Chapter M: L. GRANGER, Merchant, enlisted July 3d, 1861. In time and money Mr

Granger has sacrificed much for the sake of being a soldier. Always present at parades, drills or meetings, and always prompt to meet his obligations. He volunteered in the United States service with the Company in 1864, shared the pleasures and deprivations of camp life with his comrades. For the fatherly care and attention shown the younger members, and those who needed assistance in any way, he was named and known in camp by the title of "Uncle Amos." He honestly served out the term of his enlistment and was honorably discharged. Is partner in the firm of J. S. Granger & Co., a very extensive Dry-Goods House, who enjoy the reputation of keeping the most carefully selected stock of goods of any establishment of the kind in Central New York.

ROBERT GOODWIN, Baker, enlisted July 3d, 1861. A good soldier and an upright man. Was employed in the Bakery department of the extensive establishment of John L. Whiton, Esq. Removed West about three years ago.

JAMES STANYON, Blacksmith, enlisted July 3d, 1861. Was Company musician, and served as such until he volunteered in the United States service. He was a worthy and honorable soldier, engaged in many battles. We have been unable to obtain his war history for publication.

HENRY W. COLLINS, Clerk, enlisted July 3d, 1861. Like Sergeant St. John, Mr. Collins was one of the Company markers long before he became a regular member. Was a soldier of merit, and liked by all the members. Served the Company as Secretary; his skillful penmanship, as shown upon the records, would be of itself a sufficient recommendation; but "_none need apply_," as he is now first book-keeper in the New York office of Adams' Express Company. His absence is temporary, however, as he still considers Ithaca his residence, and is still a member of this Company.

JOHN C. GAUNTLETT, Druggist, enlisted September 4th, 1861. Mr. Gauntlett has always been as popular as a soldier, as he is a citizen and associate. He is of the class that we would always like to retain as members; but to meet the demands of superior officers, we are obliged to relinquish our claim upon them. Starting from the ranks, Sergeant Gauntlett had reached the post of fourth Sergeant, when Colonel Barto selected him as Regimental Standard-bearer, which office he now holds. Not feeling disposed to leave his old friends, however, he retains his membership and position in the Company, and still acts with them, except on Regimental parade. He volunteered with the Company in the United States service, and well and faithfully served out the term of his enlistment.

He is engaged in the Drug and Medicine business, and it is a matter of pride to him, and a source of gratification to his numerous friends, that he stands at the head of that branch of trade in Tompkins county.

IRVING W. NORTON, Cigar-Maker, enlisted September 4th, 1861. Was a good soldier while connected with the Company. Volunteered in the United States service, and received a bayonet wound near his right eye. By this he was prevented from being with his Company for a short time, when he again resumed his duties and served the full term of his enlistment. Mr. Norton, and the night he was wounded, will long be remembered by the DeWitt Guard.

JOHN L. MANDEVILLE, Civil Engineer and Surveyor, enlisted October 2d, 1861. A prompt and systematic soldier, and a most excellent member of the Company. Although a resident of the town of Caroline, is as frequently at the drills as many who live in town. Has always taken a great interest in the Company, accompanied them to Elmira, and volunteered in the United States service. Was permitted to serve but a short time with the Company, however, as he was detailed chief Clerk at Colonel Moore's Head-Quarters; he was, nevertheless, always ready for any kind of duty, when not engaged in his office. While acting as sentinel (relieving one of the guard for a play spell) one night, he alone arrested two desperate characters, who were stealing from the camp of the 58th Regiment, for which he received a unanimous vote of thanks. He served the full term of his enlistment, and was honorably discharged, since which time, until recently, he has been engaged in civil engineering in and around Washington and Baltimore. He has now returned, and can be addressed at Mott's Corners, Tompkins county, N. Y.

E. K. JOHNSON, Clerk, enlisted March 10th, 1862. Mr. Johnson, better known as "Kirk," was honored with a non-commissioned office. Served with the Company as Secretary, and from his records we make extracts elsewhere. Was a capital soldier, a perfect gentleman, and a first rate fellow generally. Volunteered and served in the United States service with the DeWitt Guard at Elmira. No more daring soldier ever stood up before a live Johnny, than he; was detailed as police--the celebrated quartette, Johnson, Betts, Grant and Wilson--and we can assure the reader that every thing within their reach was perfectly safe. Consistent with their obligations as police officers, they watched the various hen-roosts, and other places likely to be disturbed by unruly soldiers; and not more than fifteen or sixteen times did they find in the cook stove oven of Company A, turkeys, chickens, ducks, and other domestic fowls. At the close of his term of service in the army, he made an engagement with a large establishment at the West, where he has since resided. He has warm and _peculiar_ attachments to the place of his birth, and we earnestly hope it may yet be his permanent residence.

