Benjamin Amey was born in Pennsylvania sometime around 1843.
He enlisted as a Private with Company K, 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry at Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania on 24 September 1862, and mustered in to service on 2 October 1862.
Major engagements during his time of service with the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers included the Battle of Pocotaligo, South Carolina (October 1862); Union General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign across Louisiana (part of the only Pennsylvania regiment so engaged from March to May 1864), including the battles of Sabine Cross Roads and Pleasant Hill; and Union General Philip Sheridan's tide-turning 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, including the battles of Opequan and Fisher's Hill, Virginia (September 1864) and the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia (19 October 1864).
He mustered out from the 47th Pennsylvania at the expiration of his term on 1 October 1865 at Charleston, South Carolina.
AFTER THE WAR
In his later years, Benjamin spent a portion of his life in the system of U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.
On 13 December 1895, he was admitted to the soldiers' home at Leavenworth, Kansas due to a chronic case of catarrh which he had contracted in 1890 while living in Fort Worth, Texas. He was discharged on 6 December 1900. His occupation at the time of his admission was described as "Laborer," his religion as "Protestant," and his physical traits as: age (52), height (5'8"), complexion (fair), eye color (gray), hair color (dark), and marital status (single). His residence subsequent to discharge was listed as "Ft. Worth, Tex.". The name and address of his nearest relative was shown as: "None."
On 2 June 1901, Benjamin Amey was readmitted to the soldiers' home system - this time at the Danville home in Vermillion County, Illinois. While there, he succumbed to complications from mitral stenosis on 24 March 1904, and was interred at the soldiers' home cemetery at Danville (section 2, row 5, grave 348).
Sources: Bates' "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5"; Ledgers, U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers; U.S. Census (1900); U.S. Civil War Pension Index (Application No.: 239957, Certificate No.: 155368, filed by the veteran on 2 August 1877).
He enlisted as a Private with Company K, 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry at Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania on 24 September 1862, and mustered in to service on 2 October 1862.
Major engagements during his time of service with the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers included the Battle of Pocotaligo, South Carolina (October 1862); Union General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign across Louisiana (part of the only Pennsylvania regiment so engaged from March to May 1864), including the battles of Sabine Cross Roads and Pleasant Hill; and Union General Philip Sheridan's tide-turning 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, including the battles of Opequan and Fisher's Hill, Virginia (September 1864) and the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia (19 October 1864).
He mustered out from the 47th Pennsylvania at the expiration of his term on 1 October 1865 at Charleston, South Carolina.
AFTER THE WAR
In his later years, Benjamin spent a portion of his life in the system of U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.
On 13 December 1895, he was admitted to the soldiers' home at Leavenworth, Kansas due to a chronic case of catarrh which he had contracted in 1890 while living in Fort Worth, Texas. He was discharged on 6 December 1900. His occupation at the time of his admission was described as "Laborer," his religion as "Protestant," and his physical traits as: age (52), height (5'8"), complexion (fair), eye color (gray), hair color (dark), and marital status (single). His residence subsequent to discharge was listed as "Ft. Worth, Tex.". The name and address of his nearest relative was shown as: "None."
On 2 June 1901, Benjamin Amey was readmitted to the soldiers' home system - this time at the Danville home in Vermillion County, Illinois. While there, he succumbed to complications from mitral stenosis on 24 March 1904, and was interred at the soldiers' home cemetery at Danville (section 2, row 5, grave 348).
Sources: Bates' "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5"; Ledgers, U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers; U.S. Census (1900); U.S. Civil War Pension Index (Application No.: 239957, Certificate No.: 155368, filed by the veteran on 2 August 1877).
Benjamin Amey was born in Pennsylvania sometime around 1843.
He enlisted as a Private with Company K, 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry at Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania on 24 September 1862, and mustered in to service on 2 October 1862.
Major engagements during his time of service with the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers included the Battle of Pocotaligo, South Carolina (October 1862); Union General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign across Louisiana (part of the only Pennsylvania regiment so engaged from March to May 1864), including the battles of Sabine Cross Roads and Pleasant Hill; and Union General Philip Sheridan's tide-turning 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, including the battles of Opequan and Fisher's Hill, Virginia (September 1864) and the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia (19 October 1864).
He mustered out from the 47th Pennsylvania at the expiration of his term on 1 October 1865 at Charleston, South Carolina.
AFTER THE WAR
In his later years, Benjamin spent a portion of his life in the system of U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.
On 13 December 1895, he was admitted to the soldiers' home at Leavenworth, Kansas due to a chronic case of catarrh which he had contracted in 1890 while living in Fort Worth, Texas. He was discharged on 6 December 1900. His occupation at the time of his admission was described as "Laborer," his religion as "Protestant," and his physical traits as: age (52), height (5'8"), complexion (fair), eye color (gray), hair color (dark), and marital status (single). His residence subsequent to discharge was listed as "Ft. Worth, Tex.". The name and address of his nearest relative was shown as: "None."
On 2 June 1901, Benjamin Amey was readmitted to the soldiers' home system - this time at the Danville home in Vermillion County, Illinois. While there, he succumbed to complications from mitral stenosis on 24 March 1904, and was interred at the soldiers' home cemetery at Danville (section 2, row 5, grave 348).
Sources: Bates' "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5"; Ledgers, U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers; U.S. Census (1900); U.S. Civil War Pension Index (Application No.: 239957, Certificate No.: 155368, filed by the veteran on 2 August 1877).
He enlisted as a Private with Company K, 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry at Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania on 24 September 1862, and mustered in to service on 2 October 1862.
Major engagements during his time of service with the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers included the Battle of Pocotaligo, South Carolina (October 1862); Union General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign across Louisiana (part of the only Pennsylvania regiment so engaged from March to May 1864), including the battles of Sabine Cross Roads and Pleasant Hill; and Union General Philip Sheridan's tide-turning 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, including the battles of Opequan and Fisher's Hill, Virginia (September 1864) and the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia (19 October 1864).
He mustered out from the 47th Pennsylvania at the expiration of his term on 1 October 1865 at Charleston, South Carolina.
AFTER THE WAR
In his later years, Benjamin spent a portion of his life in the system of U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.
On 13 December 1895, he was admitted to the soldiers' home at Leavenworth, Kansas due to a chronic case of catarrh which he had contracted in 1890 while living in Fort Worth, Texas. He was discharged on 6 December 1900. His occupation at the time of his admission was described as "Laborer," his religion as "Protestant," and his physical traits as: age (52), height (5'8"), complexion (fair), eye color (gray), hair color (dark), and marital status (single). His residence subsequent to discharge was listed as "Ft. Worth, Tex.". The name and address of his nearest relative was shown as: "None."
On 2 June 1901, Benjamin Amey was readmitted to the soldiers' home system - this time at the Danville home in Vermillion County, Illinois. While there, he succumbed to complications from mitral stenosis on 24 March 1904, and was interred at the soldiers' home cemetery at Danville (section 2, row 5, grave 348).
Sources: Bates' "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5"; Ledgers, U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers; U.S. Census (1900); U.S. Civil War Pension Index (Application No.: 239957, Certificate No.: 155368, filed by the veteran on 2 August 1877).
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