He was cremated on 24 Jan 1897 and placed in the Odd Fellows Cemetery first Columbarium, then his ashes were given to family who were living in Mill Valley, Marin County, California by Greenlawn Cemetery on 23 Aug 1903∼Married Mary Swearingen on 21 Oct 1845. Seven children: Leonard (1846-1870), Alonzo (1849-1909), Emma (1850-1959), Newton S (1862-1863), Norman R (1862-1949), Albert Elbert (1865-1933), Gilbert M (1865-1941)
Farmer, Tanner and Merchant by trade. When it became known in 1828 that Hanover was on the route of the Sandy and Beaver Canal, the little town added 5 additions between 1832 and 1835, and A. R. Arter and his brother, Joseph Richardson Arter, built a large canal warehouse between the canal and Canal Street.
Hanover Township Treasurer for 7 years.
Assisted in organizing, and was Captain of, the 18th Ohio Battalion in the Civil War in 1863.
The Battalion was reorganized into Company C, 143rd Ohio Infantry 10 May 1864. The regiment saw duty in the Forts around Washington D.C., then in the trenches at Bermuda 100, City Point, and Fort Pocahontas (Pocahontas was west of Williamsburg, VA and east of Richmond, VA).
Concerning Fort Pocahontas:
At noon on May 24, 1864, about 2,500 Confederate cavalry initiated action on Wilson's Landing, manned by a force of about 1,400 United States Colored Troops, led by white commanders. The attack began with a mounted charge on Federal pickets, and then a dismounted attack on the Fort. To attack the Fort it was necessary to cross through a clearing. Attempts at the center failed, and lines of skirmishers were deployed to attack from the eastern side of the Fort. General Lee sent a surrender demand, which Brig. General Edward Augustus Wild quickly declined. The Federal troops, reinforced by two gunboats in the James River, then returned fire and repulsed all attacks until the battle ended at six o'clock that evening.
Captain Albert Richardson Arter was a soldier in Fort Pocahontas during the battle and wrote a letter on 23 Jun 1864 to a family friend back in Hanover, Ohio describing the action that day at the Fort. This letter has tremendous impact on the view of how the United States Colored Troops (USCT) were viewed during the Civil War because it shows that black troops were accepted and given honors if they performed:
"...meanwhile the negroes were repulsed some 4 or 5 times and would rally until they finally succeeded in reaching the top of the works. there the tug of war commenced. the Rebs yelling to them to come on and they would make another Fort Pillow case. the Blacks could not see it that way. on the taking of the fort the Blacks murderd every Reb that was left supposing to be some 4 or 5 hundred...
...I find by talking with the white troops that they have no objection to the Black Troops taking a position with them in the field, and if necessary they lead the column and take all the Honor..." (A. R. Arter)
SOURCE: Library of Virginia, Personal Papers Collection, Accession 33913, "Arter Family Letters, 1864, 1919"
SOURCE: WWW.FORTPOCAHONTAS.COM
ALSO OF NOTE: There were 2 local Hanover residents and fellow members of the 143rd Ohio that died at Wilson''s Landing as a result of fighting at Fort Pocahontas. Private William Pleasant Amon (Find A Grave Memorial #66519644) died 4 July 1864; and Private Joseph P Clemson (Find A Grave Memorial #76568614) died 28 Aug 1864.
The regiment was mustered out of service 13 September 1864.
A. R. Arter and his wife moved to California after the Civil War. Sons Alonzo, Norman and Albert E. followed them there.
He was cremated on 24 Jan 1897 and placed in the first Columbarium at Odd Fellows Cemetery. The Odd Fellow's Cemetery was originally a subdivision of Lone Mountain Cemetery. The cemetery was legally deeded by Samuel Brannan to the first Lodge established in the city in 1851, for the perpetual use of the Order. Starting in 1933, it is estimated that 2,000 buried at the Odd Fellow's Cemetery were moved to Greenlawn Memorial Park in Colma, California. The Odd Fellows Cemetery is listed as a now defunct cemetery under FindAGrave Cemetery #1971949.
