ELIJAH and LYMAN MANLEY -- 118thINFANTRYONE BROTHER RETURNED - Elijah and Lyman Manley were sons of LeonardManley and Henrietta Foster who were farming in Saranac when the CivilWar broke out. Elijah was the first to enlist and was mustered intoCompany B of the newly-formed 118th Infantry at the end of August in1862.With over 1,000 other men, Elijah left for Washington. They spent acouple of months guarding railroads before arriving the capital. InApril 1863, the regiment was on its way to the Siege of Suffolk Theywere in the field in Virginia and then had garrison duty in variousplaces before going into winter quarters at Portsmouth and Newport Newsin November and December.While the 118th was at Newport News, Lyman joined his brother inCompany B. He had enlisted in mid-December 1863 and had received acounty bounty of \$500.The brothers were together until the 3-day Battle of Drewry's Bluff.Lyman was killed in action on the last day of the battle -- May 16th.He was one of the 38 men and 2 officers of the 118th who died that day.Elijah went on with the regiment until October 27, 1843, when he wascaptured at 2nd Fair Oaks. He was later paroled and was mustered outat Annapolis, MD, the site where thousands of soldiers were paroled. Hereturned to Saranac in 1865.In the following years, Elijah married twice and farmed in Saranac andMooers. His death is recorded to have been in Ellenburg Depot in 1918.His second wife, Carrie Kenyon, who he had married after his first wife,Minerva Holt, died in 1909, received her Widow's Pension until she died.Before she died in 1876, Henrietta, the brothers' mother, startedreceiving a pension based on Lyman's service, after her death, herhusband, Leonard, received the pension until he died in 1902, at the ageof 85.
