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Tag Archives: Hartwell Thomas Benton Compson
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From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in April 1866: ORGANIZING A MILITARY COMPANY. – We understand Maj. H.B. Compson, of Tyre, is authorized to organize a military company in this town and Tyre, for Col. Steele’s regiment of National … Continue reading
home and way
Apparently a Medal of Honor recipient from Seneca Falls, New York was home on furlough during at least some of the dramatic events in the first part of April 1865. Two clippings from Seneca County, New York newspapers in April … Continue reading
capture the flags
Some time after the Union Army of the Shenandoah captured most of Jubal Early’s rebel force at the Battle of Waynesboro, Union General Sheridan sent Major Compson of the 8th New York Cavalry to Washington, D.C. to deliver captured battle … Continue reading
horseless cavalry
Here’s another one paragraph letter from H.B. Compson, a young Cavalry officer, describing “one of the greatest raids of the war”, in which Compson and others lost their horses as they covered a ‘retrograde movement’ and had to make their … Continue reading
Letter from Malvern Hill
According to Civil War clippings at the Seneca Falls public library, the 8th New York Calvary was home on furlough in March 1864 and H.B. Compson, one of the regiment’s members from Seneca County, had recently been promoted. Back at … Continue reading
Enthusiasm helps make the difference
From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in May 1863: Promoted. We are glad to learn that H.B. COMPSON, son of Mr. Jonas Compson, of Tyre, has been promoted to a 2d Lieutenancy in the 8th N.Y. Cavalry. Young COMPSON … Continue reading
