Dear Listers:
In seeking my Cady ancestors, I remembered talk of a Fort Cady in
California and a Cady involved with the Donner party (the tragic Sierra
snow-bound folks).
Well, I found the "fort" and a very colorful fellow named Albemarle
Cady. I took these notations from sites I found searching for his unusual
first name. He (or another Albemarle Cady) owned land in Indiana - where
my grgr, and gr, and grandparents lived until the early 1900's. I have
been hoping for a connection to my line but have found none.
You may at least find the history interesting, if not connected to your
branch. I have some detailed military stories about this interesting man
that I snatched from internet articles. They are stored in an MS Word
document. If anyone has a real use for such expanded notes, I'll be glad
to send them an e-mail with an attachment.
Town of Keene, New Hampshire Vital Statistics 1753 - 1878
Births
Cady, Albe* and Sarah.
(maiden name: Warner per Keene NH records, m: 31 Aug 1806)
* Cady, Albe Secretary of state of New Hampshire, 1814-16.
Burial location unknown.
Children: Albemarle, b. Feb. 15, 1807;
Horatio Nelson, b. Oct. 30,1808;
Charles Warner, b. June 17, 1810;
Sally Maria, b. Jan. 19, 1812;
Eliza Ann, b. Jan. 18, 1814.
Taken from another notation:
31 Aug 1806 Albe Cady married Sarah Warner in Keene NH, by Rev. Aaron Hall.
15 Feb 1807 Albemarle born (Trenton NJ -- or Keene New Hampshire?)
Historic Reunions of Union and Confederate Generals
Annual meetings of the Aztec Club in the latter part of the 19th century
were notable for they were attended by a galaxy of stars of Civil War fame,
both Union and Confederate. As young men, they were bonded tightly by their
experiences during the Mexican War, as only its mutual hardships and shared
dangers could instill. A short dozen years later, as generals of the Union
and Confederate armies, they bore arms against one another. This return to
the battlefield against one another, and their subsequent reunification
after the War's end, illustrates how unique the Aztec Club really is. As
young lieutenants in Mexico, Winfield Scott Hancock and James Longstreet
fought side by side in the Battle of Churubusco. Sixteen years later
Longstreet's corps attacked Hancock at Gettysburg,
The Club met on September 14, 1878 at the Continental Hotel in Philadelphia.
Those present included: ....were: General Pierre G. T. Beauregard,
General Albemarle Cady, General Winfield S. Hancock, General Joseph L.
Hooker, General George Sykes.... Following the meeting members assembled
on the balcony of the hotel where the photograph below was taken.
http://www.walika.com/aztec/1881/1878.htm
AZTEC CLUB Record: 729
First Name: Albermarle Last Name: Cady
Birth Date: 02 /15/ 1807
City Born: Trenton State Born: NJ
Albermarle : Death Date: 03 /14/1888
City Death: New Haven State Death: CT
Branch: USA
Academy: West Point
State Appt:
Rank Mexican War: Captain
Service Unit: 6th Infantry
Aztec Club: Original Member.
Notes on Military Service: wounded at the Battle of Molino del Rey,
Mexico; Colonel, U.S. Army, Civil War; Brigadier-General after the Mexican War.
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"On Sept. 8 (1847) the brilliant battle of Molino del Rey was fought. The
storming party at the Mills was divided into five companies each of one
hundred men, the Sixth Infantry under Captain A. Cady."
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"The storming of Churubusco was perhaps the most brilliant exploit in a war
abounding in splendid feats of arms.... Of the officers of the Sixth
Infantry who took part in the campaign Captain Cady was wounded at Molino
del Rey."
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"On Sept. 3 (1855) a battalion of the 6th regiment composed of Companies
A, E, H, I and K, under the command of Major Albemarle Cady, took part in
the affair with the Sioux on the Blue Water, known as the battle of Ash
Hollow."
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Albermarle Cady:
1 Jul 1825 Entered West Point from New Hampshire
3 Sep1855 Fought Sioux on Blue Water, Battle of Ash Hollow
1 Jan 1856 Was a Major with the regimental staff of the 6th
stayed with them
1860 Census Albemarle Cady listed in San Diego County California,
Township-Colorado, pg 806
6 Jun 1861 He was promoted to Lt. Col of the 7th Infantry.
20 Oct 1863 Cady was promoted Colonel, 8th Infantry
18 May 1864 Retired.
8 Sept 1847 Breveted: Major for gallant/meritorious conduct battle
of Molino
Del Rey, Mexico;
13 Mar 1865 Brigadier General for long and faithful service in the
army;
14 Mar 1888 Died - (New Haven, CT)
Other Cady's in the Mexican War:
Record: 4191
First Name: David Middle Name: C. Last Name: Cady
Branch: USV
Rank Mexican War: Captain
Service Unit: Ind. Company of Texas Vols.
Record: 1137
First Name: Heman Middle Name: M. Last Name: Cady
Branch: USA
Academy:
State Appt: WI
Rank Mexican War: 2nd Lieutenant
Service Unit: 15th Infantry
Record: ---
First Name: William Last Name: Cady
Rank Mexican War: 1st Lieutenant
Service Unit: Donnell's Ind. Co. OH Vols.
Aztec Club: Notes on Military Service: Company mustered into service
June 15,
1846; mustered out October 17, 1846. Appointed 1st Lieutenant June 8,
1846.
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"138.8 - The Army Post of Camp Cady. Although you may or may not be able
to visit the site of Camp Cady, some background and descriptive data about
its history will be given here. Camp Cady, named for Maj. Albemarle Cady of
the 6th U.S. Infantry, was first established on April 19, 1860, by Maj.
James H. Carleton, 1st U. S. Dragoons, at one of the points along the
Mojave River where the water flows on the surface most of the year, even in
dry years."
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Fort Cady was established in Newberry Springs at the forks of the road to
house horse and camel mounted cavalry as the Piutes and Chimehueve Indians
continue to prey on travelers and freighters.
Fort Cady was abandoned shortly after the start of the Civil War and left
in the hands of a local rancher.
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"I was at the old fort site last spring and there is not much left of it
these days. Just some crumbled eroded piles of adobe, some fence posts
laying on the ground, etc. You can tell that at one time there was
something substantial there.
....The Old Spanish Trail that comes from Salt Lake and the Old Mojave Rd.
meet at "Forks of the Road", just east of Fort Cady and this combined road
followed the Northern bluff of the Mojave River upstream on it's way west
through Fort Cady and on to the coast." Bill Smith .. Newberry Springs
(CA) Chamber of Commerce
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I hope someone finds this information helpful. I descend from Benjamin
Johnson Cady who married Catherine Lemming and bore Henry Lemming Cady. If
anyone knows of a connection, would be glad to hear from you. Thanks,
Darleen Yourzek