Military Ancestors

Military Ancestors

of the Lape family

"I pass a comrade sitting by the roadside. Blood is trickling from a wound just below the heart...
I say, 'Goodbye,' to him; there is no regret or fear in his tone as he replies.
A brave country boy he had lived and death has no terrors for him.
He could not have smiled more sweetly had he been lying down to pleasant dreams..."
"And so they died in the east and in the west; the young and old;
on the field amidst the roar of musketry and cannonading;
in the hospitals, of wounds and fever; on the lonely picket line,
as scouts and videttes and who records any regrets?
They deemed the cause worthy the sacrifice.
Eyes grew dim in many a northern home but he reckoned not;
he was past all pain and sorrow. For him there was burial
near the place where he fell and, for the future,
his name upon the nation's deathless roll."
-Alfred S. Roe, Co. A, 9th NYHA
author of Monocacy

Neer, Johann Karl Neher --In 1711 he served as a soldier in the Palatine Volunteers to Canada. He died on 25 Jan 1733. He was buried as Karel Neher, Old Stone Church, Rhinebeck, Dutchess, NY.

Best, John, --CPT. in the Army. (1751-1820) was lieutenant of 10th New York regiment; also ensign in Capt. Jacob Shaver's company under Col. Peter Livingston. Later promoted to Captain. Died 1820, Livingston Manor, Columbia, NY.

Burt, Moses --in the Battle of Bennington, August 6, 1777. Apparent builder of the Burt Homestead in Walpole, NH. Died October 29, 1843.

Comstock, Ebenezer --Farmer; served at Plattsburgh; died march 26, 1857. aged 71 years, 6 months. Grandsons, Joseph Multer and David Borst, served in the Union Army.

Comstock, Peregrine --in Col. Latimer's regiment of militia, which lost heavily at the battle of Saratoga. Soon thereafter he moved to Great Barrington, Mass., Died February 15, 1849.

Lamont, William --Served in the Revolutionary War, was present at the surrender of General Burgoyne. Died Fulton, Schoharie, NY.

Lape, Andries -- Member of the Eighth Regiment, Albany County Militia. Died Jul 07 1800, buried at St Thomas Church cemetery, Churchtown, Columbia, NY.

Lape, George --Was a Private in the Revolutionary War. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots: Volume 3, LAPE George, St Thomas Lutheran Church Cemetery, Churchtown, Columbia Co NY. Died February 22, 1839. (Brother of Samuel and Thomas, below.)

Lape, Samuel --Sergeant in the Henry K. Van Rensselaer's Regiment (Albany County), New York Militia, during the Revolutionary War. He was paid as a soldier on January 14, 1785, £3.4.9 and on another date, £4.12.10 (Military Service Records in the National Archives, Cards # 3881 and 37253543.) He was also on the payroll of Captain Noble's Company, in Col. Stephen Schuyler's Regiment of the Albany County Militia, August, 11, 1777. Died March 13, 1831, Lutheranville, Schoharie, NY. (Twin brother of Thomas Lape, below.)

Lape, Thomas --Was a Private in the Revolutionary War, member of Shaver's Co., Livingston Regiment (10th), Albany County Militia. Paid, unknown 1780's date, £1.8.5 (Military Service Records in the National Archives, Cards # 27806.) Died May 02, 1813, Churchtown, Columbia, NY. (Twin brother of Samuel Lape, above.)

Neer, Carl "Charles" --In Revolutionary War 1775 -1783. Appears on the Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, M804, rolls 1711-2670. Died July 14, 1826. Buried in Lutheranville Cemetery.

Terpening, Jacob --Private in December 1782 in the company commanded by Capt. John L. Hardenburg belonging to a regiment of the levies of militia raised for the defense of the state, which regiment was then under the command of Lieut./Col. Frederick Weisenfels, and was called to the field of active service in April 1782. Died March 15, 1813, Brooker Hollow, Richmondville, Schoharie, NY.

Van Auken, Levi --Lieutenant in the colonial army of the American Revolution. Died 1830.

