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Birth
Oscar Akely was born in Rensselaerville on January 6, 1841, a son of Leonard and Mary Akely [1] His family moved to Gilboa, Schoharie Co., NY sometime before 1860.
Marriage & Children
Military Service
| Residence: | Gilboa, Schoharie Co., NY[1] |
| Enlistment Date: | 2 Jan 1864[1] |
| Enlistment Place: | Troy, NY[1] |
| Enlistment Rank: | Private[1] |
| State Served: | New York |
| Regiment: | 7th Heavy Artillery [1][2] |
| Company: | M[1] |
| Wounded in Action on: | |
| Wounded at: | Cold Harbor[1] |
| Captured at: | Cold Harbor[2] |
| Imprisoned at: | Libby and Bell Island[2] |
| Muster Out Date: | 31 May 1865 [2] |
| Muster Out Place: |
| Additional Remarks: No record of his service was found in the AG rosters, or in the military databases of Ancestry except the 1890 Veteran’s census and the Town & City registers. No mention was made of his imprisonment in the register. “In Battle of Coal Harbour was severely wounded” [1]
“Wounded right thigh, was in prison, Libby and Bell Island” [2] |
| Sources Used: Town and City Registers of the Men Who Served in the Civil War; 1890 Veteran’s census |
Death
Oscar died in 1908 and was buried at Gilboa in a cemetery that was removed for the dam in 1925.
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