Clinton countyGenealogy

AndFamily history

2-Volume ready-reference Set606 pages465 pages of soldiers - 2081 pages of burials - 734-page index

About 5,500 soldiersAnd 1,200 burials

1 Sharpshooter Regiment – 1 in 1st US Sharpshooters – 4 in 2nd US Sharpshooters

3 Engineer Regiments – 2 Regiments34 Cavalry Regiments – 24 Regiments39 Artillery Regiments – 25 Regiments183 Infantry Regiments – 67 Regiments

260 NY RegimentsClinton County in 118 Regiments

Most served in the East, but we had many in the Gulf States

Altona – 15 Ausable – 38Beekmantown – 20 Black Brook – 34Champlain - 50 Chazy – 40Clinton – 15 Dannemora – 9Ellenburg – 36 Mooers – 36Peru – 33 Plattsburgh – 65Saranac – 61 Schuyler Falls - 29

- Hurd’s- NY Adjutant General’s

Rosters- 1865 Town Clerks’

Lists

Names

Average age – 25.8 yearsAverage height – 5’ 7½”

Average weight – 143 lbs

Deaths

Winslow wrote a book“The Military and Civil History of Essex County”

WHEELWRIGHT, UPHOLSTERER, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE –George Higgins, was born in Ireland and enlisted when he was34 in the 153rd Infantry at the end of August 1862. Theregiment didn’t muster until October.The 153rd was first stationed at Alexandria as provost guard,and during most of the year 1863, did garrison and guard dutyabout the capital. It was then transferred to the Departmentof the Gulf, where it was part of the Red River Campaign inLouisiana in 1864. Later that year they returned to Virginiawhere they lost 10 men at Opequan and 8 men at Cedar Creek.Although the regiment continued to serve in the ShenandoahValley until April 1865, George was not with them the entireway. He was discharged on a surgeon’s order for disabilityfrom the Ladies Home Hospital in New York City on May 2,1865.The 153rd moved with Dwight's Division back to Washington,where it participated in the Grand Review in May 1865. In Julyit sailed for Savannah, GA. While stationed there it won theesteem and respect of the citizens by the gentlemanly conductof its officers and men.Civil War pension records show Georgereceived an Invalid's Pension June 5, 1873, for his service. Hiswife, Helen M. Higgins, received a widow’s pension after hisdeath on August 9, 1897.George is buried on the west side of the protestant cemeteryin Ellenburg Corners. There is no stone although the index cardshows he is buried there.

FATHER, SON AND 3 REGIMENTS - On December 2,

1863, Smith Lasell went to Malone and enlisted in the

14th Heavy Artillery as a private with unassigned

duties to serve 3 years. He spent Christmas with his

family and returned to Malone to the muster on

January 4, 1864. On March 4, 1864, he was transferred

to the 13th Artillery.

His son, Merrill Gilbert Lasell, followed Smith to war

on September 2 1864, when he enlisted in the 6th

Artillery in Chateaugay and then went home to

Ellenburg until the muster on September 9. The next

year on June 28, 1865, he mustered out with his

company at Petersburg, VA.

On June 27, 1865, Smith was transferred to his son's

6th Artillery. According to the Muster Roll Abstracts,

he was sick in hospital in Norfolk, VA in 1865. The NY

Adjutant General's Rosters say he deserted on July

24, 1865 - who knows? Maybe the paperwork got lost

in the shuffle. Both men are buried at Sheldon Hill

Cemetery in Ellenburg.

Merrill and Smith are mentioned on pages 142, 145

and 520 of our book.

To read about Private Merrill Gilbert Lasell's

conversation with General Philip Sheridan, go to:

Northern New York American Canadian Genealogical Society

www.nnyacgs.com

118TH Officers

Colonel James Fairman96th Infantry

Curmudgeons, drunkards, and outright fools : courts-martial

of Civil War Union colonelsUnceasing and Tyrannical

Abuse

DEATHS OF OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MENWhich have occurred while in the military or naval service of the United States, or from

wounds or Disease acquired in said service since April 1861, reported by the families to which the deceased belonged when at home

We used the information Joan Hobbs and Ruth Labombard gave us for our book.

