Cherry Valley in the War of the Rebellion,
Part II
In 1870 the citizens of Cherry Valley
erected in the little public square in the village a marble monument in
commemoration of her patriot dead. It is about twenty-five feet in height,
surmounted by an eagle, and bears the following inscriptions:
| "Erected
by the citizens of Cherry Valley in memory of their patriot dead,
1868." |
| "Second
Bull Run, Petersburg, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Fredericksburg, Winchester,
Antietam, Cold Harbor.
"These are the names of the men of Cherry
Valley who died that their country might live:" |
| 6th
New York Cavalry |
| Sergeant Philo D.
Chaddenden |
Jacob Hardendorf |
| John Beaumont |
Sergt. James H.
Moore |
| Samuel Bates. |
|
| 121st
N. Y. Infantry |
| Sergt. John
Daniels |
James Sherman |
| Jabex D. Wilson |
Sergt. Edward
Wales |
| Geo. N. L. Drake |
Joseph B. Howe |
| John W. Ballard |
|
| United
States Navy |
| Geo. P. Engell,
Col. |
Brev. Gen. Cleveland
J. Campbell |
| 1st
Regiment U. S. S. S |
| Capt. Chas. D.
McLean |
Dwight Reed |
| Henry T.
Ferguson |
Sergt. Wm. O.
McLean |
| U.
S. N |
| Chas. Gould |
Charles P. N.
Nuhall |
| 104th
N. Y. I |
| John Barker |
|
| 2nd
N. Y. H. A |
| John H. Bush |
|
| 1st.
N. Y. C |
| John F.
Bottsford |
|
| 6th
N. Y. H. A.-- |
| Salmon Drake |
|
| I.152nd
N. Y. |
| Geo. Nelson, Cornelius
Hardendorf, |
Geo. Van de
Bogart |
| 44th
N. Y. I |
| Corp. James H.
Drake |
John Wallace |
| 76th.
N. Y. I. |
| Capt. Robert
Story |
1st Lieut.
Barnard Phenis |
| Wm. Starns
Bradford |
J. D. Fox. |
| 8th.
N. Y. C |
| W. C. Crafts,
1st. lieut. |
|
*The History of Otsego, NY, Duane Hamilton Hurd,
1878
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