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Charles Lawrence Robinson :us34stars: Born: July 21, 1818 Birthplace: Hardwick, Massachusetts Father: Jonathan Robinson 1781 – 1858 (Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, West Brookfield, Massachusetts) Mother: Huldah Woodward 1782 – 1870 (Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, West Brookfield, Massachusetts) Wife: Sarah Tappan Doolittle 1827 – 1911 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas) Children: 2 Political Party: Whig Party, Republican Party, Greenback Party, Democratic Party Education: 1843: Graduated from Berkshire Medical College Occupation before War: Medical Doctor in Belchertown, Springfield and Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Editor of Settlers and Marines Tribune in Sacramento, California 1850: Took part in the riots and upholder...
James Fisher Robinson :us34stars: Born: October 4, 1800 Birthplace: Scott County, Kentucky Father: Jonathan Robinson 1752 – 1834 Mother: Jane Black 1752 – 1847 1st Wife: Susan Mansell – 1835 2nd Wife: Willina S. Hernden 1817 – 1860 3rd Wife: Carrie Henning 1837 – 1895 (Buried: Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky) Children: James Fisher Robinson Jr. 1832 – 1892 (Buried: The Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky) George S. Robinson 1846 – 1911 (Buried: Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky) Madison Johnson Robinson 1847 – 1933 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Colorado) Brother: U.S. Senator John McCracken Robinson 1794 – 1843 Political Party: Whig Party and Democratic Party Education: 1818: Graduated from...
James McKay Rorty :us34stars: Born: June 11, 1837 Birthplace: County Donegal, Ireland Father: Richard Rorty 1818 – Mother: Catherine McKay 1816 – Civil War Career: 1861: 2nd Lt. Company D, 2nd New York Light Artillery 1861 – 1862: 2nd Lt. 14th New York Light Artillery 1862 – 1863: 1st Lt. 14th New York Light Artillery 1863: Captain of Battery B, 1st New York Light Artillery 1863: Killed while repulsing Pickett’s Charge, on the 3rd Day of Gettysburg Died: July 3, 1863 Place of Death: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Cause of Death: Killed at the Battle of Gettysburg Age at time of Death: 26 years old Burial Place: Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, New York
Edward Salomon :us34stars: Born: August 11, 1828 Birthplace: Strobeck Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia Father: Christoph Salomon 1786 – 1872 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc, Wisconsin) Mother: Dorothea Klussman 1793 – 1871 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc, Wisconsin) Wife: Elise Nebel 1828 – 1900 (Buried: Alter Judischer Friedhof, Frankfurt, Germany) Brother: Bvt. Brig. General Charles E. Salomon 1824 – 1881 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah) Brother: Brig. General Frederich Salomon 1826 – 1897 (Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah) Political Party: Democratic Party and Republican Party Education: Attended University of Berlin Occupation before War: 1849: Fled Germany as a...
Governor Dr. Gove Saulsbury Born: May 29, 1815 Birthplace: Kent County, Delaware Father: William Saulsbury 1774 – 1834 (Buried: Saulsbury Family Cemetery, Kent County, Delaware) Mother: Margaret Ann Smith 1779 – 1864 (Buried: Saulsbury Family Cemetery, Kent County, Delaware) Wife: Rosina Jane Smith 1828 – 1875 (Buried: Wesley Methodist Church, Dover, Delaware) Children: Margaret Saulsbury 1849 – 1852 (Buried: Wesley Methodist Church, Dover, Delaware) Olivia Smith Saulsbury 1851 – 1855 (Buried: Wesley Methodist Church, Dover, Delaware) Rosa Saulsbury 1853 – 1876 (Buried: Wesley Methodist Church, Dover, Delaware) Gove Saulsbury Jr. 1857 – 1861 (Buried: Wesley Methodist Church, Dover, Delaware) Education: 1842: Graduated...
