Smith, Levi

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Birth

Levi N. Smith was born in Potter's Hollow, Albany County, NY in about 1841.[1]
Levi Smith was born at Potters Hollow on November 21, 1841, a son of Isreal Smith and Fanny Weidman[2]

Marriage & Children

Occupaion

Before he served in the Civil War, Levi worked as a farmer.[1]


Military Service

Residence: Potters Hollow[2]
Place of Birth: Potters Hollow[2]
Date of Birth: 21 Nov 1841[2]
Names of Parents: Israel (Smith) and Fanny Weidman[2]
Marital Status: Single[2]
Occupation: Farmer[2]
Term of Enlistment: 3 years[2]
Bounty Received: $50.00[2]
Enlistment Date: 11 Aug 1862[1]
Enlistment Place: Albany, NY
Enlistment Rank: Private[1]
State Served: New York
Regiment: 7th Regiment NY Heavy Artillery[1][3]
Company: Company I[1]
Transfer Date: 1 Dec 1862
Transferred to: Company F
Captured on: 22 Jun 1864[1]
Captured at: Petersburg, VA or Weldon Railroad[1]
Imprisoned at: Andersonville, GA[1][3][2]
Died of Disease on: 25 Sept 1864[1][3]
Place of Death: Andersonville, GA[1][3]
Additional Remarks: Enlisted at the age of 21[3]. He died of diarrhea and was buried in grave number 9973.[1] "was taken prisoner in Battle of Topotopomy (Totopotomoy Creek) and died a prisoner in Andersonville prison."

Born in Rensselaerville, Age 21, Farmer, Blue eyes, Light hair, Light complexion, 6' tall.[4]

Sources Used: 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;Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War

Death

Levi Smith died of diarrhea while imprisoned at Andersonville prison and was buried in grave number 9973.[1]

Obituary

Additional Research Notes

Additional Media

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


Sources

  1. Jump up to: 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 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. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War
  3. Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Annual Report of the Adjutant-General
  4. NY Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, Ancestry.com Military databases