Ward, Artemus General --Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary forces. He was prominent in the Worcester County conventions of 1774, which declared that Massachusetts owed no obedience to the English Parliament, closed the courts, and planned measures in the event of "an invasion, or danger of an invasion" of the county by English troops. His old militia regiment meantime reelected him colonel. With the province aroused to this degree, the first overt act meant civil war. This came with the firing at Lexington and the fight at Concord Bridge. General Ward was ill in bed when the express rider reached Shrewsbury with news of the clash with the British troops, but the next morning at daybreak he was on his way to join the militiamen who had driven the redcoats back to Boston and encamped around the town. So developed the most important and most critical period of General Ward's life. As Jedediah Preble, First General Officer, did not act upon his election, Ward assumed the chief command of the forces surrounding Boston, both those of Massachusetts and those that came in from other New England states. With no rank except that accorded by an informal provincial congress, with no authority to enlist men, without adequate supplies, he took the dangerous post of head of an armed rebellion against one of the world's greatest powers. Then followed the famous "Battle of Bunker Hill"--the English troops winning the position but at such heavy cost that their generals forthwith renounced all plans for breaking through the American lines. Thus was the Siege of Boston maintained under Ward until the arrival on July 2 of George Washington of Virginia, elected Commander-in-Chief by the Continental Congress in the well-founded hope of uniting the colonies in a common cause against the English government. On Washington's assumption of the chief post, Ward accepted the command of the right wing, with headquarters at Roxbury. Eight months later his division carried through his long cherished object--the seizure and fortification of Dorchester Peninsula. This compelled the evacuation of Boston by the British-- who never again, except as prisoners of war, set foot within the present boundaries of Massachusetts. Died October 28, 1800, Shrewsbury, Worcester, MA.

Lape, Dederick --served in the War of 1812. He applied for WAR OF 1812 VETERAN CLAIMS, WAYNE COUNTY, NY, as Lape, Dederick, of Galen, Wayne County, New York, and received $50.00. The residents made claims for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in their service in the War of 1812. At that time able-bodied men over 16 years of age were required to be members of their local militia and attend yearly local "general training." When the war broke out each man was responsible for his clothing and other material needs. (New York Adjutant General's Office Index of Awards on Claims of the Soldiers of the War of 1812. Albany, N.Y., 1860.) Died March 30, 1876, Wiota, Cass, Iowa and buried Galen, Wayne, NY.

Lape, Samuel Jr. --served in the War of 1812. Died February 18, 1867, Lutheranville, Schoharie, NY. LAPE SAMUEL YALE'S BATTALION, NEW YORK MILITIA. PRIVATE PRIVATE. LAPE SAMUEL HARDENBERGH'S REGIMENT, NEW YORK MILITIA. PRIVATE.

Multer, Joseph --served in the War of 1812 and made Captain of the local militia. He served in New York City.

Terpening, Moses --Farmer; married; served at Sackett's Harbor; contracted the epidemic fever and was discharged for disability; reached home in an emaciated condition; died February 27, 1865, aged 87 years, 11 months. Children Henry E., Jane Collington, Deborah Quail. Grandson, David Crowe. A grandson, Moses, served in the Union Army.

1st New York Volunteer, Engineer Regiment
CDV by G. T. LAPE, Photographer, 130 Chatham St. N.Y., Lt. Edwards N.Y. Vol. Engineers, CDV Signed By Lt. Edwards. Died May 05, 1921, Seabury Memorial Home, Mount Vernon, Westchester, NY.

1st Missouri Engineers
Lape, Hiram T. --Sgt., Company B. Died 1912, Roseville, Monmouth, Warren, IL.

2d Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, Co. I
Lape, Edward Charles --served June14 1861 to May 12 1864.

7th Regiment NY Heavy Artillery, Company A
Fowler, Patrick --He entered the A Company, 7th New York Heavy Artillery, originally the 113rd Infantry, on August 11, 1862, in Albany, NY, mustered on August 18, 1862. He was described as age 43, blue eyes, sandy hair, sandy complexion, 5' 11 3/4 ", farmer, from Ireland. Left the organization: "Died, December 20, 1864, artificer, at Salisbury, NC." Remarks: "Missing in action at Reams Station, August 15, 1864. Was in eleven battles and "killed at Reams Station, May 16, 1864." "Buried on Battlefield." Married. Parents names: Patrick, and Catherine. Died as a POW in the Confederate Prison, Salisbury, NC, December 20, 1864, after being captured in Virginia, his body was never recovered.

