Lewis C. Dickerson
Lewis C. Dickerson was born around 1843 in New Jersey to Benjamin and Mary Ann Dickerson. His father was a carriage maker who owned $6,000 of real estate and $2,000 of personal property by 1860. The family lived in Independence, New Jersey, until the 1850s, when they moved to Hackettstown, New Jersey. By 1860, Dickerson was working as a car trimmer.
He probably enlisted in the Union army on October 4, 1861, and mustered in as a private in Company A of the 78th New York Infantry five days later. He deserted near Saltersville, New Jersey, on December 12, 1861. He enlisted again on August 2, 1862, and mustered in as a private in Company B of the 15th New Jersey Infantry on August 25. The regiment participated in the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Battle of Chancellorsville. He died at Chancellorsville on May 3, 1863.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (1195) | Dickerson, Lewis C. | 1843 | 1863-05-03 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Private
- Rank out: Private
- Rank highest: Private
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (2260) [writer] ~ Lewis C. Dickerson to Mary Betson, 28 November 1862
People - Records: 1
- (1196) Betson, Mary is the [cousin of] (1195) Dickerson, Lewis C.
Places - Records: 2
Regiments - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com.
