NORMAN FOX PERRY -- 81st INFANTRYFARMER BORN IN WARREN COUNTY - Norman Fox Perry was born in Chestertownin 1829, NY. In 1865, he was drafted while he was living in Schroon andon March 21st, he was mustered in the 81st Infantry at 26 years old.He got to Virginia after they entered Richmond on April 3rd, remainedwith the regiment while they released and Union prisoners from CastleThunder and Belle Isle. It is reported they put the same number ofConfederate soldiers in these prisons. They went on the release theContrabands from slavery and then went on to help themselves to thespoils of the ruined city.The regiment remained near Richmond then were ordered to Williamsburgwhere they stayed until the end of July. They marched thirty miles southto Fortress Monroe and were mustered out on August first and told totake steamers to Albany. From New York City, they changed steamers forAlbany and camped on the heights above the Hudson River north of thecity until they could make arrangements to go home.Norman returned home and farming. He married Charlotte Stannard in 1866and had a child the next year. In the 1890 Veterans Schedules, he isrecorded as having served 5 months in the military and his physicalcondition showed he was suffering from chronic diarrhea and chills.Norman lived for ten more years and died in 1900 in Chester in WarrenCounty. He was buried in the Chester Rural Cemetery in Chestertown withat least thirty other members of his extended family. Charlotte startedreceiving her Widow's Pension in June 1900.
