Bouton, Charles F.

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Birth

Charles F. Bouton , son of Stephen Bouton and Polly Lincoln, was born at Rensselaerville, June 3d, 1847.

Military Service

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Residence: Rensselaerville[1]
Place of Birth: Rensselaerville[1]
Date of Birth: 3 June 1847[1]
Names of Parents: Stephen (Bouton) and Polly Lincoln[1]
Marital Status: Single[1]
Occupation: Farmer[1]
Term of Enlistment: 3 years[1]
Bounty Received: none[1]
Enlistment Date: 26 Nov. 1861[2]
Enlistment Place: Albany[2]
Enlistment Rank: Private[2]
State Served: New York
Regiment: 91st Infantry[3] [2]
Company: Company E[3][2]
Promotion Date: 10 Dec 1861[3][2]
Promotion Rank: Full Corporal [3]
Died of Disease : 26 Apr 1862[3][2]
Place of Death: Key West, FL[3][2]
Place of Burial: Key West, FL[1]
Additional Remarks: Enlisted at the age of 22.[3]"Died at Key West June 28th 1862 with fever contracted in the service buried there."[1]
Sources Used: Ancestry.com, Civil War Soldiers; Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War; Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York

Death

He died at Key West, June 28, 1862, with fever contracted in the service, and was buried there.

Additional Research Notes

His brother David was also in the Civil War and also died at Key West of typhoid fever.

Heroes of Albany

CHARLES F. BARTON[4], brother of DAVID, was born at Rensselaerville, June 3d, 1847, and enlisted November 24, 1861, at Albany. He died at Key West, June 28, 1862, with fever contracted in the service, and was buried there. Thus fell two heroes from the same patriotic family.

Additional Media

Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War


Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Ancestry Military Databases
  4. The name is wrong. It should be Bouton according to all other records