Knox during the Civil War

letter home from Jesse Denison

In the war of the rebellion, from her somewhat remote situation, this little town responded patriotically to the call of the government for volunteers. Seventy-seven volunteers went to fight in the battles of the Union. Many of them never came back to receive the great honors that awaited them.

Deciding who qualifies to be listed as a "Knox" veteran is challenging. The "77" volunteers refers to the 77 names listed in Howell and Tenney, but all they have in common is that they enlisted in Knox. Some were not born or Knox, or never lived in Knox. Below is a large list of soldiers associated with Knox in some way.

Resources:

• Knox Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 Results - 179 signed up for the draft listing their residence as Knox.
• Tenney & Howell - Knox Civil War List
• Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War provides an 1865 list of soldiers who enlisted in Knox. Many were residents of Knox.
• New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900
• Heroes of Albany
• 1890 Veterans Schedules for Knox
• Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York for the Year 1897

An "X" below "History" means they are listed as a Knox veteran in History of the County of Albany, N. Y., from 1609 to 1886, compiled by George Rogers Howell and Jonathan Tenney. The "History" list was taken from Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War.

An letter below "Clerk" means the soldier is listed in Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War. A "B" - Berne, "K" - Knox, "R" - Rensselaerville, "W" - Westerlo shows where they enlisted.

An "B" under "Muster" means the soldier is listed as born in Knox, "E" means enlisted in Knox, according to New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900 - individual cards indexed on Ancestry.com

A "B" - Berne, "K" - Knox, "R" - Rensselaerville, "W" - Westerlo "Heroes" indicates hometown in The Heroes of Albany: A Memorial of the Patriot-martyrs of the City and County of Albany, a list soldiers who died in the war. Many were associated with Knox.

An "&th K" under "Report" show Regiment of a soldier associated with Knox in Annual Report of the Adjutant-General - many volumes of information published over several years.

An "X" under "Carnival" means the soldier was associated with Knox in Carnival of Blood: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, by Richard Keating, Published by Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, Md 1998

An "X" under "Census" means the soldier was associated listed as living in Knox in a census.

An "X" under "Buried" means the soldier's grave has been found in the Town of Knox.

