New York Department, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

Remembering the 22nd NY State Militia from NY City. Notice how long the bayonets are in the photo. Perhaps 24-28 inches long.

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/unit-history/infantry/22nd-infantry-regiment

Join us this Saturday for a talk on the origins of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) from commander Steven Wheeler. The talk will be in the Papa Bear courtroom from eleven to noon. Learn how the regiments after the Civil War banded together to continue their traditions. Mr. Wheeler is well known as the camp commander of D G Caywood Camp 146 Ovid NY. SUVCW located in Baby Bear, as well as a prominent Civil War reenactor. Among the many items that Mr. Wheeler will be showing are Civil War weapons, dog tags and military memorabilia including signal flags that were used for communication.

Department Order #4 of 2024 directs the Camps of the Department of New York to begin marking the Last Union Veterans in each county thanks to the list compiled by Brian Castler, PDC.

The list can be found here: https://nysuvcw.org/last-union-veteran-buried-in-each-new-york-county

Department Order #3 of 2024 lifts the suspension of COL John B Weber Camp #44 of Lackawanna.

From the travels of our esteemed Department Historian Jerry Orton, earlier this month he visited with the Sons of the American Revolution at the Oswego County Fair.

BORN IN AUSABLE BURIED IN AUBURN - On December 1, 1861, Joseph Robare was working as a nailor when he enlisted in the 22nd Infantry in Keeseville. He was born in the Town of Ausable in 1843. Thirteen men, including Joseph, were recruited from the local area to top up the regiment that had been in existence from June 1861.
When he met up with the regiment, they were in winter quarters at Upton’s Hill preparing for the time they would be put on transports to go to Falmouth for duty at Fredericksburg. They joined General Pope’s Campaign in northern Virginia, then went on the Maryland Campaign – South Mountain and Antietam in September. In December the 22nd was at Fredericksburg where they had the last 6 of the 246 casualties, they suffered that year. In June 1863, the regiment mustered out in Albany after the Chancellorsville Campaign.
By February1864, Joseph had enlisted in the 2nd Veteran Cavalry in Plattsburgh and was soon appointed corporal. The regiment went straight to Louisiana and the Red River Campaign. They stayed along the Mississippi for the rest of the year crossing back and forth across the river skirmishing, reconnoitering and fighting. In the spring of 1865, they crossed into Alabama and Florida and were mustered out in Talladega in November 1865.
By the time he died, Joseph had moved to California where he died in Auburn, about 40 miles northeast of Sacramento. He is buried under a military headstone in the military section of the Old Auburn Cemetery.

John W. Jones Black Abolitionist & Keeper of Elmira POW Cemetery Has New Statue Erected - The Reconstruction Era The John W. Jones Museum in Elmira has newly erected statue of Jones. He was a formerly enslaved person who escaped slavery in Virginia and...

Brothers who are able to are encouraged to attend. General Greene was commander of the 60th New York and at Gettysburg held Culp’s Hill with his brigade of New Yorkers consisting of the 60th, 78th, 102nd, 137th and 149th New York Infantry.

Please join us, the Warwick Cemetery Commission, the City of Warwick and many others as we commemorate and honor the life of Bvt. Maj. Gen. George Sears Greene as the City of Warwick names a street in his honor!