'One of the privates in the company named Reilly, a native of Ireland, was found ...dead. ... He was middle aged, and been in the company only about six months. On the morning of disembarkation [March 13, 1862]... every one supposing him to be sleeping. His body was sewed up carefully in a canvas bag, and his mortal remains committed to the water [Neuse River, N.C. - would be near Slocum Creek, by present day USMC Air Station Cherry Point]. Captain Morris offered up a short but touching prayer to Almighty God ...'

Source:
The New York Herald., Whole No. 9321, Wednesday March 19, 1862, Page 3,

Elanson Teed was my great great grandfather. Any information welcome; I have an old obit that lists him wounded at Jackson, MS and left for dead somewhere in Virginia.

Henry O'Malley
Residence was not listed; 32 years old.

Enlisted on 9/24/1861 at New York City, NY as a Private.
On 9/25/1861 he mustered into 'A' Co. NY 51st Infantry
He was Drowned on 7/3/1862
(En route from New Berne, NC to Fort Monroe, VA)

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“While some troops were passing up the river [Neuse] the other night one man jumped overboard and was drowned. Another man belonging to the same regiment – 51st New York – fell asleep and rolled off into the water sharing the same fate.”
Source: Newbern Weekly Progress. Saturday, July 12, 1862. Volume 4. New Bern, N.C.



Excerpt from a letter George Washington Whitman wrote to his mother July 11th, 1862 from Newport News, VA:

“Dear Mother,

... Word came to us at Newbern on the 1st of July …we were ordered to …go on board of Transports at daylight on the morning of July 2d. We were quite surprised to get orders to go on board of Transports… We left Newbern July 2d our regiment was put on board a steamer call the Ellen Terry which was hardly large enough to accommodate half the number we had on board, and I preferred to sleep on deck in the rain and get a good soaking, rather than to sleep below. Just after I laid down on the deck one of the men came on deck walked along opposite to where I lay, and jumped overboard, we lowered a boat but could not get him as he never came to the top of the water at all, he was a Sergeant belonging to Co.K. and was a very steady good soldier.

During the night another man belonging to Co. A. either jumped or fell overboard and was drowned.
(Note: Spelling & grammatical errors are his)

William Kirkwood died on April 2, 1862. He is buried at New Bern National Cemetery in New Bern, North Carolina.

Poppe, Albert Poppy, Albert Sergeant, Co C wounded - thigh, March 14; died, May 10. wounded in action, March 14, 1862; died of his wounds, May 10, 1862, at New Berne, N.C.
Age 21 years, Enlisted August 10, 1861, at New York city, to serve three years; mustered in as sergeant, Co C, September 9, 1861, wounded in action, March 14, 1862 died of his wounds, May 10, 1862 at New Berne, NC

“City and County.
Herbert J. Kendall, one of the killed in the New York fifty-first regiment, at Newbern, was a son of Mr. Caleb Kendall of this city [Worcester], and formerly a clerk in the shoe store of E. Bemis. He enlisted in the three months service with Company A, in the third battalion rifles. He was serving with Burnside as orderly sergeant, company D, in the New York fifty-first.”

Source: Wednesday, March 26, 1862. Massachusetts Spy (Worcester, MA). Vol. 91. Issue 13. Page 3.

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I am not a relative. I have letters William wrote to a Mrs Ellen Barto in Candor, NY Dated Dec 27,1861, Feb, 1862 and July 11, 1862. William was killed in action Dec 13, 1862 during the battle of Fredricksburg.

My great great grandfather left his wife and small son in Western Australia to fight in the Civil war. He was killed at Antietam Creek.

My great great grandfather Corp Francis Halpenny(Halpin), an Irish immigrant was captured with his regiment at Popular Grove Church. No further information was provided in records. He lived in Roundout Village, Ulster, New York.

Born approx.: 1843
Lamy, Andrew B. - Age, 18 years. Enlisted, September 10, 1861, at Brooklyn, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. G, September 12, 1861; wounded in action, March 14, 1862; [Battle of New Bern] died of his wounds, April 6, 1862, at New Berne, N.C.

Source: Annual Report of the Adjutant–General of the State of New York, for the Year 1900. Registers of the fifty-first … Regiments of Infantry. Serial No. 25. Albany: James B. Lyon, State printer, 1901. Page 123.
New York Times , March 30, 1862
… WOUNDED. Co. G -- … Andrew B. Damy, right arm, shattered. [typo error: Lamy].

Buried Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NYC Lot 6081, section 65.

Capt. Sims was killed at the Battle of the Crater in Petersburg, VA on July 30, 1864. He is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY. His fellow veterans raised funds in 1887-88 and erected a black granite monument for him on September 17, 1888. By all accounts, he was revered by his men and all who knew him. I have a great deal of information on Sam and his family.

Enlisted as a Private on 31 July 1861 at the age of 36.
Enlisted in Company H, 51st Infantry Regiment New York on 3 Aug 1861.
Discharged from Company H, 51st Infantry Regiment New York on 20 Dec 1861 at Annapolis, MD.

Rank listed as Teamaster. Would like more info about that rank.

“While some troops were passing up the river [Neuse] the other night one man jumped overboard and was drowned. Another man belonging to the same regiment – 51st New York – fell asleep and rolled off into the water sharing the same fate.”
Source: Newbern Weekly Progress. Saturday, July 12, 1862. Volume 4. New Bern, N.C.



Excerpt from a letter George Washington Whitman wrote to his mother July 11th, 1862 from Newport News, VA:

“Dear Mother,

... Word came to us at Newbern on the 1st of July …we were ordered to …go on board of Transports at daylight on the morning of July 2d. We were quite surprised to get orders to go on board of Transports… We left Newbern July 2d our regiment was put on board a steamer call the Ellen Terry which was hardly large enough to accommodate half the number we had on board, and I preferred to sleep on deck in the rain and get a good soaking, rather than to sleep below. Just after I laid down on the deck one of the men came on deck walked along opposite to where I lay, and jumped overboard, we lowered a boat but could not get him as he never came to the top of the water at all, he was a Sergeant belonging to Co.K. and was a very steady good soldier.

During the night another man belonging to Co. A. either jumped or fell overboard and was drowned.
(Note: Spelling & grammatical errors are his)

In combing over the rosters of the 51st in Cos. A & K, I found the two men mentioned by GWW:

Peter O'Brien
Residence was not listed; 32 years old.
Enlisted on 9/6/1861 at New York City, NY as a Corporal.
On 9/7/1861 he mustered into 'K' Co. NY 51st Infantry
He was Drowned on 7/2/1862 at New Berne, NC
Promotions:* Sergt

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