THE TOWN GETS A NEW NAME
Isaac Porter was Captain of 3rd Company, Horse Artillery, for several years.
In the War Between the States, the Civil War, the men from Orange were mostly in the 15th Regiment or the 27th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers. The 27th Regiment was in three of the hardest battles of the War. One-third of the Regiment was lost at the battle of Fredericksburg. Then came Chancellorsville, where several companies were taken prisoner; Company G, which included many Orange men, among them. They were taken to Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, but were later exchanged and returned to their homes at the expiration of their year's term of service. Then came Gettysburg, when half of those left in the 27th Regiment were lost.
A few men came into town after the close of the war and are buried in the cemetery. Their graves are always decorated on Memorial Day.
As far as is known, the complete list of names follows:
John H. Anthony
John H. Anthony, Jr.
Allen D. Baldwin
Charles C. Baldwin
Jared Baldwin
Theodore Baldwin
Charles L. Beecher
Joseph Casner
Edwin Blakeman
Albertus N. Clark
Dennis Clark
Everett B. Clark
Eli A. Elvington
H. Bliss French
Charles W. Hine
George W. Hungerford
G. Fred Lowenstein
Charles W. Pratorius
Nathan Prudden
Azariah Riggs
Enoch E. Rogers
Elizur B. Russell
Stephen D. Russell
William M. Russell
Henry S. Shaw
Charles F. Smith
William G. Smith
Horace C. Stevens
James Sullivan
Charles H. Treat
Dwight H. Treat
Noyes A. Treat
Thelus C. Treat
Theodore T. Warner
Stiles D. Woodruff
There were two Gold Star members of the group. Dwight H. Treat, Company E, 7th Regiment, died at Port Royal, South Carolina, September 4, 1862, aged 17 years, and is buried in the Orange Cemetery.
Dennis Clark, Company E, 15th Regiment, died in battle and was brought home and buried from the Orange Church, April 12, 1863.
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