ALBERT MITCHELL BUGBEE – 96th INFANTRYDISCHARGED FOR DISABILITY AT FORTRESS MONROE - Albert Mitchell Bugby enlisted in the 96th Infantry in Plattsburgh on November 11, 1861. The regiment organized in Plattsburgh and left for Washington by train on March 11, 1862. Albert was listed as Albers Bugbee.By the end of March 1862, the 96th was on the Peninsula Campaign in Virginia where there first engagement was at the month-long Siege of Yorktown. They started moving toward Richmond at the beginning of May. After fighting at Williamsburg and two more minor battles, they fought at Seven Pines and had their first casualties including two deaths and three wounded.At the beginning of June, the 96th had their first major battle at Fair Oaks where they received 58 more casualties. By the end of June, they were outside Richmond fighting in the Seven Days’ Battles and had 81 more casualties during those seven days – one killed, one wounded and 79 men who went missing or were captured. Albert received an injury to his right leg below the knee. When the regiment got to Fortress Monroe after an encampment at Harrison’s Landing, he was discharged for disability on September 9, 1862.In 1868, he was granted an Invalids Pension while he was living in Chazy with his sister and his father, who was a clergyman. By 1880 Albert had married and was working as a carpenter and farmer. His first wife died in 1891, and he later married Emma Dodge. Albert died in 1905 and was buried in the Riverview Cemetery in Chazy. Emma was buried beside him in 1919.
