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county, is in close connection with the New York markets.
XII.—MILITARY.
In its separate capacity the town has no military history prior to the war of the Rebellion. As a small town, and near to a recruiting-camp, many of the early enlistments from Hamptonburgh were probably entered under the name of Goshen in the printed muster-in rolls of the State. The credits by the Senatorial Committee of 1862 corrected this to some extent, but even where quotas were regularly assigned the credits do not in many cases correctly represent residence. As no record is found in the town clerk’s office under the law of 1865, it is difficult to prepare any complete list for the town. The quotas of the town were:
July and August, 1862 — 40 credits, 40
Draft of Oct. 7, 1863—drawn .............. 34
Call of Oct. 17, 1863 ..................... 20
Consolidated calls ........................ 53
Under all calls, from July, 1863, to July, 1864 .. 37 “ 30
Call of July, 1864 ........................ 33 “ 33
Call of December, 1864 .................... 10 “ 10
In its final settlement with the State, in 1865, the town received—
For excess of twenty-seven years, or nine men, three years .......... $5,400
For substitutes ...................................................... 2,400
For volunteers ....................................................... 3,000
Total ............................................................... $10,800
We add the following names, obtained by inquiry and from regimental rolls:
Joseph Anderson, 15th Art.
Hiram Anderson, 16th Art.
John Adams, 124th.
John T. Bolton, Co. K, 168th; enl. Sept. 29, 1862.
Oscar Brunell, 12th U. S.
Archibald Millspaugh, Co. H, 168th; enl. Oct. 8, 1862.
Harvey Chandler, 4th Art.
Charles Rose, Co. H, 168th; enl. Oct. 16, 1862.
David H. Corwin, Co. G, 124th; enl. Aug. 11, 1862.
Charles Anderson.
Cyrenus Giles, Co. G, 124th; enl. Aug. 4, 1862; taken prisoner at Chancellorsville; must. out by G. O. 77.
John T. Lake, Co. I, 124th; enl. Aug. 14, 1862; wounded in shoulder July 1, 1863; disch. by G. O. 77; he was credited to Newburgh.
Jason E. Conning, Co. K, 124th; enl. Aug. 16, 1862; prv. corp. and sergt.; must. out June 3, 1865.
Robert Rose, Co. I, 124th; enl. Aug. 17, 1862; taken prisoner Dec. 16, 1863; must. out with regt.; credited to Newburgh, but resident of Hamptonburgh.
Wm. Sutherland, Co. I, 124th; enl. Aug. 19, 1862; wounded in wrist April 1, 1865; credited to Newburgh.
Amos B. Magee, Co. I, 124th; enl. Aug. 6, 1862; wounded at Gettysburg; credited to Newburgh as a resident there.
James Denniston, 91st.
Newton B. Pierson, Co. I, 124th; enl. Aug. 6, 1862; credited to Newburgh; disch. by G. O. 77.
Howard Larker, 5th Art.
James A. Smith, 124th; enl. August, 1862.
Arch. L. Millspaugh, 124th; enl. Jan. 1, 1864; unassigned recruit.
Nelson Root, 124th; enl. Aug. 13, 1862; credited to Newburgh; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps.
John McKinney, 91st.
Wm. Jackson, Co. K, 124th; enl. August, 1862; capt.; killed in action, June 18, 1864.
Thomas Mountain, 1st Eng.
Alonzo Price, Co. K, 124th; enl. August, 1862; wounded at Chancellorsville.
Edward T. Mapes, Co. B, 124th; enl. Aug. 11, 1862; credited to Goshen; must out by G. O. 77.
S. P. Rockafellow.
Chas. E. Owen, 124th; enl. Jan. 1, 1864; unassigned recruit.
John Rockafellow.
John I. Conkling, Co. G, 124th; died July 24, 1863, at Frederick, Md., of typhoid fever.
William Jackson, Co. G, 124th.
Michael Mooney, Co. B, 124th; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps.
Reuben Rynders, Co. B, 124th.
Charles O’Neil, 1st Eng.
Charles Shanor, 15th Art.; enl. Feb. 15, 1864.
Robert M. Stevens, 7th Bat.
Benjamin M. Little, Co. B, 124th; enl. Aug. 8, 1862; must. out June, 1865.
Eli Hughes, Co. G, 124th; enl. Aug. 11, 1862; killed at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863.
Henry J. Powell, Co. B, 124th; enl. August, 1862; disch. Nov. 17, 1862.
Andrew A. Millspaugh, Co. K, 124th; enl. Aug. 8, 1862; must. out June, 1865.
John Adams, enl. May 7, 1864; unassigned recruit.
Abraham Anderson, 15th Art.; enl. Feb. 15, 1864.
Charles Knapp, E. Co. C, 124th; enl. Aug. 11, 1862; wounded at Chancellorsville; disch. Dec. 9, 1864, for disability resulting from wounds.
Henry Dill, Co. G, 124th; enl. Aug. 9, 1862; wounded in action May 5, 1864; disch. at hospital May 17, 1865.
MINISINK.
I.—SITUATION, BOUNDARIES, AREA, TITLE.
Minisink is situated in the southwestern part of the county. It is bounded north and northeast by Wawayanda, southeast by Warwick, southwest by the State of New Jersey, west and northwest by Greenville. The area of Minisink, as determined by the last supervisors’ report, is 13,877 acres. The assessed valuation was $69,375, and the tax collected upon that basis was $10,611.48. The title to the soil is derived partly from the Wawayanda Patent and partly from the Minisink, the boundary line between the patents passing through the town.
II.—NATURAL FEATURES.
The surface is rolling and hilly. The slopes are mostly gradual, quite free from rocks, and hence are susceptible of cultivation to their very summits. The Wallkill River forms the southeastRelationships
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