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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I

Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886. 258 words

Turner, U.S.S. ' Gi^fysburg ;" Chas. Corbyn, 170th N. Y,; E. H. Avery, Gth N. Y. H. .V.; C. W. Varian, sergeant, 165th N. Y.; J. A. Tuttle, 2d N. Y. Cav.; D. F. Avery, 38tli N. Y.; J. N. Purdy.t Gth U. S. Inf ; George M. Avery, 5th N. Y.; W. 11. Dingee, 150th N. Y.; Richard Wheatley, chaplain, 28th Conn.; C. M. Sarles, 4th N. Y.; Jarvis Pugsley, 48th N. Y.; L. E. Miller, 84th Pa.

Morell Post, No. 144, of Sing Sing. -- This post was organized on the 18th of December, 1883, at Sing Sing, N. Y., princijnilly from members of Powell Post, in the same town, and now numbers the following officers and members :

Commander : Silas W. Edgerton, chaplain of Sing Sing Prison. Commander Edgerton's military record is an excellent one, he having entered the service as a private in the 34th Slass. in 1862, and being discharged as captain and brevet-major in the 192d N. Y. Vols., after a period of three and one-half years. Commander Edgerton w as wounded at Mine Run, Va., on the 20th of July, 1864, a piece of shell taking effect in liis right breast and rendering amputation of the right arm necessarj'. Since the war he has become a clergyman, and is respected wherever he is known.

Senior Vice-Commander: Hiram Osboril, first lieutenant of the 75th N. Y. ; promoted from the ranks, with three yeai-s' service.

Junior Vice-Commander : William W. Ryder, ex-private of the 17th N. Y., with two years' service.