Albert G. Ives (1841 - 1871)

Born 1841 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA

Ancestors

Died 27 Dec 1871 at about age 30 in Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey, USA

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Biography

Albert Ives served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Apr 21, 1861
Mustered out: Jul 30, 1861
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Co. A, 71st NY State Militia Infantry

Albert G. Ives was born about 1841, probably in Brooklyn, New York. He was the son of George Ives and Mary Olmsted. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

In 1855, his family was in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, where his father was a Merchant, and Albert a clerk. ^{[4] [5]}

Albert enlisted in the Army in New York to serve for three months. He mustered in with Company A, 71st NY State Militia Infantry on April 21, 1861. ^[6]

On May 24, they were one of the units sent across the Potomac to occupy Alexandria, VA. In the occupation, one Union officer, Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, was killed by a shotgun blast from an irate tavern owner. The incident became famous in the North. Ellsworth lay in state in the capitol rotunda before his public funeral, and the 71st New York served as escorts during the funeral. ^[7]

The regiment was in numerous battles including Bull Run on July 21. Albert mustered out with the unit on July 30, 1861.

Albert was commissioned a Second Lieutenant on November 29, 1862 to serve with the 162nd Infantry. However, he declined the position on December 5, 1862 and there is no record of him serving in that regiment. There is also a newspaper clipping from October 1863 stating he was a 2nd Lieutenant stationed at Gettysburg, but no records of that could be found. ^[8]

Albert never married.

Albert was a brakeman and died in a railroad accident in Hoboken, New Jersey at the age of 30. He is buried in the family plot in the Mahaie Cemetery, Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Olmste(a)d files of Walt Steesy
2. ↑ Olmsted, Henry King, M.D. Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America (A.T. De La Mare, New York, 1912); pg. 119, #2582.
3. ↑ U. S. Federal Census: 1850, Brooklyn Ward 3, Kings County, New York.
4. ↑ Massachusetts State Census: 1855, Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
5. ↑ U. S. Federal Census: 1860, Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
6. ↑ U. S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865; Albert F. Ives; online database, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT.
7. ↑ Ives Soldiers of the American Civil War; Kenneth M. Ives, Version 6.2, February 23, 2014.
8. ↑ Declined position: New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900; online database, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT.
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #92481823 has photo