tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939302603554293167.post896281182121815806..comments2022-12-09T03:14:37.784-08:00Comments on Walking the West Woods: Notes on the MissingJim Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05615039163638513296noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939302603554293167.post-69230632854048836252011-04-09T13:41:52.451-07:002011-04-09T13:41:52.451-07:00Jim
You are most welcome!
And thank you as well!...Jim <br />You are most welcome! <br />And thank you as well! I would be extremely interested in learning about what info may potentially be in those files.<br /><br />I do hope that the HCHS grants permission to publish the Salisbury article, it would be most interesting.Michael O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647359708129470237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939302603554293167.post-55136867401909711962011-04-06T18:13:05.302-07:002011-04-06T18:13:05.302-07:00Michael--Thank you! for your post. The story of Ch...Michael--Thank you! for your post. The story of Chester Rhoades is remarkable and moving. I will get a pix of his marker this weekend and post it. I will be down at the Archives on Friday and will see what I can find on Michael S. O'Brien and Arthur O'Keefe. The way the Archives has things organized is by regiment and then alpha by individual, so records are fairly easy to retrieve. As Jim Rosebrock noted in his blog (See South from the North Woods entry for March 6), you never know what you might find in these individual records. Also, thanks for adding detail to the other members of the 34th listed above. There is an account of the recovery of William Salisbury published in "Legacy--The Annals of Herkimer County" Herkimer County Historical Society (No. 2, 1987). I have a note out to the Society requesting permission to post an annotated version of the article.Jim Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05615039163638513296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939302603554293167.post-3103870691563055122011-04-06T09:57:39.020-07:002011-04-06T09:57:39.020-07:00Thank Jim. I'm trying to get more information ...Thank Jim. I'm trying to get more information on my Uncle (service records/pension/widow's pension) from the NY State Archives as well as NARA. <br /><br />Most of the names listed above appear in the 34th's general roster (save Adair & Smith):<br /><br />John Beardsley - Age 21. Enlisted May 1, 1861 at Herkimer to serve 2 years. Mustered in Company G June 15, 1861. Killed September 17, 1862, Antietam, Md. <br /><br />James Donohue - Age 28. Enlisted June 16, 1861 at Albany to serve 2 years. Mustered in Company A same date. Killed September 17, 1862, Antietam, Md.<br /><br />Henry Gilman - Age 27. Enlisted June 16, 1861 at Albany to serve 2 years. Mustered in Company A same date. Killed September 17, 1862, Antietam, Md.<br /><br />Peter Jollie (Jolly in roster) - Age 25. Enlisted October 24, 1861 at Champlain to serve an unexpired term of 2 years. Mustered in Company D on same date. Killed September 17, 1862, Antietam, Md.<br /><br />W.H. Lewis (William) - Age 19. Enlisted August 1, 1861 at Brockett's Bridge to serve an unexpired term of 2 years. Mustered in Company K on August 4, 1861. Killed September 17, 1862, Antietam, Md.<br /><br />Alvey Orcutt (Alvin) - Age 18. Enlisted May 18, 1861 at Rathbone to serve 2 years. Mustered in Company E on June 15, 1861. Wounded at Fair Oaks, Va. Killed September 17, 1862, Antietam, Md.<br /><br />Chester S. Rhoades - Age 27. Enlisted May 1, 1861 at Crown Point to serve 2 years. Mustered in Company H on June 15, 1861. Color bearer, killed September 17, 1862, Antietam, Md. See *.<br /><br />William Rubbins - Age 18. Enlisted May 1, 1861 at Herkimer to serve 2 years. Mustered in Company G on June 15, 1861. Killed September 17, 1862, Antietam, Md.<br /><br />William A. Salisbury - Age 19. Enlisted May 1, 1861 at Norway to serve 2 years. Mustered in Company C on June 15, 1861. Killed September 17, 1862, Antietam, Md.<br /><br />* The Story of Chester S. Rhoades:<br />Chester S. Rhoades was born in Crown Point, from old revolutionary stock. His father was Judge Levi Rhoades, who was in the battle of Plattsburg. His grandfather was a revolutionary soldier, and his mother's maiden name was Lois Rogers. She had two brothers in the battle of Plattsburg. Her father was also a revolutionary soldier. Chester had three brothers, three of whom served in the war of the rebellion. When the ladies of Crown Point made that flag, they put it in the hands of Chester as the bearer. His mother stepped up to him, threw her arms around his neck, and while the tears were rolling down her cheeks said "Chester, the ladies of Crown Point have put great confidence in you, they have placed that banner in your hands. Go the front bear it aloft, and never turn from the enemy." On the bloody battle-field of Antietam he obeyed the last command of a loving mother; turned, and faced a whole rebel army, with these words: "I will run no farther," and was pierced with seven bullets. His remains lie in the National Cemetery at Antietam. The number of his marker is seven hundred and seventy-eight.Michael O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647359708129470237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939302603554293167.post-54059810055361584942011-03-23T18:55:13.898-07:002011-03-23T18:55:13.898-07:00Michael--Here is my list culled from the National ...Michael--Here is my list culled from the National Cemetery of those from the 34th buried there--those that are known. <br /><br />John Adair, Company C<br />John Beardsley, Company G<br />James Donohue, Company A<br />Henry Gilman, Company A<br />Peter Jollie, Company D<br />W.H. Lewis, No company listed<br />Alvey Orcutt, Company E<br />Chester S. Rhoades, Company H<br />William Rubbins, Company G<br />William Salisbury, Company C<br />J. Smith, No company listedJim Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05615039163638513296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939302603554293167.post-42230997778515349742011-03-23T18:13:13.716-07:002011-03-23T18:13:13.716-07:00Michael -- Thank you for the post and for informat...Michael -- Thank you for the post and for information on Michael S. O'Brien and Arthur O'Keefe. I have not done much work on the 34th but intend to. I checked the Western Maryland Historical Library excellent web page on the Antietam Cemetery for O'Keefe and he is not listed among the names for New York. It is, however, a good source of some of those in the 34th at Antietam and I will try to get that on the blog as soon as I can. I hope you can post more on your ancestor and anything on the 34th will be very welcomed.Jim Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05615039163638513296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939302603554293167.post-47677611694058231962011-03-17T14:31:45.829-07:002011-03-17T14:31:45.829-07:00Jim
Commendable undertaking you've embarked u...Jim <br />Commendable undertaking you've embarked upon. <br />Thank you! I'm wondering if you might have any names of the fallen from the 34th New York Infantry Regiment at this point? One I'm aware of was Arthur O'Keeffe, Corporal Company B of the 34th. My GGG Uncle Michael S. O'Brien was a fellow B Company Soldier & friend of Arthur's, and I'm sure he was with or near Arthur at the time he fell. According to "God be merciful.." Letters of Arthur O'Keeffe 34th NY 1861-62 (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3905/is_200003/ai_n8881097/?tag=content;col1), Arthur likely fell on the battlefield and was buried there. <br /><br />I hope this is of some help in any way.<br />Best regards,<br />Michael O'BrienMichael O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647359708129470237noreply@blogger.com