1840 - 1864 (24 years)
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| Name |
GRANSBURY, William Puffer |
| Birth |
11 May 1840 |
Walton, NY  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| FindaGrave |
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| Milit-Beg |
17 Oct 1861 |
Hancock, NY [1] |
- Corporal, Co. B, 101st NY Inf. Regt.
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| _COLOR |
11 |
| Death |
18 Jun 1864 |
Petersburg, VA |
| Cause: KIA at the Battle of Petersburg (shot in the head) |
| Burial |
Petersburg, VA |
Address:
Poplar Grove National Cemetery |
| Person ID |
I41378 |
Puffers |
| Last Modified |
28 Jan 2021 |
| Father |
GRANSBURY, John, b. 12 Sep 1818, Staplehurst, Kent, England d. 26 Feb 1903, Unadilla, NY (Age 84 years) |
| Mother |
PUFFER, Naomi Ann, b. 30 Apr 1821, Stamford, NY d. 21 Jul 1899, Pinesville, NY (Age 78 years) |
| Marriage |
1840 |
Delaware County, NY |
| Residence |
1880 |
Tompkins, NY [2] |
| Family ID |
F4353 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Both William Puffer Gransbury and his brother, Stephen Henry Gransbury joined the union forces together.
Both were in battles in Chancellorsville, Spottsylvania, and Wilderness areas. (Chancellorsville was where Thomas Stonewall Jackson was accidentally killed by his own men. There is a monument erected where he was shot while still on his horse).
It appears that William was indeed taken prisoner in Chancellorsville and sent to Richmond where he was paroled shortly thereafter. He rejoined his brother (Stephen Henry) in Petersburg. In Petersburg, Stephen was shot in the foot while on picket duty. Those were the guys loosely stationed away from the encampment at night to guard the camp, a very dangerous assignment. Petersburg involved that long siege that lasted about 10 months towards the end of the war. Stephen survived that wound and was discharged in 1865. William was not so fortunate. He was shot and killed in Petersburg and was buried somewhere near the battlefield there.
Both were in the NY 101st infantry. William was a corporal and Stephen a private.
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| Sources |
- [S456] New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865.
- [S386] _1880 United States Federal Census.
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