Cornelius D. Enders
Written as “Sergeant Enders”
Cornelius D. Enders, 26, enlisted in New York City on October 3, 1862, for nine months, and was mustered in as a private in Company B of the 176th New York, Willie’s and James’s company. He was promoted sergeant, wounded at La Fourche on June 20, 1863, and mustered out with the company in New York City on November 16, 1863 (176th roster, p. 913).
Back in New York, Mother wrote, he “took charge of the Co. and made out the mustering papers”, and “it was through him that Willie’s and George’s names were among the nine-months men” (Mother to James, December 27, 1863). He wrote to James, who reported that Enders “speaks of joining our Regiment. I wish he would … only if I was in his place I think I should stay at home” (James, January 18, 1864), and kept writing to him (James, June 26, 1864).