Gilbert, Elijah C.

1839 - 1864  (25 years)

• Name	Gilbert, Elijah C.  [1, 2]
  	from Soldiers Memorial, Coudersport, PA- SHARON Edwin A. Starkweather Alfred Chapel John S. Hulbert Levi R. Preston Charles McKenster Harlow Mead Jacob Burbank Charles Terrett Spencer Press William H. Brightman Joseph Pierce Peter Rockefellow William E. Rockefellow Millard Hopkins Winfield Hopkins Richard Matteson Cyrus Warner Roscoe Warner David Terwilliger Beniah Terwilliger John Covert Alvin W. Kinney Henry Mattison Robert Bessy William Hitchcock Edmund Duel James W. Vesper Charles H. Johnson William Peterson Henry Goble Henry Carpenter George H. Barnes Monroe Barnes Edward Burslem John Haynes Welcome S. Coats Elisha T. Blanchard Lyman Allen Ed. Griffith Frank Norwood Allen C. Barnes Lot Crawford Elijah C. Gilbert Mendall C. Whitney George White Marvin Corwin Hiram Pierce Henry Hitchcock Kingsley Snyder William H. Hanyan Elmer D. Kellogg John Reckhow Lewis A. Wood Stratton Blanchard Fred VanLiew Wilder Wheeler William S. Moore Marion Sherwood James B. Perry Charles Christman John Tompkins John Hay Hosea Perrin Nichols Bradley Volney Mix Horace Pratt Abel B. Sparks Mendall L. Wilson
  Birth	11 Feb 1839	Sharon Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1860	Sharon Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
  Residence	Bef 14 Sep 1861	Bolivar, Allegany, New York, USA   [1]
  	Marital Status: Married
  	20190916HAv- pasted from Source Notes: Elijah C Gilbert in the New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 Name: Elijah C Gilbert Birth Date: 11 Feb 1839 Birth Place: Sharon, Pennsylvania Father: Ira Gilbert Mother: Eliza Leonard Residence Place: Bolivar Enlistment Date: 14 Sep 1861 Enlistment Location: Bolivar, Allegany, New York Regiment: 85th Infantry Company: D Rank: Private Race: White Marital Status: Married re-enlisted: January 1864 previous occupation: farmer battles: Fair Oaks McClellan's Seven Days captured: Plymoth POW: Andersonville death: starved to death 25 July 1864 in Andersonville widow's address: So. Boliver, NY Source Citation New York State Archives; Albany, New York; Town Clerks´ Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865; Collection Number: (N-Ar)13774; Box Number: 2; Roll Number: 1 Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1865-1867. Microfilm publication, 37 rolls. New York State Archives. Albany, New York.
  _MILT	14 Sep 1861	Bolivar, Allegany, New York, USA   [1]
  	Age: 22
  captured	Abt 20 Apr 1864	Plymouth, Washington, North Carolina, USA
  	captured in Plymouth; cf. Battle of Plymouth, in Notes.