7th Regiment NY Heavy Artillery, Company B
Sylvester Lape, Summit, NY, Enlisted on 5 Mar 1863 in Albany, NY, His enlistment papers described him as 5'8" tall, light hair, light complexion and gray eyes. His unit was on Garrison Duty in Defenses of Washington, D.C, until 15 May 1864; ordered to join Army of the Potomac in the field 15 May 1864; participated in the Seven Day's Battle; Rapidan Campaign May-June; Spotsylvania Court House May 17-21; Harris Farm or Fredericksburg Road, May 19; North Anna River May 23-26; on line of the Pamunkey, May 26-28; Totopotomoy, May 28-31; Cold Harbor June 1-12; before Petersburg, June 16-18; siege of Petersburg, 16 Jun 1864 to 22 Feb 1865; Weldon Railroad, June 22-23, 1864; Demonstration north of the James Jul 27-29; Deep Bottom Jul 27-28; sent to City Point and to Washington for treatment of diarrhea and bilious fever; present for duty in the Harewood US Army General Hospital on 14 Aug 1864; rejoined his regiment before" Petersburg (probably around December); reconnaissance Hatcher's Run 9-10 Dec; promoted to Corporal on 21 Dec 1864; Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, 5-7 Feb 1865; ordered to Baltimore, MD 22 Feb 65 and garrison duty until August; served in Pioneer Corps; discharged 1 Aug 1865 in Baltimore, MD as a Corporal. 1922: The Worcester Times described him as suffering a stroke of apoplexy on Sunday, 12 Feb 1922.

9th Regiment NY Heavy Artillery, Company D
Lape, Samuel W. --enlisted Aug 15, 1862, Co D. 9th NY Heavy Artillery, 2d Lieutenant, discharged Oct 8, 1864. After the Civil War, Samuel W. and Julia Lape had two sons born: Asher A. W. Lape, born in 1865; and Milton G. Lape, born in 1869. The 1865 Census of Rose, Wayne County, NY, lists the following: Samuel W. Lape, age 35, born Rensselaer, married once; Julia A. Lape, age 31, born Wayne, married once; Samuel Lape, age 10; Ella E. Lape, age 8; Alla E. Lape, age 6; and Samuel Lape, age 73, father, born Rensselaer, married twice, farmer. Samuel lived in South Sodus where he was a carpenter, painter and Justice of the Peace. Samuel W. Lape filed for an Invalid Pension after the Civil War, on January 6, 1889. He claimed "that while a sergeant in said company and in the line of duty on or about December 1, 1862 he incurred Typhoid Fever followed immediately with Neuralgia in head and neck and shoulders of the left side. Said Neuralgia caused acute pain in left side of his face causing a tumor to grow upon left side and in front of the left ear. Said Tumor increased in size while in said service and continued to grow until it now measures 3 by 3 inches and 2 inches deep. At or following appearance of said tumor he became deaf to quite a degree in left ear and he believes a slight deafness in right ear. That while recovering from said fever, Rheumatic pains came on in shoulders and right ankle. That from about January 20th, 1863 said neuralgia & Rheumatism caused much suffering which continued until it became chronic. That from the spring of 1863 to this date he has suffered more or less by reason of said Neuralgia--- Tumor and Rheumatism. That he was treated in said service by Dr. Dewit of said Regiment and now of Oswego City, State of New York. Since he left service he has been treated by Dr. P. S. Roe, now of Hamlin Minnta. Said treatment was from 1866 to about 1882 as near as he remembers, since which Dr. Negus now of South Sodus, NY and Dr. R. le Barless of Rose, NY."

