SILAS WADE -- 124th INFANTRYPRIVATE IN THE "MOOERS COMPANY" OF THE 124TH INFANTRY - In July 1862,the 124th Infantry began forming in Goshen, NY, to serve for 3 years.They were in the field, when, on September 1, 1864, Charles Gale ofMooers received authority to recruit a company, the Mooers Company,which was later assigned to this regiment. The men formed part ofCompany E. Eighteen of them enlisted in Plattsburgh, with Silas Wadefrom Mooers enlisting on September 5th. For his enlistment, he receiveda town bounty of \$600 and a county bounty of \$300.The 124th lost over 124 men to casualties in the spring and summer of1864 and many others had been discharged because of disease, so when thenew recruits arrived in September, the regiment was ready to go rightback into battle. Silas' first battle was at Poplar Spring Church withno casualties. The second battle at Boydton Plank Road they had 17casualties, but no more until the next spring when they were on theAppomattox Campaign. During that campaign in March and April, they had32 more casualties, some after the surrender at Appomattox. The 124thmustered out on June 3, 1865.In the Mooers Town Clerk's Records of 1865, it says that Silas was bornin 1835, and his parents were Vermonters, Thomas Wade and HannahJohnsen, and he had been at the Weldon Raid and the Battle of Hatcher'sRun, and returned home to Mooers Forks to live.Silas' obituary was in the PlattsburghSentinel on May 28, 1918 -- "Silas Wade of Hemmingford Street, Mooers,died on Tuesday evening, May 21, at the age of 82 years. The end camequietly but there has been a long spell of weakness after his recentattack of pneumonia. Mr. Wads is survived by his son, George, who livesat Atwater, SK, Canada, and by his widow, Helen.He leaves 5 sisters, Mrs. Estey of Mooers Forks; Mrs. John Coggins andMiss Hoxey Wade, both of Milford, NH; Mrs. John Cross of Des Moines, WA;and Mrs. Alford of Minnesota.The funeral services were held at the home on Thursday, May 23, at 2o'clock, Rev. John Neil Robertson, pastor of the Mooers PresbyterianChurch, officiating. Many of the local Civil War Veterans attended and alarge number of appreciative friends were present to pay their respectsto a neighbor and friend who was so useful a patriot and citizen.Interment took place in the Union Cemetery in Mooers Forks."Silas is buried next to his first wife, Sarah S. Wingate, who died in1901, his parents and members of his extended family.
