Westerlo during the Civil War
From Helderberg Hilltowns of Albany County, NY
Regiments in which men from Westerlo served
7th Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery
There were at least 24 men from Westerlo who served in the 7th Regiment. Some of the Regiments major battle were at Petersburg, Cold Harbor, Weldon Station, Spotsylvania. Three of the men from Westerlo were killed in battle, or later died of their wounds. Seven were wounded. Six were captured, five of whom died in prison of their wounds, starvation or disease.
Click here for more about the 7th Regiment and a listing of the men from the Hilltowns who served in it.
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- Adriance, James A.
- Anable, Samuel L. wounded at Cold Harbor
- Applebee, John
- Barker, Wesley Thomas
- Barkman, Andrew
- Bates, DeWitt C.
- Bell, Henry T. wounded at Petersburg
- Bishop, Ambrusen
- Blakeslee, Phillip
- Boomhower, Levi
- Boughton, Smith Azor
- Bowie, John
- Boyce, Jacob
- Bradt, Jacob F.
- Brate, Abram
- Brate, Alexander
- Brate, Baltus|
- Brate, Francis
- Brate, George
- Brate, Jacob
- Brate, James S.
- Brate, William
- Brate, William H.
- Britton, Cornelius
- Burlingham, Daniel A.
- Calfrient, Fritz
- Calhoun, Edward A.
- Cary, Charles F.
- Cary, Daniel I. captured at Reams Station , died Salisbury
- Cheesbro, John
- Cole, Charles
- Concupont, Levi native American killed at Battle of Wilderness
- Cornwell, Lewis W.
- Cornwell, Stephen H. killed at Totopotomoy
- Craft, Alton
- Craft, John Blodget
- Craft, Thomas Jason
- Crawford, David H.
- Cullen, Charles
- Davis, Darius
- Decker, Jacob
- Dedrick, Spencer
- Denison, Jesse
- Finehout, John Tyler
- Finehout, William Henry
- Fisher, Gilbert E.
- Fisher, Hiram Atkins
- Flagler, Wesley captured at Petersburg , died at Andersonville .
- Ford, George
- Ford, Grant
- Fox, Jacob
- Ganesslen, George
- Gibbons, Erastus Jr.
- Gocha, Soloman Ruben wounded at Reams Station , discharged for disability.
- Green, Henry A.
- Golden, Charles Lapaugh
- Griffen, Reed B.
- Griffin, Harvey
- Guild, Simon
- Guyer, George C.
- Haight, Alexander
- Haines, George wounded at Totopotomoy and again at Petersburg ; discharged for disability.
- Haines, Victor
- Hale, Albert C.
- Hassell, Gideon
- Hassell, John
- Holly, John A.
- Holmes, Erastus Hamilton Corporal, wounded and captured at Petersburg; died of wounds. Heroes of Albany
- Holmes, James
- Hotaling, John C.
- Hunt, Eli
- Hunt, Silas
- Huyck, Alphonso
- Ingalls, William H.
- Irving, Frederick
- Johnson, William D.
- Knowles, George
- Knowles, Herbert
- Lake, Lorenzo
- Lake, Romance
- Lamoureaux, William Harrison
- LaPaugh, Judson Clement
- Laupaugh, Alfred
- Lobdell, Isaac DM
- Lockwood, Marcus D. captured at Petersburg , died at Andersonville
- Low, John B.
- Mabie, Edmund
- Maher, John
- Maher, William
- Marshall, Benjamin
- Marshall, Eli
- Marshall, Tunis
- Newberry, John S.
- Palmer, Frederick
- Palmer, Ira
- Palmer, Seymour J.
- Peck, Orin Arthur
- Peck, William H. Father of Orin, signed up in Fulton Co.
- Peck, William J. wounded in battle and died.
- Requa, James H. captured at Reams Station , paroled
- Robertson, Zelum Terbush alias John Crawford, drowned in shipwreck
- :Rundell, Daniel
- Schofield, Andrew
- Shaver, William
- Simpkins, Stephen Robert
- Slater, Jacob Haines
- Slawson, Lewis L.
- Slingerland, Teunis
- Snyder, Homer
- Sornberger, Alexander
- St.John, John Tyler
- Steadman, Charles
- Stone, Edgar
- Sweet, James Albro
- Talmadge, Abram Robertson wounded at Totopotomoy; right arm amputated and he was discharged for disability.
- Talmadge, Martin
- Teel, Robert
- Thayer, Julius
- Tompkins, Charles A.
- Udell, James captured at Petersburg , died of survey at Andersonville
- Vanleuven, Dewitt C.
- Van Zandt, John H. wounded at Cold Harbor
- Ward, Ludlow B.
- Warner, Abram D.
- Weaver, Marshall
- Webb, James
- Weisgarver, Ezra
- Westervelt, Robert G.
- Wetzel, John a German immigrant
- Willsey, Levins H.
- Wilsey, Edgar Hart
- Wolley, George
- Wright, John
- Wright, Sylvester