Albert's ashes were given to family living in Mill Valley, Marin County, California by Greenlawn Cemetery on 23 Aug 1903 so it is unclear when the ashes were transferred from Odd Fellows Cemetery over to Greenlawn Cemetery - although all the cemeteries in downtown San Francisco were being transferred during this time to other locations to make room for the growing city. It is also unclear if the Arter family eventually sent the ashes back to Ohio.
Farmer, Tanner and Merchant by trade. When it became known in 1828 that Hanover was on the route of the Sandy and Beaver Canal, the little town added 5 additions between 1832 and 1835, and A. R. Arter and his brother, Joseph Richardson Arter, built a large canal warehouse between the canal and Canal Street.
Hanover Township Treasurer for 7 years.
Assisted in organizing, and was Captain of, the 18th Ohio Battalion in the Civil War in 1863.
The Battalion was reorganized into Company C, 143rd Ohio Infantry 10 May 1864. The regiment saw duty in the Forts around Washington D.C., then in the trenches at Bermuda 100, City Point, and Fort Pocahontas (Pocahontas was west of Williamsburg, VA and east of Richmond, VA).
Concerning Fort Pocahontas:
At noon on May 24, 1864, about 2,500 Confederate cavalry initiated action on Wilson's Landing, manned by a force of about 1,400 United States Colored Troops, led by white commanders. The attack began with a mounted charge on Federal pickets, and then a dismounted attack on the Fort. To attack the Fort it was necessary to cross through a clearing. Attempts at the center failed, and lines of skirmishers were deployed to attack from the eastern side of the Fort. General Lee sent a surrender demand, which Brig. General Edward Augustus Wild quickly declined. The Federal troops, reinforced by two gunboats in the James River, then returned fire and repulsed all attacks until the battle ended at six o'clock that evening.
Captain Albert Richardson Arter was a soldier in Fort Pocahontas during the battle and wrote a letter on 23 Jun 1864 to a family friend back in Hanover, Ohio describing the action that day at the Fort. This letter has tremendous impact on the view of how the United States Colored Troops (USCT) were viewed during the Civil War because it shows that black troops were accepted and given honors if they performed:
"...meanwhile the negroes were repulsed some 4 or 5 times and would rally until they finally succeeded in reaching the top of the works. there the tug of war commenced. the Rebs yelling to them to come on and they would make another Fort Pillow case. the Blacks could not see it that way. on the taking of the fort the Blacks murderd every Reb that was left supposing to be some 4 or 5 hundred...
...I find by talking with the white troops that they have no objection to the Black Troops taking a position with them in the field, and if necessary they lead the column and take all the Honor..." (A. R. Arter)
SOURCE: Library of Virginia, Personal Papers Collection, Accession 33913, "Arter Family Letters, 1864, 1919"
SOURCE: WWW.FORTPOCAHONTAS.COM
ALSO OF NOTE: There were 2 local Hanover residents and fellow members of the 143rd Ohio that died at Wilson''s Landing as a result of fighting at Fort Pocahontas. Private William Pleasant Amon (Find A Grave Memorial #66519644) died 4 July 1864; and Private Joseph P Clemson (Find A Grave Memorial #76568614) died 28 Aug 1864.
The regiment was mustered out of service 13 September 1864.
A. R. Arter and his wife moved to California after the Civil War. Sons Alonzo, Norman and Albert E. followed them there.
He was cremated on 24 Jan 1897 and placed in the first Columbarium at Odd Fellows Cemetery. The Odd Fellow's Cemetery was originally a subdivision of Lone Mountain Cemetery. The cemetery was legally deeded by Samuel Brannan to the first Lodge established in the city in 1851, for the perpetual use of the Order. Starting in 1933, it is estimated that 2,000 buried at the Odd Fellow's Cemetery were moved to Greenlawn Memorial Park in Colma, California. The Odd Fellows Cemetery is listed as a now defunct cemetery under FindAGrave Cemetery #1971949.
Albert's ashes were given to family living in Mill Valley, Marin County, California by Greenlawn Cemetery on 23 Aug 1903 so it is unclear when the ashes were transferred from Odd Fellows Cemetery over to Greenlawn Cemetery - although all the cemeteries in downtown San Francisco were being transferred during this time to other locations to make room for the growing city. It is also unclear if the Arter family eventually sent the ashes back to Ohio.