9th Regiment NY Heavy Artillery, Company H
Lape, Jarius --enlisted August 20, 1862, Co H, 9th NY heavy Artillery, promoted Corporal, killed by a "musket ball passing through his body" on July 9,1864 at the Battle at Moncacy, Frederick, Maryland. (Monocacy, Md, July 9, 1864. Middle Department, 8th Army Corps, and 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps. During the operations in the Shenandoah Valley, Maj.-Gen. Lewis Wallace left Frederick on the evening of the 8th and by a night march took position on the left bank of the Monocacy river. Early on the morning of the 9th the Confederates moved out from Frederick City and began the fight in skirmish order, a little later bringing their artillery into action. The enemy's cavalry and artillery then moved around to the Federal left and charged vigorously on the 3rd division of the 6th army corps, but the attack was repulsed and a countercharge made, driving the enemy back. A second attack of Confederate infantry was repulsed, but with heavy loss to both sides. About 3:30 p.m. the enemy's batteries were brought into position to enfilade the Federal line and another assaulting force of four lines of infantry was moved into position. When Wallace saw the approaching column he ordered a retreat on the Baltimore pike, where Brig. Gen. E. B. Tyler had been skirmishing fiercely all day. The retreat was made in good order, Tyler forming the rear-guard. The Confederates followed for some distance, but darkness stopped the pursuit. The Federal loss amounted to 123 killed, 603 wounded and 568 captured or missing. The Confederate loss in killed and wounded was reported as being 700.) Maria A. Lape filed for a widow's pension after the untimely death of her husband, commencing on July 9, 1865. She received a pension of $8.00 per month. She later applied for and received a claim for increase of widow's pension in the name of her daughter, Adelia Jane Lape, in the amount of $2.00 per month.

12th US Regulars
Lape, Oscar --from Arcadia, including Newark, NY. Enlisted at New York City as a Private on February 23, 1864, Company G, 1st battery, 12th US Regulars. Captured at Weldon Railroad near Petersburg, VA on August 21, 1864, confined at Richmond on August 22, 1864 and sent to Salisbury Prison on October 9, 1864. Died in Salisbury Confederate Prison, on October 31, 1864 or on January 17, 1865, of "starvation, exposure and prison life, fare and treatment, and the results thereof."

14th Illinois Regiment, Company K
Lape, Henry --from Wilburton, Illinois. Enrolled Camp Butler, March 3, 1865, Olney. Described as "grey eyes, 36 years, drk hair, drk complexion, 5'9", farmer."
Lape, Jeremiah --from Wilburton, Illinois, died November 09, 1905, Wilburton Cem., Fayette, Illinois.

40th Illinois Regiment, Company B
Lape, Henry W. --from Hickory Creek, Illinois.

54th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Zouave
Lape, Jeremiah --Fought at Shiloh, laid overnight on the battlefield in the rain after being blinded in the eye.
Lape, Zachariah --Enlisted in the Civil War shortly after his son Jeremiah was wounded at Shiloh. He fell from a bunk bed, causing an injured spleen. He served some light duty at the Confederate Prison at Johnson's Island, but died shortly after discharge from the spleen injury.

83rd Illinois Regiment, Company F
Lape, Jordan Dederick -- Enrolled August 13, 1862, in Monmouth, IL. Mustered in Warren County, IL on August 21,1862. Described as 37, 5' 6 1/4", Brown Hair, Brown Eyes, Fair Complexion, Married, Farmer. Nativity, Columbia County, NY.
Jordan D. Lape was admitted to a Stearn's Hospital in Paducah, Kentucky, February 6, 1863. He had apparently contracted a pulmonary disease, namely "Phthisis Pulmonalis (pulmonary tuberculosis)," and chronic diarrhea during his service. His disease had "progressed to such an extent as to unfit him for any kind of labor." The morning of February 14, 1862 dawned cold and quiet at Fort Donelson. Early in the afternoon the stillness was broken by a furious roar, and the earth began to shake. The Union gunboats were exchanging "iron valentines" with the 11 big guns in the southern water batteries. During this one and one-half hour duel the Confederate guns inflicted such extensive damage upon the gunboats that they were forced to retreat. The hills and hollows echoed with cheers from the Southern soldiers. On February 16, 1862 the Union Army in Tennessee, under the command of Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant, won its first major victory of the Civil War. The proposed terms of "Unconditional Surrender" were accepted by the defeated confederates. The capture of Fort Donelson and approximately 13,000 confederate soldiers delivered a devastating blow to the Confederacy, and the defeat set the stage for the Union's invasion of the deep south. The victory propelled Brigadier General Grant into national prominence, favoritism of Abraham Lincoln and eventual command of the Union Army. Jordan D. Lape was mustered out in February, 25, 1863 with a disability. Died April 09, 1863, Roseville, Monmouth, Warren, IL.