Alvin Saunders :us34stars: Born: July 12, 1817 Birthplace: Fleming County, Kentucky Father: Gunnell Saunders Jr. 1783 – 1848 (Buried: Mount Pleasant Old City Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Iowa) Mother: Mary Mauzy 1784 – 1851 (Buried: Mount Pleasant Old City Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Iowa) Wife: Marthena Barlow 1835 – 1928 (Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Nebraska) Children: Charles L. Saunders 1856 – 1927 (Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Nebraska) Mary Angeline “May” Saunders Harrison 1861 – 1944 (Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Nebraska) Political Party: Republican Party Occupation before War: 1829: Moved with his father to Illinois from Kentucky 1836: Moved to Mount Pleasant, Iowa United States...
Horatio Seymour :us34stars: Born: May 31, 1810 Birthplace: Pompey, New York Father: Henry Seymour 1780 – 1837 Mother: Mary Ledyard Forman 1785 – 1859 Wife: Mary Bleecker 1812 – 1886 (Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, New York) Political Party: Democratic Party Education: Attended Geneva College 1828: Graduated from American Literary, Scientific, & Military Academy Occupation before War: Manager of his family business interest in New York 1833 – 1838: Military Secretary and Colonel of New York Investor in Real Estate, Banks, Mines, and Railroads 1842: Member of New York State Assembly 1842 – 1843: Mayor of Utica, New York 1844 – 1845: Member of New York State Assembly 1845: Speaker of New York State Assembly...
Clement Hall Sinnickson :us34stars: Born: September 16, 1834 Birthplace: Salem, New Jersey Father: John Sinnickson 1789 – 1862 (Buried: Saint John's Episcopal Churchyard, Salem, New Jersey) Mother: Rebecca Kay Hall 1798 – 1882 (Buried: Saint John's Episcopal Churchyard, Salem, New Jersey) Wife: Sarah Maria Smith 1837 – 1931 (Buried: Saint John's Episcopal Churchyard, Salem, New Jersey) Children: Louisa Maria Sinnickson 1864 – 1864 (Buried: Saint John's Episcopal Churchyard, Salem, New Jersey) Political Party: Republican Party Education: 1855: Graduated from Union College Occupation before War: 1858 – 1861: Attorney in Salem, New Jersey Civil War Career: 1861: Mustered in as Captain, Company I, 4th New Jersey Infantry...
James Youngs Smith :us34stars: Born: September 15, 1809 Birthplace: Groton, Connecticut Father: Amos Denison Smith 1778 – 1826 Mother: Priscilla Mitchell 1781 – 1866 Wife: Emily Brown 1813 – 1892 (Buried: Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island) Children: Thomas Brown Smith 1836 – 1840 (Buried: Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island) Isabella Brown Smith Nichols 1839 – 1921 (Buried: Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island) Emily Priscilla Smith Rogers 1842 – 1909 (Buried: Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island) Political Party: Republican Party Occupation before War: Store Manager in Salem, Connecticut Owner of Lumber Business in Providence, Rhode Island One of the leading textile investors in...
John Gregory Smith Born: July 22, 1818 Birthplace: St. Albans, Vermont Father: U.S. Congressman John Smith 1789 – 1858 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Saint Albans, Vermont) Mother: Maria Waitstill Curtis 1791 – 1877 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Saint Albans, Vermont) Wife: Ann Eliza Brainerd 1819 – 1905 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Saint Albans, Vermont) Children: Julia Burnett Smith Stevens 1856 – 1929 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Saint Albans, Vermont) Political Party: Republican Party Education: 1838: Graduated from University of Vermont Attended Yale Law School Occupation before War: Attorney and Businessman in Railroad Management Trustee of Vermont and Canada Railroad Company One of the originators of Northern Pacific...
