William Bellman
William Bellman was born around 1817 in New York. By the early 1860s, he was living in Seneca Falls, New York. He enlisted in the Union army on September 7, 1861, and mustered in as a private in Company G of the 8th New York Cavalry on October 21. He was discharged for disability on July 31, 1862, suffering from rheumatism and an injury to his right knee.
 
He returned to New York after leaving the army. He was admitted to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Bath, New York, in 1888. In April 1892, one newspaper reported, Bellman “was seized with mental derangement…and it was necessary to place him” in police custody. They sent him to the Willard State Hospital, and he died there on April 26, 1892.
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(1285)Bellman, William18171892-04-26
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (2658) [associated with] ~ William Bell Statement, 21 September 1877

Places - Records: 1

  • (67) [birth, death] ~ New York

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (435) [enlisted] [G] ~ 8th New York Cavalry
SOURCES

Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; New York Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900, available from Ancestry.com; National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, available from Ancestry.com; Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1861-1904, available from Ancestry.com; Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY), 13 April 1892.