Daniel R. Forgus
Daniel R. Forgus was born around 1827 in New Jersey to John and Priscilla Forgus. His father died sometime before 1850. They lived in Greenwich, New Jersey, and by the 1850s, Forgus was working as a boatman and a laborer. He married Martha Brotzman on November 22, 1852, in Easton, Pennsylvania. Martha probably died sometime before 1870.
 
Forgus enlisted in the Union army on May 23, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in Company G of the 1st New Jersey Infantry five days later. The regiment took part in the First Battle of Bull Run, the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Gettysburg, and the Overland Campaign. In November 1861, he observed that "there is a great many [New Jersey soldiers] that there simpithy is with the South but thank god not quite all I for one doant and never will as long as I keep what littel cence Ive got." He was promoted to corporal in late 1861 and then to sergeant on September 14, 1862. On January 31, 1865, he was promoted to 2nd lieutenant and transferred to Company F of the 4th New Jersey Infantry.
 
Forgus worked as a shoemaker in Delaware, New Jersey, after the war. He moved to Durham, Pennsylvania, sometime in the 1870s. He applied for a federal pension in February 1881 and eventually secured one. He died on May 8, 1883, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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(2104)Forgus, Daniel R.18271883-05-08
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: 2nd Lieutenant
  • Rank highest: 2nd Lieutenant
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 22

  • (6485) [writer] ~ Daniel R. Forgus to Thomas Worman and Rachael Worman, 12 September 1861
  • (6486) [writer] ~ Daniel R. Forgus to Thomas Worman and Rachael Worman, 26 September 1861
  • (6487) [writer] ~ Daniel R. Forgus to Thomas Worman and Rachael Worman, 13 November 1861
  • (6488) [writer] ~ Daniel R. Forgus to Thomas Worman and Rachael Worman, 22 December 1861
  • (6489) [writer] ~ Daniel R. Forgus to Thomas Worman and Rachael Worman, 11 January 1862
  • (6490) [writer] ~ Daniel R. Forgus to Thomas Worman and Rachael Worman, 29 January 1862
  • (6501) [writer] ~ Daniel R. Forgus to Thomas Worman and Rachael Worman, 16 February 1862
  • (6502) [writer] ~ Daniel R. Forgus to Thomas Worman and Rachael Worman, 18 March 1862
  • (6503) [writer] ~ Daniel R. Forgus to Thomas Worman, 10 July 1862
  • (6505) [writer] ~ Daniel R. Forgus to Thomas Worman, November 1862
  • (6506) [writer] ~ Daniel R. Forgus to Thomas Worman and Rachael Worman, 22 February 1863
  • (6507) [writer] ~ Daniel R. Forgus to Thomas Worman, 24 March 1863
  • (6508) [writer] ~ Daniel R. Forgus to Thomas Worman, 14 March 1863
  • (6509) [writer] ~ Daniel R. Forgus to Thomas Worman and Rachael Worman, 20 August 1863
  • (6510) [writer] ~ Daniel R. Forgus to Thomas Worman, 11 September 1863
  • (6511) [writer] ~ Daniel R. Forgus to Thomas Worman, 3 November 1863
  • (6512) [writer] ~ Daniel R. Forgus to Thomas Worman, 9 January 1864
  • (6513) [writer] ~ Daniel R. Forgus to Thomas Worman, 2 April 1864
  • (6514) [writer] ~ Daniel R. Forgus to Thomas Worman, 1 May 1864
  • (6515) [writer] ~ Daniel R. Forgus to Thomas Worman, 9 June 1864
  • (6516) [writer] ~ Daniel R. Forgus to Thomas Worman, 15 August 1864
  • (6517) [writer] ~ Daniel R. Forgus to Thomas Worman, 28 February 1865

People - Records: 2

  • (2104) Forgus, Daniel R. is the [sibling-in-law of] (2105) Worman, Thomas
  • (2104) Forgus, Daniel R. is the [sibling of] (2106) Worman, Rachael

Places - Records: 2

  • (415) [birth] ~ New Jersey
  • (39) [death] ~ Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

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Regiments - Records: 2

  • (635) [enlisted] [G] ~ 1st New Jersey Infantry
  • (636) [officer] [G, A, F] ~ 4th New Jersey Infantry
SOURCES

1850, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Pennsylvania Marriages, 1852-1854, 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; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915, available from Ancestry.com; Daniel R. Forgus to Thomas Worman and Rachael Worman, 13 November 1861, DL1151.003, Nau Collection