Name	History	Clerk	Muster	Heroes	Report	Carnival	Census	Born	Buried
Adams, Giles Died as a prisoner of war	-		B
Allen, Henry H. (Alben) killed in the CW at Petersburg.	X		E	K	7th K
Auchampaugh, Miriam Mirans Auchenbock Miram Auchampaugh	X		B
Barckley, Michael Henry Michael H. Barclay Lt., wounded at Cold Harbor and died as a result. Heroes of Albany - Buried in the Knox Cemetery	X			K	7th K
Baxter, Charles - Buried in the Knox Cemetery	X		E		7th K
Bell, Albert E. Berne Soldier	X
Bonar, Mathul L.	-		B
Bouck, Hamilton B.	-
Bronk, Elias	-		B
Bundy, Joseph M. Joseph M. Bunday Joseph Merchant Bundy	X		B	K	7th K
Burgess, Allen Davis	-
Burlingame, Kleber	X		E
Campbell, Adam captured at Reams Station, died Salisbury	X		B	K	7th K
Canull, John Henry John H. Cannell John Henry Carroll Berne Soldier	X		E	B	7th K
Chrysler, Erskine	-
Chrysler, Miner	-
Chrisler, Philip L. Philip L. Chrisler (Chrysler)	-		B
Courtney, Frances	X	K
Covert, James D.	X	K
Crary, Henry Augustus (Cary)	X		B
Crounse, Henry	X	K
Crounse, John Quincy Adams	X	K		K
Damon, Andrew J. Captured at Gaines Mills, died of disease at Bio:Andersonville Prison.	X	K	B		7th K
Davis, Joseph B.	X		E
Dennison, Eli	-		B
Duel, Levi Levi Dull	X	K	E		7th K
Ecker, Jerome W.	X
Ecker, Miner discharged by reason of disability and died	X		B
Engle, Charles	-
Engle, Jacob	-
Engle, John C.	-
Fairlee, William Darius	X	K
Finch, Edwin	-
Finch, Foster M.	-		B
Finch, Richmond	-
Foley, Daniel F.	X	K
Freligh, William H. H.	-		B
Gage, Alonzo	-		B
Gage, Hiram M.	-		B
Gallup, James Henry	X		B
Gallup, John Enos	-
Gallup, John Jay - Buried in Bio:High Point Cemetery	X		B
Gage, Seth	-		B
Gould, Jesse T.	-		B
Gray, Robert (Grey)	-		B
Gress, Andrew Andrew Grass	X				7th B
Hallenbeck, Urias Uriah Hallenbeck	X	K
Ham, Myron L.	X	K
Hanes, Adam Mathias	X			K
Hanes, Amos Gideon Amos G. Hane (Haner)	X		B	K
Hanes, Elias (Elias Hane) Elias Hawes wounded at Bio:Cold Harbor; died at hospital in Washington a month after his leg was amputated. Bio:Carnival of Blood	X				7th K			or:
Hanes, Elias wounded at Bio:Cold Harbor ; died in Knox of leg wounds received in the Civil War two years earlier. (family reseracher: Deborah Escobar 116 East Palmer Ave, Sch. Jul 2003, tel 518-357-0801)
Haswell, Arthur Arthur Hawell after serving six months, died at Bonnet Carre, La. Buried Rural Cemetery, Albany	X		B
Havens, William Berne Soldier	X	K	B	B	7th K
Hawley, John Jacob Warner (alias)	-
Henion, William A. Wm. Hemon	X	K
Hochstrasser, Charles Charles H. Hochstrasser Berne Soldier	X
Kellogg, Andrew W. died in the CW	X			K
Kelly, Samuel W.	X	K
Ketcham, Newton	X		B
Ketchum, William H.	-
Kniskern, Harrison Harrison Kniskem	X
Lelie, Spencer	X	K
Lewis, John	-
Ludden, Alonzo Grove Berne Soldier	X
Merrihew, Orville A.	X	K		B
Mitchell, William Elida, widow 1890 - Buried in the	-
Morenus, William William Moreans	-		B
O'Donald, George Robert George O'Donnell	X	K	E
Osterhout, William A.	-
Partridge, Rufus K.	-		B
Pier, David David Peer	-		B
Pitcher, Amos	-		B
Price, Charles captured at , died	X	K	B		7th K
Quay, John Minor John Miner Quay	X		B		7th K
Quay, Lewis Washington Cpl. Bio:Heroes of Albany Buried in the Bio:Knox Cemetery	X		B	K	7th K
Quay, Paul Sgt. Bio:Heroes of Albany	X		B	K	7th K
Reely, Samuel H.	X	K
Reinhart, Addison	X	K	E		7th K
Riter, George killed May, 10, 1864, at Po River, Va.	X
Roach, Isaac Jonathan Cpl. Bio:Heroes of Albany	X		B	K
Saddlemire, Denison	X	K	B
Saddlemire, Harvey	-
Sant, Leonard C.	-		B
Schermerhorn, Phillip	-		B
Schoonmaker, Paul	-		B
Secor, Andrew Andrew Secoy	X	K	E
Secor, Andrew Jr.	X	K	B
Secor, Charles	X	K	B
Secor, Gabriel	X	K	B	K
Secor, Gabriel Henry	X	K	B
Secor, John Simon John E. Secor Simon John Secor wounded in the right leg at Cedar Creek, rendering amputation necessary, and was discharged for disability.	X	K
Secor, Joel killed at Bio:Petersburg	-		B		7th K
Secor, Peter	X	K	B
Settle, Madison	X	K
Shufeldt, Edward Edward Shufelt	X	K	B		7th K
Shufeldt, Franklin Frank Shufelt	X	K
Shufeldt, Sidney Sydney Shaefelt - Buried in the Bio:Knox Cemetery	-		B
Simons, George AlbertBerne Soldier	X	K
Sitterly, Lawrence	-		B
Sitterly, Ira	-		B
Smith, John John Schetter John Hurst	X	K	B	K	7th K
Spawn, Henry	-
Spawn, Lewis	-
Spawn, William	-		B
Stafford, David - Buried in High Point Cemetery	X	K
Stafford, Isaac	-
Stafford, John - Buried in High Point Cemetery	X
Stafford, Thomas Jr. missing in action at Petersburg , presumed killed	-		B
Stalker, John (John Stakes)	X	K	B
Stalker, William Henry Henry W. Stalker Berne Soldier	X	K	B	B
Steiner, Cornelius Cornelius Stiner	-	B
Steiner, Daniel H. Daniel Henry Stiner Daniel Henry Sliner	X	K
Steiner, George Washington George W. Stiner Berne Soldier	X	K
Steiner, John M. John Michael Stines Berne Soldier	X	K
Stevens, Peter H. wounded at Spotsylvania, captured at Petersburg ; died of scurvy at Andersonville	X	K	B	K	7th K
Sturgess, Charles Edmund (Sturgis) Charles Edmond Sturges - captured at Deep Bottom, paroled	X	K	B		7th K
Swart, Miles	-
Thompson, John	-
Todd, George	X	K
Towsend, Chauncey Groat Chauney G. Towsand	X	K	B
Van Alstine, George D. George D. Vanalstine	-		B
Van Benscoten, Jacob Jacob Van Benschoter Jacob Van Benscoter was wounded at Petersburg Buried in the Knox Cemetery	X	K	B		7th K
Veazie, Arthur	-		B
Vroman, William	-		B
Way, Harvey	-
Way, Henry - Buried in High Point Cemetery	-
West, Ezra	-		B
Westfall, Elias	-		B
Whipple, Thomas Pinkney Thomas Pickney Whipple	X	K	B
Williams, Henry Crary Schoharie Soldier	X	K	E
Wood, Jesse D. Berne Soldier	X	K		B
Young, Perry	-		B
Young, Treat D.	-								NK

A very large number of men from Knox were in the 7th Regiment of the New York Heavy Infantry. In Carnival of Blood Keating discusses the "enlistment bounty" these men got for enlisting and passing the physical, $50 from the state and $50 from Albany County, more money than they had ever seen before.