John Gregory Smith :us34stars: Born: July 22, 1818 Birthplace: Saint Albans, Vermont Father: US Congressman John Smith 1789 – 1858 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Saint Albans, Vermont) Mother: Maria Waitstill Curtis 1791 – 1877 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Saint Albans, Vermont) Wife: Ann Eliza Brainerd 1819 – 1905 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Saint Albans, Vermont) Brother: US Congressman Worthington Curtis Smith 1823 – 1894 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Saint Albans, Vermont) Children: Julia Burnett Smith 1856 – 1929 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Saint Albans, Vermont) Political Party: Republican Party Education: 1838: Graduated from University of Vermont Attended Yale University Law School 1842: Received Master of Arts...
William Joseph Sperry :us34stars: Service: U.S. Army Rank and organization: Major, 6th Vermont Infantry Entered service at: Vermont Born: December 28, 1840, Cavendish, VT Location of Action: Petersburg, Va Date of Action: April 2, 1865 Date Presented: August 12, 1892 Citation: With the assistance of a few men, captured 2 pieces of artillery and turned them upon the enemy. Died: March 3, 1914 Burial Place: Cavendish, VT He entered Civil War service soon after the start of the war, being mustered in as a Private in Company E, 1st Vermont (Three-Month) Volunteer Infantry on May 9, 1861. He served through the engagement at Big Bethel, Virginia in June 1861, and was mustered out when his enlistment expired on August 15, 1861. On...
Amasa Leland Stanford :us34stars: Born: March 9, 1824 Birthplace: Watervliet, New York Father: Josiah Stanford 1795 – 1862 (Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York) Mother: Elizabeth “Betsy” Phillips 1791 – 1873 (Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York) Wife: Jane Elizabeth Lathrop 1828 – 1905 (Buried: Stanford Family Mausoleum, Palo Alto, California) Married: September 30, 1850 Political Party: Until - 1856: Member of Whig Political Party 1856 - 1893: Member of Republican Political Party Children: Leland Stanford Jr. 1868 – 1884 (Buried: Stanford Family Mausoleum, Palo Alto, California) Education: 1841 – 1845: Attended Cazenovia Seminary Occupation before War: 1848 – 1852: Attorney in Port Washington...
Amos E. Steele Jr. :us34stars: Born: 1834 Birthplace: New York Father: Amos E. Steele Sr. 1806 – 1878 (Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Mason, Michigan) Mother: Roxana Cranson 1815 – 1881 (Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Mason, Michigan) Wife: Mary Jane Peck 1836 – 1874 (Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Mason, Michigan) Children: Albert Lloyd Steele 1861 – 1921 (Buried: Deepdale Memorial Cemetery, Delta Township, Michigan) Occupation before War: Farmer in Mason, Michigan Served in the Mason Michigan Militia as Officer Civil War Career: 1861: 1st Lt. Company B, 7th Michigan Infantry Regiment 1861 – 1863: Captain of Company B, 7th Michigan Infantry Regiment 1863: Lt. Colonel of 7th Michigan Infantry Regiment 1863: Regimental...
Henry Adoniram Swift :us34stars: Born: March 23, 1823 Birthplace: Ravenna, Ohio Father: Isaac Swift 1789 – 1874 (Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Ravenna, Ohio) Mother: Eliza Thompson 1800 – 1884 (Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Ravenna, Ohio) Wife: Ruth Livingston 1827 – 1881 (Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Ravenna, Ohio) Married: September 11, 1851 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Children: Emily Morrison Swift 1853 – 1863 Stelia Swift 1855 – 1855 Mary Elizabeth Swift Ives 1855 – 1926 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota) Henry Stevenson Swift 1860 – 1864 Stella Swift 1866 – 1866 Political Party: Republican Party Education: 1842: Graduated from Western Reserve College - (High Honors) Occupation before War: Private...
