MILITARY HISTORY
COPAKE
COLUMBIA COUNTY,
NEW YORK
By Capt. Franklin Ellis218
1878
The town of Copake was active in furnishing troops and money during the late war. It furnished a total of one hundred and sixty-six men, and raised money as follows,
In 1862, on credit of the town................................$3,800.00
In 1863, by town tax................................................1,557.00
In 1864 by town tax................................................41,666.82
In 1865 by town tax................................................. 1,822.10
In 1865 on credit of the town..................................21,363.00
Total........................................$70,208.92
Of this amount $65,773.12 was paid out as bounties for volunteers, and $ll22.50 for expenses of enlisting them. The State refunded to the town the sum of $21,100 of this amount.
The town bonds issued were sixteen in number, and of various amounts, ranging from $300 to $5000 each. The gross amount of the bonds was $21,363.
| NAME | ENLIST DATE | COMPANY |
| Charles H. Allen, corp. | Oct. 30, 1862 | 12th Cav., Co. B |
| George W. Austin | 140th Regt.; prom. to captain C.D.A.; discharged | |
| Walter Brusie | Aug. 14, 1862 | 128th Regt., Co. K; disch. for disability |
| James Burns | Sept. 20, 1862 | 159th Regt., Co. E |
| Cornelius Brusie | Aug. 23, 1864 | 91st Regt., Co. K; disch. at close of war |
| Theodore Bain | Sept. 6, 1864 | 91st Regt., Co. K |
| Albert Brusie | enl. in Navy | |
| Luther Bain | May 1861 | 14th Regt., Co. K |
| Walter D. Card | Aug. 14, 1862 | 128th Regt., Co. K; discharged |
| John F. Chatterton, 1st lieut. | Aug. 30, 1861 | 91st Regt., Co. H; resigned Aug. 1863; re-enl. Aug. 24, 1864 |
| Charles B. Campbell | Sept. 2, 1861 | 91st Regt. Co. H |
| George Crine | Sept. 28, 1861 | 91st Regt., Co. H; died while home on furlough |
| Albert H. Clark | Oct. 4, 1862 | 159th Regt., Co. E; died in the service |
| William H. Coils | Sept. 18, 1862 | 159th Regt., Co. E; discharged |
| John Carl | Aug. 23, 1864 | 91st Regt., Co. K; discharged |
| Hugh Calkins | Oct. 29, 1862 | 4th Cav. |
| William Carroll | Oct. 1862 | 4th Cav. |
| Hugh Corcoran | Oct. 10, 1862 | 12th Cav., Co. B |
| Samuel F. Curtis | Aug. 13, 1862 | 128th Regt., Co. K; discharged |
| Rowland Card | Sept. 1861 | 91st Regt., Co. H; trans. to Battery L, 1st U.S. Art.; killed at Cedar Creek |
| Collins Chesbrough | June 25, 1861 | 3d Cav.; prom. to 1st lieut; discharged |
| Peter Cain | 91st Regt., Co. H; disch.; re-enl. in 160th Regt.; discharged | |
| Allen Decker | Oct. 17, 1861 | 91st Regt., Co. H; Disch. for disab.; re-enl. Aug. 1862, 128th Regt., Co. K; disch. for disability |
| Peter Decker, Jr. | Aug. 11, 1862 | 128th Regt., Co. K; wounded, May 27, 1863, at Port Hudson, LA; taken prisoner at Winchester, Sept. 27, 1864; prisoner until near the closed of the war |
| Isaac Davis | Sept. 12, 1861 | 91st Regt., Co. H |
| Benjamin F. Delemater | Oct. 29, 1862 | 12th Cav.; prisoner from April 20, 1864 to July 26, 1865; exchanged; discharged |
| Peter M. Decker | Oct. 29, 1862 | 4th Cav. |
| Andrew Decker | 1864 | |
| Eugene A. Edwards | Sept. 24, 1862 | 159th Regt., Co. C; discharged |
| Jacob Finkle | Aug. 18, 1862 | 128th Regt., Co. K; discharged |
| Edward Fagan | Sept. 14, 1861 | 91st Regt., Co. H; discharged |
| John A. Hallenbeck | Oct. 17, 1861 | 91st Regt., Co. H; discharged |
| Thomas W. Harvey | Aug. 30, 1861 | 91st Regt., Co. H; re-enl. in Massachusetts regiment; disch. and died after the war |
