CYRUS DAVIS PASCO -- 142nd INFANTRYFARMER FOUGHT AT FORT FISHER - Cyrus Davis Pasco, a farmer from Thurman,NY, and the son of Joseph Pasco and Sarah Spoor, got an \$800 townbounty for his enlistment in Plattsburgh on September 1, 1864. He wasmustered into Company E of the 142nd Infantry on the same day when hewas 26 years old and was soon promoted to corporal.The regiment had been in existence since September 1862 and had spentmost of 1863 in South Carolina. They did not sustain any casualtiesuntil February 1864, when they had 1 man killed and 2 injured atSeabrook, SC, just before they left for the Operations before Petersburgand Richmond. In May, June and July of that year they had 222casualties. Cyrus and 96 other men who enlisted in Plattsburgh were sentto Virginia as replacement troops.These new recruits arrived in time to fight at Chaffin's Farm. Althoughnone were killed or injured, several were killed or wounded at theirnext battle at Darbytown Road. After Darbytown Road the 142nd was sentto the coast of North Carolina and during December and the followingJanuary had 21 men killed or mortally wounded and 88 men wounded in twobattles at Fort Fisher at the mouth of the Cape Fear River. During thesecond battle, over 9,500 Union soldiers were engaged as well as 58ships and more than 2,500 sailors. The Confederacy had about 8,500soldiers in battle. The Union Army suffered almost 700 casualties andthe Navy had almost 400. Their opponents had about 1,900 casualties, andthe whole Fort Fisher garrison was captured. Read more about the battlehere:https://www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/fall-fort-fisherThe regiment had no more casualties and after joining the Campaign ofthe Carolinas on March 1, 1865, ended their war at the Second Surrenderat the Bennett Farm on April 26th. Cyrus mustered out with his companyon June 7, 1865.Cyrus returned to his wife, Lydia Gates, and continued farming inThurman, NY. In 1880, he applied for and received an Invalid's Pension.He died in 1916 and was buried in the Reynolds Cemetery, just north ofThurman. Lydia applied for a Widow's Pension in July 1916 and receivedit until she died in 1929.
