DUNCAN, GEORGE (1830-1908). Sergeant, 8th Regiment, New York State Militia, Company H. Born in New York State, he enlisted as a sergeant in 1861 to serve three months, and mustered into the 8th Regiment. As per the censuses of 1880 and 1900, he was a carpenter. He applied for and was granted a pension in … Read more
EADIE, JAMES (1824-1884). Corporal, 1st New York Engineers, Company H. A native of New York City, Eadie enlisted there as a private on January 13, 1862, and mustered into the 1st New York Engineers on that day. He was promoted to artificer on July 1, 1862, to corporal on May 3, 1863, and mustered out … Read more
FERRY, EDWARD (1814-1876). Private, 79th New York Infantry, Company C. According to the census of 1860, he was a laborer who was born in Ireland. After enlisting as a private at New York City on May 13, 1861, Ferry mustered into the 79th New York on May 28. His son, Andrew Ferry, was in the … Read more
FRASER (or FRAZER), ALEXANDER V. (1804-1868). Commander, United States Revenue Marine Bureau (forerunner of the United States Coast Guard). Fraser, a New Yorker by birth, attended the Mathematical, Nautical and Commercial School in New York City, went to sea as a mate, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Revenue Cutter Service by President … Read more
GIBBES, EDMUND A. (1819-1876). Surgeon, Confederate States Medical Staff; acting assistant surgeon, General and Staff Officers Corps, Confederate States of America. Gibbes was a native of Charleston, South Carolina. When his attorney applied in 1844 for a passport for Gibbes to travel to Europe for two years, he described him as 5′ 8″ tall with light hair and eyes, a … Read more
GRANGER, GEORGE MOBRAY (1840-1898). Second lieutenant, 139th New York Infantry, Company I; corporal, 8th Regiment, New York State Militia, Company I. Born in New York, he enlisted as a corporal on May 29, 1862, at New York City, and mustered into Company B of the 8th New York State Militia on the same day. His … Read more
HALLIDAY, JAMES (or THOMAS), R. (or L.) (1816-1900). Private, 83rd New York Infantry, Company F. Halliday was originally from Morristown, New Jersey. As per his obituary in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, he was the youngest of seven children, one of whom, the Reverend S. B. Halliday, was the associate pastor of the Plymouth Church under … Read more
HEAD, FRANK F. (1839-1861). Sergeant, 84th New York (14th Brooklyn) Infantry, Company C. Head is not buried at Green-Wood; he was interred on the Bull Run battlefield where he fell, and a cenotaph to him is on the Green-Wood gravestone of his brother, Henry Head (see). After enlisting at Brooklyn as a sergeant major on … Read more
HICKOX (or HICTOX), CHARLES RALPH (1837-1901). First lieutenant, 5th United States Artillery, Battery F, United States Regular Army. Hickox was born in Warren, Ohio, and at the time of the 1850 census lived in Portage, Ohio, where he was attending school. He relocated to New York in 1855, where he went into the grain business. … Read more
HOOPER, CHARLES WESLEY (1836-1894). Captain, 33rd Infantry, United States Colored Troops (USCT), Companies G, I, and K; private, 1st New York Engineers, Company I. A native of England, Hooper enlisted as a private at New York City on September 16, 1861, and mustered into the 1st Engineers on October 11. At the time of his enlistment, … Read more