| Hiram Hubbard | Sept. 17, 1861 | 91st Regt., Co. H; died in the service |
| John K. Hammet | Oct. 30, 1862 | 12th Cav., Co. B; discharged |
| Jonas Holsapple | Sept 1864 | U.S. Navy; discharged |
| Horace Hawver | Sept. 17, 1861 | 91st Regt., Co. B; discharged |
| Charles Ham | Sept. 3, 1862 | 128th Regt., Co. K; taken pris. Sept. 27, 1864, at Winchester, VA; died at Andersonville |
| John Hoskins | died the night he reached home on sick leave | |
| Henry Holcomb | 44th N. Y. Vol; discharged | |
| Lyman Holcomb | ||
| Reuben Kilmer | Aug. 11, 1862 | 128th Regt., Co. K; disch. for disability |
| Norman Kline | Aug. 11, 1862 | 128th Regt., Co. K; disch. for disability |
| William Kellerhouse | Aug. 11, 1862 | 128th Regt., Co. K; severely wounded in abdomen; discharged |
| John Keating, corp. | Sept. 2, 1861 | 91st Regt., Co. K |
| Jonas Kellerhouse | Sept. 26, 1862 | 159th Regt., Co. C |
| Lodi Kitchell | 1861 | discharged; re-enl. Jan. 4, 1864, 159th Regt., Co. G; discharged. |
| John S. Kilmer | Sept. 3, 1864 | 91st Regt., Co. K; died of disease at Washington, DC, May 12, 1865 |
| George Kisselbrack, Jr. | Sept. 6, 1864 | 91st Regt., Co. K; discharged |
| Frederick Keppey | Sept. 7, 1861 | 91st Regt., Co. H |
| Sandford Kilmer | July 29, 1862, at Troy, NY | 135th N. Y. Regt.; taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry; died at Charleston |
| John I. Langdon, 2d lieut. | Aug. 11, 1862 | 128th Regt., Co. K; pro. capt.; resigned Feb. 3, 1864 |
| Adrian Langdon | Aug. 11, 1862 | 128th Regt., Co. K; pro. adjutant's clerk, and Brig.-Gen. Sherman's clerk; disch. for disability |
| James W. Lemly | Sept. 5, 1861 | 91st Regt., Co. H |
| John C. Loop | May 1861 | 14th Regt., Co. K; discharged; re-enl. Sept. 1864, U. S. N.; discharged |
| Peter Langdon | Nov. 17, 1861 | 91st Regt., Co. H; died in the service, May 12, 1863, Berwick City, LA |
| William Lord | Sept. 1861 | 91st Regt., Co. H; discharged |
| Charles Lord | Sept 1861 | 91st Regt., Co. H; discharged |
| David Langdon, bugler | 1861 | 3d Cav.; discharged |
| Daniel Lane | Jan. 29, 1864 | 159th Reg., Co. G |
| Sidney Melius | Sept. 1, 1862 | 128th Regt., Co. K; pro. ord.-sergt.; prisoner at Libby and Andersonville till near the closed of the war; disch. with regiment; died at home ten days after |
| Silas Miller | Aug. 5, 1862 | 128th Regt., Co. K; wounded at ort Hudson; discharged |
| Churchill Moore | Sept. 7, 1861 | 91st Regt., Co. H |
| De Witt C. McNeil | Sept. 26, 1862 | 159th Regt., Co. E |
| James M. Melius | Sept. 26, 1862 | 159th Regt., Co. C; discharged |
| Theodore McGill | Oct. 1862 | 4th Cav. |
| Philip W. Melius | Aug. 19, 1864 | 91st Regt., Co. K |
| Peter B. Melius | Aug. 19, 1864 | 91st Regt., Co. K |
| Freeman McArthur | Sept. 1864 | U. S. N. |
| Erastus D. Marston, blacksmith | Oct. 29, 1862 | 4th Cav.; re-enlisted; discharged |
| Leonard Michaels | Oct. 28, 1862 | 159th Regt., Co. C |
| Ward Melius | U. S. N. | |
| Brazil Melius | U. S. N. | |
| Samuel Near | Aug. 9, 1862 | 128th Regt., Co. K; died in the service |
| Peter P. Niver | Sept. 1862 | 159th Regt.; died at Brazier City, May 21, 1863 |
| John W. Nooney | Sept. 15, 1864 | 91st Regt., Co. K; disch. and died soon after |
| Albert Ostrander | Sept. 2, 1862 | 159th Regt., Co. C; discharged |
| Edwin Pulver | Aug. 11, 1862 | 128th Regt., Co. K; discharged |
| John W. Pulver | Oct. 2, 1862 | 159th Regt., Co. C; died in the service |
| John Poghnett | Oct. 1862 | 4th Cav.; died while home on furlough |
