George Buck was born in Bath, New York. He was 21 when he enlisted in Company C, on Apr 29, 1861, during the first call for troops to end the rebellion. He was a farmer who stood 6' 2" tall and had red hair. He must have made a good target. He was wounded at their first battle at Bull Run on July 21, 1861. He recovered only to be wounded again at Antietam on Sept 17, 1862. He was captured on Oct 13, 1863. Regimental records indicate that he was still a prisoner of war at the time the regiment was discharged. Ed Season of the First Minnesota, in his post war recollections, mentions George. Ed had been living in Ohio after being discharged from the First in 1864. He wrote: "In March of sixty five the township of Stow (Ohio) had to furnish six men to clear the township of draft. The town offered a bonus of one hundred dollars to each man who would enlist. I with four others said we would go. One of the trustees took us to Cleveland to be examined and we were sworn in also (looking) for a sixth man to fill the quota. As we were on the way to the office I saw a man coming toward us that I recognized as my old comrade Geo. Buck, of Co E. He had just come in on the boat from Detroit. He wanted to enlist so he went with us. We all passed inspection. We were sent to Camp Chase at Columbus where we later were discharged at the close of the war."" Edwin enlisted on April, 9, 1865. George enlisted on April 12th. There were both mustered in on April 27th and served together in Co H of the 198th Oho Infantry. They were discharged on May 8, 1865, at Camp Bradford, in Baltimore, MD. Ed Season also noted: "In nineteen hundred and thirteen on our way to Gettysburg to the reunion I met comrade Buck again. He was keeping a pleasure resort some place in Wisconsin and invited his comrades to see the place." After the war George had moved to Wisconsin. He owned and ran the Spider Lake summer resort hotel at Manitowish. He married and he and his wife lived in Manitowish for the last 21 years of his life. They had two sons, Fayette and Roy, and one daughter, Nina. George was also a member of the GAR. George died at Manitowish on June 10, 1914. He was 74 years old. His body was buried in Wausau, WI. Sources: News Tribune Special, Hurley, WI, June 15, 1914, Obituary. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
