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Note: "Wyckoff was transferred to the McCluga Cavalry troop, a picked troop who were on special detail to capture Morgan the Raider. I believe he was in Anderson prison when the war ended. " - HP Minor letter 8/7/1957 "Wyckoff (C.W.) served in the McCluga cavalry troop which was a picked troop on special detail to capture "Morgan the Raider." He was taken prisoner and sent to Andersonville prison where 45,613 prisoners were confined in quarters intended for 10,000. 13,259 men died there of starvation and disease, but C. Wyckoff was fortunate enough to survive and was released at the end of the war." -unsigned letter, from Linda Rosenberg Cornelius W. Minor: 5th NY Cavalry Co. E, Rank in = Bugler, Rank out = Private, Film = M551 Roll 98 - Nat'l Park Service (http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm) I found a Florence Miner b.1869 d. 2/1921 m. William Arnold Harbeck, father Cornelius W. Miner, mother Betsy M. Dudl in a Black Creek Cemetery listing: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyallega/bcm.html There's a CW Minor on the 1869 Belfast atlas lot 8, near the Genesee Valley around 7622-7770 Crawford Creek Rd, Caneadea, NY
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