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1789 - History of Cayuga County, New York, with Illustrations and Biographical
Sketches of some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, by Elliot G. Storke,
assisted by Jas. H. Smith. Pub. by D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, N.Y. 1879

CHAPTER XVI. CAYUGA IN THE REBELLION.

CAUSE OF THE WAR-FIRST CALL FOR TROOPS
- CAPTAIN KENNEDY'S EFFORTS - FIRST PUBLIC MEETING - ENTHUSIASM OF THE PEOPLE
- RAPID ENLISTMENTS - 19TH REGIMENT - KENNEDY'S BATTERY - 75TH REGIMENT -
CAREFUL PROVISIONS - CALL FOR MORE TROOPS - MILITARY DISTRICTS FORMED -111TH
REGIMENT - 160TH REGIMENT - DRAFTS - IMMENSE BOUNTIES - FINAL EFFORTS - CLOSE
OF THE WAR.

The war of the Rebellion was forced upon the nation, to maintain its unity,
and, as was generally believed at the North, its very existence. It was a war
of one section of the country against another, of the slave States of the
South, against the free States of the North. It arose from a fierce conflict
of opinion between the two sections as to the place which the institution of
slavery should hold in the government, a conflict which had continued from the
origin of the government.

The bitterness of the discussion and the antagonisms of the parties to it,
increased with time, until, on the election to the Presidency of Abraham
Lincoln in the autumn of 1860, a majority of the slave States of the Union
resolved to sever their political connection with the free States, and to form
a Southern Confederacy, in which the institution of slavery could have free
and full development.

That bold step was accordingly taken. The Confederacy was formed and the most
active military preparations made to sustain and defend its pretensions.
'Dominion was claimed over all the national property within its territory,
which, so far as possible, was seized and garrisoned. Its claims were
resisted, and a long and terrible war followed.

The events and consequences of that great struggle, are too recent, have been
too fully re-corded and are too well known to need repetition here. But its
local incidents, the part which Cayuga bore in it should, so far as the plan
and limits of this work will permit, be spread upon the pages of our local
history. We shall give a succinct account of the efforts and sacrificesmade by
our citizens in enlisting their quota of soldiers, and a brief review of the
field operations of our earlier regiments, regretting that the time within
which this work must issue, and the difficulties and delays attending the
collection of re-liable information of the specific services of each regiment
in the field, prevent a fuller notice.

President Lincoln had been inaugurated on the 4th of March, 1861; Fort Sumter
was attacked on the 12th and surrendered on the 13th of April, following;
Congress was convened in extra session and the President called for 75,000
volunteers. Within the next fifteen days three hundred and fifty thousand had
offered them-selves, of whom only the number called for could be accepted.

Cayuga County came promptly forward to aid the government. Indeed, one of her
citizens, Captain T. J. Kennedy, had anticipated this action of the government
by several months, and had written to Governor Morgan as early as January 6th,
1861, for permission to raise troops, to which the Governor replied on the
17th of that month, that " if the necessity arises your services will be
accepted." This is believed to have been the first offer of military service
in the rebellion made by any of our loyal citizens. Captain Kennedy believed
that the " necessity" al-ready existed and acted accordingly. He sent out at
his own instance and personal cost, recruiting sergeants to the different
villages in the vicinity, Jordan, Skaneateles, Seneca Falls, Springport and
Aurora, and also opened a recruiting office in Auburn, thus liberally devoting
his time and limited means to this patriotic service. He wrote stirring
articles for the press and sought by every means in his power to impress his
countrymen with the reality of the existing danger. Our citizens were,
however, slow to believe that the rash act of secession would be followed by a
real war, and Captain Kennedy was considered by some as crazed by his
enthusiasm. He proceeded nevertheless, and on the day of the attack upon Fort
Sumter, had one hundred and seventy-five recruits drilling in an open field
near the city. The events thus justified the sagacity and wisdom of his
preparations.

Captain Kennedy now applied to the Governor for arms and equipments; but the
"necessity" for them had not been anticipated, and they were not ready. The
South had been actively preparing for war for more than six months, while the
North had reposed in idle and fancied security. Had our people generally been
as " crazy " as Captain Kennedy was thought to be, and as orderly and
intelligent in their madness, the war of the rebellion, it is believed, would
have made for our record quite a different history.

