The Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery a Rochester Invention, the First Machine Gun the Story of Dr-Josephus Requa (1833-1910), a Dentist, and His Civil War Machinegu

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THE FRIENDS OF MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY A ROCHESTER INVENTION, THE FIRST MACHINE GUN THE STORY OF DR-JOSEPHUS REQUA (1833-1910), A DENTIST, AND HIS CIVIL WAR MACHINEGU

It ..""""'-an'nmlly 1ft"OP'"'' duo • dtm.. ,n"""..<1 d.. mxhi"" 1"0 'flu, ck....., ..... }oo Rrq b<>m in Ub<.... Cou0IJ, Stw Yo,k 1ft 1833. ,"" _ CIu,ilJ .\hddocf> .nd J...... J..boo ~. 1;1;1>.0 }t>loJ .....pprm in 1866. ond ", ...... -rr.-~u...... Igi<: h,n if,b, ""'pun p<,to'm«l .. Il.im,d, hi, ",Idi,,, n Reqn. App,.... I'",ide'" Ab..h.m Tho N«d f",. R.p;d.fj" Gun, An ["""bl. ,,",'i<,,', fr"m ",m, prominont Un,",i,n" Requ, ,nd Billiltgh"'" d,"," rel"""I, I"" R'qn.a "tul< d",id,d 10 build, full·,iL<, wo,king d,b,- 1(, ",<"rod, I,,,,, "fin,~,Jn<,i"n Alb... Mack, who wa, omployed by Ih, prolO'»". TOi, ...., m,nul><,",«I" to >« P,,,,idm U"e"ln ,.,d mer Monroe CoUnty Pcni"nt;'ry, h,d '''1;1\",«1 Billi"ghu,,", .001'. whiI, modd ...... b,,,,1> ",oon,«I buli'",o"lIy"n. f""" M,y I. 1861'- r,ni,hod on July 11. 1861, ,nd ,r,,, o«u"d 0"'''' ,,"o'''''h«1 u"i<" jt> g"'" Th< M'<, h""'",~r, p,,,,'«1 fu,il,. w,ighl "'.., ~oo poood,.l""n,y.~", bee,u'" (;,n<,,1 Ripl")' Win '0 !'m,d,n, Line"ln. lni, tim" eh«lul«l ,nd ,h" h, w<'>em.lly ho 'oll,~.•nd ,h,« men COIlld lei",d ",voJ 0' I""",,,d fo, di,,,n«. undo,w,n' i" r."t m;li",y by ,h, r..,"ded in 1990. B"i< ",no" m,mbt"hir i, te'" ~"'pun Q,dn,,,o: Oti.. Io'm...... ,.W.<>ttflomk w" th< .bil"r ,,, ,pre.d ,ho g"n bond, in • i"d«d w., p=nt but ,pp,, "~r< e"nelud,d. A R>:h,MO. R,i"m. Edi,,,, with 1",11 TI" gun w" n«kn.m,d ,h, >e,i" of t.." w,,, oond.,,,«1 f", "ng', 8...<, row, At, 1;>;1«1'" •",«< 1"',.- It ~.., p'''",ul"ly «d n,,,, bridg< 0' ",h<>ti<:>o wh,,< ,h,wid,h "f,h, ,,,,d '" Ihcr.k ho=,_ 'ifi, pcrf",m.d "ery well. w.. u'" f'iendly. D.rrmeo, y M"k', ""., h>J .nd«l ""mmen" indi,>t,d ,I"r ,he 8uo ,,",old bo IIb.ek 110= 11>",,)', 00, "Cf>< d'> 0,_ Requ., who "'", «'mp' from ,I" .n •.."r '0 rho Uoi"n "my_ rheir un'qu, ""o~,h' d"fr" ,h. only child ",ingf", 'n elderly 1\11 ofrhi' pmmo"on,1 efl{"r ...>' u.,",,, .'"".,." ".J". ,.. •'jl, ,~Ih p,renr, ,,,Ii,,,d in 18M .. , m,mbo, "f'h, ~,h Regim,n, of,h, 84rh New Yo,k "k;ns;" ,,,11 fon.""i,lIy fo' Dr. R,qu., A..i ...p", ".,.••• fl'"'' of"'lh.- who h.d be,o "k,n '''''y f'om hi,den,,1 I" ,J" ,.••,.r'"4" ,I"I"'''' ~ N"i"".1 Gu"d ,nd w" ."ign,d ,,,, p""i,, for mooth,. And ,,'" .f,,, rho>< W,U" ...." ,.. !JIM. H."" /h'''', ,t." Co"f,d",,, P"wn in E1mi". New York. Wi,1, ,u.h pobl;.;,)', M,.k·, uoi, h,d ",",0 .""""f"1 m;li",y I"". rh'r<"''' no Th. S,h Reg;m.n, "w do'y for ju" 'h", purch'" oro" immin'nr. lI.