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. Below is a large list of soldiers associated with Knox in some way.

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, so a separate column for the Registers is not needed.

An "X" under "Heroes" means the soldier was associated with Knox 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 "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 "Report" means the soldier was associated with Knox in Annual Report of the Adjutant-General - many volumes of information published over several years.

An "X" under "Muster" means the soldier was associated with Knox in "New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900" - individual cards indexed on Ancestry.com

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	Heroes	Carnival	Report	Muster	Census	Buried
Adams, Giles Died as a prisoner of war
Allen, Henry H. (Alben) killed in the CW at Petersburg.
Auchampaugh, Miriam
Barckley, Michael Henry Lt., wounded at Cold Harbor and died as a result. Heroes of Albany - Buried in the Knox Cemetery
Baxter, Charles - Buried in the Knox Cemetery
Bouck, Hamilton B.
Bundy, Joseph M.
Burgess, Allen Davis
Campbell, Adam captured at Reams Station, died Bio:Salisbury .
Chrysler, Erskine
Chrysler, Miner
Chrisler, Philip L. (Chrysler)
Crary, Henry Augustus (Cary)
Crounse, John Quincy Adams
Damon, Andrew J. Captured at Gaines Mills, died of disease at Bio:Andersonville Prison.
Davis, Joseph B.
Dennison, Eli
Duel, Levi
Ecker, Jerome W.
Ecker, Miner discharged by reason of disability and died
Engle, Charles
Engle, Jacob
Engle, John C.
Finch, Edwin
Finch, Foster M.
Finch, Richmond
Freligh, William H. H.
Gage, Hiram M.
Gallup, James Henry
Gallup, John Enos
Gallup, John Jay - Buried in Bio:High Point Cemetery
Gould, Jesse T.
Gray, Robert (Grey)
Gress, Andrew (Grass)
Hanes, Adam Mathias
Hanes, Amos Gideon (Haner)
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							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 after serving six months, died at Bonnet Carre, La. Buried Rural Cemetery, Albany
Hawley, John Jacob Warner (alias)
Henion, William A.
Kellogg, Andrew W. died in the CW
Ketcham, Newton
Ketchum, William H.
Kniskern, Harrison
Lewis, John
Mitchell, William Elida, widow 1890 - Buried in the
Osterhout, William A.
Pier, David
Pitcher, Amos
Price, Charles captured at , died
Quay, John Minor
Quay, Lewis Washington Cpl. Bio:Heroes of Albany Buried in the Bio:Knox Cemetery
Quay, Paul Sgt. Bio:Heroes of Albany
Riter, George killed May, 10, 1864, at Po River, Va.
Roach, Isaac Jonathan Cpl. Bio:Heroes of Albany
Saddlemire, Denison
Saddlemire, Harvey
Sant, Leonard C.
Schermerhorn, Phillip
Schoonmaker, Paul
Secor, Charles
Secor, Gabriel
Secor, Gabriel Henry
Secor, John Simon wounded in the right leg at Cedar Creek, rendering amputation necessary, and was discharged for disability.
Secor, Joel killed at Bio:Petersburg
Secor, Peter
Shufeldt, Edward
Shufeldt, Franklin
Shufeldt, Sidney - Buried in the Bio:Knox Cemetery
Sitterly, Lawrence
Smith, John (John Schetter) (John Hurst)
Spawn, Henry
Spawn, Lewis
Spawn, William
Stafford, David - Buried in High Point Cemetery
Stafford, Isaac
Stafford, John - Buried in High Point Cemetery
Stafford, Thomas Jr. missing in action at Petersburg , presumed killed
Stalker, John (John Stakes)
Stevens, Peter H. wounded at Spotsylvania, captured at Petersburg ; died of scurvy at Andersonville
Sturgess, Charles Edmund (Sturgis) (Sturges) captured at Deep Bottom, paroled
Swart, Miles
Thompson, John
Towsend, Chauncey Groat
Van Benscoten, Jacob was wounded at Petersburg Buried in the Knox Cemetery
Way, Harvey
Way, Henry - Buried in High Point Cemetery
West, Ezra
Westfall, Elias
Whipple, Thomas Pinkney
Young, Perry

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.

Draft List

179 signed up for the draft listing their residence as Knox.

• Knox Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 Results

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.

Knox Men who joined the Union Army

• Adams, Giles Died as a prisoner of war
• Allen, Henry H. (Alben) killed in the CW at Petersburg.
• Auchampaugh, Miriam
• Barckley, Michael Henry Lt., wounded at Cold Harbor and died as a result. Heroes of Albany - Buried in the Knox Cemetery
• Baxter, Charles - Buried in the Knox Cemetery
• Bouck, Hamilton B.
• Bundy, Joseph M.
• Burgess, Allen Davis
• Campbell, Adam captured at Reams Station, died Bio:Salisbury .
• Chrysler, Erskine
• Chrysler, Miner
• Chrisler, Philip L. (Chrysler)
• Crary, Henry Augustus (Cary)
• Crounse, John Quincy Adams
• Damon, Andrew J. Captured at Gaines Mills, died of disease at Bio:Andersonville Prison.
• Davis, Joseph B.
• Dennison, Eli
• Duel, Levi
• Ecker, Jerome W.
• Ecker, Miner discharged by reason of disability and died
• Engle, Charles
• Engle, Jacob
• Engle, John C.
• Finch, Edwin
• Finch, Foster M.
• Finch, Richmond
• Freligh, William H. H.
• Gage, Hiram M.
• Gallup, James Henry
• Gallup, John Enos
• Gallup, John Jay - Buried in Bio:High Point Cemetery
• Gould, Jesse T.
• Gray, Robert (Grey)
• Gress, Andrew (Grass)
• Hanes, Adam Mathias
• Hanes, Amos Gideon (Haner)
• 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