  	20190916HAv- pasted from Source Notes: Elijah C Gilbert in the New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 Name: Elijah C Gilbert Birth Date: 11 Feb 1839 Birth Place: Sharon, Pennsylvania Father: Ira Gilbert Mother: Eliza Leonard Residence Place: Bolivar Enlistment Date: 14 Sep 1861 Enlistment Location: Bolivar, Allegany, New York Regiment: 85th Infantry Company: D Rank: Private Race: White Marital Status: Married re-enlisted: January 1864 previous occupation: farmer battles: Fair Oaks McClellan's Seven Days captured: Plymoth POW: Andersonville death: starved to death 25 July 1864 in Andersonville widow's address: So. Boliver, NY Source Citation New York State Archives; Albany, New York; Town Clerks´ Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865; Collection Number: (N-Ar)13774; Box Number: 2; Roll Number: 1 Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1865-1867. Microfilm publication, 37 rolls. New York State Archives. Albany, New York. ___________ Battle of Plymouth (1864) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the engagement during the American Civil War. For the naval battle in the First Anglo-Dutch War, see Battle of Plymouth. Battle of Plymouth Part of the American Civil War Date April 17, 1864 - April 20, 1864 Location Washington County, North Carolina Result Confederate victory Belligerents United States United States (Union) Confederate States Commanders and leaders Henry W. Wessells Surrendered Charles W. Flusser † Robert F. Hoke Units involved Plymouth Garrison Hoke's Division Strength 2,500 4,500 Casualties and losses 2,000 800 vte Operations Against New Bern and Plymouth The Battle of Plymouth was an engagement during the American Civil War that was fought from April 17 through April 20, 1864, in Washington County, North Carolina. Contents 1 Battle 2 Order of battle 2.1 Union forces 2.2 Confederate forces 3 External links 4 References Battle Map of Plymouth Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program. In a combined operation with the ironclad ram CSS Albemarle, Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hoke, attacked the Federal garrison at Plymouth, North Carolina, on April 17. On April 19, the ram appeared in the river, sinking the USS Southfield, damaging the USS Miami, and driving off the other Union Navy ships supporting the Plymouth garrison. Confederate forces captured Fort Comfort, driving defenders into Fort Williams. On April 20, the garrison surrendered. "Killed April 18, 1864 in a naval engagement off Plymouth NC on the USS Miami" Plymouth citizens are believed to have taken refuge in the basement of the Latham House during the Battle of Plymouth.[1] Order of battle Union forces Plymouth Garrison: Brig. Gen. Henry W. Wessells 1st North Carolina Infantry (Union) 2nd North Carolina Infantry (Union) 101st Pennsylvania Infantry 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry 16th Connecticut Infantry 85th New York Infantry 10th US Colored Infantry 37th US Colored Infantry 2nd US Colored Cavalry 12th New York Cavalry 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery 24th New York Independent Battery Naval: Lt. Cdr. Charles W. Flusser (k) USS Miami USS Southfield USS Ceres USS Whitehead USS Mattabesett US Army transport Bombshell Confederate forces Hoke's Division: Brig. Gen. Robert F. Hoke Hoke's Brigade: Col. John T. Mercer (k) 6th North Carolina Infantry 21st North Carolina Infantry 43rd North Carolina Infantry 54th North Carolina Infantry 21st Georgia Infantry Ransom's Brigade: Brig. Gen. Matt W. Ransom 8th North Carolina Infantry 24th North Carolina Infantry 25th North Carolina Infantry 35th North Carolina Infantry 49th North Carolina Infantry 56th North Carolina Infantry Kemper's Brigade: Col. William R. Terry 1st Virginia Infantry 3rd Virginia Infantry 7th Virginia Infantry 11th Virginia Infantry 24th Virginia Infantry Dearing's Command: Col. James Dearing 8th Confederate Cavalry Virginia Horse Artillery Battery Branch's Battalion Pegram's Battery Miller's Artillery Bradford's Battery Moseley's Battalion Montgomery (Alabama) True Blues Artillery Wilmington Light Artillery Guion's Battalion 1st North Carolina Artillery (Companies B, G and H) Read's Battalion 38th Virginia Light Artillery Battalion Fauquier Artillery (Co. A) Richmond Fayette Artillery (Co. B) Bloundt's Lynchburg Artillery (Co. D) Naval CSS Albemarle: Cdr. James W. Cooke CSS Cotton Plant External links National Park Service battle description Civil War Plymouth Pilgrims Descendants Society References Janet K. Seapker and John B. Flowers, III (n.d.). "Latham House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  Civil War	private - seargent Co.D 85th NY Infantry; Captured at Plymouth, NC, emprisoned in Andersonville, where he starved to death
