DANIEL HATHAWAY -- 14th ARTILLERYSURVIVED 2 YEARS OF HEAVY ENGAGEMENTS - At 38 years-old, Daniel Hathawayreceived a bounty of \$850 to enlist in the 14th Artillery in Altona.This is recorded in the 1865 Town Clerk's Records for the Town ofFranklin in Franklin County. Here it also says that his parents wereJosiah Hathaway and Catherine Peck. Daniel's ancestors were some of thefirst settlers in New England and also in Jay, in Essex County.The 14th Artillery had only been formed for a few months when Danielwas mustered into Company C as a private on January 1, 1864. CompaniesA, B, C, D, E, and F were, on October 13, 1863, ordered to duty in NewYork Harbor, G and H were ordered to Fort Hamilton in New York Harbor onDecember 8, 1863, Companies I and K were ordered to Fort Richmond in NewYork Harbor on December 24, 1863, where Companies L and M joined them inJanuary 1864.The regiment, serving as heavy artillery and infantry, remained in NewYork Harbor with the Department of the East, until April 1864, and forthe rest of the war were in heavy engagements. They had 215 men killed,440 wounded and 418 who went missing, half of whom went missing at FortSteadman, VA, on March 25, 1865. Of the men who fell into enemy hand, 85of them died.The 14th Artillery served in the Provisional Brigade, 9th Corps,from April 23, 1864 and were at the Battles of The Wilderness andSpotsylvania. Next, they supported the Provisional Brigade, 1stDivision, IX Corps at North Anna and Totopotomoy, VA, in May 1864 atCold Harbor and Petersburg.From June 18th, they were with the 2nd Brigade in the Assault onPetersburg. With the same division and same corps, they were at PoplarGrove and Hatcher's Run then went into winter quarters for 5 months.They fought at Fort Steadman in March 1865 and the fall of Petersburg onApril 2nd. In June, the regiment was transferred to Hardin's Divisionand they were mustered out on August 25th from Washington, DC.Daniel returned to the North to his wife, the former Jane Stickney, and2 children. He continued to farm on land in the Town of Franklin, justdown the road from his in-laws. He applied for and received an Invalid'sPension in the 1880s. In 1897, Daniel died and was buried inBloomingdale, NY. Jane outlived him by almost 20 years. She died in1916.