There were for this splendid company of recruits no guns, no harness, no
general equipments. What was to be done? The Governor stated the simple facts
and inquired if the men would accept rifles and go out as infantry. This,
forty only consented to do; yet by energetic efforts on the part of the
Captain and his assistants, a full infantry company was enrolled which joined
the 19th regiment at Elmira.

- Efforts were made to recruit the 40th regiment to ten full companies,
pending which, the Legislature authorized the enlistment of thirty thousand
volunteers and voted three million dollars to arm and equip them. This
compelled the abandonment of the plan to fill up the old regiment, and efforts
were at once directed to perfect organizations under the State call.

FIRST PUBLIC MEETING OF THE CITIZENS OF AUBURN.-On the 10th day of April, the
citizens of Auburn met at the Court House to de-vise plans in aid of
enlistments. While the people were assembling, the news reached them of the
attack upon the Massachusetts troops in their passage through the city of
Baltimore. The effect upon the people was electrical. Rarely has there been
seen deeper or more in-tense feeling than at that hour swayed the large
audience. General Jesse Sagan, C. S. Curtis, C. C. Dennis, T. M. Pomeroy, S.
Willard, Richard Steel, Rev. D. K. Lee, E. B. Lansing and others addressed the
assembly, and their earnest and impassioned utterances aroused the people,
stirring them beyond the power of language to express. They resolved to
maintain the Union, and yielded to it every possible support. They raised an
impromptu fund of four thousand dollars for the support of the families of the
volunteers, the distribution of which was entrusted to Charles P. Wood, John
H. Caldwell and the Mayor of the City, George Humphrey, a trust involving much
difficult labor, devolving largely on Mr. Wood, but which was faithfully and
judiciously executed.

The following Sunday presented a scene of patriotic enthusiasm, never before
paralleled in the history of the County, and rarely in that of any community.
The late sleepers were aroused by the thunder of cannon, and the streets were
filled by squads of soldiers under drill of their officers. At the several
recruiting stations large crowds assembled, and the number of enlistments was
very large. The national emblem was everywhere displayed, not excepting the
churches, wherein patriotic discourses were delivered, to intensely interested
auditors. At the Second Presbyterian and the Catholic churches, the pastors
were especially earnest and eloquent in behalf of a cause which then thrilled
all hearts. Sixty recruits left the latter church in a body, under the
influence of the stirring appeal to their love for their adopted country, and
enlisted under Captain Gavigan. Three full companies were that day completed.
Captain Kennedy had a surplus of fifty-six men, who were transferred to a
company being organized by Captain Theodore H. Schenck. Captain Charles H.
Stewart, in a single day, April 24th, recruited his company to the maximum
standard. Captain Solomon Giles, of Weedsport; James E. Ashcroft, of Seneca
Falls; Nelson T. Stephens, of Moravia; and James R. Angel, of Union Springs,
were each, at this time, recruiting a company for the regiment then
organizing.

A mass meeting of the citizens of the County was held at the court house on
the 24th of April, presided over by the Hon. John Porter, who made a patriotic
address. Four military companies entered the building, whose presence produced
great enthusiasm. A committee on resolutions was appointed, and stirring
addresses were made by Clarence A. Seward and Rev. B. Ives. The closing
resolution was as follows :

" Resolved, That in this hour of our country's peril, we know no flag but that
of our fathers; and in one solid phalanx, we will march under the stars and
stripes, to victory or death."

The popular sympathy for the volunteers found expression in various ways.
Banners, books, flags, swords and pistols, were presented with formal
ceremonies, to the several officers. Captain Baker was presented by the Sons
of Temperance, with a fine brace of pistols, Major Thad. B. Barber was honored
by the gift of a splendid sword, Captain Kennedy, also with a brace of elegant
pistols accompanied by a presentation address, from which we extract the
following:
"You, sir, were among the first to hear and the readiest to respond to the
patriotic call; home, family, and friends, with all their endearing
associations, could not hold you back; a prosperous business, dependent for
its success on you alone, could not hold you back; but with alacrity and
enthusiasm, you were first at the muster, as no doubt you will be, in the
coming encounter."

Captain Kennedy also received an elegant Bible from the Board of Education.
Captains Gavigan and Schenck and their subaltern officers, received swords and
pistols from their friends, and the ladies of Auburn presented Captain Stewart
with a fine Bible, Doctor Huntington making the presentation address.
The early preparations were now nearly completed. Five full companies had been
mustered into the service and were awaiting orders to move. The movement began
April 24th.

