Harriett Smith

  General Notes:

See general notes on her husband, Wilton Delaney, for 1900, 1910, and 1920 census facts including 1910 where her parents are living in her home.

The 1890 Veterans Schedules for Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., New York records George C. Smith living at 25 Barrett Street in Jamestown. He is listed as a Captain in Company A of the 81st New York Infantry. He enlisted May 28, 1861 and was discharged on December 9, 1864.
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81ST VOL. NY. REG. SECOND OSWEGO REGIMENT
George C. Smith : Second Lieutenant, February 17, 1863; promoted to first Lieutenant, June 13, 1863, to Captain, November 19, 1864; mustered out at expiration of term of service. Promoted from Sergeant.
George C. Smith was a sergeant after its consolidation with the Mohawk Rife Regiment, on the 10th day of February, 1862 and as it left the barracks, at Albany, for the seat of war ...


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George Smith Enlistment Date: 10 Sep 1861 Enlistment Place: Oswego, New York Side Served: Union State Served: New York Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 10 September 1861 at the age of 28.
Enlisted in Company E, 81st Infantry Regiment New York on 16 Sep 1861.
Promoted to Full 2nd Lieutenant on 1 Sep 1862.
Promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant on 15 May 1863.
Promoted to Full Captain on 3 Oct 1864.
Mustered Out Company E, 81st Infantry Regiment New York on 9 Dec 1864.


The 1880 Federal Census for Town of Ellicott, Chautauqua Co., New York, District 52, page 261A, dated June 8, 1880 records Loretta C. Smith (40 - NY/Mass/Vermont) with her 4 daughters Jamie (20 - NY/Mass/NY), Hattie (18 - NY/Mass/NY), Nettie (14 - NY/Mass/NY), and Florence (9 - NY/Mass/NY) living at 134 Barrett Street [in Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., New York]. Lorretta is listed as married, however, her husband is not listed. Jamie and Hattie are employed as Clerks for Dry Goods.

The 1870 Federal Census for Ellicott, Chautauqua Co., New York, Jamestown P. O., page 310A, dated July 7, 1870 records Lorette Smith (30 - NY) with her 4 daughters Jennie L. (10 - NY), Hattie E. (8 - NY), Nettie (4 - NY), and Ellen (2 - NY). No husband is listed.

  Research Notes:

