EDWARD and SQUIRE ROSSMAN -- 1stENGINEERSSPENT THE WAR IN THE LOWER SEABOARD THEATER - In December 1861, twobrothers, the sons of Frederick Rossman, who had a mill above EllenburgCorners, and Ann Hadding, enlisted in Ellenburg as privates in the 1stEngineers. Squire Rossman, who was 27 years old at the time, enlistedfirst. Ten days later on December 17th, Edward, who was 19, enlisted.They were mustered into Company I with other men from New York city,Newburgh, Schuyler Falls, Mooers Forks, Goshen, Saranac, Piermorat, andPlattsburgh, as well as Ellenburg,The regiment, also known as Serrell\'s Engineers, first served in theLower Seaboard Theater, and later in the Richmond--Petersburg Campaign.They sailed from New York City to Port Royal Sound to be part of theSouth Carolina Expeditionary Corps. Shortly thereafter, they weretransferred to the Department of the South and they were engaged inbuilding gun emplacements at the bombardment of Fort Pulaski at the Portof Savannah.While they were with the Department of the South the brothers builtplatforms for artillery and roads through swamps to get to them. Theregiment helped capture coastal forts by their engineering efforts --Fort Wagner, and the recapture of Fort Sumter.In 1864, eight companies were sent to the Army of the James to theRichmond/Petersburg theater. Edward and Squire, who by this time hadbeen promoted to artificers with teams of their own were retained on theeast coast to maintain the fortifications there.At the end of his three years' service, Squire decided to go home andwas mustered out in December 1864 in New York City as a corporal. Edwardmustered out at Hilton Head, SC, in June 1865.Edward, who died in 1923, and his wife, Emma Jane Payne, are buried inthe West Chazy Rural Cemetery. Squire died in 1903 and was buried in NewMooers Cemetery. After Squire's death, his wife Angelina Moore, movedback to Canada and died in Noyan, Quebec in 1906.
