Person:Jasper Hollenbeck (1)

Private Jasper Hallenbeck enlisted as a private in Company C of the 81st New York Infantry (also known as the "2nd Oswego Regiment" or "Mohawk Rangers") of the Union Army on October 23, 1861 at Ohio, New York.
He died at the Warwick Courthouse in Williamsburg, VA 6 May 1862. He was 24 years old. It is not yet clear whether he died as a result of battle wounds or disease. He was discharged as a Sergeant

SERVICE.--Duty at Kalorama Heights, Defenses of Washington, D.C., March 7-13, 1862. Moved to the Peninsula, Va., March 28. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Reconnaissance toward Lee's Mills April 29. Battle of Williamsburg May 5

Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
State Served: New York
Unit Numbers: 1584 1584

Service Record:
Enlisted as a Private on 23 October 1861 at the age of 24
Enlisted in Company C, 81st Infantry Regiment New York on 13 November 1861.
Died Company C, 81st Infantry Regiment New York on 06 May 1862 in Warwick Court House, VA

In 1862 and 1866, widow and minor penion papers were filed for Jasper Hallenbeck of Co. C., 81st Inf. the widow's name was Elizabeth Hallenbeck and the minor's name was E. C. Davenport, "Gdn." The widow filed in 1862 and the minor filed in 1866.

The pension information came to me from Lisa Slaski, the rootsweb coordinator for the Town of Ohio, Herkimer Co., NY. Many thanks to the folks at the Herkimer County Rootsweb web site.

Jasper had a son named Lincoln Hollenbeck born in 1861. He's listed as stepson of William Davenport, husband of Elizabeth Davenport in Russia, Herkimer, NY in the 1880 census