Civil War marker dedication

On July 8, descendants of Private Corrin T. Ladd, 9th Vermont Infantry Regiment, gathered at his headstone at Hillside Memorial Cemetery in Central Square, N.Y. for a Civil War marker dedication.

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Portrait of Corrin T. Ladd photographed in 1912.

Civil War marker dedication By HEATHER STEVENS PUBLISHED: MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2017 AT 2:48 PM PREVItem 2 of 3NEXT Ladd’s great-great-grandchildren at the ceremony pictured at his grave: Richard, Jill, Steve, Garry, Kevin and Mick Ladd. On July 8 descendants of Private Corrin T. Ladd, 9th Vermont Infantry Regiment, gathered at his headstone at Hillside Memorial Cemetery for a Civil War marker dedication. The ceremony was adapted from what is known as the 1917 Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) service that was performed at the graves of Union veterans. Corrin was active in the local Isaac Waterbury Post #418 of the GAR and served in several capacities and offices. The service on this date was performed by Major Garry Ladd, Surgeon, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) and Past Camp Commander of the Colonel Friedrich K. Hecker Camp #443 SUVCW located in Belleville, Ill., U.S. Army Retired and Commander Steven Ladd, U.S. Navy Retired (great-great-grandsons). Corrin Tilley Ladd was born on June 3, 1845 in the town of Reading, Windsor County, Vt. He was the eighth of nine children born to John Ladd and his wife Caroline Olds Ladd. He was named for his paternal grandfather Corrin Ladd, and his maternal grandfather Tilley Olds. Both families had long New England histories behind them. Corrin T. Ladd was the seventh generation of Ladds to have lived in New England, following the arrival of the first generation Daniel Ladd in Massachusetts in 1634. Some information indicates Corrin’s father John moved the family to the Caughdenoy area about 1846, where he may have been working on the expanding Erie Canal, or may have simply followed one of his brothers here after they had worked on the canal earlier. By the summer of 1863, all four of the older Ladd brothers had already joined the Union Army from Oswego County and had served with NY volunteer infantry units, joining in pairs at different times. In December 1863, Corrin’s re-married mother signed his enlistment papers in Springfield, Vt. allowing him to finally join the Union Army at age 18, making him the fifth Ladd brother to join the Union Army. Regulations at the time required parents to sign off on an enlistment if the soldier was under the age of 21. Enlistment took place on Dec. 19, 1863 in Springfield for Corrin to join Company D, 9th Vermont Infantry as a replacement recruit for a three-year term. Less than a month later, on Jan. 2, 1864, Corrin was mustered into federal service at Brattleboro, Vt. where he was paid his monthly $13 in advance, plus a $21 premium, as well as a $25 enlistment bonus – big money for an 18-year-old farmer at the time. From Brattleboro, Corrin was then sent to join the 9th Vermont Infantry, operating in Onslow County, North Carolina, on the Atlantic coast. He was mustered out on Dec. 1, 1865. Corrin then headed back to central New York, probably because his older brothers and some cousins were there, rather than going back to Vermont. He was soon married, in August 1866, to Julia Ette Burdick. Records in the National Archives show that Corrin applied for a Civil War pension and was declared an “invalid” in 1880, although we do not yet know the basis for that declaration or how extensive his illness/injuries were. Corrin and Julia had four children. In his later years (sometime between 1910 and 1920), Corrin and Julia moved from their place on the Caughdenoy Road to a house on North Main Street, Central Square. Corrin was active in the local GAR post. Corrin died in Central Square on Nov. 18, 1920. His widow, Julia Ette, lived in the village with daughter Bessie Chiler and grandson Corrin until she died in 1934. Bessie continued to live in that same house until she passed in 1950. It was a solemn and touching ceremony paying tribute to honor Corrin Ladd’s service. I would like to thank Steve Ladd for the information.