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Pvt Abel P Ellsworth

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Pvt Abel P Ellsworth Veteran

Birth
New York, USA
Death
4 Jan 1902 (aged 60)
Blissfield, Lenawee County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Blissfield, Lenawee County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section "B"
Memorial ID
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Abel P. Ellsworth of Jackson was wounded (w/ Edgar B. Caswell ) near Hatcher's Run / White Oak Rd on March 30, 1865. He had enlisted at Jackson into Co. C. of the 26th Michigan on October 25, 1862, at the age of 20. Ellsworth was promoted to Corporal and mustered out with the regiment at Alexandria, Virginia on June 4, 1865. His grave is in the Pleasant View Cemetery at Blissfield, Lenawee County, Michigan.

26th Michigan service included: Camp Jackson, Alexandria, Washington, Suffolk, the New York Draft Riots, Mine Run, Wilderness, Po River, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg including Deep Bottom, Ream's Station, Cedar Level Station, White Oak Swamp & Hatcher's Run, Fort Fisher, Sayler's Creek & Farmville, Appomattox and The Grand Review.

Skirmish Regiment for the Union 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps
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Farmer, Married at age 24, father of 4 children, with one predeceasing him.
COD: Heart disease
Age 60y 19d

Father: Sidney Ellsworth b. VT
Mother: Zelpha Pierce b. NY
Abel P. Ellsworth of Jackson was wounded (w/ Edgar B. Caswell ) near Hatcher's Run / White Oak Rd on March 30, 1865. He had enlisted at Jackson into Co. C. of the 26th Michigan on October 25, 1862, at the age of 20. Ellsworth was promoted to Corporal and mustered out with the regiment at Alexandria, Virginia on June 4, 1865. His grave is in the Pleasant View Cemetery at Blissfield, Lenawee County, Michigan.

26th Michigan service included: Camp Jackson, Alexandria, Washington, Suffolk, the New York Draft Riots, Mine Run, Wilderness, Po River, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg including Deep Bottom, Ream's Station, Cedar Level Station, White Oak Swamp & Hatcher's Run, Fort Fisher, Sayler's Creek & Farmville, Appomattox and The Grand Review.

Skirmish Regiment for the Union 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps
* * * * * * * * * *

Farmer, Married at age 24, father of 4 children, with one predeceasing him.
COD: Heart disease
Age 60y 19d

Father: Sidney Ellsworth b. VT
Mother: Zelpha Pierce b. NY


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