll hang Jeff Davis to a Palmetto tree."

The 114th was the rear regiment, and we only had a squad of cavalry in our rear to pick up what stragglers might fall out by the wayside.  The day was beautiful, and just as the sun was setting and we were marching leisurely along and hoping soon to halt for the night, when in our rear we heard shouting, and soon a mass, a mob, came dashing headlong crying "get out of the way, the rebels are coming," and like exclamations.  At first we thought the mounted negroes and soldiers were trying to run a race, but soon a cavalryman dust covered and bare headed came dashing up, and said the rear guard had been attacked and some had been killed. The panic now began to become general among the negro ambulance drivers and teamsters, and but for the prompt and earnest action on the part of the officers would have caused a terrible calamity.  As soon as we could gather sufficient information to form a belief, Col. Per Lee countermarched his regiment determined to go to the aid of the rear guard. We marched back three miles, and formed a line of battle and could distinctly hear the exchanging of shots further up the road.

We had hardly halted and formed our line when several cavalrymen came dashing headlong down the road.  Col Per Lee rode out, halted them, heard their hurried story, and ordering them to return and rode at their head rapidly up the road.  In a few moments he was met by our entire cavalry force skedaddling as fast as they could. These he halted and assuming command ordered them to follow him. They dashed forward and were soon met by the rebels who poured a murderous volley into our little band, killing Lieut. Wood of the 110th N.Y. and seriously three or four others.  Our men now returned the fire, and after an exchange of shots the rebels began a retreat.  The Col. and his miniature force pushed rapidly on and drove the rebels into the town, and then returned.  Seven of the guerrillas were killed. The dust was so thick that it was impossible for our men to judge how many of the enemy had attacked them, but judge that this advance guard may have numbered about one hundred. Col. Per Lee rode back to the regiment and with his characteristic energy said "Boys, there are a lot of those devils up there and I am for going back and cleaning that town out."  The boys gave three hearty cheers for the Col. and then asked him to lead them and they would gladly follow.  He immediately [unreadable] to Col Morgan, who was at the front of the train and nearly six miles distant, for some cavalry, and then marched the regiment to Franklin.  He halted the regiment and threw out skirmishers and soon three companies of the 41st Mass. mounted infantry came up, and went to the front of skirmishers.  It was now evening, but the moon was full, and it was quite light. The firing was rapid, and the rebels began to retreat. We advanced to support the skirmishers, and by this time Col Morgan arrived and assumed command.  One piece of artillery came up and threw four shells, nearly all very short range, but the last bursting in the town. We all hoped that the town might be burned, and so it would have been had Col. Per Lee been in command, but Col. Morgan ordered us to retire. We could distinctly see them fire from the windows of the houses, and yet this treacherous, traitorous town was spared.  our killed and wounded were all taken off and attended in the best manner possible and great credit is due to Dr. Wagner for his untiring labors towards these sufferers.

Our retreat, for such it must be called.  We were now put under rapid marching, and at 11 P.M. we overtook the other forces which had been halted.  All now took up the line of march, and we marched all night resting but twenty minutes.  It would not do to halt any length of time, for the men were so worn out that they would fall asleep and could not have been aroused without great efforts.  They slept as they walked, many of them.  You may think this is almost incredible, but this is nevertheless true.  Many told me so, and I know that I would often walk many rods so sound asleep as to be unconscious of surrounding objects, and only a heavy jog or jostle would arouse me. We continued this way until 5 A.M. when we halted for coffee, as we had had no supper the night before.  But the tired men could not wait for breakfast but fell down in their tracks to sleep till they were aroused to march again. After half an hour we resumed our march, and under cover of a gunboat which had been sent to our aid pushed on towards Brashear, and the captain of the boat said he could distinguish with his glass a cavalry force following us, but we heard no more from our pursuers.

We arrived at Brashear Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock, and a more dirty, dusty, begrimed and fatigued set of men you never saw.  The excitement of the march was now over, and without even eating or washing, the men sunk down to sleep. From Monday morning at 5 until Tuesday at 11 we had marched continually, had a short skirmish, and moved a distance of forty-three miles. since April 1st we have marched continually, halting but three days at the most, and passing over a distance of five hundred miles.