Heart disease

TyphoidKilled in action

16th NY Cavalry

Boston CorbettEdward Doherty

Clinton County Historical AssociationClinton County, NY, Civil War Record – 1861 to 1865Northern New York American Canadian

Genealogical Society

http://www.nnyacgs.com/files/CIVIL_WAR_SOLDIER_RESOURCES.pdf

A History of the Town of Chazy, Clinton County – Nell Sullivan and David MartinAmerican Civil War Zouaves – Robin Smith – Google BooksAncestry.com - www.ancestry.com/ - Paid site – free at local libraries and NYS ArchivesBillion Graves - www.Billiongraves.comCivil War Roster.com – lots of sites – many pay-per-viewClinton County New York Tombstone Transcription

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~frgen/clinton/clintonindex.htmClinton County – Part of the NY GenWeb Project – contains the McClelland Cemetery Records

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyclinto/Division of Military and Naval Affairs for New York State

www.dmna.ny.govEnrollment of Eligible Persons – Town Books - Clinton County Historian’s OfficeFamily Search – Military search - www.familysearch.org Find a Grave - www.findagrave.comGoogle Books – Regimental Histories

1st NY Cavalry Regiment – “Boots and Saddles” – A History of the First Cavalry of the WarKnown as the First New York (Lincoln) Cavalry, and also as the Sabre Regiment, Its

Organization, Campaigns and Battles – James H. Stevenson 5th NY Infantry Regiment - Camp and field life of the Fifth New York volunteer Infantry –

Alfred Davenport5th NY Cavalry Regiment – The Fifth New York Cavalry In the Civil War – Vincent L. Burns9th Cavalry Regiment – History of the Ninth Regiment, New York Volunteer Cavalry –

Newel Cheney11th NY Cavalry – Scott’s 900 – The Story of a Cavalry Regiment: “Scott’s 900” Eleventh

New York Cavalry – Thomas West Smith16th NY Infantry Regiment – From Bull Run to Chancellorsville – Newton Martin Curtis40th NY Infantry Regiment – History of the Fortieth (Mozart) Regiment –

Sergeant Fred C. Floyd44th NY Infantry Regiment - A history of the Forty-fourth regiment, New York volunteerInfantry, in the Civil War – Eugene Aras Nash

48th NY Infantry Regiment – The History of the Forty-Eighth Regiment New York State Volunteers In the War for the Union – Abraham J. Palmer

60th NY Infantry Regiment – History of the Sixtieth Regiment New York State Volunteers -Richad Eddy

72nd NY Infantry Regiment - History of the Third Regiment, Excelsior Brigade, 72d New YorkVolunteer Infantry – Henri Le Fevre Brown

76th Infantry Regiment – History of the Seventy-Sixth Regiment – New York Volunteers –Abram P. Smith

93rd NY Infantry Regiment - History of the Ninety-third Regiment, New York VolunteerInfantry, 1861-1865 – King, Gibbs, Northup

112th NY Infantry Regiment - History of the Hundred and Twelfth Regiment, NYVolunteers – William Lyman Hyde

117th NY Infantry Regiment – A History of the One Hundred and 117th Infantry New YorkVolunteers - James A. Mowris

118th NY Infantry Regiment – Three Years with the Adirondack Regiment – John Lovell Cunningham

121st NY Infantry Regiment – History of the 121st New York State Infantry - Isaac Oliver Best125th NY Infantry Regiment – A Regimental History; the One Hundred Twenty Fifth New York

State Volunteers – Ezra D. Simons

189th NY Infantry Regiment – History of the 189th Regiment of New York Volunteers -William H. Rogers

Headstone Inscriptions of Clinton County, NY - Vols. 1-3 - Compiled by Clyde M. RabideauHeadstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db/aspx?dbid=1195 History of Clinton and Franklin Counties – Duane Hamilton Hurd – Google BooksInternet Archive.org – Enter the name of the regiment requiredList of New York Civil War Regiments – and their nicknames

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_Civil_War_regimentsMen Drafted from Clinton County and Men Exempt from Draft

http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/counties/clinton/clinton_CNW.htmMcClellan Cemetery Records of Clinton County – part of the NY GenWeb Project

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyclinto/cemindex.htmlNational Park Service –Civil War Soldiers and Sailors

http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm

New York State Archives - www.archives.nysed.gov/aindex.shtml State of New York residents can use this site free by creating an account. Click on “Research” in the left hand column, then “Ancestry.com New York” in the column to the right, and create a free account. Several free databases in the Ancestry.com NY link are available under an agreement with the NY State Archives. You will find the Civil War Town Clerks’ Registers here

