Co.E 115th N.Y.V. Inf.
Joshua Getman, age 26 enlisted on August 9, 1862, at Ephratah, NY to serve a three-year tour. Mustered in as private with COE August 15, 1862. Regiment rendezvoused in Fulton, NY and at the end of the month, they boarded trains for Sandy Hook, MD to meet up and join the Army of the Potomac. Two weeks later, they faced the enemy at Harpers Ferry, VA. Historians differ as to why but General Miles surrendered to General Sherman, but due to the sheer numbers of troops they were paroled the next day, Sept 16, 1862, and allow to leave in peace but without rations or supplies. Wounded while on picket duty before Petersburg, VA - no date - Wounded again, July 30th 1864 in a mine explosion at Petersburg, VA and in action October 27, 1864 at Darbytown Road, VA Mustered out 3 June 1865 at Albany, NY
Joshua Getman was killed in an accident while working in the Nelliston Quarry on Luft Lane ... In the whole cemetery, there are only two monuments that bear the war records of those buried there, although there are several more known veterans interred at the cemetery site. One of these marks the final resting place of Joshua E. Getman, a Civil War veteran who returned home to work in the local quarries. According to the “Waymarks” book (page 31), “in 1881, a fatal accident occurred when a derrick, at which several men were employed, fell. A beam struck Joshua Getman, breaking his back and several ribs."
Joshua Getman, age 26 enlisted on August 9, 1862, at Ephratah, NY to serve a three-year tour. Mustered in as private with COE August 15, 1862. Regiment rendezvoused in Fulton, NY and at the end of the month, they boarded trains for Sandy Hook, MD to meet up and join the Army of the Potomac. Two weeks later, they faced the enemy at Harpers Ferry, VA. Historians differ as to why but General Miles surrendered to General Sherman, but due to the sheer numbers of troops they were paroled the next day, Sept 16, 1862, and allow to leave in peace but without rations or supplies. Wounded while on picket duty before Petersburg, VA - no date - Wounded again, July 30th 1864 in a mine explosion at Petersburg, VA and in action October 27, 1864 at Darbytown Road, VA Mustered out 3 June 1865 at Albany, NY
Joshua Getman was killed in an accident while working in the Nelliston Quarry on Luft Lane ... In the whole cemetery, there are only two monuments that bear the war records of those buried there, although there are several more known veterans interred at the cemetery site. One of these marks the final resting place of Joshua E. Getman, a Civil War veteran who returned home to work in the local quarries. According to the “Waymarks” book (page 31), “in 1881, a fatal accident occurred when a derrick, at which several men were employed, fell. A beam struck Joshua Getman, breaking his back and several ribs."
Co.E 115th N.Y.V. Inf.
Joshua Getman, age 26 enlisted on August 9, 1862, at Ephratah, NY to serve a three-year tour. Mustered in as private with COE August 15, 1862. Regiment rendezvoused in Fulton, NY and at the end of the month, they boarded trains for Sandy Hook, MD to meet up and join the Army of the Potomac. Two weeks later, they faced the enemy at Harpers Ferry, VA. Historians differ as to why but General Miles surrendered to General Sherman, but due to the sheer numbers of troops they were paroled the next day, Sept 16, 1862, and allow to leave in peace but without rations or supplies. Wounded while on picket duty before Petersburg, VA - no date - Wounded again, July 30th 1864 in a mine explosion at Petersburg, VA and in action October 27, 1864 at Darbytown Road, VA Mustered out 3 June 1865 at Albany, NY
Joshua Getman was killed in an accident while working in the Nelliston Quarry on Luft Lane ... In the whole cemetery, there are only two monuments that bear the war records of those buried there, although there are several more known veterans interred at the cemetery site. One of these marks the final resting place of Joshua E. Getman, a Civil War veteran who returned home to work in the local quarries. According to the “Waymarks” book (page 31), “in 1881, a fatal accident occurred when a derrick, at which several men were employed, fell. A beam struck Joshua Getman, breaking his back and several ribs."
Joshua Getman, age 26 enlisted on August 9, 1862, at Ephratah, NY to serve a three-year tour. Mustered in as private with COE August 15, 1862. Regiment rendezvoused in Fulton, NY and at the end of the month, they boarded trains for Sandy Hook, MD to meet up and join the Army of the Potomac. Two weeks later, they faced the enemy at Harpers Ferry, VA. Historians differ as to why but General Miles surrendered to General Sherman, but due to the sheer numbers of troops they were paroled the next day, Sept 16, 1862, and allow to leave in peace but without rations or supplies. Wounded while on picket duty before Petersburg, VA - no date - Wounded again, July 30th 1864 in a mine explosion at Petersburg, VA and in action October 27, 1864 at Darbytown Road, VA Mustered out 3 June 1865 at Albany, NY
Joshua Getman was killed in an accident while working in the Nelliston Quarry on Luft Lane ... In the whole cemetery, there are only two monuments that bear the war records of those buried there, although there are several more known veterans interred at the cemetery site. One of these marks the final resting place of Joshua E. Getman, a Civil War veteran who returned home to work in the local quarries. According to the “Waymarks” book (page 31), “in 1881, a fatal accident occurred when a derrick, at which several men were employed, fell. A beam struck Joshua Getman, breaking his back and several ribs."
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Son of Robert Getman & Lucinda Young, Husband of Eva Van Alstyne & Jessie Keller
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