Civil War Veterans in Family Tree? (1 Viewer)

[Njja]

My daughter is putting together a family tree for my grandaughter and last night she informed me that my mothers great grandfather deployed with the New York State Milita's 13th Regiment in 1861. They were one of the first regiments called to defend Washington.

Here is a picture of the flag they carried when they left NYC April 23,1861 enroute to Washington.

And no, he was not making Pizza's this is my maternal Great(2) Grandfather born in Ireland!

 

[marco55]

My great granderfather was in the 1st NJ Cavalry.He joined in 1864 at the age of 16.He died in 1933.
Mark

 

[Njja]

My great granderfather was in the 1st NJ Cavalry.He joined in 1864 at the age of 16.He died in 1933.
Mark

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Mark, that is very cool! I bet quite a few of us have veterans in our backround!

How different life must have been back then!

 

[kreddy]

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Mark, that is very cool! I bet quite a few of us have veterans in our backround!

My oldest sister is working on the family tree, and while she's found some links to the Revolutionary War period, nothing yet on any ancestors in the Civil War!

 

[marco55]

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Mark, that is very cool! I bet quite a few of us have veterans in our backround!

How different life must have been back then!

Yes John it was a different world.My uncle remembered him as being a hard looking rugged little man.He must have been a viral man as he was 52 when my grandfather was born.
Mark

 

[jazzeum]

So John are you part Italian and part Irish? I assumed you were all Italian. Goes to show when you assume because....

 

[Njja]

My oldest sister is working on the family tree, and while she's found some links to the Revolutionary War period, nothing yet on any ancestors in the Civil War!

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Wow, thats great.....we have one more branch to check to see if we can break into the 1700's!

 

[Njja]

So John are you part Italian and part Irish? I assumed you were all Italian. Goes to show when you assume because....

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It is quite interesting, I am 50% Italian and at least 25% Irish (which explains my Mothers great temper) she was really something!!

We are still researching my mothers father's family thats a real challange but it is a lot of fun. My daughter is doing a great job!

It looks like my claim of ownership for all the existing Stradivarius Violins is fading fast! Daughter is going to work on the Italian connection once she finishes in the US!

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Interesting. My grandfather was in the Cossack cavalry in WW1 and also fought for the White Russians in the Russian revolution. Before that, one side of the family were lumber merchants in Russia and owned stores and a town newspaper. They have been traced back to 1715. The other side of the family were in the Cossack military and would certainly have fought against Napoleon. Don't know about Crimea?

Terry

 

[jazzeum]

You guys have some very interesting family histories!

 

[DMNamiot]

Wow Terry thats great that you have the information on the Russian Family back that far. I can go back to 1810 or so in Russia with my Dads family and dont have a lot of details. I do know my Grandfathers Uncle was likely a Cavalry man in the Crimean/Ukraine Both of my fathers families had roots in the Crimea but the funny thing is they didnt meet until the got to NYC. I also have a great photo of my Grandfather in a Naval Cadet Uniform that is circa 1900. Grand mothers family were merchants and at least one Doctor. I hope to do some more digging and see if there are any more records to find out there, its always interseting to see what our ancestors did. On my moms side it is all Irish and Austrian makes for an intersting temper...

Dave

 

[UKReb]

John

No doubt your daughter has furnished you with more details of the 13th NYSM if so my apologies for the following. However, one of the tomes amongst my ACW library stash is a hefty volume
"New York Regiments of the Civil War" which includes some information on the 13th that if you are not aware of you may find interesting:

The 13th NYSM (eight companies) was mustered in at Brooklyn April 23 1861 under the command of Colonel Abel Smith (picture of him attached taken from Harpers weekly November 1861)

The regiment embarked on the steamer Atlantic en route to Washington DC-as with most regimental recruitments during that early part of the war it was only for three months duration. After serving as Infantry in Annapolis and Baltimore it was mustered out August 6 1861. However, Colonel Smith was "able" (excuse the pun) to persuade the majority of the regiment to sign on for another 3 years. During this recruitment drive Colonel Smith was accidently killed (circumstances somewhat unclear)-but the 13th NYSM during it's initial muster became better known for yet another tragedy- that of their 10 year old drummer boy Clarence Mackenzie.

An orphan out of the Fulton Street Church Orphanage he joined up the same time as your great (3) grandfather and shipped out as the youngest recruit of the 13th. He became the first member of his regiment to be killed by an accidental discharge from a musket in June 1861-a tragic reminder of the multitude of very young boys unknown to history who faced death at such an early age. His funeral in New York drew mutitudes of people and prompted a book to be published which became a best seller during the war entitled "The Little Drummer Boy-The Child of the Thirteenth Regiment".

Who knows your ancestor may have even known the young lad and shared his tucker with him

Bob

PS-Thanks for the e-mail John-very much appreciated.

 

[Scott]

On my wife's side, there was Sgt. Mathew Murry of the 116th Pa, part of the Irish Brigade. He lost his arm at Gettysburg in the Wheat field action.

We took our kids to Gettysburg in 2004 and visited the 116th Monument and the Pennsylvania Monument. (My son could not be parted from his bike at that point in time and it went on the top of the car all the way to Pennsylvania.)

 

[bromhead]

John L. Hudson,,11th Illinois Cavalry

 

[Njja]

John

Who knows your ancestor may have even known the young lad and shared his tucker with him

Bob

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Bob thanks for the additional information! We knew he was 22 at the time and livng in Brooklyn, so finding him in the military certainly seemed like a stong possibility! It certainly was an interesting time in American history!

 

[sammy719]

Here are some pics of my familys history in the civil war, my Great-great grandfather George Samuel fought for the sharp shooters of the 55th of Virginia, as well as two other Samuel relatives, he fought in many major battles of the Civil War, he was promoted to Corporal after the battle of Chancellorsville and was later captured at Cashtown during the battle of Gettysburg.

some of the pictures are myself in the Samuel graveyard in Essex co. Va. at my grandfathers grave site, the momument in the same county has all 3 of my relatives names on it, wierd thing is I didn't find out about alot of the history of my family until just a few years ago!! but very proud of my family history in the Civil war...Sammy

 

[Scott]

Great photos. Thanks for sharing. In my wife's GGG grandfather's case, his grave was in Philadelphia in a poor Catholic section and disappeared. He died in the 1870s before pensions and the GAR had a lot of influence.

 

[Njja]

Yes excellent photos!

 

[sammy719]

Thanks guys, my wife gets all the credit on posting the pics!!!...Sammy

 

[tdubel]

Very cool thread, i have relatives on both sides.

Tri Great Grandfather - Union - Maryland Infantry.

4 Brothers (all would be Tri Great Uncles) Shenandoah region - All were farmers, owned horses, thus members of Virigina Calvary under Jeb Stuart. Issac(youngest) killed at Yellow Tavern with Jeb Stuart.

I researched and have in my files at home all of their service records (Confederates included which was lucky). Very interesting reads.

The only artifacts that remain are of my Union Tri Great Grandfather which include a hat, sword and a few other articles. Unfortunately they were donated by a great aunt to a Museum in Boonsboro, MD. I am thinking of a way to reclaim them, but the curator wants a 1775 Grandfather Clock that was owned by the first Sheriff of Washington County Maryland (Who incidentally was hung in the Courtyard for murdering his wife!!). The clock has been in my family for a long time and I am not sure a "Yankee" sword is worth the trade........... Just kidding, but it is a dilemma.

TD