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Joined the 2nd New York mounted rifles Co. B Jan. 1864 as private. Promoted to Corporal April 1864. Died at the Union Transit Hospital in New York at the age of 33. He is buried at Caneadea Cemetery on Cemetery Rd. in Caneadea, New York. Tombstone reads: H.G. Newville Co. B 2nd NY Rifles. A headstone provided by the government for soldiers. No family members buried near him.
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Thomas Farrell was not quite 18 when he joined the 2nd NY out of Troy, NY in April of 1861. My family owns some of his letters home in which he speaks of camp life, the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac (which he witnessed from the shore), and the normal complaints of soldier life. He served as a drummer until after the Battle of Fredericksburg, when he was promoted (?) to flag bearer of the unit. He was mustered out in May of 1863 after seeing action at the Battle of Chancellorsville. Upon arrival at Troy, he was presented a watch engraved with the names of the battles the 2nd fought in, for his conduct in battle. He died a few months after coming home, though the causes are unknown. He is my great-great-great uncle, through my paternal grandfather's family.

John Hope was my great-great grandfather who fought in the Army of the Potomac. He was not a New York native but, was actually from Virginia.

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