Card Records of Headstones Provided for Union Civil War Veterans 1879-1903 http://genealogytrails.com/cwstones/ The above records are on Ancestry, but it’s impossible to search them by municipality or cemetery on Ancestry. On genealogytrails, it’s not too hard - plus it’s free. Google search: “st. patrick” “west troy” site:genealogytrails.com/cwstones/ * Carlin, John || Sgt || A || 34 NY Inf || St. Patrick || West Troy || Albany || NY || Nov 28 1871 || 1 || Nov 29 1879 * Carmody, Corneilus || Corpl || C || 2nd NY Cavry || St. Patrick || West Troy || Rensselaer || NY || 1 || Nov. 29, 1879 * Daley, John || Pvt || A || 34 NY Inf || St. Patrick || West Troy || Albany || NY || 1 || Nov 29 1879 * Daley, Michael || Pvt || D || 175 NY Inf || St. Patrick || West Troy || Rensselaer || NY || 1 || Nov 29 1879 * Doyle, James || Pvt || C || 5 NY Cav || St. Patrick || West Troy || Albany || NY || 1 || Nov. 29, 1879 * Farrell, Robert || Pvt || D || 175 N.Y. Inf. || St. Patrick || West Troy || Albany || NY || Apr 5 1875 || 1 || Nov 29 1879 * Horan, Patrick || Pvt || A || 7th NY H Art || St. Patrick || West Troy || Renneselar || NY || 1 || Nov. 29, 1879 * Hunt, Thomas || Pvt || K || 20 NY Cav || St. Patrick || West Troy || Albany || NY || 1 || Nov. 29, 1879 * Lynch, Henry || Pvt || H || 2 NY Inf || St. Patrick || West Troy || Albany || NY || 1 || Nov. 29, 1879 * Many, William || Pvt || K || 91st NY Inf || Village || West Troy || Albany || NY || Feb. 1, 1874 || 1 || Nov. 29, 1879 * McIntyre, James || Pvt || A || 91 NY Inf || St. Patrick || West Troy || Albany || NY || 1 || Nov. 29, 1879 * McNamara, Thos. || Pvt || D || 175 NY Inf || St. Patrick || West Troy || Renesselair || NY || 1 || Nov. 29, 1879 * Mitchell John || Pvt || D || 21 N.Y. Cav || St Patrick || West Troy || Albany || NY || 1 || Nov 29,1879 * Murphy, John || Pvt || A || 34 NY Inf || St. Patrick || West Troy || Albany || NY || Sep. 17, 1862 || 1 || Nov. 29, 1879 * Sanders, Nicholas || Pvt || A || 34th NY Inf || St. Patrick || West Troy || Albany || NY || Feb. 25, 1875 || 1 || Nov. 29, 1879 * Stanford, Timothy || Pvt || K || 45 NY Inf || St. Patrick || West Troy || Albany || NY || Nov. 29, 1873 || 1 || Nov. 29, 1879 Also in Watervliet, evidently in either the upper or lower burying ground: * Bartlett, Wm. H. || Pvt || A || 34 NY Inf || Village || West Troy || Albany || NY || Aug. 19, 1863 || 1 || Nov. 29, 1879 Some of the headstones for the above have been photographed, some have not. Cornelius Carmody’s, for example, is one that has not been yet. He was a workman who’d been blown through a laboratory window at the Arsenal by an explosion of combustibles for a signal rocket. “The Explosion at Watervliet Arsenal-One Man Killed and Another Injured.” Troy Daily Times. October 19, 1877: 3 col 3. http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2018/Troy%20NY%20Daily%20Times/Troy%20NY%20Daily%20Times%201877/Troy%20NY%20Daily%20Times%201877%20-%200692.pdf John Murphy, listed above, had made the news a few times in recent years. A later headstone for him containing an error had been found under someone’s porch on Railroad Ave, Watervliet. A new, correct one was placed in the cemetery in a special ceremony. We could, potentially, turn up his original government-issued headstone somewhere in the old section. Sanzone, Danielle. “Gravestones raise questions.” Troy Record. August 8, 2008. http://www.troyrecord.com/general-news/20081208/old-gravestones-raise-questions http://watervliet.com/files/Gravestones%20raise%20questions%2012-8-08.pdf Sanzone, Danielle. "Missing Civil War-era headstone found under Watervliet family's porch, will be replaced on gravesite." The Saratogian. November 10, 2011. http://www.saratogian.com/general-news/20111110/missing-civil-war-era-headstone-found-under-watervliet-familys-porch-will-be-replaced-on-gravesite Chung, Lori. "Civil War veteran honored with new gravestone." Time Warner Cable News. December 3, 2011. http://albany.twcnews.com/content/news/565883/civil-war-veteran-honored-with-new-gravestone/ All the headstones supplied by D. W. Whitney during the 1879-1903 period seem to be of this design: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=119028008 They seem especially prone to dirtying, tipping, snapping, and the inscriptions are very shallow and thus tend to be very hard to read. Possibly the shallow inscriptions and seemingly poor quality marble are part of why they lost the contract: > The D. W. Whitney Company of Troy, NY was hired to provide the stones for many states including Connecticut. [3] Their work proved unsatisfactory and in 1881 the D. L. Kemp Company of East Dorset, VT was contracted to complete the work.