ISRAEL EUSEBE AMON -- 16th, 83rd and 97th INFANTRYTWO OF THREE BROTHERS DIED - Israel Eusebe Amon (Emond) was born in in1838 in Malbaie, Quebec, a small town on the north shore of the St.Lawrence River about a hundred miles north of Quebec City. He was one ofthree sons of Eusebe Emond and Louise Tremblay who came to the UnitedStates. Two of the three died in the Civil War within two days of eachother.Israel first enlisted in the 16th Infantry on May 15, 1861, inPlattsburgh and was mustered in on the same date. After the Seven Days'Battles in 1862, Israel deserted on September 7th while the regimentwas on its way to Crampton's Gap and Antietam.Israel enlisted again in July 1863 just after Gettysburg and was withthe 83rd Infantry for eleven months before he was shot in the face atthe regiment's last battle -- Cold Harbor on June 3, 1864.He was sent to the Divisional Hospital in Alexandria, VA, where he diedof his wounds on June 7th. While he was in hospital, Israel wastransferred to the 97th Infantry in case he recovered enough tofulfill his 3-year obligation.We wonder if Israel knew that his brother, Alexander, who had enlistedin the 142nd Infantry for a bounty town bounty of \$50 in 1862 inColton, NY, died of disease at Hammond Hospital at Point Lookout, MD,just seven days before.Israel was buried in Alexandria National Cemetery in Virginia andAlexander, was buried in Arlington National Cemetery about 8 miles tothe north. The third brother, Edward, lived until 1909, and was buriedin the St. James Cemetery in Gouveneur, NY.
