. History of Chautauqua County, New York, and its people. rahamLincoln on his way to the capital for inaugura-tion, stopped at Dunkirk, and Lincoln fromhis car, which halted west of the Erie depotand just east of the center of Lion street, madea short speech, in which he impressively re-ferred to the gathering storm about to burstupon the country. Dunkirk may also be saidto have been a witness to the last great tragedyof the war when the body of Lincoln was beingborne to its final resting place after his assassi-nation. As the train paused at Dunkirk at mid-night of the 27th and 28th of April,
. History of Chautauqua County, New York, and its people. rahamLincoln on his way to the capital for inaugura-tion, stopped at Dunkirk, and Lincoln fromhis car, which halted west of the Erie depotand just east of the center of Lion street, madea short speech, in which he impressively re-ferred to the gathering storm about to burstupon the country. Dunkirk may also be saidto have been a witness to the last great tragedyof the war when the body of Lincoln was beingborne to its final resting place after his assassi-nation. As the train paused at Dunkirk at mid-night of the 27th and 28th of April, 1865, for amoment, to receive a solemn reception amidstthe firing of minute guns, dirges of music, toll-ing of bells, and in the light of funeral torches,a deep and lasting impression was made uponthe people there assembled. These impressiveincidents, the great railroad celebration and thedebarkation of Lafayette at the harbor of Dun-kirk in 1825, are the most important historicevents in the annals of Dunkirk. Dunkirk was not only the first town in the. THE CITY OF DUNKIRK 153 county to be awakened to the great dangerthat threatened the country, but the first totake action in support of the D and E of the 72nd New YorkRegiment of the Excelsior Brigade, the firstorganized in the county, were raised in Dun-kirk, sent forward, and June 20, 1861, mus-tered into service. Less than two monthslater, Company B, Captain James M. Brown,from Jamestown, was mustered in and joinedthe same regiment. Captain Patrick Barrett,of Company E, was the first man to enlist inDunkirk, and one of the first soldiers of thecounty to fall in battle. He was mortallywounded at Williamsburgh, Virginia. Wil-liam O. Stevens, captain of Company D, after-wards became colonel of this regiment, andwas killed at Chancellorsville. In the fall, Com-pany H, also from Dunkirk, Captain StephenH. Doyle, was mustered in and joined the sameregiment; he was killed in battle before Rich-mond. Many other
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