PROFILE: Harry Thomas GRAVES was born in Covington Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania on 26 March 1847. The son of Thomas GRAVES and Samantha HOWE Graves, Harry was the second of six siblings and he was a nephew to Josiah GRAVES, Junior.
"Harry enlisted in Battery G, Third Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery on 13 November 1862 at the age of 15. Then he transferred to Company E of the 188th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Infantry) in May of 1864. The 188th Regiment was formed from the remnants of the 152nd Pennsylvania Regiment and the Third Pennsylvania Artillery.
"During the start of General Ulysses S. Grant's drive on Richmond, Virginia -- that ultimately would result in Appomattox -- General Benjamin Butler was situated on the James River with his Army of the James, and Harry was a part of that army located at Bermuda Hundred. In cooperation with Meade's Army of the Potomac, Butler began to move his army up the Virginia Peninsula toward Richmond. Part of the outer Richmond defenses was Fort Darling, located at Drewery's Bluff, and on 16 May 1864 Butler ordered an assault on Drewery's Bluff and Fort Darling. The fort was heavily manned and gunned so that the Union army was driven back with heavy losses in killed and wounded.
"The 188th Pennsylvania was part of that assault, and 17-year-old Harry Thomas GRAVES was among those thousands who were injured, receiving a gunshot wound in the left leg between his hip and thigh. The leg later contracted gangrene, but was not amputated. (Amputations were not nearly as frequent late in the war as in the beginning.) At first the boy was treated at an army hospital at Port of Rock Virginia and later was moved to Chesapeake General Hospital in Hampton, Virginia. From there he was moved again, this time to David's Island in New York Harbor. Finally, he was moved to Philadelphia: first to Summit House Hospital and then, ultimately, to Philadelphia's Saterlee General Hospital.
"A wounded soldier was initially treated near the field of battle. As his situation stabilized, he was moved further and further away to make room for patients who could not be moved. Altogether, Harry was in one hospital or another for seven months, nearly three of those at Satterlee.
"In December 1864, Harry returned to the 188th where he served until he was honorably discharged at Lynchburg, Virginia on 13 November 1865 at the age of 18, after serving three years in the Union army.
"After his discharge Harry returned to live in Covington, Tioga County, Pennsylvania until 1868 when he moved to nearby Blossburg. Then, in 1877, he again moved within the county to Millerton where, in October of that year, he purchased the Millerton Advocate, the local weekly paper, and enlarged it. He obtained advertisements from Elmira and circulation grew to about 800.
"In July 1878 Harry applied for and received a pension for partial disability as a result of his war wound. He received a pension of $4 per month. Then, three years later, in August 1881, he applied for an increase as the lameness in his leg was worsening, resulting in his inability to work on his feet for any length of time. Six years passed before Harry once again applied for an increase in pension in August 1887. Per an affidavit from his doctor, the wound had never healed properly and the dead tissue from the gangrene had weakened the leg permanently. Finally in March 1913, Harry filed yet another application for increase and this time his pension was set at $19 per month.
"Harry had married Margaret Anne DOWD on 23 December 1871 and they had three children: Nellie E. GRAVES, Harry D GRAVES, and Fritz Karl GRAVES. Margaret died on 15 January 1890.
"Later, on 8 October 1898, Harry married Kate M. SHIMKEL in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kate was the daughter of Captain Hiram R. SHIMKEL, Harry's former commander in Battery G, Third Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery. Harry died 27 April 1919 at the age of 72." [By Michael Graves. Cf. Graves Family in the Civil War by Michael Graves; and Profile in "Sources".]
"Harry enlisted in Battery G, Third Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery on 13 November 1862 at the age of 15. Then he transferred to Company E of the 188th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Infantry) in May of 1864. The 188th Regiment was formed from the remnants of the 152nd Pennsylvania Regiment and the Third Pennsylvania Artillery.
"During the start of General Ulysses S. Grant's drive on Richmond, Virginia -- that ultimately would result in Appomattox -- General Benjamin Butler was situated on the James River with his Army of the James, and Harry was a part of that army located at Bermuda Hundred. In cooperation with Meade's Army of the Potomac, Butler began to move his army up the Virginia Peninsula toward Richmond. Part of the outer Richmond defenses was Fort Darling, located at Drewery's Bluff, and on 16 May 1864 Butler ordered an assault on Drewery's Bluff and Fort Darling. The fort was heavily manned and gunned so that the Union army was driven back with heavy losses in killed and wounded.
