He was the brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

It still stands on Hicks Street in Brooklyn and remains an active and highly patronized church.

Company C was principally recruited at Scio in Allegany County in western New York state.

Brooklyn was not yet part of New York City, and the men of the 67th called themselves the 1st Long Island Volunteers.

Their first assignment was the defense of Washington, D.C.[7] August 19, 1861: The recruits of the 67th camped at South Brother Island, East River (between Rikers Island and The Bronx), moved briefly to Fort Hamilton before departing southward, then transferred to Fort Schuyler for basic army training.

They moved with Gen. George McClellan in Virginia and were active in the Peninsular Campaign, becoming involved in the Battle of Seven Pines, Fair Oaks, and finally, Malvern Hill.

[9] A monument was later erected to the 67th Regiment on Culp's Hill with an inscription that reads "Held this position on July 3rd, then moved double quick to left center to resist Confederate charge upon our batteries".

The Pickett-Pettigrew assault (more popularly, Pickett's Charge[10])[11] was repulsed with severe casualties.

May 12, 1864: Involved in the assault and the vicious hand-to-hand fighting at the Mule Shoe Salient which became known as the Bloody Angle.

The remaining men of the 67th were formed into a battalion of five companies A-E under Captain Henry C.

They were active in the pursuit of General Lee towards Appomattox, engaging his army at the Battle of Sailor's Creek on April 6, and witnessed the final surrender of General Lee at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

30 of the men from the 1st Long Island Volunteers who are buried at Green-wood cemetery in Brooklyn have had their previously unmarked graves marked and headstones erected.

So far 3,300 Civil War graves have been examined, and the forgotten dead identified and honored.