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Isaac O. Best, History of the 121st New York State Infantry, Chapter 5: the battle of Fredericksburg (search)
ght not to fight; it was a blanked nigger war anyway, and they were not going to fight for the negro, or nigger as they called him. Reports were circulated that there were men who made it a business to assist men north and would furnish them with citizens' clothes and money when once they got to the Potomac; and so, their minds heated with imaginary wrongs, filled with disgust for the war, homesick, discouraged and desperate, many deserted from the regiment, and made their way north and into Canada, and their names are today borne on the rolls of the company and regiment as deserters. I knew of one party that went and I was invited first, urged next, and damned last, because I would not go with them. It was said that one of them lost his life, being shot by a cavalry vidette, and one came back to the regiment, while the rest made their escape. While the camp at White Oak Church was well located for health, there was considerable sickness, many not being able to adapt themselves to t
Isaac O. Best, History of the 121st New York State Infantry, Non-commissioned officers and privates (search)
diers' Home, Milwaukee, Wis. Harrison Hadsell, South Valley, N. Y. E. M. Hunt, Roseboom, N. Y. J. E. Hoover, 1514 Sunset Ave., Utica, N. Y. Joseph D. Lamb, Santa Rosa, Cal. John W. Manzer, Bellevue, Mich. H. W. Martin, Bedford, P. Q., Canada. J. L. Merrit, Cattaraugus, N. Y. Henry V. Redington, Sidney, Neb. David H. Randolph, 325 E. Seneca St., Ithaca, N. Y. S. H. Sherman, Millford, N. Y. Peter Simmons, Cherry Valley, N. Y. David Wright, 56 Third St., Ilion, N. Y. Co. Y. G. W. Hubbard, Tustin, Cal. Ransome C. Luther, 2002 Madison St., Madison, Wis. C. N. Merrill, East Worcester, N. Y. Charles Nichols, Morris, N. Y. Gilbert Olds, R. F. D., S. New Berlin, N. Y. Peter Russlo, Gatineau Point, P. Q., Canada. A. S. Tanner, Groton, N. Y. Austin Tiel, 147 Buena Vista Ave., Yonkers, N. Y. C. J. Westcott, 40 Elm St. Oneonta, N. Y. Charles Wilsey, Worcester, N. Y. Company K Hugh M. Brown, Bethel, N. Y. John Brucher, Bethel, N. Y. G. W.
Isaac O. Best, History of the 121st New York State Infantry, Appendix (search)
diers' Home, Milwaukee, Wis. Harrison Hadsell, South Valley, N. Y. E. M. Hunt, Roseboom, N. Y. J. E. Hoover, 1514 Sunset Ave., Utica, N. Y. Joseph D. Lamb, Santa Rosa, Cal. John W. Manzer, Bellevue, Mich. H. W. Martin, Bedford, P. Q., Canada. J. L. Merrit, Cattaraugus, N. Y. Henry V. Redington, Sidney, Neb. David H. Randolph, 325 E. Seneca St., Ithaca, N. Y. S. H. Sherman, Millford, N. Y. Peter Simmons, Cherry Valley, N. Y. David Wright, 56 Third St., Ilion, N. Y. Co. Y. G. W. Hubbard, Tustin, Cal. Ransome C. Luther, 2002 Madison St., Madison, Wis. C. N. Merrill, East Worcester, N. Y. Charles Nichols, Morris, N. Y. Gilbert Olds, R. F. D., S. New Berlin, N. Y. Peter Russlo, Gatineau Point, P. Q., Canada. A. S. Tanner, Groton, N. Y. Austin Tiel, 147 Buena Vista Ave., Yonkers, N. Y. C. J. Westcott, 40 Elm St. Oneonta, N. Y. Charles Wilsey, Worcester, N. Y. Company K Hugh M. Brown, Bethel, N. Y. John Brucher, Bethel, N. Y. G. W.