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Tri-Counties Genealogy &
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Bradford County PA
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Chemung County NY
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Tioga County PA
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Written on the Back
“Civil War Veterans marching to the Troy Depot to take the train for
Gettysburg, Pa. where they attended a reunion of The Veterans of The Civil
War, about 1913”. “in the lower left, the third man with the little
x at his left elbow is Papa” (Papa, of course,
is Horace Johns)
Detail Excerpts
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A sight that made many forgotten memories come surging back, bringing
tears to some and a great pride to others was the departure of the Civil
War veterans for Gettysburg Monday.
The older residents recalled when Troy was a recruiting station during
the war and squads of soldiers were leaving almost daily, some of them
never to return.
Headed by the Troy Engine & Machine band, the grizzled soldiers
marched to the station, some erect and strong but many leaning heavily
on their canes. DeWitt LAMPMAN was the sole representative of the famous
"Bucktail Regiment" and E. F. LILLEY and James VanBUSKIRK were the last
survivors of Capt. B. B. MITCHELL’s Company. At the station many comrades
joined the marchers. Two sections went through before the train for the
Troy veterans came and as they passed the station the windows were lined
with grizzled faces. Hats were waved and greetings called back and forth,
much as it must have been in wartime. The section for Gustin Post, G.A.R.
came at 1:10 p.m., and cheered by the crowd of friends and relatives, about
fifty three veterans left for the great reunion.
Among those who went were:
Maj. J. CL ROBINSON, L. J. BALLARD, E. C. BRINK, P.A. DARROW, G. L.
GATES, L. J. BRADFORD, J. N. LAKE, E. F. LILLEY, O.C. HILFIGER, E.T. BUFFUM,
John CANEDY, E. C. ELY, D. C. NEWELL, A. A. PIERCE, James HOLFORD, Charles
McCABE, Lyman MC CLURE, U. A. SOPER, Daniel CHASE, Horace JOHNS, J. B.
RAYMOND, Ira FANNING, J. M. BERRY, T. A. GAMBLE, Albert NEWELL, C. B. HULSLANDER,
Smith PALMER, George VAN NESS, F. W. BULLOCK, W. W. BROOKS, W. S. HOLLAND,
U. N. VERBECK, D. C. LAMPMAN, D. W. CASE, W. B. REYNOLDS, J. H. OWEN, James
VAN BUSKIRK, E. L. LEWIS, R. A. McMAHAN, Newton HICKOK and William WORDEN.
TGR July 4,1913
Note from Don Stanton February 2006:
Joyce - I have found a newspaper clipping with this same photo (the
top one
on your above site). The article is undated, but it is the Troy
Gazette-Register when C. Dixon Avery was editor.The caption under the picture
reads: "Waldo Brooks (first), Liston Bliss (second), on the left.
Horace Johns (third), Charles Hulslander (fourth), George Van Ness (fifth),
Wesley Reynolds (sixth) in the line of marchers at the right."
The article is titled - "Civil War veterans off on a march?"
"This picture of the Civil War Veterans who were on a march in Troy,
Pa., 'all of 25 years ago' came to light at the office of the Troy
Gazette-Register the other day. It was unidentified. Consulting some
of the 'old timers' around the borough such as George McKean, Percy
King and Clyde Dewey, only a few of the names could be connected
with the many men shown in the photograph. Mr. Dewey remembers taking the
picture, but he could identify only a few of the marchers.
He snapped the photo from the second floor of the building now occupied
by the Gazette-Register, and where his office as Justice of the Peace
is located.
Perhaps, some of the readers of The Gazette-Register can shed some
light on the occasion of the parade and even give the names of all
the marchers. Your information will be gladly welcomed."
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This is an excellent view of the Oliver Block.
This space is now occupied by the Bank on the left and a parking
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Chemung County NY
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Tioga County PA
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Published On Tri-Counties Site On 01/25/2004
By Joyce M. Tice
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