\After we had driven the rebels into the town, Col. Morgan ordered us to retire.  We did so.  The result as to our loss was those mentioned as killed, and a loss of a number of prisoners. An estimate of fifteen officers may not be too much. The 175th N.Y. lost its Major, Adjutant and two Lieutenants. A  number of stragglers from all the regiments were taken, but the exact number is not known.  Perhaps thirty will cover the number. Capt. Titus of our regiment and Lyman Hall are the only ones of the 114th which were "gobbled."  Titus and Hall left the regiment early in the morning of the affray, and have not been heard from since.  They are, of course, taken prisoners.

That tract of country from Brashear City to Alexandria is the finest in Louisiana.  But here we have slavery in its worst aspect.  We brought down many slaves which were whiter than our sunburnt men.  Fancy the sons and daughters of your townsmen as slaves, menials, to be bought and sold at the beck and nod of their owners!  And yet I have seen, what shall I call them, Slaves?  Young men whiter than your correspondent, and young girls, fair, and even beautiful, the property of fat-faced licentious looking owners.  Shame be on that man from the north who can gaze without a feeling of disgust, on such ungodly custom of a heathen world.  Oh shame!  But I must close.  We are under orders for Baton Rouge, and will probably leave in a day or two. 

E.P.P. 

Vital Records, Greene, NY, November 1864

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, November 3, 1864

Married:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult.,,  by Rev. Wm. A. Smith, Mr. A. Simon Parker of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Kate A. [Wheeler], daughter of Ephraim Wheeler, of the former place.

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 21st ult. by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Chauncey Hubbard to Miss Alice A. Edgerton, both of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], on the Eve of the 26th ult. at the residence of the Bride's Father by Rev. S. Johnson, Mr. John Hageman 2d to Miss Libbie J. [Lowell], eldest daughter of D. Lowell, Esq., all of Chenango Forks.

Married:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 25th ult. by Rev. W.G. Queal, Mr. A. Booth of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Sarah Rhodes of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], on the 23d ult. by Rev. M.G. Wadsworth, Mr. John B. Hebbard of Sherburne, to Miss Nettie H. Bentley, of Preston [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th ult. by Rev. L. Sperry, Mr. Gideon Lobdell of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Olive Y. Cooley, of Guilford.

Died:  In Hospital, at Winchester, Va., on the 18th ult. of a wound received in battle at the above place, Corp. Calvin B. Weld of Co. E, 114th Reg. N.Y.V., son of Luther Weld, of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], aged 28 years and 3 months.

Died:  In Afton [Chenango Co., NY], on the 24th ult. Charlie Ray [Farnsworth], youngest son of Jonathan and Lydia Farnsworth, aged 4 years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on Sunday, Oct 23, 1864, Georgie W. [Hutchins], aged 9 years and 6 months.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 21, Mary [White], relict of the late Jeremiah White, aged 58 years.

Died:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 17, after a short illness, Mr. John Sage, aged 56 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 17, Susan C. [Hovey], aged 27 years.

Died:  In Richmond, Va., Sept. 22, Mr. Jesse G. Davison, formerly of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] aged 41 years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, November 10, 1864

Died:  In this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th ult. of consumption, Charles Newton, aged 41 years 8 months 11 days.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th inst., Charles [Washburn], son of Mr. John Y. Washburn, aged 11 years.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 2d inst., Lucy E. [Lewis], wife of Mr. Clarke Lewis, aged 29 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult. Mr. Byron Terry, aged 22 years and 7 months.

Died:  In Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY], on the 3d inst. Jerome A. Sands, Esq, aged 32 years.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], on the 30th ult. Billings De Witt [Allyn], son of J.B. and E.J. Allyn, aged 22 years and 9 months.

Died:  In Pittsfield [Otsego Co., NY], on the 21st ult. at the residence of her brother, C.G. Hall, Mrs. Arvilla A. Fry, aged 45 years, 8 months and 9 days.

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, October 1864

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, October 6, 1864

Married:  At Salina, Mich., Sept. 21st by Rev. Mr. Marshall, Hascall Ransford, Esq., of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Josephine M. Wood, of the former place.

