Loomis T. Palmer
Loomis T. Palmer was born around 1844 in Connecticut to Elliot and Florilla Palmer. His father was a Congregationalist minister who owned $3,500 of real estate and $1,300 of personal property by 1860. The family lived in Stafford, Connecticut, until the 1850s, when they moved to Newark, New Jersey.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on Jun 11, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in Company C of the 67th New York Infantry on June 24. The regiment took part in the Seven Days’ Battles, the Battle of Gettysburg, the Overland Campaign, and the siege of Petersburg. He expressed devotion to the Union. In October 1863, he assured his parents that "your son...will do his duty & God helping him will never show himself a coward. sooner let me fall, than to show myself weak and backward in sustaining our cause." He asked them to "remember him as one who fought for his country." 
 
He was promoted to corporal on May 30, 1864. On September 1, 1864, Union officials transferred him to Company C of the 65th New York Infantry. The regiment took part in the siege of Petersburg and the Appomattox campaign. He supported President Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1864. In September 1864, he declared that the "day has now come when we as a nation can show ourselves--give Gen Grant reinforcements. Abe our hearty support, carry forward this draft & we may hope for Peace ere the New Year." He mustered out on July 17, 1865.
 
He returned to New Jersey after the war, and he married Maria Vannostrand on May 8, 1866. They lived in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and Palmer worked as a bank agent. By 1870, he owned $1,000 of personal property. He died on May 24, 1896, in Portland, Connecticut.
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(4428)Palmer, Loomis T.18441896-05-24
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Corporal
  • Rank highest: Corporal
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 33

  • (12264) [writer] ~ Loomis T. Palmer to Elliot Palmer, 8 August 186X
  • (12265) [writer] ~ Loomis T. Palmer to Elliot Palmer and Florilla S. Palmer, 1 September 186X
  • (12266) [writer] ~ Loomis T. Palmer to Elliot Palmer and Florilla S. Palmer, 2 December 186X
  • (12267) [writer] ~ Loomis T. Palmer to Francis K. Palmer, 31 March 186X
  • (12268) [writer] ~ Loomis T. Palmer to Elliot Palmer and Florilla S. Palmer, 14 July 1861
  • (12269) [writer] ~ Loomis T. Palmer to Francis K. Palmer, 14 April 1862
  • (12270) [writer] ~ Loomis T. Palmer to Francis K. Palmer, 8 December 1862
  • (12271) [writer] ~ Loomis T. Palmer to Brother, 5 May 1863
  • (12272) [writer] ~ Loomis T. Palmer to Brother, 9 July 1863
  • (12273) [writer] ~ Loomis T. Palmer to Francis K. Palmer, 18 September 1863
  • (12274) [writer] ~ Loomis T. Palmer to Elliot Palmer and Florilla S. Palmer, 15 October 1863
  • (12275) [writer] ~ Loomis T. Palmer to Francis K. Palmer, 20 November 1863
  • (12276) [writer] ~ Loomis T. Palmer to Francis K. Palmer, 27 March 1864
  • (12277) [writer] ~ Loomis T. Palmer to Francis K. Palmer, 10 April 1864
  • (12278) [writer] ~ Loomis T. Palmer to Francis K. Palmer, 2 August 1864
  • (12279) [writer] ~ Loomis T. Palmer to Francis K. Palmer, 16 August 1864
  • (12280) [writer] ~ Loomis T. Palmer to Francis K. Palmer, 20 August 1864
  • (12281) [writer] ~ Loomis T. Palmer to Elliot Palmer and Florilla S. Palmer, 3 June 1865
  • (12282) [writer] ~ Loomis T. Palmer to George S. Palmer, 9 July 1865
  • (12283) [writer] ~ Loomis T. Palmer to Brother, undated
  • (12325) [associated with] ~ George S. Palmer to Elliot Palmer and Florilla S. Palmer, 1 July 1863
  • (12349) [writer] ~ George S. Palmer to Elliot Palmer and Florilla S. Palmer, 12 April 1864
  • (12511) [recipient] ~ George S. Palmer to Loomis T. Palmer, 10 January 1864
  • (12515) [recipient] ~ George S. Palmer to Loomis T. Palmer, 19 December 186X
  • (12664) [writer] ~ Loomis T. Palmer to Elliot Palmer and Florilla S. Palmer, 30 November 1864
  • (12665) [writer] ~ Loomis T. Palmer to Elliot Palmer, 27 June 1882
  • (12666) [writer] ~ Loomis T. Palmer to Elliot Palmer and Florilla S. Palmer, 24 January 1866
  • (12667) [writer] ~ Loomis T. Palmer to Elliot Palmer and Florilla S. Palmer, 4 September 1864
  • (12678) [recipient] ~ Florilla S. Palmer to Loomis T. Palmer, 29 May 1864
  • (12681) [recipient] ~ Florilla S. Palmer to Loomis T. Palmer, 7 July 1865
  • (12687) [recipient] ~ Laura S. Bixby to Loomis T. Palmer, 27 July 1863
  • (12690) [writer] ~ Alfred Hall to George S. Palmer, 24 December 1867
  • (12705) [writer] ~ Loomis T. Palmer to Elliot Palmer and Florilla S. Palmer, 9 October 1867

People - Records: 7

  • (4428) Palmer, Loomis T. is the [child of] (4429) Palmer, Elliot
  • (4430) Palmer, George S. is the [sibling of] (4428) Palmer, Loomis T.
  • (4431) Palmer, Francis King is the [sibling of] (4428) Palmer, Loomis T.
  • (4441) Palmer, Florilla S. is the [parent of] (4428) Palmer, Loomis T.
  • (4575) Lull, Abigail Porter is the [cousin of] (4428) Palmer, Loomis T.
  • (4577) Little, Harriet Palmer is the [aunt/uncle of] (4428) Palmer, Loomis T.
  • (5571) Palmer, Elliot is the [grandparent of] (4428) Palmer, Loomis T.

Places - Records: 2

  • (294) [birth] ~ Connecticut
  • (2471) [death] ~ Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut

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Regiments - Records: 2

  • (602) [enlisted] [C] ~ 65th New York Infantry
  • (826) [officer] [C] ~ 67th New York Infantry
SOURCES

1850, 1860, and 1870 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; New Jersey Marriage Records, 1670-1965, available from Ancestry.com; Connecticut Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Loomis T. Palmer to Elliott Palmer and Florilla S. Palmer, 4 September 1864, DL1798.004, Nau Collection; Loomis T. Palmer to Elliot Palmer and Florilla S. Palmer, 15 October 1863, DL1786.011, Nau Collection