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==Birth==
 
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John was born on April 30, 1829 in Sharon, Schoharie Co., NY, the son of John Crounse and Margaret Van Aernam.
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John was born on April 30, 1829 in Sharon, Schoharie Co., NY, the son of John Crounse (1793 – 1885) and Margaret VanArnhem (1799 – 1884). His siblings were:
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*Ann Eliza Crounse (1816 – )
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*Henry VanArnhem Crounse (1819 – 1899)
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*Jane Ann Crounse (1820 – 1893)
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*Lorenzo Crounse (1834 – 1909)
  
 
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==Military Service==
 
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==Death==
 
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It is reported that his remains were brought back to his family and that he was buried in the family plot at Slate Hill Cemetery in Sharon,but no marker exists there for him.
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John Q. A. Crounse died of disease, November 13, 1864, at Alexandria, Va. (Baptist hospital at Alexandria, Virginia, where, on the 12 of November, 1864, he died.) It is reported that his remains were brought back to his family and that he was buried in the family plot at Slate Hill Cemetery in Sharon,but no marker exists there for him.
  
 
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==='''[[h:Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War|Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War]]'''===
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'''New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 about John Q A Crounse<ref name="ANC">www.Ancestry.com</ref><br>'''
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Name: John Q A Crounse<br>
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Residence Place: Albany, New York<br>
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Enlistment Location: Albany, Albany, New York<br>
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Regiment: 11th New York Battery<br>
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Rank: Private<br>
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Race: White<br>
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Marital Status: Single<br>
  
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==='''[[h:New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900|New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900]]'''===
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==='''Civil War Record Summaries'''===
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'''U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles about John Q. A. Crounse<br>'''
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Name: John Q. A. Crounse<br>
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Residence: Albany, New York<br>
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Age at enlistment: 28<br>
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Enlistment Date: 31 Jul 1862<br>
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Rank at enlistment: Private<br>
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Enlistment Place: Albany, New York<br>
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State Served: New York<br>
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Survived the War?: No<br>
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Service Record: Enlisted in the New York 11th Light Artillery Battery on 31 Jul 1862.Mustered out on 13 Nov 1864 at Alexandria, VA.<br>
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Birth Date: abt 1834<br>
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Sources: New York: Report of the Adjutant-General<br>
  
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'''U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 about John Q.A. Crouse<br>'''
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Name: John Q.A. Crouse<br>
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Side: Union<br>
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Regiment State/Origin: New York<br>
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Regiment Name: 11 Indpt. Battery, N.Y.L. Art'y.<br>
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Regiment Name Expanded: 11th Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery<br>
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Rank In: Private<br>
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Rank In Expanded: Private<br>
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Rank Out: Private<br>
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Rank Out Expanded: Private<br>
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Film Number: M551 roll 31<br>
  
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'''American Civil War Soldiers about John Crounse<br>'''
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'''JOHN QUINCY ADAMS CROUNSE OF KNOX
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Name: John Crounse<br>
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Enlistment Date: 31 Jul 1862<br>
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Enlistment Place: Albany, New York<br>
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Side Served: Union<br>
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State Served: New York<br>
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Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 31 July 1862 at the age of 28.<br>
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Enlisted in 11th Light Artillery Regiment New York on 31 Jul 1862.<br>
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Died of disease 11th Light Artillery Regiment New York on 13 Nov 1864 at Alexandria, VA.<br>
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Sources: 14<br>
  
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''John Quincy Adams Crouse was the son of John Crouse and Margaret Van Aernam.  He was born on the 30th day of April, 1829, in the town of Sharon, county of Schoharie.
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==='''[[h:Annual Report of the Adjutant-General|Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York]]'''===
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CROUNSE, JOHN Q. A. — Age, 28 years. Enlisted, July 31, 1862, at Albany; mustered in as private, July 31,1862, to serve three
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years; died of disease, November 13, 1864, at Alexandria, Va,; also borne as Crouse.  
  
