Richmond Civil War Soldiers
History of Ontario Co, NY
Published 1878 Pgs. 232 - 234
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We have given below as full and complete record of the officers, soldiers and seaman who went from the town of Richmond as can be obtained. Besides those mentioned, there were 17 substitutes, non-resident of the town. In all, soldiers, seaman and substitutes, this town furnished 153 men.
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| SURNAME | First Name | UNIT | Roster notes |
| ANDERSON | Francis J. | 16th Heavy Art, Battery H | enlisted Jan 2, 1864; wounded Sept 29, 1864; sent to Hampton hospital; discharged Sept 6, 1865 |
| APPLETON | Richmond | 33rd Inf. | enlisted Apr 21, 1861; wounded in right leg; taken to Fredericksburg hospital; discharged May 25, 1863 for disability |
| BABCOCK | Harrison | 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. K | mustered Aug 23, 1862; re-enlisted |
| BACON | Philip G. | 188th Inf, Co. F | enlisted Sept 6, 1864; taken with typhoid fever June 3, 1865; discharged at Augur hospital, June 26, 1865 |
| BARNES | Ira | 126th Inf., Co. K | enlisted Aug 12, 1862; taken prisoner at surrender of Harper's Ferry, Sept 15, 1862; paroled; discharged June 16, 1865 |
| BARRETT | John J. | 126th Inf., Co. K | enlisted Aug 12, 1862; sergeant; taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry, paroled Sept 16, 1862; exchanged Nov 24, 1862; discharged |
| BATCHELLOR | Charles F. | 188th Inf, Co. E | enlisted Mar 4, 1865; taken with typhoid fever, May 22, 1865; discharged June 27, 1865 |
| BATCHELLOR | Fayette C. | 13th Infantry, Co. K | Nov 7, 1861; discharged May 13, 1863 |
| BATCHELLOR | Fayette C. | 16th Heavy Art, Battery C | enlisted Jan 4, 1864;promoted sergeant Mar 15, 1864; discharged Aug 28, 1865; was a veteran volunteer |
| BATCHELLOR | Wesley P. | 6th Mich Heavy Art, Battery A | enlisted Feb 24, 1864; discharged Aug 20, 1865 |
| BELCHER | Edwin | 188th Inf, Co. E | enlisted Sept 9, 1864; received $300 bounty; and deserted Sept 10, 1864; undoubtedly enlisted under an assumed name |
| BENSON | David F. | 33rd Inf., Co. D | discharged with regiment |
| BENTLEY | Edgar F. | 85th Inf., Co. B. | Jan 1, 1864; taken prisoner at Plymouth and confined in Andersonville; paroled and sent home; died of disease contracted in prison, Jan 16, 1865; was a veteran volunteer having enlisted first, Aug 29, 1861 in this company |
| BENTLEY | Isaac D. | 188th Inf, Co. E | enlisted July 1 1865; discharged Sept 9, 1865 |
| BOTTICE | James | 188th Inf, Co. E | enlisted Mar 9, 1865 |
| BRIGGS | Nathan | 85th Inf., Co. B. | Aug 29, 1861; taken prisoner in battle of Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862; returned to duty Oct 6, 1862 |
| BROWN | Oliver B. | 188th Inf, Co. E | enlisted Aug 12, 1863; discharged Sept 9, 1864 |
| CARPENTER | Ichabod | 16th Heavy Art, Battery C | enlisted Dec 30, 1863; discharged Aug 28, 1865 |
| CASE | George W. | 188th Inf, Co. E | enlisted Mar 4, 1865; discharged July 5, 1865 |
| CLARK | George | 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. K | enlisted Jan 4, 1863 |
| CLARK | Godfrey | 13th Infantry | enlisted 1862 |
| CLARKE | John S. | 8th Heavy Art | enlisted Feb 13, 1864 |
