Cornwell, Stephen - Revision history

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Betty: moved Stephen Cornwell to Cornwell, Stephen

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==Birth==
Stephen H. Cornwell was born in about 1843 in Westerlo, Albany County, NY.<ref name="Carnival">Keating, Robert, [[Carnival of Blood]]: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, Published by Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, Md 1998</ref> He was the son of [[Lewis W. Cornwell]] and his wife Elizabeth.<ref name="1850Census">1850 US Census, Rensselaerville, Albany Co, NY</ref><ref name="1860Census">1860 US Census, Albany Ward 7, Albany Co, NY</ref> It appears that Stephen was the oldest of six children, however only two of his siblings were alive by 1900.<ref name="1900Census">1900 US Census, Nassau, Rensselaer Co, NY</ref>
==Marriage & Children== 
It appears that Stephen did not marry before the Civil War.<ref name="USCensus">US Censuses</ref><ref name="Pension">Civil War Pension Index, www.ancestry.com</ref>

==Occupation==
Before he enlisted in the Civil War, Stephen was a distiller.<ref name="Carnival"/>



==Military Service==
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|Residence:
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|Enlistment Date:
|26 Jan 1864<ref name="Carnival"/>
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|Enlistment Place:
|Albany, NY
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|Enlistment Rank:
|Private
|-
|State Served:
|New York
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|Regiment:
|'''[[7th Regiment]]''' NY Heavy Artillery<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|Company:
|Company M or Company G<ref name="Carnival"/>
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|Promotion Date:
|17 Feb 1864<ref name="Carnival"/>
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|Promotion Rank:
|Corporal<ref name="Carnival"/>
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|Killed in Action on:
|30 May 1864<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|Place of Death:
|[[Totopotomoy Creek]], VA<ref name="Carnival"/>
|-
|}
{| style="color:black;background-color:#ccffff;" cellspacing="1" border="2"
|Additional Remarks: Enlisted at the age of 21. He enlisted in the same regiment as his father [[Lewis W. Cornwell]].

Born in Westerlo, Age 21, Distiller, Black eyes, Black hair, Dark complexion, 5'8-1/2" tall.<ref name="Muster Roll Abstracts"> NY Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, Ancestry.com Military databases</ref>
|-
|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
|}

==Life==
Stephen was born in Westerlo, Albany County, NY in about 1843. In 1850, he was living with his parents and younger sister in Rensselaerville, Albany Co, NY, where his father was a farmer.<ref name="1850Census"/> A decade later in 1860, his family had moved to the city of Albany where Stephen and his father both worked as laborers.<ref name="1860Census"/> Two years after that, on July 22, 1862, Stephen's father [[Lewis W. Cornwell]] enlisted at a private in Company G of the 7th NY Heavy Artillery Regiment.<ref name="AncestryMilitary">Ancestry's Military Databases, www.ancestry.com</ref> A month later his father was promoted to Sgt.<ref name="AncestryMilitary"/> Stephen then joined the same regiment as his father on January 26, 1864.<ref name="AncestryMilitary"/>

==Death==
Stephen H. Cornwell died on May 30, 1864 at Totopotomoy Creek, Virginia while serving as a Corporal in the 7th Heavy Artillery.<ref name="Carnival"/> His father [[Lewis W. Cornwell]] was wounded two weeks later on June 16, 1864 at Petersburg, however he survived the war and mustered out on May 10, 1865. Stephen's mother Elizabeth applied for his Civil War pension on September 27, 1868.<ref name="Pension">Civil War Pension Index, www.ancestry.com</ref>

==Obituary== 


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 Born in Westerlo, Age 21, Distiller, Black eyes, Black hair, Dark complexion, 5'8-1/2" 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; [[Annual Report of the Adjutant-General]] of the State of NY for the year 1898; Keating, Robert, [[h: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
+|Sources Used: Ancestry.com, American Civil War Soldiers; [[h:Annual Report of the Adjutant-General|Annual Report of the Adjutant-General]] of the State of NY for the year 1898; Keating, Robert, [[h: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
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 ==Birth==
-<!-- Enter Birth Information Here -->Stephen H. Cornwell was born in about 1843 in Westerlo, Albany County, NY.<ref name="Carnival">Keating, Robert, [[Carnival of Blood]]: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, Published by Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, Md 1998</ref>  He was the son of [[Lewis W. Cornwell]] and his wife Elizabeth.<ref name="1850Census">1850 US Census, Rensselaerville, Albany Co, NY</ref><ref name="1860Census">1860 US Census, Albany Ward 7, Albany Co, NY</ref>  It appears that Stephen was the oldest of six children, however only two of his siblings were alive by 1900.<ref name="1900Census">1900 US Census, Nassau, Rensselaer Co, NY</ref>
+<!-- Enter Birth Information Here -->Stephen H. Cornwell was born in about 1843 in Westerlo, Albany County, NY.<ref name="Carnival">Keating, Robert, [[h: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>  He was the son of [[Lewis W. Cornwell]] and his wife Elizabeth.<ref name="1850Census">1850 US Census, Rensselaerville, Albany Co, NY</ref><ref name="1860Census">1860 US Census, Albany Ward 7, Albany Co, NY</ref>  It appears that Stephen was the oldest of six children, however only two of his siblings were alive by 1900.<ref name="1900Census">1900 US Census, Nassau, Rensselaer Co, NY</ref>
 ==Marriage & Children== <!--DELETE THIS LINE IF NOT NEEDED-->
 <!-- Add Information on Marriage and Children -->It appears that Stephen did not marry before the Civil War.<ref name="USCensus">US Censuses</ref><ref name="Pension">Civil War Pension Index, www.ancestry.com</ref>
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 Born in Westerlo, Age 21, Distiller, Black eyes, Black hair, Dark complexion, 5'8-1/2" 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; [[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
+|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, [[h: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
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