DEPARTURE OF THE FIRST TROOPS. - It was a novel and exciting scene. Few of the
generation, then beholding it, had ever seen a force marshalled for real war.
Here, however, were seen husbands and fathers, sons, brothers and lovers,
bearing arms, and bound for fields of carnage. from which many would never
return. Crowds were present from city and country, all actuated by deep
feeling, some with the glow of patriotism, but more by the deeper emotion of
affection ; while in the eyes of thousands trembled the tear of affectionate
solicitude for the welfare of those with whom their hopes of happiness were
closely allied.

It was estimated that eight thousand spectators witnessed the departure of the
first battalion from Cayuga County for the seat of war. The companies that
formed the battalion were those of Captains Baker, Kennedy, Schenck, Gavigan
and Ashcroft, and their first destination was the military depot at Elmira.
The companies of Captains Stewart and Ammon were mustered into the service May
6th, and moved also to Elmira.

THE 19TH REGIMENT. - This regiment, comprising the foregoing companies, was
mustered into the United States service on the 22d day of May, as the 19th
New. York State Volunteers, and officered as follows:

FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS.
Colonel, John S. Clark; Lieutenant-Colonel. Clarence A. Seward; Major, James
H. Ledley; Adjutant, Henry M. Stone; Surgeon. Theodore Dimon; Quartermaster,
John Caldwell; Quartermaster-Sergeant, Dennis Scheil; Sergeant-Major, Charles
Tomlinson.

COMPANY OFFICERS.
Company A - Captain, John T. Baker; Lieutenant, Charles White; Ensign, Martin
Laughlin Sergeants, Charles Tomlinson, John T. Potter, David McCreary, Barnett
Nagle.

Company B - Captain, T. J. Kennedy ; Lieutenant, John Poison; Ensign, Henry C.
Day; Sergeants, Andrew Cowan, William H. Genett, David C. Hutchinson and
William H. Barnes.

Company C - Captain, James E. Ashcroft; Lieutenant, Samuel C. Day; Ensign,
Charles B. Randolph; Sergeants, Charles C. Graves, Adolphus W. Newton, Alonzo
Jordan. and Edward Manning.

Company D - Captain, Owen Gavigan ; Lieutenant, William Boyle; Ensign, Luke
Brannock Sergeants, Patrick Dwyer, Daniel Downing, Patrick Handlen, and Daniel
McCarten.

Company E - Captain, Theodore H. Schenck; Lieutenant, David A. Taylor; Ensign,
Edward C. Curtis: Sergeants, Henry  F. Rider, Austin Haynes, Charles A. Henry,
and James Harris.

Company F - Captain, Nelson T. Stephens; Lieutenant, Watson C. Squire; Ensign,
Edward D. Parker; Sergeants, Edward B. Warren, David F. Bothwell, Barna C.
Goodrich, and Robert Haynes.

Company G - Captain, Charles H. Stewart Lieutenant. John Wall; Ensign, Antonio
E. Robinson; Sergeants, Lewis Manders, John White. Charles B. Quick, and
George E. Sherwood.

Company H - Captain, Solomon Giles; Lieutenant, Augustus Field; Ensign,
Marquis D. Nichols; Sergeants, Charles M. Whiteside, William A. Hedges, Willis
Watson, and Montraville M. Hedges.

Company I - Captain, John H. Ammon; Lieutenant, George W. Thomas; Ensign,
Randolph B. Kimberly; Sergeants, Horace Silsby, William A. Kelsy, Thomas J.
Lomore, and James S. Fuller.

Company K - Captain, James R. Angel; Lieutenant, A. H. Carr; Ensign, Lester W.
Forting.

The uniforms which were supplied to this regiment were composed of that
miserable shoddy material with which many of our first volunteers were
clothed, but it called forth such an earnest remonstrance from our citizens to
the authorities as led to a correction of the shameful abuse.

Elegant regimental and national flags were presented to the regiment at Elmira
in behalf of the ladies of Auburn ; the former by the Hon. Charles C. Dwight,
and the latter by Hon. B. F. Hall.