91st NY Regiment, Company B
Lape, Harmon --Farmer; single; age 27; Enlisted August 30, 1864, Summit; served in line of regular duty until discharged June 10, 1865, Richmondville, NY; laborer; married. Children, Arthur, Valetta, Vina, Bert, Sheridan, Minnie, John. Died November 22, 1913, Richmondville, Schoharie, NY.

Terpening, Moses --Sergeant , Schoharie County, New York. Farmer, single, 19 enlisted Sept 10,1861, contracted measles at Albany, NY 15 Nov 1861, rejoined his regiment Nov 26, contracted Typhoid Fever at Key West, Fl, Apr 28 1962, he rejoined his regiment 20 Jun 1862. Did full service with his regiment until Jun 1864, when he contracted intermittent fever at Fort Jackson, LA. Left Ft. Jackson Hospital on veteran furlough 8 Jul 1864., detained in hospital at Cairo, Illinois for ten days. Rejoined his regiment at Ft. McHenry at expiration of furlough and served in line of duty until his discharge 10 Jun 1865. Born ca. 1842, Moses Terpening. He was the grandson of Moses Terpenning, born 1777.

91st NY Regiment, Company H
Lape, Jacob -- enlisted 18 September 1861, from the town of Hillsdale, Columbia County. Died August 27, 1898.

93rd NY Regiment
Lape, Andrew --Private, age 32, enlisted from Hope, NY, deserted at Lee's Mills, VA on 04 May 1862.

107th NY Volunteers, Company K
Terpenning, George --Farmer; single; age 17, enlisted August 5, 1864; contracted fever, and treated at Baltimore, MD; joined his regiment near Winchester, VA, and served regularly until discharged, June 23, 1865; East Worcester, NY; farmer; widower. Children, Louisa, Cornelius, Josephine, Jay, Frank, Delilah, Claud, George, Nora, Smith.

111th New York Volunteers
Lape, Cornelius --age 18, Enlisted 14 Mar 1864 at Galen to serve three years. Wounded in action, 5 May 1864, at The Wilderness, VA, died in hospital, 2 Jul 1864. Cornelius was buried at National Cemetery, Arlington, VA and Clyde, Galen, Wayne, NY.