He was cremated on 24 Jan 1897 and placed in the Odd Fellows Cemetery first Columbarium, then his ashes were given to family who were living in Mill Valley, Marin County, California by Greenlawn Cemetery on 23 Aug 1903∼Married Mary Swearingen on 21 Oct 1845. Seven children: Leonard (1846-1870), Alonzo (1849-1909), Emma (1850-1959), Newton S (1862-1863), Norman R (1862-1949), Albert Elbert (1865-1933), Gilbert M (1865-1941)
Farmer, Tanner and Merchant by trade. When it became known in 1828 that Hanover was on the route of the Sandy and Beaver Canal, the little town added 5 additions between 1832 and 1835, and A. R. Arter and his brother, Joseph Richardson Arter, built a large canal warehouse between the canal and Canal Street.
Hanover Township Treasurer for 7 years.
Assisted in organizing, and was Captain of, the 18th Ohio Battalion in the Civil War in 1863.
The Battalion was reorganized into Company C, 143rd Ohio Infantry 10 May 1864. The regiment saw duty in the Forts around Washington D.C., then in the trenches at Bermuda 100, City Point, and Fort Pocahontas (Pocahontas was west of Williamsburg, VA and east of Richmond, VA).
Concerning Fort Pocahontas:
At noon on May 24, 1864, about 2,500 Confederate cavalry initiated action on Wilson's Landing, manned by a force of about 1,400 United States Colored Troops, led by white commanders. The attack began with a mounted charge on Federal pickets, and then a dismounted attack on the Fort. To attack the Fort it was necessary to cross through a clearing. Attempts at the center failed, and lines of skirmishers were deployed to attack from the eastern side of the Fort. General Lee sent a surrender demand, which Brig. General Edward Augustus Wild quickly declined. The Federal troops, reinforced by two gunboats in the James River, then returned fire and repulsed all attacks until the battle ended at six o'clock that evening.
Captain Albert Richardson Arter was a soldier in Fort Pocahontas during the battle and wrote a letter on 23 Jun 1864 to a family friend back in Hanover, Ohio describing the action that day at the Fort. This letter has tremendous impact on the view of how the United States Colored Troops (USCT) were viewed during the Civil War because it shows that black troops were accepted and given honors if they performed:
"...meanwhile the negroes were repulsed some 4 or 5 times and would rally until they finally succeeded in reaching the top of the works. there the tug of war commenced. the Rebs yelling to them to come on and they would make another Fort Pillow case. the Blacks could not see it that way. on the taking of the fort the Blacks murderd every Reb that was left supposing to be some 4 or 5 hundred...
...I find by talking with the white troops that they have no objection to the Black Troops taking a position with them in the field, and if necessary they lead the column and take all the Honor..." (A. R. Arter)
SOURCE: Library of Virginia, Personal Papers Collection, Accession 33913, "Arter Family Letters, 1864, 1919"
SOURCE: WWW.FORTPOCAHONTAS.COM
ALSO OF NOTE: There were 2 local Hanover residents and fellow members of the 143rd Ohio that died at Wilson''s Landing as a result of fighting at Fort Pocahontas. Private William Pleasant Amon (Find A Grave Memorial #66519644) died 4 July 1864; and Private Joseph P Clemson (Find A Grave Memorial #76568614) died 28 Aug 1864.
The regiment was mustered out of service 13 September 1864.
A. R. Arter and his wife moved to California after the Civil War. Sons Alonzo, Norman and Albert E. followed them there.
He was cremated on 24 Jan 1897 and placed in the first Columbarium at Odd Fellows Cemetery. The Odd Fellow's Cemetery was originally a subdivision of Lone Mountain Cemetery. The cemetery was legally deeded by Samuel Brannan to the first Lodge established in the city in 1851, for the perpetual use of the Order. Starting in 1933, it is estimated that 2,000 buried at the Odd Fellow's Cemetery were moved to Greenlawn Memorial Park in Colma, California. The Odd Fellows Cemetery is listed as a now defunct cemetery under FindAGrave Cemetery #1971949.
