need a look up...so our town can get a soldier a headstone.
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Re: need a look up...so our town can get a soldier a headstone.
 dzr130
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Posted: 4 May 2008 5:43PM GMT |
Classification: Query
I think i found your soldier and he was also a sailor
Name: George Gibson
Enlistment Date: 20 Jul 1861
Enlistment Place: New York City, New York
Side Served: Union State Served: New York
Death Date: 30 Oct 1908
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 20 July 1861 at the age of 21.Mustered into Company D, 65th Infantry Regiment New York on 20 Jul 1861.
Promoted to Corporal on 23 Jul 1861.
Promoted to Sergeant on 1 Jun 1863.
Transferred out of Company D, 65th Infantry Regiment New York on 1 Apr 1864.
Transferred into Navy Regiment U.S. Navy on 1 Apr 1864
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He filed for a pension for service in the army on Jan 16,1891,no record of it being approved. (application # 987462. Also notes a Navy # of W.O. 28705)
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Accordong to 1890 Veterans Census Schedule Boston,Suffolk County.Massachusetts.States his address as 158 F. Street.
States Disability incurred as Malaria.States his service as noted above along with a mention of navy service from May 1864 to 1866.Name of ship illegible.
Name: George Gibson
Enlistment Date: 20 Jul 1861
Enlistment Place: New York City, New York
Side Served: Union State Served: New York
Death Date: 30 Oct 1908
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 20 July 1861 at the age of 21.Mustered into Company D, 65th Infantry Regiment New York on 20 Jul 1861.
Promoted to Corporal on 23 Jul 1861.
Promoted to Sergeant on 1 Jun 1863.
Transferred out of Company D, 65th Infantry Regiment New York on 1 Apr 1864.
Transferred into Navy Regiment U.S. Navy on 1 Apr 1864
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He filed for a pension for service in the army on Jan 16,1891,no record of it being approved. (application # 987462. Also notes a Navy # of W.O. 28705)
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Accordong to 1890 Veterans Census Schedule Boston,Suffolk County.Massachusetts.States his address as 158 F. Street.
States Disability incurred as Malaria.States his service as noted above along with a mention of navy service from May 1864 to 1866.Name of ship illegible.