1858
January 30, 1858
Death of Hiram Walworth who, as a boy of fourteen fought in Capt. Aikens’ company of volunteers. The Walworth homestead is now No. 17 Broad St.
Thursday, February 25, 1858
Died John Freligh Platt, only son of Moss Kent Platt, aged 20 years.
Sunday, May 16, 1858
At his home (now Custom House Square) died "Uncle Robert" Platt, whose wife, Mary Daggett Platt, had died five years before. In 1843, Robert Platt had removed from Valcour where, in 1798, his father, Judge Zephaniah, had given him a fine, large farm of several hundred acres on Lake Champlain in Peru.
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Suddenly out of the woods there broke |
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A line of cavalry, gray as smoke. |
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A troop-a regiment-a brigade! |
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God! what a rush and roar they made. |
| -James Buckham |
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