The Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, NY, March 1904
After Forty Years
An Old Testament Lost on a Virginia Battlefield
Gaylord W Babcock, Owner
Belleville Man Enlisted in Co. K, 14th NY Heavy Artillery
Lost it at Cold harbor, To be Restored by its Alabama Possessor
A romance of the Civil War, revolving around the mystery of a pocket Testament lost on a battlefield, save the Rochester Post-Express of Thursday, was cleared up by chief of Police Cleary today and the thumb worn and yellow leafed book is about to be returned by its present holder in Alabama to the real owner, who, hale and hearty, lives in Jefferson county.
There appeared a communication in a New York city evening newspaper recently from N.J. Bolton, of Simsbury, Ala. In which it was stated he possessed a small Testament found on a battlefield in northern Virginia during the civil war. "It was sent to the girl who is now my wife." wrote Belton. On the flyleaf of the book is the inscription, "To Gaylord w Babcock, from his wife, Co. M, 14th New York heavy artillery. Obey God and keep His commandments, for this is the duty of man." Other inscriptions are on the page, now yellow and falling to pieces, the words nearly illegible.
When this communication appeared in the paper it was read by J.W.H. Cook of New York city, a member of the Dillingham book publishing house, and he clipped it out and wrote a letter, enclosing it, to postmaster James S Graham. A few days ago it was received by Mr. Graham and he gave it to Chief Cleary.
Now Mr. Cleary knows most every man by name that fought in local regiments and he knew that part of the 14th H.A. Was mustered in this city. He sought the muster rolls and found that Gaylord W Babcock was mustered in at Adams Center, Jefferson county, this state. There is a G.A.H. Post at that place and the commander of it is Giles Hall, and to him Chief Cleary wrote a letter asking for information about Babcock.
"I am glad to write back," says Hall in a reply, "that I know G.W. Babcock, that he is alive and well and that he lives in Belleville, Jefferson county, this state. So Mr. Cleary, who became deeply interested in the romance, was happy to write to Babcock, enclosing the correspondence and the clipping from the New York newspaper. This morning Mr Cleary received the following letter from Babcock.
Dear Comrade – I went out in Co. M, New York heavy artillery, with Capt. Kieffer, who was killed on picket line at Cold Harbor. I was sergeant at the time and on picket. I lost all I had. I was afterwards promoted to be first lieutenant and transferred to Co. K. The book, no doubt, is mine. I shall be more than glad to recover it as a relic and will pay charges and expenses as soon as I find out what they are. Please send me all the facts and addresses and oblige, your friend and comrade, Gaylord W Babcock, Belleville, Jefferson county, N.Y.
After more than 40 years the book I now to be returned to its owner.
Jefferson County Journal, Adams, NY, 1911
Gaylord W Babcock died at his home in Belleville Wednesday afternoon, July 30. He was about 77 years of age and was a veteran of the civil war and had been a resident of Belleville about 30 years. The funeral was held Saturday afternoon with burial in Adams. Rev. O. L. Nichols officiated.
After Forty Years
An Old Testament Lost on a Virginia Battlefield
Gaylord W Babcock, Owner
Belleville Man Enlisted in Co. K, 14th NY Heavy Artillery
Lost it at Cold harbor, To be Restored by its Alabama Possessor
A romance of the Civil War, revolving around the mystery of a pocket Testament lost on a battlefield, save the Rochester Post-Express of Thursday, was cleared up by chief of Police Cleary today and the thumb worn and yellow leafed book is about to be returned by its present holder in Alabama to the real owner, who, hale and hearty, lives in Jefferson county.
There appeared a communication in a New York city evening newspaper recently from N.J. Bolton, of Simsbury, Ala. In which it was stated he possessed a small Testament found on a battlefield in northern Virginia during the civil war. "It was sent to the girl who is now my wife." wrote Belton. On the flyleaf of the book is the inscription, "To Gaylord w Babcock, from his wife, Co. M, 14th New York heavy artillery. Obey God and keep His commandments, for this is the duty of man." Other inscriptions are on the page, now yellow and falling to pieces, the words nearly illegible.
