Civil War Soldiers from Town of Orwell, N.Y.  
CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS FROM THE

TOWN OF ORWELL, NY

For further information on any of the names, please contact the local Historical Society or Town Historian.  Military records can also be ordered from the National Archives.

MILITARY RECORD OF ORWELL

Unless otherwise noted each man held the rank of private.
Information from the N.Y. Adjutant General’s Office.  Annual Report of the Adjutant General’s Office of the State of New York for the Year….  Published 1894-1906. [microfilm available from LDS in Family History Centers]

Contributed by someone who wishes to remain anonymous and many thanks for your contribution. 
 

NAME                    ENLIST      AGE        UNIT
ACKLEY, HENRY T.              4 AUG 62       42      CO. C 110TH INF*
 *DISABILITY DISCHARGE 23 NOV 63; died on his way home.
**12/27/03 Note:  Additional information given by a descendant, Marian Steward, due to an error that was listed for Henry Tillinghast Ackley,.  When doing research I'd like to remind everyone to always double-check information, even what is listed in old History books, to insure acurracy. 

THE "YOUNGEST CHILD, SHAFFORD TOWSLEY APPL. PENSION FEB. 65"  IS NOT TRUE !!!  THERE WAS NO CHILD BORN AFTER MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER  SARAH ELLEN (ELLA) ACKLEY WAS BORN.  
SOMEONE HAS ADDED SOME MISINFORMATION.

I am a great-great-granddaughter of Henry Tillinghast Ackley and Martha M. Knight. I have the Family Bible with the family record page - list of names and dates.  This book was always on a table prominently displayed in the parlor of the farmhouse on 66 Road, Hannibal, NY; where my grandfather Fred Palmer and my mother Marian Palmer Van Patten were born and lived.  My great-grandfather Nathaniel O. Palmer bought this farm in 1879 and brought his bride Sarah Ellen (Ella) Ackley there to live.
    On the page in the big family Bible in the "Marriages" column:

In Church at Sand Bank, Albion,
Married by Rev. Ralph Robinson. (Pastor of Presbt. Ch Pulaski)
Henry Tillinghast Ackley to Martha Minerva Knight
July 9, 1843
That's in Oswego County, New York.
Henry and Martha lived in Orwell, Oswego County, New York
Martha was born Sept 20, 1818, and died Apr 14, 1861, is buried at Pekin Hill Cemetery, Orwell, Oswego, NY

Henry Tillinghast Ackley and his brother-in-law, Lewis Barnes (husband of Henry’s sister, Frances Ackley, Aunt Fanny) enlisted at Oswego in August 1862 to serve in the 110th Infantry. Henry died on his way home. We have his Diary and 5 of the letters written to his children while he was away.

I am very disturbed by all the mix up of name and dates information for Henry and Martha (This isn't the only one). I can’t imagine how it has been so misinterpreted. The associated information is often right, or very close about our family, but the errors are upsetting to me and to my aunt, my mother’s sister. (Especially so since this is on the Oswego County website. She still lives in Hannibal, NY).

My great-grandmother Ella Ackley Palmer, my grandmother Eva Shutts Palmer, my mother and her two sisters were all school teachers, and they were always sticklers for accuracy.

Henry Tillinghast Ackley, born Dec. 3, 1820, and his wife, Martha M. Knight had the following  4  children.

Delia Minerva,  born  Aug 3, 1845
Stephen Henry,  born  Sept 25, 1850
Alfred Denton,  born  June 24, 1853
Sarah Ellen (Ella),  born  Feb 19, 1856
            *********


ADSIT, HENRY B. [SGT] 1 AUG 62             33             CO. C 110TH INF*
 *APPL.PENSION JAN. 87; WIDOW MARY ADSIT APPL. 
 PENSION OCT. 1910

