JOSEPH D. ROOD -- 192nd INFANTRYBORN IN CHAZY - DIED IN BEEKMANTOWN - Joseph D. Rood was enticed by atown bounty of \$500 to join the 192nd Infantry on February 2, 1865. Hewas the eldest son of William Chauncey Rood and Jane Caroline Weaver whohad come from Vermont to live in Beekmantown and was 19 years old whenhe enlisted.The regiment was organized in Albany, less than a month before thesurrender of General Lee and left for Virginia by detachments. Company'sA, B, C and Joseph's Company D left on March 13th. He and his friend,Alexander Laporte, who enlisted with him spent 5 months together withthe Army of the Shenandoah in Virginia acting as an Army of Occupationunder General Alfred Tolbert performing guard, provost and clean-upoperations.The regiment had 26 men die of disease and other causes during theirshort tenure. However, their largest losses were by desertion. Of the1,347 men who enlisted, more than a third deserted. Joseph, however,remained until August 28th, when the regiment mustered out atCumberland, MD.Joseph returned to Beekmantown, married and had several children. Hesupported his family by working on local farms. In 1880, he applied forand received his Invalid's Pension.Joseph died in Beekmantown on September 25, 1893, at 45 years, 11 monthsand 25 days, and the Walter H. Benedict Post of the G. A. R. publishedresolutions of mourning in the Plattsburgh Sentinel of October 13th. Thefirst reads -- Whereas it has pleased the great Commander to remove bydeath our worthy comrade, Joseph Rood, Company D 192nd N. Y. Vols. andwas followed by five more including one that said their charter would bedraped in mourning for 30 days. He was buried in the Point au RocheCemetery in Beekmantown. His parents outlived him and his wife, Adelia,lived until 1924. Adelia received a Widow's Pension for over 30 years.
