Asa Holmes
Asa Holmes was born around 1816 in Oxford, New York. He married a woman named Eliza by the early 1840s, and they had at least two children: Mary, born around 1842; and Frank, born around 1850. They lived in Oxford, and Holmes worked as a farmer. He enlisted in the Union army on August 1, 1862, and mustered in as a private in Company A of the 114th New York Infantry five days later. The regiment took part in the siege of Port Hudson.
 
He opposed emancipation, telling his son, "if you here Eny man or woman talk abolition or against slavery cick his ass for me for I have seen through this war Enough to sattisfy me." Nonetheless, he remained devoted to the Union. He condemned “peace Democrats” as “traitors to the union” and urged his son to “stand & stick to the union as long as you live.” In July 1863, he declared, "tell them [his community] if I git kild that I fought for the union like A Brave solger." He died of chronic diarrhea in New Orleans, Louisiana, on November 1, 1863.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(1272)Holmes, Asa18161863-11-01
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 74

  • (2546) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 26 November 1862
  • (2547) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 1 December 1862
  • (2549) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 8 January 1863
  • (2550) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 9 January 1863
  • (2551) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 11 January 1863
  • (2552) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 22 January 1863
  • (2553) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 25 January 1863
  • (2554) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 3 February 1863
  • (2555) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 5 February 1863
  • (2556) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 9 February 1863
  • (2557) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 21 February 1863
  • (2558) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 23 February 1863
  • (2559) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 25 February 1863
  • (2560) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 5 March 1863
  • (2561) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 8 March 1863
  • (2562) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes and Frank A. Holmes, 11 March 1863
  • (2563) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, undated
  • (2565) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 13 March 1863
  • (2566) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 15 March 1863
  • (2567) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 19 March 1863
  • (2568) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 20 March 1863
  • (2569) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 26 March 1863
  • (2570) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes, 31 March 1863
  • (2571) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 5 April 1863
  • (2572) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 8 April 1863
  • (2573) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes, 9 April 1863
  • (2574) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes and Frank A. Holmes, 12 April 1863
  • (2575) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 14 April 1863
  • (2576) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes and Eliza A. Holmes, 15 April 1863
  • (2577) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 17 April 1863
  • (2578) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 18 April 1863
  • (2579) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 18 April 1863
  • (2580) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 20 April 1863
  • (2581) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 21 April 1863
  • (2582) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 24 April 1863
  • (2583) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 25 April 1863
  • (2584) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 26 April 1863
  • (2585) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes and Frank A. Holmes, 27 April 1863
  • (2587) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 3 May 1863
  • (2588) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 28 May 1863
  • (2589) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 10 June 1863
  • (2590) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 11 June 1863
  • (2591) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 20 June 1863
  • (2592) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes et al., 25 June 1863
  • (2593) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 28 June 1863
  • (2594) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes et al., 3 July 1863
  • (2595) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes and Frank A. Holmes, 6 July 1863
  • (2596) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 11 July 1863
  • (2597) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 12 July 1863
  • (2598) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes et al., 17 July 1863
  • (2600) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes and Frank A. Holmes, 4 August 1863
  • (2601) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes and Frank A. Holmes, 6 August 1863
  • (2602) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes and Frank A. Holmes, 8 August 1863
  • (2603) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes and Frank A. Holmes, 10 August 1863
  • (2604) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 11 August 1863
  • (2605) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes and Frank A. Holmes, 12 August 1863
  • (2606) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 13 August 1863
  • (2607) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes and Frank A. Holmes, 18 August 1863
  • (2608) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes and Frank A. Holmes, 23 August 1863
  • (2609) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes and Frank A. Holmes, 26 August 1863
  • (2610) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes and Frank A. Holmes, 28 August 1863
  • (2611) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes and Frank A. Holmes, 29 August 1863
  • (2612) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes and Frank A. Holmes, 1 September 1863
  • (2614) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to (?) Lewis, 3 September 1863
  • (2615) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes and Frank A. Holmes, 6 September 1863
  • (2616) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes and Frank A. Holmes, 11 September 1863
  • (2617) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Unknown, 1 October 1863
  • (2618) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes and Frank A. Holmes, 9 October 1863
  • (2622) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes, undated
  • (2623) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes, undated
  • (2624) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes and Frank A. Holmes, undated
  • (2625) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Unknown, undated
  • (2626) [associated with] ~ Horace J. Wood to Eliza A. Holmes, undated
  • (2627) [writer] ~ Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 16 April 1863

People - Records: 5

  • (1272) Holmes, Asa is the [parent of] (1273) Holmes, Frank A.
  • (1272) Holmes, Asa is the [aunt/uncle of] (1275) St. Jermain, Nettie L.
  • (1274) Holmes, Eliza Ann is the [wife of] (1272) Holmes, Asa
  • (1276) Holmes, Mary A. is the [child of] (1272) Holmes, Asa
  • (1278) Wood, Horace J. is the [friend of] (1272) Holmes, Asa

Places - Records: 2

  • (1115) [birth] ~ Oxford, Chenango County, New York
  • (72) [death] ~ New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (245) [enlisted] ~ 114th New York Infantry
SOURCES

1840, 1850, and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; New York Town Clerks’ Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca. 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes, 22 January 1863, DL0526.007, Nau Collection; Asa Holmes to Eliza A. Holmes et al., 3 July 1863, DL0526.049, Nau Collection; Asa Holmes to Frank A. Holmes et al., 17 July 1863, DL0526.053, Nau Collection