David Tod :us34stars: Born: February 21, 1805 Birthplace: Youngstown, Ohio Father: Judge George Tod 1773 – 1841 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Youngstown, Ohio) Mother: Sarah “Sally” Isaacs 1778 – 1847 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Youngstown, Ohio) Wife: Mary Smith 1813 – 1901 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Youngstown, Ohio) Married: 1831 or 1832 in Warren, Ohio Children: Henry Tod Sr. 1838 – 1905 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Youngstown, Ohio) George Tod 1840 – 1908 (Buried: Tod Homestead, Cemetery Youngstown, Ohio) William Tod 1843 – 1905 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Youngstown, Ohio) Charlotte Delamater Tod Kautz 1845 – 1868 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Youngstown, Ohio) Grace Tod Arrel 1847 – 1921 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery...
John Ellison Vassar "Uncle John" :us34stars: Born: January 13, 1813 Birthplace: Poughkeepsie, New York Father: Thomas Vassar 1756 – 1849 (Buried: Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, New York) Mother: Joanna Ellison 1775 – 1852 (Buried: Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, New York) Wife: Harriet M. Brownson 1826 – 1912 (Buried: Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, New York) Children: Albert Ellison Vassar 1857 – 1926 (Buried: Valhalla Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri) Hattie G. Vassar Ambler 1861 – 1932 (Buried: Stanford Cemetery, Stanfordville, New York) Occupation before War: Started working in a brickyard at age 12 in Poughkeepsie, New York Devoted life to being a Baptist Missionary attending Baptist...
Captain Moses Veale :us34stars: SERVICE NOTES Service/Branch: United States Army Entered Service In: Philadelphia, Pa. Entered Service On: February 20, 1862 Unit: Company F, 109th Pennsylvania Infantry Rank: Captain Discharged on: June 8, 1865 Additional Service Notes: In addition to his MoH action, he taken prisoner at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, and was held at the infamous Libby Prison. Exchanged, he served on the staff of Union General John W. Geary during Sherman's March to the Sea. Highest Rank Attained: Major MEDAL OF HONOR DETAILS Location of Action: Wauhatchie, Tenn Date of Action: October 28, 1863 Date Award Issued: January 17, 1894 Citation: Gallantry in action manifesting throughout the engagement coolness, zeal...
Charles Vertz :us34stars: Born: April 24, 1840 Birthplace: Yamaska, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada Father: Private Jacob Vertz; Chalmette Regiment, C.S.A, (1817 - 1899) (Buried: Saint John the Baptist Cemetery, Egg Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin) Mother: Marie Rosalie “Rosa” Lefebvre dite Boulanger (1812 - 1901) (Buried: Saint John the Baptist Cemetery, Egg Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin) Spouse: Mary Louise Le Lorrain (1850 - 1906); m. 1867 in Mishicot, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. (Buried: Saint John the Baptist Cemetery, Egg Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin) Children: Mary (Vertz) Curtice (1868 - 1930); married Frank E. Curtice in 1902. (Buried: Fort Howard Memorial Park, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin) Charles Vertz...
William Henry Ward :us34stars: SERVICE NOTES Service/Branch: United States Army Entered Service: Adrian, Michigan on June 15, 1861 Unit: Company B, 47th Ohio Infantry Rank: Captain Discharged: August 9, 1864 Service Notes: Company B, 47th Ohio Infantry, was organized at Adrian, Michigan by William H Ward and accepted for service by the Governor of Ohio. MEDAL OF HONOR DETAILS Location of Action: Vicksburg, Mississippi Date of Action: May 3, 1863 Date Award Issued: January 2, 1895 Citation: Voluntarily commanded the expedition which, under cover of darkness, attempted to run the enemy's batteries. Action Details: One of the most desperate feats of the war was the attempt of Captain William H Ward, of Company B, Forty-seventh...
Israel Washburn, Vth "Little Known Giant of the Civil War" :us34stars: Born: June 6, 1813 Birthplace: Livermore, Massachusetts (Maine) Grandfather: Captain Israel Washburn, III 1754 – 1840 (Buried: Pleasant Street Cemetery, Raynham, Massachusetts) Father: Israel Washburn, IV 1784 – 1876 (Buried: Waters Hill Cemetery, Livermore, Maine) Mother: Martha “Patsy” Benjamin 1792 – 1861 (Buried: Waters Hill Cemetery, Livermore, Maine) Brother: U.S. Secretary of State Elihu B. Washburne 1816 – 1887 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Galena, Illinois) Brother: Major General Cadwallader C. Washburn 1818 – 1882 (Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, La Crosse, Wisconsin) Brother: U.S. Senator William Drew Washburn 1831 – 1912 (Buried: Lakewood Cemetery...
