Birthplace: Bainbridge, New York
Father: Harvey Anable Wakeman 1821 – 1865
(Buried: Stevens Cemetery, Afton, New York)
Mother: Emily Hale 1823 – 1884
(Buried: Stevens Cemetery, Afton, New York)
Education:
Received some formal Education
Occupation before War:Domestic Servant in New York
1862: Worked as a boatman for the Chenango Canal as a man
Civil War Career:
1862: Heard about the $152 bounty offered to join Union Army
1862: Enlisted in the Union Army as Private Lyons Wakeman
NPS Photo
1862 – 1864: Private Company H 153rd New York Infantry Regiment
She was listed as being five feet tall, fair skinned, brown hair, blue eyes
Assigned to guard duty in Alexandria, Virginia
Guard for Carroll Prison in Washington, D.C.
1864: Served in the Red River Campaign
Died: June 19, 1864
Place of Death: Marine USA General Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana
Cause of Death: Chronic diarrhea
Age at time of Death: 21 years old
Burial Place: Chalmette National Cemetery, Chalmette, Louisiana, #4066
FOR FURTHER READING
- An Uncommon Soldier: The Civil War Letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, by Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, 1996.
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