JOSEPH CLINTON TUBBS -- 142nd INFANTRYMEMORIALIZED TWICE -- Joseph Clinton Tubbs, who was born in Bolton, NY,in 1839, received a \$1,000 town bounty to enlist in the 142ndInfantry in early September 1864. Joseph left his farm and, with almost100 other men, was mustered in in Ogdensburg on September 29th beforesetting off for Washington on October 6th.They joined the Army of the James at the Battle of Fair Oaks andDarbytown Road near Richmond which started on October 27. The regimentreceived 103 casualties there -- including several of the new recruitswho were killed or wounded. On December 25th, still with the Army ofthe James, the 142nd attacked Fort Fisher about 300 miles to the southon the North Carolina coast.The Town of Bolton's Clerk's Record for 1865, reports that Joseph was inthe Battle of Fort Fisher. It also says that Joseph died of measles inhospital at Fort Monroe on January 5, 1865. He must have become illwhile at Fort Fisher and been brought back to the fort by transport. Hewas buried in the Hampton National Cemetery which was established in1862 to bury Union soldiers who died in the hospital or in service.There is a stone for Joseph at the National Cemetery. He is alsomemorialized on a stone in the Warrensburg Cemetery which includes thename of his wife, Esther Slack, who died in 1907. Four of his childrenare also buried in this cemetery.
