2nd Military District Sons Veterans Reserve

May 15, 2011 - SUVCW Signature Event, Department of New York Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, the Allied Orders and the City of Mechanicville will hold a reenactment of Ellsworth’s funeral at the Hudson View Cemetery in Mechanicville, New York. Beginning at 9AM a funeral carriage bearing a wooden coffin and being escorted by re-enactors from around the country, firefighters, police personnel, veterans groups and others will make its way from the Mechanicville High School along County Route 1345 to the cemetery where a funeral service will be held at about 9:30AM. (Bus and trolley service will also be available to the cemetery from the high school parking lot). Beginning at 9AM and continuing until 9:30 AM church bells throughout Mechanicville will be ringing in honor of the event. At the cemetery, a memorial service will be held which will include remarks from dignitaries and a reading of the condolence letter written by President Lincoln to the parents of Colonel Ellsworth. This will be followed by music; a volley of salute by rifle and artillery fire and a massive laying of wreaths at the Colonel’s grave by various patriotic, veterans groups and other organizations led by the President of New York State Gold Star Mothers.

Following the event, a brunch will be held at the Mechanicville Community Center with the day concluding with the unveiling of a special exhibition of Colonel Ellsworth regalia at the New York Military Museum in nearby Saratoga Springs.

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Welcome to our Elmer Ellsworth page. This page has been created to celebrate the life and martyrdom of this American Hero. The celebration of his life and death will be the New York Department of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Sesquicentennial signature event for 2011. Please click on t