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==Birth==
<!-- Enter Birth Information Here -->Harvey O. Russell was born in about 1838 in Rensselaerville, Albany County, NY.<ref name="Carnival">Keating, Robert, [[Carnival of Blood|Carnival of Blood]]: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, Published by Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, Md 1998</ref>

Harvey Russell was born in Potters Hollow, Albany Co.,NY on July 12, 1838, a son of Benjamin Russell and Louisa Cook.<ref name="Town and City Registers">Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War</ref>

==Marriage & Children== 
He married Maggie C. at about 1869 and had a daughter Isora B. Russell born in 1873.

==Occupation==
Before he enlisted in the Civil War, Harvey worked as a farmer.<ref name="Carnival"/>  In 1880, his occupation was listed as a carpenter.

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==Military Service==
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|Residence:
|Potters Hollow<ref name="Town and City Registers">Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War</ref>
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|Place of Birth:
|Potters Hollow, Albany Co.,NY<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
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|Date of Birth:
|12 July 1838<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Names of Parents:
|Benjamine (Russell) and Louisa Cook<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Marital Status:
|Single<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Occupation:
|Farmer<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Term of Enlistment:
|3 years<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Bounty Received:
|$50.00<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Enlistment Date:
|9 Aug 1862
|-
|Enlistment Place:
|Albany, New York 
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|Enlistment Rank:
|Private<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|State Served:
|New York
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|Regiment:
|[[7th Regiment|7th Regiment]] NY Heavy Artillery
|-
|Company:
|Company F<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|Promotion Date:
|15 Mar 1865
|-
|Promotion Rank:
|Full Corporal 
|-
|Wounded in Action on:
|3 Jun 1864<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|Wounded at:
|[[Cold Harbor|Cold Harbor]], VA<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|Muster Out Date:
|16 Jun 1865<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|Muster Out Place:
|Baltimore, MD
|-
|}
{| style="color:black;background-color:#ccffff;" cellspacing="1" border="2"
|Additional Remarks:  Enlisted at the age of 24.  Name also listed as Henry.  Wounded in the left hip by grape shot on June 3, 1864.<ref name="Carnival"/>"was in engagments with the Regt. until wounded in the thigh by a rebel musket ball in hospital until he got able to go with Regt. and served with the Regt until discharged & mustered out.  (Still living) P.O. Address Potters Hollow N.Y."<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>

Born in Rensselaerville on July 12, 1838, Farmer, Blue eyes, Brown hair, Fair complexion, 5'9" tall.<ref name="Muster Roll Abstracts"> NY Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, Ancestry.com Military databases</ref>
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|Sources Used: Ancestry.com, American Civil War Soldiers; [[Annual Report of the Adjutant-General|Annual Report of the Adjutant-General]] of the State of NY for the year 1898; Keating, Robert, [[Carnival of Blood|Carnival of Blood]]: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, Published by Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, Md 1998; Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War
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==Death==
Harvey died on November 15, 1905<ref name="Civil War Pension Records"> Civil War Pension Records @ Fold3.com</ref>

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===Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War|Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War===
was in engagments with the Regt. until wounded in the thigh by a rebel musket ball in hospital until he got able to go with Regt. and served with the Regt until discharged & mustered out.  (Still living) P.O. Address Potters Hollow N.Y.
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