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Company F of the 85th New York Volunteers

Name	Rank	Residence	Enrolled	Age	Remarks
Allen, Seneca	Captain	Black Creek	1 Sep 1861	21	promoted Lieutenant-Colonel Aug 19, 1865
Andrews, Stephen T.,	1st Sergeant	---	26 Aug 1861	26	promoted 2nd 2nd Lieutenant May 2, 1862. He became Postmaster of Franklinville, NY
Baldwin, Ansel G.	Private	Cuba	20 Sep 1861	31	Died from disease 19 Oct 1863, Plymouth, N.C.
Booth, Josiah	Private	Black Creek	20 Aug 1861	21
Botts, Francis M.	Private	Cuba	20 Aug 1861	18	Died from disease 18 June 1862, Richomond, VA
Bristol, Richard T.	Private	Cuba	20 Oct 1861	18	Died from disease, 20 Oct 1864< Roanoke, Va.
Brown, George M.	Private	Black Creek	20 Aug 1861	28
Briggs, Orman	Corporal	Black Creek	20 Sep 1861	21
Burlingame, Noah H.	Private	Black Creek	20 Aug 1861	18	POW; died from disease 11 Apr 1865, Annapolis, Md.
Carter, Charles	Private	Cuba	18 Sep 1861	30
Case, Orlando P.	Private	Black Creek	20 Sep 1861	24	Died from disease, 24 Mar 1864, Washington, D.C.
Clapp, Henry F.	Private	Friendship	1 Sep 1861	23	Promoted Corporal; POW at Andersonville and Florence; escaped while being transferred
Clark, Melvin A.	Private	Friendship	1 Sep 1861	19
Clark, Silas A.	Private	Friendship	1 Sep 1861	21	Died POW; died from disease 27 Oct 1864, Florence, S.C.
Collins, Michael	Private	Cuba	2 Oct 1861	18
collins, William	Private		1 Sep 1861	18
Comfort, Edward C.	Private	Cuba	26 Aug 1861	31
Crabb, Orsemus	Private	Black Creek	20 Sep 1861	23	Re-enlisted Jan 1, 1864, age 25, Farmer; This soldier has black eyes, brown hair, dark comblexion, is 6 ft 1 in; Died POW; 17 Sep 1864, Andersonville, Ga.
Dillon, Robert S.	Private	Black Creek	26 Aug 1861	28	Died POW; died from disease 28 Sep 1864, Charleston, S.C.
Douris, William	Private	Angelica	1 Sep 1861	21	Died POW.
Dunn, William E.	Private	Black Creek	26 Aug 1861	19	Died POW; died from disease, 10 Oct 1864, Florence, S.C.
Fay, Sylvanus A.	1st Lt.		3 Sep 1861	25
Felch, Sullivan E.	Private	Cuba	20 Nov 1861	18
Filer, Jerome B.	Private	Friendship	1 Sep 1861	18	Died POW; died from disease 21 July 1864, Andersonville, Ga.
Fiske, William E.	2nd Lieutenant	Angelica	2 Dec 1861	23	Resigned Apr 2, 1862
Flynn, George W.	Private	Cuba	20 Nov 1861	18
Foster, Amos H.	Private	Black Creek	4 Sep 1861	19	Died from disease, 3 Oct 1862, Newport News, Va.
Franklin, Benjamin	Musician	Black Creek	26 Aug 1861	17
Gillett, William H.					Died POW; died from disease, 5 Sep 1864, Andersonville, Ga.
Hall, Frederick	Private	Black Creek	26 Aug 1861	18	Died from disease 2 May 1862, Yorktown, Va.
Harris, Humphrey	Corporal				Died from disease 29 Aug 1864, Andersonville, Ga.
Hendee, Ambrose C.	Private	Black Creek	26 Aug 1861	22
Hicks, Edward L.	Private	Black Creek	26 Aug 1861	18
Hicks, Joseph	Private	Black Creek	28 Aug 1861	18
Hicks, Leonard	Private	Black Creek	26 Aug 1861	21
Hicks, Willard M.	Private	Black Creek	1 Oct 1861	20
Higley, George			1 Sep 1861	41	Died POW; from disease 27 July 1864, Andersonville, Ga.
Higley, Lewis S.	Private		1 Sep 1861	22	Killed in the Battle of Plymouth, 20 Apr 1864
Hill, Willard	Private	Black Creek	18 Sep 1861	39
Hines, Charles C.	Private	Black Creek	1 Oct 1861	26
Humphrey, Harrison D.			26 Aug 1861		Died POW.
Hurd, Reuben J.	Private	Black Creek	26 Aug 1861	19
Johnson, Edwin E.	Private	Black Creek	26 Aug 1861	18
Johnson, William M.	Private	Black Creek	26 Aug 1861	18
Kelly, George W.	Private		1 Nov 1861	21
Kelly, Walter	Corporal		26 Aug 1861	21
Lambert, Wesley M.	Corporal	Black Creek	26 Aug 1861	22
Lang, Alexander	Private	Black Creek	2 Sep 1861	21	Died POW; 21 May 1864, Andersonville, Ga.
Lewis, Charles	Private	Black Creek	26 Aug 1861	23	Died POW; from disease 17 Sep 1864, Andersonville, Ga.
Lewis, David O.	Private	Black Creek	2 Aug 1861	23
Lindsay, James C.	Sergeant	Black Creek	26 Aug 1861	21
