Albert Russell Whitney
Albert Russell Whitney was born on September 17, 1840, in Almond, New York, to Rufus Whitney and Laura Pickett. His father was a farmer who owned $6,500 of real estate in 1860. Whitney grew up and attended school in Almond, and by 1860, he was working as a farm laborer. He married Sarah Ann Treat around 1860, and their son Lewis was born around 1861.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on August 11, 1862, and mustered in as a private in the 130th New York Infantry four days later. According to his service records, he was 5 feet, 10 inches tall, with light hair and blue eyes. The army converted the regiment into the 19th New York Cavalry in July 1863 and finally to the 1st New York Dragoons in September 1863. Confederate forces captured him on May 1, 1864, and sent him to Andersonville Prison and then to Camp Lawton. He died there of “chronic diarrhea” on November 5, 1864.
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(1023)Whitney, Albert Russell1840-09-171864-11-05
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 38

  • (1612) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 2 November 1863
  • (1613) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 11 November 1863
  • (1614) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 18 November 1863
  • (1615) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 22 November 1863
  • (1616) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 29 November 1863
  • (1617) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 12 December 1863
  • (1618) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 4 July 1863
  • (1619) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 13 July 1863
  • (1620) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Laura M. Whitney, 25 July 1863
  • (1621) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 31 July 1863
  • (1622) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 3 August 1863
  • (1623) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 5 August 1863
  • (1624) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Rufus Whitney, 9 August 1863
  • (1625) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Laura M. Whitney, 29 August 1863
  • (1626) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 29 August 1863
  • (1627) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Laura M. Whitney, 30 August 1863
  • (1628) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Rufus Whitney, 8 September 1863
  • (1629) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 15 September 1863
  • (1630) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 2 October 1863
  • (1631) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 11 October 1863
  • (1632) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 29 October 1863
  • (1633) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 1 January 1864
  • (1634) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 6 January 1864
  • (1635) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 15 January 1864
  • (1636) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 27 February 1864
  • (1637) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 9 March 1864
  • (1638) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 17 March 1864
  • (1639) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 19 March 1864
  • (1640) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 25 March 1864
  • (1641) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 28 March 1864
  • (1642) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, March 1864
  • (1643) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 2 April 1864
  • (1644) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 6 April 1864
  • (1645) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 8 April 1864
  • (1646) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, 1 April 1864
  • (1647) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Laura M. Whitney, 25 April 1864
  • (1648) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Sarah A. Whitney, undated
  • (5139) [writer] ~ Albert R. Whitney to Laura M. Whitney, 23 July 1863

People - Records: 3

  • (1023) Whitney, Albert Russell is the [husband of] (1022) Whitney, Sarah Ann
  • (1024) Whitney, Laura M. is the [parent of] (1023) Whitney, Albert Russell
  • (1025) Whitney, Rufus is the [parent of] (1023) Whitney, Albert Russell

Places - Records: 2

  • (586) [birth] ~ Almond, Allegany County, New York
  • (940) [death] ~ Camp Lawton, Jenkins County, Georgia

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (336) [enlisted] ~ 1st New York Dragoons
SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; New York Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900, available from Ancestry.com; New York Town Clerks’ Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca. 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com.