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Title: Heroes of Albany A memorial of the patriot-martyrs of the city and county of Albany, who sacrificed their lives during the late war in defence of our nation, 1861-1865, with a view of what was done in the county to sustain the United States government; and also brief histories of the Albany regiments
Year: 1867 (1860s)
Authors: Clark, Rufus W. (Rufus Wheelwright), 1813-1886
Subjects: Albany (N.Y.) -- Biography Albany County (N.Y.) -- Biography Albany County (N.Y.) -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: Albany, S. R. Gray
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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d in the breast in one of the battles before Richmond. 844 SHORT NOTICES. James De Lacey, whose affection, as the son of a widowedmother, was equal to his courage upon the battle field, fell at theslaughter at Antietam. Wm. T. OBrien died at Newbern, N. C. He was a memberof the Twenty-third New York battery. Abraham S. Thornton, of the Seventh Artillery, who died atWashington, was buried from the Hudson Street Baptist Church. Thomas Smith, Jr., Company B, Berdans Sharpshooters, died,at City Point Hospital, Virginia, aged twenty-one. He waswounded in a skirmish before Petersburg, on the sixteenth. Clarence H. Stephens, a brave boy of nineteen years, fellbefore the deadly fire of the rebel artillery. John Shaffer, a young man of superior worth, after bravingmany battles, died in I860, and the last words upon his lips were, My mother. Christopher Scheidler died, aged twenty-six. He was oneof the first volunteers in the war, and served in the Virginiacampaign in the Twenty-fifth Regiment.
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APPENDIX. BRIEF HISTORIES OF THE REGIMENTS THAT WERE RAISED IN THECOUNTY OF ALBANY. THEY ARE ARRANGED HERE, MAINLY IN THEORDER IN WHICH THEY LEFT OUR CITY FOR THE SEAT OF WAR. TWENTY-FIFTH REGIMENT N. Y. S. M. By Adjutant J. M. Kimball. Head Quarters (N. G. S. N. Y.) 25th Regiment ) N. Y. S. M., Albany, October 1, 1866. \Rev. R. W. Clark, D. D.: Dear Sir—In accordance with your request, I send you anaccount of the Twenty-fifth Regiment N. Y. S. M. Having been Adjutant of that regiment for the last four years,and a member of it for more than twelve years, I have the meansof giving you an accurate account of its services, in the latecivil war. On or about the 19th day of April, 1861, Col. Michael K.Bryan, then commander of the Twenty-fifth Regiment N. Y. S.M., (then a part of the uniformed militia of the State,) receivedorders from Gov. Morgan to hold his regiment in readiness tomove at a moments notice. On the evening of April 21, 1861, the order came from Gov.Morgan to move the next

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