BAMMERT, JAMES               8 AUG 63         35      CO.B 20TH CAV
BARNES, LEWIS                     6 AUG 62      37      CO.C 110TH INF
BASS, SAMUEL J.                   1 AUG 62                CO. C 110TH INF*
 *D. OF DISEASE 12 AUG 63 BATON ROUGE, LA
BASS, PHILO J.                       7 MAY 61     23     CO.G 24TH INF*
 * KILLED 30 AUG 62 AT 2ND BULL RUN, VA
BEADLE, ALFRED N.            21 AUG 62       25       CO.E 147TH INF*
 *PROMOTED TO LT. 1ST CLASS 31 DEC 64
BEADLE, JOHN N.                  21 AG 62      21       CO.3 147TH INF*
 *PROMOTED TO LT. 1ST CLASS 21 DEC 64
BEMAN, ALBERT M.             7 MAY 61        21       CO.G 24TH INF*
 *WOUNDED 29 AUG 62
BONNER, ALLEN D.              6 AUG 62       26        CO.C 110TH INF
BONNER, ALVIN [SGT]        7 MAY 61        22        CO.G 24TH INF*
 *DISABILITY DISCHARGE 23 OCT 62
BONNER, JOHN F.                  27 AUG 64    18        CO.E 189TH INF*
 *PROMOTED TO CORPORAL
BROOKS, MILFORD C.         27 AUG 64      20        CO.E 189TH INF
BROWN, SAMUEL J.              23 SEP 64     33        CO.E 189TH INF
BURCH, CALVIN P.[LT.1ST]  7 MAY 61      25        CO.G 24TH INF*
*WOUNDED & MADE POW 30 AUG 62; REUP IN CAV 19   JAN 64. AS CAPT. KILLED 18 JUNE 64 PETERSBURG, VA
BURCH, JOHN M.[CORP]     1 AUG 62         29        CO.C 110TH INF*
 *PROMOTED TO SGT 1 SEP 63
BURCH, NELSON C.[SADDLER]28 DEC 63    32         CO.G 24TH CAV
BUSHNELL, ASA L.               4 JAN 64     18          CO.G 24TH CAV
BROWN, SAMUEL J.  21 AUG 62       31          CO.E 147TH INF
BURNS, THOMAS                   4 JAN 64    18         CO.G 24TH CAV

CAMPBELL, ALLEN M.        1 AUG 62         32         CO.C 110TH INF*
 *DISABILITY DISCHARGE 10 SEP 62 BALTIMORE, MD
CARPENTER, DEWITT         23 FEB 65        18       CO.G 24TH CAV 
CASWELL, JONES                 6 AUG 62      29       CO.C 110TH INF
CASWELL, NELSON             6 AUG 62        33       CO.C 110TH INF*
*D. OF DISEASE 1 MAY 63
CASWELL, WILLIAM           6 AUG 62         25       CO.C 110TH INF*
 *D. OF DISEASE 23 JUNE 63 NEW ORLEANS, LA
CHOUSE, JOHN                     19 NOV 63   22 CO.I 14TH HEAV. ART
CLARK, ALVARON              23 SEP 61           18      CO.G 24TH INF*
 *KILLED 30 AUG 62 AT 2ND BULL RUN, VA
CLARK, GEORGE L.           6 AUG 62           25      CO.C 110TH INF*
 *DISABILITY DISCHARGE 20 JAN 63 FT. MONROE, VA
CLARK, JOSEPH                   28 DEC 63       16      CO.M 24TH CAV
COGGSWELL, AMOS            21 SEP 61        24      CO.G 24TH INF
COLVIN, FANCIS M.            27 DEC 63        21 CO.I 14TH HEAV.ART*
 *D. OF DISEASE 6 APR. 64 IN NYC
CRAWFORD, HENRY [SGT]1 AUG 62       27           CO.C 110TH INF
CROCKER, ERASTUS           26 AUG 63       18      CO.M 20TH CAV*
 *DESERTED 2 OCT 63 IN SACKETT’S HARBOR, NY
CROCKER, GILBERT            28 DEC 63       22      CO.G 24TH CAV*
 *PROMOTED TO SGT; WOUNDED 15 JULY 64
CROSSETT, HENRY               14 MAR 65      18      CO.G 193RD INF*
  *DIED 2 APR 65 IN AUBURN, NY
CROSSETT, NEWMAN S.      22 AUG 64       44      CO.E 189TH INF

DAMON, GEORGE                  1 AUG 63         40    CO.C 110TH INF*
 *D. OF DISEASE 28 OCT 1863 BATON ROUGE, LA
DAMON, GEORGE, JR.           27 AUG 64       18      CO.E 189TH INF
DEMMONS, DUANE                23 SEP 61        18       CO.G 24TH INF*
 *KILLED 30 AUG 62 AT 2ND BULL RUN, VA
DEVIT, JOHN                            27 AUG 64    38        CO.E 189TH INF
DOONE, ABRAM                      25 AUG 64      33        CO.E 189TH INF
DURGY, LEWIS                        26 AUG 64      38        CO. E 189TH INF

