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==Birth==
Wesley Flagler was born in Westerlo, NY in 1848 or 1849.<ref name="1850Census">1850 US Census, Westerlo, Albany Co, NY</ref><ref name="1860Census">1860 US Census, Westerlo, Albany Co, NY</ref> This birth years are based on 1850 and 1860 US Censuses. However his birth year based on Civil War documents indicate that he was born in about 1846.<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> It is most likely that the censuses were correct and that like many young men during the war, he lied about his age to serve. He appears to have been the eldest child of [[Eli Flagler]] (B. 1820, D.>1860) and his wife Phebe.<ref name="1850Census"/><ref name="1860Census"/> Wesley had several younger brothers and lived among his extended family.<ref name="1860Census"/> It appears that his grandmother Gitty (B. abt 1780) and unmarried Aunt [[Catharine Flagler]] (B. 1808) lived with his family for most of his childhood.<ref name="1850Census"/><ref name="1860Census"/>

==Marriage & Children== 
Wesley appears not to have married.

==Occupation==
Before his enlistment in the Civil War, Wesley worked as a farmer like his father Eli.<ref name="Carnival"/>



==Military Service==
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|Residence:
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|Term of Enlistment:
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|Enlistment Place:
|Troy, NY
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|Private<ref name="Carnival"/>
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|State Served:
|New York
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|'''[[7th Regiment|7th Regiment]]''' NY Heavy Artillery<ref name="Carnival"/>
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|Company M<ref name="Carnival"/>
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|Promotion Date:
|19 May 1864<ref name="Carnival"/>
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|Promotion Rank:
|Corporal<ref name="Carnival"/>
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|Captured on:
|16 June 1864<ref name="Carnival"/>
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|Captured at:
|[[Petersburg|Petersburg]], VA<ref name="Carnival"/>
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|Imprisoned at:
|[[Andersonville|Andersonville]], GA
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|Died of Disease on:
|22 Aug 1864<ref name="Carnival"/>
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|Place of Death:
|Andersonville, GA<ref name="Carnival"/>
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Born in Westerlo in 1849, Age 18, Farmer, Blue eyes, Brown hair, Dark complexion, 5'2" 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 and Andersonville Prisoners of War; [[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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==Life==
Wesley Flagler was born and raised in Westerlo where his father [[Eli Flagler]] owned a farm which he worked.<ref name="1850Census"/><ref name="1860Census"/> Wesley enlisted in the 7th Heavy Artillery Regiment, which over 50% of the Westerlo Civil War soldiers were members.<ref name="AEBishop">Bishop, Thurman Jr., "Historian Recalls Day of Sadness 122 Years Ago" [[Altamont Enterprise|Altamont Enterprise]] Thursday June 19, 1986 page 19.</ref>

==Death==
Wesley Flagler died while imprisoned in the Confederate Andersonville prison on August 22, 1864 of diarrhea and was buried in grave number 6500.<ref name="Carnival"/><ref name="Ancestry">Ancestry Military Databases</ref> He had been admitted to the hospital at Andersonville on August 17th just five days before his death.<ref name="Ancestry"/>

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