Edward Gridley
Edward Gridley was born around 1838 in Westbury, New York, to Charles Gridley. His father was a farmer who owned $3,000 of real estate by 1850. He grew up and attended school in Saratoga Springs, New York, and he moved to Clyde, New York, in the 1850s. By 1860, he was working as a “domestic.”
 
He enlisted in the Union army on August 21, 1862, and he mustered in as a corporal in Company H of the 9th New York Heavy Artillery three days later. The regiment took part in the Overland Campaign and the siege of Petersburg. He was eventually reduced to the ranks. He was severely wounded in the Battle of Cold Harbor, and he was discharged for disability on February 10, 1865.
 
He returned to Clyde after the war and earned a living as a farm laborer. He applied for a federal pension in March 1865 and eventually secured one. He married a woman named Betsey, and their daughter May was born around 1876. His wife died on December 1, 1886. By 1900, he was working as a fruit dealer. He died in Clyde on June 18, 1925.
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(3890)Gridley, Edward18381925-05-18
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Corporal
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Corporal
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 7

  • (10887) [writer] ~ Edward Gridley to Brother, 12 January 1863
  • (10888) [writer] ~ Edward Gridley to William H. Gridley, 25 February 1863
  • (10889) [writer] ~ Edward Gridley to Brother, 12 June 1863
  • (10890) [writer] ~ Edward Gridley to William H. Gridley, 24 November 1863
  • (10891) [writer] ~ Edward Gridley to Brother, June 1864
  • (10893) [writer] ~ Edward Gridley to William H. Gridley, 26 November 1864
  • (10894) [writer] ~ Edward Gridley to Brother, 10 December 1864

People - Records: 1

  • (3891) Gridley, William H. is the [sibling of] (3890) Gridley, Edward

Places - Records: 2

  • (3358) [birth] ~ Westbury, Nassau County, New York
  • (3359) [death] ~ Clyde, Wayne County, New York

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (15) [enlisted] [H] ~ 9th New York Heavy Artillery
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 Death Index, 1852-1956, available from Ancestry.com; New York Town Clerks’ Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca. 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY), 20 June 1925