CHARLES EDLAW – 96th INFANTRYMADE IT AS FAR AS WASHINGTON - Seventy percent of soldiers in the Civil War on both sides were twenty-three years old or younger. At 34, Charles Amlaw, who was recorded as Edlaw on his Muster Roll, was eight years older than the soldier. He enlisted in Rouses Point on December 21, 1861, and two days later, was mustered into the 96th Infantry at the Plattsburgh Barracks.The regiment didn’t leave for Washington until March 11, 1862, and were almost immediately put on transports to sail to Fortress Monroe with General McClellan and 125,000 men. Charles, however, did not join them, and was discharged for disability on July 19th, in Washington, never setting foot on a battlefield.The 1890 Veterans Schedules enumerate him as living in the Town of Dannemora and suffering from rheumatism. He lived until 1907 and his wife, Rosely, claimed her Widows Pension.
