Thursday, March 07, 2013

Death List 159th., New York, Infantry.

I haven't done a death list in a while, so I decided to do the 159th., New York Infantry, these names are in alphabetical order. There may be some miss-spellings.
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ASBELL, ANDREW.—Age, 32 years. Enlisted, September 18, 1862, at Brooklyn, to serve three years; mustered in as corporal, Co. K, November 1, 1862; killed in action, April 14, 1863, at Irish Bend, La.

BAKER, MARK.—Age, 19 years. Enlisted, October 13, 1862, at Poughkeepsie, to serve three years; mustered in as sergeant, Co. I, November 1, 1862; killed in action, April 14, 1863, at Irish Bend, La.

BOHRER, THEODORE.—Age, 23 years. Enlisted, October 4, 1862, at Poughkeepsie, to serve three years; mustered in as private,. Co. I, November 1, 1862; killed in action, April 14, 1863, at Irish Bend, La.

BOICE, RICHARD.—Age, 23 years. Enlisted, September 27, 1862, at Claverack, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Oo. E, November 1, 1862; killed in action, April 14, 1863, at Irish Bend, La

CARR, GEORGE W.—Age, 21 years. Enlisted, September 28, 1862, at Brooklyn, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. K, November 1, 1862; killed in action, April 14, 1863, at Irish Bend, La.

CHRISTMAN, JACOB H.—Age, 20 years. Enlisted, September • 12, 1862, at Ghent, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. E, November 1, 1862; killed" in action, May 27, 1863, at Port Hudson, La.

CONNERY,.PATRICK, - Age,40 years. -.Enlistedv.September 11, 1862, at Hudson, to serve tliree years; mustered in.as private, Co. A, November 1, 1862; killed in action, April -14,-.1863, at Irish Bend, La.

COON, WILLIAM.—Age, 17 years. Enlisted, September 29, 1862, at Gallatin, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. I, November 1, 1862; killed in action, May 25, 1863, at Port Hudson, La.

CROWELL, THOMAS.—Age, 17 years. Enlisted, October 16, 1862, at Brooklyn, to serve three years; mustered in as corporal, Co. H, November 1, 1862; promoted sergeant, January 21, 1863; killed in action. May 27. 1863, at Port Hudson, La.

DALY, JOHN.—Age, 19 years. Enlisted, September 15, 1862, at Brooklyn, to serve tliree years; mustered in as "private, Co. H, November 1, 1862; killed in action, May 27, 1863, at Port Hudson,
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DRAPER, GILBERT A.—Captain," Sixty-fifth Infantry; mustered in as major, this regiment, August 28, 1862; as lieutenant-colonel, November 25, 1862; killed in action, April 14, 1863, at Irish Bend, La.

EATON, HENRY.—Age, 28 years. Enlisted, September 8, 1862, at Brooklyn, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co.F, November 1, 1862; killed' in action, April 14, 1863, at Irish Bend, La.

FITZPATRICK, PATRICK.—Age, 32 years. Enlisted, October 21, 1862, at Ghent, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. G, November 1, 1862; transferred to Co. D, March 12, 1864; killed in action, September 19, 1864, at Opequon, Va.; also borne as Fitzgerald.

FLOWERS, ZEBULON V.—Age, 16. years. Enlisted, September 9, 1862, at Brooklyn, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. F, November 1, 1862; killed in action, April 14, 1863, at Irish Bend, La.

GALLAGHER, JOHN.—Age, 24 years. Enlisted, September 23, 1862, at Chatham, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. G, November 1, 1862; killed in action, May 27, 1863, at Port Hudson, La.; also borne as Ghalager.

HALFAS, CHARLES.—Age, 21 years. Enlisted, September 22, 1862, at Brooklyn, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. D, November 1, 1862; killed" in action, April 14, 1863, at Irish Bend, La

HART, ROBERT McD.—Age, 22 years. Enrolled, September 6, 1862, at Brooklyn, to serve tliree years; mustered in as captain, Co. F, October 5, 1862; as major, July 4, 1864; killed in action,October 19, 1864, at Cedar Creek, Va.; prior service in Co. C, Sixty-seventh Militia.  Commissioned captain, November 10, 1S62, with rank from October 4, 1862, original; major, June 21, 1861, with rank from June 2, 1864, vice W. Waltermire promoted.

HAWS, WILLIAM H.—Age, 42 years. Enlisted, September 4, 1862, at Hudson, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. I, November 1, 1862; killed in action, April 14, 1863, at Irish Bend, La.

