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|'''[[Bio:Allen, Henry H.|Allen, Henry H.]]''' (Alben) killed in the CW at [[h:Petersburg|Petersburg]]. ||X || ||E ||K ||7th K || || ||
 
|'''[[Bio:Allen, Henry H.|Allen, Henry H.]]''' (Alben) killed in the CW at [[h:Petersburg|Petersburg]]. ||X || ||E ||K ||7th K || || ||
 
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|'''[[Bio:Auchampaugh, Miriam|Auchampaugh, Miriam]]'''<br>Mirans Auchenbock ||X || ||B || || || || ||
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|'''[[Bio:Auchampaugh, Miriam|Auchampaugh, Miriam]]'''<br>Mirans Auchenbock<br> Miram Auchampaugh ||X || ||B || || || || ||
 
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|'''[[Bio:Barckley, Michael Henry|Barckley, Michael Henry]]'''<br>Michael H. Barclay<br> Lt., wounded at [[h:Cold Harbor|Cold Harbor]] and died as a result. [[h:Heroes of Albany|Heroes of Albany]] - Buried in the [[k:Knox Cemetery|Knox Cemetery]] ||X||  || ||K ||7th K || || ||
 
|'''[[Bio:Barckley, Michael Henry|Barckley, Michael Henry]]'''<br>Michael H. Barclay<br> Lt., wounded at [[h:Cold Harbor|Cold Harbor]] and died as a result. [[h:Heroes of Albany|Heroes of Albany]] - Buried in the [[k:Knox Cemetery|Knox Cemetery]] ||X||  || ||K ||7th K || || ||
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|[[Bio:Bronk, Elias|Bronk, Elias]] ||-|| ||B || || || || ||
 
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|[[Bio:Bundy, Joseph| Bundy, Joseph M.  ]]<br>Joseph M. Bunday   ||X || ||B ||K ||7th K || || ||
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|[[Bio:Bundy, Joseph| Bundy, Joseph M.  ]]<br>Joseph M. Bunday<br>Joseph Merchant Bundy||X || ||B ||K ||7th K || || ||
 
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|[[Bio:Campbell, Adam| Campbell, Adam  ]] captured at [[Reams Station]], died [[h:Salisbury|Salisbury ]] ||X || ||B ||K ||7th K || || ||
 
|[[Bio:Campbell, Adam| Campbell, Adam  ]] captured at [[Reams Station]], died [[h:Salisbury|Salisbury ]] ||X || ||B ||K ||7th K || || ||
 
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|[[Bio:Canull, John Henry|Canull, John Henry]]<br>John H. Cannell<br>'''[[b:Berne during the Civil War|Berne Soldier]]'''||X ||  || E||B ||7th K || || ||
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|[[Bio:Canull, John Henry|Canull, John Henry]]<br>John H. Cannell<br>John Henry Carroll<br>'''[[b:Berne during the Civil War|Berne Soldier]]'''||X ||  || E||B ||7th K || || ||
 
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|[[Bio:Chrysler, Erskine| Chrysler, Erskine ]] ||-|| || || || || || ||
 
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|[[Bio:Henion, William A.| Henion, William A. ]]<br>Wm. Hemon ||X || || || || || || ||
 
|[[Bio:Henion, William A.| Henion, William A. ]]<br>Wm. Hemon ||X || || || || || || ||
 
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|[[Bio:Hochstrasser, Charles|Hochstrasser, Charles]]<br>'''[[b:Berne during the Civil War|Berne Soldier]]'''||X || || || || || || ||
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|[[Bio:Hochstrasser, Charles|Hochstrasser, Charles]]<br>Charles H. Hochstrasser<br>'''[[b:Berne during the Civil War|Berne Soldier]]'''||X || || || || || || ||
 
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|[[Bio:Kellogg, Andrew W.| Kellogg, Andrew W. ]] died in the CW ||X || || ||K || || || ||
 
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|[[Bio:Price, Charles| Price, Charles  ]]  captured at [[Bio:Reams Station|  ]], died [[Bio:Salisbury|  ]] ||X || ||B || ||7th K || || ||  
 
|[[Bio:Price, Charles| Price, Charles  ]]  captured at [[Bio:Reams Station|  ]], died [[Bio:Salisbury|  ]] ||X || ||B || ||7th K || || ||  
 
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|[[Bio:Quay, John Minor| Quay, John Minor ]] ||X || ||B || ||7th K || || ||
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|[[Bio:Quay, Lewis Washington| Quay, Lewis Washington  ]] Cpl. [[Bio:Heroes of Albany ]] Buried in the [[Bio:Knox Cemetery ]] ||X || ||B ||K ||7th K || || ||
 
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|[[Bio:Secor, Gabriel Henry| Secor, Gabriel Henry ]] ||X || ||B || || || || ||
 
