MOSES ROBARE -- 96th and 118th INFANTRYSERVED MOST OF HIS TIME AFTER THE WAR - Moses Robare (Robar, Robear)enlisted in the 118th Infantry at Ephratah in Fulton County, on March16, 1865, less than a month before the end of the Civil War. He wastransferred from Company G in the 118th to Company E of the 96thInfantry on June 13, 1865, while they were consolidating the regiments.Moses participated in the general assault on the Petersburg works, April2, 1865. On June 13, 1865, the 118th and 184th NY Infantries wereassigned to the 96th, and the regiment mustered put at City Point, VA,Feb. 6, 1866, having been retained in service in the vicinity ofRichmond for the performance of various necessary police and garrisonduties.When he came home, Moses returned to farming in Schuyler Falls. By 1870he had married Mary and had one child and by 1880, they had 4 morechildren. In April 1878, he applied for and received an Invalid'sPension and when he died, Mary applied for a Widow's Pension on March26, 1910.Moses' obituary in the Plattsburgh Sentinel of March 11, 1910, states --East Schuyler Falls - The Reaper of death has again visited our streetand removed a kind neighbor and a respected citizen. On Friday February25th, Moses Robare was stricken with paralysis and lived only a fewhours. Mr. Robare has been in poor health for some years and was apensioner of the war of 1860 having received an honorable discharge atthe close of the war. He leaves a wife, 2 sons and 3 daughters. At thetime Mr. Robare was stricken, his wife was very ill and is still in acritical condition
