The subject of this sketch was born in the town of Bath, Oct. 27, 

 1836. His ancestors on his father's side were from Wales, his moth- 

 er's, English, and were among the early settlers of this county. 



Young Brundage received the usual school training of a country 

 boy, attending school during the winter months, and working on the 

 farm in summer. He finished his education at Starkey Seminary in 

 1854. He then returned to the practical labors of the farm. 



He was a boy noted for doing with certainty and completeness 

 the work he had in hand ; as a man, who never knew what fear was. 



In the spring of 1861 he promptly responded to the call of the 

 President for volunteers to suppress the war of the Rebellion. He 

 enlisted on the 22d of April, 1861, at Hammondsport, as a private in 

 what was afterwards Company I, 34th Regiment, New York Volunteers. 

 W. H. King went out as captain of the company. It was put into a 

 regiment mainly enlisted in Herkimer County. 



Company I left Hammondsport for Albany on the 28th of May. On 

 the 10th of June, Monroe Brundage was elected by unanimous vote 

 of his company second lieutenant. 



The regiment was mustered into the United States service on the 

 15th of June, reported at Washington on the 5th of July, and went 

 into camp at Kalorama Heights. On the 21st of October his regiment 

 was engaged skirmishing at Edwards' Ferry, operating on the ene- 

 my's flank, to draw their attention from our forces operating at Ball's 

 Bluff. 



The 34th soon went to Camp McClellan, near Poolsville, where they 

 remained until Feb. 25, 1862, when camp was broken, and the regi- 

 ment was engaged in skirmishing around Berry ville, Winchester, and 

 Harper's Ferry. Then Sedgwick's division, to which the 34th be- 

 longed, was ordered to Washington, where it remained until the 24th 

 of March, when it was ordered to Fortress Monroe. They'then marched 

 to Yorktown, and entered it on the 5th of May, the rebels having evac- 

 uated the town a few days before. During the month of May the 

 army, under Gen. McClellan, gradually worked its way towards Rich- 

 mond, and on the 31st of that month the battle of Fair Oaks was 

 fought, in which the 34th was an active participant. Lieutenant 

 Brundage acted SiS Jirst lieutenant in this engagement. The regiment 

 was honorably mentioned in the oflBcial report. Captain King was 

 wounded in this battle, after which Lieutenant Brundage acted as 



captain, and remained in command of the company until he was dis- 

 abled at the battle of Antietam. 



Among the wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks were Azariah C. 

 Brundage, Solomon Clark, and Jesse Jacobus, the last two fatally. 

 Herbert Kellogg was killed on the field. During the disastrous and 

 memorable seven days' retreat, in June, from Richmond to Harrison's 

 Landing, Captain Brundage, with his company, was almost constantly 

 engaged, participating actively in the battles of Peach Orchard, Sav- 

 age Station, White Oak Swamp, and Malvern Hill. From this time 

 up to the date of the battle of Antietam, the 34th Regiment was en- 

 gaged in the neighborhood of Washington, skirmishing as occasion 

 required. 



This celebrated battle was fought on the 17th of September, 1862, 

 and it was in this engagement that the 34th suffered most severely. 

 Captain Brundage, with his company, made three distinct charges, and 

 were thrice repulsed. While rallying his company for another charge, 

 he was struck by a ball in the right arm, near the shoulder; disabled 

 as he was, he remained in command until the battle was over. On 

 the following day his right arm was amputated near the shoulder, and 

 he returned to his home as soon as able to do so, which was about the 

 1st of October. 



On the 26th of January following, having in the mean time received 

 his commission as captain, he resumed command of his company, 

 which he retained until the 16th of March, when he was compelled to 

 leave the service on account of his health. He accordingly resigned, 

 being unwilling to retain a position the active duties of which he 

 could not discharge, and receive compensation for services which he 

 was no longer able to perform. He was a brave soldier, and as true 

 and generous as he was brave. 



He was a favorite with his comrades, and those who survive him 

 will ever keep his memory green. His fellow-citizens, who honored 

 him for his many excellent qualities of head and heart, placed him in 

 nomination for the Assembly in the fall of 1868, and elected him by 

 a large majority. In this capacity, as in all others, he showed him- 

 self strictly honest and scrupulously faithful. 



Captain Brundage had been subject to severe attacks of inflamma- 

 tory rheumatism, caused by exposure in the army, which resulted in 

 his death on the 26th of May, 1875, lamented by all who knew him. 