THE 75TH REGIMENT. - The first seventy-five thousand men had been called into
service for only three months, but it soon became evident that their time
would expire before they could be fully armed and equipped. On the 4th of May,
therefore, the President issued his call for volunteers to serve for three
years, or during the war, and on the first day of July following, two hundred
and eighty regiments had been accepted. Congress met on the fourth of July and
voted five hundred millions of money and five hundred thousand more troops.
The quota of New York, under this call was twenty-five thousand men which were
called for on the 25th of July, after the disastrous battle of Bull Run.
Preparations were, therefore, at once made to organize a second Cayuga
regiment at the in-stance of Col. John A. Dodge, who unfolded his plans to a
meeting of citizens on September 2, 1861, at which Chas. P. Wood presided. He
would form a military depot in Auburn and arm, equip and drill the soldiers
here, and thus secure them from the gross impositions inflicted upon the 19th
regiment by heartless contractors. The plan was reasonable, and permission to
execute it was obtained from Governor Morgan by a committee of citizens,
consisting of Dr. Willard, T. M. Pomeroy, Wm. C. Beardsley and Col. Dodge, who
visited Albany for the purpose. Col. Dodge was fully authorized to raise,
equip, supply and drill a regiment here. These careful and authoritative
proceedings, gave confidence to both officers and men ; and the work of
recruiting proceeded rapidly under the following company commanders :
Captains, Charles C. Dwight, Wm. Hart, John Choate, Wm. H. Cray, C. D.
McDougall, Luther Goodrich, E. A. Thomas and Charles Hayden.

On Sept. 10, Capt. McDougall reported a full company; on the 12th Truman K.
Fuller, a company from Port Byron, and William H. Gray one from Auburn. On
October 9th, Lansing Porter, reported a full company. Mr. Hart having accepted
the chaplaincy of the 19th, transferred his men to Capt. Cray.

So rapidly had the regiment been recruited that the barracks were not prepared
for them, and temporary quarters were, meanwhile pre-pared for them in the
city, until the 9th of October, when they took possession of the barracks. The
regiment was raised to nine hundred men and was designated as the 7th N. Y. V.
On the 30th of November, the regiment, pursuant to order, left camp to report
at New York.

As on the departure of the 19th regiment, so now, the crowd was immense. The
personnel of the regiment was much superior to the average of military
organizations. It contained very many of the best citizens of the County ;
thoroughly educated and cultured men, who were voluntarily casting themselves
upon the altar of their country and trusting their lives to the for-tunes of
war.

The following were its officers :

FIELD AND STAFF.
Colonel, John A. Dodge; Lieutenant-Colonel, Robert B. Merritt; Adjutant, E. B.
Lansing; Surgeon, Michael D. Benedict; Quartermaster, Lewis E. Carpenter ;
Chaplain, Thomas B. Hudson.

COMPANY OFFICERS.
Company A - Captain, Clinton D. McDougall; Lieutenants, Robert B. Merritt,
James H. Hinman; 2d Lieutenants, Erastus E. Brown, and Benjamin F. Thurber.

Company B - Captain, Truman K. Fuller; 1st Lieutenant, Wm. H. Stevenson ; 2d
Lieutenant, Anson Tuller.

Company C - Captain, William H. Cray; 1st Lieutenant, Chas. Wilson Drew; 2d
Lieutenant, Augustus W. Benedict.

Company D - Captain, Chas. C. Dwight; 1st Lieutenant, Andrew S. Corning; 2d
Lieutenant, George D. Robinson.

Company E - Captain, Luther Goodrich; 1st Lieutenant, Wm. L. Stanford; 2d
Lieutenant, Francis A. Hopping.

Company F - Captain, Henry Bates Fitch; 1st Lieutenant, William Elias Avery;
2d Lieutenant, Horace B. Fitch.

Company G - Captain, John E. Savery; 1st Lieutenant, Lewis E. Carpenter; 2d
Lieutenant, William D. Hamilton.

Company H - Captain, John Choate; 1st Lieutenant, Elbridge C. Miles; 2d
_Lieutenant, James E. Whiteside.

Company I - Captain, Lansing Porter; 1st Lieutenant, E. B. Lansing; 2d
Lieutenant, Wm. H. Hosmer.

The regiment was assigned to duty in the department of the south. The field
operations of this regiment will be considered in a future chapter.

