Person:Almond Knight (16)

BIOGRAPHY: Almond Ray Knight Birth: 21 October 1845-- Sheboygan, Gibbsville, WI Death: 27 October 1861-- Spouse: Cynthia Julia Jordan Parents: Allen Wheaton Knight, Elizabeth Brayton Knight

MILITARY: American Civil War Soldiers February 17, 2004 11:36 AM Name: Almond Knight , Residence: Sheboygan County, Wisconsin Enlistment Date: 28 August 1861 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Wisconsin Unit Numbers: 3070 3070 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 28 August 1861 Enlisted in Company G, 1st Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 28 August 1861. Died of disease Company G, 1st Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 27 November 1861 in West Point, KY Source Information: Historical Data Systems, comp. Military Records of Individual Civil War Soldiers. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1999-. Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA from the following list of works. Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 - Historical Data Systems Inc.P.O. Box 196 Kingston, MA 02364

Captain Ennis Church, Regimental Surgeon 9th Michigan Infantry, U.S.

 Captain Church served as regimental surgeon to the sick solders that cold winter in West Point. For most of the green troops, this was the first time away from home. Wet ground and freezing temperatures made life in the camps miserable. Few of them knew how to make a proper bunk of straw or rails. The many hardships combined with the less than ideal sanitary conditions proved too much for many of the men. 
 A measles epidemic struck the camps and many of the men developed pneumonia as a complication,  in all, 61 men died and were buried on the hill to the south of the fort. 
 The people of West Point opened their homes to these sick men. During this bleak period the Ditto-Lansbury House, on the Northeast corner of  4th & Elm , was pressed into service as a military hospital. 
 It was ironic that in many instances the mothers, wife's, or sisters of the confederate soldiers  who were off fighting for the south were kindly nursing the Yankee Soldiers back to health. 
 Dr. Geoghegan and Dr. Fletcher of West Point assisted Captain Church in this overwhelming crisis. Among the local women who nursed the sick  under these severe conditions were Mrs. Guthrie and Miss Mallie. 
 Col. Duffield, commander of the 9th Michigan,  reported on December 23, 1861 to Brig. Gen. John Robertson, "Our sick list is rapidly decreasing and now shows only 156 instead of the 316 as per enclosed monthly return. I have had all the men and officers of this command vaccinated to guard against a visitation from small Pox which is prevalent in several Brigades now in Kentucky".. 
 Many of wars casualties were not on the battlefield.

In grateful remembrance we honor their service and the ultimate sacrifice of the 61 men that gave their lives while serving the Union at Fort Duffield.

CENSUS: 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Almond R Knight Age: 5 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1845 Birth Place: Wisconsin Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Wilson and Holland, Sheboygan, Wisconsin Household Members: Name Age (Henry Fiske) Knight 0 Allen W Knight 29 Almond R Knight 5 Cynthia A Knight 7 Elizabeth Knight 30 Elizabeth Knight 3 Lucus Knight 3 Luens Knight 3 Maria G Knight 2 Amalia Rhadermaker 25 Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Wilson and Holland, Sheboygan, Wisconsin; Roll: M432_1006; Page: 85; Image: 165.

1860 United States Federal Census Name: Almon R Knight Age in 1860: 14 Birth Year: abt 1846 Birthplace: Wisconsin Home in 1860: Lima, Sheboygan, Wisconsin Gender: Male Post Office: Gibbsville Household Members: Name Age Elizabeth Knight 39 Cyntha b Knight 16 Almon R Knight 14 Lucas W Knight 13 Lucius A Knight 13 Elizabeth A Knight 13 Maria G Knight 11 Henry F Knight 10 Cyrus B Knight 8 Emma L Knight 6 Almoran p Knight 1 Henry Procter 39 Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Lima, Sheboygan, Wisconsin; Roll: M653_1432; Page: 469; Image: 470.