"The 188th Pennsylvania was part of that assault, and 17-year-old Harry Thomas GRAVES was among those thousands who were injured, receiving a gunshot wound in the left leg between his hip and thigh. The leg later contracted gangrene, but was not amputated. (Amputations were not nearly as frequent late in the war as in the beginning.) At first the boy was treated at an army hospital at Port of Rock Virginia and later was moved to Chesapeake General Hospital in Hampton, Virginia. From there he was moved again, this time to David's Island in New York Harbor. Finally, he was moved to Philadelphia: first to Summit House Hospital and then, ultimately, to Philadelphia's Saterlee General Hospital.
"A wounded soldier was initially treated near the field of battle. As his situation stabilized, he was moved further and further away to make room for patients who could not be moved. Altogether, Harry was in one hospital or another for seven months, nearly three of those at Satterlee.
"In December 1864, Harry returned to the 188th where he served until he was honorably discharged at Lynchburg, Virginia on 13 November 1865 at the age of 18, after serving three years in the Union army.
"After his discharge Harry returned to live in Covington, Tioga County, Pennsylvania until 1868 when he moved to nearby Blossburg. Then, in 1877, he again moved within the county to Millerton where, in October of that year, he purchased the Millerton Advocate, the local weekly paper, and enlarged it. He obtained advertisements from Elmira and circulation grew to about 800.
"In July 1878 Harry applied for and received a pension for partial disability as a result of his war wound. He received a pension of $4 per month. Then, three years later, in August 1881, he applied for an increase as the lameness in his leg was worsening, resulting in his inability to work on his feet for any length of time. Six years passed before Harry once again applied for an increase in pension in August 1887. Per an affidavit from his doctor, the wound had never healed properly and the dead tissue from the gangrene had weakened the leg permanently. Finally in March 1913, Harry filed yet another application for increase and this time his pension was set at $19 per month.
"Harry had married Margaret Anne DOWD on 23 December 1871 and they had three children: Nellie E. GRAVES, Harry D GRAVES, and Fritz Karl GRAVES. Margaret died on 15 January 1890.
"Later, on 8 October 1898, Harry married Kate M. SHIMKEL in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kate was the daughter of Captain Hiram R. SHIMKEL, Harry's former commander in Battery G, Third Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery. Harry died 27 April 1919 at the age of 72." [By Michael Graves. Cf. Graves Family in the Civil War by Michael Graves; and Profile in "Sources".]
PROFILE: Harry Thomas GRAVES was born in Covington Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania on 26 March 1847. The son of Thomas GRAVES and Samantha HOWE Graves, Harry was the second of six siblings and he was a nephew to Josiah GRAVES, Junior.
"Harry enlisted in Battery G, Third Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery on 13 November 1862 at the age of 15. Then he transferred to Company E of the 188th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Infantry) in May of 1864. The 188th Regiment was formed from the remnants of the 152nd Pennsylvania Regiment and the Third Pennsylvania Artillery.
"During the start of General Ulysses S. Grant's drive on Richmond, Virginia -- that ultimately would result in Appomattox -- General Benjamin Butler was situated on the James River with his Army of the James, and Harry was a part of that army located at Bermuda Hundred. In cooperation with Meade's Army of the Potomac, Butler began to move his army up the Virginia Peninsula toward Richmond. Part of the outer Richmond defenses was Fort Darling, located at Drewery's Bluff, and on 16 May 1864 Butler ordered an assault on Drewery's Bluff and Fort Darling. The fort was heavily manned and gunned so that the Union army was driven back with heavy losses in killed and wounded.
"The 188th Pennsylvania was part of that assault, and 17-year-old Harry Thomas GRAVES was among those thousands who were injured, receiving a gunshot wound in the left leg between his hip and thigh. The leg later contracted gangrene, but was not amputated. (Amputations were not nearly as frequent late in the war as in the beginning.) At first the boy was treated at an army hospital at Port of Rock Virginia and later was moved to Chesapeake General Hospital in Hampton, Virginia. From there he was moved again, this time to David's Island in New York Harbor. Finally, he was moved to Philadelphia: first to Summit House Hospital and then, ultimately, to Philadelphia's Saterlee General Hospital.
"A wounded soldier was initially treated near the field of battle. As his situation stabilized, he was moved further and further away to make room for patients who could not be moved. Altogether, Harry was in one hospital or another for seven months, nearly three of those at Satterlee.
"In December 1864, Harry returned to the 188th where he served until he was honorably discharged at Lynchburg, Virginia on 13 November 1865 at the age of 18, after serving three years in the Union army.