KENNEDY'S INDEPENDENT BATTERY. - Coincident with the recruiting of the 75th
regiment, Captain T. J. Kennedy had received permission to raise an
independent battery of artillery ; and in less than two months had one hundred
and twenty-five men on his rolls. It was entitled, "Kennedy's 1st Light
Battery N. Y. S. Volunteers," and was mustered into service, for three years
on the 23d day of November 1861. Its officers were  Capt., T. J. Kennedy;
First Lieutenants, Andrew Cowan and William P. Wright; 2d Lieut., James A.
Woodruff. The under sergeants were, H. C. Vaughn, Nathaniel Thompson, O. Van
Etten, James B. Wood, J. E. Johnson, and H. S. Steele. Capt. Kennedy left with
his Battery, for the seat of war on December 2d.

RAPID ENLISTMENTS. - Thus in about seven months Cayuga had sent into the field
two full regiments and a battery of artillery.

The 19th regiment had, meanwhile, been re-organized as the 3d artillery, and
to fill it to its desired size required some three hundred men; an effort was
made to recruit them, but for nearly two months little was effected. In
February and March ninety men were recruited who went forward under Lieuts.
Boyle, Allen, and Kirby of the 3rd artillery.

OTHER CALLS - MILITARY DISTRICTS FORMED. - The military disasters of the
summer of 1862, induced the President early in July, to call for three hundred
thousand men for three years, or during the war, and, on August 4th, for
another three hundred thousand. This of course meant very earnest work, and it
came home to the hearts and sensibilities of our people, and aroused them to
corresponding action. Cayuga was not backward in her responses to these calls.
Military Districts were formed, Cayuga and Wayne being one. The Governor
appointed the following persons as the district military committee, Wm. C.
Beardsley, Dr. S. Willard, Wm. H. Seward and N. T. Stephens, of Auburn ; C. M.
Abbott of Niles; and E. B. Morgan, and Smith Anthony, of Ledyard. To this
commit-tee was confided the entire control of the recruiting service of the
district. The committee was soon enlarged by. adding thereto the names of W.
H. Adams, Joseph Welling and J. B. Gavitt of Lyons; G. W. Cowles of Clyde; J.
E. Walker, Theodore M. Pomeroy, and W. C. Nottingham of Palmyra. At a meeting
of the committee on the 12th of July, the following gentlemen were added : S.
K. Williams, E. A. Thomas, L. S. Ketchum, Geo. W. Cuyler, Wm. T. Barney, W. T.
Gaylord, of Wayne; and Theodore M. Pomeroy, Henry W. Dwight, Wm. A. Halsey,
Geo. B. Gillespie, Wm. P. Robinson, A. L. Smith, William Hosford, Chas. Near,
Philo Camp, Amzi Wood, William C. Cramer, and D. J. Van Auken, of Cayuga.

FORMATION OF THE 111TH REGIMENT. - The committee designated General Jesse
Segoine as regimental commander, and appointed sub-committees to promote
enlistments; these committees called war-meetings in different parts of the
district, which were well attended, and at which spirited addresses were
delivered. A mass-meeting was called at Auburn, on the 17th and at Lyons,
Wayne county, on the 19th of July. Both were largely attended, the one at
Auburn was especially enthusiastic, and stirring appeals were made by Gen.
Segoine, Theodore M. Pomeroy, Rev. Mr. Warner, and others. E. E. Mar-vine
offered ten dollars each to ten volunteers; and Col. E. B. Morgan said he was
authorized to offer two hundred dollars to the first company organized under
the call, one hundred to the second, and fifty to the third. The
authorization, it was believed, came from Col. Morgan's own patriotic and
liberal impulses.

These efforts of the war committees, gave a new impulse to enlistments, which,
especially in Wayne county, were rapidly progressing. The inducement of a
national bounty of one hundred dollars, of a State bounty of fifty dollars,
and a town, or ward bounty of twenty-five dollars, the latter paid by
individual subscriptions, filled the quota of the regiment in about four
weeks. Its official organization was as follows:

FIELD AND STAFF.
Colonel, Jesse Segoine; Lieutenant-Colonel, Clinton D. McDougall; Adjutant,
Henry H. Segoine; Surgeon, William Vosburgh; Quarter-master, James Trulan.

