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Smiths History of Broome County devotes a large number of pages to information on the Civil War and its effects on Broome County. Included in those pages is a list of the young men who volunteered from the Town of Union that died in the conflict1. However, the data may be highly inaccurate. The facts listed for almost every soldier disagrees with the official records issued after the war. Some of the "dead" soldiers are even listed as mustering out.

Sometimes, even the official records contradict themselves. Take for example, Henry Pulsivar’s records. On the listing from Andersonville’s official records, he is assigned a code number starting with 4. This indicates a survivor. However, the remarks for that record state he died in Florence.

The information from the book is listed first in bold print; the data after that is information from other sources.

The listed soldiers were:

Manton C. Angell, captain 16th infantry, was killed in the battle of Antietam, September 17th, 1862.

AG report: Manton C Angell

Enlist Date

Enlist Place

Enlist Rank

And Age

23 September 1861

New York City, NY

Priv

27

Served New York Commissioned Officer: H Co. 61st Inf Regiment NY. Transferred on 14 June 1862 from Company H to Company E Promoted to Full Capt on 14 April 1862 (As of Co. E)
Killed at Antietam, MD on 17 September 1862
Application Date: 07 April 1882
Relationship: Widow
Name: Mary C Angell
Number: 291362

Judson Balch, private 16th battery, died of diarrhea, June 10th, 1865.

AG report: Judson Balch

Enlist Date

Enlist Place

Enlist Rank

And Age

03 September 1862

Binghamton, NY

Priv

19

Served New York Enlisted 16th Light Artillery. Died of disease at David's Island, NY Harbor on 10 June 1865 (Died De Camp Genl Hosp)

Austin R. Barney, 137th infantry, killed at battle of Lookout Mountain, October 30th, 1863.

AG report: Austin Barney

Enlist Date

Enlist Place

Enlist Rank

And Age

09 August 1862

Union, NY

Priv

18

Served New York Enlisted B Co. 137th Inf Reg. NY. Killed at Wauhatchie, TN on 29 October 1863

John Cannine, private 137th infantry, was killed at the battle of Gettysburg, July 3d, 1863.

AG report: John Carnine

Enlist Date

Enlist Place

Enlist Rank

And Age

22 August 1862

Binghamton, NY

Priv

45

Served New York Enlisted E Co. 137th Inf Reg. NY. Killed at Gettysburg, PA on 02 July 1863

 

Ezra Cleveland, private 89th infantry, died from wounds, December 7th, 1864.

Note: this conflicts with AG report –

AG report Ezra Cleveland

Enlist Date

Enlist Place

Enlist Rank

And Age

19 October 1861

Union

Priv

19

Served New York Enlisted F Co. 89th Inf Reg. NYdisch at Elmira, NY on 26 July 1865

 

Benjamin F. Dunning, 89th infantry, died at Fort Schuyler, N. Y., April 16th, 1864.

Not listed on the AG report or in Robert Taylor’s files

Franklin Dunning, private 89th infantry, died of disease at Washington, D. C.

AG report: Franklin Dunning

Enlist Date

Enlist Place

Enlist Rank

And Age

15 February 1864

Union, NY

Priv

19

Served New York Enlisted U Co. 89th Inf Reg. NY(No further record)
From Robert Taylor’s files:
Dunning, Franklin - age 19 years, enlisted at Union, to serve three years and mustered in as private Feb 15, 1864 unassigned and no further record. (unlikely he died in the 89th but could have transferred to another unit)

John J. Englesfield, private 89th infantry, was killed at the battle of Antietam, September 17th, 1862.

Not listed on the AG report

James Fredenberg, 16th battery, died at Andersonville prison, August 22d, 1864.

Not listed on the AG report

Andersonville records2: Code No.: 16619 Grave No.: 6619 Last Name: FEDENBURGH First Name: JAMES Rank: PRIVATE Company: G Regiment: 85 State: NY Branch of Service: INFANTRY Date of Death: AUG. 23, 1864 Cause of Death: ANASARCA Remarks: JAMES FEDENBERGH []1[2]; JAMES FREDINBURG [3] Reference: p 34 [3]; p 303 [302] Place Captured: PLYMOUTH, NC Date Captured: Alternate Names: FREDINBURG FREDENBERGH

Note, he is listed on the 85th Infantry.

