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
• 1865 Census - Veterans and Soldiers in Knox
• Heroes of Albany
• 1890 Veterans Schedules for Knox
• Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York for the Year 1897
• Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York for the Year 1900
• Carnival of Blood

The town below "History" indicates the town they are listed in as a veteren 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.

R: gives the town the soldier and E: gives the town the soldier enlisted in. Hilltown information is documented in Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War.

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

The town listed under "Heroes" indicates hometown described in The Heroes of Albany: A Memorial of the Patriot-martyrs of the City and County of Albany. A mentioned here means the soldier died during the war. The list is not absolutely complete

The regiment and company "Report" show Regiment of a soldier associated with Knox in Annual Report of the Adjutant-General - many volumes of information published over several years.

The town under "Carnival" indicates the town the soldier was born in according to 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

The towns(s) under "Census" show where the soldier lived.

The town(s) under "Born" indicate where the soldier was listed as being born. Records vary.

The location and date under "Buried" means we know where and when the soldier was buried.

Name	History Town	Resided Enlisted	Muster	Heroes	Service	Carnival	Census	Born	Buried
Adams, Giles	-	-	B			X
Allen, Henry H. (Alben)	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox	E	K	7th K	X
Auchampaugh, Miriam Mirans Auchenbock Miram Auchampaugh	Knox	R: Knox E: Albany	B				Knox 1865
Barckley, Michael Henry Michael H. Barclay	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox		K	7th K	X
Baxter, Charles - Buried in the Knox Cemetery	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox	E		7th K	X
Bell, Albert E. Berne Soldier	Knox	R: Berne E: Albany
Bonar, Mathul L.	-	-	B
Bouck, Hamilton B.	-	-
Bouck, Peter G.	-	-
Bronk, Elias	-	-	B
Bundy, Joseph M. Joseph M. Bunday Joseph Merchant Bundy	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox	B	K	7th K	X
Burgess, Allen Davis	-	-
Burlingame, Kleber	Knox	E: Knox	E
Campbell, Adam	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox	B	K	7th K	X
Canull, John Henry John H. Cannell John Henry Carroll Berne Soldier	Knox	R: Berne E: Knox	E	B	7th K	X
Chandler, Nelson D.	-	-
Chrysler, Erskine	-	-
Chrysler, Miner	-	-					Knox 1865
Chrisler, Philip L. Philip L. Chrisler (Chrysler)	-	-	B
Cortwright, George W.	-	-
Courtney, Frances	Knox	R: - E: -	-
Covert, James D.	Knox	R: - E: -	-
Crary, Henry Augustus (Cary)	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox	B				Knox 1865
Crounse, Henry J.	Knox	R: - E:-				X
Crounse, John Quincy Adams	Knox	R: Knox E: Albany		K
Damon, Andrew J.	Knox	R: - E: -	B		7th K	X
Davis, Joseph B.	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox	E
Dennison, Eli	-	-	B
Duel, Levi Levi Dull	Knox	R: - E: -	E		7th K	X
Ecker, Jerome W.	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox			Knox 1865
Ecker, Miner discharged by reason of disability and died	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox	B
Engle, Charles	-	-
Engle, Jacob	-	-
Engle, John C.	-	-
Fairlee, William Darius	Knox	R: - E: -
Finch, Edwin	-	-
Finch, Foster M.	-	-	B
Finch, Richmond	-	-
Foley, Daniel F.	Knox	R: - E: -
Freligh, William H. H.	-	-	B
Gage, Alonzo	-	-	B
Gage, Hiram M.	-	-	B
Gallup, James Henry	Knox	R: Knox E: Albany	B				Knox 1865
Gallup, John Enos	-	-
Gallup, John Jay - Buried in Bio:High Point Cemetery	Knox	R: Knox E: Albany	B				Knox 1865
Gage, Seth	-	-	B
Gould, Jesse T.	-	-	B
Gray, Robert (Grey)	-	-	B
Gress, Andrew Andrew Grass	Knox	R: Knox E: Albany			7th B		Knox 1865
Hallenbeck, Urias Uriah Hallenbeck	Knox	R: - E:-
Ham, Myron L.	Knox	R: - E: -
