Editor’s Note: In conjunction with the Chenango County Civil War Commemoration Project Team, The Evening Sun will present a monthly series chronicling items of local interest during the war between the states, compiled and written by a number of local history enthusiasts.

By Vicky House

Oxford Historian

This is part one of an article on a few of the men from Chenango County who served in the 76th Regiment.

Even before Abraham Lincoln’s call for 300,000 more men was announced in July 1862, the 76th Regiment NYS Infantry was formed in Cortland, NY.

Colonel Nelson W. Green, of Cortland, received authority to recruit a regiment of infantry in Cortland County, and commenced recruiting September 2, 1861, drawing men from surrounding counties which, eventually, included Chenango County. A total of 71 young men from this county served with 41 of those being from the Town of Pitcher.