"After his discharge Harry returned to live in Covington, Tioga County, Pennsylvania until 1868 when he moved to nearby Blossburg. Then, in 1877, he again moved within the county to Millerton where, in October of that year, he purchased the Millerton Advocate, the local weekly paper, and enlarged it. He obtained advertisements from Elmira and circulation grew to about 800.
"In July 1878 Harry applied for and received a pension for partial disability as a result of his war wound. He received a pension of $4 per month. Then, three years later, in August 1881, he applied for an increase as the lameness in his leg was worsening, resulting in his inability to work on his feet for any length of time. Six years passed before Harry once again applied for an increase in pension in August 1887. Per an affidavit from his doctor, the wound had never healed properly and the dead tissue from the gangrene had weakened the leg permanently. Finally in March 1913, Harry filed yet another application for increase and this time his pension was set at $19 per month.
"Harry had married Margaret Anne DOWD on 23 December 1871 and they had three children: Nellie E. GRAVES, Harry D GRAVES, and Fritz Karl GRAVES. Margaret died on 15 January 1890.
"Later, on 8 October 1898, Harry married Kate M. SHIMKEL in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kate was the daughter of Captain Hiram R. SHIMKEL, Harry's former commander in Battery G, Third Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery. Harry died 27 April 1919 at the age of 72." [By Michael Graves. Cf. Graves Family in the Civil War by Michael Graves; and Profile in "Sources".]
"Harry enlisted in Battery G, Third Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery on 13 November 1862 at the age of 15. Then he transferred to Company E of the 188th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Infantry) in May of 1864. The 188th Regiment was formed from the remnants of the 152nd Pennsylvania Regiment and the Third Pennsylvania Artillery.
"During the start of General Ulysses S. Grant's drive on Richmond, Virginia -- that ultimately would result in Appomattox -- General Benjamin Butler was situated on the James River with his Army of the James, and Harry was a part of that army located at Bermuda Hundred. In cooperation with Meade's Army of the Potomac, Butler began to move his army up the Virginia Peninsula toward Richmond. Part of the outer Richmond defenses was Fort Darling, located at Drewery's Bluff, and on 16 May 1864 Butler ordered an assault on Drewery's Bluff and Fort Darling. The fort was heavily manned and gunned so that the Union army was driven back with heavy losses in killed and wounded.
"The 188th Pennsylvania was part of that assault, and 17-year-old Harry Thomas GRAVES was among those thousands who were injured, receiving a gunshot wound in the left leg between his hip and thigh. The leg later contracted gangrene, but was not amputated. (Amputations were not nearly as frequent late in the war as in the beginning.) At first the boy was treated at an army hospital at Port of Rock Virginia and later was moved to Chesapeake General Hospital in Hampton, Virginia. From there he was moved again, this time to David's Island in New York Harbor. Finally, he was moved to Philadelphia: first to Summit House Hospital and then, ultimately, to Philadelphia's Saterlee General Hospital.
"A wounded soldier was initially treated near the field of battle. As his situation stabilized, he was moved further and further away to make room for patients who could not be moved. Altogether, Harry was in one hospital or another for seven months, nearly three of those at Satterlee.
"In December 1864, Harry returned to the 188th where he served until he was honorably discharged at Lynchburg, Virginia on 13 November 1865 at the age of 18, after serving three years in the Union army.
"After his discharge Harry returned to live in Covington, Tioga County, Pennsylvania until 1868 when he moved to nearby Blossburg. Then, in 1877, he again moved within the county to Millerton where, in October of that year, he purchased the Millerton Advocate, the local weekly paper, and enlarged it. He obtained advertisements from Elmira and circulation grew to about 800.
"In July 1878 Harry applied for and received a pension for partial disability as a result of his war wound. He received a pension of $4 per month. Then, three years later, in August 1881, he applied for an increase as the lameness in his leg was worsening, resulting in his inability to work on his feet for any length of time. Six years passed before Harry once again applied for an increase in pension in August 1887. Per an affidavit from his doctor, the wound had never healed properly and the dead tissue from the gangrene had weakened the leg permanently. Finally in March 1913, Harry filed yet another application for increase and this time his pension was set at $19 per month.
"Harry had married Margaret Anne DOWD on 23 December 1871 and they had three children: Nellie E. GRAVES, Harry D GRAVES, and Fritz Karl GRAVES. Margaret died on 15 January 1890.
"Later, on 8 October 1898, Harry married Kate M. SHIMKEL in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kate was the daughter of Captain Hiram R. SHIMKEL, Harry's former commander in Battery G, Third Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery. Harry died 27 April 1919 at the age of 72." [By Michael Graves. Cf. Graves Family in the Civil War by Michael Graves; and Profile in "Sources".]
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