Charles S Harvey (1843 - 1906)

Born 24 Jan 1843 in Austerlitz, Columbia, New York, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 23 Dec 1906 at age 63 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Charles Harvey was a Prisoner of War during the United States Civil War.

Charles Harvey served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1862
Mustered out: 1866
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 57th Massachusetts Regiment - Company "D"

Birth

Charles was born January 24, 1843 in Austerlitz, New York. The son of Consider Harvey and Almira Crocker ^[1]

Marriage

Charles Harvey married Mary Ida Brainway December 24, 1863 just before he went off to war.

Children:

1. Frank E. Harvey (1864 - 1946)*
2. Phebe C Harvey (1869 - 1882)*
3. Florence L Harvey Minkler (1871 - 1912)*
4. Arthur Harvey (1873 - 1879)*
5. Hattie E. Harvey Wilson (1875 - 1906)*
6. Mary S Harvey (1877 - 1878)*
7. Arabella Theressa Harvey Ramsey (1880 - 1958)*
8. Fred Leroy Harvey (1884 - 1960)*
9. Harold Grant Harvey (1886 - 1948)*

Charles led a very tough life. In his youth he fought in the Civil War and was captured during the Battle of the Wilderness. He was in Company "D" 57th Massachusetts Regiment. He was sent to Andersonville Prison Andersonville Prison then on to Florence Prison Florence Stockade. After a prisoner of war exchange, he went on living his life with medical problems. (researched by Dennis Lamoureux)

Death

He passed away on Dec. 23, 1906 in Springfield, Massachusetts and was buried South Cemetery, West Stockbridge, Massachusetts.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #27858804

• Wikipedia Andersonville Prison

• Wikipedia Florence Stockade

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD9F-SC6 : accessed 21 May 2016), Charles Harvey in household of Consider Harvey, West Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing family 204, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9RG-6Z6 : 4 December 2014), Charles Harvey, Private, Company D, 57th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M544 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 18; FHL microfilm 881,887.

• "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHWV-HJ9 : 24 March 2016), Charle s Harvey, 1890.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Skeeter Lansing for starting this profile.