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EIGHTY-FIRST REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (VETERAN) New York
Second Oswego Regiment; Mohawk Rangers
This regiment was organized at Albany February 18, 1862, by the consolidation of the Mohawk Rangers, or Guards of Liberty and Union, Col. O. B. Pierce, of which the Remington Guards formed part, with the Oswego Regiment, Col. Edwin Rose. August 25, 1861, authority was granted for the organization of the Oswego Regiment; October 11, 1861, it consisted of ten companies of minimum strength; in December Company I was consolidated with the other companies, and, a number of men discharged for various reasons; in January 1862, it was ordered to Albany, and February 6th, the men of Company C were transferred to Companies D, G and K, and those of Company E to Companies A, F and H, leaving but seven companies.
The Mohawk Rangers were organized at Rome; ordered to Albany in February 1862, and on the 17th, consolidated with the Oswego Regiment, forming its three vacant companies, C, E and I. The new organization received the numerical designation given to the Oswego Regiment December 10, 1861, and Edwin Rose was appointed its Colonel. At the expiration of its term of service, the men entitled thereto were discharged and the regiment continued in service.
The men were recruited principally in the counties of Oswego and Oneida, and mustered in the service of the United States for three years, between December 20, 1861, and February 20, 1862.
The regiment left the State March 5, 1862; served at Kalorama Heights, D. C. from March 7, 1862; in Palmer’s 3d, Brigade, Casey’s, lst, Division, 4th Corps, Army of Potomac, from March 13, 1862; in lst Brigade, 2d Division, same Corps, from June 1862; at Yorktown, Va., from August 1862; in lst, Naglee’s, Brigade, Peck’s Division, 4th Corps, in North Carolina, from December 1862; in lst, Heckman’s, Brigade, 2d, Naglee’s Division, 18th Corps, in South Carolina, from January 11, 1863; in the District of Beaufort, N. C., 18th Corps, from May 1863; at Newport News, Va., from October 1863; at Portsmouth, Va., from December 1863; in the District of Currituck, Va., from February 1864; in the lst Brigade, lst Division, 18th Corps, Army of the James, from April 18, 1864; in New York harbor in November 1864; in the lst Brigade, 3d Division, 24th Corps, from December 1864; and it was honorably discharged and mustered out, under Lieut.-Col. Lucius V. S. Mattison, August 31, 1865, at Fort Monroe, Va.
During its service the regiment lost by death, killed in action, 8 officers, 88 enlisted men; of wounds received in action, 4 officers, 44 enlisted men; of disease and other causes, 2 officers, 97 enlisted men; total, 14 officers, 229 enlisted men; aggregate, 243; of whom 3 enlisted men died in the hands of the enemy; and it took part in the following engagements, etc.:
Siege of Yorktown, Va.
Williamsburg, Va.
Bottom’s Bridge, Va.
Savage Station, Va.
Fair Oaks, Va.
Chickahominy, Va.
Seven Days Battle, Va.
White Oak Swamp Bridge
Malvern Hill
Carter’s Hill
Railroad Crossing of Core Creek, N. C.
Free Bridge, N. C.
Williamstown, N. C.
Chowan, N. C.
Northwest Landing, Va.
Dismal Swamp, Va.
Northwest Landing, Va.
Operations against Petersburg and Richmond, Va.
Swift Creek
Proctor’s Creek
Drewry’s Bluff
Bermuda Hundred
Cold Harbor, Va.
First Assualt
Cold Harbor, Va.
Second Assault
Before Petersburg and Richmond, Va.
Assualt of Petersburg, Va.
Chaffin’s Farm, Va.
Fair Oaks, 2d, Va.
Fall of Richmond, Va.



HISTORY OF THE EIGHTY-FIRST REGIMENT (New York)