EDGET, GEORGE S.                1 AUG 62        23         CO.C 110TH INF*
 *DISABILITY DISCHARGE 6 JAN 64 NEW OLEANS, LA

FINISTER, ERVIN E.              11 AUG 62       19        CO.C 110TH INF
FINSTER, HENRY                   26 AUG 64      18        CO.E 189TH INF

GALE, ORSON                         23 SEP 61     18        CO.G 24TH INF*
 *POW 27 AUG 62 
GARY, ELVIN D.                     27 AUG 64      20        CO.E 189TH INF
GOODRICH, EDWIN              8 AUG 62         32        CO.E 147TH INF*
 *PROMOTED TO SGT. MAJOR
GOODRICH, FRANCIS E.      1 AUG 62           21       CO.E 147TH INF 
GORMAN, MICHAEL            16 MAR 65         19        CO.I 183rd INF*
 *DESERTED 22 AUG 65 IN CUMBERLAND, MD
GORTON, WILLIAM C.        6 AUG 62                     CO.C 110TH INF*
 *DISABILITY DISCHARGE 22 MAY 65 NEW ORLEANS, LA
GREENFIELD, AMOS            6 AUG 62        34        CO.C 110TH INF*
 *DIED FROM DISEASE 19 MAY 63
GREENFIELD, DEXTER S.   7 MAY 61        25          CO.G 24TH INF*
 *REUP 28 DEC 63 CO.G 24TH CAV
GREENFIELD, ROBERT N.   23 SEP 61       18         CO.G 24TH INF
GRINALS, WILLIAM M.        6 AUG 62       33         CO.C 110TH INF
GURLEY, CHARLES N.          27 AUG 64    16          CO.E 189TH INF 

HARRISON, JAMES D.           9 MAR 65      26        CO.H 169TH INF
HARTIGAN, JAMES                16 MAR 65   18        CO.I 193RD INF
HAWKINS, LYMAN J.             6 AUG 62     42        CO.C 110TH INF*
 *DISABILITY DISCHARGE 11 AUG 64 FT. JEFFERSON, FL 
HAYNER, GEORGE H.            6 AUG 62      38        CO.C 110TH INF*
 *WOUNDED 11 NOV 63 
HEMSTED, JOHN D.                7 MAY 61      31        CO.G 24TH INF*
 *DISABILITY DISCHARGE 17 JUL 61 WASHINGTON, DC
HEWLETT, CHARLES            1 NOV 61       20         CO.D 24TH INF*
 * REUP 21 DEC 63 CO.E 24TH CAV
HEWLETT, SAMUEL S.          18 DEC 63     18         CO.E 24TH CAV
HOLLIS, DELANO                   6 AUG 62    19         CO.C 110TH INF*
 *DISABILITY DISCHARGE 28 AUG 65 BATON ROUGE, LA
HOLLIS, GARDNER                 7 MAY 61    19         CO.G 24TH INF*
 *WOUNDED 30 AUG 62
HOLLIS, HENRY A.                 29 AUG 64   19        CO.E 189TH INF
HOLLIS, JOHN J.  [CORP]     4 AUG 62        21        CO.C 110TH INF*
 *PROMOTED TO LT. 2ND CLASS 1 FEB. 65
HOLLIS , JOHN N.                    7 MAY 61    27        CO.G 24TH INF
HOLLIS, MALCOLM L.          28 DEC 61        21        CO.G 24TH INF
HOLLIS, WILLIAM C. [SGT] 7 MAY 61          25        CO.G 24TH INF*
 *KILLED 30 AUG. 62 AT 2ND BULL RUN, VA
HOUGHTON, LYMAN            7 MAY 61        20         CO.G 24TH INF*
 *KILLED 17 SEP 62 ANTIETAM, MD
HOUGHTON, MARCUS D.     23 SEP 61       23          CO.G 24TH INF*
*POW 27 AUG. 62; DESERTED 31 JAN. 63 IN OHIO 
HOUGHTON, WILLIAM        28 DEC 63      18           CO.G 24TH CAV*
*D. OF DISEASE 25 MAR 64 CAMP STONEMAN, VA