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''He was from youth a person of correct habits, and as soon as he attained that age in which young men of purpose naturally decide for themselves, he became anxious to obtain a thorough education, and as far as opportunity and means would admit, he diligently pursued his purpose.
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Knox - John Quincy Adams Crounse, Eleventh or Havelock Battery; died in service.  
  
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''From his early years he suffered greatly from dyspepsia, and this finally broke him down, while he was connected with the army.  Those who knew him best were apprehensive, at the time of his entering the military service, that his constitution would give way under the severities of camp life; and so, alas! it finally proved.
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*[[Heroes of Albany - John Quincy Adams Crouse]]
  
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''John was a youth of great industry and energy, and at several academies and seminaries, he prosecuted his studies with diligence and enthusiasm.
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==Census Records==
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|'''1850 United States Federal Census about John Q A Crounse<ref name="ANC">www.Ancestry.com</ref><br>'''
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Name: John Q A Crounse<br>
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Age: 21<br>
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Birth Year: abt 1829<br>
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Home in 1850: Seward, Schoharie, New York<br>
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Gender: Male<br>
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Family Number: 173<br>
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Household Members: <br>
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Name Age<br>
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John Crounse 57<br>
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Margaret Crounse 54<br>
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Lorenzo Crounse 16<br>
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'''John Q A Crounse 21<br>'''
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Mary E Van vost 23<br>
  
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''He graduated at Union College, and was familiar with various branches of mathematics, and different languages. He was particularly well informed in the German and French languages, to which he gave special attention.  His habits of reading and study led him to collect scientific and literary works, and when he entered the army, he accumulated quite a large and valuable library.
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|'''1860 United States Federal Census about John J Q A Crounse<ref name="ANC">www.Ancestry.com</ref><br>'''
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Name: John J Q A Crounse<br>
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Age in 1860: 28<br>
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Birth Year: abt 1832<br>
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Birthplace: New York<br>
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Home in 1860: Cobleskill, Schoharie, New York<br>
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Gender: Male<br>
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Post Office: Schoharie<br>
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Value of real estate: View image<br>
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Household Members: <br>
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Name Age<br>
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Mathew Freeman 44<br>
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Jane C Freeman 34<br>
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John W Freeman 13<br>
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Charles H Freeman 11<br>
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Jane E Freeman 9<br>
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Anna Bell Freeman 7<br>
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Harriett Adell Freeman 5<br>
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Eliza B Freeman 72<br>
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Ellen Obrien 16<br>
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'''John J Q A Crounse 28<br>'''
  
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''His political opinions were of the most decided character, and they were the result of thought and honest convictions.  He made many speeches and wrote a great deal for the advancement of the cause of freedom.  He never understood either the wisdom or statesmanship, in the idea often advanced by others, that because a man was ignorant and defenseless, therefore he should be made a slave.  He supposed that one great object of all true governments was to keep the strong and powerful, from usurping the rights and privileges of the weak.
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''To a mind imbued with such principles, it was perfectly natural, when the slave holders inaugurated the rebellion for the purpose of establishing an empire, the corner stone of which edifice should be slavery, that he should be against the conspiracy, and all who in any way aided or sympathized with the plot, and the overthrow of the government.
 
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''As early as May 4, 1861, while he was attending Union College, he wrote to his parents at Sharon, in which letter he first intimated a desire to enter the service. He said:
 
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:''“I reached Schenectady Tuesday afternoon, at two o’clock, and, on arriving at college, found almost every body talking of enlisting for the war.  I was asked to volunteer myself, and said I would think about it.  I have thought about it, and have come to the conclusion that, f it meets with your approbation, I will enlist.  Prof. Peissner is organizing a company, which he will take command of himself.  Quite a number of the students have already gone, and more will follow, to the seat of war.”
 
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''His worthy and venerable parents, although not less zealous in the cause than their son, could not be prevailed upon to consent to his going.  They had already yielded to the importunities of one son, who was, at that time, in the military service; but in this case they were apprehensive of the results, as they fully realized that John could not endure the hardships of war.  Therefore they dissuaded him from the undertaking, and he yielded to their request.
 
