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The Zouaves Resting in Camp the American Civil War Volume LV Number 1 2010 the Zouaves resting in camp The American Civil War Sesquicentennial— The Irish Zouaves of St. Lawrence County Rensselaer Falls and the New York 14th “Heavies” The St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright Museum The St. Lawrence County Historical Association is a private, not-for-profit, membership organiz- ation based at the Silas Wright House in Canton, New York. Founded in 1947, the Association is governed by a constitution, by-laws, and Board of Trustees. The Historical Association’s mem- bership meets annually to elect its trustees. 2011 Officers 2011 Trustees President: Carl Stickney, Stockholm Roger Bailey, Canton Vice-President: Jane Subramanian, Potsdam James Barnes, Potsdam Treasurer: Terry Niles, Brushton Kip Blanchard, Potsdam Secretary: Susan Smeby, Madrid Patricia Carson, Canton William Flynn, Ogdensburg Rita Goldberg, Canton Stanley Maine, Pierrepont Anne Mazzotta, Canton 2011 Staff Lowell McAllister, Heuvelton Trent Trulock, Executive Director Cathleen O’Horo, Canton Sue Longshore, Collections Manager Ron Semple, Canton Jean Marie Martello, Archives Manager Shirley Wisner, Morristown Our Mission The St. Lawrence County Historical Association is a not-for-profit membership organization and museum which serves as an educational resource for the use and benefit of the citizens of St. Lawrence County and others interested in the County’s history and traditions. The Association collects and preserves archival material and artifacts pertinent to the County’s history. In coopera- tion and collaboration with other local organizations, the Association promotes an understanding of and appreciation for the County’s rich history through publications, exhibits, and programs. The St. Lawrence County Historical Association operates within museum standards established by the American Association of Museums. SLCHA Membership Membership in the St. Lawrence County Historical Association is open to all interested parties. Annual membership dues are: Individual $30; Senior/Student $25; Family $40; Contributor $55; Supporter, $100; Patron $250. Members receive the SLCHA Quarterly, the Historical Association’s bi-monthly newsletter, and various discounts on publications, programs and events. St. Lawrence County Historical Association at the Silas Wright House 3 East Main Street, P. O. Box 8 Canton, New York 13617 (315) 386-8133 fax (315) 386-8134 e-mail: [email protected] www.slcha.org The Quarterly is endowed in memory of Albert Priest Newell and Ella Waterman Newell. Publication of The Quarterly is also made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency. Volume LV Number 1 2010 ISSN: 0558-1931 Contents Publications Committee From the County Historian 2 Cathleen O’Horo (chair) Roger Bailey Trent Trulock James D. Carl Rita Goldberg Paul Loucks Letters to the Editor 4 Susan Omohundro Ron Semple The Civil War Sesquicentennial 4 Editor-in-Chief John Omohundro St. Lawrence County’s Irish Zoauves 5 Production Editor Sue Dresye Ron Semple Copyright ©2011 by the The 14th New York Heavy Artillery 19 St. Lawrence County Historical Association. All rights reserved. Schuyler Alverson Except for brief excerpts, no part of this publication may be copied or repro- Mystery Photo 23 duced without the express written per- mission of the author and the Historical Association. The St. Lawrence County Historical Association is not responsible for the statements, interpretations, and Issue Editor opinions of contributors to The SLCHA Quarterly. Ron Semple The SLCHA Quarterly is published Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall each year by the St. Lawrence County Historical Association for its members and friends. Additional copies may be obtained from the St. Lawrence County Histori- cal Association, P.O. Box 8, Canton, NY 13617 at $4.00 each ($2.00 for members), plus $2.00 for postage. Contributions: The SLCHA Quarterly welcomes contri- butions. To submit a manuscript, or for further information, please contact the editor through the St. Lawrence County Historical Association. Please address communications to: Managing Editor, On the Cover The SLCHA Quarterly, P.O. Box 8, Canton, NY 13617. The Zouaves of New York’s 164th Infantry hold still for the camera in Northern Virginia in 1863. Company “A” was raised in St. Lawrence County. (Owens Archives photo) From the County Historian by Trent Trulock It seems to me that in the United States we like to mark anniversaries that end in zero. So I’m not surprised that in 2011 The Silas Wright House, home of the St. there is a lot of activity centered on the 150th Lawrence County Historical Association. anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War (that’s 1861 for anyone, who like me, is math-impaired). This war had a huge impact on St. Lawrence County. No battles were are slightly behind in publication). fought this far north during the war, and Activities to commemorate the 150th, no homes, farms or public buildings were as it is known around the museum, actually destroyed in battle or siege. And while the began last year at the SLCHA’s 63rd annual abolitionist movement and the Underground membership meeting on November 6th, Railroad were active in St. Lawrence County, 2010, at the Madrid Community Center. as they were in many places in New York Local Lincoln expert Terry Niles spoke on State, I’m not sure how much they impacted the “Election of 1860.”