Civil War: Company F, 5th California Infantry
Nicholas M. Aikens (also: Aikins) was the son of Henry Aikens and Lucinda (maiden name unknown). He was a miner when he enlisted as a private at Quincy, Plumas County, California, October 18, 1861. He was mustered into Company F, 5th California Infantry, at Camp Union (Sacramento) October 23. Private Aikens was posted at Camp Wright (near Warner's Ranch), San Diego County, in April and May 1862. From there he went to Fort Yuma, California, in June, then on to Maricopa Wells, Arizona Territory, in July and August 1862. Private Aikens served as a wheelwright in the Quartermaster's Department at Tucson from September 1862 until April 1863. Private Aikens was transferred to Mesilla, New Mexico Territory, in early May and died on May 15, 1863, near Leightendorfer's Well (Hidalgo County, NM) while en route to his new assignment. His remains were taken to Fort Bowie for burial in the post cemetery.
Private Aikens name does not appear on the list of remains transferred to San Francisco National Cemetery after Fort Bowie was decommissioned. (Orton, 699, 871; Hayden, AZ Pioneer Biographies).
His mother, Lucinda Ten Eyck, filed for a Civil War survivor's pension in South Dakota November 14, 1889, and received application No. 408,557 (Pension File, NARA).
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It's possible he was one of the Unknowns that were part of the 72 soldiers, dependents and "unknowns" moved and is now one of the 510 unknowns in the SF National Cemetery. He isn't one of the 23 accounted for that remained at the Post Cemetery either, so this would line up with him falling into the Unknowns, and there being no record at SF.
Contributor: Clarissa Drobot Erickson (49840066)
Nicholas M. Aikens (also: Aikins) was the son of Henry Aikens and Lucinda (maiden name unknown). He was a miner when he enlisted as a private at Quincy, Plumas County, California, October 18, 1861. He was mustered into Company F, 5th California Infantry, at Camp Union (Sacramento) October 23. Private Aikens was posted at Camp Wright (near Warner's Ranch), San Diego County, in April and May 1862. From there he went to Fort Yuma, California, in June, then on to Maricopa Wells, Arizona Territory, in July and August 1862. Private Aikens served as a wheelwright in the Quartermaster's Department at Tucson from September 1862 until April 1863. Private Aikens was transferred to Mesilla, New Mexico Territory, in early May and died on May 15, 1863, near Leightendorfer's Well (Hidalgo County, NM) while en route to his new assignment. His remains were taken to Fort Bowie for burial in the post cemetery.
Private Aikens name does not appear on the list of remains transferred to San Francisco National Cemetery after Fort Bowie was decommissioned. (Orton, 699, 871; Hayden, AZ Pioneer Biographies).
His mother, Lucinda Ten Eyck, filed for a Civil War survivor's pension in South Dakota November 14, 1889, and received application No. 408,557 (Pension File, NARA).
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It's possible he was one of the Unknowns that were part of the 72 soldiers, dependents and "unknowns" moved and is now one of the 510 unknowns in the SF National Cemetery. He isn't one of the 23 accounted for that remained at the Post Cemetery either, so this would line up with him falling into the Unknowns, and there being no record at SF.
Contributor: Clarissa Drobot Erickson (49840066)
Civil War: Company F, 5th California Infantry
Nicholas M. Aikens (also: Aikins) was the son of Henry Aikens and Lucinda (maiden name unknown). He was a miner when he enlisted as a private at Quincy, Plumas County, California, October 18, 1861. He was mustered into Company F, 5th California Infantry, at Camp Union (Sacramento) October 23. Private Aikens was posted at Camp Wright (near Warner's Ranch), San Diego County, in April and May 1862. From there he went to Fort Yuma, California, in June, then on to Maricopa Wells, Arizona Territory, in July and August 1862. Private Aikens served as a wheelwright in the Quartermaster's Department at Tucson from September 1862 until April 1863. Private Aikens was transferred to Mesilla, New Mexico Territory, in early May and died on May 15, 1863, near Leightendorfer's Well (Hidalgo County, NM) while en route to his new assignment. His remains were taken to Fort Bowie for burial in the post cemetery.
Private Aikens name does not appear on the list of remains transferred to San Francisco National Cemetery after Fort Bowie was decommissioned. (Orton, 699, 871; Hayden, AZ Pioneer Biographies).
His mother, Lucinda Ten Eyck, filed for a Civil War survivor's pension in South Dakota November 14, 1889, and received application No. 408,557 (Pension File, NARA).
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It's possible he was one of the Unknowns that were part of the 72 soldiers, dependents and "unknowns" moved and is now one of the 510 unknowns in the SF National Cemetery. He isn't one of the 23 accounted for that remained at the Post Cemetery either, so this would line up with him falling into the Unknowns, and there being no record at SF.
Contributor: Clarissa Drobot Erickson (49840066)
Nicholas M. Aikens (also: Aikins) was the son of Henry Aikens and Lucinda (maiden name unknown). He was a miner when he enlisted as a private at Quincy, Plumas County, California, October 18, 1861. He was mustered into Company F, 5th California Infantry, at Camp Union (Sacramento) October 23. Private Aikens was posted at Camp Wright (near Warner's Ranch), San Diego County, in April and May 1862. From there he went to Fort Yuma, California, in June, then on to Maricopa Wells, Arizona Territory, in July and August 1862. Private Aikens served as a wheelwright in the Quartermaster's Department at Tucson from September 1862 until April 1863. Private Aikens was transferred to Mesilla, New Mexico Territory, in early May and died on May 15, 1863, near Leightendorfer's Well (Hidalgo County, NM) while en route to his new assignment. His remains were taken to Fort Bowie for burial in the post cemetery.
Private Aikens name does not appear on the list of remains transferred to San Francisco National Cemetery after Fort Bowie was decommissioned. (Orton, 699, 871; Hayden, AZ Pioneer Biographies).
His mother, Lucinda Ten Eyck, filed for a Civil War survivor's pension in South Dakota November 14, 1889, and received application No. 408,557 (Pension File, NARA).
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It's possible he was one of the Unknowns that were part of the 72 soldiers, dependents and "unknowns" moved and is now one of the 510 unknowns in the SF National Cemetery. He isn't one of the 23 accounted for that remained at the Post Cemetery either, so this would line up with him falling into the Unknowns, and there being no record at SF.
Contributor: Clarissa Drobot Erickson (49840066)
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