SCHOHARIE COUNTY — Peter Lindemann will discuss his book, “A Crooked Gun: The Civil War Dead of Schoharie County,” which describes the 396 men from Schoharie County who died in the Civil War, and his forthcoming book, “Rambles in Schoharie County,” at the Carlisle Historical Society Meeting on Wednesday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m. at the Carlisle Town Hall, 541 Crommie Rd., Carlisle. The meeting is free and open to the public.
“Many of the names are still found in Schoharie County today,” said Lindemann of the men in “A Crooked Gun.” The Civil War dead of the town of Carlisle, which is in northern Schoharie County, are: David S. Becker, John Conrad, John Coonrad, David W. Dey, Henry W. Gordon, Charles W. Hemstreet, John M. Hillsinger, Robert H. Hurst, John H. Hyney, Charles Johnson, Loren Little, William H. McMillen, John Relyea, George Washington Tillapaugh, John H. Van Wormer, and Stephen P. White.
“Rambles” transcribes, indexes, and annotates the 25 articles historian William E. Roscoe wrote for the Cobleskill Index newspaper from 1878 to 1879, prior to the publication of his famous “History of Schoharie County.” The book’s appendix will contain many related stories, including one on Lieutenant John Snyder Kenyon, of the Third New York Cavalry, from Grosvenor’s Corners in Carlisle. He later moved to Syracuse and received of the Medal of Honor for most distinguished gallantry during the Civil War.
“The commanding officer sent orders by Lieut. George E. Gouraud, acting adjutant, for the cavalry to fall back,” said Charles C. Kromer, editor of the Schoharie Union, who went to the war in the same company with Kenyon. “Just as Lieutenant Gouraud delivered his orders he noticed a soldier of C company fall from his horse badly wounded. Gouraud called for assistance to get the wounded man on his horse. Kenyon jumped from his horse, threw his reins to the comrade next to him, ran to where the wounded man lay, lifted him to his feet and hoisted him across the pommel of Gouraud's saddle, where Gouraud held him and putting spurs to his horse swiftly carried the man out of danger. By this time Kenyon's company, D, had fallen back a considerable distance, and he displayed great agility as a runner in regaining his place in the ranks. This was the only time during his service that Kenyon showed his heels to the enemy.”
At the presentation on March 9, the normally hirsute Lindemann may be unrecognizable sans beard, for he will be fresh off the rehearsal set of the Schoharie Theater Project’s  “A Few Good Men,” which will show March 19 and 20 at the Golding School in Cobleskill.