Married:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 12th by Rev. L.C Queal, Mr. William B. Ames, to Miss Clarissa A. Davis, both of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 18th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Rowland Bliven, of Preston [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Emily E. Steere, of McDonough [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  At the residence of the bride's father, Sept. 29th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Ezra Bartlett, of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Mary Brown, of North Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  At the Parsonage of the Congregational Church, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], October 3d, by Rev. S .Scoville, Mr. David T. Edwards, of Cortland [Cortland Co., NY] to Miss Anna E. Peters, of Unadilla [Otsego Co., NY].

Married:  At the residence of the bride's father, in Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 20th, by Rev. Wm. A. Smith, of the Second Congregational Church, Mr. T.D. Parker, to Miss Addie E. Smith, all of Coventry.

Married:  At the residence of the bride's father, in Buffalo, on Wednesday, Sept. 28th, by Rev. Mr. Marshall, Mr. Truman Stone, of Chicago, to Miss Emma M. Dougherty of the former place.

Died:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 29th, of diptheria, Mr. George K. Hopkins, aged 40 years.

Died:  At the residence of Hiram Hale, in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 25th, Mr. Jeduthan Newton, aged 86 years.

Died:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 25th, Kitty [Smith], daughter of Willard Smith, Jr., aged 6 years.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 3d, Cora [Haight], daughter of Horace and Harriet Haight, aged 9 years.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 23d, Mr. Henry Fray, aged 88 years.

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 24th, Mr. Abel Childs, aged 56 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 20th, Mr. Aaron Stockwell, in the 97th year of his age.

Died:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 28th, Lois [Foote], daughter of Adrian and Cornelia Foote, aged 11 years.

Died:  In Smithville Flats [Chenango Co., NY], Sept 27th, Lewis H. Alling, M.D. aged 33 years and 3 months.

Died:  At Patker's Place in Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 28th, Mr. John M. Henry, of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], aged 26 years.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 25th, Sergt. Frederick A. Hill, of Co. K, 10th N.Y. Cavalry, home on furlough, aged 21 years.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 26th, Angilette [Ames], wife of John Ames, aged 41 years.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 8th, Mr. Hart, aged 69 years and 11 months.

Died:  In Quincy, ill., Sept. 17th, Cornelia A. [Kelsey], wife of D.A. Kelsey, formerly of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY], aged 26 years.

Died:  In Dixon, Ill. Sept. 11th, Mr A. Easton Chandler, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], in the 44th year of his age.

Died:  In Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 25th, William D. [McNeil], son of Charles McNeil, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 29 years.

Died:  At Copper Falls Mine, Lake Superior, Sept. 3d, from the accidental discharge of a revolver, Samuel J. Redfield, M.D., aged 31 years, only son of the late Chester Redfield, of Bainbridge.

Died:  Killed in battle, near Winchester, Va., Sept. 19th, Lieut. Edward E. Breed, of Co H, 114th Regt. N.Y.S.V. son of William R. Breed, of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  Also, on the same day, Hezekiah? Newton, of Co. B, 114th Reg., formerly of this village.

Died:  Also, Leonard R. Brown, of Co. B, 114th Reg., son of Russell Brown, of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  Also, Isaac Weaver, of Co. F, 114th Regt. and William Casedollar, of the 5th N.Y. Heavy Artillery, both from Smyrna [Chenango Co.., NY].

Died:  In the field hospital, near Winchester, Sept. 20th, from a wound received in battle near Morgan's Mills, Sept. 19th, Mr. George L. Foote, of an Iowa Regiment, formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY]

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, October 12, 1864

Married:  At Van Buren, Arkansas, Aug. 15, 1864, Mr. Joseph Hansen, U.S. Military Telegraph Operator, formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., Y], to Miss Rebecca Thompson, of the former place.

Married:  In Somerville, C.W. Aug. 17, by Rev. Mr. Baine, Mr. Richard Windrim of -ernlam to Miss Jane Telford, of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 23, by Rev. Mr. Pierce, Mr. Norman P. Hitchcock, to Mrs. Betsey Havens, both of Pitcher.

