JOSEPH BUTTS NORTHUP -- 175th INFANTRYSAW GENERALS SHERIDAN AND SHERMAN - At the recruiting depot in September1864, there was some kind of a mix-up and Joseph Butts Northup ended upseeming to enlist in two regiments -- the169th and the175th Infantries.The Muster Roll Abstract for the 169 shows that he never made it to theRecruit Rendezvous. The second shows he mustered in on September 27thafter a 10-day trip from Plattsburgh.The 175th had been in Louisiana and, like many other regiments hadbeen recalled to the East to fight in the Shenandoah Valley. It's likelythat his first battle was at Cedar Creek in the XIX Corps under thegeneral command of Philip Sheridan.After the Shenandoah Campaign, the regiment moved south to Savannahunder General Grover and, in March 1865, joined the Campaign of theCarolinas. By April 26, 1865, the 175th was at the Bennett Place nearRaleigh, NC, and witnessed the surrender of General Johnston to WilliamTecumseh Sherman.In September of that year, Joseph mustered out and by 1870, had leftGranville, NY, and gathered his family and taken them to Michigan wherehis last child was born. He spent the rest of his life farming in CoeTownship in the County of Isabella in the Lower Peninsula.Joseph died in 1917 and was buried in the Salt River Cemetery inShepherd, a hamlet in Coe Township. Four years later his wife died andwas buried with him. His parents remained in Washington County, NY,where they are buried. Joseph's youngest son lived until 1962.
