Civil War Union Soldier. He married Helen Borradale on June 10, 1858, and they had two children - Lillian (born March 6, 1859) and Elizabeth "Lizzie" (born June 24, 1861). He was a farmer near Swedesboro when the Civil War began.
He was enrolled in the 12th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on July 29, 1862, and was mustered in as a Private in Company F on September 4, 1862. He enlisted in the company with his older brother Emanuel Jr., and his younger brothers Azariah and Charles C. The Company commanded by their 1st cousin, Captain Edward Livingston Stratton.
Promoted to Corporal on December 11, 1862, on the Third Day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (July 3, 1863), he was part of the early morning charge on the Bliss farm Houses (captured by the 12th NJ and then lost the day before) to reclaim them for the Union forces. In the charge he was killed, along with 40 other men from his regiment. The farm houses were taken, then recaptured by the Confederates. They were later taken once more by Union troops and burned to the ground.
He was enrolled in the 12th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on July 29, 1862, and was mustered in as a Private in Company F on September 4, 1862. He enlisted in the company with his older brother Emanuel Jr., and his younger brothers Azariah and Charles C. The Company commanded by their 1st cousin, Captain Edward Livingston Stratton.
Promoted to Corporal on December 11, 1862, on the Third Day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (July 3, 1863), he was part of the early morning charge on the Bliss farm Houses (captured by the 12th NJ and then lost the day before) to reclaim them for the Union forces. In the charge he was killed, along with 40 other men from his regiment. The farm houses were taken, then recaptured by the Confederates. They were later taken once more by Union troops and burned to the ground.
Civil War Union Soldier. He married Helen Borradale on June 10, 1858, and they had two children - Lillian (born March 6, 1859) and Elizabeth "Lizzie" (born June 24, 1861). He was a farmer near Swedesboro when the Civil War began.
He was enrolled in the 12th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on July 29, 1862, and was mustered in as a Private in Company F on September 4, 1862. He enlisted in the company with his older brother Emanuel Jr., and his younger brothers Azariah and Charles C. The Company commanded by their 1st cousin, Captain Edward Livingston Stratton.
Promoted to Corporal on December 11, 1862, on the Third Day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (July 3, 1863), he was part of the early morning charge on the Bliss farm Houses (captured by the 12th NJ and then lost the day before) to reclaim them for the Union forces. In the charge he was killed, along with 40 other men from his regiment. The farm houses were taken, then recaptured by the Confederates. They were later taken once more by Union troops and burned to the ground.
He was enrolled in the 12th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on July 29, 1862, and was mustered in as a Private in Company F on September 4, 1862. He enlisted in the company with his older brother Emanuel Jr., and his younger brothers Azariah and Charles C. The Company commanded by their 1st cousin, Captain Edward Livingston Stratton.
Promoted to Corporal on December 11, 1862, on the Third Day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (July 3, 1863), he was part of the early morning charge on the Bliss farm Houses (captured by the 12th NJ and then lost the day before) to reclaim them for the Union forces. In the charge he was killed, along with 40 other men from his regiment. The farm houses were taken, then recaptured by the Confederates. They were later taken once more by Union troops and burned to the ground.
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