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Inside the Journal 2 Cambridge Honor Roll Dedication & Concert Caffe Lena Happenings 3 Gettysburg Civil War Soldier's Band Muster Update Great Northern Catskills Balloon Festival 4 Civil War Word Game July 10 & 11th Civil War Weekend, Putnam County Park, Carmel, NY. |
[We are grateful to Sharyn Pratt, Civil War Historian & Board Member of the Kent Historical Society for contributing to the following Haversack Journal item. Thank you, Sharyn]. Come, step back in time, and share in the History of Putnam County and honor the 858 Civil War soldiers who joined the Union Army from this region's towns and villages. Some of the prominent individuals who claimed Putnam County as their home include Generals Daniel Butterfield, Darrius Couch, William Morris and G.K. Warren. Join with living history enthusiasts and experience a real Civil War encampment. 
Drummer boy sounds the "Long Roll" assembling the troops at Putnam County Park On Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. the 77th NY Regimental Balladeers will perform "Tenting Tonight", the music, letters, portraits and landscapes of the Civil War. This special event will evoke the memory of New York's volunteers who fought in the war and whose spirits still haunt many of the battlefields throughout Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and the South. Copies of the balladeers' new CD Somebody's Darling will be on sale at the |
event. Ten percent of the proceeds from the sale of CDs and tapes will be donated to local museum and preservation efforts. Additional weekend events will include field music from Union and Confederate musicians, mounted cavalry, artillery, musket and field hospital demonstrations. Event participants will be able to get a close look at Union, Confederate and Civilian camplife. The camp opens to the public at 10 a.m. on each day. This event is being sponsored by the Putnam County Visitors Bureau and Southeast Museum. For more information contact the Putnam Visitors Bureau [914]-225-0381, Southeast Museum [914]-279-7500, Event and Union Coordinator, Tom Breslin [914]-228-1239, Sutler and Confederate Coordinator, Curt Pratt, [914]-228-0507.
Memorial Park, Cambridge, NY August 13th Concert Celebrates Civil War Honor Roll Dedication On Friday evening at 8:30 p.m. the balladeers will perform a concert from the porch of the Cambridge Hotel, Cambridge, NY. The stage will overlook the village square where hundreds of Civil War reenactors will be encamped. The concert kicks off a weekend of activities to celebrate the dedication and completion of two granite monuments containing bronze plaques with the names of 400 Civil War soldiers. Most of the local Civil War volunteers listed on the bronze honor rolls joined one of three regiments raised in Washington |
County. More than 300 joined the 22nd New York Volunteer Infantry, the 93rd NYVI or the 123rd NYVI. Another group served in Vermont and Massachusetts, and other New York State Units. The two granite Civil War monuments will flank a Revolutionary War memorial. The Civil War commemorative forms the "keystone" or "Arch of Honor" according to the Committee to Raise a Permanent Honor Roll to the Veterans of Old Cambridge. We are greatly honored to be part of COMPROC's weekend of rejoicing. For more information about the weekend's activities contact Dave Thornton, Chairman at 518-677-3038.
On Sunday May 30th entire families commemorated Memorial Day by doing something different. They showed up at Caffe Lena's "Tenting Tonight"concert to remember those who have died in our nation's service. Through readings of soldiers'and civilians' Civil War letters and diaries audience members honored and reflected about all who have served or are serving to preserve the peace and freedom we have in this country. Graham McGill's reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and Kathleen Ross'rendition of Louisa May Alcott's Hospital Sketches were two of the highlights of the concert. Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day. In 1865, Henry C. Welles, a druggist in the village of Waterloo, NY, proposed the idea of honoring the patriotic dead of the Civil War by decorating their graves. On May 5,1866 the local townspeople embraced the idea wholeheartedly. Wreaths, crosses and bouquets were made for each veteran's grave. The first official recognition of Memorial Day as such was issued by General John A. Logan, first commander of the Grand Army of the Republic. This was General Order No. 11 establishing "Decoration Day" as it was then known. Memorial Day is now celebrated in almost every state on the last Monday in May. Several southern states have an additional, separate day for honoring the Confederate war dead. An audience member e-mailed the following note that is indicative of the audience reaction; "We really enjoyed the band's performance. My son Cody was totally entertained by your Civil War songs and slides. He really got interested in the Civil War after watching Gone with the Wind with |
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me. We definitely want to come to another show". Thank you Caffe Lena for giving us the opportunity to grace your historic stage and evoke the memory of all our veterans.
