MYRON HARDY SLOSSON -- 118th INFANTRYALMOST RECEIVED A COMMISSION - In the beautiful Glenwood Cemetery inChamplain, NY, lies the gravesite of Myron Hardy Slosson who was the sonof Horace Slosson and Irena Ladd, and a soldier in the 118th Infantry.He enlisted in the 118th on August 6, 1862 after being recruited byCaptain H. S. Ransom for his Company I. He was mustered into the companyin Plattsburgh on August 29th. Two days later, they left forWashington.Myron was soon promoted to 1st sergeant. In 1862, they spent some timein Maryland guarding the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near Elkridge, MD,before moving on to the capital and then onto the Siege of Suffolk onthe Virginia coast in April 1864 with General John Peck and 20,000 Unionmen. They were in the field for 4 months and spent the rest of the yearnear Portsmouth and Newport News.In 1864, the 118th spent the spring and summer fighting in thePetersburgh/Richmond area. On September 3rd he was invited to resignfrom the regiment to accept an appointment with the U. S. Colored Troopswhich was never to be because, as the letter from War Department noted,his appointment was "revoked due to him being a prisoner in the hands ofthe enemy."At the end of September, the regiment sustained 67 casualties atChaffin's Farm and, a month later, were at Fair Oaks. During the 3-daybattle they had 89 out of 111 casualties were listed as men captured.Myron was one of those captured along with two other men from hiscompany. He was with the Confederated for a few months, was paroled andthen discharged for disability on May 31, 1865.As soon as he returned home to farm, he applied for and received anInvalid's Pension. He married Katherine Rogers in 1878 and they hadtheir only child, Irene, in 1889. Irene lived until 1956. Myron died in1892 and Katherine received a pension for the next 30 years before shewas also buried in Glenwood. Irene is also buried there.
