Sunday, April 24, 1864
Col. Stephen Moffitt of the 96th regiment was made a prisoner of war and confined in prison at Plymouth, N. C., for four months. He was one of the fifty officers of highest rank placed by the rebels in front of their works during the bombardment of the city of Charleston, S. C.
Monday, May 16 1864
Of the men of the 118th at Drury's Bluff, there were wounded Lieut. Col. Geo. F. Nichols, Adj. John M. Carter, Capts. Livingston and Ransom, Lieuts. Treadway and Sherman, while Capt. Dennis Stone who before entering the army had been pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Au Sable Forks, and James H. Pierce were taken prisoners. Lieut. W.H. Stevenson was killed while carrying his wounded captain, Robert W. Livingston, to a place of safety. Of him his captain said: "No more gallant and generous spirit was offered among the victims of the war. No praise of Lieutenant Stevenson-his gallant ardor-his dash-his generous friendship, can be misplaced." Stevenson's assistants, George Miller and William Huff were wounded, captured, and died in Southern prisons. It was here that Lieut. Henry J. Adams of Elizabethtown seized a standard and shouted "Rally round the flag boys!"
In the morning of this disastrous day, Capt. Benedict, a young and gallant officer of the 96th, was killed with two of his men by a shell. He was descended from two patriots families, the Halseys and Benedicts, living on Long Island during the Revolution and afterwards early settlers of Plattsburgh. Walter H. Benedict Post, G. A. R. perpetuates his memory.
Sunday, May 22, 1864
Henry S. Johnson died of consumption at his home in Plattsburgh. Though young, only 38, he had successfully overcome the many obstacles which beset his path, when barely fourteen carrying his own compass in the work of surveying, teaching school at sixteen, and at eighteen studying in the office of Sweetland and Beckwith, ultimately becoming an able lawyer in the threefold character of attorney, counsel and advocate. As a citizen, neighbor and friend, he was without reproach.
Say no to that his course is run.
Heaven is older than the sun.
Heaven saw his task begun.
- James Buckham.
Monday, June 6, 1864
The Fouquet House, built in
1815 by John Louis Fouquet and then named the Macdonough House was burned.
At the time and subsequently, many valuable historical relics were lost, among
them the original key to Fort Ticonderoga, given to the proprietor by Gen.
Nathaniel Lyon. This far-famed hostelry was of wood, painted white, its
swinging sign, one one side adorned with a portrait (painted by a Mr. Stevens, a
local artist) of the owner's close friend, the Commodore; on the other, a
picture of a ship. From its high pillared verandas, Scott, Wool,
Bonneville, Worth, Magruder, "Stonewall" Jackson, Hooker, Kearney, Ricketts and
other army officers had looked out across the bay where Macdonough had
vanquished the British Lion. Gen. Scott was an annual visitor and two
children of Capt. Magruder (afterward a confederate general), while their father
was in command at the Barracks, in charge of their colored "mammy" had good
times in the beautiful garden with the little Fourquets.
Monday, July 25, 1864
Ticonderoga celebrated its centennial, at which time Joseph Cook, one
of her most distinguished sons, made his famous address, this year (1909)
published by the Ticonderoga Historical Society.
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