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''After he left college he became a teacher in the academy at Knoxville, Albany county, and taught there for some time, to the entire satisfaction of all.  He raised that institution to a very prosperous and thriving condition.  But the situation of the country still preyed upon his mind, and he felt that he ought to make sacrifices as well as others.  He saw his comrades and associates going to the scenes of conflict and of danger, and he could resist no longer.  Contrary to the expectations and wishes of all his patrons, at the close of the term, when the school was in the most prosperous condition, he came to Albany, and in the month of July, 1862, enlisted as a private in the Eleventh New York Havelock Battery, for three years.  There was no difficulty at that time in his getting a commission in some other company then forming, but he chose to go as a private in this battery, as the younger men composing it, were represented as persons of correct moral and religious habits.
 
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''He left Albany almost the same day he enlisted, and became very soon engaged in active service.  He was with the Army of the Potomac, and participated in nearly all the battles in Virginia.  He was also at the battle of Gettysburg, in which the battery performed a very active part.  He possessed courage of the highest order; a courage sustained by strong moral convictions; and under all circumstances he was a faithful soldier.
 
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''But the forces of his constitution were gradually giving away, under the severe hardships and exciting dangers that he was called to encounter.
 
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''He was in the terrible battle at Chancellorsville, and he said in writing to a friend, that the Sunday, on which that battle fought, was to him, one of the most terrible days he ever saw on earth.  The continuous roar of cannon; the fierceness of the conflict, and the awful carnage of the day very deeply affected him.  While he was in camp, he still cherished his fondness for study.  He wrote several times to a friend at Albany, for some French and German books, that he might review some of his favorite studies. 
 
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''It was evident from letters received by his friends, that he was conscious that the hardships of camp life were destroying his health, and he was induced to seek for a position of a teacher of the freedmen, which, unfortunately, for some reason, he did not obtain.  Could he have been assigned to some responsible position in that department in time, his life might have been saved, and the cause of human freedom would have had a most faithful and efficient champion; one whose whole head and heart would have been most earnestly engaged, in elevating and directing the minds of an oppressed  people.  He, however, gradually sunk under the service, until almost reduced to a skeleton; when he was removed from City Point to the Baptist hospital at Alexandria, Virginia, where, on the 12 of November, 1864, he died.
 
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''About two weeks before his death, a telegram was sent to his parents at Sharon, Schoharie county, informing them of his condition.  His father was, at the time, in Nebraska territory on business; but his aged and venerable mother, although feeble in health, hastened to his relief, and for nearly two weeks had the consolation of alleviating his sufferings.
 
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''During his protracted illness, his patience and fortitude never forsook him.  He expressed his perfect trust in God, and his reliance upon divine mercy.  On the day of his death, he requested the principal nurse to tell his mother to stay with him that night, for he thought that the crisis with him was near.  And so it proved.  His last words to his mother were:  “Be composed for all is bright with me,”  Then, in a strong tone of voice, he added, “Tell my friends I die like a man in my country’s cause, and am not afraid to die.” 
 
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''His mother caused his remains to be embalmed, and they were taken to Sharon, where his funeral was attended by a very large circle of friends.  He was buried near and in full view of the home of his aged and afflicted parents, in a quiet rural cemetery, where the roar of hostile cannon, the conflict of fierce passions, and the oppressions of the  poor and the weak of the earth, will never disturb him more.
 
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''His relatives in Albany county, in remembrance of his patriotism and his many noble and manly virtues, have recently, by voluntary subscription, raised a fund by which a suitable monument has been erected in his memory.   
 
  
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Knox during the Civil War

Birth

John was born on April 30, 1829 in Sharon, Schoharie Co., NY, the son of John Crounse (1793 – 1885) and Margaret VanArnhem (1799 – 1884). His siblings were:

  • Ann Eliza Crounse (1816 – )
  • Henry VanArnhem Crounse (1819 – 1899)
  • Jane Ann Crounse (1820 – 1893)
  • Lorenzo Crounse (1834 – 1909)

Marriage & Children

John did not marry.

