EDWARD DENACORE -- 81st INFANTRYSERVED AT THE TAIL END OF THE WAR - Edmund Denicore, the second son ofNarcisse Denicore and Celeste Taupier. He was the last of their childrento be born in Iberville, Quebec. Edmund's elder brother, Marcel had beenin the 153rd Infantry since August 1862 and Edmund was drafted acouple of years later to be in the 81st Infantry as a substitute inMarch 1865. The name on his Muster Roll abstract was Edward Denacore. Heleft his wife, Derinda Hough, at home in Altona where he was working onthe railroad and, with a few other men from the Plattsburgh area, joinedhis regiment while they were in the field near Petersburg and Richmond.In 1864, the 81st had received over 300 casualties and in January1865, many men had come to the end of their 3-year terms of enlistmentleaving the regiment with only 250 men. Edward may have become part ofthe regiment while they were still performing picket duty at FortHarrison just outside Petersburg. He may have been with them when theyformed the skirmish line outside Richmond on April 3rd, but he wascertainly with them while they entered the city, released the Unionprisoners at Thunder Castle and Libby Prison, replaced them with Rebeltroops and raised their "starry flag" above the buildings. The menhelped put out the fires that were still raging in the city and thenhelped themselves to what booty they could find.After duties around the Confederate capital for a few weeks, the 81stmarched to Williamsburg, a distance of about 50 miles and from there toHampton, VA, another 30 miles where they mustered out with theircompanies on August 31st. They took a steam transport from FortressMonroe to New York and then went by boat to Albany where they wereindividually mustered out with pay.Edmund returned to Altona and took up his railroad job. He died whileworking at Junction Kilns, a small stop on the Chateaugay Railroadbetween Chazy Lake and Lyon Mountain, on October 14, 1887. Derinda wentto live with her son, Charles, in Plattsburgh who was a conductor on thePlattsburg to Lake Placid route. She was buried in the RiversideCemetery in Plattsburgh in 1918.