  	SHARON Edwin A. Starkweather Alfred Chapel John S. Hulbert Levi R. Preston Charles McKenster Harlow Mead Jacob Burbank Charles Terrett Spencer Press William H. Brightman Joseph Pierce Peter Rockefellow William E. Rockefellow Millard Hopkins Winfield Hopkins Richard Matteson Cyrus Warner Roscoe Warner David Terwilliger Beniah Terwilliger John Covert Alvin W. Kinney Henry Mattison Robert Bessy William Hitchcock Edmund Duel James W. Vesper Charles H. Johnson William Peterson Henry Goble Henry Carpenter George H. Barnes Monroe Barnes Edward Burslem John Haynes Welcome S. Coats Elisha T. Blanchard Lyman Allen Ed. Griffith Frank Norwood Allen C. Barnes Lot Crawford Elijah C. Gilbert Mendall C. Whitney George White Marvin Corwin Hiram Pierce Henry Hitchcock Kingsley Snyder William H. Hanyan Elmer D. Kellogg John Reckhow Lewis A. Wood Stratton Blanchard Fred VanLiew Wilder Wheeler William S. Moore Marion Sherwood James B. Perry Charles Christman John Tompkins John Hay Hosea Perrin Nichols Bradley Volney Mix Horace Pratt Abel B. Sparks Mendall L. Wilson
  Race	White  [1]
  Death	28 Jul 1864	Andersonville, Sumter, Georgia, USA   [2]
  	age ca 25 starved to death while a prisoner at Andersonville Prison Camp
  		Andersonville prison for Union soldiers
  Burial	Aft 28 Jul 1864	Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville, Sumter, Georgia, USA   [2]
  	Elijah Gilbert in the U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 Name: Elijah Gilbert, Sgt. Death Date: 28 Jul 1864 Cemetery: Andersonville National Cemetery Burial Location: Andersonville, Georgia Do. D, 85th NY Inf grave no: F 4185 Section F, Grave No. 4185
  Person ID	I53153	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	Gilbert, Ira,   b. 14 Oct 1802
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Leonard, Eliza
  Relationship	natural
  residence jt	Bef 14 Sep 1861	Bolivar, Allegany, New York, USA   [1]
  	20190916HAv- pasted from Source Notes: Elijah C Gilbert in the New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 Name: Elijah C Gilbert Birth Date: 11 Feb 1839 Birth Place: Sharon, Pennsylvania Father: Ira Gilbert Mother: Eliza Leonard Residence Place: Bolivar Enlistment Date: 14 Sep 1861 Enlistment Location: Bolivar, Allegany, New York Regiment: 85th Infantry Company: D Rank: Private Race: White Marital Status: Married re-enlisted: January 1864 previous occupation: farmer battles: Fair Oaks McClellan's Seven Days captured: Plymoth POW: Andersonville death: starved to death 25 July 1864 in Andersonville widow's address: So. Boliver, NY Source Citation New York State Archives; Albany, New York; Town Clerks´ Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865; Collection Number: (N-Ar)13774; Box Number: 2; Roll Number: 1 Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1865-1867. Microfilm publication, 37 rolls. New York State Archives. Albany, New York.
  Family ID	F38378	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gilbert, mrs Elijah
  Family ID	F48030	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 11 Feb 1839 - Sharon Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Residence - 1860 - Sharon Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA Residence - Marital Status: Married - Bef 14 Sep 1861 - Bolivar, Allegany, New York, USA _MILT - Age: 22 - 14 Sep 1861 - Bolivar, Allegany, New York, USA captured - captured in Plymouth; cf. Battle of Plymouth, in Notes. - Abt 20 Apr 1864 - Plymouth, Washington, North Carolina, USA Death - 28 Jul 1864 - Andersonville, Sumter, Georgia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  20190916HAv- pasted from Source Notes: Elijah C Gilbert in the New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 Name: Elijah C Gilbert Birth Date: 11 Feb 1839 Birth Place: Sharon, Pennsylvania Father: Ira Gilbert Mother: Eliza Leonard Residence Place: Bolivar Enlistment Date: 14 Sep 1861 Enlistment Location: Bolivar, Allegany, New York Regiment: 85th Infantry Company: D Rank: Private Race: White Marital Status: Married re-enlisted: January 1864 previous occupation: farmer battles: Fair Oaks McClellan's Seven Days captured: Plymoth POW: Andersonville death: starved to death 25 July 1864 in Andersonville widow's address: So. Boliver, NY Source Citation New York State Archives; Albany, New York; Town Clerks´ Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865; Collection Number: (N-Ar)13774; Box Number: 2; Roll Number: 1 Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1865-1867. Microfilm publication, 37 rolls. New York State Archives. Albany, New York.