Occupation

He was an 1857 graduate of Union College, and he was teaching at the Knox Academy when he enlisted in the army.

Military Service

11th Light Artillery Battle Flag
Residence: Knox
Enlistment Date: 31 Jul 1862
Enlistment Place: Albany, New York
Enlistment Rank: Private
State Served: New York
Regiment: 11th Light Artillery
Died of Disease on: 13 Nov 1864
Place of Death: Alexandria, VA
Additional Remarks: Enlisted at the age of 28
Sources Used: Ancestry.com, American Civil War Soldiers

Death

John Q. A. Crounse died of disease, November 13, 1864, at Alexandria, Va. (Baptist hospital at Alexandria, Virginia, where, on the 12 of November, 1864, he died.) It is reported that his remains were brought back to his family and that he was buried in the family plot at Slate Hill Cemetery in Sharon,but no marker exists there for him.

Obituary

Additional Research Notes

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

New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 about John Q A Crounse[1]
 Name: John Q A Crounse
Residence Place: Albany, New York
Enlistment Location: Albany, Albany, New York
Regiment: 11th New York Battery
Rank: Private
Race: White
Marital Status: Single

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

Not located.

Civil War Record Summaries

U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles about John Q. A. Crounse
 Name: John Q. A. Crounse
Residence: Albany, New York
Age at enlistment: 28
Enlistment Date: 31 Jul 1862
Rank at enlistment: Private
Enlistment Place: Albany, New York
State Served: New York
Survived the War?: No
Service Record: Enlisted in the New York 11th Light Artillery Battery on 31 Jul 1862.Mustered out on 13 Nov 1864 at Alexandria, VA.
Birth Date: abt 1834
Sources: New York: Report of the Adjutant-General

U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 about John Q.A. Crouse
 Name: John Q.A. Crouse
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: New York
Regiment Name: 11 Indpt. Battery, N.Y.L. Art'y.
Regiment Name Expanded: 11th Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M551 roll 31

American Civil War Soldiers about John Crounse
 Name: John Crounse
Enlistment Date: 31 Jul 1862
Enlistment Place: Albany, New York
Side Served: Union
State Served: New York
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 31 July 1862 at the age of 28.
Enlisted in 11th Light Artillery Regiment New York on 31 Jul 1862.
Died of disease 11th Light Artillery Regiment New York on 13 Nov 1864 at Alexandria, VA.
Sources: 14

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

CROUNSE, JOHN Q. A. — Age, 28 years. Enlisted, July 31, 1862, at Albany; mustered in as private, July 31,1862, to serve three years; died of disease, November 13, 1864, at Alexandria, Va,; also borne as Crouse.

History of the County of Albany - Tenney and Howell

Knox - John Quincy Adams Crounse, Eleventh or Havelock Battery; died in service.

Heroes of Albany

Census Records

1850 United States Federal Census about John Q A Crounse[1]

Name: John Q A Crounse
Age: 21
Birth Year: abt 1829
Home in 1850: Seward, Schoharie, New York
Gender: Male
Family Number: 173
Household Members:
Name Age
John Crounse 57
Margaret Crounse 54
Lorenzo Crounse 16
John Q A Crounse 21
 Mary E Van vost 23

 1860 United States Federal Census about John J Q A Crounse[1]

Name: John J Q A Crounse
Age in 1860: 28
Birth Year: abt 1832
Birthplace: New York
Home in 1860: Cobleskill, Schoharie, New York
Gender: Male
Post Office: Schoharie
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Mathew Freeman 44
Jane C Freeman 34
John W Freeman 13
Charles H Freeman 11
Jane E Freeman 9
Anna Bell Freeman 7
Harriett Adell Freeman 5
Eliza B Freeman 72
Ellen Obrien 16
John J Q A Crounse 28

Additional Media

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 www.Ancestry.com
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