| COCHRANE | John G. | 13th Infantry, Co. K | wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Wilderness; taken to Newborn, NC; paroled; died on way home |
| CORNELL | John | 15th Engineers, Co. K | enlisted Jan 12, 1864 |
| DANIELS | Albert S. | 126th Inf., Co. D | enlisted Aug 7, 1862; taken prisoner Sept 15, 1862 at Harper's Ferry; paroled and sent to Chicago; discharged June 16, 1865 |
| DE PUE | Thomas | 4th Heavy Art, Battery H | enlisted Jan 4, 1864 |
| DECKER | Vincent | 4th Heavy Art, Battery H | enlisted Jan 4, 1864 |
| DOOLITTLE | Willard Jr. | 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. K | enlisted July 29, 1862; promoted quartermaster-sergeant; mustered out June 10, 1865 |
| DOTY | Gilbert W. | 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. K | enlisted Aug 7, 1862; discharged June 12, 1865 |
| DUNNING | Henry C. | 188th Inf, Co. E | enlisted Sept 1, 1865 |
| FIELDS | Edwin P. | 6th Wisconsin Inf, Co. H | enlisted July 13, 1861; discharged at expiration of time, July 1, 1864 |
| FIELDS | Erastus G. | 126th Inf., Co. D | enlisted Aug 7, 1862; taken prisoner Sept 15, 1862 at Harper's Ferry; paroled and returned to duty; killed at Bristoe Station Oct 14, 1863 |
| FITZ PATRICK | John | 126th Inf., Co. D | deserted |
| FOY | Edward | 120th Regt., Co. D | substitute; entered service Aug 30, 1864; wounded Oct 27, 1864; sent to City Point hospital, thence to Fairfax Centre, Nov 1, 1864; discharged June 1865 |
| GAINES | George S. | 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. K | enlisted Aug 7, 1862; discharged June 12, 1865 |
| GARLINGHOUSE | Nelson S. | 13th Infantry, Co. K | Oct 10, 1861; discharged Mar13, 1863 on account of physical disability |
| GARTHEN | John W. | 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. K | enlisted Sept 1, 1864; died at Fort Columbus, KY, winter of 1865 |
| GARTHEN | William | 20th Colored Inf., Co. D | enlisted Sept 9, 1864; discharged Sept 9, 1865 |
| GATES | Abel Jr. | 188th Inf, Co. E | enlisted Sept 6, 1864; taken with typhoid fever June 3, 1865; discharged at Augur hospital, June 26, 1865 |
| GIDDINGS | William | 16th Heavy Art, Battery C | enlisted Dec 19, 1863; discharged Aug 28, 1865 |
| GOULD | Niel S. | 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. K | enlisted July 30 ,1862; discharged from hospital on account of heart disease, May 16, 1865 |
| GREEN | Isaac | 4th Heavy Art, Battery C | enlisted Aug 12, 1862; discharged June 2, 1865 |
| HANCOCK | G. S. | 188th Inf, Co. E | enlisted Sept 12, 1864; discharged May 3, 1865 |
| HARRIS | Joseph F. | 8th Heavy Art | enlisted Feb 13, 1864 |
| HEAGHT | Eli | 126th Inf., Co. F | enlisted Aug 12, 1862; taken prisoner Sept 15, 1862 at Harper's Ferry; wounded in battle of Wilderness, May 6, 1864; discharged Dec 25, 1864 |
| HENRY | Samuel | 126th Inf., Co. K | enlisted Aug 12, 1862; taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry, Sept 15, 1862; paroled and returned to duty; wounded Oct 13, 1863; discharged July 25, 1865 |
| HODGE | Charles | 5th Cavalry | enlisted Dec 29, 1863 |
| HYDE | C. F. | 21st NY Cavalry | enlisted Sept 8, 1864; discharged May 23, 1865 |
| JOCK | John | 136th Inf., Co. C | enlisted Aug 12, 1862; promoted Sept 1, 1862, to sergeant; discharged June 13, 1865 |
