NIAGARA COUNTY, NEW YORK.

Company "B" - 8th N.Y.Heavy Artillery

It is with great pleasure I attempt to bring you the readers, information on Niagara County, New York as it is where my own ancestors lived for a time prior to leaving to make their way west to Michigan, and beyond. I am amazed at all the connections between New York State, and Michigan. We are forever connected via the lives of our ancestors.

This book has many surnames of families in and around Niagara County durring the Civil War including my own GGGrandfather a Samuel W.Titus from Pekin, N.Y.,who was a Muscian with Company "B" 8th Regiment New York Heavy Artillery. Thanks to Naomi B. Baker for allowing me to use the book cover as well as other parts of her book "LETTERS HOME" for this page. The book is still in Print and available and is very, very interesting reading. If interested in buying the book please contact Ms. Baker at NBBaker@aol.com for information.

Listing of Soldiers of New Yorks 8th Heavy Artillery -Company "B". COMPANY OFFICERS:

  1. Captain -Baker, Joel B.
  2. 1st Lieut-Low, James Jr.
  3. 1st Lieut-Nichols, Eli S.
  4. 2nd Lieut-Brown, Fayette S.
  5. 2nd Lieut- Pitcher, David L.

SERGEANTS:

  1. 1st -Burns, Romeo GQ.M.,-Edwards, Thomas G. Jr.
  2. Crawley, William H.
  3. Peterson, Nathan Z.
  4. Cornell, Job
  5. Robb, Alexander T.
  6. Fellows, Franklin J.
  7. Martin, Walter L.

CORPORALS:

  1. Pyle, Lyman S.
  2. Taylor, Edwin J.
  3. Furman, Robert
  4. Saddleson, Wm. H.
  5. Fuller, Eugene C.
  6. Harwood, Lyman C.
  7. Root, John
  8. Capen, John D.
  9. Johnson, Jay K.
  10. Gifford, Charles K.
  11. Harmon, Rowland C.
  12. Fellows, Gilbert H.

MUSCIANS:

  1. Pike, Benjamin L.
  2. Titus, Samuel W.

ARTIFICERS:

  1. Stien, Adolphus C.
  2. Nye, Francis G.

WAGONER:

  1. Babcock, Orrin

COMPANY "B" Non - Officers Aldrich / Ash / Absalom / Acker / Billings / Bowman / Beam / Brewer / Bishop / Bennett (3) / Button / Barnes /Beech (2) / Blake / Ball / Coon / Courtney / Christgau / Castelleon / Colbath / Cuddaback / Coe (3) / Cole / Cook / Drake / Doolittle / Dean / Dutton / Davis / Day / Emerson / Elton (2) / Eschbaugh / Frazee / Green / Gleason / Garrison / Gibson / Graves (2) / Hayne / Harry / Hall / Harwood / Howell / Howe / Ireland / Jacbobs / *Johnson (3) / Krueger / Kocn / Levan / Longstaff / Lapworth / Laylond (2) / Lockwood / Lonsbur / Lafler / Mahl /Mabon / McGregor / McKenzie / McNeil / Mercig / Mervin / Morrison / Messing / Mehwaldt (3) / Meyers / Matson / Maynard / McMaster / Martin / Miller / McDougal / McCoy / Nagle / Nye / Olmstead / Ortt / O'Brien / Praker / Pike / Parker (2) / Pettit / Potter / Pierce / Romer / Rodgers / Rose (2) / Russell / Sherman / Slavin / Stephens / Stiles / Sawyer / Saulsbury / Senn / Smith / Storrow / Swift / Travis / Thompson (2) / Thornton (3) / Vedder / Voss / Vanduesan / Watson (2) / Worden / Walker (2) / White / Werth / Wilson / Wilcox / Ward (2) / Weston / Wright / Welsteed / Wright / Wiard / Walden .

 

LETTER TO COL. JOEL B.BAKER FROM EMORY WILCOX: FORT FEDERAL HILL BALTIMORE MD., MARCH 1, 1863.Dear Captain I thought I would write a few lines to you to inform you of a person whom I should think you could get to enlist without much labor. It is *Samuel Titus of Pekin. He writes to me that he can hardly stay at home. The reason that he has not enlisted before this time is because his father would not give his consent. I have written to him to come down and help us. I hope that you will be successful in getting him. There are many others south of Pekin who I think ought to come. John Scoby and Richard LeLany and others. We had a snow storm last night but it is thawing now and I guess we shall not have the pleasure of using the shovels again. We have a cannon fired at morning and evening now as the last roll of the retreat is finished the gun is fired and the flag falls. Hoping that you will be successful in your under taking and soon return to your command. I remain Yours ever Emory WilcoxCaptain J.B.Baker P.S. Remember me to my Friends at Pekin. E.W. note from the book Letters Home.

 

 

* Denotes a Relative of mine.

Links to Civil War information

.http://www.149th-nysv.org/ 149th N.Y.

http://members.aol.com/DAP4477575/index.html 162nd N.Y.

http://www.snymor.edu/pages/library/local_history/sites/unitinfo/ New York States Units & Regements

http://www.snymor.edu/pages/library/local_history/sites/obtained.htmlx Where the men came from

http://www.snymor.edu/pages/library/local_history/sites/synonyms.htmlx Unit nicknames

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyniagar/8thReg.htm New Yorks Co. "B" 8th Heavy Artillery

http://home.inreach.com/mavgw/newyork.htm More Units information for New York

http://www.snymor.edu/pages/library/local_history/sites/reg_pics/ Images found in books of N.Y. Regiments

http://www.magpage.com/~33dny/nyflags.htm Save N.Y. CIVIL WAR FLAGS.

http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/doc/html/usct01.html U.S. Colored Troops of the Civil War

http://users.redcreek.net/murrayrl/index.htm New York at Gettysburg

http://www.snymor.edu/pages/library/local_history/sites/letters/ Letters/Diary's ect of N.Y. Soldiers, Nurses.

http://www.morrisville.edu/pages/library/local_history/sites/nybio.htmlx Bio-pages of N.Y. connections.

http://www.morrisville.edu/pages/library/local_history/sites/prisons.htmlx Prisons & Prisoners of CIVIL

WAR.http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/civil.html Maps of the Civil

Warhttp://www.snymor.edu/pages/library/local_history/sites/gar_post/ G.A.R.Posts

http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/mark.html Barrel of Links http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/ U.S.Civil War center.

http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/other/genealogy/faq-gene.htm How to search for Ancestors in the Civil War.

 

 

Picture copyrighted to C.E.Betzing 1999

Produced by Clayton E. Betzing

Thanks given to all those who help now and in the future and especially to my 2 buddies Deb Axtman and Jan Cortez, who help when ever asked !

 

09-14-1999.

 

 

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