Schenectady County G.A.R. Posts
- # 14 - Schenectady - Chartered July 9, 1873 and disbanded 1878.
Captain Edwin "Ned" Forrest, Co. B, 134th NYSV. Joined at Albany Dec. 1862 as
1st Lt., age 28; promoted to Captain Feb. 1864; MWIA May 8, 1864 at Rocky Face
Ridge (Dug Gap), GA; "died two days after his wounding."
- # 90 - Schenectady - Chartered May 2, 1879.
Captain William Horsfall, Co. E, 18th NYSV. "A long-time militia member;"
joined May 1861 at Schenectady as 1st Lt.; promoted to Captain Dec. 1861; KIA
leading a charge at Crampton's Gap, MD, Sept. 14, 1862.
Maintained by Sue Greenhagen.
E-mail:
greenhsh@morrisville.edu