Person:Peter Freer (1)

Men in Service in 1865, from Delaware Co. genealogy website: FREER, Peter . . . At age 19, a single man, born in Delaware County, he is included in Fam.#106 as a farmer & a child of Anthony D. Freer. He entered military service in Feb. 1864 in the 3rd NY Cavalry for 3 years as a Private. At present, he is a Private in the 3rd NY Cavalry with 21 months of unexpired service.

Civil War Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 21 January 1864 at the age of 20 Enlisted in Company E, 3rd Cavalry Regiment New York on 29 January 1864. Transfered on 12 July 1865 from company E to company F Promoted to Full Saddler on 12 July 1865 Transferred Company E, 3rd Cavalry Regiment New York on 21 July 1865 Transfered in Company H, 1st Mounted Rifles Regiment New York on 21 July 1865. Transferred Company H, 1st Mounted Rifles Regiment New York on 06 September 1865 Transfered in Company H, 4th Prov'l Cavalry Regiment New York on 06 September 1865. Mustered out Company H, 4th Prov'l Cavalry Regiment New York on 29 November 1865 in City Point, VA

Received a pension; his widow did also after his death.

1880 census, Middletown, Delaware Co., NY

1. ↑ widow filed for pension 29 April 1911
2. ↑ Funeral at Arena Advent Christian Church