Lindsay, Samuel	Private	Black Creek	26 Aug 1861	18	suicide 29 Sep 1863, Plymouth, N.C.
Loucks, Gilbert					Died POW; 7 Sep 1864, Andersonville, Ga.
Mandeville, William	Private	Friendship	1 Sep 1861	21	Died POW; 2 Sep 1864, Andersonville, Ga.
McElheney, Harvey	Corporal	Black Creek	2 Sep 1861	24	mustered in as corporal September 7, 1861; returned to ranks; re-enlisted as veteran January 1, 1864; captured in action at Plymouth, NC, April 20, 1864; confined six months at Andersonville, Ga., and four months at Florence, SC; re-captured by Union forces at Wilmington, NC mustered out with company June 27, 1865, at New Berne, NC [Rushford and Rushford People, Planned, Edited and Published by Helen Josephine White Gilbert, Historical Committee of Rushford's Centennial 1910, p.322] Age 24 years. Enlisted August 7, 1861, as private, for three years, Co. F, 85th N.Y. Infantry; promoted corporal; captured in action April 20, 1864, at Plymouth, NC; re-enlisted January 1, 1864, discharged July 27, 1865, at New Berne, NC; [The Rushford Centennial 1808-1908, p.177]
McElheny, Newell C.	Private	Black Creek	1 Sep 1861	18
Millet, John	Private	Black Creek	1 Sep 1861	18	Died from disease 18 May 1863, Plymouth, N.C.
Nichols, Lloyd	Sergeant	Black Creek	26 Aug 1861	18
O'Connor, John A.	Private	Black Creek	26 Aug 1861	35
Odell, Henry B.	Corporal	Black Creek	20 Sep 1861	30
Palmer, James E.	Private	Friendship	1 Sep 1861	22
Patterson, Isaac A.	Private	Black Creek	1 Nov 1861	18	Died POW; 11 Aug 1864, Andersonville, Ga.
Patterson, Joseph P.	Private	Black Creek	26 Aug 1861	19	Died from disease, 22 Nov 1861, Elmira, N.Y.
Parks, John H.	Private	Black Creek	26 Aug 1861	19
Pettybone, William					Died POW; 14 Oct 1864, Florence, S.C.
Phillips, Lysander S.	Private	Friendship	1 Sep 1861	18	Died from disease, 19 Feb 1862, Washington, D.C.
Potter, William H.	Sergeant	Friendship	2 Aug 1861	22	Died POW.
Pratt, Chancey S.	Private	Black Creek	26 Aug 1861	21
Reed, Francis	Private		1 Sep 1861	21
Richardson, Thomas J.	Private	Black Creek	7 Sep 1861	21	Died from disease 11 July 1862, Philadelphia, Pa.
Ricker, Albion K.	Private	Black Creek	20 Aug 1861	21	from Waterboro, Maine
Rider, William H.	Private		20 Aug 1861	22	Died from wounds, Battle of Plymouth 19 Apr 1864, Plymouth, N.C.
Robbins, Wilmot	Private	Black Creek	20 Aug 1861	18	Died from disease 20 Dec 1861, Ontario Co., N.Y.
Robertson, Samuel W.	Corporal	Black Creek	10 Sep 1861	24
Rogers, George D.	Musician	Black Creek	26 Aug 1861	35	Died POW; 15 Aug 1864, Andersonville.
Rugg, George	Private	Black Creek	20 Aug 1861	19
Rugg, John Wesley	Private	Black Creek	1 Oct 1861	18	Died POW; 15 Sep 1864, Andersonville, Ga.
Ruler, William H.	Private	Black Creek
Ryan, John	Private	Cuba	2 Oct 1861	21
Sisson, Orvin R.	Private	Friendship	1 Oct 1861	18
Strong, John M.					Died POW.
Smith, James M.	Private	Black Creek	20 Sep 1861	22	Died POW; 16 May 1864 on board ship to Raleigh
Smith, Myron J.	Wagoner		1 Sep 1861	26	Killed in Battle of Plymouth, 20 Apr 1864
Swift, Bradley	Private	Black Creek	26 Aug 1861	19
Swift, Washington	Private	Black Creek	26 Aug 1861	18	Drowned 20 May 1862, White House Landing, VA
Thompson, John F.	Private	Cuba	20 Sep 1861	18	Died from disease, Aug 1862, New York City, N.Y.
Upham, Jared J.	Private	Black Creek
Vaughn, William C.	Corporal	Black Creek	12 Sep 1861	21	Died POW; 2 Oct 1864, Charleston, S.C.
Wells, James	Sergeant	Black Creek	26 Aug 1861	21	Died POW; Nov 4, 1864, Florence, N.C.
Wickware, Albert	Corporal	Black Creek	26 Aug 1861	28	Died POW; 19 Nov 1864, Florence, N.C.

Sources: History of Allegany County, NY, 1806-1879, F.W. Beers & Company. 1865 New York State Census, Allegany County

Mahood, Wayne, The Plymouth Pilgrims, A History of the Eighty-Fifth New York Infantry in the Civil War, revised edition, Longstreet House, Hightstown, N.J., New Book No. 112, 1991

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