Demaugh, Charles

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Birth

Charles Demaugh was born at Westerlo or Rensselaerville, NY on April 28, 1841, a son of John Demaugh and Susan Dyer[1]

Marriage & Children

He married M. Elizabeth ______ at about 1867 and had the following known children born in Rensselaerville:

  • Susan Demaugh
  • Ella Demaugh

Military Service

Residence: Medusa[2]
Place of Birth: Rensselaerville, NY[2]
Date of Birth: April 1841[2]
Names of Parents: John (Demaugh) and Susan Dyer[2]
Marital Status: Single[2]
Occupation: Farmer[2]
Term of Enlistment: 3 years[3][2]
Bounty Received: $50.00
Enlistment Date: 2 Aug 1862
Enlistment Place: Westerlo or Albany[2]
Enlistment Rank: Private
State Served: New York
Regiment: 7th Regiment NY Heavy Artillery[2][3]
Company: Company K
Deserted on: 13 May 1863[3]
Deserted at: Fort Reno, DC[3]
Additional Remarks: Enlisted at the age of 25 years[3]" Deserted from there in the following Winter. Afterwards arrested as a diserter and escaped by jumping from the cars between Baltimore and Philadelphia"[2]

Born in Westerlo, NY, Age 28, Mason, Gray eyes, Dark hair, Dark complexion, 5'8" tall.[1]

Sources Used: Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of NY for the year 1898; Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War; 1870 census, Nashville, Barry Co., MI

Death

Obituary

Additional Research Notes

Additional Media

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

Deserted from there in the following Winter. Afterwards arrested as a diserter and escaped by jumping from the cars between Baltimore and Philadelphia



Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 NY Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, Ancestry.com Military databases
  2. 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. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Annual Report of the Adjutant-General