edit: Maj Henry Spencer Murray enlisted in the 17th New York State Militia, which was employed to guard Washington in the beginning of the late civil war, and subsequently to guard Baltimore. In the fall of 1862 he raised a company for the 124th Regt of Volunteers, and joined the Army of the Potomac; was in the battle of Chancellorsville, in May 1863, where he was wounded and captured, but afterwards paroled. At the battle of Gettysburg, the major and colonel of his regiment being killed, he was promoted from captain to the rank of major, and assigned to duty at the camp of paroled prisoners at Annapolis, where he remained until regularly exchanged, about January, 1864. He again joined the regiment, and followed the events of the army until the battle of Boydton Road, Oct 27, 1864, when he was again wounded, captured, and placed in Libby Prison, where he remained until about the close of the war, when he was regularly discharged. He never recovered from the effects of his first wound, and died at Goshen on March 6, 1874.
m Sarah Dunning on 10 Nov 1863 at Goshen NY; witnessed by David Redfield, Levi L Lockwood
Child:
- Spencer Murray
Source:
- vital records
- History of Orange County, New York; compiled by E.M. Ruttenber and L.H. Clark (1881)
- The Early Records of the First Presbyterian Church at Goshen, New York; compiled by Charles C. Coleman
Contributor: LadyGoshen (46951894)
m Sarah Dunning on 10 Nov 1863 at Goshen NY; witnessed by David Redfield, Levi L Lockwood
Child:
- Spencer Murray
Source:
- vital records
- History of Orange County, New York; compiled by E.M. Ruttenber and L.H. Clark (1881)
- The Early Records of the First Presbyterian Church at Goshen, New York; compiled by Charles C. Coleman
Contributor: LadyGoshen (46951894)
edit: Maj Henry Spencer Murray enlisted in the 17th New York State Militia, which was employed to guard Washington in the beginning of the late civil war, and subsequently to guard Baltimore. In the fall of 1862 he raised a company for the 124th Regt of Volunteers, and joined the Army of the Potomac; was in the battle of Chancellorsville, in May 1863, where he was wounded and captured, but afterwards paroled. At the battle of Gettysburg, the major and colonel of his regiment being killed, he was promoted from captain to the rank of major, and assigned to duty at the camp of paroled prisoners at Annapolis, where he remained until regularly exchanged, about January, 1864. He again joined the regiment, and followed the events of the army until the battle of Boydton Road, Oct 27, 1864, when he was again wounded, captured, and placed in Libby Prison, where he remained until about the close of the war, when he was regularly discharged. He never recovered from the effects of his first wound, and died at Goshen on March 6, 1874.
m Sarah Dunning on 10 Nov 1863 at Goshen NY; witnessed by David Redfield, Levi L Lockwood
Child:
- Spencer Murray
Source:
- vital records
- History of Orange County, New York; compiled by E.M. Ruttenber and L.H. Clark (1881)
- The Early Records of the First Presbyterian Church at Goshen, New York; compiled by Charles C. Coleman
Contributor: LadyGoshen (46951894)
m Sarah Dunning on 10 Nov 1863 at Goshen NY; witnessed by David Redfield, Levi L Lockwood
Child:
- Spencer Murray
Source:
- vital records
- History of Orange County, New York; compiled by E.M. Ruttenber and L.H. Clark (1881)
- The Early Records of the First Presbyterian Church at Goshen, New York; compiled by Charles C. Coleman
Contributor: LadyGoshen (46951894)
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Aged 34 years, 6 mos. & 17 days.
Gravesite Details
3/3/1874, 33 yrs 6 mos 17 ds.
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