 

Charles Gardner, private 50th Engineers, died in October, 1864.

AG report: Charles S Gardner

Enlist Date

Enlist Place

Enlist Rank

And Age

13 August 1862

Union Vale, NY

Priv

21

Served New York Enlisted I Co. 50th Engineers Reg. NYdied disease at City Point, VA on 13 October 1864

 

Hudson Gardner, private 50th Engineers, died from injury received on the cars, November 10th, 1863.

Not listed on the AG report.

Squire D. Gager, corporal 109th infantry, died of small pox at Washington, February 14th, 1864.

Not listed on the AG report. However, there is an Ira E. Gager, who enlisted in the 109th from Binghamton on August 12, 1862. He was discharged on May 7, 1863 on a disability discharge.

Levi Howard, private 50th regiment, died at Washington, April 10th, 1864.

AG report: Levi Howard

Enlist Date

Enlist Place

Enlist Rank

And Age

04 September 1861

Union Vale, NY

Priv

21

Served New York Enlisted C Co. 50th Engineers Reg. NYdied disease at Washington, DC on 28 April 1864

Lewis Howard, 51st infantry, died at Covington, Ky., August 30th, 1863.

AG report: Lewis Howard

Enlist Date

Enlist Place

Enlist Rank

And Age

20 August 1861

New York City, NY

Corpl

32

Promoted to Full Sergt on 01 December 1861. Served New York Enlisted A Co. 51st Inf Reg. NYdied disease at Covington, KY on 30 August 1863(Main Street General Hospital, of Typhoid fever) . This is the AG record for the Lewis Howard who died in KY. However, it reports he enlisted in NYC.

 

Edwin Kipp, private 50th Engineers, died at White House, Va., June 10th, 1862.

AG report: Edwin Kipp

Enlist Date

Enlist Place

Enlist Rank

And Age

03 September 1861

Union Vale, NY

Priv

21

Served New York Enlisted F Co. 50th Engineers Reg. NYdied disease at White House, VA on 19 June 1862

 

Lewis Kipp, private 76th infantry, died of chronic diarrhea, at Rappahannock Station, Va., November 18th, 1863.

AG report: Louis Kipp

Enlist Date

Enlist Place

Enlist Rank

And Age

17 July 1863

Union Vale, NY

Priv

 
Served New York Enlisted D Co. 76th Inf Reg. NYdied disease at Culpepper, VA on 18 November 1863(Died of typhoid fever)

 

William H. Kipp, private 50th Engineers, died of diphtheria, April 10th, 1864.

AG report: William H Kipp

Enlist Date

Enlist Place

Enlist Rank

And Age

20 March 1862

Union Vale, NY

Priv

21

Served New York Enlisted I Co. 50th Engineers Reg. NYdied disease at Rappahannock Station, VA on 10 April 1864

 

Charles Langdon, private of the 50th Engineers, died of camp fever at Washington, July 2d, 1864.

AG report: Charles A Langdon

Enlist Date

Enlist Place

Enlist Rank

And Age

02 January 1864

Union Vale, NY

Priv

41

Served New York Enlisted M Co. 50th Engineers Reg. NYdied disease at Washington, DC on 02 July 1864

James F. Marble, private 21st cavalry, is reported dead.

AG report (probably): James T Marble

Enlist Date

Enlist Place

Enlist Rank

And Age

28 December 1863

Union

Priv

18

Served New York Enlisted M Co. 21st Cav Reg. NYdeserted at Beverly, WV on 28 May 1864.

(Note from VLT: people were often listed as deserters, just because they didn’t report to roll call the next day. My Richard Hall was listed as a deserter twice during his service, when he went to field hospitals for treatment.)

 

Benjamin F. Mason, corporal 137th infantry, killed in battle of Lookout Mountain, November 24th, 1863.