COMPANY OFFICERS.
Company A - Captain, Aaron P. Seely; 1st Lieutenant, Samuel B. McIntyre; 2d
Lieutenant, Ezra A. Hibbard.

Company B - Captain, John S. Coe; 1st Lieutenant, Jacob T. Van Buskirk; 2d
Lieutenant, John Tremper.

Company C - Captain, Ed. A. Thomas; 1st Lieutenant, Ira Jones; 2d Lieutenant,
Theodore Lamson.

Company D - Captain, Sebastian D. Holmes; 1st Lieutenant, Hasseltine S. Moore;
2d Lieu-tenant, Erastus M. Granger.

Company E - Captain, Isaac M. Lusk; 1st Lieutenant, Andrew D. Soverill; 2d
Lieutenant, John A. Lanig.

Company F - Captain, Benjamin W. Thompson; 1st Lieutenant, Robert C. Perry; 2d
Lieutenant, John H. Drake.

Company G- Captain, Lewis A. Husk; 1st Lieutenant, John I. Brinkerhoff; 2d
Lieutenant, Edgar J. A. Hueston.

Company H - Captain, Ezra H. Northrop; 1st Lieutenant, Frank Rich; 2d
Lieutenant, Reuben J, Myres.

Company I - Captain, Sidney Mead; 1st Lieu-tenant, Merrill W. Murdock; 2d
Lieutenant, Arthur W. Marshall.

Company K - Captain, S. A. Tremaine; 1st Lieutenant, George M. Smith; 2d
Lieutenant, A. B. Capron.

ANOTHER CALL, 138TH REGIMENT FORMED. - The call of Aug. 4th for "three hundred
thousand more" quickly followed; and full and prompt compliance therewith, was
the only condition by which a draft could be avoided. Efforts were, therefore,
at once directed to the formation of a fourth regiment, for which authority
was obtained, on the application of Wm. H. Seward, Jr., Gen, Segoine and Capt.
N. T. Stephens, who had proceeded to Albany for that purpose.

Joseph Welling, of Wayne county, was selected as regimental commander, and
enlistments weremade with great rapidity. Ten full companies were mustered in,
within eighteen days from the issuance of the order, of which number, about
three hundred were enrolled before the order was made. Its officers were:

FIELD AND STAFF.
Colonel, Joseph Welling; Lieutenant-Colonel, Wm. H. Seward, Jr.; Major, Edward
P. Taft; Adjutant, Wm. R. Wasson; Sergeant-Major, Lyman C. Comstock;
Quartermaster, Henry P. Knowles.

COMPANY OFFICERS.
Company A - Captain, James W. Snyder; 1st Lieutenant, James H. Hyde; 2d
Lieutenant, Rufus M. Campbell.

Company B -Captain, Truman Gregory; 1st Lieutenant, Nelson F. Strickland; 2d
Lieutenant, William E. Greenwood.

Company C - Captain, Loyal W. Alden; 1st Lieutenant, Harvey Follett; 2d
Lieutenant, Marshall B. Burke.

Company D-Captain, Charles L. Lyon; 1st Lieutenant, Anson S. Wood ; 2d
Lieutenant, Samuel C. Redgrave.

Company E - Captain, Selah Cornwell; 1st Lieutenant, Seth F. Swift; 2d
Lieutenant, George C. Stoyell.

Company F - Captain, Charles Burgess; 1st Lieutenant, Geo. W. Bacon; 2d
Lieutenant, Sullivan B. Lamereaux.

Company G - Captain, William Wood; 1st Lieutenant, Wm. Hawley; 2d Lieutenant,.
Seymour Woodward.

Company H - Captain, John L. Crane; 1st Lieutenant, Tunis Vosburgh; 2d
Lieutenant, Daniel B. Harmon.

Company I - Captain, Hugh Hughes; 1st Lieutenant, Orson Howard; 2d Lieutenant,
Philip R. Freeoff.

Company K - Captain, Irwin Sawyer; 1st Lieutenant, Dennis E. Flynn; 2d
Lieutenant, Geo. P. Knapp.