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 after serving six months, died at Bonnet Carre, La. Buried Rural Cemetery, Albany
• Hawley, John Jacob Warner (alias)
• Henion, William A.
• Kellogg, Andrew W. died in the CW
• Ketcham, Newton
• Ketchum, William H.
• Kniskern, Harrison
• Lewis, John
• Mitchell, William Elida, widow 1890 - Buried in the
• Osterhout, William A.
• Pier, David
• Pitcher, Amos
• Price, Charles captured at , died
• Quay, John Minor
• Quay, Lewis Washington Cpl. Bio:Heroes of Albany Buried in the Bio:Knox Cemetery
• Quay, Paul Sgt. Bio:Heroes of Albany
• Riter, George killed May, 10, 1864, at Po River, Va.
• Roach, Isaac Jonathan Cpl. Bio:Heroes of Albany
• Saddlemire, Denison
• Saddlemire, Harvey
• Sant, Leonard C.
• Schermerhorn, Phillip
• Schoonmaker, Paul
• Secor, Charles
• Secor, Gabriel
• Secor, Gabriel Henry
• Secor, John Simon wounded in the right leg at Cedar Creek, rendering amputation necessary, and was discharged for disability.
• Secor, Joel killed at Bio:Petersburg
• Secor, Peter
• Shufeldt, Edward
• Shufeldt, Franklin
• Shufeldt, Sidney - Buried in the Bio:Knox Cemetery
• Sitterly, Lawrence
• Smith, John (John Schetter) (John Hurst)
• Spawn, Henry
• Spawn, Lewis
• Spawn, William
• Stafford, David - Buried in High Point Cemetery
• Stafford, Isaac
• Stafford, John - Buried in High Point Cemetery
• Stafford, Thomas Jr. missing in action at Petersburg , presumed killed
• Stalker, John (John Stakes)
• Stevens, Peter H. wounded at Spotsylvania, captured at Petersburg ; died of scurvy at Andersonville
• Sturgess, Charles Edmund (Sturgis) (Sturges) captured at Deep Bottom, paroled
• Swart, Miles
• Thompson, John
• Towsend, Chauncey Groat
• Van Benscoten, Jacob was wounded at Petersburg Buried in the Knox Cemetery
• Way, Harvey
• Way, Henry - Buried in High Point Cemetery
• West, Ezra
• Westfall, Elias
• Whipple, Thomas Pinkney
• Young, Perry

Additional Media

• 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.
• 1890 Veterans Schedules for Knox
• Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York for the Year 1897

Civil War Soldiers from Knox from History of Albany County, by Howell and Tenney (Photos by Allen Deitz. There is no image 4).

People who were in the book but are not in the images:

• Miner Ecker, private, Sixty-first Regiment, Company I; enlisted in August, 1862; mustered September 19, 1862; discharged by reason of disability and died in Knox, and is buried in Berne.
• Amos Gideon Hanes, private, Ninety-first Regiment, Company D; enlisted in August, 1861; mustered in November, 1861; served nearly three years; died of chronic diarrhoea, and was buried in Knox Cemetery.
• Arthur Haswell, private, 177th Regiment, Company B; enlisted October 22, 1862; mustered November 18, 1862; after serving six months, died at Bonnet Carre, La.; buried in Rural Cemetery, Albany.
• Newton Ketcham, private, Ninth Artillery, Company A; enlisted September 6, 1864; mustered September 12, 1864; was in service ten months, participating in the fight at Cedar Creek and the battle of Petersburg, Va.
• George Riter, private, Sixty-first Regiment, Company I; enlisted August 30, 1862; mustered September 19, 1862; killed May, 10, 1864, at Po River, Va.
• Lewis Washington Quay, private, Seventh Artillery, Company K; enlisted August 4, 1862; mustered August 14, 1862; served nearly a year and died at Washington, D.C., of typhus fever.
• John Simon Secor, private, Ninth Artillery, Company A; enlisted September 6, and mustered September 12, 1864; after serving a little more than a month, he was wounded in the right leg at Cedar Creek, rendering amputation necessary, and was discharged for disability.
• Henry W. Stalker, private, Sixty-first Regiment. Company J; enlisted in August, and mustered September 19, 1862; died at Washington, D. C.. May 5, 1863, from wounds, and was buried at Washington.
• Chauncey Groat Townsend, private, Sixty-first Regiment, Company I; enlisted in August, and mustered September 19, 1862.
• Henry Crary Williams, enlisted August 30, 1862, and mustered September 19, 1962, as first sergeant, Company H, Sixty-first Regiment; promoted to second lieutenant February 20, 1863, and to captain, January 12, 1864.
• Stiner, Daniel Henry, private, Tenth Regiment, Company G; enlisted October 1, 1862; mustered October 13, 1862.
• George W. Stiner, private, Tenth Regiment [Listed under Berne]

• Tenney & Howell - Knox Civil War List

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