«Jo••r>d no "ouhl, ,i~ni,,~ op "olun"", " 31 moo,h .nd 0,. Iteqo. n",,, eon,id,,«1 lIillinghu,,'. now shorr oHund., h.d '0 R,ynold> Mad,. Th, oo,r op<,,,ed from himself. <';vil WI' vet",n, 186~ ""Uf< '"or"I< copi,,1. Th'J' ,ppro>n', Loui'i'">: .nd., Pi«,_ Th, f,," m"hio, gon by 0,. oom, "n8ihl, ,,';d,n« of,he .....pon', Purr Hod",n, Moh;I" 'nd Monrgom"y, J""pho, R,qu, w.. di,pl,yed" ,I" P.n· v,lu, befof< Ih,y ""mn"H,d ,1,'8' Abb,m. Ameri"n £.opu,irion in 1901, Buff,I". N.w monmry ou,l>y. So, d,mon""tion ...", M,d<', II>rr"Y fin' I'"(&rm,,,<,u"'J' 'nd Th,,, 5rell... Th, four deploym,n, of v.,iou, m;lit>ry museum, "ound ,h, M"k', .,tillery ooi, , New Orl<>n,. ,,,unrry, On, held by ,I" mi!it>ry museum Jwro"i" power of'hi' m"hm, SOO ,& I»I1'ry. .nd ir prover! to b< I rh.n mil", Th, in W,,, Poin,. New Yo,k;, p"seOlly on Roch..,.. D'mom''''ion Co"vin",.. Reqo' riA" wived wirh rho regimem. bur I",n r" rhe Sn'irlr",oi'n In"i'o"on ;0 Fi">nd..,. Roch,,,,,, N,... Vo,k w.. 4,000 ,oo"d. (l~ o.",idge, pe' roond) of ",,,,,h'08r"". D.C. Th, ful1->o"I, working "1",«1,, 'he ''''' ,it<. l.<:>e,1 "",",p.pe" ,he ,peci,1 ,mmu"i,ioo w;U 'hipped pro'Ot)'pe. ocri,) No, I, i, p""",lyon ,Ie"'d the gen,,,1 pobli, '0 'he f", 'hOI >y boor, Th, di,pl,;'., ,1" Sp,i08foeld A,mo,y N>t;"n.1 ,hi, d,mon",.,;on ,,",uld 0«0' on Aoso" bo" n,,'cr m,de i', h"",'""r, h,,';ng b<,n Hi"o,i, Sit< 'n Sp,ioglleld. /I-I",,,hu,,'''. Il. 1862. iii' '''01,., lorge ,r"wJ 'onk nw ,I" FI""d, '0'" 0,1,,,, m I",."d., ,he U.S. M"ine Corp. g"hered ro ...."h" ,he ,ifi, bmery ...., ... The Requ, RiA, Score, in 0,1,,, Mu>td. W"hrnglon. op ,im,d'" wood'n I»rt<1 "rger in rho lI"rI... Th. R.qo' g""' h,d n", be,,, D.C., .nd ,I" K,n'nry .inc< no fon>! I,,1, ofAn,i,,,rn, 0'" of d.ploym,,,,, """,red" ,he bloodi,,' of 'he Civil W", 1'<'''obo'8 'nd Cold H,rbor The Requ, RiAe Co.. '0 W". Alb4. ,r>d Elillingho," ,hop, Th, 18,1, lod,pend,,,, ,I" fm.1 "po"",,, i"u,d in 1I>""y benm' kn"",'n .. ·~"""y," ,i"ee rho "pid.fo" gun, "h,d rhe ",Ii" repo'" f,om C 1AI 128, Pho'Of"'ph by Fronk A. Gdl"p" we,...,h poll'd l>y' r..m of.h""",1 p'''''''u, r"u, rh" rho R«J0' in F;>nkfw, K ,nd Civil W" ,«n",· ,..i,oo ,f<" ~3 y,m of d,n,,1 p" in b,,,1< ci,,,,,. Wh,n ,h, 'ou, 1908 .nd ,,,,id,d" 28 V;,k r..k A, F,ilod, ofMonn, Hop" C,m""y, 'p"0' m"",d '0 ,~'"'" loco,;"n. 'wo 14.)""". Roc~""", uo,,1 ni, .",n, Hi, in"'mi", mOll of ,h, p'" b,lf)'<" 0' '" p1,noing. "Id r;f. pl.y'''' 500" M'ginn ,nd Ch,i, mind .nd und.untOO p,,,,",,,,'n« play«!, '>.o, ",I, io 'h' ourcom' of ,h. Civil b<, I~, j 1)')9 ,n "'''ordin''y'nd ou,· W'h,n ,k ""'y ,ndoo on 1865 'nd th, tnu' ~'.. , ".nding Civil W" tou, of Moun' Hop", I "'" flni,h,•. ,"," found ou,,,I,,,, ,mong ,It< R.~u,., )o> ofhund,«l, of id,n,i..1 mili,..)" bl'o, i, bu,,«1 in Moun< Hop< ful'nd 'nligh"ning for m•. 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