Vandenburgh, John E.

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Birth

John E. Vandenburgh was born in Rensselaerville, Albany County, NY in about 1843.[1] He was the son of ______ Vandenburgh and Eliza Ann Fisher. After the death of his father, his mother married James Albro Sweet.

Marriage & Children

He married Helen who was born at about 1859, at about 1875 and had a son, John W. Vandenburgh, who was born in Lansingburgh, NY.

Occupation

John worked as a farmer before he served in the Civil War.[1]


Military Service

Residence: Rensselaerville
Enlistment Date: 22 Jul 1862[1]
Enlistment Place: Albany, New York
Enlistment Rank: Private[1]
State Served: New York
Regiment: 7th Regiment NY Heavy Artillery
Company: Company E[1]
Wounded in Action on: 10 Jun 1864[1]
Wounded at: Cold Harbor, VA[1]
Discharged for Disability on: 22 May 1865[1]
Discharged at: Lovell General Hospital, Portsmouth Grove, RI[1]
Additional Remarks: Enlisted at the age of 19. He was wounded in the left shoulder at Cold Harbor.[1]
Sources Used: Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of NY for the year 1898; Ancestry.com, American Civil War Soldiers and U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles; Keating, Robert, Carnival of Blood: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, Published by Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, Md 1998

Death

John died on May 13, 1922 at Troy, NY.[2]

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Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Keating, Robert, Carnival of Blood: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, Published by Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, Md 1998
  2. Civil War Pension Records @ Fold3.com