Horace Garrigus
Horace Garrigus was born around 1844 in New Jersey to Isaac Garrigus and Sarah Shepard. His father was a farmer. The family lived in Morris, New Jersey, and Garrigus attended school there. He probably moved to Waterbury, Connecticut, around 1861, and he enlisted in the Union army on September 23, 1861. He mustered in as a private in Company E of the 8th Connecticut Infantry two days later. As he explained to his father, he volunteered to help “save the union.” He was severely wounded in the hip in the Battle of Antietam, but he eventually recovered and rejoined his regiment. He was promoted to corporal on May 1, 1865, and he mustered out in Lynchburg, Virginia, on December 12, 1865.
 
Garrigus returned to Connecticut after the war, and he married Maria Daly there on April 3, 1867. They had at least three children: Curtis, born around 1872; Clarence, born around 1874; and Frank, born around 1876. The family lived in Waterbury, and Garrigus worked as a moulding maker and carpenter. He died in Waterbury on December 8, 1922.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(416)Garrigus, Horace18441922-12-08
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Corporal
  • Rank highest: Corporal
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 20

  • (1071) [writer] ~ Horace Garrigus to Isaac Garrigus, 1861
  • (1072) [writer] ~ Horace Garrigus to Sarah Garrigus, 1 November 1861
  • (1073) [writer] ~ Horace Garrigus to Sarah Garrigus, 28 May 1862
  • (1074) [writer] ~ Horace Garrigus and Jacob H. Garrigus to Sarah Garrigus, 2 February 1863
  • (1075) [writer] ~ Horace Garrigus to Sarah Garrigus, 17 June 1863
  • (1076) [writer] ~ Horace Garrigus to Isaac Garrigus, 17 September 1863
  • (1077) [writer] ~ Horace Garrigus to Sarah Garrigus, 21 July 1864
  • (1078) [writer] ~ Horace Garrigus to Brother, 21 November 1864
  • (1079) [writer] ~ Horace Garrigus to Sarah Garrigus, 15 January 1865
  • (1080) [writer] ~ Horace Garrigus to Sarah Garrigus, 29 January 1865
  • (1081) [writer] ~ Horace Garrigus to Sarah Garrigus, 10 February 1865
  • (1082) [writer] ~ Horace Garrigus to Sarah Garrigus, 23 February 1865
  • (1083) [writer] ~ Horace Garrigus to Sarah Garrigus, 3 March 1865
  • (1084) [writer] ~ Horace Garrigus to Sarah Garrigus, 15 March 1865
  • (1085) [writer] ~ Horace Garrigus to Sarah Garrigus, 30 April 1865
  • (1086) [writer] ~ Horace Garrigus to Sarah Garrigus, 22 May 1865
  • (1087) [recipient] ~ Aaron Garrigus to Horace Garrigus, undated
  • (1088) [writer] ~ Horace Garrigus to Sarah Garrigus, 27 January 1861
  • (1089) [writer] ~ Horace Garrigus to Brother, 10 February 1861
  • (1090) [writer] ~ Horace Garrigus to Sarah Garrigus, 15 March 1861

People - Records: 4

  • (414) Garrigus, Jacob Henry is the [sibling of] (416) Garrigus, Horace
  • (415) Garrigus, Isaac is the [parent of] (416) Garrigus, Horace
  • (417) Garrigus, Sarah is the [parent of] (416) Garrigus, Horace
  • (2480) Garrigus, Aaron is the [sibling of] (416) Garrigus, Horace

Places - Records: 2

  • (415) [birth] ~ New Jersey
  • (229) [death] ~ Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (36) [enlisted] [E] ~ 8th Connecticut Infantry
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; Horace Garrigus to Isaac Garrigus, 1861, DL0155.002, Nau Collection.