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|[[Bio:Secor, John Simon| Secor, John Simon ]]<br>John E. Secor<br> wounded in the right leg at Cedar Creek, rendering amputation necessary, and was discharged for disability.  || X || || || || || || ||
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|[[Bio:Secor, John Simon| Secor, John Simon ]]<br>John E. Secor<br> Simon John Secor<br> wounded in the right leg at Cedar Creek, rendering amputation necessary, and was discharged for disability.  || X || || || || || || ||
 
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|[[Bio:Secor, Joel| Secor, Joel ]] killed at [[Bio:Petersburg]] ||-|| ||B || ||7th K || || ||
 
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|'''[[Bio:Stalker, John| Stalker, John ]]''' (John Stakes) ||X || ||B || || || || ||
 
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|'''[[Bio:Stevens, Peter H.| Stevens, Peter H. ]]''' wounded at [[h:Spotsylvania|Spotsylvania]], captured at [[h:Petersburg|Petersburg ]]; died of scurvy at [[h:Andersonville|Andersonville ]] ||X || ||B ||K ||7th K || || ||
 
|'''[[Bio:Stevens, Peter H.| Stevens, Peter H. ]]''' wounded at [[h:Spotsylvania|Spotsylvania]], captured at [[h:Petersburg|Petersburg ]]; died of scurvy at [[h:Andersonville|Andersonville ]] ||X || ||B ||K ||7th K || || ||
 
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Revision as of 16:30, 15 March 2013

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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.[1]

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:


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 "X" below "Clerk" means the soldier is listed 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

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
Covert, James D. X
Crary, Henry Augustus (Cary) X B
Crounse, Henry X
Crounse, John Quincy Adams X K
Damon, Andrew J. Captured at Gaines Mills, died of disease at Bio:Andersonville Prison. X B 7th K
Davis, Joseph B. X E
Dennison, Eli - B
Duel, Levi X 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
Finch, Edwin -
Finch, Foster M. - B
Finch, Richmond -
Foley, Daniel F. X
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
Ham, Myron L. X
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 B B 7th K
Hawley, John Jacob Warner (alias) -
Henion, William A.
Wm. Hemon
X
Hochstrasser, Charles
Charles H. Hochstrasser
Berne Soldier
X
Kellogg, Andrew W. died in the CW X K
Kelly, Samuel W. X
Ketcham, Newton X B
Ketchum, William H. -
Kniskern, Harrison
Harrison Kniskem
X
Lelie, Spencer X
Lewis, John -
Ludden, Alonzo Grove
Berne Soldier
X
Merrihew, Orville A. X B
Mitchell, William Elida, widow 1890 - Buried in the -
Morenus, William
William Moreans
- B
O'Donald, George Robert
George O'Donnell
X E
Osterhout, William A. -
Partridge, Rufus K. - B
Pier, David
David Peer
- B
Pitcher, Amos - B
Price, Charles captured at , died X 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
Reinhart, Addison X 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 B
Saddlemire, Harvey -
Sant, Leonard C. - B
Schermerhorn, Phillip - B
Schoonmaker, Paul - B
Secor, Andrew
Andrew Secoy
X E
Secor, Andrew Jr. X B
Secor, Charles X B
Secor, Gabriel X B K
Secor, Gabriel Henry X 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
Secor, Joel killed at Bio:Petersburg - B 7th K
Secor, Peter X B
Settle, Madison X
Shufeldt, Edward X B 7th K
Shufeldt, Franklin X
Shufeldt, Sidney
Sydney Shaefelt
- Buried in the Bio:Knox Cemetery
- B
Simons, George AlbertBerne Soldier X
Sitterly, Lawrence - B
Sitterly, Ira - B
Smith, John
John Schetter
John Hurst
X B K 7th K
Spawn, Henry -
Spawn, Lewis -
Spawn, William - B
Stafford, David - Buried in High Point Cemetery X
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 B
Stalker, William Henry
Henry W. Stalker
Berne Soldier
X B B
Steiner, Cornelius
Cornelius Stiner
- B
Steiner, Daniel H.
Daniel Henry Stiner
X
Steiner, George Washington
George W. Stiner
Berne Soldier
X
Steiner, John M.
John Michael Stines
Berne Soldier
X
Stevens, Peter H. wounded at Spotsylvania, captured at Petersburg ; died of scurvy at Andersonville X B K 7th K
Sturgess, Charles Edmund (Sturgis)
Charles Edmond Sturges - captured at Deep Bottom, paroled
X B 7th K
Swart, Miles -
Thompson, John -
Todd, George X
Towsend, Chauncey Groat
Chauney G. Towsand
X 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 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 X B
Williams, Henry Crary
Schoharie Soldier
X E
Wood, Jesse D.
Berne Soldier
X 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.

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

  1. Altamont Enterprise, 12 Oct. 1934, article by Margaret E. Burke on the history of Knox.