The Fredonia post roster is at the Barker Library Museum. The Dunkirk post roster is at the Dunkirk Histrical Museum. The Forestville post roster is at Hanover Historical Center. Chautauqua county also had the distinction of being the National Headquarters of the G.A.R. from 1945 to 1956. In that room, Miss Cora E. Gillis, National Secretary of the organization, made the final entry in the register when she recorded the death of the last union survivor, Albert Woolson, of Duluth, Minnesota on August 2, 1956.
Taps are sounded, lights are out, The soldiers sleep.
More than 3,000 of these survived the war. 2,293 men Chuck Washburn has created a web site for the 112th New York Infantry. This was a Civil War regiment formed primarily in Chautauqua County. Many contact people had ancestors in their units, but re-enactors, history buffs, et al. are welcome. If you see a listing for a unit you are interested in, you can send the contact person email and share information.