GEORGE CASSAVAUGH -- 83rd INFANTRYSINCE JANUARY 17, 2015 -- CCHA has been adding a vignette every day tothis page on a Civil War soldier who enlisted in Clinton County.Today we put our 1,000th soldier online with the help of Jackie Clukeyand Steve Conlon, both great grandchildren of George Cassavaugh/Cassiva.Jackie and Steve donated this Civil War memorial containing George'spersonal information. Making it doubly exiting for us, George is also arelative of at least two CCHA volunteers.George enlisted in the 83rd Infantry on July 22, 1863, as Cassiva, andwas mustered into Company B as a private on the same day. His father and4 of his brothers also joined the fight. Jean-Baptiste, his father, waswounded in the right hand and the side at 2nd Fair Oaks at 44 years ofage on October 27, 1864. Two brothers, Francis and Albert died on May16, 1864, at Drewry's Bluff, and another brother, Stephen, died on June16, 1864, at Richmond. A younger brother, Peter, went to New Hampshire,lied about his age, and joined the 5th NH Infantry as a substitute underthe name Cassemeau.\ George was transferred to two other regiments, the97th Infantry and the 94th Infantry, before he was mustered out as acorporal near Washington on June 15, 1865.He came home and married twice, once to Louisa Dauphinais, who died in1875, after having 4 children. His second wife was Marcelline Parker whohe married in March 1876. They had several more children. George hasmany descendants living in Clinton County today including members of theBullington, Carter, Conlon, Decelle, Frechette, Saukus, and Weldonfamilies.George died in 1904 and is buried in St. Joseph\'s Cemetery in WestChazy. Marcelline joined him there in 1945.Thank you, Jackie and Steve, for donating your ancestor\'s preciousCivil War artifact. We will add it to our Civil War Soldier Collectionand preserve it at the museum for future generations. Hopefully otherdescendants and relatives of George will come in to see it.