Married:  In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 28, by Rev. Mr. Haskins, Mr. C. Morrell Gray, to Miss Lois I. Barber, both of Otselic.

Married:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 5, Mr. Edward H. Purdy, of Utica [Oneida Co., NY], to Miss Carrie E. Foote, of Sherburne.

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY] Oct. 3d, by Rev. Wm. M. Robinson, Mr. Ezra B. Wheeler, to Miss Mary A. Delamater, all of Greene.

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY] Oct. 3d, by Rev. M.S. Wells, Mr. Elias Hayes of Greene to Miss Elizabeth Lawrence of Lewisborough, N.Y. [Westchester Co.]

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 2d, by Rev. D.M. Macurdy, Cyrus A. Bacon, Esq., to Mrs. Catharine Kinyon.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 3d, 1864, at the residence of E. Shaw, Mrs. Ruth Ray, aged 83 years, 3 months and 17 days.

Died:  In Pittsfield, Otsego Co [NY], Sept. 21st, Mrs. Arvilla A. Fry, relict of the late B.W Fry, of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] aged 34 years.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 5, Mr. Hiram G. Dunn, aged 43 years.

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 3d, Mr. Levi Parker, aged 68 years.

Died:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 20, 1864, Sarah M. [Angell], daughter of George and Abigal Angell, aged 12 years, 7 months and 10 days.

Died:  At Pitcher [Chenango Co., NY], on the 22d of July last, Mrs. Rebecca Wakley, wife of David B. Wakley, aged 53 years 6 months.

Died:  In Deposit [Delaware Co., NY], on the 22d ult. while on his way home from the hospital in Washington, Oscar Bennett, son of Stephen B. Bennett, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 20 years.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 29th, Henry W. [Hamilton], son of Cyrus W. and Mary Hamilton, aged 6 years.

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 24th, Louisa E. [Crumb], daughter of Sylvester and Lucinda Crumb, aged 15 years.

Died: In Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 29th, Mr. Asa W. Rhodes, late of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 59 years.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, October 19, 1864

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 9th, 1864, by Rev. L.C Queal, Mr. John Reynolds of Canada to Miss Mary Lemley, of Norwich.

Married:  At the residence of the bride's father, in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 10th, by Rev. W.W. Andrews, Mr. Francis Bowen of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Emugene Merithew, of Guilford.

Married:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 9th,by Rev. E. Puffer, Mr. Henry Davis, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Libby Weld of Coventry.

Married:  Also, by the same, Mr. Francis Harrington, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Fida Leach, of Willet, Cortland Co. [NY].

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 4th, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Thaddeus R. Ranney to Miss Hattie D. Mills, both of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 4th, by Rev. W.C. Bowen, Mr. Nelson J. Turner, of Oxford to Miss Helen R. Ives, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Earlville [Madison Co., NY], Oct. 11th, Mr. Lucian C. Cotton to Miss Louisa Felt all of Earlville.

Married:  In Lebanon [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 4, by Rev. Samuel Miller, Mr. Henry H. Wilcox, of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Betty E. Ladd, of Lebanon.

Married:  In Solsville, Madison Co. [NY], Oct. 11th, by Rev. A.H. Marshall, Mr. M.V. Brown of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Susan E. Edgarton, of the former place.

Married:  In Earlville [Madison Co., NY], Sept. 28th, by Rev. E.D. Thurston, Dr. A. Mohawk, to Mrs. Miranda Mudge, of Earlville.

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 27th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Merritt Thompson of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Ella Brushell, of Norwich.

Died:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 4th, Frank Lee [Totman], only child of Alexander and Ellen J. Totman, aged 7 months and 6 days.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 23d, of consumption, Martha R. [Hull], wife of Edwin A. Hull, aged 31 years.

Died:  At Castle Creek, Broome Co. [NY], Oct. 11th, Judson V. [Boardman], son of Eli Boardman, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], aged 14 years, 10 months and 25 days.

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 8th, Mr. Clark Smith, aged 82 years.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 11th, Miss Nancy Gillard, aged 17 years.

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 12th, Alfred B. Handy, aged 3 years and 7 months.

