EDGAR W. DUSTIN -- 193rd INFANTRYIN THREE VETERANS' HOMES - The 193rd Infantry was organized in Albanyin January 1865, the second-last regiment to be formed. They allowed mento enlist for one or three years. Edgar W. Dustin, who was born in Jay,signed on for three years in Plattsburgh. As companies were ready, theyleft the state by detachments in March and April and were sent to theShenandoah Valley to serve with the Army of the Shenandoah. Theyperformed guard and provost duties and helped with the paroling ofConfederate soldiers still in the area.As the Army was reduced, the regiment transferred command to theDistrict of West Virginia, Middle Department, from July 1865. On January18, 1866, the 193rd was mustered out at Harper's Ferry, WV, at thenorth end of the Valley.Edgar returned home and lived with his mother, Madonia Dustin, until hegot married in 1872. They moved to the Town of Brighton in FranklinCounty to farm. In later life, he became ill with heart problems, highblood pressure, and senility, and from 1912 to 1916, when he died, hewas in and out of military hospitals. In 1912, he was in Leavenworth,KS, then he was in the soldiers' home in Bath, NY. He finally was in theveterans' hospital in Hampton, VA, where he died on May 31, 1916, of acerebral hemorrhage. Edgar is buried in Section A, Plot No. 10956 in theHampton National Cemetery adjacent to the hospital.
