Editor’s Note: In conjunction with the Chenango County Civil War Commemoration Project Team, The Evening Sun will present a monthly series chronicling items of local interest during the war between the states, compiled and written by a number of local history enthusiasts.

By Charles J. Decker

Afton Town and Village Historian

It was not uncommon for two or three males from the same family to serve in the Civil War, and there are examples from Afton. However, Seymour, Delos, Hanford, and Homer Rowe, the four eldest sons of Henry and Celina Smith Rowe of Perch Pond all served in that war and survived to come home.