Died:  In the hospital at Winchester, Va., Oct. 3d, from wounds received Sept. 19th, Lieut. Orlando J. Aylsworth of Co H, 114th N.Y.S.V., from Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  In the Rebel Hospital at Staunton, Va., June 22d, 1864, of typhoid fever, Gurdon H. Miller, a Union prisoner, formerly of Lincklaen, Chenango County [NY], and late Sergeant in Co. B, 15th N.Y. Cavalry.  He was a son of Mr. Stephen Miller, of Lincklaen, who has had three sons in the army the present year.

Died:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 20, Sarah M. [Angell], daughter of George and Abigail Angell, aged 12 years, 7 months and 10 days.

Died:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 11, Mary P. [Angell], daughter of Geo. and Abigail Angell, aged 16 years.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 20th, of diptheria, Henry Willard [Hamilton], son of Cyrus W. ad Mary Jane Hamilton, aged 6 years, 11 months and 25 days.

From our circle, little Willie, / Early hast thou passed away, / But the angel say, "Another / Joins our holy song today." / And when morning light was breaking, /Those pure beings, fair and bright, / Bore the little sufferer's spirit / To its glorious home of light.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, October 26, 1864

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 12, 1864, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Horace P. Hadlock to Mrs. M. Alexander, all of Norwich.

Married:  At the Hotel of Wood & Houghton, in Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 14th by Rev. Wm C. Bowen, Mr. Henry A. Bradley, to Miss Emily Beebe, both of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 12, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. David W. Bartle, to Miss Marcia S. Willoughby, all of Oxford.

Married:  At the residence of the bride's mother, in Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], Mr. Lorenzo M. Brant, to Miss Emma F. Rhodes, both of Guilford.

Married:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 9th, Mr. Freeman Ellis, of Chemung, to Miss Angeline Button, of New Berlin.

Married:  At McQueens' Hotel, Morrisville [Madison Co., NY], Oct. 18th, by Rev. John R. Lewis, Mr. W.W. Watkins to Miss Louisa Kine, both of Otselic [Chenango Co.., NY].

Died:  In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 18, 1864, Miss Ellen J. Herrick, aged 18 years.

Died:  In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 11th, Hattie A. [Herrick], daughter of Berthier and Amanda M. Herrick, aged 10 years.

Died:  In McDonough [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 7th, Clara I. [Mathewson], daughter of Jefferson and Mary Mathewson, aged 9 years.

 Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 13th, Mr. Consider Brown aged 69 years.

Died:  In Preston [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 12th, Louisa E. [Crumb], daughter of Sylvester and Lucinda Crumb, aged 15 years.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 23d, Martha B. [Hull], wife of Edwin A. Hull, aged 31 years.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 6th, Mrs. Margaret Ramsey, aged 67 years.

Died:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], August 16th, 1864, Sarah E. Holmes [Griswold], wife of R.B Griswold, aged 28 years.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 14th, Susan [Weaver], wife of C.B. Weaver, aged 29 years.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Oct. 14, John [Shaw], son of King Shaw, aged 10 years.

Vital Records, Oxford, NY, May 4, 1864

 Oxford Times, May 4, 1864

Married:  In East Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 1st inst. by the Rev. R.E. Spafford, Mr. Daniel Terrel of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Eliza Pettis of Greene.

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY] on the 26th ult. Frederick Newkirk [Balcom], twin son of William and Selinda Balcom, aged six months.  Thick in every grave yard, / The little hillocks lie! / And every hillock represents / An Angel in the sky."

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 26th ult. Mr. Sherman S. Bartholomew, aged 39 years, 9 months and 20 days.

Died:  In Cannon, Mich., on the 8th of April, of consumption, Harriet K [Lownsbery], formerly of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 32 years.  The deceased leaves three children to mourn her loss while their father is serving his country in the war at the south west.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th ult. Mr. Thomas Sheldon, aged 83 years.

Died:  In Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], on the 5th ult., Ruth Martin, daughter of the late Dea. Wm. A. Martin, in the 27th year of her age.

Oxford Times, May 11, 1864

List of the Killed and Wounded of the 114th

We are indebted says the Chenango Union, to Assistant Surgeon Beecher, of the 114th, for a complete list of the killed and wounded of the regiment in the two days' fight at Red River:

Lieut. Col. Henry B. Morse, right forearm, severely

Co. A - Luman Bently, head, killed; Elmore Sharp, side, slight.

