James Isaac Christiancy
James Isaac Christiancy was born around 1844 in Monroe County, Michigan, to Isaac and Elizabeth Christiancy. His father was a lawyer who owned $8,000 of real estate. He grew up and attended school in Monroe, Michigan, and he enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1861.
 
He left college after a year, and he enlisted in the Union army on May 28, 1862. He mustered in as a private in Company C of the 17th Michigan Infantry on July 2. The regiment took part in the Battle of Antietam. He was promoted to sergeant major on August 26, 1862. Then, in November 1862, he was promoted to 2nd lieutenant in Company D of the 9th Michigan Cavalry. He served as an aide to General George Custer. He took part in the Overland Campaign, and he was wounded in the Battle of Haw’s Shop on May 28, 1864. He mustered out on August 22, 1865.
 
He returned to Michigan after the war, and he spent another year at the University of Michigan. He moved to Washington, D.C., in the 1870s, and he worked as a clerk in the Bureau of Pensions. He married Edith Phillips in July 1889, and they had at least one child. In October 1892, he received the Medal of Honor for his actions at Haw’s Shop. He died on December 18, 1899.
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(4634)Christiancy, James Isaac18441899-12-18
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: 1st Lieutenant
  • Rank highest: 1st Lieutenant
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 4

  • (13066) [writer] ~ James I. Christiancy to Isaac P. Christiancy, 2 September 1862
  • (13067) [writer] ~ James I. Christiancy to Elizabeth Christiancy and Grandmother, 19 October 1862
  • (13068) [recipient] ~ Adolfo Fernández Cavada to James I. Christiancy, 23 March 1864
  • (13069) [writer] ~ James I. Christiancy to Isaac P. Christiancy, 24 April 1864

People - Records: 2

  • (4635) Christiancy, Isaac Peckham is the [parent of] (4634) Christiancy, James Isaac
  • (5544) Christiancy, Elizabeth is the [parent of] (4634) Christiancy, James Isaac

Places - Records: 2

  • (2969) [birth] ~ Monroe County, Michigan
  • (75) [death] ~ Washington, DC

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Regiments - Records: 2

  • (1071) [enlisted] [C] ~ 17th Michigan Infantry
  • (1072) [officer] [D] ~ 9th Michigan Cavalry
SOURCES

1850, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; School Catalogs, 1765-1935, available from Ancestry.com; Detroit (MI) Free Press, 19 July 1889 and 20 December 1899.