| JOCK | Walter | 136th Inf., Co. C | enlisted Aug 12, 1862; discharged June 13, 1863 |
| KANE | James | Navy | seaman; substitute for Wesley RAY |
| KEEGAN | James | 8th Heavy Art | enlisted Feb 13, 1864 |
| KENNEDY | Adam | 4th Heavy Art, Battery H | enlisted Jan 19, 1864; taken prisoner Aug 25, 1864 at Reams Station; confined in prison at Belle Island, Richmond, VA; paroled Oct 8, 1864 |
| KERRIGAN | Daniel | 8th Heavy Art | enlisted Feb 13, 1864 |
| KINYON | Samuel | 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. K | enlisted July 31, 1862; discharged Aug 12, 1865 |
| KNANER | Adolph | 188th Inf, Co. E | enlisted Sept 9, 1864; taken sick Oct 25, 1864; died at City Point, Oct 27, 1864 of typhoid fever |
| KNANER | E. F. W. | 120th Regt., Co. E | enlisted Sept 2, 1864; wounded Oct 27, 1864; taken prisoner; paroled |
| KNOWLES | Marcus C. | 126th Inf., Co. D | enlisted Aug 1862; deserted from Chicago at Camp Douglas and went to Canada, Oct 1862 |
| LEACH | Alfred | 136th Inf., Co. C | substitute for Sanford A. STILES; enlisted Aug 1864; discharged June 19, 1865 |
| LENARD | Isaac F. | 13th Infantry, Co. K | wounded in foot at battle of Bull Run; taken to Mt. Pleasant hospital; discharged May 13, 1863 |
| LOGAN | Bernard | 126th Inf., Co. K | enlisted Aug 12, 1862; wounded at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863; again in fron of Petersburg, June 16, 1864; discharged June 3, 1865 |
| LOGAN | Patrick | 79th Inf., Co. A | Jan 4, 1865; discharged July 20 ,1865 |
| LONG | James | 24th Cavalry | died in service |
| LOTHAM | William B. | 164th Inf., Co. E/Pioneer Corps | enlisted Aug 1862 in 164th Inf, Co. E; transferred to Pioneer Corps |
| MACE | James | 188th Inf, Co. A | enlisted Sept 8, 1864; discharged June 29, 1865 |
| MACUMBER | George | 126th Inf., Co. K | discharged |
| MARTIN | David | 136th Inf., Co. C | enlisted Aug 12, 1862; discharged June 13, 1865 |
| MARTIN | Edward C. | 4th Heavy Art, Battery H | enlisted Jan 14, 1864 |
| MC CARE | Michael | 136th Inf., Co. C | enlisted Sept 16, 1864 |
| MC CROSSEN | Christopher | 13th Infantry, Co. K | Oct 13, 1861; discharged May 13, 1863 |
| MC CROSSEN | George | 188th Inf, Co. B | enlisted Aug 30, 1864; discharged July 1, 1865 |
| MC KELVEY | James | 15th Engineers, Co. K | enlisted Jan 1, 1864 |
| MC MICHAEL | George | 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. K | enlisted Aug 10, 1864 in 1st Light Art, Battery C; discharged June 17, 1865; services no longer required |
| MC NINCH | William J. | 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. K | no info |
| MICKS | Alonzo | 104th Inf., Co. B | enlisted Oct 23, 1861; killed at battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863 |
| MILLER | John H. | 188th Inf, Co. E | mustered Sept 6, 1864 |
| MOORE | Eugene M. | 188th Inf, Co. B | enlisted Sept 19, 1864; discharged July 11, 1865 |
| MOORE | Franklin | 24th Cavalry | mustered Jan 19, 1864 |
| MUNSON | Edward F. | 15th Engineers, Co. K | enlisted Jan 4, 1864; discharged June 13, 1865 at Fort Berry, VA with regiment |
| NORGATE | Robert | 188th Inf, Co. E | enlisted Sept 1, 1864; discharged |
| O'NEILL | James | 4th Heavy Art, Battery H | enlisted Dec 24, 1863 |
