Thomas E. Bispham

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Thomas E. Bispham

Birth
Death
25 May 1865 (aged 29–30)
New York, USA
Burial
Corwin, Warren County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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According to the Roll of Honor, he is supposed to be at Cypress Hills, grave 2889.

Hardesty's Military History of Ohio, Warren County Edition, page 303,;
"Bispham, Thos. E. enlisted at Waynesville, Aug. 14, 1862, Co. H, 79th O.V.I.; in all battles of regt. till wounded in right hip at Averysboro, N.C. March 16, 1865; 2 weeks in hosp. at Goldsboro, N. C. with wound; then 2 weeks at New Berne; then 6 weeks at David's Island, N.Y. harbor; died of wound and typhoid fever, May 25, 1865; buried in Quaker cemetery at Waynesboro"

Service Record from American Civil War Soldiers at Ancestry.com [paid site];

Enlisted as a Private on 14 August 1862 at the age of 27 & in Company H, 79th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 23 August 1862.
Promoted to Full Corporal on 17 February 1863
Promoted to Full Sergeant on 30 September 1864
Wounded on 16 March 1865 at Averysboro, North Carolina
Died at hospital, New York on 25 May 1865

Pension Index;
Pension applied for on 30 Jun 1865 for widow, Sarah F. Bispham (Certificate #60706) and minor children, J. Dinwiddie, guardian(Certificate #145876) for service of Sgt Thomas E. Bispham in Co. H, 79th Ohio Inf.
According to the Roll of Honor, he is supposed to be at Cypress Hills, grave 2889.

Hardesty's Military History of Ohio, Warren County Edition, page 303,;
"Bispham, Thos. E. enlisted at Waynesville, Aug. 14, 1862, Co. H, 79th O.V.I.; in all battles of regt. till wounded in right hip at Averysboro, N.C. March 16, 1865; 2 weeks in hosp. at Goldsboro, N. C. with wound; then 2 weeks at New Berne; then 6 weeks at David's Island, N.Y. harbor; died of wound and typhoid fever, May 25, 1865; buried in Quaker cemetery at Waynesboro"

Service Record from American Civil War Soldiers at Ancestry.com [paid site];

Enlisted as a Private on 14 August 1862 at the age of 27 & in Company H, 79th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 23 August 1862.
Promoted to Full Corporal on 17 February 1863
Promoted to Full Sergeant on 30 September 1864
Wounded on 16 March 1865 at Averysboro, North Carolina
Died at hospital, New York on 25 May 1865

Pension Index;
Pension applied for on 30 Jun 1865 for widow, Sarah F. Bispham (Certificate #60706) and minor children, J. Dinwiddie, guardian(Certificate #145876) for service of Sgt Thomas E. Bispham in Co. H, 79th Ohio Inf.