Birth Date: 1842
Date of Death: July 24, 1902. (59 years of age).
Enlistment Date: April 18, 1861 at Brooklyn, to serve 3 years. 19 years of age
Mustered In:March 10, 1862 as Private in Company E by General McDowell at Washington DC.
Description: 5 Feet 1 Inch, Light Complexion, Grey Eyes, Brown Hair
Company: E
Promotions:
Wounded/Sick: Absent, sick May 1862 to June 3 1862.
Absent - August 1, 1862 to August 12, 1862 in Satterlee USA General Hospital, Washington DC with diarrhoea.
Absent sick,September and October 1862.
Absent - June 3, 1862 to July 10, 1862 in USA General Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia with rheumatic fever.
Wounded In Action - July 1, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Absent - in Hospital, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Taken Prisoner:
Details:
Muster Out Date: Discharged November 12, 1863 at Gettysburg PA.
Subsequent Service:
Marriage Date and Place: January 1, 1865 at Adelhia Street, Brooklyn, NY by Rev. Francis C. Well.
Wife's Maiden Name: Mary Augusta Cooper. Died June 2, 1916 age 69.
Children:
Edmund Cooper Carshaw~ Born December 2, 1865. Married: Julia Garrison Carshaw.
William Harri Carshaw ~ Born July 16, 1868. Married: Grace Elinor Low.
Son William Hamilton Carshaw. Married: Mabel Estell Thatcher.
Son William Hamilton Carshaw, Jr. (current descendant).
Frank D. Carshaw ~ Born October 12, 1870
Mabel Carshaw ~ Born September 28, 1879
Genevive Carshaw ~ Born November 1, 1881
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Occupations:
Pre-War: Accountant, Clerk
Post War: Clerk, Naval Office Custom House.
Last Known Address: 101 Monroe Street, Brooklyn NY.
Last Pension Rate:$12.00
Joined U.S. Grant GAR Civil War Veterans Post. Served as Honor Guard at Grant's funeral in 1895.