New York State Military Museum – Civil War Units https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/civil_index.htm

New York State Education Department www.nysed.gov - Search Civil War Soldiers

New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca. 1861-1865http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1964

Northern New York American Canadian Genealogical Society - www.nnyacgs.comNorthern New York Library Network – Historic Newspapers

http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/Personal Memoires of U. S. Grant – U.S. Grant – Google Books

Report of the Adjutant-General Rolls – New York State Military Museum www.dmna.ny.gov/historic/mil-hist.htm

Rootsweb – WorldConnect – Searchhttp://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi

The Lake Champlain and Lake George Valleys – Wallace Emerson LambThe Photographic History of the Civil War – Francis Trevelyan Miller, Robert Sampson Lanier

– Google BooksThree Centuries in the Champlain Valley – Maria Jeannette Brookings Tuttle - Google BooksTown of Plattsburgh Military Enrollment List - 1862 – Town’s Historical Record CollectionUnited States National Cemeteries –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_national_cemeteryVermont in the Civil War - http://vermontcivilwar.org/research

TANKARD

Martin and Elizabeth TankardRedford Cemetery

Martin Tankard was the meltmaster for the Redford Glass works

1 page - http://nnyacgs.com/files/Outline_Descendant_Report_for_Martin_Tankard.pdf

James Tankard son of George Tankard and Isabel Soper

Performing substitute service for John Romey, he enlisted as a private in Company H, 8th US Colored Infantry, 14 July 1863, Mustered out with a disability 23 June 1865. Wounded at battle of Deep Bottom, Virginia 18 Aug 1864. He spent the last several months of the war in the Fort Monroe, Virginia Hospital with a severe shoulder wound.

CLARK

1870 Census – “W”1880 Census – Wrote “M” then corrected it to “W”

20 pages -http://nnyacgs.com/files/Outline_Descendant_Report_for_Andrew_Clark.pdf

April 26 - Mr. Darias Clark, an aged resident of this place passed away at this home here April 17th, at the age of 79 years. He had been in poor health for sometime with heart trouble and had pneumonia at the last. He was a civil war veteran and received honorable discharge. He has lived here nearly all his life. He is survived by his widow, Rosana Danford and three sons, William of Swanton, Vt., Albert of Highgate, Vt., Silas of Standish, N.Y. and five daughters, Mrs. Archie Collins, Mrs. William Baker, Mrs. Henry Pickle, Mrs. Austin Gay and Miss Arisia Clark, all of Ellenburg Deport. Funeral services were held Thursday the 19th in the Baptist church, or which he was a member. Rev. Bristol, pastor of the M. E. Church officiated. Interment was in Sheldon Hill Cemetery

1900 Census – whole family “B”

Crabtree

Sheldon Hill Cemetery – 19 Crabtree names in the cemetery – all in Clinton County

Four pages -http://www.nnyacgs.com/files/Outline_Descendant_Report_for_James_Crabtree.pdf

1870 Census – “W”1880 Census – “M”

elliott

https://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/who-do-you-think-you-are/full-episodes/liv-tyler

http://www.nnyacgs.com/files/Outline_Descendant_Report_for_Robert_Jackson_Elliott.pdf

ClintonvilleCemetery

Four pages -

soper

1840 Census listed as Free Colored1850 Census Beekmantown

1860 Census

danford

8 pages-http://nnyacgs.com/files/Outline_Descendant_Report_for_Jacob_Danford.pdf

johnson

SOME OTHER ELLENBURG LINESBarcomb – Berthiaume 20 pageshttp://nnyacgs.com/files/Outline_Descendant_Report_for_Jacques_Berthiaume.pdfArno – Renault 30 pageshttp://nnyacgs.com/files/Outline_Descendant_Report_for_Mathurin_Renault.pdfLaValley – Pasquier 100 pageshttp://nnyacgs.com/files/Outline_Descendant_Report_for______Mathurin_Pasquier.pdf Drown 3 pageshttp://nnyacgs.com/files/Outline_Descendant_Report_for_Leonard_Drown.pdfVanarnumhttp://nnyacgs.com/files/Outline_Descendant_Report_for_Henry_Vanarman.pdf

Lists of U. S. books at the NNYACGS Library in Dannemorahttp://nnyacgs.com/files/U._S._Books.pdf

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