Charles William Personius
Charles William Personius was born on February 8, 1840, in Caroline, New York, to William Personius and Julia Almira Voorhis. His father was a farmer who owned $4,380 of real estate and $900 of personal property by 1860. He grew up and attended school in Caroline, and by 1860, he was working as a farm laborer.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on August 25, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company G of the 50th New York Engineers. According to his service records, he was 5 feet, 10 inches tall, with black hair and black eyes. The regiment took part in the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Chancellorsville, the Battle of Gettysburg, the Overland Campaign, the siege of Petersburg, and the Appomattox campaign. He was promoted to corporal on February 16, 1863, and to sergeant on March 4, 1864. In March 1865, he "hope[d] the time is not far distance when peace shall be proclaimed throughout the whole once United States." He wrote, however, that he "dare[d] not look for an early settlement for fear I shall be disappointed. I thought last June [1864] that the campaign we was then going through would finish up the war but another winter has passed and we are about to engage in another campaign which may prove as hard as the last one." He mustered out on June 13, 1865.
 
Personius returned to Caroline after the war and married a woman named Marcia. He worked as a miller, and by 1870, he owned $4,000 of real estate and $500 of personal property. His wife probably died in the 1870s, and he married Mary C. Reed around 1880. The couple apparently had no children. They lived in Caroline, and he worked as a cartman and farmer. He died in 1924.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(4527)Personius, Charles William1840-02-081924
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Sergeant
  • Rank highest: Sergeant
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 60

  • (12600) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to Family, 15 January 1863
  • (12603) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 11 February 186X
  • (12604) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 8 January 1863
  • (12605) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 19 February 186X
  • (12607) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 23 February 186X
  • (12608) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 11 March 1863
  • (12610) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius et al., 20 September 186X
  • (12611) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 12 September 1863
  • (12613) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 18 October 186X
  • (12614) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 3 October 186X
  • (12615) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 16 October 1863
  • (12616) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 24 October 1863
  • (12617) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 29 March 1864
  • (12621) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 1 October 1864
  • (12622) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius and Walker V. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 15 March 1863
  • (12623) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 16 September 186X
  • (12624) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius and Daniel V. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 15 November 1864
  • (12625) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 25 December 1864
  • (12627) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 12 December 1864
  • (12628) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 8 April 1864
  • (12629) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 16 May 1864
  • (12630) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 30 April 1864
  • (12631) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 11 April 1864
  • (12632) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 23 March 1864
  • (12633) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 25 March 1864
  • (12635) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, undated
  • (12636) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 8 June 1864
  • (12637) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 28 June 1864
  • (12638) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 26 June 1864
  • (12639) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 2 July 1864
  • (12640) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 10 July 1864
  • (12641) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 14 July 1864
  • (12642) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 27 July 1864
  • (12643) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 11 November 1864
  • (12917) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 19 September 1864
  • (12919) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 4 December 1864
  • (12920) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 21 November 1864
  • (12921) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 2 January 1865
  • (12922) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 27 December 1864
  • (12923) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 17 June 1865
  • (12925) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 11 February 1865
  • (12926) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 5 March 1865
  • (12927) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 15 April 1865
  • (12928) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius and Daniel V. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 5 June 1864
  • (12929) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 6 July 1863
  • (12930) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 19 March 1865
  • (12931) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 5 June 1865
  • (12937) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 22 January 1865
  • (12938) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 3 December 186X
  • (12939) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 30 November 1862
  • (12940) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to Daniel V. Personius, 18 October 186X
  • (12941) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 16 December 186X
  • (12942) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 13 November 1863
  • (12945) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 25 October 1864
  • (12946) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 26 November 1864
  • (12947) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 17 January 1863
  • (12949) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 29 April 1864
  • (12950) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 25 October 1863
  • (12951) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 11 October 186X
  • (12952) [writer] ~ Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 4 December 1863

People - Records: 6

  • (4529) Personius, Walker V. is the [sibling of] (4527) Personius, Charles William
  • (4531) Personius, William is the [parent of] (4527) Personius, Charles William
  • (4532) Personius, Julia Almira is the [parent of] (4527) Personius, Charles William
  • (4551) Personius, Daniel Voorhis is the [sibling of] (4527) Personius, Charles William
  • (4552) Personius, Harriet is the [sibling of] (4527) Personius, Charles William
  • (4553) Personius, Julia is the [sibling of] (4527) Personius, Charles William

Places - Records: 1

  • (2869) [birth] ~ Caroline, Tompkins County, New York

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (116) [officer] [G] ~ 50th New York Engineers
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; New York Town Clerks’ Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; New York Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900, available from Ancestry.com; Charles W. Personius to William Personius and Julia A. Personius, 19 March 1865, DL1807.059, Nau Collection