Lape, Philip Ira --age 42, Enrolled 5 Aug 1862 at Clyde to serve three years. Mustered in as sergeant, Co. B, 20 Aug 1862; as first lieutenant, 26 Nov 1863; as Captain, 12 Jan 1865; mustered out with company, 4 Jun 1865, near Alexandria, VA. Military records show that all of the battles that the 111th regiment fought were under the direction of Brigadier General Alexander Hays. They were attached to the Army of the Potomac, under Major General George Meade, Commander; Third Division, under General Alexander Hays; and Third Brigade, under Col. George L. Willard, Col. Eliakim Sherrill, and Lt. Col. James M. Bull. It seems that the call to volunteers was done at a time of chaos and confusion. The government seemed unprepared and disorganized at the time that the 111th mustered into service on August 20, 1862. For example, on August 21 they were all put onto railroad cars and sent to Washington D.C. where they were to begin basic training. They had no weapons on them at that time. Then on August 22, without any training whatsoever, they were all transferred to barges and taken down the Hudson River to New York Harbor where they were again transferred to steamships. From there they went to Amboy, New Jersey, where they were once again transferred to rail cars, and then taken to Philadelphia and then on to Baltimore. In Baltimore they received new orders to board still another train that would take them to Harper's Ferry, West Virginia and, under Miles' command, they were to face the Confederate General, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. During battle on September 13, 1862 the veteran (trained) Union Troops fled the scene, and then pinned the subsequent miserable loss on the new recruits of the 111th who had received no weapons, training, nor support by the time that they were left to face Jackson. They were captured, imprisoned, and then later paroled on September 16. On September 24, 1862 the 111th marched to Annapolis, Maryland to board trains to Camp Douglas near Chicago, Illinois. Their duty in Chicago was to guard Confederate prisoners. On November 19, 1862 they were sent back to Washington D.C. where they finally received training. By June 24, 1863 the Gettysburg battle began to build when the 111th and other regiments were sent. On June 25, 1863 they were attached to the 2nd Army Corps. And on July 1, the 111th with 390 men reached the battlefield in the late evening. They camped behind the Big and Little Roundtops, and prepared to march into Gettysburg on July the 2nd. On the morning of July 2 they joined the rest of the 2nd Corps at Cemetery Ridge, and were put into the rear as reserves. Ironically, they were used as a priority force to battle the same unit of troops that had beat them so badly when they faced them in Harper's Ferry. Only this time the 111th beat them so badly that they prevented the Confederates from dividing the Union line into separate areas. On July 3 the units were all repositioned with the 2nd Corps at "The Angle" where together they were able to repel the Confederates at "Pickett's Charge." Phillip Ira Lape died in Hays City, Ellis, Kansas on March 09, 1893 and is buried there. Mary A. Lape applied for a Civil War pension on January 22, 1894, while living in Hays City. Her Attorney-At-Law was James Tanner of Washington, D.C. Mary A. Lape died after 1893 and is buried in Hays City, Ellis, Kansas.

Lape, Samuel E.--age 27, Enlisted 5 Aug 1862 at Clyde to serve three years. Wounded in action, 22 Jun 1864 at Petersburg, VA; promoted corporal, no date; mustered out with company, 4 Jun 1865, near Alexandria, VA.

121st NY Volunteer Infantry
Terpening, George --Single, age 17, enlisted August 5, 1864, contacted fever, treated at Baltimore, MD, joined his regiment at Winchester, VA, served regular until discharge June 23, 1865. East Worcester, farmer, widower.

128th New York Regiment, Company K
Lape, John E. --Enrolled August, 1862, died of disease at New Orleans, May, 1864.

134th New York Volunteer Infantry, Company C
Multer, Joseph -- Private. Joseph Multer was 22 when he enlisted in August, 1862. While in said service at Fairfax Court House VA he contracted mumps and while sick with the same in his tent a storm came and blew down his tent & he was thoroughly drenched. This was about January 1862. That in consequence of said exposure his mumps became very much worse & his jaws have troubled him ever since sometimes cramping so that for a time he is unable to shut his mouth. Also in consequence of said exposure to mumps he suffered with partial loss of hearing. Also in consequence of said exposure to mumps he suffered with deformed and painful testicles. He did full service until he was shot in the left leg below the knee on July 1, 1863 at Gettysburg, PA. He was treated at St. John's College Hospital at Annapolis, MD. Joseph rejoined the regiment in October in Lookout Valley, Tennessee and fought with General Sherman. About June 14, 1864 while a number of the above named organization and in the line of his duty while engaged in building breastworks that a number of soldiers with claimant was carrying a heavy log when a shell from the batteries of the Confederates came very near and past of his comrades who had hold of the log let it go & the log fell upon deponent across his body and his left arm nearly crushing him injuring him severely in the left side and also badly injuring his left arm. That when said log was removed from his body he was unable to get up or walk & that when the Regt. Moved deponent was taken in an ambulance & put into the General Hospital No. 3 at Nashville, Tenn. He rejoined the regiment at Savannah and spent the rest of his time with the regimental quartermaster. Died in Charlotteville, NY on September 26, 1902.

150th New York Infantry Regiment, Company E
Lape, Smith --enlisted age 18, 17 September 1862, Co. E, at Dover, NY. Discharged at Baltimore, MD on 20 May 1863.

