HIGHLAND HAWLEY PAGE -- 142nd INFANTRYHIGHLAND AND LOWLAND DIED -- 3rd BROTHER SURVIVED - Cyrenus Page andhis wife, Martha McIntyre, were living on their farm in Hague in WarrenCounty, when their son, Highland Hawley Page, was added to the DraftRegistration List in May 1863. He enlisted in the 142nd Infantry inPlattsburgh in September 1864, and, after a short period of training,and the addition of a town bounty of \$900, he was received into the142nd Infantry on October 14th. During the previous summer, theregiment had lost over 250 men to casualty and were, therefore, in needof fresh recruits.The Horicon Town Clerk's Record of 1865, reports that Highland was inthe Battle of Fair Oaks on October 27th, at Fort Fisher on December25, and, in the new year, was at the Capture of Fort Fisher on the N. C.coast on January 15, 1865. Thereafter, he became ill and was taken tohospital at Wilmington, NC. After his initial intake, he was transferredto hospital in Smithville in the same state, where he died on June23rd. The Town Clerk reported that the family said he was buried inthe Smithville Cemetery. Smithville was a village just to the west ofCharlotte.In August 1866, Highland's mother, Martha started receiving a pensionbased on his service. Another of her sons, Lowland Rollary Page waskilled at the Battle of the Wilderness in May 1864, before Highlandenlisted. A third son, R. E. D. Page, enlisted in March 1865, andimmediately became ill and was sent to hospital in Newport, R.I.Fortunately, he survived and returned to Horicon.