160TH REGIMENT. - Although this military district, Cayuga and Wayne counties,
had now sent into the field four full regiments and a battery of artillery,
besides supplying many recruits to the old regiments, her quota on the call of
Au-gust 4th was not yet full, and a dreaded draft was therefore impending. To
avoid that the most strenuous efforts were now made. The supervisors of Cayuga
County, convened, by whom a bounty of fifty dollars was offered to volunteers.
The stores in Auburn were, by agreement, closed at four o'clock each
afternoon, that the energies of all might be directed to filling our quota.
The mayor, by proclamation, urged the cooperation of all our citizens. Public
meetings were held on the streets, and the flags of recruiting stations waved
in all parts of the town. War commit-tees were appointed to aid the work. The
general committee decided to raise a full regiment, and selected Capt. Charles
C. Dwight, of the 75th regiment, then in New Orleans, as its Colonel. He
reached Auburn on the l0th of October, was received with flattering honors and
took command of the camp, in which the enlisted men were quartered. The
regiment was completed and mustered into service as the 160th New York
Volunteers, November 22d, 1862, with the following officers :

FIELD AND STAFF.
Colonel, Charles C. Dwight ; Lieutenant-Colonel, John B. VanPatten ; Major,
William H. Sentell ; Adjutant, Gordon W. Allen ; Surgeon, Cyrus Powers ;
Assistant-Surgeon, David H. Armstrong ; Chaplain, William Pultman ;
Quartermaster, Dighton H. Winans.

COMPANY OFFICERS.
Company A - Captain, William Potter; 1st Lieutenant, William J. VanDeusen; 2d
Lieutenant, James B. Vaughn.

Company B - Captain, H. P. Underhill; 1st Lieutenant, L. L. Wheelock; 2d
Lieutenant, James Kelly.

Company C - Captain, B. B. Rogers; 1st Lieutenant, Robert B. Ennis; 2d
Lieutenant, James V. D. Westfall.

Company D - Captain, J. D. Bunerd; 1st Lieutenant, Myron H. Shirts; 2d
Lieutenant, E. H. Sentell.

Company E - Captain, Henry Moore; 1st Lieutenant, James Gray; 2d Lieutenant,
Nicholas McDonough.

Company F - Captain, Josiah C. Jewett; 1st Lieutenant, Gideon F. Moorey; 2d
Lieutenant, Edwin Kirby.

Company G - Captain, Malcom Wright; 1st Lieutenant, Horace Silsby; 2d
Lieutenant, A. S. Stillman.

Company H - Captain, Daniel S. Vaughn; 1st Lieutenant, Charles R. Caltord; 2d
Lieutenant, Miles I. Jones.

Company I - Captain, Allen L. Burr; 1st Lieutenant, Newton Dexter; 2d
Lieutenant, Robert R. Seeley.

Company K - Captain, L. B. Hunt; 1st Lieutenant, George L. Merrill; 2d
Lieutenant, John H. Shaver.

This ended the efforts at recruiting in this district, for 1862. Great efforts
had been made and they had been crowned with gratifying success.

A DRAFT ORDERED. - In April, 1863, John N. Knapp, Esq., of Auburn, was
appointed provost-marshal for this military district ; James M. Servis, of
Wayne, commissioner of enrollment; and D. R. Davis, M. D., of Seneca Falls,
surgeon. They proceeded to make a complete enrollment of the entire district.
A draft was ordered to take place on July 23, to fill the places of the two
years' men whose term of service would soon expire. While the dreaded ballots
were being drawn at the Court House in Auburn, the terrible New York riots
were in progress, and intense agitation prevailed. Precautions were taken
against apprehended resistance here but the draft was quietly concluded,
resulting in drawing about two thousand conscripts. On the payment of three
hundred dollars each, they could be relieved, and all but about four hundred
and fifty did so.

The general failure of this draft to supply men led to another call for three
hundred thousand men. On October 17th, 1863, another draft was ordered, and
the most vigorous efforts were made to escape it by filling the quota with
volunteers.

Cayuga County offered a bounty of three hundred dollars, issuing its bonds to
raise the necessary funds ; the effort succeeded and by the loth of January
the quota of the district was filled. But two hundred thousand additional
troops were called for on February 1st 1864, and our quota was filled within
twenty days. The recruits realized from the last two calls went mainly to
supply deficiences in the old regiments.

Two other calls were made, the first for five hundred thousand one year's men
in July 1864, and the second, and last on December Igth of that year, for
three hundred thousand men, and fifty days were given in each case to fill the
quotas by volunteering.

