HENRY C. BUCKMAN -- 96th INFANTYDIED AT 26 YEARS OLD - From October 11, 1861, to February 1866, Henry C.Buckman was with the 96th Infantry. His grandfather, Septa Fillmore, ahotel keeper from Chazy, was brevetted colonel for his actions in theWar of 1812 in Plattsburgh. Septa's daughter, Sabrina, married CurtisBuckman, a farmer who had crossed the lake from Grand Isle to farm inChazy.When Henry was nineteen years old and living on his parent's farm, hewas recruited as one of five sergeants in Captain James Sweeney'sCompany F with men from Chazy, Rouses Point, Mooers and Plattsburgh.They left for Washington on March 11, 1862, with 83 men. On April 8th,Henry was promoted to first sergeant.By mid-April 1862. they were at the Siege of Yorktown and spent the nextfew months on the Peninsula. In December they went on the Expeditionfrom New Berne to Goldsboro, NC, and stayed in that state for the nextyear. In 1864. While they were in North Carolina, he was promoted tosecond lieutenant then first lieutenant.The regiment fought in the Petersburg battlefield in 1864 and Henry wasagain promoted when Captain Walter Benedict was killed in action on May16, 1864, at Drewry's Bluff. The regiment stayed in the Petersburg areauntil the end of the war and Henry even spent a couple of months as aprisoner at the beginning of 1865. They stayed in service performingvarious necessary police and garrison duties until they were musteredout on February 6, 1866, at City Point, VA,Henry returned to Chazy and, in September 1867, was appointed Postmasterfor Chazy. Sadly, He only died in Lucas, OH, on August 19, 1869, at 26years of age. His body was brought back to Chazy, and he was buried inthe Buckman family plot in Riverview Cemetery. His parents both died in1890 and were buried beside him.