| PECK | Gilbert W. | 126th Inf., Co. D | enlisted Aug 4, 1862; wounded Oct 14, 1863 at Bristoe Station; taken prisoner and transferred to Richmond, VA, Andersonville, Charleston, Florence; exchanged Mar 1, 1865; discharge May 31, 1865 |
| PLIMPTON | Amasa H. | 188th Inf, Co. E | enlisted Sept 2, 1864; discharged June 29, 1865 |
| PURCELL | Orrin | 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. K | enlisted Aug 5, 1862; discharged May 18, 1865 by general order No. 83 |
| PURLEE | Wilbur | 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. K | enlisted Aug 1, 1862; discharged Aug 30 ,1864; re-enlisted |
| REED | Almeron | 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. K | enlisted July 31; discharged June 12, 1865 |
| REID | Charles E. | 148th Inf., Co. G | enlisted Aug 29, 1862 as private; promoted to corporal, Sept 21, 1862; sergeant, Oct 31, 1864; 1st sergeant Nov 12, 1864; 1st lieut., Dec 31, 1864; mustered out Jan 22, 1865 |
| ROBINSON | Frederick | 8th Heavy Art | enlisted Feb 13, 1864 |
| ROE | John A. | 188th Inf, Co. E | enlisted Mar 28, 1865 |
| ROTHEAR | Henry | 4th Heavy Art, Battery H | enlisted Jan 4, 1864; re-enlisted |
| SCOTT | John F. | 188th Inf, Co. E | enlisted Sept 6, 1864; taken with typhoid fever June 3, 1865; discharged at Augur hospital, June 26, 1865 |
| SHELTON | William H. | 1st Heavy Art., Vet Vol. | mustered in Jan 4, 1864 |
| SIMMONS | Henry C. | 85th Inf., Co. B. | enlisted Oct 4, 1861; taken with typhoid fever June 22, 1862; sent to Philadelphia hospital; discharged on account of disability, Oct 23, 1862 |
| SIMMONS | Henry C. | 15th Engineers, Co. K | enlisted from 85th Inf, Dec 31, 1863; discharged June 13, 1865 |
| SLIGHT | Mortimer | 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. K | enlisted Aug 4, 1862; promoted corporal Nov 17, 1862; sergeant May 9, 1864; discharged July 7, 1865 |
| SLOUT | Wesley | 188th Inf, Co. D | enlisted Sept 9, 1864; discharged June 3, 1865 |
| SMITH | Dennis | 136th Inf., Co. C | enlisted July 30, 1864; discharged June 13, 1865 |
| SMITH | Hugh | 188th Inf, Co. E | enlisted Mar 4, 1865; discharged July 14, 1865 |
| SMITH | James | 175th Inf. | native of Ireland; enlisted in 175th Inf |
| SMITH | Samuel B. | 104th Inf., Co. B | corporal; enlisted Sept 29, 1861; wounded in 2nd battle of Bull Run; taken to Armory Square hospital, Washington, DC; discharged Dec 4, 1862 |
| SMITH | Samuel B. | 188th Inf, Co. H | enlisted Sept 28, 1864; (Vet. Vol.) appointed commissary sergeant Oct 11, 1864; discharged with regiment July 11, 1865 |
| SMITH | William P. | 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. K | enlisted July 30, 1862; discharged June 12, 1865 |
| SPENCE | Gideon | 188th Inf, Co. E | enlisted Sept 8, 1864; promoted Oct 7, 1864 to ass't-surgeon; taken Dec 18,1864 with congestive chill resulting in paraplegia, Jan 29, 1865; discharged for same, Feb 13, 1865 |
| STRUBLE | Henry S. | 4th Heavy Art, Battery H | enlisted Feb 19, 1864; discharged Sept 26, 1865 |
| SULLIVAN | Joseph | 148th Inf. | enlisted July 29, 1863; discharged July 28, 1865 |
| SYMONDS | William W. | 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. K | enlisted Aug 1862; died Nov 10, 1862 |
| THOMPSON | William B. | 16th Heavy Art, Battery C | enlisted Jan 4, 1864; promoted corporal Mar 31, 1864; discharged Aug 21, 1865 |