A. H. PLATTS, Grocer, enlisted March 7th, 1862. Retained his membership but a very short time.

W. H. HOSFORD, Mechanic, enlisted August 6th, 1862. Served honorably in the United States army. We should have been glad to have published his war history, but have been unable to procure it.

JAMES H. BISHOP, Carpenter, enlisted August 6th, 1862. August 16th, 1862, Mr. Bishop volunteered in the United States army for three years, unless sooner discharged. Soon after enlisting, he joined Captain John H. Terry's Company, which was connected with the 137th Regiment, commanded by Col. David Ireland, and subsequently by Col. K. S. Van Voorhees. Before leaving Binghamton was elected Corporal. The first camp duty performed by Corporal Bishop, was picket duty on Bolivar Heights; the weather becoming severely cold, and he being placed upon the "lookout," which was the highest point on the Heights, he suffered more from cold and exposure than he did during all the time he was in the service. This post he occupied one week; soon after this the camp was removed to Fairfax Station. April 27th was ordered to pack and be ready to move. The baggage of each soldier consisted of his clothes, tent, blankets, eight day's rations, and one hundred and sixty rounds of cartridges, with gun and accoutrements. Corporal Bishop was engaged in each day's battle at Chancellorsville, which were the 1st, 2d and 3d days of May. Was next engaged at the battle of Gettysburg, where he was constantly fighting for three days. After the return of the Regiment to Virginia, Corporal Bishop was detailed for special duty, and sent to Elmira on recruiting service, at which place he remained until April, 1864, when he again joined his regiment at Stevenson, Ala. Was engaged in the skirmishes around Resacca, and finally in the battle at that place, which was from the 12th to the 15th of May. Participated in the sharp fight at Dallas Woods, also at Pine Knob and the severe battle of Peach Tree Creek. After these and many other battles of less account, the Regiment marched into the city of Atlanta at midnight, the band playing "The Campbells are Coming." Thus ended a campaign of four months.

Again taking up a line of march toward Milledgeville, the only obstructions they met were the railroads, which were speedily rendered useless by taking up the track, heating the rails in a fire made of the ties, and then twisting them around the nearest tree or stump. Being obliged to depend upon the country through which they passed for subsistence, foraging parties were each day sent out, and supplies of sweet potatoes, pork and poultry would be brought in by them, upon which they lived like nabobs. After marching many days and much skirmishing, they finally entered the city of Savannah about sunrise on the morning of the 22d day of December. From this time up to the time of the muster-out of the Regiment, Corporal Bishop was every day ready for duty, losing no time by sickness or otherwise. Was finally mustered out with his Regiment and honorably discharged. All honor to Corporal James H. Bishop of the 137th Regiment New York Volunteers.

He is now settled down again in his old home, receiving the congratulations of his friends, and prepared at all times to assist them "to a new house," or accommodate them in any way in the line of his profession.

A. L. BISHOP, Carpenter, enlisted August 6th, 1862. Soon after joining the DeWitt Guard, Mr. Bishop volunteered in the United States service, into which he was mustered Aug. 16th, 1862, in Captain J. H. Terry's Company, 137th New York Volunteers. Before leaving Binghamton, the first place of rendezvous of the Regiment, Mr. Bishop was elected and appointed first Duty Sergeant of the Regiment. He left Binghamton with his Regiment for the seat of war Sept. 27th, 1862. The first camp of any account was at Pleasant Valley, where our Sergeant experienced rather hard fare--being obliged to eat rations which would, by very fastidious persons, have been considered rather unpalatable--but of course soldiers must get used to most every thing, and so our friend made the best of his "hard tack" and _fresh meat_. On the 10th day of December he was elected and appointed Orderly Sergeant, filling the vacancy occasioned by the death of Orderly Sergeant M. L. Beers. Arrived at Aquia Jan. 27th, 1863. The duty here was very severe, consisting of camp guard, picket guard, ordinance guard, railroad guard and fatigue duty. Remained in camp at this point until the last of April, when orders were received to be ready to march at a moment's warning, which orders were carried into execution April 27th, when the Rappahannock was crossed at Kelly's Ford, moving in the direction of Chancellorsville, where the Company were engaged the 1st, 2d and 3d days of May, on each of which Sergeant Bishop took an active part.

