Rensselaerville during the Civil War

Civil War Monument

Civil War Monuement, Rensselaerville Cemetery; photo by Janet Haseley, 2008

Janet Haseley, Research Chair, Town of Rensselaerville Historical Society, wrote an article on the Civil War monument in the Rensselaerville cemetery for the Town of Rensselaerville newsletter. It includes a list of the men from Rensslaerville who died as a result of the CW. Realize that these were men who died. There were others, of course, who survived.

Rensselaerville Men who joined the Union Army

We are trying to collect information for a book on Hilltown men who were in the Civil War. The information is being posted here in their biographies in preparation for writing the book. While we have volunteers adding information little by little, it will still only be what information they can glean from public records. We are encouraging family researchers to post additional information on each of these men: photographs, obituaries, copies of letters home, pictures of headstones, memorabilia, etc. We hope to publish the book in 2011, the 150th anniversary of the start for the war.

Most of theses biographies are quite basic. We hope that if you know something more about one of these men, you will take an active interest in this project and update his biography to better reflect his life and death.

Please add a name below in alphabetical order. To do so, first register then sign in. You will see an Edit tab to the right. Click on it and enter a name in the sample format shown below. Go the bottom of this page and click Show Preview. The name should then appear in red. If it looks OK, go to the bottom of the page again and click on Save Page. If you click on the name you can then add a biography. You need not write a biography to add a name to the list.

We would like to start a biography for each of these people with the basic data about their military service and anything else you care to add under one or more of the following categories as appropriate:

• Photo
• Birth (date, place, parents)
• Education
• Military Service
• Marriage and Children
• Occupation
• Death (date and burial)
• Other Media (newspaper articles, service papers, obituary, etc.)
• Gallery (photos)

Click on Instructions for Entering Service Personnel for additional help.

Most of the men who died in the CW are on the Rensselaerville Civil War monument<br.>

Rensselaerville Men in the Civil War

• Abrams, George
• Akely, James
• Akely, John
• Akely, Oscar
• Aley, Jerome
• Avery, James B.
• Baldwin, John L.
• Barry, Michael
• Barton, Francisco
• Bell, Hiram C.
• Bouton, Charles F. 1830
• Bouton, Charles F. Pvt., died in CW at Key West with fever
• Bouton, David Pvt., died in CW at Key West of typhoid fever
• Bouton, George Pvt., died in CW age 28
• Bouton, Harvey J.
• Bouton, Wellington wounded at Totopotomoy Creek.
• Boyd, Charles G.
• Boyd, James H.
• Boyd, Joseph
• Bradt, John W.
• Bryant, Myron
• Campbell, Alexander
• Campbell, Eugene
• Cartwright, Andrew
• Chapman, Orvill H.
• Conklin, Marcus
• Conkling, William T. Pvt., died in CW age 24
• Cornell, Isaac N.
• Cornell, John
• Couchman, Marion
• Crandall, Edwin Pvt., died in CW age 21
• Craw, Ransom
• Davis, Lewis
• Dean, Joshua Porter
• Delamater, George B.
• Demaugh, Charles
• Deyo, Daniel
• Doty, William Pvt., died in CW age 27
• Edwards, William H.
• Ellis, Thomas
• Evans, Charles Swaine Lt. wounded at Cold Harbor, died age 24 of wounds in hospital. Heroes of Albany
• Faulk, William B.
• Fenton, Andrew Pvt., died in CW age 28
• Finch, Isaac E. Pvt., killed in the battle of Totopotomoy Creek age 21
• Fish, Lester Nathan Pvt. captured at Petersburg, died age 20 at Andersonville
• Fox, Alexander
• Frost, William Tanner
• Gifford, Norman
• Golden, Alvah, Jr.
• Golden, James
• Goodfellow, Madison
• Green, Charles
• Greene, John
• Hall, George B.
• Hallenbeck, Nicholas
• Hallenbeck, Reuben Abram
• Henson, John E.
• Hess, Henry Reuben
• Hess, William Asa
• Holmes, Edmund Pvt., captured at Petersburg, died at Andersonville
• Holmes, George M.
• Holmes, Toliver A runaway slave from Virginia
• Hood, Adebert
• Jones, Milton Pvt., died in CW age 20
• Lamaroux, Francis
• Layton, David
• Mackey, John H.
• McKinley, John
• Merrihew, Edward H.
• Miller, Harvey
• Moak, John Henry
• Murphy, Charles Cook
• Niles, Charles M.
• Palmer, Charles deserted
• Palmer, David Adams
• Palmer, Humphrey Sharpshooters
• Porter, James M
• Quackenbush, Orrin
• Rider, JohnSgt., named on monument Harriett E., widow 1890
• Rider, Richard Sgt., wounded in the face, mustered out, died at age 35; Adeline Gifford formerly widow 1890
• Robinson, William H.
• Russell, Harvey O. aka. Henry; wounded at Cold Harbor
• Russell, Johnathan Corp. died in CW age 29
• Schermerhorn, George W. Pvt., died in CW age 22 Heroes of Albany
• Showers, William
• Shufelt, Jacob Edward
• Simmons, Levi Wounded at Cold Harbor, died of wounds
• Slater, Edward Sgt., captured at Petersburg, died of scurvy at Andersonville age 28
• Smith, Alexander
• Smith, Cornelius wounded at Cold Harbor
• Smith, Levi Pvt., died in CW age 23
• Smith, Platt A.
• Snyder, Augustus
• Southard, Augustus
• Stevenson, George L.
• Swartout, Alexander
• Swartout, George Pvt., died in CW age 26
• Sweet, Albert
• Tanner, Franklin
• Tierney, Henry
• Travis, Justus
• Treadwell, Stephen
• Vandenburgh, John E. wounded at Cold Harbor, discharged for disability
• Van Wie, Erastus
• Van Wie, George Pvt., died in CW age 21 Heroes of Albany
• Warner, Joel
• Warrick, Augustus also spelled Worrick
• West, Charles Pvt., died in CW age 24
• West, John Pvt., died in CW age 17
• White, Charles I.
• White, Jacob
• White, Silas Pvt., died in CW age 18
• White, Theodore wounded at Cold Harbor.
• Whitting, Lorenzo Pvt., died in CW age 22
• Williams, Charles A runaway slave from Maryland
• Wilsey, Theodore R.
• Wood, Henry Drum captured at Petersburg, paroled.
• Wood, Orville
• Woodruff, Edwin