Civil War Veterans Buried In Washington State - Robert Down

CWV FERN HILL ABERDEEN GRAYS HARBOR CO DOWNE ROBERT UNION CENSUS CHRON 2022

 

CWV Data base has him as Robert Dawn & so does CWV profiles

Await word from Bruce as to how to put him in site! 10/25/2022

	Robert Dawn Residence Oakland County MI; 34 years old. Enlisted on 1/27/1862 at Flint, MI as a Private. On 2/6/1862 he mustered into "B" Co. MI 10th Infantry He was transferred out on 12/15/1863 On 12/15/1863 he transferred into Veteran Reserve Corps (date and method of discharge not given)
Name:		Robert Dawn
Enlistment Age:		34
Birth Date:		abt 1828
Enlistment Date:		27 Jan 1862
Enlistment Place:		Flint, Michigan
Enlistment Rank:		Private
Muster Date:		6 Feb 1862
Muster Place:		Michigan
Muster Company:		B
Muster Regiment:		10th Infantry
Muster Regiment Type:		Infantry
Muster Information:		Enlisted
Muster Out Date:		15 Dec 1863
Muster Out Information:		Transferred
Side of War:		Union
Survived War?:		Yes
Residence Place:		Oakland County, Michigan
Additional Notes 2:		Muster 2 Date: 15 Dec 1863; Muster 2 Place: Michigan; Muster 2 Information: Transferred;
Title:		Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65

The Invalid Corps of the Civil War period was created to make suitable use in a military or semi-military capacity of soldiers who had been rendered unfit for active field service on account of wounds or disease contracted in line of duty, but who were still fit for garrison or other light duty, and were, in the opinion of their commanding officers, meritorious and deserving.

Those serving in the Invalid Corps were divided into two classes: Class 1, partially disabled soldiers whose periods of service had not yet expired, and who were transferred directly to the Corps there to complete their terms of enlistment; Class 2, soldiers who had been discharged from the service on account of wounds, disease, or other disabilities, but who were yet able to perform light military duty and desired to do so. Such men were allowed, under General Order No. 105 above referred to, to enlist in the Invalid Corps. As the war went on it proved that the additions to the Corps hardly equaled the losses by discharge or otherwise, so it was finally ordered that men who had had two years of honorable service in the Army or Marine Corps might enlist in the Invalid Corps without regard to disability.

By General Order No. 111, dated March 18, 1864, the title Veteran Reserve Corps was substituted for that of Invalid Corps, and this title is used in almost every case in the present work, whether the reference is to transfers and enlistments prior to March 18, 1864, or to those made subsequent to that date.

The men serving in the Veteran Reserve Corps were organized into two battalions, the First Battalion including those whose disabilities were comparatively slight and who were still able to handle a musket and do some marching, also to perform guard or provost duty; the Second Battalion being made up of men whose disabilities were more serious, who had perhaps lost limbs or suffered some other grave injury. These latter were commonly employed as cooks, orderlies, nurses, or guards in public buildings. There were from first to last from two to three times as many men in the First Battalion as in the Second, and the soldiers in the First Battalion performed a wide variety of duties. They furnished guards for the Confederate prison camps at Johnson's Island, Ohio, Elmira, N. Y., Point Lookout, Md., and elsewhere. They furnished details to the provost marshals to arrest bounty jumpers and to enforce the draft. They escorted substitutes, recruits, and prisoners to and from the front. They guarded railroads, did patrol duty in Washington City, and even manned the defenses of the city during Early's raid in July, 1864.

 

 

 

Name:	Robert Down
Gender:	Male
Unit:	B 10 Mich Inf.; 68 2 Battes V R C[B 10 Mich Inf.; 68 2 Battes V R C]
Filing Date:	5 Mar 1877
Place Filed:	Washington, USA
Relation to Head:	Soldier
Spouse:	Mary Down
Roll number:	128
Name		Robert Down
Gender		Male
Spouse		Amelia Jones
Child		Lizzie Down

 

 

1870 Pontiac Ward 1 Oakland Co. MI

Robert Down 44/1826/England laborer

Mary 30

Margaret 8

Sarah 5

Elizabeth 2

 

1880 Tipton Moniteau Co. MO

Robert 50/1830/Wales parents England/England laborer

Mary 40

Maggie 15

Lizzie 12

Granger 9

Annie 5

Mabel 3

Kate 5/12 Jan 1880

 

Name:	Robert Down
Gender:	Male
Race:	White
Birth Date:	abt 1825
Birth Place:	Bristol, England
Death Date:	11 Mar 1894
Age at Death:	69
Death Location:	Aberdeen, Washington
Residence:	Aberdeen, Washington
Father:	John Down
Father's Birth Place:	Eng, DEV
Mother:	Sarah Ash
Mother's Birth Place:	Bristol, England

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Robert Down

BIRTH

1824

Bristol, England

DEATH

1894 (aged 69–70)

BURIAL

Fern Hill Cemetery

Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA

PLOT

4/15/3/Original Plot

MICHIGAN PVT CO B 10 REGT MICH INF CIVIL WAR

Name:	Robert Down
Rank:	Pvt
Birth Date:	1824
Service Branch:	Army
Unit:	Co. B, 10th Michigan Inf. Union Civil War.
Enlistment Date:	27 Jan 1862
Discharge Date:	7 Feb 1865
Death Date:	1894
Cemetery:	Fern Hill Cemetery military tombstone
Cemetery Location:	Aberdeen, Washington, USA

 

1900 Aberdeen Chehalis Co. WA

Mary Downs 60/Nov 1839/Wales widowed parents Wales/Wales 7ch 6liv

Mabel 23/Oct 1876/MI

Kate 20/Jan 1880/IN

John 17/Apr 1883/MI

 

1910 Big Butte Jackson Co. OR

Mary Down 70/1840/England widowed farmer Nat yes

John F Down 27/MI farmer with mother

 

1920 Portland Multnomah Co. OR

Mary Down 80/1840/Wales IM 1861 grandmother

Benton Wortendyke 43

Mabel A 30

John B 11

Charles 8

Eliz 3

Thomas E 1

 

Mary Jane Jones Down

BIRTH

2 Nov 1839

Monmouthshire, Wales

DEATH

6 Dec 1932 (aged 93)

Medford, Jackson County, Oregon, USA

BURIAL

Fern Hill Cemetery

Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA

PLOT

4/15/1/Original Plot

Elizabeth Perry 1836 1902 (one daug missing alive at her death)

Margaret A 5/8/1861/MI d. 10/27/1899/WA

Sarah Maria 6/13/1865 Pontiac MI d. 7/17/1956 Houston TX

Elizabeth 1868/MI d. 11/13/1902/WA

Hannah Annie9/1874/Greenville Montcalm Co. MI d. 5/17/1952 Aberdeen Grays Harbor WA

Mabel 10/1878/Greenville MI d. 11/19/1900 Yakima WA

Kate 1/1880/IN d. 12/17/1903 San Bernadino Co. CA

John Francis 4/25/1883/MI d. 11/8/1949 Jackson Co. OR

Buried at Fern Hill Cemetery Aberdeen
Row: Lot 4 Block 15
Site: 2