Co. B - Charles Adams

Co. C - 1st Lieut. Norman Lewis, arm, slight; John Hanrahan, face, severely; S. White, face, severely; James Sherwood, face, slight.

Co. D - H.I. Crumb scalp, slight; 1st Lieut. Edwin O. Gibson, Leg, slight; Corp. Edward Lewis, head, slight

Co. E - J.H. smith, thigh, severely

Co. F - Corp. Eugene Utley, head, slight

Co. I - James A. Lock, side, severely, and head; Corp. E.G. Wilmarth, head, killed; Corp. J.Q. Perry, face, slight; Corp. Elbert Wedge, hip, slight

Co. K - Corp. Lucina F. Barnard, temple, killed

Oxford Times, May 18, 1864

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst. by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Charles Fisher to Miss Delia Vickery.

Died:  In South Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], May 7th, at the residence of his sister, widow C. Stratton, William Frink, Esq., of Fabius N.Y. [Onondaga Co.], aged 79? years.

Died:  In East Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 8th inst. of consumption, Louisa E. [Towslee], wife of H.L. Towslee, aged 34? years and 11 months.

Died:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 9th inst., Mrs. Polly Campbell, aged 84? years.

Died:  At Fort Schusler, March 31, of measles, Mr. Joseph Searles, of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] aged 31? years.

Died:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], on the 6th inst., Mrs. Abby [Brown], relict of the late Jesse Brown, aged 83 years.

Died:  In Norwich on the 29th ult. Mrs. Clarissa Noyes, widow of the late Col. John Noyes, aged 69? years.

Died:  In Cleveland, Ohio, on the 14th inst. Mary P. [Balcom], only child of Henry F. and Caroline Balcom, aged 3 years and 2 months.

Oxford Times, May 25, 1864

Married:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY], on the 13th inst. by Rev. Daniel Potter, Mr. Zeba L. Drake of Oxford to Miss Emma L. Bennett of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]

Married:  In East Greene [Chenango Co., NY], on the 17th inst. by Rev. M.S. Wells, Dr. Henry A. McFarland to Miss Jennie H.... of -?-.

Died:  In this village [Oxford, Chenango Co., NY] on the 15th inst. Mary Adelaide [Herrick], child of Eliphalet and Susan Herrick aged 3 years and 2 months.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], on the 11th inst. Mr. Jeremiah Wheeler, aged 59 years.

Soldier's Letter, Civil War, 44th NY Regiment, May 1863

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, May 27, 1863

Letter from the 44th New York Regiment

We are permitted to make the following extracts from a letter received by Charles R. Johnson from George H. Spry, of the 44th Regiment. We wish we had space to print the entire letter, but as it is, must content ourselves with the following:

Stoneman's Switch, near Falmouth, Va., May 18, 1863

....Most of the two years and nine months men have already left the army.  Every train that has passed towards Acqua creek for the last two weeks has been loaded with discharged regiments.  I assure you they are all jolly over their home prospects.

George Pabodie was here last week.  He will be home next month.  He has been a good soldier and will come home with a clean record.  yesterday I was over to the 6th Excelsior, and saw Lieutenant Terry, and David Hetzel.  Capt. R.A. Stanton is Ordinance Officer on the Staff of Gen. Graham, commander of the 3d Division 3d Corps.  Stanton is a good soldier and I am glad he is appreciated.

I presume you have read much of Hooker's late movements and are anxious to know how they are regarded in the army.  My observation assures me that his plans and movements were admirable and that, but for certain events which no human being could foresee or avert, we should now be in Richmond. Every intelligent soldier in the Army of the Potomac admires Gen. Hooker more than ever, for on the field he fully sustained his reputation as "Fighting Joe," and manifested that military skill and resource which should be expected of as grand an army. The battles which were fought across the Rappahannock were terribly desperate and the enemy must have lost nearly twenty thousand in killed and wounded. I assure you, Charley, the troops came off that blood stained field feeling that they had whipped the enemy and believing that our retrograde movement was expedient and necessary to the future success of our army.  What army in the world in the same length of time ever did more or any better fighting than this army has done?