177th NY Regiment
Lape, Charles --Private, Co. E., age 19, Mustered Out at Albany, NY on 10 September 1863
Lape, John L. --Private, Co. I., age 45, Mustered Out at Albany, NY on 10 September 1863

187th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Lape, Herman --Pvt., Berlin, Pa.

Honor Roll of those Killed in Battle, from Somerset County, PA
James Lape --18 Pennsylvania Cavalry

Joseph Lape --b: 23.Apr.1821 Somerset Co. PA d: 31.May.1865 Fair Oaks, VA.

Peter Lape --5th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, d. 10/28/1864, Plot: B 0 2757, bur. 10/28/1864 Alexandria National Cemetery, Alexandria City, Virginia

OTHERS:
Lape, William --hired a substitute named William C. Eaton who was born in 1845 in Ireland. The substitute enlisted as a private at Schenectady on August 20 1864 for 3 years. He was paid an enlistment bonus by the county in the amount of $750, above and beyond what, if anything, was given him by Lape. William Lape's post office address as of 1865 was Crescent NY, a hamlet in the town of Halfmoon.

Lape, James B. --CPL in the 23rd Infantry and was wounded during World War I at the Battle of the Marne. "The Syracuse boy reported severely wounded is Corporal James B. Lape of No 1102 East Adams St., also a member of the Twenty Third U.S. Infantry. Injured at the Marne front July 3. Corporal Lape was a member of the track team of the Central High School and after graduation worked at the H. H. Franklin Company's plant and represented that concern in several athletic events. He enlisted last June. (July 26, 1918)." In the second battle of the Marne River, July, 1918, the last great German offensive was decisively repulsed by the Allies. James married Elma Hodges, and was a Syracuse, NY, attorney. Died 1954, Syracuse, Onondaga, NY.

Tryon, Gordon --PVT, Machine Gun Platoon, 53rd Infantry. Battles: with American Expeditionary Forces from 7/6/1918 to 6/12/1919, Vosges Sector, Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Gassed in Argonne Forest, 1919. Died January 26, 1963, Cobleskill, Schoharie, NY.

Tryon, Jerry F. -- HHC, Mortar Platoon, 48th Armored Infantry, 7th Armored Division. PFC. Battles & Campaigns: Rhineland and Central Europe. Captured & escaped 2/1945 after unit was overrun. Wounded 4/5/1945 in Germany during the encirclement of the Ruhr Pocket. CIB, European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal, Purple Heart, NYS Conspicuous Service Medal, and Certificate of Disability. Retired, 1983, from General Electric, Schenectady, NY, Manufacturing Engineer. Mason, York Rite and Scottish Rite. Member, United Methodist Church, Cobleskill, NY.

Lape, Homer Samuel --PFC, NY, 1206 Svc Comd. Unit. Died December 4, 1964, Lyons, Wayne, NY.

Lape, Asher M. --PVT, NY, 148th Gen Hosp. Died October 26, 1968, Lyons, Wayne, NY.

Lape, Melvin H --PFC - Co C 781 Tank BN, died July 13, 1966, Richmondville, Schoharie, New York.

Lape, Myron Emerson --Served U.S. Navy, 1943-1945, U.S.S. Langley, Aviation Bos'n. Mate.

Lape, Vaughn Willis --Entered the US Army on 28 Jul 1943 as an English language instructor at the replacement training center in San Juan, Puerto Rico during World War II. He was honorably discharged on 9 Apr 1946. He subsequently became an insurance underwriter for the NY Mutual Fire Insurance Company in Edmeston, NY. Died May 08, 1966, Burlington Flats, Otsego, NY.

Lape, David Alen --WO1, Army Reserve, Cordova, AK; Start of Tour: Saturday, June 10, 1967; Date of Casualty: Monday, November 27, 1967; Age at time of loss: 23; Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died; Reason: Artillery, rocket, mortar (Ground casualty); Country: South Vietnam; Province: Ba Xugen; The Wall: Panel 30E - Row 097

Lape, Samuel W. Jr. --Served in US Army, October, 1965 to September, 1967. Vietnam conflict, February, 1966 to September, 1967, stationed at Bear Cat and Saigon.

