CHARLES OLIER -- 170th INFANTRYWORKED ON A BOAT AND IN A POOL HALL - For a town bounty of \$600,Charles Olier (Olyer) enlisted in the 170th Infantry in December 1864.He was the son of John Olier and Margaret Guy who lived on both sides ofthe border and both sides of Lake Champlain. Charles was living inChamplain and working as a boatman in 1864 when he signed up to servefor three years.Charles and the men who enlisted with him, met up with their regiment inthe works before Petersburg. They were needed for the final push to endthe war. in March 1865 and then took part with the 2nd corps in thefinal Appomattox. campaign, which ended with Lee\'s surrender. Theymarched back to Burkesville, VA -- 45 miles - and camped until May 2ndthen were on the march to Washington, for another ten days -- 160 miles.The 170th participated in the Grand Review of the Armies May 23rdand performed duties in the capital until they finally mustered out onJuly 15, 1865.After the war, he and his wife Harriet Riley moved to New York Citywhere many of his comrades from the 170th were from. She worked as amaid, and he worked in a pool hall. A few years later, the couple movednorth to Hartford, NY, few miles east of Glens Falls. It was here thathe died and was buried in the Old Hartford Cemetery in 1886 when he was47 years old. Harriett immediately started receiving her Widows Pension.She died in Hartford in 1895 and was laid to rest with her husband.