The Soldiers" National Monument was dedicated on July 1, 1869. The monument stands on the very spot where President Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address. The 77th New York Regimental Balladeers Performance Schedule at the 5th Annual Gettysburg Music Muster Saturday, September 4 1:45 - 2:15 Cyclorama Center Outdoor Stage 5:00 - 6:00 Dobbin House 6:30 - Sundown Pennsylvania Monument Thanks for Visiting Our Home Page http://members.tripod.com/~ny77thballadeers |
Great Northern Catskills Balloon Festival 
Presented by The Greenville Area Chamber of Commerce, August 20th, 21st, & 22nd, 1999 at the Balsam Shade Resort, Rt. 32, Greenville, NY
Balloon launches, Saturday & Sunday, Dawn & Dusk. On Sunday, August 22nd the following activities will be presented: Balloon Launch, Sunrise Ecumenical Service and Choral Groups,
Choral Presentations on Stage, & 77th NY Regimental Balladeers (bagpiper accompaniment)
For reservations, call 518-966-5050.
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[sayings, phrases, synonymns or nicknames of New York Units] CLUES by Sharon Quinn |
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8. Major General born in Ballston Spa, NY 1819 11. To search for provisions 12. Civil War soldier’s slang for a bullet 13. A small sewing kit used by soldier’s to repair uniforms 17. Soldier’s referred to this type of collar that was formed by rolling up their blanket and tying the ends together 18. Uncle_______ _______ an 1852 anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe 22. The last of the battles of the Seven Days was fought here 23. A yarn made with new wool and used woolen fabrics which made it inferior 24. A warship with a heavy prow made for piercing an enemy’s ship 25. The 77th NYVI were also known as the ______ ______ Regiment 27. The Northern States 28. Last name of the person who stabbed Major Henry Reed Rathbone 29. The 40th NYSV Regiment shared this name with a famous music composer 31. The South 32. A Confederate Navy Flag 34. _______ and Yates Rifles was the nickname of the 43rd NYSV Regiment 35. The first major Battle of the Western Theatre and one of the fiercest was fought at _________ 37. The official color of the Confederate Uniform 38. A fatigue or forage cap 39. Northern Pacifist 40. Highest Ranking Naval Officer 42. Known as Manassas _____ _____ 44. 51st NYSV Rifles Nickname. The last name of a member of the 77th NY Regimental Balladeers 46. Co. A 102nd NYSNG _____ _____ 47. A bag used to hold rations or personal items 48. 178th NYSVs nickname 49. Co. E 102 NYSVs nickname _____ _____ _____. |
3. Nickname for the Spencer Carbine 4.Grove of trees 5. Last call at night or lights out 6. 1st Ind. Battalion of Light Artillery NYSM 7. A confederate civilian or soldier 9. Traveller’s Rider 10. Billy _____ 12. Song “Just Before the ______ Mother” 14. ______ Guard 80th NYSV 15. The Wheat_____ near Weikart Farm at Gettysburg 16. General T. Seymour gave the 115th NYVs this name commemorating their gallant service during the Florida expedition in 1864 _____ _____ 19. Seized by Union troops in March 1862, John Bell Hood’s Army was all but destroyed trying to recapture it 21. A free lance soldier or guerilla in Kansas or elsewhere 20. NY Colonel slain descending a staircase at the Alexandria Hotel 26. Title of a song that pokes fun at peanuts 30. Abbreviation for “french furlough” 33. The siege and 1863 capitulation of this city on the east bank of the Mississippi was one of U.S. Grant’s key victories 36. Union General criticized by Lincoln for not blocking Lee’s retreat after the battle at Gettysburg 41. One of the standard British made shoulder arms used on both sides 43. This English ship builder Jonathan _______ built the CSS Alabama and is immortalized in the song “Roll Alabama Roll” 45. Mary Todd Lincoln’s youngest son NY Unit Synonymns or Nicknames: 77th NY Balladeers Website: http://members.tripod.com/~ny77thballadeers/ |
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Answer Key [ sayings, phrases, synonymns or nicknames of New York Units] by Sharon Quinn |
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8. Doubleday 11. Forage 12. Bumblebee 13. Housewife 17. Horse 18. Tom’s Cabin 22. Malvern Hill 23. Shoddy 24. Ram 25. Bemis Heights 27. Union 28. Booth 29. Mozart 31. Dixie 32. Naval Jack 34. Albany 35. Shiloh 37. Gray 38. Kepi 39. Copperhead 40. Admiral 42. Bull Run 44. Yates 46. Lindsey Blues 47. Haversack 48. Pratt Guard 49. Calcium Light Sharpshooters |
2. Zou 3. Mr. Lincoln’s Gun 4. Orchard 5. Taps 6. Rochester Union Grays 7. Rebel 9. Lee 10. Yank 12. Battle 14. Ulster 15. Field 16. Iron Hearted Regiment 19. Nashville 21. Jayhawker 20. Ellsworth 26. Goober Peas 30. AWOL 33. Vicksburg 36. Meade 41. Enfield 43. Laird 45. Tad * The Civil War Source Book by Jack Burd * Civil War Wordbook by Daryl Lyman Synonymns or Nicknames of NY Units by William F. Amann American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War edited by Richard M. Ketchum * Available at Amazon.com bookstore NY Unit Synonymns or Nicknames: www.snymor.edu/pages/library/local_history/sites/synonymns.html |
