Friday, May 9, 2008

Monroe Brundage GAR

# 470 - Hammondsport - Chartered March 22, 1884.Captain Monroe Brundage, Co. I, 134th NYSV. Born in Bath, NY Oct. 27, 1836; joined at Hammondsport April 22, 1861 as a private in Capt. King's company, age 24; elected 2d Lt. June 10, 1861; mustered to May 1861; acted as Captain after Seven Pines; 1st Lt. May 1862; Captain Jan. 1863; gunshot wound to right arm at Antietam but stayed on the field until night; arm amputated near shoulder;transported home Oct. 1, 1862 but resumed company command Jan. 26, 1863; ill health compelled his resignation March 16, 1863; elected to NYS Assembly in 1868; died May 26, 1875.
Source GAR information:

http://library.morrisville.edu/local_history/sites/gar_post/steuben_gar.html

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