Residence Almond NY; 24 years old.
Enlisted on 9/1/1861 at Granger, NY as a Captain.
On 11/29/1861 he was commissioned into "E" Co. NY 85th Infantry
He was discharged for promotion on 8/27/1862 at Washington, DC
On 8/27/1862 he was commissioned into Field & Staff NY 1st Dragoons
He was Mustered Out on 6/30/1865 at Cloud's Mills, VA
He was listed as:
* POW 6/11/1864 Trevillian Station, VA (Confined at Macon, GA & Columbia, SC)
* Confined 7/4/1864 Macon, GA (Estimated date)
Promotions:
* Lt Colonel 8/27/1862 (As of 1st NY Dragoons)
* Colonel 12/24/1864
* Brig-General 3/13/1865 by Brevet
Other Information:
born in 1837 in Granger, Allegany County, NY
died 7/26/1915 in Corvallis, OR
Buried: Crystal Lake Cemetery, Corvallis, OR
(Wife: Mandana Coleman Thorp)
After the War he lived in Oregon
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- New York: Report of the Adjutant-General 1893-1906
- Information provided by HDS subscribers
- Dyer: A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
- Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903
- Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue
- Photo courtesy of Massachusetts Commandery of MOLLUS
- Research by Jack Lundquist
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