KELLOGG, AMBROSE C.     1 SEP 64         38           CO.E 189TH INF

LASSELS, ORVILL             12 AUG 62     28            CO.B 20TH CAV
LEIGH, JOHN H.                     7 JAN 64        17      CO.G 24TH CAV
LEIGH, LUMAN D.                  22 DEC 63      18       CO.G 24TH CAV*
 *FATALLY WOUNDED 20 JUNE 1864
LEIGH, NATHAN H.                22 DEC 63      16       CO.G 24TH CAV*
 *DIED 5 SEP 64
LINDSEY, BRIGGS                  3 AUG 62       21       CO.E 147TH INF
LOOMIS, HENRY                    9 AUG 62       31       CO.C 110TH INF*
 *D. OF DISEASE 27 JAN. 63 CARROLLTON, LA

MAHAFFY, SAMUL JR.[CORP]6 AUG 62    21             CO.C 110TH INF*
 *PROM SGT. 1ST CLASS;D. OF DISEASE 23 AUG 63  IN LA.
MANN, PHILIP                             6 AUG 62     21   CO.C 110TH INF*
 *D. OF DISEASE 16 FEB. 63 CARROLLTON, LA 
MASON, FRANKLIN[MUSICIAN]7 MAY 61 29      CO.G 24TH INF*
 *REUP [BLACKSMITH] PROM. QUARTERMASTER SGT.
MASON, MYRES                      1 SEP 61          19   CO.G 24TH INF*
 *WOUNDED 30 AUG 62 
MONTAGUE, DAVID E.          18 DEC 61      18        CO.E 24TH CAV
MURDOCH, IRVINE O.           6 AUG 62       31        CO.C110TH INF
MYERS, CHARLES M             9 AUG 62       18         CO.C 110TH INF 
MYERS, GEORGE W.             6 AUG 62       32         CO C 110TH INF
MYERS, HERBERT W.          27 AUG 64       18         CO.E 189TH INF

NASH, JOSEPH R.                  25 AUG 64       35        CO.E 189TH INF
NICHOLS, THOMAS              23 SEP 61         19        CO.G 24TH CAV

OLMSTEAD, MARVIN S.      7 MAY 61         18        CO.G 24TH CAV*
 *KILLED 30 AUG 62 AT 2ND BULL RUN, VA
OLMSTEAD, ORIMEL[CAPT.]19 AUG 62    56         CO.C110TH INF*
 *DISCHARGED 1 DEC 62
OUDERKERK, GEORGE W.  29 AUG 64     25         CO.E 189TH INF
OUTERKIRK, WALLACE G.  7 MAY 61      22         CO.G 24TH CAV

PARISH, MASON S.                  7 MAY 61    22         CO.G 24TH CAV*
 *KILLED 29 AUG 62 GROVETON, VA
PARISH, NATHAN                   7 MAY 61      22         CO.G 24TH CAV
PARKER, HORACE                  1 AUG 62       28         CO. C 110TH INF*
 * DISABILITY DISCHARGE 27 JUNE 63 NEW ORLEANS, LA
PENNOCK, HENRY J.             1 MAR 65       18          CO.G 24TH CAV
PINCHEN, WALDO                 18 JUL 63      23         CO. F 76TH INF
 *POW 5 MAY 1864 
POTTER, ALBERT J.               6 AUG 62       28         CO. C 110TH INF
POTTER, HIRAM                      1 AUG 62    41          CO. C 110TH INF
POTTER, LATHAM D.            21 AUG 62      23          CO.K 147TH INF 
POWERS, PATRICK                9 MAR 65     34          CO.D 169TH INF
PRESLEY, WILLIAM H.         4 AUG 62        25          CO. C 110TH INF*
*DISABILITY DISCHARGE 15 APR 64 NEW ORLEANS, LA

QUINN, MATTHEW                 26 DEC 63      17         CO.G 24TH CAV*
 *D. OF DISEASE 18 JUNE 64 CAMP STONEMAN, VA
QUINN, THOMAS                    25 AUG 64       18       CO.E 189TH INF

RANDALL, ALVA B.                21 SEP 61    18         CO.G 24TH CAV*
 *DISABILITY DISCHARGE 19 OCT 62 FT. MONROE, VA
 REAMER, WILLIAM H.         7 MAY 61       32         CO.G 24TH INF*
 *WOUNDED 30 AUG 62
REBOTHAN, JOHN                  11 DEC 63    38 CO.I 14TH HEAV ART*
 *DISABILITY DISCHARGE 21 DEC 63 ROCHESTER, NY
RENNNON, GEORGE N.        7 MAR 62       18          CO.F 94TH INF
RIDER, CLAUDIUS W.           1 AUG 62      19          CO.C 110TH INF
ROBBINS, GEORGE J.           21 DEC 61    24          CO.E 24TH CAV*
 *WOUNDED 5 APR 65 
ROBINSON, JOSEPH  [SGT] 1 AUG 62        18          CO.E 147TH INF
RUNYON, LYMAN C.             29 AUG 62     42          CO.E 189TH INF

