JOSEPH MATTIAN -- 94th and 118th INFANTRYRE-ENLISTED AFTER TWO YEARS - The captain of Company B of the 118thInfantry, Levi Dominy, personally recruited Joseph Mattian in Chazy togo to war with him. Thirty-year-old Joseph, who was born in Quebec,enlisted on July 28, 1862, and was mustered in a month later under thename Matteau, just a couple of days before the regiment left forWashington. His Muster Roll Abstract describes him as being 5' 3" tallwith black eyes, black hair and a dark complexion.On September 1st, the regiment left for Washington by steamer to go upLake Champlain to board trains at Whitehall, NY. By September 3rd, theywere in New York City, in temporary barracks in City Hall Park acrossthe street from the Barnum and Bailey Museum. The next day, they reachedBaltimore and for the following week guarded the Baltimore and OhioRailroad facilities from Camp Hall near Elkridge, MD. Moving about 5miles to the south, they spent the next month in Camp Wool at RelayHouse performing the same duties.By the end of October, they were at Fort Ethan Allen across the Potomacfrom Washington. The encampment was noted for its poor sanitaryconditions and Joseph became ill. He was sent to the Eckington Hospitalin Washington and was discharged for disability on February 20, 1863,just as the rest of the regiment was preparing to go to the VirginiaPeninsula.In January 1865, Joseph enlisted in the 94th Infantry to serve for threeyears. He served on the Appomattox Campaign and was mustered out on July18, 1865, near Washington.He came back to live in West Chazy and was buried in St. Joseph'sCemetery there in 1906. His wife, Louisa, claimed her widows benefits assoon as he died.
