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Levi Warren Norton (1819-1900):

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LEVI WARREN NORTON, born Attica, N. Y. October 17, 1819. Graduated at Union College, 1843, and at the General Theological Seminary, (Protestant Episcopal) New York, 1846. Ordained July 21st, 1847. Rector in Watertown and Jamestown, N. Y., and Metuchen and Rahway, New Jersey.

Mustered Chaplain 72nd Regiment, N.Y.V. July 24th, 1861. Served with his regiment. at various places in Maryland. Was sent home sick with typhoid fever, and later returned to his regiment, but on account of continued ill health was obliged to resign. Mustered out April 20, 1862, and returned to Jamestown, N. Y. In 1892 on account of impaired health he gave up the
active work of his ministry, and returned to Jamestown, N.Y. He died while on a pleasure trip at Hemus Point, N. Y., August 23, 1900. His remains rest in Lake View Cemetery, Jamestown, N. Y.

The 72nd New York was the third regiment of the famous “Excelsior Brigade” led by General Daniel Sickles. The 72nd suffered heavy casualties at Williamsburg and Gettysburg, where Sickles advanced them into the open with no support, but their courage and tenacity throughout the war earned them a reputation as one of the premier regiments in the Union Army.