The Army of the Potomac has saved the Northern border states form invasion, saved our Capitol and given the "Home Guard" the pleasing assurance that, as yet, the country is safe. The memorable battle fields at most within hearing distance of Washington where bleach the bones of heroic soldiers should be sacred to the memory of the Army of the Potomac, an army unequalled for its valor and discipline in the whole world.  What though this war last ten years should we have any the less certainty of final victory.  The spirits of our Revolutionary fathers, and of the illustrious dead of the campaign answer, No!

I want to see a certain class of people in Chenango County who have been at their case the last two years double quicking with a knapsack on and going into a fight where they can taste of battle.  There have been times heretofore when I felt -?-, but those times are past.  the prospects of the Government are encouraging and already our national horizon brightens with the sunshine of foreshadowed victory.  Tell the people of Norwich that all is well with out army.  As I learn more of military, and more how necessary it is that every man should stand firm by the government and crush every symptom of treason in the army, or at home.  Everything looks cheering to me and I am in earnest when I tell you that the army is in good spirits and has the utmost confidence in Gen. Hooker.

I send you a photograph of our flag which has seen many hard fought battles.  Its bullet holes and broken shaft tell whether or not the 44th has done its duty.

Yours ever, Geo. H. Spry

Vital Records, Norwich, NY, September 1864

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, September 7, 1864

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], August 28th, 1864, by Rev. J.C. Ransom, Mr. Erastus P. Smith to Miss Floretta N. Benedict, all of Oxford.

Married:  In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], August 11th, by Rev. O. Ketchum, Mr. Luther Grant to Miss Marion E. Ingersoll, all of Pharsalia.

Married:  In Utica [Oneida Co., NY], August 23d, by Rev. D. Fowler, Mr. Alton D. Root, to Miss Lydia L. Keller, both of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Hamden [Delaware Co., NY], August 12th, by Rev. T.F. White, Mr. Nelson A. Beers to Miss Ellen Elizabeth Parker, both of Franklin [Delaware co., NY].

Died:  In this town [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY], August 25th, 1864, Mrs. Lucy Keith, aged 77 years and 11 months.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], August 23d, Mr. Isaac Rorapaugh, aged 31 years.

Died:  in German [Chenango Co., NY], August 22d, Margaret [Ashcraft], wife of Samuel S. Ashcraft, aged 67 years.

Died:  In Earlville [Madison Co., NY], August 22d, Fanny [Crain], wife of Ebenezer Crain, aged 57 years.

Died:  In New Orleans, August 9th, Mr. John H. Brooks, formerly of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 31 years.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, September 14, 1864

Married:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], August 31st, by Rev. L.E. Spafford, Mr. John G. Japhet of Oxford to  Miss Ellen Pettis of Greene [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], August 16th, by Rev. Wm. Russell, Mr. William H. Brooks, of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY] to Mrs. Ann M. Baker of Sherburne.

Married:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 4th, by Rev. J.L. Jones, Mr. Amos B. Tuttle of Columbus [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Olive Jenks, of New Berlin.

Married:  In Hamilton [Madison Co., NY], August 28th, by Rev. M.S. Platt, Mr. Duane D. Dimmick, of Smyrna [Chenango Co., NY] to Mrs. Amelia E. Bacon of Earlville [Madison Co., NY].

Married:  In Cincinnatus [Cortland Co., NY], Sept. 6th,by Rev. Mr. Rogers, Mr. Richard M. Birdsall, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Mary E. Strobeck.

Married:  In Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], August 14th, by Rev. E.W. Lee, Mr. Nathan H. Rhodes, of Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Louesa A. Lee of Otselic.

Married:  In Cortland [Cortland Co., NY], Sept 6th, by Rev. H.N. Millard, Mr. Henry M. Purdy, of Truxton [Cortland Co., NY], to Miss Geetie N. Samson of Cortland.

Married:  In Trinity church, Geneva [Ontario Co. NY], August 18th, by Rev. W. H.A. Bissell, D.D., Philo M. Patterson, A.M. of Detroit to Miss Lillie Bissell, of the former place.

