Walter Huntington
Walter Huntington was born around 1842 in Liberty, New York, to Chauncy and Martha Huntington. His father was a farmer who owned $2,500 of real estate and $675 of personal property. He grew up and attended school in Liberty, and by 1864, he was working as a farmer.
He enlisted in the Union army on March 25, 1864, and he mustered in as a private in Company F of the 56th New York Infantry later that day. According to his service records, he was 6 feet tall, with light hair and blue eyes. He married Nancy Hardmore on April 21, 1864. He died of diarrhea in Beaufort, South Carolina, on September 3, 1864.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (2519) | Huntington, Walter | 1842 | 1864-09-03 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Private
- Rank out: Private
- Rank highest: Private
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (3463) [writer] ~ Walter Huntington to Martha J. Huntington, 31 July 1864
People - Records: 1
- (2520) Huntington, Martha J. is the [parent of] (2519) Huntington, Walter
Places - Records: 2
Regiments - Records: 1
- (762) [enlisted] [F] ~ 56th New York Infantry
SOURCES
1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; New York Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, available from Fold3.com.
