New York's North Country and the Civil War: Soldiers, Civilians and Legacies

by Dave Shampine, Harold Sanderson (Foreword by)

Overview

Although Northern New York did not host any Civil War battles, it did not come out unscathed in the War Between the States. Brave soldiers fought in many major clashes, such as those of Jefferson County's Thirty-fifth New York Volunteer Regiment. Civilians struggled for the cause in their own way, with many active Underground Railroad stops across the region. The war's legacy lived on decades beyond the conflict through the many members of the Grand Army of the Republic, Harriet Tubman's home in Auburn and John Brown's burial place in North Elba. Author Dave Shampine compiles his most fascinating columns from the Watertown Daily Times to chronicle the role that New York's North Country played in the Civil War.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781609496517
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	04/24/2012
Series:	Civil War Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

As Dave Shampine completes his forty-first year as crime reporter and history writer with the Watertown Daily Times in Northern New York, he provides his fourth offering to The History Press in this collection of Civil War stories. He made his debut with The History Press in 2009 with Remembering New York's North Country: Tales from Times Gone By and then followed in 2010 with two publications: Colorful Characters of Northern New York: Northern Lights and the work to which he was dedicated for more than a decade, The North Country Murder of Irene Izak: Stained by Her Blood. A native of Carthage, New York, and a lifetime resident of Jefferson County, New York, Mr. Shampine takes pride in his education at Carthage Augustinian Academy, Jefferson Community College, where in 2007 he was honored with a professional achievement award, Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire and the State University of New York College at Brockport. He has also been a contributor to the Jefferson County Historical Society's Bulletin and to Inland Seas, the quarterly journal of the Great Lakes Historical Society, Vermillion, Ohio.

Table of Contents

Foreword Harold I. Sanderson 7

A Homegrown Patriot: DePeyster Farmer Rises to Civil War Hero and Statesman 13

Life on the Rock: One-Armed Veteran Found Vocation as Lighthouse Keeper 21

A Civil War Father and Son Killed by the Same Shell 28

Handshake with History: Mannsville Woman Witnessed Battle of Gettysburg, Greeted Lincoln 35

Northern New York's Underground Railroad: Runaway Slaves Made Stops Here En Route to Canada 44

A Proud Heritage: Watertown's AME Zion Church Traces Roots to Slave Days 51

Soldiers' Executions Halted Thanks to North Man's Message to President Lincoln 56

A Soldier's Heart Turns Homeward: Edwards Man's Letters Offer Personal Account of Civil War 61

Theresa's Schule Bell: A Civil War Southerner Given New Life in the North 68

Bradley Winslow, Civil War Hero 76

Union Veterans Group Saw All Its Old Soldiers Fade Away 80

Old Soldiers Fade Away: Two Union Veterans Lived Well into the Twentieth Century 102

A Civil War Hero Missed His Chance to Change History 108

Barney Family 'Witnessed History and Made It 114

Flash and Fortitude: The Military Magruders 121

About the Author 127