Jonathan Sproul
Jonathan Sproul was born around 1839 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, to James and Julia Sproul. His father was a carpenter and farmer who owned $7,000 of real estate and $1,200 of personal property by 1860. Sproul grew up and attended school in Raritan, New Jersey, and by 1860, he was working as a farmer. He moved to Keyport, New Jersey, around 1860 and began work as a clerk.
 
He enlisted in the Union army in Brooklyn, New York, on September 20, 1861, and he mustered in as a sergeant in Company C of the 87th New York Infantry on October 2. According to his service records, he was 5 feet, 10 inches tall, with light hair and blue eyes. He took part in the siege of Yorktown, the Battle of Williamsburg, the Battle of Seven Pines, the Seven Days Battles, and the Second Battle of Bull Run. The army transferred him to Company C of the 40th New York Infantry on September 6, 1862, and his new regiment participated in the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Chancellorsville, and the Battle of Gettysburg.
 
He remained devoted to the Union, writing in September 1862 that “our prospects are still bright and the cause of Liberty shall yet prevail. And the fabric our fathers reared is founded on to[o] firm a foundation to be uterly [sic] overthrown after nearly a century’s growth.” He was wounded in action on November 7, 1863, and surgeons amputated his left leg. He never fully recovered, and he died in Washington, D.C., on December 7, 1863.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(1351)Sproul, Jonathan18391863-12-07
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Sergeant
  • Rank out: Sergeant
  • Rank highest: Sergeant
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 32

  • (3122) [recipient] ~ Richard A. Bachia to Jonathan Sproul, 16 February 1863
  • (3150) [writer] ~ Jonathan Sproul to James W. Sproul, 8 December 1862
  • (3160) [writer] ~ Jonathan Sproul to James W. Sproul, 16 May 1862
  • (3162) [writer] ~ Jonathan Sproul to Alice Sproul, September 1862
  • (3163) [writer] ~ Jonathan Sproul to James Sproul, 8 August 1863
  • (3164) [writer] ~ Jonathan Sproul to Garret Sproul, 22 October 1863
  • (3165) [writer] ~ Jonathan Sproul to Garret Sproul, 29 January 1862
  • (3177) [writer] ~ Jonathan Sproul to James W. Sproul, 10 July 1862
  • (3178) [writer] ~ Jonathan Sproul to James Sproul, 7 November 1862
  • (3179) [writer] ~ Jonathan Sproul to James Sproul, 5 December 1862
  • (3183) [associated with] ~ Wilson Sproul to James Sproul, 28 June 1864
  • (3185) [associated with] ~ Wilson Sproul to Sister, 22 November 1863
  • (3187) [writer] ~ Jonathan Sproul to James W. Sproul, 21 September 1862
  • (3751) [writer] ~ Jonathan Sproul to James Sproul, 14 June 1862
  • (5612) [writer] ~ Jonathan Sproul to James W. Sproul, 26 January 1862
  • (5613) [writer] ~ Jonathan Sproul to James W. Sproul, 22 February 1862
  • (5614) [writer] ~ Jonathan Sproul to James W. Sproul, 15 March 1862
  • (5622) [writer] ~ Jonathan Sproul to Elizabeth Sproul, 5 September 1862
  • (5623) [writer] ~ Jonathan Sproul to Elizabeth Sproul, 16 September 1862
  • (5624) [writer] ~ Jonathan Sproul to Alice Sproul, 17 October 1862
  • (5625) [writer] ~ Jonathan Sproul to Garret Sproul, 6 January 1863
  • (5626) [recipient] ~ Theresa E. Sproul to Jonathan Sproul, 21 September 1863
  • (5627) [writer] ~ Jonathan Sproul to Alice Sproul, 27 September 1863
  • (5628) [writer] ~ Jonathan Sproul to James Sproul, 31 October 1863
  • (5629) [writer] ~ Jonathan Sproul to James W. Sproul, 28 July 1862
  • (6281) [writer] ~ Jonathan Sproul to James W. Sproul, 9 September 1862
  • (6285) [writer] ~ Jonathan Sproul to James Sproul, 8 January 1863
  • (6286) [writer] ~ Jonathan Sproul to James Sproul, 18 May 1863
  • (6287) [associated with] ~ John H. H. Ward General Order, 4 January 1863
  • (6288) [associated with] ~ Wilson Sproul to James Sproul, November 1863
  • (6289) [associated with] ~ Wilson Sproul to James Sproul, 12 November 1863
  • (6290) [associated with] ~ James Farmer to James Sproul, 12 March 1864

People - Records: 8

  • (1372) Sproul, Wilson is the [sibling of] (1351) Sproul, Jonathan
  • (1373) Sproul, Alice is the [sibling of] (1351) Sproul, Jonathan
  • (1388) Sproul, James W. is the [sibling of] (1351) Sproul, Jonathan
  • (1391) Sproul, James is the [parent of] (1351) Sproul, Jonathan
  • (1412) Sproul, Garret is the [sibling of] (1351) Sproul, Jonathan
  • (1413) Warner, William H. is the [friend of] (1351) Sproul, Jonathan
  • (1631) Sproul, Elizabeth is the [sibling of] (1351) Sproul, Jonathan
  • (1978) Farmer, James is the [friend of] (1351) Sproul, Jonathan

Places - Records: 2

  • (1172) [birth] ~ Monmouth County, New Jersey
  • (75) [death] ~ Washington, DC

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Regiments - Records: 2

  • (340) [enlisted] [C] ~ 40th New York Infantry
  • (446) [enlisted] [C] ~ 87th New York Infantry
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; Jonathan Sproul to Elizabeth Sproul, 5 September 1862, Nau Collection.