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Revision as of 23:13, 26 March 2013

Birth

Andrew Jackson Damon was born at about 1830 in Pomphret, Vermont.

Marriage & Children

He married about 1853, Catherine ______, who was born at about 1832. They had one son, Sidney Damon, who was born in Knox at about 1855.

Military Service

Name: Andrew J. Damon
Residence: Knox
Enlistment Date: 2 Aug 1862
Enlistment Place: Knox
Enlistment Rank: Private
State Served: New York
Regiment: 7th Regiment NY Heavy Artillery
Company: Company K
Captured at: Gaines Mills, VA
Captured on: 13 Jun 1864
Imprisoned at: Andersonville, GA
Died of Disease on: 11 Oct 1864
Place of Death: Andersonville, GA
Additional Remarks: Enlisted at the age of 33.
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; 1865 census, Town of Knox, Albany Co., NY.

Death

Obituary

Additional Research Notes

Additional Media

Knox - Andrew J. Damon - Muster Roll

New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900 about Andrew J Damon
Name: Andrew J Damon
Age: 33
Birth Year: abt 1829
Birth Place: Pomphret, Vermont
Enlistment Year: 1862
Enlistment Location: Knox, New York
Muster Year: 1862
Separation Details: Died
Separation Date: 11 Oct 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 #:1087;Roll #:744.

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.

Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York for the Year 1897

DAMON , ANDREW J. — Age, 33 years. Enlisted, August 2, 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 at Gaines Mills, Va., June 13, 1864; died of disease, October 11, 1864, at Andersonville, Ga.

Carnival of Blood: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery

DAMON, ANDREW J. - Born: Pomfret, VT. Age: 33. Occupation: laborer, Enlisted, August 2, 1862, as private in Co. K; captured, June 13, 1864, at Cold Harbor; died of scorbutus, October 11, 1864, at Andersonville, GA. Buried there in grave number 10741.


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