Thomas Hill
Thomas Hill was born around 1837 in Rossie, New York, to George and Emily Hill. His father was a Scottish immigrant who earned a living as a farmer. By 1860, the family owned $3,600 of real estate and $800 of personal property. He grew up and attended school in Rossie.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on April 24, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in Company D of the 16th New York Infantry. The regiment took part in the Peninsula campaign and the Battle of Chancellorsville. He received a gunshot wound in the chest in the Battle of Salem Church on May 3, 1863. Confederates captured him soon afterward, and he died on May 17, 1863.
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(4070)Hill, Thomas18371863-05-17
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (3994) [writer] ~ Thomas Hill to Isabel Hill and Ellen Hill, 25 July 1862

People - Records: 2

  • (4071) Hill, Isabel is the [sibling of] (4070) Hill, Thomas
  • (4072) Hill, Ellen is the [sibling of] (4070) Hill, Thomas

Places - Records: 1

  • (3608) [birth] ~ Rossie, St. Lawrence County, New York

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (432) [enlisted] [D] ~ 16th New York Infantry
SOURCES

1850 United States Federal Census, available from Ancestry.com; New York Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900, available from Ancestry.com; U.S. Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com