Chauncy Persons
Chauncy Persons was born around 1838 in Ellisburg, New York, to Ira and Eliza Persons. His father was a blacksmith who owned $300 of real estate by 1860. He grew up and attended school in Henderson, New York, and by 1860, he was working as a laborer.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on September 18, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in Company K of the 24th New York Infantry on September 27. According to his service records, he was 5 feet, 6 inches tall, with black hair and blue eyes. He died in the Second Battle of Bull Run on August 29, 1862.
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(2619)Persons, Chauncy18381862-08-29
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (3655) [writer] ~ Chauncy Persons to Lydia E. Persons, 17 March 1862

People - Records: 1

  • (2620) Persons, Lydia Emily is the [sibling of] (2619) Persons, Chauncy

Places - Records: 2

  • (1997) [birth] ~ Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York
  • (943) [death] ~ Manassas, Virginia

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (749) [enlisted] [K] ~ 24th New York Infantry
SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com.