On page 3, Keating wrote:

In the rural hamlet of Knox, in farm country ten miles west of Albany, young Michael Barkley gained a commission as first lieutenant in Company K, primarily because he was a recent college graduate, but he had also managed to convince twenty-one men from the small community to enlist in the Regiment. His recruiting efforts were then a cause for admiration and celebration, during the patriotic euphoria which gripped the Northern States in the summer of 1862. Three years later, Barkley and sixteen of the twenty-one were dead, and the mood would be far different.

Regiments in which men from Knox served

7th Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery

There were at least 16 men from Knox who served in the 7th Regiment. Some of the Regiments major battle were at Petersburg, Cold Harbor, Weldon Station, Spotsylvania. Three of the men from Knox were killed in battle, or died of their wounds. Five were captured, four of whom died in prison of starvation or disease. One was missing in action. Click here for more about the 7th Regiment and a listing of the men from the Hilltowns who served in it.

Soldiers associated with Knox

Soldiers possibly born in Knox according to their Muster Roll Abstract as found on Ancestry.com, or lived or buried in Knox.

• Adams, Giles - Born and lived in Guilderland
• Bouck, Hamilton B. - Born in Middleburg - Buried in Knox Cemetery
• Bouck, Peter G. - Schoharie County Soldier - Buried in the Knox Cemetery
• Bronk, Elias (Brunk) - Lived in Altamont close to Knox border
• Cortwright, George W. - Lived in Wright - Buried in Knox Cemetery
• Havens, William
• Mereness, Jacob - Lived in Wright - Buried in Knox Cemetery
• Moreans, William (Morenes)
• Pier, George - Buried in Knox Cemetery
• Peer, David (Pier, Rier)
• Quay, Lewis - Buried in Knox Cemetery
• Reinhart, Addison - (Rhinehart on stone) - Buried in Knox Cemetery
• Rust, Pulaski - Schoharie County Civil War Soldier - Buried in Knox Cemetery
• Sant, Leonard C.
• Schemerhorn, Phillip
• Sitterly, Ira
• Spawn, William - Born in Knox , lived in Berne
• Steiner, Cornelius (Stiner)
• Taggart, James - Buried in the Knox Cemetery - lived in Gallupville
• Taggart, John A. - Buried in the Knox Cemetery - lived Berne and Gallupville, born Wright
• Van Alstine, George D. (Van Alstyne)
• Veazie, Arthur
• Vroman, William
• Young, Treat D. - Buried in the Knox Cemetery

Additional Names from Knox Sesquicentennial list:

• Joseph Drum (2/27/1835- /7/9/1906) - Knox Cemetery
• Philip FUllerton Post 198 (2/14/1840 - 6/13/1903) - Knox Cemetery
• Alvah S Wilday Post 198
• George H. Williams (1836-1883) died at Berkeley, CA - Knox Cemtery
• Jesse Wood Died Aug 14, 1863 Buried in Berne in Wood Cemetery
• Albert Simons Pvt. 11 Reg Co. G
• Lewis Quay died 1895 - Knox Cemetery
• Henry W. Stalker Pvt 61 Rg Co J Buried at Washington
• Orville Merrihew Pvt 113 Rg Co D Died Miller Prison
• John Michael Stines Pvt 11 Bat
• William Havens Pvt 7 Art Co K Buried Petersburg, VA
• William Dariues Fairlee 10th Reg
• James D. Covert Pvt 156th Reg
• Myron L. Ham 10th Reg
• Spencer Levie 10th Reg
• Francis Courtney 10 Reg
• Uriah Hallenbeck 10th Reg Co G Died in Service Buried in Cairo
• Samuel W. Kelley 10th Inf.
• George Ronert O'Donald 44 th
• George Todd 10th Reg
• Maddison Settle 10th Reg Co. G Buried at Fort Pillow
• Daniel W. Foley 10th Reg
• Henry Crounse 91th
• Daniel Henry Stiner Pvt. 10th Reg
• George W. Stiner Pvt 10th Reg
• Kleber Burlingame Corp 61th Reg. Co. I
• Albert Bell Pvt 10th Reg Co G
• John Henry Carroll &th Art. Co A Pvt Buried Petersburg, VA
• John Hurst Pvt 7th Art. Co. K died Baltimore, MD
• John S. Simons Pvt 9th Art. Co. A Discharged on Disability
• Charles H. Hochstrasser Pvt. 10th Co g Hon. discharge
• Alonzo Luddens Jr. Corp 187 Reg CO I at Port Hudson, LA buried Gallupville
• Hiram Clift Captain Navy (1803 - 1874)

Found on Ancestry.com

• Gallup, Hubert (Herbert, Gallerp) - Born in Knox but usually listed as a Schoharie soldier.
• Merrihew, Orville A. - Born in Knox but usually listed as a Berne soldier
• Pitcher, David - Listed as born in Knox, Albany County, NY
• Secor, Andrew - Listed as born in Knox
• Secor, Andrew Jr. - Listed as born in Knox