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Civil War Roster - Town of Riga, Monroe County, New York

This roster was originally published in the History of Monroe County 1788-1877, pages 269-294. All care has been taken to transcribe each entry as it appears in the original publication. For easier reading, most abbreviated words have been changed. Please see the abbreviations page for a full list of all abbreviations used.

A

ADAMS, A. E., 13th Infantry enlisted November 1861; discharged May 1863, for disability
ADAMS, Albert, 108th Infantry enlisted August 1862; promoted; died of fever September 19, 1862
ALLEN, Henry C., 108th Infantry enlisted August 1862; re-enlisted in regular army July 1864
AUSTIN, Eugene C., 13th Infantry enlisted April 1861; promoted to 2nd Lieutenant; discharged April 1863

B

BAILEY, Charles, 98th Infantry enlisted November 1861; died December 25, 1862
BALLINTINE, Franklin L., 8th Cavalry enlisted March 1864; discharged 1865
BASSETT, Sylvester, Sergeant, 13th Infantry enlisted August 1861; re-enlisted; discharged June 1865
BASSETT, William P., enlisted August 1862; died at New Orleans June 11, 1863
BETTIRIDGE, John, drummer, 51st Infantry enlisted March 1865; discharged in May 1865
BINGHAM, Justin, 140th Infantry
BINGHAM, Kleber, 108th Infantry enlisted July 1862; discharged November 1862, for disability
BRACKETT, Michael, 1st NY Sharp-shooters enlisted September 1862; died in Salisbury prison, January 1865
BRUTON, Christopher, 18th Infantry enlisted May 1861; wounded and discharged October 1863; re-enlisted; discharged 1865
BRUTON, Patrick, 89th Infantry enlisted March 1864; discharged 1865
BUSHNELL, James H., Navy enlisted September 1858; discharged October 1861; re-enlisted November 1861, in 105th Infantry; promoted; discharged March 1863

C

CAMPBELL, William, 1st lieutenant, 22nd Cavalry enlisted January 1864; promoted; discharged 1865
CARLTON, George W., 22nd Cavalry
CARLTON, James, 22nd Cavalry
COLLISTER, A. Franklin, 22nd Cavalry enlisted November 1863; promoted to 1st Lieutenant; re-enlisted; discharged 1865
COLLISTER, Elijah, 13th Infantry enlisted May 1861; discharged May, 1863
COLLISTER, Lucien B., 140th Infantry enlisted August 1862; discharged February 1862, for disability

D

DAILEY, Peter, 140th Infantry enlisted August 1862; wounded; discharged 1865
DAVIS, Benjamin F., Cavalry enlisted August 1863; killed in battle December 18, 1864
DAVIS, James E., 1st Light Artillery enlisted May 1862; killed by accident June 29, 1863
DAWSON, James, 140th Infantry enlisted August 1862; discharged June 1865
DENNIS, James, 50th Engineers enlisted December 1863; discharged June 1865
DOUD, John, 13th Infantry enlisted November1861; wounded and taken prisoner at second Bull Run; paroled; discharged February 1863, for disability

E

EASTON, James, 50th Engineers enlisted December 1863; discharged June 1865
EDWARDS, Henry, 108th Infantry enlisted August 1862; wounded; discharged 1865
EDWARDS, Isaac H., 8th Cavalry Promoted; killed in battle April 3, 1865
EDWARDS, James, Corporal, 108th Infantry enlisted September 1862; discharged 1864, for disability
EMERSON, John R., enlisted September 1862; discharged 1865
ENGLISH, James, 22nd Cavalry enlisted March 1865; discharged 1865

G

GILMAN, William H., 108th Infantry enlisted August 1862; wounded at Fredericksburg; discharged 1865
GLAUSON, Shepard, 13th Infantry enlisted May 1861; promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel; died June 18, 1863
GOODRICH, Adolphus, Reynolds' Battalion enlisted November 1862; promoted; discharged 1865
GOODRICH, Asa L., 8th Cavalry enlisted August 1862; killed in battle April 3, 1865
GOODRICH, Germaine, 3rd Cavalry enlisted April 1861; died February 12, 1865
GOUGH, Richard, 1st Light Artillery Discharged 1865

H

HADLEY, Willis C., 27th Infantry enlisted October 1862; musician; wounded; discharged December 1863
HALL, Edmund, 108th Infantry enlisted August 1862; discharged January 1863, for disability
HALPIN, Thomas, 140th Infantry enlisted August 1862; died in hospital December 9, 1862
HARRISON, Alfred, 13th Infantry enlisted November 1861; re-enlisted in 22nd Cavalry; discharged 1865
HATCH, James, 22nd Cavalry enlisted August 1862; discharged February 1863, for disability
HINDS, James, 140th Infantry enlisted August 1862; wounded; discharged 1865
HOWARD, Jeremiah B., 108th Infantry enlisted August 1862; promoted; wounded; discharged 1865

J

JAMESON, Frank M. 108th Infantry
JARDEN, John, 100th Infantry enlisted November 1861; killed at Fair Oaks, June 1862
JOHNSON, John, 22nd Cavalry enlisted December 1863; died in hospital August 6, 1864
JOHNSON, William G., 22nd Cavalry
JONES, Richard, 8th Cavalry enlisted September 1861; re-enlisted; promoted; discharged July 1865

