Wellington in the Civil War

Terra Carl­son - Staff

Crapo Spooner, a mar­shal for the vil­lage of Rochester, received a con­grat­u­lataory let­ter from Gen­eral Custer for his Civil War ser­vice. He died in Rochester while try­ing to save chil­dren on the rail­road tracks.

With April being the 150th anniver­sary of the Civil War, res­i­dents have the oppor­tu­nity to look at his­toric war pho­tographs fea­tur­ing Welling­ton res­i­dents of that era.

Al Leiby, who has dig­i­tized hun­dreds of pho­tographs for the Spirit of ‘76 Museum has also com­piled 118 Civil War pho­tographs show­ing Welling­ton res­i­dents, which are avail­able for view­ing at the museum.

Accord­ing to Leiby, after Town Hall was built in 1885, the Grand Army of the Repub­lic (GAR) paid to have their meet­ings held there. The GAR con­sisted of Union Army vet­er­ans who had served dur­ing the Civil War.

For the full story, pick up a print edi­tion of The Welling­ton Enterprise.

Posted by Terra Carlson on May 5 2011. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.