Chandler, Nelson D.

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Birth

Marriage & Children

Military Service

Residence: Knox, West Township
Enlistment Date: 26 October 1861
Enlistment Place: Washington, DC
Enlistment Rank: Wagoner
State Served: New York
Regiment: 44th Infantry
Company: A
Service Record: Promoted to Full Privateate (reduced to ranks).
Discharged for Disability on: 27 March 1863
Discharged at: US Military Hospital, Albany, NY
Additional Remarks: Enlisted at age 35.
Sources Used: Ancestry.com\Civil War Soldiers; 1890 Veterans Census; Annual Report of the Adjutant-General for the State of NY for the year 1900

Death

Obituary

Additional Research Notes

Nelson Chandler lived in the City of Albany from 1860 to sometime before 1880. He appeared in the 1890 census for Knox, but was not a hilltown soldier.

Additional Media

Knox - Nelson D. Chandler - Muster Roll

New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900 about Nelson Chandler
Name: Nelson Chandler
Age: 35
Birth Year: abt 1826
Enlistment Year: 1861
Enlistment Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Muster Year: 1861
Separation Details: Discharged
Separation Date: 20 Mar 1863

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 #:163;Roll #:1026-1027.

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.

Census Records

1870 federal; Albany, Ward 2 (Series M593, Roll 898, Page 174)

  • Nelson Chandler 40 Cartman
  • Sarah Chandler 30 Keep House
  • Owen Chandler 11
  • Chas. D. 2


1890 Veterans Schedules about Nelson D Chandler
Veteran's Name: Nelson D Chandler
Home in 1890 (Township, County, State): Knox, Albany, New York
Year enlisted: 1861
Year discharged: 1863
Rank: Private


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