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Red Hook veterans remembered through family history
Local history notes honor Edward Dunn of Red Hook who died at Antietam, Charles Geelan of the 1st New York Cavalry who served from 1861 and was captured at New Market then released, and Lt. Col. Thomas Ronald Macmillan who fell in World War II. It also highlights Claus Luhrssen of 424 Van Brunt Street, a liquor dealer and businessman depicted in a photo likely by his son William Luhrssen.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Red Hook
Edward Dunn
Ireland
Elizabeth
Sullivan Street
Antietam
Virginia
Charles Geelan
Charles
New York Cavalry Regiment
Abram Jones
New Market
Andersonville
Georgia
Sherman
Charleston
Pioneer Street
van Dyk Street
Thomas Ronald Macmillan
Claus Luhrssen
van Brunt Street
van Brunt and
van Dyke
Claus
Uncle Charlie
C. Luhrssen
William Luhrssen