On the 8th day of June he was commissioned and mustered as second Lieutenant of Company D, vice Lieutenant Whitmore resigned. Was engaged the 2d and 3d days of July in the battle of Gettysburg. Was in command of troops that guarded the wagon trains from Nashville, Tenn., to Bridgeport, Ala. Also marched and guarded a wagon train to Chattanooga; arriving as far as Wauhatchie halted for the night, comfortably rolling themselves in their blankets preparatory to a good night's rest. About eleven o'clock firing was heard upon the picket line, when they were ordered out and soon in line, which had hardly been done before they received a sharp volley of musketry from the rebels. The fight lasted until three o'clock of the next morning. The killed, wounded and missing of the 137th Regiment in this engagement was ninety men. Lieut. Bishop also participated in the famous fight at Lookout Mountain, and that of Ringold, Ga.

May 2d, 1864, he commenced the great Georgia campaign with Gen. Sherman; was engaged in the battle of Resacca from the 12th to the 15th of May, and on the 25th in the battle of Dallas Wood; the next engagement was at Pine Knob on the 15th of June; had continued skirmishing until the 20th of July, when occurred the battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga., after which they rested until the 23d, when they moved in front of Atlanta; marched into the city Sept. 2d at twelve o'clock, after a campaign of over four months.

October 24th Lieut. Bishop was commissioned and mustered first Lieutenant of Company D, vice Lieut. C. C. Kellogg resigned. October 25th he was sent out with a foraging party; were out four days and returned with five hundred wagon loads of forage. November 1st started for home on a twenty days leave of absence, and eight of the days were occupied in getting there; upon his return he found the Regiment at Savannah. January 27th he was ordered to the hospital, being wholly unfit for duty; was detained there twenty days: was again with the Regiment at Raleigh, N. C., where orders were received to be ready forthwith to march for Richmond, the Confederacy having succumbed to the government of the United States. Passed through Richmond the 11th of May, crossed the Rappahannock at U. S. ford the 15th, and arrived at Alexandria on the 19th. May 23d he received an order stating that he was honorably discharged from further service by reason of physical disability; arrived at his home in Ithaca June 20th, 1865.

No more worthy soldier or respected officer ever enlisted or commanded a Company, than Lieut. A. L. Bishop; and a more honorable record than his cannot be produced--always ready to do his whole duty to his comrades and his country.

J. H. TERRY, Lawyer, enlisted August 4th, 1862. Had belonged to the Company but a short time when he enlisted in the United States service, and was elected Captain of a Company organized in this village. We have been unable to obtain his war history. He is now engaged in his profession at the West.

B. R. WILLIAMS, Junior Editor of the Ithaca Citizen and Democrat, enlisted September 3d, 1862. Captain Williams, while connected with the Company, was one of its most useful members, and it gives us pleasure to be afforded this opportunity to acknowledge our obligations, and also to accord to him the honor which is his due.

He was permitted to remain as a private in the Company but a very short time before he was elected Corporal, and by promotion reached the position of Sergeant, in which capacity he enlisted in the United States service with this Company in September, 1864; there, after a short time, the Company were deprived of his services by reason of his accepting a position upon the staff of Col. R. P. Wisner, which, however, did not separate him from his former associates. Captain Williams, by his many acts of personal kindness toward the members of the DeWitt Guard while in the service, and particularly toward the officers, in rendering them the most invaluable assistance in arranging and closing up their account, was entitled to and received their most hearty thanks. He rendered very many acts of kindness officially which were in no way connected with the duties of his office, but it seemed to be a pleasure for him to do any thing for the officers and men of his former Company. He was constantly on terms of the most perfect friendship with the officers and men of the Regiment, and was a particular favorite with all.

While a member of the Company he filled the office of Secretary, and we are permitted to copy extracts from his minutes which we do on another page. Very soon after returning from Elmira, he was commissioned Captain of Engineers in the 50th Regiment, National Guard. Notwithstanding his promotion, he still insists upon retaining his membership in the DeWitt Guard, against which not one objection is known to exist; it is the strong desire of every member of the Company that he may continue such, as long as they are in any way connected with said institution.