Hanes, Adam Mathias	Knox	R: Knox E: Guilderland	K
Hanes, Amos Gideon Amos G. Hane (Haner)	Knox	R: Knox E: Guilderland	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	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox			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)	-	-				X
Haswell, Arthur Arthur Hawell after serving six months, died at Bonnet Carre, La. Buried Rural Cemetery, Albany	Knox	R: Knox E: Albany	B
Havens, William Berne Soldier	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox	B	B	7th K	X
Hawley, John Jacob Warner (alias)	-	-
Henion, William A. Wm. Hemon	Knox	R: Knox E: Albany					Knox 1865
Hochstrasser, Charles Charles H. Hochstrasser Berne Soldier	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox
Kellogg, Andrew W. died in the CW	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox		K
Kelly, Samuel W.	Knox	R: - E:-
Ketcham, Newton	Knox	R: Knox E: Albany	B				Knox 1865
Ketchum, William H.	-	-					Knox 1865
Kniskern, Harrison Harrison Kniskem	Knox	R: Knox E: Berne					Knox 1865
Lelie, Spencer	Knox	R: - E: -
Lewis, Allen	-	-					Knox 1865
Lewis, John	-	-
Ludden, Alonzo Grove Berne Soldier	Knox	R: Berne E: Knox
Mereness, Jacob	-	-
Merrihew, Orville A. Orville Merrihue	Knox	R: Berne E: Albany		B		X
Mitchell, William Elida, widow 1890 - Buried in the	-	-
Morenus, William William Moreans	-	-	B
O'Donald, George Robert George O'Donnell	Knox	R: - E:-	E
Osterhout, William A.	-	-					Knox 1865
Partridge, Rufus K.	-	-	B
Pier, David David Peer	-	-	B
Pier, George	-	-
Pitcher, Amos	-	-	B
Price, Charles captured at , died	Knox	R: - E:-	B		7th K	X
Rust, Pulaski|-	-
Quay, John Minor John Miner Quay	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox	B		7th K	X	Knox 1865
Quay, Lewis Washington	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox	B	K	7th K
Quay, Paul Sgt. Bio:Heroes of Albany	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox	B	K	7th K	K	Knox 1865
Reely, Samuel H.	Knox	R: - E:-
Reinhart, Addison	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox	E		7th K	K	Knox 1865
Riter, George killed May, 10, 1864, at Po River, Va.	Knox	R: - E: Knox
Roach, Isaac Jonathan Cpl. Bio:Heroes of Albany	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox	B	K
Saddlemire, Denison	Knox	R: Knox E: Albany	B				Knox 1865
Saddlemire, Harvey	-	-
Sant, Leonard C.	-	-	B
Schermerhorn, Phillip	-		B
Schoonmaker, Paul	-	-	B			X
Secor, Andrew Andrew Secoy	Knox	R: Knox	E
Secor, Andrew Jr.	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox	B
Secor, Charles	Knox	R: Knox	B				Knox 1865
Secor, Gabriel	Knox	R: Knox E: New Scotland	B	K
Secor, Gabriel Henry	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox	B				Knox 1865
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.	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox					Knox 1865
Secor, Joel killed at Bio:Petersburg	-	-	B		7th K	K	Knox 1865
Secor, Peter	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox					Knox 1865
Settle, Madison	Knox	R: ??? E: -	Wright	None given	177th G	-	Wright Schoharie	Wright	Tennessee 1863
Shufeldt, Edward Edward Shufelt	Knox	R: Knox E: -	Knox	-	7th K	None Given	Knox Iowa	Knox	Iowa Aft. 1900
Shufeldt, Franklin Frank Shufelt	Knox	R: Knox E: Albany	Berne	-	11th L. A.	-	Knox Albany	Knox	1906
Shufeldt, Sidney Sydney Shaefelt	-	E: Wright Albany R: Albany	Knox	-	11th Batty	-	Knox Greenbush Rensselaer	Knox Albany	Knox
Simons, George Albert Berne Soldier	Knox Berne	R: Berne E: Knox Berne Albany	Berne	-	177th G	-	Albany Berne	Albany Berne	-
Sitterly, Lawrence	-	E: Albany	Knox	-	7th A	Knox	Knox Bath Schenectady	Knox Princtown	Schenectady 1915
Sitterly, Ira	-	E: Albany	Knox	-	192nd	-	Schenectady	Knox	Schectady 1907
Smith, John John Schetter John Hurst	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox	Canada	Knox	7th K	Canada	Knox Canada	Knox	Baltimore 1865
Smith, William J.	-	E: Albany	Duanesburg	-	43rd B	-	Knox Berne	Duanesburg	Knox 1901
