Person:Philip Foster (3)

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Philip Henry Foster
b.1835 East Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut, USA
d.17 Sep 1862 Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland, USA
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m. 26 Apr 1830
  1. Amos M. FosterAbt 1835 - 1865
  2. Philip Henry Foster1835 - 1862
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m. 3 Mar 1861
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Philip Henry Foster
Alt Name[3] Philip N Foster
Alt Name[4] Philip H Foster
Gender Male
Birth[5] 1835 East Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut, USA
Marriage 3 Mar 1861 Vernon, Tolland, Connecticutto Sarah Minerva Beach
Military[4] 15 Jul 1862
Residence[4] Vernon, Connecticut, USA
Death? 17 Sep 1862 Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland, USA
Alt Death[2] 17 Sep 1862 Antietam, Maryland
Alt Death[3] 17 Sep 1862 MD
Burial[6] Vernon, Tolland, Connecticut
Other? Mount Hope Cemetery Name:
Other[3] MDBURIAL
Other[2] Served In The Civil War.military Event

Foster book states Philip was a Civil War casuality, Co. B, 16 Regiment CT. 16th Regiment Infantry "Plymouth Pilgrims" Organized at Hartford August 24, 1862. Moved to Washington, D.C., August 29-31. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Getty's Division, Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to January, 1864. District of Albemarle, N. C., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina, to April, 1864. Defenses of Newberne, N. C, Dept. Virginia and North Carolina, to January, 1865. Roanoke Island, N. C., Dept. North Carolina, to June, 1865. SERVICE.--Maryland Campaign September-October, 1862. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17. Duty in Pleasant Valley, Md., October 27. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 27-November 17. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. Moved to Newport News February 6-9, thence to Suffolk March 13. Siege of Suffolk April 12-May 4. Edenton Road April 24. Providence Church Road and Nansemond River May 3. Siege of Suffolk raised May 4. Reconnaissance to the Chickahominy June 9-17. Dix's Peninsula Campaign June 24-July 7. Expedition from White House to South Anna River July 1-7. Moved to Portsmouth, Va. Duty there and at Norfolk January, 1864. Skirmish at Harrellsville January 20 (Detachment). Moved to Morehead City, thence to Newberne and Plymouth January 24-28. Skirmish at Windsor January 30. Duty at Newberne February 2 to March 20, and at Plymouth, N. C., April. Siege of Plymouth April 17-20. Captured April 20, and prisoners of war March, 1865. Those not captured on duty at Newberne and Roanoke Island, N. C., June, 1865. Mustered out June 24, 1865. Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 76 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 240 Enlisted men by disease. Total 325. The above from civilwararchive.com.

Foster, Philip H.; Private, Company B; Residence, Vernon, Connecticut; Enlisted July 15, 1862; Mustered August 24, 1862; Killed in Action, Antietam, MD, September 17, 1862. The above from American Civil War on the internet.

References
  1. ↑ Naomi Foster. Foster, William Genealogy. (Name: Date: 1984;;).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees. (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;)
    Database online.

    Record for Philip Henry Foster http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=606

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006. (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator.Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator;)
    Database online.

    Record for Philip N Foster

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles (1). (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;;)
    Database online.

    Record for Philip H Foster

  5. ↑ LDS.
  6. ↑ Www.findagrave.com/.
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