1861
Tuesday, April 16, 1861
News of President Lincoln's proclamation of April 15th, reaches Plattsburgh. A meeting for the evening of the 17th was called.
Wednesday, April 17, 1861
At the meeting held at the court house for the purpose of raising a company of men to assist in putting down the Rebellion, thirty-five signed at once as willing to enlist and these elected from their number Frank Palmer, Captain; Royal Corbin, Lieutenant; Pliny Moore, Ensign, all descendants of Revolutionary soldiers and early pioneers.
Thursday, April 25, 1861
The first company raised in Plattsburgh, now numbering one hundred enlisted men, was mustered into the State service by Col. Putnam Lawrence, of the 32d New York Ste Militia, who had been appointed to that duty.
Friday, April 26, 1861
Departure of the first company raised in Plattsburgh, (Company C) f the 16th New York, for Albany. About a week later a second company (Company E) of volunteers was formed and ready to go forward with John S. Stetson, Captain; Ransom M. Pierce, Lieutenant; Charles H. Bentley, Ensign. Before leaving they were presented with a beautiful stand of colors by the ladies of Plattsburgh.
Thursday, May 23, 1861
At Fort Warren in Boston Harbor as the "recruits" were marching around the mess room in single file, one James E. Greenleaf started the line "Glory, Glory, Hallelujah". Once of their number was a John Brown and someone added "John Brown's body lies amouldering." The men caught the inspiration of the moment and line after line was added to the song, the men singing the chorus as they filed out upon the parade ground. That very night, the bandmaster, P.S. Gilmore, arranged the music for his full band.
Friday, May 24, 1861
"John brown's body" was played at dress parade for the first time by the band at Fort Warren.
Saturday, May 25, 1861
"John Brown's Body" was fist played in Boston as the men marched up State street from garrison duty.
Sunday, May 26, 1861
On Sabbath morning, Lois (Baranes) Durand, daughter of Joseph and Lucretia Barnes, and wife of Calvin Durand, "entered into rest". Her remains are resting in her native place, Charlotte, Vt., where she was born in 1799, and where March 3, 1819, she married a grandson of Francis Joseph Durand, of Besancon, France. After a few years, the young couple removed to Clintonville, N.Y., where their children were reared. The younger generation located in Milwaukee and Chicago, and there her son, Henry C. Durand, gave to Lake Forest College, in memory of his mother, Lois Durand Hall. Mrs. Durand was a granddaughter of the Revolutionary officer, Col. Asa Barnes, and his wife, Lois Yale, a descendant of the founder of Yale College.
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