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Dobbs Ferry Volunteers |
Many
Westchester men responded to the call for volunteers. In Port Chester,
Nelson Bartram organized Company B, 17th Infantry, which came to be
known as the "Westchester Chausseurs." Bartram was able to
raise enough money to keep these men together in one company. (A company
was comprised of 100 men.) The Westchester Chausseurs are notable in
this regard, however, as few other Westchester towns had enough money
to keep their men together. Typically, men dispersed into various units
and were often officially credited to towns other than their own, some
not even in Westchester County. This practice often had financial repercussions
for the families of volunteers.
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