Person:Adelbert Mosher (1)

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Adelbert Mosher
d.Abt 1920
m. Abt 1834
  1. Savilla Mosher1833 -
  2. Adelbert Mosher1840 - Abt 1920
  3. Eliza Mosher1845 - 1860
Facts and Events
Name Adelbert Mosher
Gender Male
Birth? 1840 Concord, Erie, New York, United States
Military[1] 20 May 1861 Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, United StatesEnlisted Civil War
Residence[2] 1870 Trumansburg, Tompkins, New York, United States
Residence[3] 1897 Ulysses, Tompkins, New York, United States
Death? Abt 1920
Burial? Concord, Erie, New York, United StatesMortons Corners Rural Cemetery
References
  1. Shortly after the start of the Civil War, he enlisted at age 18 as a Private in Company K, 17th New York Infantry, at Warsaw, NY, on 20 May 1861 for 2 yrs. PVT Mosher mustered into his unit on 24 May and in June went with his unit to Washington DC for duty in that city's defenses. In August, the 17th NY Infantry was assigned to the garrison force at Fort Ellsworth, Alexandria, VA. Sometime that month, PVT Mosher was sent to hospital after "losing his voice." He apparently remained in the hospital when his unit was sent to Hampton Roads, VA in March 1862 for the Peninsula Campaign. On 28 May 1862, PVT Mosher was discharged for disability in Washington, DC and sent back to NY. He married Susan soon after returning home and had a son, Lathan, in 1864.
  2. By 1870 he was living in Trumansburg, Tompkins Co., NY. (Wife) Susan apparently died during this time,
  3. Adelbert married Celia (b Apr 1847, NY) and lived wither her in Ulysses, Tompkins Co.