HOUGHTALING, JAMES.—Age, 18 years. Enlisted, September 25, 1862, at Hudson, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. C, November 1, 1862; killed in action, April 14, 1863, at Irish Bend, La.; also borne as James H.

KARCHER, HENRY.—Age, 28 years. Enlisted, January 4, 1864, at Hudson, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. G, February 8, 1864; killed in action, September 4, 1864, near Berryville, Va.

KELLY, JOHN.—Age, 44 years. Enlisted, September 11, 1862, at Hudson, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. A, November 1, 1862; killed in action, April 14, 1863, at Irish Bend, La.

KIPP, ROBERT.—Age, 18 years. Enlisted, September 22, 1862, at Greenport, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. A, November 1, 1862; killed in action, April 14, 1863, at Irish Bend, La.

LANDER, HENRY E.—Age, 18 years. Enlisted, October 18, 1862, at Brooklyn, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Go. H, November 1, 1862; killed in action, September 19, 1864, at Opequon, VA.

LATHROP, ROBERT D.—Corporal, Co. K, Fourteenth Infantry; mustered in as first lieutenant and adjutant, One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Infantry, September 17,1862; transferred on consolidation to this regiment, November 28,1862; killed in action, April 14, 1863, at Irish Bend, La: Commissioned first lieutenant and adjutant, November 10, 1862, with rank from September 15, 1862, original.

LAWS, JOHN GILBERT.—Age, 19 years. Enlisted, October 9, 1862, at Brookhaven, to serve three years; mustered in as corporal, Go. F, November 1, 1862; killed in action, April 14, 1863, at Irish Bend, La.

LOCKWOOD, BYRON.—Age, 25 years. Enrolled, September 3, 1862, at Claverack, to serve three years; mustered in as first lieutenant, One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Infantry, October 14, 1862; as second lieutenant, Co. G, this regiment, November 1, 1862; killed in action, April 14, 1863, at Irish Bend, La.  Not commissioned first lieutenant; commissioned second lieutenant, November 11, 1862, with rank from October 14, 1862, original

MANLEY, JR., JOHN W.—Age, 22 years. Enrolled, September 2, 1862; at Brooklyn, to serve three years; mustered in as first lieutenant, Co. H, October 2, 1862; discharged and mustered in as second lieutenant, Co. D, to date October 2, 1862; mustered in as first lieutenant, Co. A, January 27, 1863; killed in action, April 14, 1863, at Irish Bend, La.; prior service in Thirteenth Militia

MAXWELL, JOHN.—Age, 45 years. Enlisted, October 2, 1862, at Claverack, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. E, November 1, 1862; killed in action, May 27, 1863, at Port Hudson, La.

McCAULEY, JOHN.—Age, 42 years. Enlisted. September 6,1862, at Brooklyn, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. F, November 1, 1862; killed in action, May 27, 1863, at Port Hudson, La.

McCORMICK, JAMES.—Age, 38 years. Enlhted, September 11, 1862, at Brooklyn, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. H, November 1, 1862; killed in action, May 27, 1863, at Port Hudson, La

MILLER, DAVID.—Age, 45 years. Enlisted, August 26, 1862, at Brooklyn, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. K, November 1, 1862; killed in. action, April 14, 1863, at Irish Bend, La.

MORIN, LOUIS,—Age, 43 years. Enlisted, September 17, 1862, at New Lebanon, to serve tliree years; mustered in as private, Co. A, November 1, 1862; killed in action, October 19, 1864, at Cedar Creek, Va.; also borne as Lewis Moran.

MURPHY, JOHN.—Age, 37 years. Enlisted, October 2, 1862, at Ghathani, to serve three years f mustered in as private, Co. G,. November 1, 1862; killed in action,1 April 14, 1868, at Irish Bend, La.

PERKINS, JAMES T.—Age, 18 years. Enrolled, September 20, 1862, at Hudson, to serve tliree years; mustered in as private Co. D, (originally One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Infantry), October 14, 1862; promoted sergeant, Co. E, November 1, 1862; returned to ranks, March 4, 1864; killed in action, October 19, 1864, at Cedar Creek, Ya.; prior service as private, Co. K, Fourteenth Infantry. Commissioned, not mustered, second lieutenant, August 12, 1864, with rank from August 2,1864, vice A. Greenleaf resigned.

