BENJAMIN FORTIN and JOHN FUSCHEA – 34th INFANTRYMADE IT TO ALBANY - Benjamin Fortin and John Fuschea enlisted in Captain Davis Rich’s Company D for the 34th Infantry in Champlain by saying they were 18 years old.By the time they got to Albany, it was discovered that they were under 18 years old. The recruiting officer in the city held them on writs of habeas corpus to prevent them from going further, paid them $1.44 for their four days’ of service and sent them home to their parents.Thus ended the adventure.
