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Revision as of 11:19, May 15, 2022
Birth
Charles Palmer was born in about 1841 in Rensselaerville, Albany County, NY.[1] He was a son of Peter Palmer and Margaret Potter[2], and a brother to Humphrey Palmer
Marriage & Children
Occupation
Charles was a farmer before he served in the Civil War.[1]
Military Service
| Residence: | Rensselaerville |
| Enlistment Date: | 4 Dec 1863[1] |
| Enlistment Place: | Albany, New York |
| Enlistment Rank: | Private[1] |
| State Served: | New York |
| Regiment: | 7th Regiment NY Heavy Artillery |
| Company: | Company H |
| Transferred: | Company F[1] |
| Transferred on: | 2 Jan 1865 |
| Deserted on: | 7 Jan 1865[1] |
| Additional Remarks: Enlisted at the age of 20 or 22[1]. No location for his desertion is given.[1] DO NOT confuse him with Charles G. Palmer who was born in Albany, was about 2 yrs older and served in Company C.[1]
Born Rensselaerville, Age 22, Farmer, Blue eyes, Black hair, Dark complexion, 5'9" tall.[3] |
| Sources Used: Ancestry.com, American Civil War Soldiers; Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of NY for the year 1898; Keating, Robert, Carnival of Blood: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, Published by Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, Md 1998 |
Death
Obituary
Additional Research Notes
Additional Media
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Keating, Robert, Carnival of Blood: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, Published by Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, Md 1998
- ↑ Palmer Families in America, Compiled and arranged by Hon. Horace Wilbur Palmer;Edited by Nellie Morse Palmer (Mrs. Horace Wilbur Palmer)
- ↑ NY Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, Ancestry.com Military databases