  
  

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Record for Elijah C Gilbert (7) facts Elijah C Gilbert in the New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 Name: Elijah C Gilbert Birth Date: 11 Feb 1839 Birth Place: Sharon, Pennsylvania Father: Ira Gilbert Mother: Eliza Leonard Residence Place: Bolivar Enlistment Date: 14 Sep 1861 Enlistment Location: Bolivar, Allegany, New York Regiment: 85th Infantry Company: D Rank: Private Race: White Marital Status: Married re-enlisted: January 1864 previous occupation: farmer battles: Fair Oaks McClellan's Seven Days captured: Plymoth POW: Andersonville death: starved to death 25 July 1864 in Andersonville widow's address: So. Boliver, NY Source Citation New York State Archives; Albany, New York; Town Clerks´ Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865; Collection Number: (N-Ar)13774; Box Number: 2; Roll Number: 1 20190916HAv- pasted from Source Notes: Elijah C Gilbert in the New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 Name: Elijah C Gilbert Birth Date: 11 Feb 1839 Birth Place: Sharon, Pennsylvania Father: Ira Gilbert Mother: Eliza Leonard Residence Place: Bolivar Enlistment Date: 14 Sep 1861 Enlistment Location: Bolivar, Allegany, New York Regiment: 85th Infantry Company: D Rank: Private Race: White Marital Status: Married re-enlisted: January 1864 previous occupation: farmer battles: Fair Oaks McClellan's Seven Days captured: Plymoth POW: Andersonville death: starved to death 25 July 1864 in Andersonville widow's address: So. Boliver, NY Source Citation New York State Archives; Albany, New York; Town Clerks´ Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865; Collection Number: (N-Ar)13774; Box Number: 2; Roll Number: 1 Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1865-1867. Microfilm publication, 37 rolls. New York State Archives. Albany, New York. Elijah C Gilbert in the New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 Name: Elijah C Gilbert Birth Date: 11 Feb 1839 Birth Place: Sharon, Pennsylvania Father: Ira Gilbert Mother: Eliza Leonard Residence Place: Bolivar Enlistment Date: 14 Sep 1861 Enlistment Location: Bolivar, Allegany, New York Regiment: 85th Infantry Company: D Rank: Private Race: White Marital Status: Married re-enlisted: January 1864 previous occupation: farmer battles: Fair Oaks McClellan's Seven Days captured: Plymoth POW: Andersonville death: starved to death 25 July 1864 in Andersonville widow's address: So. Boliver, NY Source Citation New York State Archives; Albany, New York; Town Clerks´ Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865; Collection Number: (N-Ar)13774; Box Number: 2; Roll Number: 1 Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1865-1867. Microfilm publication, 37 rolls. New York State Archives. Albany, New York. New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 20190916HAv- pasted from Source Notes: Elijah C Gilbert in the New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 Name: Elijah C Gilbert Birth Date: 11 Feb 1839 Birth Place: Sharon, Pennsylvania Father: Ira Gilbert Mother: Eliza Leonard Residence Place: Bolivar Enlistment Date: 14 Sep 1861 Enlistment Location:… [S1832] Ancestry.com, U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Elijah Gilbert in the U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962. Record for Elijah Gilbert Elijah Gilbert in the U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 Name: Elijah Gilbert, Sgt. Death Date: 28 Jul 1864 Cemetery: Andersonville National Cemetery Burial Location: Andersonville, Georgia Do. D, 85th NY Inf grave no: F 4185 Elijah Gilbert in the U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 Name: Elijah Gilbert, Sgt. Death Date: 28 Jul 1864 Cemetery: Andersonville National Cemetery Burial Location: Andersonville, Georgia Do. D, 85th NY Inf grave no: F 4185 Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962. Interment Control Forms, A1 2110-B. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985, Record Group 92. The National Archives at College Park, College Park, Maryland. U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 Elijah Gilbert in the U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962

  
  

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