James Madison Wells :us34stars: Born:January 7, 1808 Birthplace: Alexandria, Louisiana Father: Samuel Levi Wells 1764 – 1816 Mother: Mary Elizabeth Calvit 1777 – 1809 Wife: Mary Ann Scott 1816 – 1899 (Buried: Rapides Cemetery, Pineville, Louisiana) Children: Captain Thomas Montfront Wells 1836 – 1925 (Buried: Colfax Cemetery, Colfax, Louisiana) Mary Elizabeth Wells Burges 1838 – 1930 (Buried: Rapides Cemetery, Pineville, Louisiana) Charlotte Frances Laulette Wells Snowden 1840 – 1917 (Buried: Wilmer Memorial Cemetery, Rapides, Louisiana) James Madison Wells Jr. 1842 – 1897 (Buried: Rapides Cemetery, Pineville, Louisiana) Levi Wells 1844 – 1876 (Buried: Rapides Cemetery, Pineville, Louisiana) Courtenay Calvit Wells Weems...
John Whiteaker Jr. :us34stars: Born: May 4, 1820 Birthplace: Dearborn County, Indiana Father: John Whiteaker Sr. 1786 – 1864 Mother: Nancy J. Smales 1786 – 1868 Wife: Nancy Jane Hargrave 1828 – 1912 (Buried: Masonic Cemetery, Eugene, Oregon) Children: John Charles Whiteaker 1854 – 1888 (Buried: Masonic Cemetery, Eugene, Oregon) Ann Whiteaker 1857 – 1950 (Buried: Masonic Cemetery, Eugene, Oregon) Estelle Whiteaker Jarvis 1860 – 1916 (Buried: Masonic Cemetery, Eugene, Oregon) Benjamin “Ben” Whiteaker 1862 – 1929 (Buried: Masonic Cemetery, Eugene, Oregon) James H. Whiteaker 1865 – 1930 (Buried: Masonic Cemetery, Eugene, Oregon) Political Party: Democratic Party Occupation before War: Carpenter in Dearborn County, Indiana...
William Herbert Withington :us34stars: SERVICE NOTES Service/Branch: United States Army Entered Service at: Jackson, Michigan Entered Service on: April 29, 1861 Unit: Company B, 1st Michigan Infantry Rank: Captain Discharged: March 21, 1863 Service Notes: After his capture by Confederates at Bull Run, he was exchanged January 31, 1862. Appointed colonel of the 17th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment on August 11, 1862. He participated in the Battle of South Mountain on September 14, 1862, and the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862. He resigned from the volunteers on March 21, 1863. On December 3, 1867, President Andrew Johnson nominated Withington for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of...
Edward Wanshear Wynkoop :us34stars: Born: June 19, 1836 Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Great Grandfather: Continental Congressman Henry Wynkoop 1737 – 1816 (Buried: Low Dutch Reformed Church, Richboro, Pennsylvania) Father: John Wanshear Wynkoop 1794 – 1837 (Buried: Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Pennsylvania) Mother: Angelina Estill 1803 – 1877 (Buried: Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Pennsylvania) Wife: Actress Louisa Matilda Brown Wakley 1836 – 1923 (Buried: Olivet Memorial Park, Colma, California) Married: 1861 Children: Emily Reville Wynkoop Ferrenbach 1863 – 1941 (Buried: Angelus Rosedale Cemetery Los Angeles California) Private Charles W. Wynkoop 1871 – 1946 (Buried: Los Angeles National Cemetery...

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