Local Civil War veterans (1861 to 1865)

Monroe - This is the beginning of the five years of commemoration of the Civil War (1861-1866) and we will hear many presentations and programs about that war. We in Monroe may not think we were as involved as those in the South that had battles all around them, but we do have in our community the men who fought in those battles and came home to rest here. The Monroe Community Cemetery holds 19 of those men and Seamanville Cemetery holds three men. They are honored yearly on Memorial Day with flags placed at their graves by the American Legion. The following are the names of the men buried in Monroe Community Cemetery Charles Benkenstein; Company K, New York State Volunteers, John Howard Brooks; Co. K, NYSV John H. Conklin; Co. A, NYSV Edward Dippel; New York City police officer who died in the draft riots in N.Y.C. Bethuel Dorcas; Co. H, NYSV Silas Galloway; Co. D, NYSV George Hall; Co. I, NYSV Joseph Jefferson; Co. G, NYSV Hiram Kelley; NYSV N. Kelley; NYSV Thomas Kesiah; NYS Cav. Edward T. Mapes; Co. B, NYSV A.B. Milspaugh; Co G, NYSV James Morgan; Co H, NYHA Milton Morgan; Co. C NYSV Nial Smith; Co. G & Co D, NYSV Washington G. Smith; Co B, PA Inf. Joseph Utter; Co B.; NJLA John Henry Hobart Ward; III Corps Brigade & NYSV Veterans buried in Seamanville Cemetery John M. Forshee; MD, Surg. NYSV John J. May; Co B. NJ Inf. DeW. C. Williams; Co. C, US Art.