JAMES E. WHITE -- 60th INFANTRYMORTALLY WOUNDED AT ANTIETAM - In 1860, the census enumerator, H. G. Robbins, wrote that 16-year-old James E. White was living on his parents' farm in Altona with his seven brothers and sisters. In the fall of 1861, he enlisted in the 60th Infantry in Ellenburg with nine other men ranging in age from 18 to 43 years of age. They all were mustered into Captain James Ransom's Company H. The regiment organized in Ogdensburg and left for Washington on November 8th.The regiment was stationed in that vicinity through the winter and was in Gen. Dix\'s railroad brigade in the spring of 1862. In May the 60th was at Harper's Ferry, then went on General Pope's Campaign in Virginia in August.On September 17th the regiment was in battle at Antietam and suffered 22 casualties. James was one of the men who were mortally wounded. Je died ten days later, on September 28th in Washington, DC.James was buried in Grave 3701 at the Soldiers Home Cemetery in Washington. Over time, the cemetery became known as the United States Soldiers\' and Airmen\'s Home National Cemetery near Rock Creek. His mother, Nancy White, started receiving a pension based on her son's service in April 1863.In 1888, a Civil War Headstone in James' name was placed in the Sheldon Hill Cemetery in Ellenburg Depot, Whether the family brought the body back to New York or whether it's a memorial marker, is unknown. On Findagrave, it says it's a "memorial cenotaph."
