Editing Cortland County, New York (section)

===Nineteenth century===
[[File:Cortland apples.jpg|thumb|right|The Cortland variety of apple is named for the county.]]
The [[76th New York Volunteer Infantry]] was one of the most famous of the New York units in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. It was raised in 1861 primarily from Cortland County and the surrounding areas (about a third of the men were from the Cherry Valley area). The 76th was in most of the major battles the Army of the Potomac fought from Second Bull Run through Petersburg, at which time the three-year enlistment of most of the men ran out and the 300 or so men remaining from the 1,100 who left Cortland either returned home or transferred to other units.

At the [[Battle of Gettysburg]], the 76th New York was one of the first infantry regiments on the field, holding down the extreme right of the Union line on the first day. The regiment took huge casualties in that battle - nearly one-third of its strength - including its commander Major Andrew J. Grover, the first infantry officer killed in the battle.