When this communication appeared in the paper it was read by J.W.H. Cook of New York city, a member of the Dillingham book publishing house, and he clipped it out and wrote a letter, enclosing it, to postmaster James S Graham. A few days ago it was received by Mr. Graham and he gave it to Chief Cleary.
Now Mr. Cleary knows most every man by name that fought in local regiments and he knew that part of the 14th H.A. Was mustered in this city. He sought the muster rolls and found that Gaylord W Babcock was mustered in at Adams Center, Jefferson county, this state. There is a G.A.H. Post at that place and the commander of it is Giles Hall, and to him Chief Cleary wrote a letter asking for information about Babcock.
"I am glad to write back," says Hall in a reply, "that I know G.W. Babcock, that he is alive and well and that he lives in Belleville, Jefferson county, this state. So Mr. Cleary, who became deeply interested in the romance, was happy to write to Babcock, enclosing the correspondence and the clipping from the New York newspaper. This morning Mr Cleary received the following letter from Babcock.
Dear Comrade – I went out in Co. M, New York heavy artillery, with Capt. Kieffer, who was killed on picket line at Cold Harbor. I was sergeant at the time and on picket. I lost all I had. I was afterwards promoted to be first lieutenant and transferred to Co. K. The book, no doubt, is mine. I shall be more than glad to recover it as a relic and will pay charges and expenses as soon as I find out what they are. Please send me all the facts and addresses and oblige, your friend and comrade, Gaylord W Babcock, Belleville, Jefferson county, N.Y.
After more than 40 years the book I now to be returned to its owner.
Jefferson County Journal, Adams, NY, 1911
Gaylord W Babcock died at his home in Belleville Wednesday afternoon, July 30. He was about 77 years of age and was a veteran of the civil war and had been a resident of Belleville about 30 years. The funeral was held Saturday afternoon with burial in Adams. Rev. O. L. Nichols officiated.
The Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, NY, March 1904
After Forty Years
An Old Testament Lost on a Virginia Battlefield
Gaylord W Babcock, Owner
Belleville Man Enlisted in Co. K, 14th NY Heavy Artillery
Lost it at Cold harbor, To be Restored by its Alabama Possessor
A romance of the Civil War, revolving around the mystery of a pocket Testament lost on a battlefield, save the Rochester Post-Express of Thursday, was cleared up by chief of Police Cleary today and the thumb worn and yellow leafed book is about to be returned by its present holder in Alabama to the real owner, who, hale and hearty, lives in Jefferson county.
There appeared a communication in a New York city evening newspaper recently from N.J. Bolton, of Simsbury, Ala. In which it was stated he possessed a small Testament found on a battlefield in northern Virginia during the civil war. "It was sent to the girl who is now my wife." wrote Belton. On the flyleaf of the book is the inscription, "To Gaylord w Babcock, from his wife, Co. M, 14th New York heavy artillery. Obey God and keep His commandments, for this is the duty of man." Other inscriptions are on the page, now yellow and falling to pieces, the words nearly illegible.
When this communication appeared in the paper it was read by J.W.H. Cook of New York city, a member of the Dillingham book publishing house, and he clipped it out and wrote a letter, enclosing it, to postmaster James S Graham. A few days ago it was received by Mr. Graham and he gave it to Chief Cleary.
Now Mr. Cleary knows most every man by name that fought in local regiments and he knew that part of the 14th H.A. Was mustered in this city. He sought the muster rolls and found that Gaylord W Babcock was mustered in at Adams Center, Jefferson county, this state. There is a G.A.H. Post at that place and the commander of it is Giles Hall, and to him Chief Cleary wrote a letter asking for information about Babcock.
"I am glad to write back," says Hall in a reply, "that I know G.W. Babcock, that he is alive and well and that he lives in Belleville, Jefferson county, this state. So Mr. Cleary, who became deeply interested in the romance, was happy to write to Babcock, enclosing the correspondence and the clipping from the New York newspaper. This morning Mr Cleary received the following letter from Babcock.
