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Pvt Hubert Blakesley

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Pvt Hubert Blakesley Veteran

Birth
Steuben County, New York, USA
Death
7 Jan 1862 (aged 18–19)
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Private Hubert Blakesley,
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.
Private Hubert Blakesley,
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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  • Added: Feb 26, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13447614/hubert-blakesley: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Hubert Blakesley (1843–7 Jan 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13447614, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by bcullisi1 (contributor 47926145).