Editing Hammondsport, New York (section)

===Civil War===
During the [[American Civil War]], with [[President Lincoln]] calling for 300,000 volunteers, the [[107th New York Infantry Regiment]] (nicknamed the Campbell Guards), was mustered. Young men from Hammondsport, Bath and Elimra who volunteered for service were assigned to Company G of the regiment which was organized in [[Elmira, NY]]. The regiment was mustered into service for three years and left the state to serve on August 13, 1862.<ref name=hakes197-198>[[#hakes1896|Hakes, 1896]], pp. 197-198</ref>{{efn|Their initial assignment placed them among the defensive forces around Washington D.C. They were also present at the [[Battle of Gettysburg]] and numerous other battles. During its service casualties in the regiment included  two officers and fifty men killed in action,  two officers and thirty-six men wounded, and  five men who died in the hands of the enemy.<ref name=hakes197-198/><ref>{{cite web |first= |last= |title=107th Infantry Regiment, Nickname: Campbell Guards |publisher=New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center |year=2023 |accessdate=October 22, 2023 |url=https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/unit-history/infantry-2/107th-infantry-regiment |ref=regiment}}</ref>}}

[[Morris Brown, Jr.]], a once Hammondsport resident, [[List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: A–F|received]] the [[Medal of Honor]] posthumously on March 6, 1869, for his service in the Union Army at the [[Battle of Gettysburg]], where he daringly captured the Confederate flag.  He died in action almost a year later in Virginia. Brown, Jr. was interred at [[Lake View Cemetery (Penn Yan, New York)|Lakeview Cemetery]] in Penn Yan at the northern end of Keuka Lake.<ref name=mahood2005>[[#mahood|Mahood, 2005]], Journal article.</ref>{{efn| Brown's father, Morris brown, Sr., was the Steuben County Assemblyman and Supervisor of [[Urbana, New York|Urbana]].<ref name=mahood2005/>}}