Married:  In Binghamton [Broome Co., NY], Sept. 6th, by Rev. H.W. Gilbert, Mr. O.B. Bruce to Miss Katie M. Gilbert, daughter of the officiating clergyman, all of Binghamton.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 3d, Mr. Benjamin Harriott, aged 64 years.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 4th, Mr. John Hull, aged 93 years.

Died:  In Oxford (Chenango Co., NY], August 31st, Mr. John Bartholomew, aged 44 years.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], August 23d, Mr. Isaac Rorapaugh, aged 31 years.

Died:  In Smithville [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 4th, Mary A. [Warner], wife of Wesley Warner, aged 24 years, 3 months and 14 days.

Died:  In South Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], August 22d, Hannah [Watkins], wife of Wm. Watkins, aged 63 years 9 months and 22 days.

Died:  At Sherburne Four Corners [Chenango Co., NY], Four Corners, Sept. 5th, Mr. Oliver Babcock, aged 86 years.

Died:  In General Hospital, David's Island, New York Harbor, August 21st, of typhoid fever, Mr. Julian B. Moore of the 4th N.Y. Heavy Artillery, aged 33 yrs.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, September 21, 1864

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 17th, by Rev. Edward Z. Lewis, Mr. Frederick Carrigon of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY] to Mrs. Mary Ann Cole of Norwich.

Married:  At the residence of the bride's father, in Palmyra [Wayne Co., NY], Sept. 14th, by the Rev. Eaton, of the Presbyterian Church, Mr. C.B. Johnson, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Gertrude Louisa Dunlap, of the former place.

Married:  In Eaton [Madison Co., NY], Sept. 8th, by the Rev. William W. Kingsley, -?- of Sherburne, [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Julia A. Hammond, of the former place.

Married:  Also, at the same time time and place, and by the same, Mr. Harland M. Royce, of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], to Miss Ellen M. Hammond of Eaton [Madison Co., NY].

Married:  In Greene [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 12th, by Rev. F. Rogers, Mr. George C. Roberts, to Miss Helen J. Gray, all of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In Chenango Forks [Broome Co., NY], Sept. 12th, by Rev. H. Garlick, Mr. Peter M. Merrill, of Deposit [Delaware Co., NY] to Mrs. Sarah J. Baker of the former place.

Married:  In Utica [Oneida Co., NY], August 23d, by Rev. D. Fowler, Mr. Alton D. Root, to Miss Lydia l. Keller, both of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Died:  At Satterlee General Hospital, West Philadelphia, August 21st, of typhoid fever, Mr. Reuben Southworth, son of Rev. Southworth, recently of Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], aged 22 years.

Died:  In Guilford [Chenango Co., NY], August 9th, Lucy Helen [Odell], daughter of James A. Odell, aged 27 years.

Died:  In Oxford [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 6th, Frank E. [Lewis], son of Henry and Mercy Lewis, aged 8 years.

Died:  In South Otselic [Chenango Co., NY], August 22d, Hannah [Watkins], aged 63 years 9 months and 22 days.

Died:  In Sparta, Monroe Co., Wis., Sept. 7th, Harriet A. [Salisbury], daughter of Wm. H. and Ann E. Salisbury, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY], aged 19 years and 2 months.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 11th, Mrs. George C. Davis, aged 56 years.

Died:  In Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 11th, Mrs. Caroline M. Billings, daughter of Mr. G. W. Pollok, of Sherburne [Chenango Co., NY], aged 26 years.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, September 28, 1864

Married:  In Norwich [Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 15th, by Rev. James McDermott, Mr. James Keyes, to Miss Mary J. Redmond, both of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY].

Married:  In West Salem, Wis., Aug. 27th, by Rev. Dr. Stanley, Mr. Avery Stratton, of South Oxford, N.Y. [Chenango Co.] to Miss Louesa A. Wood of Lacross County, Wis.

Married:  In Chicago, Ill. Sept. 1st, by J.H. Harrington, Esq., Mr. Ezra W. Hubbard, of Greene [Chenango Co., NY] to Miss Harriet M. Keder of Rock Island, Ill.