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Newton Ferris and the Civil War
While researching a number of the leaves from the Jeffrey Ferris family tree buy kamagra 100mg , I realized that Newton Ferris participated in an unusual way in the Civil War. Newton Ferris, from Ira, NY, served in one NY infantry regiment as an enlisted man. He accepted a direct commission as an officer of […]
Augustus Ferris died in a Confederate prison
On September 30 apoteketreceptfritt.com , 1864, Union forces under General U.S. Grant were pressing the Confederate defenses in Northern Virginia severely. Forces, including Co C, 1st Regiment Michigan Sharpshooters, were advancing against an understrength corps under General A.P. Hill. After initial success in the area of the Peebles’s Farm (or Poplar Springs Church) in the […]
A Ferris Family’s Sacrifice
Simeon Ferris and his wife, Hila Ann (June) Ferris had a good life in Mehoopany, Pennsyvania, in the 1850’s. They had 12 children, eight sons. Little did they know that by 1865 they would have suffered the worst loss a parent may have, the death of a child, not once but three times. Henry Ferris […]
Edward Pearl Ferris – Union soldier
Edward Pearl Ferris was born in Michigan in 1846 and died in a Confederate prison in Virginia in 1864. Jeffrey Ferris was Edward’s great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather. As I researched this member of the Jeffrey Ferris lineage, I encountered some difficulties and one unusual problem. His grave marker is very, very wrong.
Died in the Service of Their Country
Here is an incomplete list of the men from the Jeffrey Ferris lineage who died while serving during the Civil War. Note that two of these men died in Confederate prison camps.
Eugene Ferris – Medal of Honor
Eugene Washington Ferris was the great-great-great-great-great-grandson of Jeffrey Ferris. During the American Civil War he rose to the rank of First Lieutenant in the 30th Massachusetts. For his valor in combat in Berryville, VA. on April 1, 1865 he received the Medal of Honor. It’s not that simple, however. At the time, the sole medal […]
Ferris Men in the Civil War
Many years ago, when I was a volunteer firefighter in Alfred Station, NY, we would march in the Andover, NY, Memorial Day parade and take part in the ceremonies at their cemetery after. One of our officers pointed out to us one Memorial Day just how many of the graves were Andover men who had […]