George Frederick Prichard
George Frederick Prichard was born around 1843 in New York to John and Maria Prichard. His father was a clerk who owned $4,500 of personal property by 1860. Prichard grew up and attended school in New York City. The family moved to Jersey City, New Jersey, in the late 1850s, and by 1860, Prichard was working as a clerk.
He enlisted in the Union army on September 17, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company A of the 165th New York Infantry on November 28. He was wounded at Port Hudson, Louisiana, on May 27, 1863. He eventually recovered and rejoined the regiment, and he mustered out on May 29, 1865. He returned to his parents’ household in New Jersey after the war, and they moved to Hoboken, New Jersey, sometime before 1870. Prichard worked as a printer. He married Emily L. Best in Hoboken on September 12, 1870, and he died in November 1874.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (1577) | Prichard, George Frederick | 1843 | 1874 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Private
- Rank out: Private
- Rank highest: Private
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 4
- (5480) [writer] ~ George F. Prichard to John Prichard and Maria Prichard, 13 January 1864
- (5481) [writer] ~ George F. Prichard to John Prichard and Maria Prichard, 1 October 1863
- (5482) [writer] ~ George F. Prichard to John Prichard and Maria Prichard, 20 May 1863
- (5483) [writer] ~ George F. Prichard to John Prichard and Maria Prichard, 8 April 1863
People - Records: 2
Places - Records: 1
- (67) [birth, death] ~ New York
Regiments - Records: 1
- (513) [enlisted] [A] ~ 165th New York Infantry
SOURCES
1860 and 1870 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; 1855 New York State Census, 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; New Jersey Marriage Records, 1670-1965, available from Ancestry.com
