UNION ENCAMPMENT

HUDSON,

  COLUMBIA COUNTY, NEW YORK

By Captain Franklin Ellis¹⁶⁸

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     Union Encampment was instituted at Hudson, July 18, 1844.  Its first officers were James Batchellor, C. P.; M. L. Pultz, H. P.; S. A. Coffin, S. W.; William R. Steel, Scribe; H. Doty, Treas.; G. Dixon, J. W.  Present officers:  J. W. Quick, C. P.; Lucas Fais, H. P.; Jacob Waterman, S. W.; W. S. Taylor, Scribe; Thomas P. Nash, Treas.; W. D. Holsapple, J. W.