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Nathaniel Jacobs

Birth Date: 1818 in Brooklyn, New York

Date of Death: May 24, 1864 - Mortally Wounded in Battle (aged 46 years

Enlistment Date: at Brooklyn, NY to serve 3 years (44 years of age)

Mustered In: October 1, 1862 as Private

Description:
Eyes - Hazel
Hair - Black
Complexion - Light
Height - 6 feet, 1/2 inches

Company: D

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Wounded/Sick: May 10, 1864 at Laurel Hill, Spottsylvania, Virginia.
Bullet through the right hip.
Died from wounds May 24, 1864 at Columbia Hospital, Washington DC.

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Subsequent Service: June 2, 1864 to Company I, Fifth New York Veteran Infantry.

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Occupations: Trunkmaker

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  • Sources:
  • The History of the Fighting Fourteenth by Tevis & Marquis.
  • We Came to Fight - History of the 5th New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry by Patrick Schroeder
  • New York: Report of the Adjutant-General.
  • Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia

  • Nathaniel is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
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