IMMENSE Bounties. - The times were very eventful. Organizations were making
for what was believed to be the closing movements of the war, which were to
finally crush armed rebellion. 

On August 18th the Supervisors granted a bounty of three hundred dollars to
each volunteer, and the common council of Auburn one hundred and fifty dollars
for each recruit credited to the city. On the 19th the Supervisors raised the
bounty to six hundred, six hundred and fifty and seven hundred dollars
respectively, for one, two and three years' men. Individuals, expecting and
dreading a draft, offered and paid enormous sums for substitutes, as high as
ten, twelve and even fifteen hundred dollars. It was the golden harvest for
bounty brokers, and they vigorously plied their vocation.

All these various and energetic efforts, the enormous bounties offered, and
the conviction that the war would soon close, succeeded in filling the quota
under the call of July, by Sept. l0th.

FINAL EFFORTs. - Another struggle was yet to be made, the final call of
December 19th, for three hundred thousand men, followed; final, as we
afterwards knew it to be, but then known only as one of a mighty series of.
exhaustive drafts, the end of which could not then be determined.
It produced great depression. The energy and spirit of the people had, for
nearly four terrible years, borne them up and there had been no sign of
faltering ; but after all they had done, after all the sacrifices of time,
money and life- which they had made, each effort in raising troops having, for
sometime, been regarded as the last which they would be required to make, and,
after having put forth nearly all their remaining strength in raising their
quota of the last five hundred thousand men, the immediate call for another
three hundred thousand was very disheartening.

Renewed, but relatively unsuccessful efforts were made to recruit another
regiment by volunteering. In the city of Auburn efficient and active ward
committees were formed as follows: First ward, J. M. Hurd, E. C. Selover, and
William Lamey; Second ward, Richard C. Steel, E. H. Avery, Albert H. Goss,
John S. Fowler, B. B. Snow, and Wm. B. Woodin; Third ward, John Choate, E. G.
Miles, Rolin Tracy, Enos Bostwick, Josiah Field, Chas. Wellner, William J.
Moses, William B. Stevenson, Chas. A. Myers, and John S. Brown; Fourth ward,
Myron Cowell, Chester Wier. In the country towns, corresponding efforts were
made.

DRAFT ORDERED - Every preparation for a draft had, for some time, been in
complete readiness, and the fated ballots must again be drawn. Captain John N.
Knapp had resigned the office of provost-marshal of the 24th district on
January 1st, 1865, and was succeeded by B. B. Snow.

Volunteering was continued until March 15th, when Capt. Snow began the draft
at the Court House in Auburn, in the presence of a deeply interested audience.
The draft was continued about ten days, for a few hours each day, recruiting
filling the intervals, and drafting resorted to only when the officers were
not engaged in the business of mustering recruits.

Richmond fell on the 2d of April and volunteering was thereafter greatly
increased until ordered closed on April 14th, 1865, just four years after news
had reached us of the fall of Sumter.

THE 193D REGIMENT was rapidly organizing in camp, and very soon had its full
complement of one thousand men and several hundred had been sent in squads to
the general military camp at Elmira.

The 193d regiment was formed as follows :
Colonel, J. B. VanPetten ; Lieutenant-Colonel John C. Gilmore; Major, Alfred
Morton; Adjutant, Thurlow B. Wasson; Quartermaster, Chas. H. Bailey; Surgeon,
David H. Armstrong; Chaplain, W. D. Chase.

Captains, John Jones, Edwin C. Knapp, Wm. H. Porter, Archibald H. Preston,
Joel Reed, James H. Hitchcock, Sidney W. Ainsworth, Orrin D. Staplin, Wm. L.
Yeckley and Wm. H. Harris.

The fall of Richmond on the 2d of April and the surrender of the Confederate
forces on the 18th, necessarily closed all enlistments here, and led to the
speedy closing of the office of the provost-marshal and all other military
preparations.

For four full years, the people of this County, in common with those of the
entire country, had suffered as never before in all their history. Nearly two
million men had been enlisted and there were on the rolls and in the actual
service of the United States, at the close of the war one million one hundred
thousand men. Nine hundred thou-sand had fallen from the ranks, of which
number

two hundred thousand filled soldiers graves, four hundred thousand were
disabled, or rejected on second examination, or deserted, and three hundred
thousand were honorably discharged, during or at the end of the war. Of this
number, this military district supplied about six thousand.