| TRUMAN | Bishop | 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. K | enlisted July 30 ,1862; discharged June 12, 1865 |
| UNKNOWN | unknown | Navy | substitute for Daniel SHORT |
| WANNALL | Thomas | Navy | seaman; native of Germany; entered service Sept 1864; substitute for S. D. SHORT |
| WARD | William | 136th Inf., Co. C | enlisted Aug 12, 1862; wounded June 28, 1864, in GA; died at Jeffersonville, IN, Aug 6 ,1864 |
| WARFIELD | Richard H. | 15th Engineers, Co. K | enlisted Jan 4, 1864 |
| WASHBURN | Valentine | 4th Heavy Art, Battery H | enlisted Jan 26, 1864; wounded at battle of Spotsylvania; returned to duty; discharged Sept 26, 1865 |
| WATRONS | Myron G. | 85th Inf., Co. B. | Sept 23, 1861; discharged Sept 8, 1862, for disability |
| WATROUS | George | 20th NY Cavalry, Co. L | enlisted Sept 17, 1863; discharged July 31, 1865 |
| WELCH | George | 8th Heavy Art | enlisted Feb 13, 1864 |
| WEST | William | 5th Cavalry | enlisted Dec 29, 1863 |
| WETMORE | E. B. | 85th Inf., Co. B. | Aug 29, 1861; taken prisoner at Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862; exchanged; returned to duty Oct 31, 1862; re-enlisted; taken prisoner when SHERMAN made his march; while the rebs were moving him to Charleston, he leaped from the car; they shot him 6 times and left him in the ditch |
| WHEELER | Charles W. | 15th Engineers, Co. K | enlisted Jan 4, 1864 |
| WHISKER | Robert | unknown | native of Ireland; resident of Richmond; entered the service but in unknown regiment |
| WHITNEY | Hiram P. | 16th Heavy Art, Battery D | enlisted Jan 2, 1864; died at Yorktown, VA, Mar 19, 1864; was a veteran volunteer |
| WILBORN | Leroy W. | 23rd Inf., Co. F | enlisted Apr 20, 1861; discharged May 22, 1863 |
| WILCOX | Thomas | 102nd Inf, Co. D; 85th Inf., Co. B | enlisted Oct 20, 1861; discharged at expiration of term, Dec 24, 1864 |
| WILCOX | Walter | 11th Heavy Art/ 8th & 4th HA | enlisted Apr 9, 1863; re-enlisted Jan 7, 1864 in 8th HA; arrested for desertion & returned to his regiment, which was consolidated with the 4th Art; discharged Oct 5, 1865 |
| WILLIAMS | John | 8th Heavy Art | enlisted Feb 13, 1864 |
| WILSON | Jerry | Harris Light Guards | enlisted from Richmond |
| WILSON | John G. | 13th Infantry, Co. G | sergeant; enlisted Sept 15, 1861; ruptured at Gaines' Mills battle, permanently; promoted sergeant, Oct 1861; discharged with regiment May 14, 1863 |
| WILSON | John G. | Veteran Volunteer | enlisted Sept 19, 1864; hospital steward; discharged with regiment, July 1, 1865 |
| WIRNETT | Milford C. | 8th Heavy Art | enlisted Feb 13, 1864 |
| WORTHY | Merian | 4th Heavy Art, Battery H | enlisted Aug 20, 1862; promoted to sergeant Oct 10, 1863 |
| WRIGHT | E. M. Jr. | 104th Inf., Co. B | corporal; enlisted Oct 23, 1861; re-enlisted Dec 26, 1863; taken prisoner Aug 19, 1864; taken to Richmond; exchanged; sent to Annapolis hospital; died Mar 16, 1865 of disease contracted in prison |
| WRIGHT | Isaac A. | 104th Inf., Co. B/ 1st NY Art | enlisted Oct 21, 1861; re-enlisted Dec 28, 1863 in 1st NY Artillery |
| WRIGHT | Isaac A. | 1st Mounted Rifles, Co. K | enlisted Dec 28, 1863; promoted corporal, May 4, 1864; sergeant, Mar 1, 1865; discharged June 19, 1865; was a veteran volunteer |
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