26th cavalryPATTERSON, ELEAZOR A. --- Age, 18 yrs. Enlisted, Jan. 31, 1865, atPlattsburgh; mustered in as private, Co. G, Feb. 11, 1865, to serve 1yr; mustered out with company, July 6, 1865, at Plattsburgh; also borneas Edgar A. *TC MO \~ res. Mooers; b. Feb. 17, 1848, Mooers; S; tb\$200; p. Andrew Patterson and Almira Harny; occ. farmer; dischargedSept. 23, 1865; PO Perry's Mills.**SAW NO ACTION - When he was 16 years, 11 months, and 14 days old, inJanuary 1865, Eleazer Patterson enlisted in the 26th Cavalry inMooers. He was mustered into Captain Pliny Moore's Company G on February11, 1865, giving his aga as 18. Eleazer was the son of a local farmer,Andrew Patterson, and his wife, Almira Harney.**The regiment was made up of one captain and 97 privates from Clintonand Essex Counties. Captain Moore had previously been in the 16thInfantry for two years.**The regiment, known as the first Frontier Cavalry, was made up of menfrom New York, Massachusetts, and Vermont to guard the northern borderin response to the St. Albans Raid which happened on October 19, 1864.However, they never saw any combat before they were mustered out on July7, 1865.**New York battalion consisted of five companies, and the field officerswere appointed by the governors of their states. In this case, CaptainMoore was appointed by Governor Reuben Fenton who was a friend of theMoore family.**Company G organized in Plattsburgh and spent about six monthspatrolling the local border area before they were mustered out at thePlattsburgh Barracks.*After the war, Eleazer returned to Perry's Mills before he decided to gosouth to the Albany area to find work. He married Mary Van Wie in 1876and remained in the area until 1913, when he was admitted to theVeteran's Home in Bath, NY, about 80 miles south of Rochester. Eleazerdied of a heart condition there in 1916. His body was returned to hisfamily and he was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery in Glenmont, NY, nearAlbany. Mary received her Widows Pension until she died in 1930 and wasburied with him.