Lape, William R. --Served in the US Air Force, May, 1969 to May 1972, Vietnam conflict, May, 1969 to May, 1970, stationed in Da Nang, Na Trang and Ben Hoa.

Lape, Joseph Shawn --Enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in February 1965. Serve one combat tour in Vietnam 1967-1968. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in August 1975. Retired in Sept 1995.

Caputo, James --Killed in Vietnam War. LCPL - Marine Corps - Regular, 20 year old Single, Caucasian, Male, Born on Apr 13 1946, From NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Length of service 2 years, Casualty was on Jun 28 1966 in THUA THIEN, SOUTH VIETNAM, HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY, MISADVENTURE. Body was recovered. Religion ROMAN CATHOLIC. Panel 08E - - Line 103.

Tryon, Craig --Served in US Army, Vietnam, SPC4, 198th Light Infantry Brigade, Americal Division, Wounded in Chu Lai, July 1970.

Lape, Christopher --Served in the US Air Force, E4, December, 1989 - March, 1994. Served during Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia, October 1990 to July 1991 and served in Alaska. Disability retirement, March, 1994.

Lape, Jeffrey J. MAJ -- US Army Reserves, 10 years, Served in the US Army, WO2, February 1, 1991 - May 31, 1991, during Operation Desert Storm, stationed at Fort Sam Houston, TX; Ft. Benning, GA; Camp Rudder, FL (6th Ranger Training Battalion). Major, 7 years, 2-108th IN, NYARNG, Utica, NY.

Green, Gary Owen LTC --Pilot, US Air Force; Secondary School Teacher; AF JROTC instructor. Graduated from Hobart College, Geneva, NY in 1970 with a BA in mathematics; received AFROTC Commission. Graduated from Undergraduate Pilot Training in 1971, Laredo AFB, TX. Graduated from Troy State University, Selma, AL in 1974 with a Master's degree in personnel counseling. Flew over 4000 hours in the T-37B and the B-52G; assigned to Laredo, Craig, Loring, Seymour Johnson, Barksdale, Offutt and Langley AFBs.

Wicks, Robert COL --Enlisting in the United States Army in 1963, he led a distinguished career of 32 years rising through the ranks to colonel, retiring in 1995 from the United States Army Reserve. During his military career, his appointments included serving as battalion commander, 2nd Bn, 389th Regt. 1st Brigade in Utica, from 1982-1984; he served as brigade executive officer, HHC 1st Brigade, 98th Division in Schenectady, from 1984-1986; deputy commander, 1209th USAG in Mattydale, 1986-1987; acting commander, 1209th USAG 1987, and commander from 1987-1990. He then served as brigade commander, 1st Brigade, 98 Div (TNG) in Schenectady, from 1990-1993. He then served as brigade commander, 7th Bde., 78 Div (EX) in North Syracuse, from 1993-1995. During his Army career, he attended many schools and was a 1992 graduate of the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pa. His decorations, service medals and badges received during his career include the Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, Legion of Merit Award, Army Commendation Medal with Two Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Achievement Medal, Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal, with Three Oak Leaf Clusters, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Army and the Army Service Ribbon. Colonel Wicks died on December 6, 1999, at Cooperstown, Otsego, NY.

1LT Lape, Neal J. --Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army. Major Jeffrey J. Lape swore in his son with the "Oath of Office" during a private ceremony which was attended by thirty family members and friends. Neal attended the Officer Basic Course in the Air Defense Artillery (Patriot Missiles) at Ft. Bliss, El Paso, TX, in the fall of 2001. He was promoted to 1LT in November, 2002. Neal served with the 5-52nd Air Defense Artillery's Bravo Battery at it's area of operation.

Lape, Andrew Sean --Served in the U.S. Air Force, Germany, CONUS, and the Mediterranean.

2LT Nieto, Angela --Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army. Angela attended the Officer Basic Course in the Air Defense Artillery (Patriot Missiles) at Ft. Bliss, El Paso, TX, in the fall of 2002 and served with the 5-52nd Air Defense Artillery's Bravo Battery at it's area of operation.

MAJ Jeff Lape --Served as the battalion physician assistant with the 2-108th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, in the Division's area of operations.