AG report: Benjamin F Mason

Enlist Date

Enlist Place

Enlist Rank

And Age

09 June 1862

Union Vale, NY

Priv

19

Served New York Enlisted B Co. 137th Inf Reg. NY Killed at Lookout Mountain, TN on 24 November 1863

 

David Millen, corporal 109th infantry, was killed while leading his company in battle of Petersburg, Va., July 30th, 1864.

AG report: David C Millin

Enlist Date

Enlist Place

Enlist Rank

And Age

13 August 1862

Binghamton, NY

Priv

25

Promoted to Full Corpl on 23 October 1862
Served New York Enlisted H Co. 109th Inf Reg. NY Killed at Petersburg, VA on 30 July 1864

 

William J. Millen, private 61st infantry, was killed in battle, May 8th, 1864.

AG report: William J Millen

Enlist Date

Enlist Place

Enlist Rank

And Age

04 September 1861

New York City, NY

Priv

22

Served New York Enlisted G Co. 61st Inf Reg. NYKilled at Spotsylvania Court House, VA on 08 May 1864

 

Frederick Miller, private 50th Engineers, died in hospital at Washington, D. C., September 1st, 1864.

AG report: Frederick Miller

Enlist Date

Enlist Place

Enlist Rank

And Age

31 December 1863

Union, NY

Priv

42

Served New York Enlisted E Co. 50th Engineers Reg. NYdied disease at Washington, DC on 01 September 1864

 

Friend Pratt, private 89th infantry, died from a wound in the fall of 1864.

AG report: Friend Pratt

Enlist Date

Enlist Place

Enlist Rank

And Age

08 August 1861

Union, NY

Priv

22

Served New York Also borne as William F. Pratt
Enlisted B Co. 89th Inf Reg. NY disch at Pleasant Valley, MD on 22 October 1862

Henry H. Pulsipher, 16th Heavy Artillery, when last heard from was in Andersonville prison, where he is reported to have died.

AG report: Henry Pulsipher

Enlist Date

Enlist Place

Enlist Rank

And Age

04 January 1864

Maine, NY

Priv

33

Served New York Enlisted U Co. 16th HA Reg. NY(No further record)

Andersonville records seem to conflict as to whether he survived Andersonville Note the 4 in the first position of the code data – That indicates he survived. However, the remarks contradict this. Note the regiment is wrong, just like the prior listing for James Fredenberg.

Code No.: 41602 Grave No.: 0 Last Name: PULSIVAR First Name: HENRY Rank: PRIVATE Company: D Regiment: 85 State: NY Branch of Service: INFANTRY Date of Death: Cause of Death: Remarks: DIED AT FLORENCE Reference: p 306 [302] Place Captured: PLYMOUTH, NC Date Captured: 4/20/1864 Alternate Names: More Information Available: NO

The following is the AG report for this HENRY PULSIVAR:

Henry Pulsivar

Enlist Date

Enlist Place

Enlist Rank

And Age

04 January 1864

Main, NY

Priv

 
Served New York Enlisted D Co. 85th Inf Reg. NY died prisoner at Florence, SC on 15 November 1864


Jasper Waterman, private 16th battery, is supposed to have died at Philadelphia, Pa.


AG report: Jasper Waterman

Enlist Date

Enlist Place

Enlist Rank

And Age

04 January 1864

Union, NY

Priv

32

Served New York Enlisted U Co. 16th HA Reg. NY(No further record)

 

Benjamin Whittemore, private 109th infantry, killed in battle of Spottsylvania, May 12th, 1864.

AG report: Benjamin Whittemore

Enlist Date

Enlist Place

Enlist Rank

And Age

13 August 1862

Binghamton, NY

Priv

21

Served New York Enlisted H Co. 109th Inf Reg. NY. Killed at Spotsylvania Court House, VA on 12 May 1864

 

NOTES:

1. From: Smith, H.P. History of Broome County, New York. D. Mason & Co. Publishers, Syracuse, NY 1885 p175-6
2. Andersonville records on-line:
http://www.corinthian.net/mccc/plookup.htm