HENRY M. AMES -- 2nd VETERAN CAVALRYBODY MOVED FROM NEW ORLEANS TO BROOKLYN - Four men enlisted in the 2ndVeteran Cavalry in Black Brook in December of 1863, and were musteredinto Company D. None of them survived the war. They all died in 1864.William Goodspeed became ill and died at home while on furlough. ConantLing died as a prisoner of war in Texas. His brother, John Ling died ofa fever in New Orleans in May and five months later, Henry M. Ames diedof chronic diarrhea there.Henry, a teamster who had been on the Draft Registration Roll in Moriah,NY, had his enlistment credited to Moriah. He and his companionspatrolled Washington until February 1864 when they became part of thecavalry Division of the 5th Brigade of the Army of the Gulf. From thebeginning of March until mid-May, the regiment was in 17 engagementsalong the Red River in western Louisiana near the Texas border.One by one his three comrades left the field, but Henry soldiered on. Atsome point during the summer, he became ill and was sent down theMississippi by steamer to hospital in New Orleans where he died onOctober 18th. He was buried in a nearby cemetery.Unusually for the time, his body was moved from Louisiana to be laterreinterred at the Cypress Hills National Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY. In1837, a replacement stone was ordered and delivered to his gravesite.In August 1865, his mother, Caroline Ames, started receiving a pensionbased on Henry's service. She died in 1886 in Au Sable Forks and wasburied in the Fairview Cemetery there.