(3) Also in 2010 the the lives of the general population of the St. Lawrence County Board of Legislators county. So why do I think this war had a passed a resolution recognizing the SLCHA big impact on the 83,689 people who were as the official Civil War Sesquicentennial living in the county in 1860?(1) To me the Commission for St. Lawrence County. And big impact of the war, beyond what happened the SLCHA’s Civil War Sesquicentennial nationally, was the fact that around 7,000 Commission has been actively planning men from St. Lawrence County joined the commemorative events for the next four Union’s military. years. So far in 2011, the SLCHA has had This means that 8% of the county’s total presentations on the 164th NYS Volunteers - population served as soldiers or sailors Corcoran’s Irish Zouaves, on women soldiers over the course of about four years. During in the Civil War, and children’s programs the Civil War, New York State sent around on the roles of women in the Civil War and 360,000 men to serve the Union cause, more on President’s Day. A program on Lincoln’s soldiers than any other state (2). Out of this first inauguration is coming up in March. state-wide number, almost 2% came from And even though I look nothing like our 16th St. Lawrence County. All of these men were president (and might even be a few inches sons, brothers, cousins, husbands, friends shorter than him), I’ll be reading Lincoln’s and coworkers who left wives, children, inaugural address at that program. Of course families, homes and businesses to fight for a highlight of this year’s commemoration the Union. And since this was war, some of will be our annual Civil War Weekend at these men never came home. Robert Moses State Park on August 27th-28th, Because of the enormous impact the where part of the battle of Manassas will be war had on the population and social fabric of reenacted. St. Lawrence County, and because the 150th Later this year an exhibit about the anniversary comes only once, the SLCHA will Civil War will open at the museum, which be commemorating this difficult period in our will give us a great opportunity to bring nation’s history beginning this year. (Yes, I some Civil War artifacts out of storage for know that the cover says 2010 on it, but I’m display. As I looked through our collection really writing this in February of 2011, as we records I saw many of the types of artifacts 2 St. Lawrence County Historical Association Quarterly LV:1 2010 St. Lawrence County Historical Association Quarterly LV:1, 2010 3 that I expected to see, such as: blankets, a All of this commemoration for the 150th saddle, canteens, knapsacks, a flag, rifles, a anniversary of the Civil War does not mean GAR medal, and a surgical kit. But I also saw to me that we are commemorating the act of some artifacts that I didn’t expect, including war itself. Rather, this important anniversary a trombone & flute, a stencil for marking is a time to reflect on the people who lived equipment, a ring, and a towel woven from and died during that time, the 7,000 county the last flax from the William Noble farm, residents who enlisted in the Union cause, grown at the close of the Civil War. and how residents of St. Lawrence County I’m certain that the 12 boxes of the Civil made it through those very trying times. War Collection in the archives will get used even more during this anniversary than they Footnotes are normally. Some of the archival materials include service, discharge, and pension 1. The 1860 federal census was the papers, newspaper clippings, photographs, closest census done before the war began, and letters. In addition to this material we National Historical Geographic Information have regimental histories, books on the war, System, www.NHGIS.org. and the Adjutant General’s Reports for most 2. http://www.cyndislist.com/ny.htm#Military New York State regiments. 3. Niles’ presentation took place on Interns and volunteers are working the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s actual on projects about St. Lawrence County election, November 6, 1860. during the war years (1861-1865), such as rearranging the Civil War archival collection, researching background material on our Civil War artifacts and transcribing Civil War letters.
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