Looking Back 8/23/18

CAMILE SENSIBA
Posted 8/22/18

On Saturday, September 1, 2018, two veterans of the Civil War will be honored after a century and a half. Harrison and John M. Chandler died of disease and were buried in unmarked graves. Harrison …

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Looking Back 8/23/18

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On Saturday, September 1, 2018, two veterans of the Civil War will be honored after a century and a half.

Harrison and John M. Chandler died of disease and were buried in unmarked graves. Harrison enlisted in December 1861 at Monticello, NY. During his time with the 28th NY Infantry Co. H, he was interned in a POW camp and later died of typhoid fever in a Confederate hospital.    

According to John’s records, he enlisted in the Pennsylvania 45th at Equinunk, PA, and fought in battles such as Antietam and Vicksburg. In 1867, John died of dysentery. The two brothers had come from a line of war veterans, with both their father’s father and their mother’s great-grandfather having served in the American Revolution.

The VFW Allan Milk Memorial Post 7276, along with the Basket Historical Society and the 143rd NYS Volunteer Infantry, have organized a ceremony to recognize the Chandler brothers for their service and to place Veterans Administration headstones, marking the brothers’ final resting place.

The ceremony commemorating the Chandler brothers will be held on Saturday, September 1 at the Basket Cemetery at 11 a.m. Following the dedication, the ceremony will reconvene at the Basket Historical Society.

unmarked graves, military, patriotism

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