PROPER, WILLIAM HENRY.—Age, 22 years. Enlisted, October 22, 1862, at Taghkanick, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. E, November 1, 1862; killed in action, May 27, 1863, at Port Hudson, La.

PUGH, WILLIAM.—Age, 17 years. Enlisted, September 17, 1862, at Ghent, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. E, November 1, 1862; killed in action, May 27, 1863, at Port Hudson, La.

PULTZ, HARVEY J.—Age, 17 years. Enlisted, September 22, 1862, at Ghent, to serve three years; mustered in as private,.Co. G, November 1,1862; killed in action, May 27, 1863, at Port Hudson, La.; also borne as Harvey G.

RACE, JONATHAN J.—Age, 45 years. Enlisted, September 15, 1862, at Greenport, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. A, November 1, 1862; promoted corporal, November 1862; killed in action. May 27, 1863, at Port Hudson, La.

RACKETT, APPLETON W.—Age, 26 years. Enlisted, September 8,-1862, at Brooklyn, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. D, November 1, 1862; promoted corporal, no date; killed, April 17,1863, near Vermillion Bayou, La.

REYNOLDS, JAMES.—Age, 42 years. Enlisted, September 5, 1862, at Livingston, to serve tnree years; mastered in as private,Co. A, November 1, 1862; killed in action, April 11, 1863, at Irish Bend, La.

RICHMOND, DUNCAN.—Age, 29 years. Enrolled,, September 18, 1862, at Brooklyn, to serve three years; mustered in as second lieutenant, Co. K, November 3, 1862; as first lieutenant, Co. H, March 1, 1863; as captain, Co. K, February 20, 1864 ; killed in action, October 19, 1864, at Cedar Creek, Ya.; prior service as sergeant, Co. C, Eleventh Infantry.Commissioned second lieutenant, June 11, 1863, with rank from November 3, 1862, vice W. R. Plunkett promoted; first lieutenant, February 17, 1S63, with rank from January 26,1863. vice C. C. Baker promoted; captain, January 29, 1864,with rank from July 30, 1863, vice J. B. Ramsden resigned.

RILEY, DANIEL.—Age, 28 years. Enlisted, September 20,1862, at Hudson, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. C,November 1, 1S62; killed in action, April 14, 1863,' at Irish Bend, La.

ROSSETER, CHARLES.—Age, 39 years. Enlisted, September 16, 1862, at Brooklyn, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. H, November 1, 1862; killed in "action, May 27, 1863, at Port Hudson, La.

SHEARIN, JAMES M.—Age, 37 years. Enlisted, September 9, 1862, at Chatham, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. G, November 1, 1862; killed" in action, April 14, 1863, at Irish Bend, La.; also borne as Shurin and Sharien.

SILVERNAIL, PETER.—Age, 18 years. Enlisted, October 21,.1862, at Ghent, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. E, November 1, 1862; killed in action, April 14. 1863, at Irish Bend, La.

SNYDER, JOSEPH.—Age, 32 rears. Enlisted, September 3, 1862, at Greenport, to serve tliree years; mustered in as private, Co. A, November 1, 1862; killed'in action, April 14, 1863, at Irish Bend, La.

TATOR, JOHN D.—Age, 33 years. Enlisted, September 1, 1862, at Claverack, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. A, November 1, 1862; wounded in action, April 11, 1863, at Irish Bend, and May 27 or June 14, 1863, at Port Hudson, La.; promoted corporal, July 15, 1864; killed in action,
September 19, 1861, at Opequon, Va.

UGGLA, WILLIAM.—Age, 38 years. Enlisted, September 16, 1862, at Brooklyn, to serve three years; mustered in as corporal, Co. H, November 1, 1862; killed in action, May 27, 1863, at Port Hudson, La

VAN DEUSEN, DELBERT.—Age, 18 years. Enlisted, September 6, 1862, at Greenport, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. A, November 1, 1862; killed in action, September 19, 1864, at Opequon, Va.; also borne as Van Dusen.

WENDT, AUGUSTUS W.—Age, 26 years. Enlisted, September 17, 1862, at Hudson, to serve three years; mustered in as first sergeant, Co. C, November 1, 1862; killed in action, September 19, 1864, at Opequon, Va.; also borne as Went.

WOLF, HENRY D.—Age, 45 years. Enlisted, September 11, 1862, at Ghent,, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Oo. D, November 1, 1862; transferred to Co. E, no date; killed in action, April 14, 1863, at Irish Bend, La.

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