Spawn, Henry	-	R: Roscoe, IL	-	-	12th IL Cav M	-	Berne Iowa S. Dakota	Knox	Iowa 1912
Spawn, Lewis	-	R: Albany E: Schoharie	-	-	18th F	-	Berne	Knox Owego	S. Dakota 1921
Spawn, William	Berne	R: Gallupville E: Berne	Knox	-	134th C	-	Berne Illinois	Knox Berne	S. Dakota 1929
Stafford, David	Knox	R: Knox E: Albany	Knox	-	177th H	-	Knox Guilderland	Knox	Knox 1910
Stafford, Isaac	-	Guilderland	New York	-	43rd H	-	Knox Duanesburg	Knox	Washington DC 1862
Stafford, John T.	Knox	R: Knox E: Albany	Albany	-	18th Cav	-	Knox 1865 Guilderland	Knox	Knox 1922
Stafford, Thomas Jr.	-	E: Albany	Knox	-	7th K	Knox	Knox	Knox	Petersburg 1864
Stalker, John (John Stakes)	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox	Knox	-	61st I	-	Knox	Knox	Washington, D. C. Philadelphia 1865
Stalker, William Henry Henry W. Stalker Berne Soldier	Knox Berne	R: Berne E: Knox	Yes	Berne	61st I or J	-	Berne Knox	Berne New Salem	Washington, D. C. 1864
Steiner, Cornelius Cornelius Stiner	-	Berne	Yes	-	7th M	Knox	Berne	Berne	Berne 1880
Steiner, Daniel Henry Daniel Henry Stiner Daniel Henry Sliner	Knox	R: Berne E: Albany	Yes	-	177th G 7th NY M	Sharon, NY	Berne Schoharie New Scotland	Berne Sharon<Seward	Schenectady 1922
Steiner, George Washington George W. Stiner Berne Soldier	Knox	R: - E: Knox Troy Albany	Yes	-	104th 177th 7th C, D, M	Middleburgh	Knox Berne 1890 Greenville	Schoharie Co.	Berne 1926
Steiner, John M. John Michael Stines Berne Soldier	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox	Yes	-	11th L.A.	-	Berne 1890	Middleburg	Berne 1924
Name	History	Enlisted	Muster	Heroes	Service	Carnival	Census	Born	Buried
Stevens, Peter H.	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox	Yes	Knox	7th K	Knox	Knox	Knox	Andersonville
Sturgess, Charles Edmund (Sturgis)	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox	Yes		7th K	Knox	Knox 1865	Knox	Knox
Swart, Miles	-	Albany	Yes	-	15th Eng. H		Knox 1865 Knox 1890	Knox Albany	Knox
Taggart, James	-	Wright	Yes	-	134th Co. C	-	Wright	Ireland	Knox
Taggart, John A.	-	Wright Albany	Yes		93rd Co. I	-	Wright Guilderland 1890	Wright	Knox
Thompson, John	-	Albany	Yes	-	93rd C	-	Knox 1865
Todd, George	Knox	R: - E: Knox Albany	Yes	-	177th G 10th	-	-	England	-
Towsend, Chauncey Groat Chauney G. Towsand	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox	Yes	-	61st I	-	Knox	Knox	-
Van Alstine, George D. George D. Vanalstine	-	-	Yes	-	12th E	-	Hamden Laurens Berne	Knox
Van Benscoten, Jacob Jacob Van Benschoter Jacob Van Benscoter Jacob Vanbunschoten	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox	Yes	-	7th K	Knox	Knox 1865 Guilderland Altamont 1890	Knox	Knox
Vroman, William	-	Schenectady	Yes	-	177th C	-	-	Knox
Warren, Patrick	-	Albany	Yes	-	7th G	New York City	Knox 1865	Ireland New York City	Andersonville
Way, Harvey	-	-	-	-	-	-	Knox	Knox
Way, Henry	-	-	-	-	-	-	Knox	Knox	Knox 1900
West, Ezra	-	Wright Gallupville	Yes	-	177th A	-	Wright Berne Knox 1890 Bath	Knox Albany	Bath, NY 1921
Westfall, Elias	-	Albany	Yes	-	7th E	Knox	Knox Guilderland	Knox	Altamont 1917
Whipple, Thomas Pinkney Thomas Pinckney Whipple	Knox	R: Knox E: Albany	Yes	-	177th G	-	Knox 1865 Richmondville	Berne	Richmondville 1896
Williams, Henry Crary Schoharie Soldier	Knox	R: Knox E: Knox	Yes	-	61st I (H)	-	Knox 1865 Schenectady	Cherry Valley	-
Wood, Jesse D. Berne Soldier	Knox	R: Berne E: Knox	Yes	Berne	10th C	-	Berne	Berne	Berne 1863
Young, Perry	-	Albany	Yes	-	7th I	Knox	Greenbush Albany	Knox	Menands 1875
Young, Treat D.	-	Otsego	Yes	-	121st I	-	Schoharie Otsego	Schoharie	Knox 1908
Name	History	Enlisted	Muster	Heroes	Service	Carnival	Census	Born	Buried

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

Listed in Annual Report of the Adjutant General for 1868
William H. Van Benschoten made Captain May 5 1866, resides in Knox
John J. Hungerford made First Lieutenant May 5, 1866, resides in Knox
Edwin W. Cheesbro made Second Lieutenant May 5, 1866, resides in Knox

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