Webster H. Abbott
Webster H. Abbott was born around 1843 in Pennsylvania to Thomas K. Abbott and Tryphena Estee. His father was a farmer who owned $4,500 of real estate and $800 of personal property in 1860. Abbott grew up and attended school in Freehold, Pennsylvania, and by 1860, he was working as a laborer. He enlisted in the Union army on August 27, 1862, and mustered in as a private in Company E of the 145th Pennsylvania Infantry later that day.
 
The regiment took part in the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Chancellorsville, the Battle of Gettysburg, the Overland Campaign, the siege of Petersburg, and the Appomattox campaign. He looked forward to peace in April 1865, confessing that the “cry has allways been that the war wold end next fourth [of July] but I never thot so till now.” He lamented President Abraham Lincoln’s death, and he predicted that Andrew Johnson would “be harder on the rebs than Abe wold[.] he cant bee eny to hard on them to to sute mee.” He mustered out in Alexandria, Virginia, on May 31, 1865. Abbott returned to Freehold after the war and earned a living as a farmer. He married Susan G. Baker there around 1869, and they had at least two children: Louella, born around 1870; and George, born around 1877. He applied for a federal pension in May 1880 and eventually secured one. He died around 1905.
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(1036)Abbott, Webster H.18431905
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 11

  • (1915) [writer] ~ Webster H. Abbott to Margaret J. Abbot, 25 May 1863
  • (1916) [writer] ~ Webster H. Abbott to Margaret J. Abbott, 23 January 1864
  • (1917) [writer] ~ Webster H. Abbott to Thomas K. Abbott, 28 July 1864
  • (1918) [writer] ~ Webster H. Abbott to Margaret J. Abbott, 6 September 1864
  • (1919) [writer] ~ Webster H. Abbott to Margaret J. Abbott, 20 October 1864
  • (1920) [writer] ~ Webster H. Abbott to Margaret J. Abbott, 12 December 1864
  • (1921) [writer] ~ Webster H. Abbott to Thomas K. Abbott and Tryphena Abbott, 15 December 1864
  • (1922) [writer] ~ Webster H. Abbott to Angelina F. Abbott, 16 December 1864
  • (1923) [writer] ~ Webster H. Abbott to Angelina F. Abbott, 26 January 1865
  • (1924) [writer] ~ Webster H. Abbott to Margaret J. Abbott, 22 April 1865
  • (1925) [writer] ~ Webster H. Abbott to Thomas K. Abbott, 1 May 1865

People - Records: 4

  • (1037) Abbott, Margaret Janie is the [sibling of] (1036) Abbott, Webster H.
  • (1038) Abbott, Thomas K. is the [parent of] (1036) Abbott, Webster H.
  • (1039) Abbott, Tryphena is the [parent of] (1036) Abbott, Webster H.
  • (1040) Abbott, Angelina Fidelia is the [sibling of] (1036) Abbott, Webster H.

Places - Records: 1

  • (277) [birth, death] ~ Pennsylvania

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (338) [enlisted] ~ 145th Pennsylvania Infantry
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Webster H. Abbott to Margaret J. Abbott, 22 April 1865, DL0303.010, Nau Collection