ALBERT ROBARE -- 10th INFANTRYROBARE -- ROBERT -- ROBERTS - The 10th Infantry had been in the fieldsince 1861. By August of 1864, after major losses at The Wilderness,Spotsylvania Court House, and Cold Harbor that year, they needed aninfusion of men. Twenty-three men from the Plattsburgh area were sent inlate August to join the regiment while they were with the Army of thePotomac before Petersburg.Albert Robare was one of the men who enlisted in August and was asubstitute for Jared Kirtland Myers.Their first engagement was at the Boydton Plank Road at the end ofOctober. Shortly after the battle one of the twenty-three deserted tothe enemy. While they were still in winter quarters, Albert was promotedto corporal on December 25th.Starting in February 1865, the regiment was at Hatcher\'s run then atWhite Oak Road and were in the final assault on the fortifications ofPetersburg on April 2, 1865. After Lee evacuated his men from the city,the 10th went in pursuit. Later, they performed guard duty nearRichmond until the welcome orders to return home came. The 10th wasmustered out at Munson\'s Hill, VA, near Arlington, on June 30, 1865.Albert returned to farming in New York then seems to disappear into themany Alberts who carry the Robare, Roberts, and Robert names.Jared Kirtland Myers died in New Jersey in Plainfield, NJ, in 1906.