K

KARNS, John, 108th Infantry enlisted August 1862; killed in battle
KEENAN, Jeremiah, 140th Infantry enlisted August 1862; killed at Gettysburg July 2, 1863
KOGLE, Frederick, 108th Infantry enlisted August 1862; promoted; discharged May 1865

L

LA FORCE, Jacob, (no other information)
LEAK, James, 22nd Cavalry enlisted December 1863; promoted; discharged 1865
LYON, Joseph, 140th Infantry enlisted August 1862

M

MATTOON, Henry E., 151st Infantry enlisted September 1862; discharged July 1865
MCFARLIN, John, 140th Infantry enlisted August 1862
MCFARLIN, Matthew, 140th Infantry enlisted August 1862
MCGIVEM, Barney, 140th Infantry enlisted September 1862; died in hospital May 15, 1865
MCUNTYRE, James, 140th Infantry enlisted September 1862
MCVEETEE, Robert A., 108th Infantry enlisted July 1862; discharged June 1865
MCVEETEE, William, 108th Infantry enlisted July 1862
MEEKER, Aaron, 2nd Artillery enlisted February 1861
MEEKER, Seeley, 108th Infantry enlisted August 1862; wounded; discharged February 1865 for disability
MURDOCK, Nelson E., enlisted February 1864; died in hospital July 1864

N

NELSON, John, 108th Infantry enlisted July 1862; wounded; promoted; discharged 1865

O

O’CONNELL, David, 140th Infantry enlisted August 1862

P

PALMER, Frank M., 4th Heavy Artillery enlisted August 1862; discharged June 1865
PARNELL, Samuel, 2nd Cavalry enlisted March 1865
PHILIPS, Andrew, enlisted June 1864; discharged September 1864
PHILIPS, Chauncey, 4th Heavy Artillery enlisted August 1862; discharged June 1865

R

RASOR, John J., 11th Heavy Artillery enlisted May 1863; promoted; discharged September 1863, for disability
RATIGAN, Timothy, 140th Infantry enlisted August 1862; wounded; discharged 1865
RICHARDS, Isaac D., Surgeon enlisted June 1862; discharged 1865
RICHMOND, Addison H., drummer, 4th Heavy Artillery enlisted January 1864; discharged 1865
RICHMOND, Henry E., 1st Lieutenant, 140th Infantry enlisted August 1862; re-enlisted; promoted to Captain; discharged 1865
ROBERTSON, John, 50th Engineers enlisted December 1863; discharged June 1865
ROWLEY, Aaron S., 108th Infantry enlisted August 1862; wounded three times; promoted; discharged 1865
ROWLEY, James A., 61st Infantry enlisted May 1861; died of wounds June 14, 1862
RUGG, Levi D., 1st NY Mounted Rifles enlisted August 1862; discharged June 1865
RULIFSON, John M., 3rd Cavalry enlisted July 1861; promoted to captain; re-enlisted; discharged December 1864

S

SATTER, Nelson, 8th Cavalry enlisted March 1865; discharged July 1865
SAVAGE, Jeremiah, 140th Infantry enlisted August 1862
SCHNEIDER, Charles, 140th Infantry enlisted August 1862; promoted; discharged June 1865
SCHNEIDER, Daniel, enlisted October 1861; re-enlisted December 1863; discharged June 1865
SEDGWICK, William W., 25th Battalion enlisted September 1864; died in hospital April 1, 1865
SHEDD, E, H., 140th Infantry enlisted August 1862; promoted; wounded; discharged June 1865
SMITH, Alvah J., 4th Heavy Artillery enlisted July 1862; promoted to captain; discharged June 1865
SMITH, Frederick, 22nd Cavalry enlisted December 1863; died at Annapolis October 18, 1864
SNOW, Thomas J., 22nd Cavalry enlisted December 1863; wounded; discharged 1865
SPAULDING, Charles W., 1st NY Sharp-shooters enlisted August 1862; discharged June 1865
SPAULDING, Edward A., 8th Heavy Artillery enlisted June 1864; wounded; discharged 1865
STEVENS, Thomas, 108th Infantry enlisted July 1862; died in hospital August 11, 1863
STONE, Charles M., enlisted August 1861; died in hospital February 11, 1863
STRIPP, Alonzo, 140th Infantry enlisted August 1862; died of fever August 24, 1863
STRIPP, George, 140th Infantry enlisted August 1862; wounded; discharged June 1865
STRUNK, David, 18th Battery enlisted September 1862; discharged July 1865

T

THOMAS, Barney S., 140th Infantry enlisted August 1862; died at Falmouth June 20, 1863
TRENHOLM, William W., 50th Engineers enlisted December 1863; discharged June 1864, for disability
TUPPER, Albert A., 4th Heavy Artillery enlisted June 1863; promoted; discharged June 1865

W

WELCH, Bartholomew, 108th Infantry enlisted July 1862; died May 6, 1864, of wounds received in battle of the Wilderness
WELCH, Morris, 108th Infantry enlisted July 1862; killed at Gettysburg July 3, 1863
WELDON, George, 140th Infantry enlisted September 1862; promoted; discharged 1865
WELDON, Patrick, 108th Infantry enlisted August 1864; wounded; discharged 1865
WHALEN, Frank, 63rd Infantry enlisted September 1861; wounded; discharged; re-enlisted February 1864; discharged 1865