Member of Company G, 108th NYS Volunteers. He was killed aged 19 years at the battle of Antietam and was originally buried on the battlefield with several other members of his regiment who perished in the battle. His body was eventually brought back to Rochester by his father, who traveled to Antietam with the father of another young private to try to retrieve their sons' remains.∼Byron Stone Holcombe enlisted in the Union Army on 7 Aug 1862, with the 108th NY Volunteers out of Rochester NY. Less than 2 months later, on September 22, Byron was killed in the Battle of Antietam, in the American Civil War. The Battle of Antietam ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led to Abraham Lincoln's issuance of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
Byron Holcombe's enlistment was verified with the National Archives and Records Administration, who have original enlistment papers for Byron on file. The papers also verify that he was killed in the battle of Antietam.
After being buried under an oak tree on the battlefield, Byron's father Alonzo traveled to Sharpsburg and retrieved his son's body and brought him home. Byron's grave can be found on the Holcombe family plot in the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York.
Byron Holcombe's enlistment was verified with the National Archives and Records Administration, who have original enlistment papers for Byron on file. The papers also verify that he was killed in the battle of Antietam.
After being buried under an oak tree on the battlefield, Byron's father Alonzo traveled to Sharpsburg and retrieved his son's body and brought him home. Byron's grave can be found on the Holcombe family plot in the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York.
Member of Company G, 108th NYS Volunteers. He was killed aged 19 years at the battle of Antietam and was originally buried on the battlefield with several other members of his regiment who perished in the battle. His body was eventually brought back to Rochester by his father, who traveled to Antietam with the father of another young private to try to retrieve their sons' remains.∼Byron Stone Holcombe enlisted in the Union Army on 7 Aug 1862, with the 108th NY Volunteers out of Rochester NY. Less than 2 months later, on September 22, Byron was killed in the Battle of Antietam, in the American Civil War. The Battle of Antietam ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led to Abraham Lincoln's issuance of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
Byron Holcombe's enlistment was verified with the National Archives and Records Administration, who have original enlistment papers for Byron on file. The papers also verify that he was killed in the battle of Antietam.
After being buried under an oak tree on the battlefield, Byron's father Alonzo traveled to Sharpsburg and retrieved his son's body and brought him home. Byron's grave can be found on the Holcombe family plot in the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York.
Byron Holcombe's enlistment was verified with the National Archives and Records Administration, who have original enlistment papers for Byron on file. The papers also verify that he was killed in the battle of Antietam.
After being buried under an oak tree on the battlefield, Byron's father Alonzo traveled to Sharpsburg and retrieved his son's body and brought him home. Byron's grave can be found on the Holcombe family plot in the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York.