| John W. Post | Sept. 9, 1864 | |
| Hiram D. Pierce | Sept. 30, 1862 | 159th Regt., Co. C; discharged |
| Andrew C. Perkins | Aug. 10, 1861 | 3d Cav. Co. D; pro. farrier, Sept. 15, 1861; died while home on furlough |
| Peter Phillips | discharged | |
| Henry Phillips | died in the service | |
| Thomas Rice | Aug. 11, 1862 | 128th Regt., Co. K; wounded Oct. 27, at Fisher's Hill, VA; was on of the forlorn hope at Port Hudson; discharged |
| Charles Root | Oct. 29, 1862 | 4th Cav.; discharged; re-enl. Jan 2, 1864, 159th Regt., Co. G; taken prisoner April 20, 1864; died at Andersonville, GA, March 17, 1865 |
| Marvin Robison | Nov. 21, 1861 | 3d Cav., Co. D, N. Y. S.; died of disease in the service |
| W. D. Reynolds | 44th N. Y. S. Vols.; pro. to hospital steward | |
| Allen Sheldon | Aug. 8, 1862 | 128th Regt., Co. K; pro. 1st lieut.; discharged |
| Otto Shurry | Aug. 11, 1862 | 128th Regt., Co. K; died in the service; killed May 27, 1863 |
| Charles M. Slocum | Aug. 25, 1861 | 91st Regt., Co. H; pro. sergt.; discharged |
| Rowland Sweet | Aug. 30, 1861 | 91st regt., Co H; re-enl. Nov. 20, 1862, 12th Cav., Co. B |
| Walter G. Shaver | Aug. 30, 1861 | 91st Regt., Co. H; detailed hospital clerk; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps; discharged |
| David Secor | Oct. 12, 1861 | 91st Regt., Co. H; discharged |
| Ephraim Schermerhorn | Dec. 2, 1861 | 91st Regt., Co. H; shot through both eyes at Port Hudson, and died on the field, June 14, 1863 |
| Leland Simpson | Sept. 12, 1864 | 91st Regt., Co. K; discharged |
| Hiram Spade | Oct. 10, 1862 | 159th Regt., Co. E; died of disease in the service |
| Sopher Stillman | 1861 | discharged |
| Peter Snyder | Sept. 1861 | 91st Regt., Co. H; disch. for disability caused by wound in the hand |
| Paul Schmidt | 91st Regt.; discharged | |
| George Slatker [Stalker] | Sept. 1, 1861, Lowville, WI | WI 2nd Infantry, Co. G; trans. March 15, 1864 Vet. Res. Corps.; wounded July 1, 1863, Gettysburg, PA |
| Wesley Trafford | Sept 6, 1864 | 91st Regt., Co. K; discharged |
| John Teator | Sept. 15, 1864 | 91st Regt., Co. H; discharged |
| Sylvester Turner | Sept. 15, 1864 | 91st Regt., Co. K; discharged |
| Ward Vandebogart | Aug. 11, 1862 | 128th Regt., Co. K; pro. sergt.; wounded May 27, 1863, at Port Hudson; wounded Sept. 27, 1864, at Winchester, VA; discharged |
| Brazille Van Deusen | Aug. 11, 1862 | 128th Regt., Co. K; discharged |
| Loren Van Deusen | Aug. 11, 1862 | 128th Regt., Co. K; died of disease at Baton Rouge, LA |
| Orville Velie | Aug. 11, 1862 | 128th Regt., Co. K; discharged |
| James Van Deusen | Aug. 23, 1864 | 91st Regt., Co. K; discharged |
| Linus Van Deusen | Sept 15, 1864 | 91st Regt., Co. K; discharged |
| John W. Van Tassell | Aug. 7, 1862 | 128th Regt., Co. K |
| Russell Van Deusen | Jan. 18, 1864 | 159th Regt., Co. G |
| Henry Woodin | Nov. 12, 1861 | 91st Regt., Co. H |
| Ezra Welch | Sept. 2, 1861 | 91st Regt., Co. H; discharged |
| Peter Welch | Sept. 2, 1861 | 91st Regt., Co. H; discharged |
| John Whitbeck, corp. | Sept. 16, 1862 | 159th Regt., Co. C; died in the service |
| Nelson Williams | Sept. 9, 1864 | 91st Regt., Co. K; wounded; discharged |
| John S. Whitbeck | 128th Regt.; die in the service | |
| John Wolcott | Aug. 8, 1862, Great Barrington, Mass. | MA 38th Infantry, Co. C; killed in the service, at battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864 |
| Charles Wolcott | discharged | |
| Peter Wolcott | ||
| George Niver | War of 1812 | |
| Homelius Winters | Mexican War |
