History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900
Of these, 126 were residents of the town and wore volunteers under the first call; 138 enlisted under Governor Morgan's proclamation of August 13, 1802; one man was drafted; forty-one substitutes were provided, and forty-five recruits obtained. The town responded promptly to every call made for troops, either by national or by State government, and provided bountifully for the families of those who went forth to sustain the honor of the country. It is supposed that in addition to the numbers already stated, as many as fifty persons from the town enlisted in Connecticut regiments." ] From Harrison, according to Mr. Baird's researches, there were altogether 168 enlistments.-hily ( one of the Harrison men died from a bullet wound -- certainly a curious and probably an unparalleled fact in view of their considerable number. Throughout the war, in spite of the Y(kry hearty responses of our citizens to the numerous calls for troops, the majority of the people of Westchester County continued in sympathy with the prevailing political sentiment of New York City. The three leading Democratic newspapers were so emphatic in their expressions that the grand jury of Westchester County, in August, 1861, brought in a presentment against them. The following is a portion of this interesting document: The Yonkers Herald, Highland Democrat, and Eastern State Journal have, from the time of the issue of the president's proclamation, immediately after the tiring on Fort Sumter, steadily treated the war which has followed, in the extracts and articles they have published, as an unholy and partisan war, unjustly commenced and prosecuted by the administration. In so doing it has evidently been their purpose to consolidate a party by the aid of whose opposition and influence they might prevent enlistments and retard the successful prosecution of the war. The grand jurors therefore invoke the attention of the district attorney of this county to the prosecution of the editors and proprietors named if hereafter, after this public notice of their evil course, they should persist in thus continuing to give aid and comfort to the enemies of the government. 1 Ibid.,