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==Birth==
Lewis W. Cornwell was born in October of 1820 in Albany, NY.<ref name="1900Census">1900 US Census, Nassau, Rensselaer Co, NY</ref><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> His exact birthplace and parents are unknown however he was related to [[Harvey Cornwell]] of Rensselaerville.<ref name="1850Census">1850 US Census, Rensselaerville, Albany Co, NY</ref> His surname has also been spelled Cornwall.

==Marriage & Children== 
In about 1843, he married a woman named Elizabeth (B. Nov 1824), who was known as Betsy and whose maiden name was probably Peck.<ref name="1900Census"/><ref name="1880Census">1880 US Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref> They had a total of six children including:
*[[Stephen H. Cornwell]] (B. abt 1843 Westerlo, D. May 30, 1864)<ref name="1850Census">1850 US Census, Rensselaerville, Albany Co, NY</ref>
*Lucy Cornwell (B. abt 1849, D. after 1860)<ref name="1850Census"/><ref name="1860Census">1860 US Census, Albany Ward 7, Albany Co, NY</ref>
*Elizabeth Cornwell (B. abt 1853, M. bef 1870 unknown Coon, D. after 1870)<ref name="1860Census">1860 US Census, Albany Ward 7, Albany Co, NY</ref><ref name="1870Census">1870 US Census, Nassau, Rensselaer Co, NY</ref>
By 1900 only two of their six children were alive.<ref name="1900Census"/>



==Military Service==
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|Name:
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|Residence:
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|Enlistment Date:
|22 July 1862<ref name="Carnival"/><ref name="AncestryMilitary">Ancestry's Military Databases, www.ancestry.com</ref> or 28 June 1862<ref name="1890Census">1890 US Veterans Census, Nassau, Rensselaer Co, NY</ref>
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|Enlistment Place:
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|Enlistment Rank:
|Private<ref name="Carnival"/><ref name="AncestryMilitary"/>
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|State Served:
|NY
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|Regiment:
|'''[[7th Regiment|7th Regiment]]''' NY Heavy Artillery<ref name="Carnival"/><ref name="AncestryMilitary"/><ref name="Pension"/><ref name="1890Census"/>
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|Company:
|Company G<ref name="Carnival"/><ref name="AncestryMilitary"/><ref name="Pension"/><ref name="1890Census"/>
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|Promotion Date:
|18 August 1862<ref name="Carnival"/><ref name="AncestryMilitary"/>
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|Promotion Rank:
|Sergeant<ref name="Carnival"/><ref name="AncestryMilitary"/>
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|Wounded Date:
|16 June 1864<ref name="Carnival"/><ref name="AncestryMilitary"/>
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|Wounded Place:
|[[Petersburg|Petersburg]], Va.<ref name="Carnival"/><ref name="AncestryMilitary"/>
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|Muster Out Date:
|10 May 1865<ref name="Carnival"/><ref name="AncestryMilitary"/><ref name="1890Census"/>
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|Additional Remarks: His son [[Stephen H. Cornwell]] enlisted in the same regiment two years later and was killed on May 30, 1864.
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|Sources Used: 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; Civil War Pension Index, www.ancestry.com, Ancestry’s Military Databases, www.ancestry.com; 1890 US Veterans Census
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==Life==
Lewis was born in Albany County, but the exact location is unknown.<ref name="Carnival"/> In 1843, Lewis married and his son [[Stephen H. Cornwell]] was born in Westerlo.<ref name="Carnival"/><ref name="1900Census"/> In 1850, Lewis and his young family were living in Rensselaerville, where Lewis was working as a farmer.<ref name="1850Census"/> By 1860, they were living in Ward 7 of the City of Albany where Lewis and his eldest son Stephen were working as laborers.<ref name="1860Census"/> They were living in a two family house.<ref name="1860Census"/> Lewis enlisted in the Civil War in 1862 at the age of 41 years and was quickly promoted to Sergeant. Two years later on January 26, 1864, his son Stephen enlisted in the same regiment and company and was promoted to Corporal. On May 30, 1864, Stephen was killed at Totopotomoy Creek, Va. It is hard to imagine how a father carries on after that, but Lewis did until he was wounded two weeks later on June 16, 1864 at Petersburg, Va. Lewis survived and remained with the regiment until the end of the war. By 1870, Lewis and his family had moved to Nassau, Rensselaer Co, NY where Lewis was working as a farm laborer.<ref name="1870Census">1870 US Census, Nassau, Rensselaer Co, NY</ref> Living with Lewis and his wife Elizabeth or Betsy, were Elisabeth Coon (B. 1853), who was their daughter and Lucina Peck (B. 1802) who was Elizabeth's mother.<ref name="1870Census"/> In 1880, Lewis was still living in Nassau and working as a farmer and his wife Elizabeth had taken a job "making cuffs".<ref name="1880Census">1880 US Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref> Still living with the family was Elizabeth's mother Lucina Peck (B. abt 1802) and their grandson Northrop Northrop (B. abt 1867).<ref name="1880Census"/> Lewis and Elizabeth continued to live in Nassau for the remainder of their lives. In 1890, Lewis was recorded in the US Veterans Census.<ref name="1890Census"/> The same year he filed for an invalid pension based on his Civil War service. In 1900 the US census recorded Lewis and Elizabeth living alone in Nassau in their own home which they owned free of a mortgage.<ref name="1900Census"/> Lewis died about 4 years later at 83 or 84 years of age.<ref name="Pension"/> His wife Elizabeth filed for his Civil War pension on Sept 10th 1904.<ref name="Pension"/>

==Death==
Lewis W. Cornwell died sometime before September 10, 1904 probably in Nassau, Rensselaer Co, NY where he and his wife lived.<ref name="Pension">Civil War Pension Index, www.ancestry.com</ref> His wife Elizabeth filed for his Civil War pension on September 10, 1904.<ref name="Pension"/><br>
Lewis is buried in Nassau, Rensselaer Co., NY at the Radley Road cemetery: 1821-1904.

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