The disastrous battle of Bull Run opened the eyes of the north, and it was clearly seen that probably a prolonged war was begun. Under authority of acts of May 3rd, July 22nd and July 25, 1861, 500,000 volunteers had been called for terms varying from six months to three years, under which calls New York State sent about 31,000 for two years about 90,000 for three years. The call of May and July let to the adoption of second measures for raising a second regiment in Oswego county. On the 29th of August 1861, a meeting was held in Doolittle Hall, over which E.B. Talcott presided. William Duer was the principal speaker, and the immediate raising of another regiment was determined upon. The work of recruiting began at once and was pushed rapidly forward. On the 14th of September Co. A, Captain Raulston, was mustered in at Fort Ontario and seven others followed on the 17th, of which A, B, C, and D companies were from Oswego city. Co. I, from Gilbertsville; Co F, from Fulton; Co G from Syracuse; and Co H. from Hannibal. The ninth company was mustered in October 1, from the town of Oswego. In January 1862, the tenth company was furnished from the town of Hastings. But, the regiment was not yet filled, and owing to some internal disagreements recruiting proceed slowly. On the 20th of January 1862, the regiment under command of Colonel Rose, a West Point graduate, was sent to Albany, where it received about 350 men from Oneida County. This fill the ranks. As finally arranged the filed and staff officers were as follows:
Colonel Edwin Rose; Lieutenant colonel, Jacob J. DeForest; Major, John McAmbely; Surgeon, William H. Rice; Assistant Surgeon, Carrington Macfalane; Adjutant, Edward A. Cooke; Quartermaster, Roger A.Francis; Chaplain, David McFarland; Sergeant Major, James L. Belden; Commissary Sergeant, H.H. Green Quartermaster, Sergeant, John F. Young; Hospital Steward, C.S. Hart; Drum Major W.S. Winters.
Line Officers
Co. A:- Captain, William C Raulston; First Lieutenant, Hamilton Littlefield Jr.: Second Lieutenant, Elias A. Fish.
Co. B:- Captain, Augustus G. Bennett; First Lieutenant, Hugh Anderson; Second Lieutenant, Martin J. DeForest.
Co. C:- Captain, Franklin Hannahs; First Lieutenant, Orin J. Fitch; Second Lieutenant, Seth J. Steves.
Co. D:- Captain, L.C. Adkins; First Lieutenant, Orin J. Fitch; Second Lieutenant, R.D.S. Tyler
Co. E:- Captain, Lyman M. Kingnan; First Lieutenant, W.C. Newberry; Second Lieutenant D.G. Harris
Co.F:- Captain, T. Dwigh; First Lieutenant, Edward S. Cooke; Second Lieutenant, D.C. Rix.
Co. G:- Captain, Henry C. Thompson; First Lieutenant, Henry H. Hamilton; Second Lieutenant, H.W. Green.
Co.H:- Captain, John B. Ralston; First Lieutenant, John W. Oliver: Second Lieutenant: Peter French.
Co. I:- Captain D B White; First Lieutenant, Willard W. Ballard; Second Lieutenant; B.F.Wood.
Co.K:- Captain J. Dorman Steele; First Lieutenant, George W. Berriman; Second Lieutenant; L.J. Steele.
On the 21st of February the regiment was ordered to New York City, whence they proceeded on they proceed on the 5th of March to Washington, DC. There the men remained in camp twenty days, and on the 28th of March, marched to Alexandria Va., whence they embarked for Fortress Monroe, arriving on the 1st of April. From this date until May 31st the regiment was on the march or in camp, acting as reserve at the battle of Williamsburg Va., and reaching Seven Pines on the 28th, where they remained until the bloody engagement of the 31st was fought. In this battle the 81st was assigned to the left of Casey’s Division, unsupported in an open field. The regiment here underwent its baptism of fire and stood the ordeal heroically.
Lieutenant-Colonel De Forest was shot in the breast; Major McAmbley and Captain Kingman , with many privates, were killed and left on the field. The regiment passed to the command of Capt. William C. Raulston. Darkness ended the battle and the menslept on their arms. The next day was spent in burying the dead, and on the 2nd of June McClellan issued an address to the army, to inspire the troops with courage for the decisive battle which he said was at hand. The 81st marched to White Oak Swamp; went into camp and remained until the 28th; where they were joined by Colonel Rose, who had been absent a month on account of sickness. On the morning of the 30th a weary march was made to Malvern Hill. July 1st the regiment was assigned to the reserve corps and on the following day started for Harrison’s Landing. On the 8th they encamped near the James River, remaining thirty-nine days, and while here Colonel Rose resigned and the command devolved upon Major Raulston. On the 16th of August the regiment started the march that took them in the ensuing few days to Yorktown, Va., where they went into camp and remained until the last of December. On the 29th of December they left Yorktown, Va. For North Carolina, and the following three months were passed mostly in camp at Caroline City and St. Helena Island, NC. On that vicinity a month more was spent in rapid changes of position, bring then to Morehead City, NC. On the 2nd of May 1863.
At this time Major D.B. White, with CO’s B, D, and G, was ordered
to Fort Macon to perform garrison duty. Captain Ballard, with CO’s E, K, and I was assigned to the provost guard at Beaufort, NC. and the remaining four, CO’s A,L,F, and H, remained at Morehead City, NC., as headquarters, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Raulston. Several important raids were made from this point during the next few months.
On the 18th of October the regiment embarked for Newport News, Va., where they encamped on the same ground occupied by them in April 1862. They remained here a month and then went to Northwest Landing about twenty-five miles from Norfolk, Va.
January 1st, 1864, the men who had less than one year to serve were given the opportunity to enlist for three years and take a furlough of thirty days. On the 23rd of February more than two-thirds of the entire regiment had re-enlisted, and they started for home, reaching New York on the 29th of February. In Syracuse the veterans were met by a delegation, were breakfasted, and at four o’clock reached Oswego, NY. Marching to
Doolittle Hall, they were received and banqueted by the ladies of the city
and given a royal welcome by all.
The 81st, again left for the front on the 12th of April 1864, and arrived at Yorktown, Va., on the 18th. Here they were assigned to the First Brigade, First Division, Eighteenth Corps of the Army of the James. May 4th they proceeded to Bermuda Hundred, whence they march six miles from the landing and began the construction of fortifications. On the 9th, while deployed as skirmishers, they net the troops of Beauregard and drove them from the field. During the following month the regiment was almost uninterruptedly engaged in skirmishes and minor battles. At Drury’s Bluff, on the 16th of May 1864, the regiment occupied an important position, and twice repulsed the enemy’s charges. On the 1st of June, after having joined the Army of the Potomac, the 81st went into the bloody battle of Cold Harbor, Va. On this sanguinary field on the 2nd, the regiment lost over seventy in killed and wounded. Among the killed were Captains Ballard and Martin, and Lieut. J.W. Burke, of Co.K, five other captains were wounded.
At the end of the twelve days in which the regiment was engaged at and near Cold Harbor, Va. Two thirds failed to answer at roll call, and an order for provisional consolidation into four companies was issued. But, instead of the expected respite, they were marched to Petersburg, Va. and on the 15th drove the enemy from his first line of works, and participated in the brilliant and successful charge of the Eighteenth Corps. On the 16th the regiment supported an assaulting column, and on the 26th received a charge from the enemy, which they bravely with stood and almost annihilated the foe.
August 2nd they marched to Appomattox River, where they remained until the 26th, when they returned to Bermuda Hundred. In the succeeding battle of Fort Harrison, the 81st was the first to plant its flag on the enemy’s works, and nine officers and many privates were killed or wounded. Captain Rix, Lieutenants Tuttle and Nethway were killed, and Lieutenants Dobear and Porter were mortally wounded. During the two days of the fighting the regiment lost one hundred in killed and wounded. The regiment next participated in the engagement near Seven Pines on the 29th of August, and thence later returned to Chapin’s Farm.
On the 5th of November the regiment was ordered to New York where it remained during the presidential election, returning to camp near Richmond, Va. When the Confederate capital fell the 81st was first infantry regiment to enter the city. The regiment was mustered out August 1, 1865.
In recognition of its gallant services the 81st was presented with a stand of colors by the War Department, bearing the inscriptions; Yorktown, Seven Pines, Savage Station, Malvern Hill, Winton, Violet Station, Kingsland Creek, Drury’s Bluff, May 13,15,16; Cold Harbor, June 1,2,3; Petersburg, June 15,16 and 24, and July 9 and 30; Fort Harrison (Chapin’s Farm), September 29 and 30; fair Oaks (2nd), October 27, 1864.
Following is a list of the engagements, sieges, skirmishes and raids in which the 81st took part:

Siege of Yorktown, May 3,1862 Raid on Trenton July 4, 1863
Willamsburg, May 5,1862 Raid on Winton July 28-30, 1863
Bottom’s Ridge May 11,1862 Raid on Violet St. May 9, 1864
Savage Station May 22,1862 Kingsland Creek May 13, 1864
Fair Oaks May 30,1862 Drury’s Bluff May 16, 1864
Seven Pines May 31,1862 Cold Harbor June 1-12, 1864
Chickahominy June 24, 1862 Peterburg June 15, 1864
Charles City Cross Rd. June 25,1862 Chapin’s Farm Sept. 29, 1864
City Cross Roads June 25, 1862 Fair Oaks (2) Oct. 27, 1864
Malvern Hill July 1, 1862 Richmond, Va. April 3rd,1865
Siege of Charleston April 7-10, 1863
The original rifles issued to the 81st Vol. Reg. were Muskets, Caliber 58. The muskets were change to Springfield Rifles in 1862 and then exchange to Austrian Rifles (which were poor, inferior and unacceptable). These Rifles were exchanged for Enfield Rifle.

Harriett married Wilton H. De Laney, son of Jonathan (John) De Laney and Mary Etta Howard, circa 1887 in New York. (Wilton H. De Laney was born on 20 Mar 1857 in Cherry Creek, Chatauqua Co., N. Y. and died after 1920 in Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., New York.)