Dear Comrade – I went out in Co. M, New York heavy artillery, with Capt. Kieffer, who was killed on picket line at Cold Harbor. I was sergeant at the time and on picket. I lost all I had. I was afterwards promoted to be first lieutenant and transferred to Co. K. The book, no doubt, is mine. I shall be more than glad to recover it as a relic and will pay charges and expenses as soon as I find out what they are. Please send me all the facts and addresses and oblige, your friend and comrade, Gaylord W Babcock, Belleville, Jefferson county, N.Y.
After more than 40 years the book I now to be returned to its owner.
Jefferson County Journal, Adams, NY, 1911
Gaylord W Babcock died at his home in Belleville Wednesday afternoon, July 30. He was about 77 years of age and was a veteran of the civil war and had been a resident of Belleville about 30 years. The funeral was held Saturday afternoon with burial in Adams. Rev. O. L. Nichols officiated.
After Forty Years
An Old Testament Lost on a Virginia Battlefield
Gaylord W Babcock, Owner
Belleville Man Enlisted in Co. K, 14th NY Heavy Artillery
Lost it at Cold harbor, To be Restored by its Alabama Possessor
A romance of the Civil War, revolving around the mystery of a pocket Testament lost on a battlefield, save the Rochester Post-Express of Thursday, was cleared up by chief of Police Cleary today and the thumb worn and yellow leafed book is about to be returned by its present holder in Alabama to the real owner, who, hale and hearty, lives in Jefferson county.
There appeared a communication in a New York city evening newspaper recently from N.J. Bolton, of Simsbury, Ala. In which it was stated he possessed a small Testament found on a battlefield in northern Virginia during the civil war. "It was sent to the girl who is now my wife." wrote Belton. On the flyleaf of the book is the inscription, "To Gaylord w Babcock, from his wife, Co. M, 14th New York heavy artillery. Obey God and keep His commandments, for this is the duty of man." Other inscriptions are on the page, now yellow and falling to pieces, the words nearly illegible.
When this communication appeared in the paper it was read by J.W.H. Cook of New York city, a member of the Dillingham book publishing house, and he clipped it out and wrote a letter, enclosing it, to postmaster James S Graham. A few days ago it was received by Mr. Graham and he gave it to Chief Cleary.
Now Mr. Cleary knows most every man by name that fought in local regiments and he knew that part of the 14th H.A. Was mustered in this city. He sought the muster rolls and found that Gaylord W Babcock was mustered in at Adams Center, Jefferson county, this state. There is a G.A.H. Post at that place and the commander of it is Giles Hall, and to him Chief Cleary wrote a letter asking for information about Babcock.
"I am glad to write back," says Hall in a reply, "that I know G.W. Babcock, that he is alive and well and that he lives in Belleville, Jefferson county, this state. So Mr. Cleary, who became deeply interested in the romance, was happy to write to Babcock, enclosing the correspondence and the clipping from the New York newspaper. This morning Mr Cleary received the following letter from Babcock.
Dear Comrade – I went out in Co. M, New York heavy artillery, with Capt. Kieffer, who was killed on picket line at Cold Harbor. I was sergeant at the time and on picket. I lost all I had. I was afterwards promoted to be first lieutenant and transferred to Co. K. The book, no doubt, is mine. I shall be more than glad to recover it as a relic and will pay charges and expenses as soon as I find out what they are. Please send me all the facts and addresses and oblige, your friend and comrade, Gaylord W Babcock, Belleville, Jefferson county, N.Y.
After more than 40 years the book I now to be returned to its owner.
Jefferson County Journal, Adams, NY, 1911
Gaylord W Babcock died at his home in Belleville Wednesday afternoon, July 30. He was about 77 years of age and was a veteran of the civil war and had been a resident of Belleville about 30 years. The funeral was held Saturday afternoon with burial in Adams. Rev. O. L. Nichols officiated.
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