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==Birth==
 
==Birth==
 
Giles Adams was born in Knox or Albany about 1844.
 
Giles Adams was born in Knox or Albany about 1844.

Revision as of 22:16, 23 February 2013

Birth

Giles Adams was born in Knox or Albany about 1844.

Marriage & Children

He was not married.

Military Service

Name:
Residence:
Enlistment Date: 27 Oct 1862
Enlistment Place: Albany, NY
Enlistment Rank: Private
State Served: New York
Regiment: 177th Infantry
Company: Company G
Muster Out Date: 10 Sept 1863
Muster Out Place: Albany, NY
Re-enlistment Date: 7 Dec 1863
Re-enlisted at Albany, NY
Re-enlistment Rank: Private
State Served: New York
Regiment: 7th Heavy Artillery
Company: Company B
Captured on: 23 Nov 1864
Captured at: Reams Station, VA
Imprisoned at: Salisbury, NC
Died of disease: 23 Nov 1864
Place of death: Salisbury, NC
Additional Remarks: Enlisted at the age of 18 to serve 9 months in the 177th Infantry. He was still only 18 when he re-enlisted in the 7th Heavy Artillery to serve 3 years.
Sources Used: Annual Report of the Adjutant General for the State of New York, Regimental Rosters; Ancestry.com military databases

Death

Obituary

Additional Research Notes

Additional Media

Knox - Giles Adams - Muster Roll
Knox - Giles Adams - Muster Roll

New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900 about Giles Adams
Name: Giles Adams
Age: 18
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birth Place: Knox, New York
Enlistment Year: 1862
Enlistment Location: Albany, New York
Muster Year: 1862
Separation Details: Muster Out of Service
Separation Date: 10 Sep 1863


New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900
about Giles Adams
Name: Giles Adams
Age: 18
Birth Year: abt 1845
Birth Place: Albany, New York
Enlistment Year: 1863
Enlistment Location: Albany, New York
Muster Year: 1863
Separation Details: Died
Seperation Date: 23 Nov 1864

Source Citation: New York State Archives, Cultural Education Center, Albany, New York; New York Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900;Archive Collection #:13775-83;Box #:673;Roll #:329.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Original data: Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts of New York State Volunteers, United States Sharpshooters, and United States Colored Troops [ca. 1861-1900]. (microfilm, 1185 rolls). Albany, New York: New York State Archives.


Sources

"United States Census, 1860," Giles Adams, , Schoharie, New York
name: Giles Adams
residence: , Schoharie, New York
ward: Summit
age: 17 years
estimated birth year: 1843
birthplace: New York
gender: Male
page: 80
family number: 301
film number: 803860
dgs number: 4237087
image number: 00438
nara number: M653

Pvt Giles Adams
Birth: 1844
Albany
Albany County
New York, USA
Death: Nov. 23, 1864
Salisbury
Rowan County
North Carolina, USA
Residence: Albany,NY
Enlistment Age-18. Laborer
Enlisted: Oct 27,1862, Albany,NY
Mustered in Nov 21,1862, New York. Private
Mustered into Co "G" 177th NY Infantry
Mustered out Sep 10,1863, Albany,NY.
Dec 10,1863 Mustered into Co "B" 7th NY Heavy Artillery
Died of disease while POW at Salisbury Prison,NC.
POW, Aug 25,1864, Ream's Station,VA
Note: New York Civil War Rosters 1861-1865. Personal Research
Burial:
Salisbury National Cemetery
Salisbury
Rowan County
North Carolina, USA
Plot: "Unknown" Burial Trench
http://www.findagrave.com/

NOTE: A Giles Adams was born the same year and lived in Summit, Schoharie County, NY, but this Giles appears on the 1870 index and so cannot be the Civil War soldier who died in 1864.