Tag Archives: Canandaigua New York

“large hearts and corresponding purses”

[I missed this last month.] During the war many fairs were held to benefit the Sanitary Commission. On February 22 and 23, 1866 the Young Ladies’ Aid Society of a small town on one of the Finger Lakes in New … Continue reading

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Memorialized

On Tuesday, May 12, 1863, only about a week after its costliest engagements (during the Chancellorsville campaign), the 33rd New York Infantry Regiment received the word that it was officially being sent home . It left the front on Friday, … Continue reading

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A Noble Canandaiguan

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in September 1862: The Right Kind of Volunteer. CONRAD BANCROFT, of the town of Canandaigua, has enlisted as a private in the company of Capt. Griswold, in Col. Johnson’s regiment, now being formed … Continue reading

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