Family:Whitney, Albert Russell (1840-1864)
Albert Russell7 Whitney (Rufus6, Tarball5, Solomon4, David3, Joshua2, John1), son of Rufus6 and Laura Maria (Picket) Whitney, was born 19 Sep 1840, and died 5 Nov 1864. Buried Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, South Carolina.
He married, 30 April 1860, Almond, Allegeny, NY, Sarah Ann Treat. She was born circa 1845, NY, and died after 1880. They had one child, Lewis R. Whitney. She married, second, Alexander McNett.
They resided Almond, Allegeny, NY.
He enlisted 11 August 1862 for 3 years in the New York Volunteers for the War of the Rebellion. He was mustered into service on 3 September 1862 in Portage as a Private in H Company of the 130th New York Volunteers Infantry Regiment. On 28 July 1863 the regiment was converted into a mounted regiment and on 11 August 1863 redesignated as the 19th New York Cavalry Regiment. It was again redesignated as the 1st New York Dragoons Regiment on 10 September 1863. Albert fought with the 1st Dragoons until his capture during the Battle of the Wilderness while skirmishing at Todd's Tavern, VA, on 7 May 1864. He was sent to Andersonville prison in Georgia. Due to overcrowding he was further transferred to Camp Lawton Prison Camp at Millen Georgia. He died from scurvy and diarrhea on 5 November 1864 and was buried there. After the war the bodies were exhumed and transferred to Beaufort National Cemetery were he was buried in Sec 25 plot 2273 at the Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, SC. Engagements that he participated in are:
1st Dragoon History list: 30 Jan 1863 - Engagement at Deserted House, VA. Kelly's Store* 11 Apr - 3 May 1863 - Siege of Suffolk, VA 12 Jun 1863 - Skirmish on South Quay, VA* 13 Jun 1863 - Skirmish at Franklin, VA *(14th per Phisterer) 4 Jul 63 - Action at Baltimore Cross Roads, VA* 17 Oct 1863 - Skirmish at Bull Run, Manassas Plains (Junction), VA Bristoe Campaign* 20 Nov 1863 - Skirmish at Culpeper Court House, VA* 23 Feb 1864 - Skirmishes at Stannardsville and Burton's Ford, Rapidan, VA (29thFeb-1 Mar 1864 per Phisterer) 7 May 1864 - Battle of the Wilderness. Skirmishes at Todd's Tavern, VA (Captured)*
Additional Phisterer's listing: 2 Dec 1862 - Skirmish on the Blackwater, near Franklin, VA 28 Dec 1862 - Skirmish on Reconnaissance from Suffolk toward the Blackwater, VA 17 Apr 1863 - Skirmish on South Quay Road, VA Siege of Suffolk* 16-17 Jun 1863 - Blackwater, VA 22 Sep 1863 - Skirmishs between Centreville and Warrenton, VA 26 Nov-2Dec - The Mine Run Campaign 20 Jan 1864 - Skirmish at Barnett's Ford VA 6-7 Feb 1864 - Skirmish at Barnett's Road, Rapidan River, VA
Children of Albert Russell7 and Sarah (Treat) Whitney:
i. Lewis R.8 Whitney, b. 9 Oct 1861, NY, d. 30 Nov 1905, MI, m. 24 Jan 1896, Greendale, Midland, MI, Daisy G Husted.
Census
441 530 Rufus Whitney 53 M - Farmer $3000 Pa. Laura M. Whitney 31 F - N.Y. Albert R. Whitney 9 M - " Attended school Edwin H. Whitney 7 M - " Attended school Tarball Whitney 87 M - Con.
857 857 Rufus Whitney 63 M - Farmer $6500 -- Pa. Laura M. " 42 F - House Labor N.Y. Albert R. " 19 M - Farm Labor Do Married in year, Attended school Edwin H. " 17 M - Do Do Attended school Sarah A. " 17 F - House Labor Do Married in year Phebe A. Cooper 11 F - Do Attended school
References
1.^ Frederick C. Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: The Author, 1895), p. 61.
2.^ Frederick Phisterer, New York in the War of the Rebellion 1861-1865 3rd Ed. (Albany, NY: 1912).
3.^ Regimental History of the First New York Dragoon (Washington DC: 1865).
4.^ Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York, 1895 Vol. 3, p. 184
5.^ Certificate of Death, State of Michigan Reg. No. 19 Lewis Whitney
6.^ Michigan Marriages 1868-1929 (Ancestry.com), Lewis Whitney (Return of Marriages in the County of Midland Michigan pg 305).
7.^ Widow's Certificate File Number WC109685, Whitney, Albert, R., (Testimony of Joseph N. Forbes), Pension Claim of Whitney, Lewis, R., www.Fold3.com
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