[4] […] > [3]”Headstones for Soldiers’ Graves: Failure of the Government Contractor.” Hartford Courant, November 11, 1881, p. 2. > [4] Ibid. http://hartfordinthecivilwar.com/wordpress1/2013/07/03/silent-sentinels-civil-war-headstones/ I haven’t yet been able to find out anything about the Whitney company outside of sources pertaining to the contract for veterans’ headstones. Also at St. Patrick’s, other veterans (and some veterans’ spouses) pulled from reports by Albany and Rensselaer County Superintendents of Soldiers’ Burials as included in books of county board of supervisors’ proceedings on Google Books: * Mary Bartley, wife of Andrew Bartley, Co. H, 7th N.Y. H. Art. * John H. Brennan, U.S. Navy * David Carey 34th N.Y. Vol. * Rossana Cavanaugh, wife of Joseph Cavanaugh, Co. A., 175th N.Y. Vols. * Thomas E. Curtain, Co. E, 213th Regt., U.S. Inf. * James T. Danaher, Co. A, 105th Regt., 27th Div. * George J. Dayton, 1st Cl. Engrs., U.S.A. * Patrick Dugan 175th N.Y. Vol. * Margaret Eagan, wife of Thos. Eagan, Co. K, 20th N.Y. Cav. * John G. Egan, Co. C, 209th M. G. Bn. * David Fitzgerald, Ord. Dept., U.S.A. * Francis Flaherty Ord. Corps * Helen L. Griffien, wife of J. F. Griffen, U.S. Navy. * Thomas Hagney, Ord. Dept., U.S.A. * Earl J. Halpin, Co. G, 105th Inf., 27th Div. * John Hart Ordinance Det. March 27, 1922 Age 62 * James O. Herron, Engineer, U.S.N. * Michael J. Hickey, Co. B, 326th Regt., 82 Div. * Clarence E. Homes, Camp No. 2, Late Pvt. Co. C, 2nd N.Y. Vol. Died Aug. 30, 1933. * James McAneny, Bn. D, 31st Regt. F. A. * James McCall, Ord. Dept., U.S.A. * John McKiernan, Co. K, 20th N.Y. Cav. * Margaret C. Meskell, wife of Michael Meskell, U.S. Navy. * Mary O’Hare, wife of Martin O’Hare, 2d Reg., N.Y. Cav. * Charles B. Perry, Co. G, 2d N.Y.S. Vols. * Catherine Scullen, wife of Wm. Scullen, Co. D, 43d N.Y. Vols. * James Slattery, Co. A, 21st Regt., N. Y. Cav. * Henry D. Synan, Supp. Co., 305th Regt. * James Slattery, Co. A. 21 N.Y. Vols Ded. 13, 1921 Age 79 * George Thompson, Private, Co. C, 7th Regt., N.Y. Vol. Died June 20, 1903, aged 59 years. * James Welsh, Late Pvt. Batt M, 4th U.S. Arty. Died Feb. 28, 1954. Others, from a newspaper article: Capt. Patrick Kane, one hundred and seventy-fifth New York; Herbert Farrell, one hundred and seventy-fifth New York; Michael Daley, one hundred and seventy-fifth New York; Thomas McNamara, one hundred and seventy-fifth New York; Morris Kelley [Maurice Kiely], thirteenth New York; Patrick Horan, seventh New York heavy artillery; William Millin, seventh New York heavy artillery; J.H. Barrett, seventh New York heavy artillery; Joseph Doyle, fifth New York cavalry; Thomas Hunt, twentieth New York cavalry; P. Maguire, twenty-first New York cavalry [Patrick McGuire]; Patrick Lally, ninety-third New York; Anthony Barrett, ninety-third New York; Timothy Stanford, forty-third New York; John Nolan, forty-third New York; James McIntyre, ninety-first New York; Henry Lynch, second New York; James Hutton, second New York; James Riley, second New Jersey cavalry; William McDonough; Patrick Dugan; Thomas Mooney, ordnance corps; Daniel Conway, ordnance corps; Andrew Lettus, ordnance corps; De! nnis McCarthy, ordnance corps; Martin Gorman, thirty-fourth New York; Charles Tummonds, thirty-fourth New York; Nicholas Sanders, thirty-fourth New York; John Daley, thirty-fourth, New York; John Carlin, sergeant, thirty-fourth New York; Thomas Kelley, thirty-fourth New York; James Daley, thirty-fourth New York. "Their Last Resting-Place; Where the Veterans are Buried—Under the Tents of Green—Soldiers' Graves to be Decorated." Troy Daily Times. May 28, 1885: 1 cols 4-5. There’s still more that can be found through “Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963” http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2375 - that database can, fortunately, be searched by cemetery and the municipality can be entered as a keyword. That search pulls up about 100 veterans at St. Patrick’s. Then there will be still more that could be recorded from the cemetery itself. Seemingly not noted in any of the above sources, for example: Edward Eddie (1843-1883), Ordinance Corps http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=119031275 Quite a lot of servicemen!