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Thomas Austin
Private Thomas Austin, Company D, 121th New York Infantry.
Died 22 Jan 1905; 71.3 years of age.

Thomas Austin enlisted as a Private on 30 Aug 1862 at 28 years of age at Potsdam, New York.
Thomas Austin served 8.5 months in Company F of the 16th New York Infantry and 25 months in Company D of the 121st New York Infantry; 30 Aug 1862 to 11 May 1863 and 11 May 1863 to 25 Jun 1865, respectively.

Thomas Austin was transferred to the 121st New York Infantry on 11 May 1863. On 22 May 1863, the 16th New York Infantry regiment was mustered out on the expiration of their term at Albany, NY. The three years' men were transferred to 121st New York Infantry.

Thomas Austin was mustered out on 25Jun1865 at Hall's Hill, Virginia.

While Thomas Austin was in service, the 16th NY Infantry regiment was engaged in the following battles which had a direct and decisive influence on a campaign and / or a direct impact on the course of the war:
  • Crampton's Gap, South Mountain, Md., 14 Sept 1862
  • Antietam, Md., 16 - 18 Sept 1862
  • Fredericksburg, Va., 11 - 15 Dec 1862
  • Chancellorsville Campaign, Va., 30 Apr - 06 May 1863; including:
        - Marye’s Heights, Va., 03 May 1863;
        - Salem Church, Va., 03 - 04 May 1863;
        - Banks' Ford, Va., 04 May 1863

    The 16th NY Infantry regiment shared the hardships and discomforts of Gen. Burnside's 'Mud March', 20 - 24 Jan 1863.

    While Thomas Austin was in service, the 121th NY Infantry regiment was engaged in the following battles which had a direct and decisive influence on a campaign and / or a direct impact on the course of the war:
  • Gettysburg, Penn., 02 - 04 July 1863
  • Rappahannock Station, Va., 07 Nov 1863
  • Mine Run Campaign, Va., 26 Nov - 02 Dec 1863
  • Wilderness, Va., 05 - 07 May 1864
  • Spotsylvania Court House, Va., 08 - 2 1May 1864;
        including the assault on the Salient, "Bloody Angle"
  • North Anna River, Va., 23 - 26 May 1864
  • Totopotomoy, Va., 28 - 31 May 1864
  • Cold Harbor, Va., 01 - 12 June 1864
  • before Petersburg, Va., 17 - 18 June 1864 and siege of Petersburg, 09 July 1864
  • Jerusalem Plank Road, Va., 22 - 23 June 1864
  • Fort Stevens, DC, 11 - 12July 1864
  • Winchester, Va., 19 Sept 1864
  • Fisher's Hill, Va., 22 Sept 1864
  • Cedar Creek, Va., 19 Oct 1864
  • Hatcher's Run, Va., 05 - 07 Feb 1865
  • Assault on and fall of Petersburg, Va., 02 Apr 1865
  • Sailor's Creek, Va., 06 Apr 1865

    The 121st NY Infantry regiment
  • was present at Appomattox Court House and surrender of Lee and his army, 09 April 1865
    and
  • participated in The Grand Review, 23 May 1865; Day One,
        Major General George G. Meade's Army of The Potomac.


    Other information regarding Thomas Austin gleaned from the Boulder Genealogical Society Columbia Cemetery Burial Index, includes:
  • born on 08 Oct 1834 in Potsdam, St Lawrence County, NY,
  • married Clarissa Holbrook on 16 July 1866
  • fathered five children; 05 born NY; 02, Colo
  • removed to Boulder, Colorado, in 1879 for health asthma
  • occupation: miner and stone mason
        'laid miles of walks in Boulder'
  • died on 22 Jan 1905 in Boulder, Colorado

    Sources
  • Boulder Genealogical Society's Columbia Cemetery Burial Index
  • Historical Data Systems, Inc., Duxbury, MA 02331
  • NPS CWSSS Regimental Histories
  • NPS CWSSS Battle Summaries


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