SALISBURY, J. M.                  31 DEC 63       17          CO.G 24TH INF*
 *D. OF DISEASE 7 JUNE 64 STANTON GENERAL HOSPITAL
SAMSON, LEVI C.                   6 AUG 62     20         CO. C 110TH INF
SAMSON, LEWIS C.                29 AUG 64    18         CO.E 189TH INF
SAMSON, MATTISON D.      7 MAY 61         21         CO.G 24TH INF*
 *WOUNDED 30 AUG 62
SAMSON, WILLIS S.              7 AUG 62        18         CO. C 110TH INF
SHEAR, ANDREW J.              1 AUG 62         18         CO.C 110TH INF
SHEAR CLARK                       25 AUG 62      29         CO.C 110TH INF*
 *PROMOTED TO CORPORAL
SNYDER, RANSOM                30 AUG 64    35          CO.E 189TH INF
SPERRY, FRANKLIN            22 AUG 64       35          CO.E 189TH INF
STEARNS, GEORGE             26 DEC 63        27         CO.G 24TH INF*
 *D. OF WOUNDS 23 JUL 64 WASHINGTON, DC
STEPHENS, EDDY                 7 MAR 62     18         CO. F 94TH INF
STEVENS, ALBERT E.          2 AUG 62       18          CO.C 119TH INF
STEVENS, MARSHALL D.    21 DEC 63       17           CO.E 24TH CAV
STEWART, CHARLES W.     21 AUG 62       29          CO.F 147TH INF
STOELL, GEORGE                29 AUG 64     38          CO. E 189TH INF
STOELL, MILAN                     29 AUG 64   19         CO.E 189TH INF
STOWELL, ALBERT             6 AUG 62        28         CO. C 110TH INF
STOWELL, CHARLES          7 MAR 62        20          CO.F 94TH INF 
STOWELL, CYRUS                6 AUG 62        33       CO.C 119TH INF
STOWELL, HENRY               6 AUG 62         31       CO.C 110TH INF*
 *PROMTOED TO SGT. 1ST CLASS 1 SEP 63
STOWELL, LINUS                 1 AUG  62        38      CO.C 119TH INF*
 *DISABIITY DISCHARGE 22 SEP 63
STOWELL, MARSHALL       24 AUG 64       17          CO.E 189TH INF*
 *D. OF DISEASE 20 DEC 64 ALEXANDRIA,VA HOSPITAL
STOWELL, MILO                   5 AUG 62         27       CO. 110TH INF*
 *D. OF DISEASE 7 MAR 63 CARROLLTON, LA
STOWELL, NELSON             6 AUG 62          42        CO.C 110TH INF*
 *D. OF DISEASE 30 APR 63 NEW ORLEANS, LA 
STUART, CHARLES               27 AUG 64       19         CO.E 189TH INF

TURNER, IRA                          21 AUG 62       44    CO.E 147TH INF
TWITCHELL, PERLEY S.     8 MAR 65        18           CO.I 193RD INF

UFFORD, ALFRED H.            8 AUG 62         18        CO.C 110TH INF*
 *PROMOTED TO CORPORAL 30 APR 64
UFFORD, JULIAN C.             1 AUG 62         22        CO.C 110TH INF

VERNON, THOMAS              6 AUG 62         43        CO.C 110TH INF

WATKINS, WALTER             23 SEP 61        18        CO.G 24TH INF
WHITE, FREDERICK[MUSICIAN]1 AUG 62 18              CO.E 147TH INF 
WILLIAMS, JOHN                 3 AUG 62         27       CO.E 147TH INF*
 *KILLED 1 JULY 63 GETTYSBURG, PA
WILLS, THOMAS                  2 AUG 62         33       CO.E 147TH  INF 
WILSON, CLARK                  7 MAR 62         20       CO.F 94TH INF*
 *AWOL 10 MAR 62
WILSON, JOSHUA                7 MAR 62        37        CO.F 94TH INF*
 *AWOL 10 MAR 62
WOOLIVER, CHARLES A.   28 DEC 63      18            CO.G 24TH CAV 



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