Duel, Levi

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Levi Duel grave stone at Andersonville (misspelled Levi Dull)<br.>2002 photo by Ken Coons, J

Birth

Levi was born in Wright, Schoharie County at about 1841, a son of John and Olivia Duel.

Marriage & Children

Military Service

Name: Levi Dull
Residence: Knox
Enlistment Date: 1 Aug 1862
Enlistment Place: Knox
Enlistment Rank: Private
State Served: New York
Regiment: 7th Regiment NY Heavy Artillery
Company: Company K
Captured at: Petersburg, VA
Captured on: 16 Jun 1864
Imprisoned at: Andersonville, GA
Died of Disease on: 18 Aug 1864
Death Place: Andersonville, GA
Additional Remarks: Enlisted at age 21. Name also spelled Duel and Duell
Sources Used: Ancestry.com, American Civil War Soldiers and Andersonville Prisoners of War; Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of NY for the year 1898

Death

Levi Duel was captured, June 16, 1864, at Petersburg; died of diarrhoea, August 18, 1864, at Andersonville, GA. Buried there in grave number 6087.

Obituary

Additional Research Notes

Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War

New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900

Knox - Levi Duel - Muster Roll

New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900 about Levi Duel[1]
Name: Levi Duel
(Levi Dull)
Age: 21
Birth Year: abt 1841
Birth Place: Wright, New York
Enlistment Year: 1862
Enlistment Location: Knox, New York
Muster Year: 1862
Separation Details: Died
Separation Date: 18 Aug 1864

Civil War Record Summaries

Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York

7th NY HEavy Artillery
DULL, LEVI — Age, 21 years. Enlisted, August 1, 1862, at Knox; mustered in as private, Co. K, Seventh Artillery (originally One Hundred and Thirteenth Infantry), August 18, 1862, to serve three years; captured, June 16, 1864, near Petersburg, Va.; died of disease, August 18, 1864, at Andersonville, Ga ; also borne Duel and Duell.

1890 Veterans Schedules for Knox

History of the County of Albany - Tenney and Howell

Heroes of Albany

Carnival of Blood

DULL, LEVI - Born: Wright, NY. Age:21. Occupation: laborer. Enlisted, August 1, 1862, as private in Co. K.; captured, June 16, 1864, at Petersburg; died of diarrhoea, August 18, 1864, at Andersonville, GA. Buried there in grave number 6087. Also borne as Duel and Duell.

Census Records

Additional Media

Military records at the National Archives contain the actual enlistment papers signed by him personally; muster log extracts covering two years that reflect him going from present for duty, to missing in action 16 Jun 1864, to "captured by the enemy," to died at Andersonville, GA, with grave number. There are several documents related to the confirmation of his death as a POW, and subsequent discharge in that status. The muster in log contains a physical description at enlistment: 21 years, 5'9" with brown hair, dark complexion.

History of Schoharie County, New York, 1713-1882 with illusustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Published 1882 by D. Mason in Syracuse, N.Y .

Levi Duel, private, Company K, 7th N. Y. Heavy Artillery; born in the town of Schoharie, in 1841; enlisted August 4, 1862 ; was captured during the battle in front of Petersburgh, and died in Andersonville prison, August 15, 1864.

Sources

  1. www.Ancestry.com