Showing posts with label New Jersey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Jersey. Show all posts

Friday, February 2, 2018

Corporal James Oliver of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Corporal James Oliver (1838* - )



Enlisted from Salem County, NJ on 19 March 1863. He was 25 years old, married and working as a waiter.

Discharged 21 September 1865 from Boston.

Last known location: Newark, NJ.

* Birth year calculated from age at enlistment.

Saturday, January 27, 2018

Private Charles C. Hankerson of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private Charles C. Hankerson (1836 - 21 August 1906)


Enlisted from Burlington, NJ on 26 March 1863. He was listed as 23 years old at his enlistment (which would give a birth year of 1840), single and working as a farmer.

Wounded 30 November 1864 at Honey Hill, SC.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

His grave is at Mount Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery in Lawnside, NJ.

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Sunday, January 7, 2018

Private William Haines of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Private William Haines (1844 - )

Enlisted from Schuylkill County, PA on 12 April 1863. He was 19, married and working as a boatman.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

Last known location: Atlantic City, NJ.

Possible grave in Vincentown Methodist Cemetery in Vincentown, NJ, engraved as "William D Haines 1844-1926" More research needed.