CPL Wallace Foster

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CPL Wallace Foster

Birth
Owego, Tioga County, New York, USA
Death
3 Jul 1863 (aged 23)
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot
New York Plot, Section B, Site #23
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Wallace Foster was the 8th child of Daniel R. Foster and Electa Rich Foster. He enlisted in Company C Infantry. Source from War Department Gettysburg National Cemetery. Cpl Wallace Foster Company C. number 137 NY Infantry. date of death July 3, 1863. According to the Foster Family Bible, (Owego, Tioga, NY) "Wallace Foster was shot at Gettysburg", Burial is in section B Grave 23 NY lot.
Wallace Foster
Enlistment Age 22
Birth Date 1840
Enlistment Date 21 Aug 1862
Enlistment Place Owego, New York
Enlistment Rank Private
Muster Date 29 Aug 1862
Muster Place New York
Muster Company C
Muster Regiment 137th Infantry
Muster Regiment Type Infantry
Muster Information Enlisted
Rank Change Date 5 Mar 1863
Rank Change Rank Corpl
Muster Out Date 3 Jul 1863
Muster Out Place Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Muster Out Information Killed
Side of War Union
Survived War? No
Burial Place Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Cemetery National Cemetery
Cemetery Plot Number B-23, NY plot
Title New York: Report of the Adjutant-General 1893-1906; These Honored Dead: The Union Casualties at Gettysburg
Wallace Foster was the 8th child of Daniel R. Foster and Electa Rich Foster. He enlisted in Company C Infantry. Source from War Department Gettysburg National Cemetery. Cpl Wallace Foster Company C. number 137 NY Infantry. date of death July 3, 1863. According to the Foster Family Bible, (Owego, Tioga, NY) "Wallace Foster was shot at Gettysburg", Burial is in section B Grave 23 NY lot.
Wallace Foster
Enlistment Age 22
Birth Date 1840
Enlistment Date 21 Aug 1862
Enlistment Place Owego, New York
Enlistment Rank Private
Muster Date 29 Aug 1862
Muster Place New York
Muster Company C
Muster Regiment 137th Infantry
Muster Regiment Type Infantry
Muster Information Enlisted
Rank Change Date 5 Mar 1863
Rank Change Rank Corpl
Muster Out Date 3 Jul 1863
Muster Out Place Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Muster Out Information Killed
Side of War Union
Survived War? No
Burial Place Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Cemetery National Cemetery
Cemetery Plot Number B-23, NY plot
Title New York: Report of the Adjutant-General 1893-1906; These Honored Dead: The Union Casualties at Gettysburg

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CORP. W. FOSTER.
CO. C. REGT. 137.

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