Co. G, 10th New York Cavalry
Blakesley died on January 7, 1862, from "disease of the lungs" in the regimental hospital on Carlisle Street in Gettysburg. He was only 18 years old.
The son of Samuel & Polly Blakesley, in 1850 the family lived in Sanilac County, Michigan, but in 1860 he was a laborer living with and/or working for farmer Williard S. Silliman in Manilius, Onondaga County, New York. He stood 5' 6" tall and had black hair and black eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Syracuse, Onondaga County, December 9, 1861, mustered into federal service December 16 at a location not stated, and died of disease in Gettysburg.
Co. G, 10th New York Cavalry
Blakesley died on January 7, 1862, from "disease of the lungs" in the regimental hospital on Carlisle Street in Gettysburg. He was only 18 years old.
The son of Samuel & Polly Blakesley, in 1850 the family lived in Sanilac County, Michigan, but in 1860 he was a laborer living with and/or working for farmer Williard S. Silliman in Manilius, Onondaga County, New York. He stood 5' 6" tall and had black hair and black eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Syracuse, Onondaga County, December 9, 1861, mustered into federal service December 16 at a location not stated, and died of disease in Gettysburg.
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