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Birth
Chauncey A. Steiner was born in Middleburg[1], Schoharie Co[2], NY or Berne[3], Albany County, NY in about 1839 to Cornelius Steiner[1][4][2] and his wife Maria E. Wilday[2]. His surname has also been spelled Stiner.[1]
Marriage & Children
Occupation
Before he enlisted in the 7th Heavy Artillery Regiment during the Civil War, Chauncey worked as a shoemaker, which was an occupation he shared with his father.[1]
Military Service
| Residence: | Berne[5] |
| Place of Brith: | Berne[5] |
| Names of Parents: | Cornelius Stiner and Mary Wilday[5] |
| Marital Status: | Single[5] |
| Occupation: | Shoemaker[5] |
| Term of Enlistment: | 3 years[5] |
| Enlistment Date: | 4 Jan 1864 age 25[1] or 5 Jan 1864[3] |
| Enlistment Place: | Albany, NY[5] |
| Enlistment Rank: | Private[1] |
| State Served: | New York |
| Regiment: | 7th Regiment NY Heavy Artillery |
| Company: | M[1][4] or C[3] |
| Captured Place: | Cold Harbor[1] |
| Captured Date: | 2 Jun 1864[1] |
| Death Date: | 13 Aug 1864[1] |
| Death Place: | Andersonville Prison, GA.[1] |
| Additional Remarks: Chauncey Stiner-Enlistment Date: 4 Jan 1864, Enlisted in Company M, 7th Heavy Artillery Regiment New York, Died of disease as a POW at Andersonville, GA. His father Cornelius Steiner enlisted at the same time that he did and in the same Company.[1] His father was 61 yrs old when he enlisted and was the oldest man to serve in the Regiment.[1]" Died while a prisoner at Andersonville Ga. Aug 17, 1864"[5] |
| Sources Used: Heroes of Albany; Ancestry.com, American Civil War Soldiers; 1865 census, Berne, Albany Co., NY; Keating, Robert, Carnival of Blood: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, Published by Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, Md 1998; Civil War Pension Index, Ancestry.com; Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War |
Death
Chauncey died of disease as a POW Company M, 7th Heavy Artillery Regiment New York on 13 Aug 1864 at Andersonville, GA. Robert Keating in the book "Carnival of Blood" records that he died of catarrh.[1] He was buried in grave number 5534 at Andersonville.[1] After his death on June 19, 1871, his father Cornelius Steiner filed for his Civil War pension.[4]
Obituary
Additional Research Notes
Heroes of Albany
CHAUNCEY STEINER, born in Bern, enlisted in Company C, Seventh Regiment, January 5, 1864. He died while a prisoner at Andersonville, August 11, 1864.
Additional Media
Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War
Died while a prisoner at Andersonville Ga. Aug 17, 1864
Sources
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Keating, Robert, Carnival of Blood: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, Published by Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, Md 1998
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bernehistory.org
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Clark, Rufus Wheelwright, "Heroes of Albany; A memorial of the Patriot-martyrs of the City and County", 1867
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Civil War Pension Index, Ancestry.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War