Albert's ashes were given to family living in Mill Valley, Marin County, California by Greenlawn Cemetery on 23 Aug 1903 so it is unclear when the ashes were transferred from Odd Fellows Cemetery over to Greenlawn Cemetery - although all the cemeteries in downtown San Francisco were being transferred during this time to other locations to make room for the growing city. It is also unclear if the Arter family eventually sent the ashes back to Ohio.
Farmer, Tanner and Merchant by trade. When it became known in 1828 that Hanover was on the route of the Sandy and Beaver Canal, the little town added 5 additions between 1832 and 1835, and A. R. Arter and his brother, Joseph Richardson Arter, built a large canal warehouse between the canal and Canal Street.
Hanover Township Treasurer for 7 years.
Assisted in organizing, and was Captain of, the 18th Ohio Battalion in the Civil War in 1863.
The Battalion was reorganized into Company C, 143rd Ohio Infantry 10 May 1864. The regiment saw duty in the Forts around Washington D.C., then in the trenches at Bermuda 100, City Point, and Fort Pocahontas (Pocahontas was west of Williamsburg, VA and east of Richmond, VA).
Concerning Fort Pocahontas:
At noon on May 24, 1864, about 2,500 Confederate cavalry initiated action on Wilson's Landing, manned by a force of about 1,400 United States Colored Troops, led by white commanders. The attack began with a mounted charge on Federal pickets, and then a dismounted attack on the Fort. To attack the Fort it was necessary to cross through a clearing. Attempts at the center failed, and lines of skirmishers were deployed to attack from the eastern side of the Fort. General Lee sent a surrender demand, which Brig. General Edward Augustus Wild quickly declined. The Federal troops, reinforced by two gunboats in the James River, then returned fire and repulsed all attacks until the battle ended at six o'clock that evening.
Captain Albert Richardson Arter was a soldier in Fort Pocahontas during the battle and wrote a letter on 23 Jun 1864 to a family friend back in Hanover, Ohio describing the action that day at the Fort. This letter has tremendous impact on the view of how the United States Colored Troops (USCT) were viewed during the Civil War because it shows that black troops were accepted and given honors if they performed:
"...meanwhile the negroes were repulsed some 4 or 5 times and would rally until they finally succeeded in reaching the top of the works. there the tug of war commenced. the Rebs yelling to them to come on and they would make another Fort Pillow case. the Blacks could not see it that way. on the taking of the fort the Blacks murderd every Reb that was left supposing to be some 4 or 5 hundred...
...I find by talking with the white troops that they have no objection to the Black Troops taking a position with them in the field, and if necessary they lead the column and take all the Honor..." (A. R. Arter)
SOURCE: Library of Virginia, Personal Papers Collection, Accession 33913, "Arter Family Letters, 1864, 1919"
SOURCE: WWW.FORTPOCAHONTAS.COM
ALSO OF NOTE: There were 2 local Hanover residents and fellow members of the 143rd Ohio that died at Wilson''s Landing as a result of fighting at Fort Pocahontas. Private William Pleasant Amon (Find A Grave Memorial #66519644) died 4 July 1864; and Private Joseph P Clemson (Find A Grave Memorial #76568614) died 28 Aug 1864.
The regiment was mustered out of service 13 September 1864.
A. R. Arter and his wife moved to California after the Civil War. Sons Alonzo, Norman and Albert E. followed them there.
He was cremated on 24 Jan 1897 and placed in the first Columbarium at Odd Fellows Cemetery. The Odd Fellow's Cemetery was originally a subdivision of Lone Mountain Cemetery. The cemetery was legally deeded by Samuel Brannan to the first Lodge established in the city in 1851, for the perpetual use of the Order. Starting in 1933, it is estimated that 2,000 buried at the Odd Fellow's Cemetery were moved to Greenlawn Memorial Park in Colma, California. The Odd Fellows Cemetery is listed as a now defunct cemetery under FindAGrave Cemetery #1971949.
Albert's ashes were given to family living in Mill Valley, Marin County, California by Greenlawn Cemetery on 23 Aug 1903 so it is unclear when the ashes were transferred from Odd Fellows Cemetery over to Greenlawn Cemetery - although all the cemeteries in downtown San Francisco were being transferred during this time to other locations to make room for the growing city. It is also unclear if the Arter family eventually sent the ashes back to Ohio.
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