Willard Selden
Willard Selden was born around 1843 in New York to Joseph and Almeda Selden. His father was a Methodist clergyman. The family lived in Independence, New York, until the early 1850s, when they moved to Willing, New York. He enlisted in the Union army on September 2, 1861, and mustered in as a corporal in Company K of the 85th New York Infantry on September 6. He was eventually reduced to the ranks. He was killed on May 31, 1862, in the Battle of Seven Pines.
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(505)Selden, Willard M.18431862-05-31
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Corporal
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 6

  • (1610) [writer] ~ Willard M. Selden to Almeda Selden, 18 January 1862
  • (5454) [writer] ~ Willard M. Selden to Almeda Selden, 22 October 1861
  • (5455) [writer] ~ Willard M. Selden to Almeda Selden et al., 17 December 1861
  • (5457) [writer] ~ Willard M. Selden to Almeda Selden, 16 February 1862
  • (5458) [writer] ~ Willard M. Selden to Almeda Selden, 7 March 1862
  • (5459) [writer] ~ Willard M. Selden to Almeda Selden, 17 April 1862

People - Records: 3

  • (506) Selden, Almeda is the [parent of] (505) Selden, Willard M.
  • (1568) Selden, Eliza L. is the [sibling of] (505) Selden, Willard M.
  • (1569) Selden, Mary Delilah is the [sibling of] (505) Selden, Willard M.

Places - Records: 2

  • (67) [birth] ~ New York
  • (316) [death] ~ Fair Oaks, Fairfax County, Virginia

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (128) [enlisted] ~ 85th New York Infantry
SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com.