Co L, ? Bat. 5th Reg NY Artillery
Drowned at Albany June 29, 1865
AE 25 Yrs 10 Mos & 24 Dys
Morning Herald, Utica, NY, Friday, June 30, 1865
New York State News
Between 12 and 1 o'clock, Thursday morning, Howard W Arthur, a member of the 5th Heavy Artillery, was drowned in the river at Albany. The A??? says that most of the men, after they had been supplied with supper by the Citizen' Committee, went to the Steamboat Landing and, spreading their blankets, went to sleep for the night. It was very dark, and although there are six gas lamps on the Landing, nobody thought to light the gas. Arthur, while spreading his blanket, fell back off the dock, and being unable to swim, drowned, his companions having no chance to assist him. He belonged to Lewis county. The body was recovered several hours after, and an inquest was held by Coroner Gillespie, the jury returning a verdict of “accidental drowning.” There was culpable carelessness on the part of somebody, in choosing such lodgings for the men on a dark night, and neglecting to have the lamps burning.
From FAG Contributor Bruce Crandall;
From the 1896 report of the NYS Adj.-Gen. on the 5th NY HA: "ARTHUR , HOWARD W.—Age, 25 years. Enlisted, August 30, 1864, at Lowville; mustered in as private, Co. L, August 30,1864, to serve one year; mustered out, June 26, 1865, at Harper's Ferry, Va. ; also borne as Arthur Howad."
Drowned at Albany June 29, 1865
AE 25 Yrs 10 Mos & 24 Dys
Morning Herald, Utica, NY, Friday, June 30, 1865
New York State News
Between 12 and 1 o'clock, Thursday morning, Howard W Arthur, a member of the 5th Heavy Artillery, was drowned in the river at Albany. The A??? says that most of the men, after they had been supplied with supper by the Citizen' Committee, went to the Steamboat Landing and, spreading their blankets, went to sleep for the night. It was very dark, and although there are six gas lamps on the Landing, nobody thought to light the gas. Arthur, while spreading his blanket, fell back off the dock, and being unable to swim, drowned, his companions having no chance to assist him. He belonged to Lewis county. The body was recovered several hours after, and an inquest was held by Coroner Gillespie, the jury returning a verdict of “accidental drowning.” There was culpable carelessness on the part of somebody, in choosing such lodgings for the men on a dark night, and neglecting to have the lamps burning.
From FAG Contributor Bruce Crandall;
From the 1896 report of the NYS Adj.-Gen. on the 5th NY HA: "ARTHUR , HOWARD W.—Age, 25 years. Enlisted, August 30, 1864, at Lowville; mustered in as private, Co. L, August 30,1864, to serve one year; mustered out, June 26, 1865, at Harper's Ferry, Va. ; also borne as Arthur Howad."
Co L, ? Bat. 5th Reg NY Artillery
Drowned at Albany June 29, 1865
AE 25 Yrs 10 Mos & 24 Dys
Morning Herald, Utica, NY, Friday, June 30, 1865
New York State News
Between 12 and 1 o'clock, Thursday morning, Howard W Arthur, a member of the 5th Heavy Artillery, was drowned in the river at Albany. The A??? says that most of the men, after they had been supplied with supper by the Citizen' Committee, went to the Steamboat Landing and, spreading their blankets, went to sleep for the night. It was very dark, and although there are six gas lamps on the Landing, nobody thought to light the gas. Arthur, while spreading his blanket, fell back off the dock, and being unable to swim, drowned, his companions having no chance to assist him. He belonged to Lewis county. The body was recovered several hours after, and an inquest was held by Coroner Gillespie, the jury returning a verdict of “accidental drowning.” There was culpable carelessness on the part of somebody, in choosing such lodgings for the men on a dark night, and neglecting to have the lamps burning.
From FAG Contributor Bruce Crandall;
From the 1896 report of the NYS Adj.-Gen. on the 5th NY HA: "ARTHUR , HOWARD W.—Age, 25 years. Enlisted, August 30, 1864, at Lowville; mustered in as private, Co. L, August 30,1864, to serve one year; mustered out, June 26, 1865, at Harper's Ferry, Va. ; also borne as Arthur Howad."
Drowned at Albany June 29, 1865
AE 25 Yrs 10 Mos & 24 Dys
Morning Herald, Utica, NY, Friday, June 30, 1865
New York State News
Between 12 and 1 o'clock, Thursday morning, Howard W Arthur, a member of the 5th Heavy Artillery, was drowned in the river at Albany. The A??? says that most of the men, after they had been supplied with supper by the Citizen' Committee, went to the Steamboat Landing and, spreading their blankets, went to sleep for the night. It was very dark, and although there are six gas lamps on the Landing, nobody thought to light the gas. Arthur, while spreading his blanket, fell back off the dock, and being unable to swim, drowned, his companions having no chance to assist him. He belonged to Lewis county. The body was recovered several hours after, and an inquest was held by Coroner Gillespie, the jury returning a verdict of “accidental drowning.” There was culpable carelessness on the part of somebody, in choosing such lodgings for the men on a dark night, and neglecting to have the lamps burning.
From FAG Contributor Bruce Crandall;
From the 1896 report of the NYS Adj.-Gen. on the 5th NY HA: "ARTHUR , HOWARD W.—Age, 25 years. Enlisted, August 30, 1864, at Lowville; mustered in as private, Co. L, August 30,1864, to serve one year; mustered out, June 26, 1865, at Harper's Ferry, Va. ; also borne as Arthur Howad."
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