the civil war and rockland county leadership rockland 2014 oct
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A version of a presentation for Leadership Rockland on October 9, 2014.TRANSCRIPT
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The Civil War and Rockland County
Brian Clay JenningsLocal History Librarian, New City Library
Presentation for Leadership RocklandOctober 9 2014
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Population of Rockland in 1860 was 22,492
That number had doubled since 1840 yet the County was
still largely made up of small farmers
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Harper’s Weekly October 3 1860
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Politics and the War
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Rockland Companies
• 17th NY Infantry
– Company G (Nyack); Company D (Stony Point); Company F (Haverstraw); Company I (Ramapo)
• 95th NY Infantry
– Company F (Haverstraw) October 1861
– Company B (Haverstraw) November 1861
• 6th NY Heavy Artillery Company M (Clarkstown) Sept./Oct. 1862
• 127th NY Infantry, Companies A & B (Nyack)
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Steamboat advertisementMay 11 1861
Rockland County Journal
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The Waldron Brothers
4 Brothers served in the 17th NY: Towt age 19, Edgar age 21, Carroll 23, and William who at age 33 left a wife and two young daughters.
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Recruiting the Irish immigrant
Rockland County
Messenger
October 17 1861
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General Louis Blenker and Germans in Rockland County
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The Pathfinder:
General John C. Frémont
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General Daniel Ullman
1810-1892
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The Draft and Rockland County
Harpers Weekly, August 1 1861
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Lincoln Boulder dedication June 13, 1908
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Letterfrom Robert
Lincoln (President
Lincoln’s son)
May 8, 1911
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Silliman Post 172 GAREstablished July 1880
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Mount Moor Cemetery
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