34THTROMBLY, WILLIAM H. --- Age, 21 yrs. Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve 2 yrs; mustered in as private, Co. D, June 15, 1861, died of disease, date not stated, at Harpers Ferry, VA. TC CZ \~ *res. Chazy; b. Chazy; W; S; occ. farmer.**96TH*TROMBLY, WILLIAM H. --- Age, 19 yrs. Enlisted, Oct. 6, 1861, at Plattsburgh, to serve 3 yrs; mustered in as corporal, Co. B, Nov. 21, 1861; promoted sergeant, no date; killed in action, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, VA. *TC PL \~* *S; p. Lawrence Trombly; occ. clerk; killed in action; buried in VA.*TWO TROMBLYS NEVER CAME HOME -- Two William H. Tromblys enlisted in 1861. The first to enlist was born in Chazy in 1840 to Lewis Trombly and Almeda Scott and was working on his father's farm before he enlisted in the 34th infantry in Champlain. He was mustered into Captain Davis Rich's Company D with men from the local area on June 15, 1861, and, a month later, was fighting along the Potomac west of Washington. He made the monthly musters through the summer, but by the end of October, he was listed as being in the hospital at Harper's Ferry. He died there and his burial site is unknown.The second William H. Trombley, William Henry, was the son of Lawrence Trombly and Orrilla Phelps. He was assigned as a private to Captain Darius Parson's Company B of the 96th Infantry. He was soon promoted to sergeant. The regiment got to Washington in early March 1862 and by mid-April were at the Siege of Yorktown. When the siege ended on May 4th, the 96th started fighting their way north on the Virginia Peninsula in the Army of the Potomac under General McLellan. Before the month was over, William was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Fair Oaks, the regiment's fifth engagement and the largest battle in the Eastern Theater up to that time. During the battle, he was one of seven enlisted men killed from his regiment. He was buried on the field and his gravesite is unknown. In 1880, his mother was granted a pension based on his service and she received it until 1899 when she died. In March 1899, his father was granted a pension and received it until his death in October 1900.
