Sergeant Henry Pfeffer^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1837 - 1872  (35 years)

• Name	Henry Pfeffer
  Title	Sergeant
  Born	1837	Hesse-Cassel, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Enlistment	18 Dec 1857	New York, USA
  	Capt. Granger; 2 Art Co M
  Residence	1860	Fort Brown, Brownsville, Cameron, Texas, USA
  Residence	1870	Fort Adams, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
  Enlistment	20 Apr 1870	Washington, District of Columbia, USA
  	Capt. DuPont; 5 Art Co F
  Died	17 Dec 1872	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  	Cause: Tuberculosis
  Buried	20 Dec 1872	Old Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  	http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=120309576
  Notes	http://www.history.army.mil/books/R&H/R&H-2Art.htm In December 1856, the regiment began to move North headquarters going to Fort Hamilton [New York], then in May 1857, to Fort Monroe and in November back to Fort Hamilton. B, D and M, on their arrival from the West went, B and M to Fort Monroe, and D to Fort Hamilton. Hardly were they settled in their new stations when several of the companies were ordered West, where most of them remained until 1861. A, E, F, H and M were occupied principally in Kansas, during the troublous antebellum times in that State, with Leavenworth as a base. Headquarters were established at that post for a few months in 1859, going to Fort Monroe in November. The two light batteries started in May 1858, to march from Leavenworth to Utah. They got some distance beyond Fort Kearney when, the Mormon troubles being over, they were recalled and returned to Leavenworth. Light Battery M (Hunt) was, in April 1860, sent from Kansas to Fort Brown, Texas, and was part of the force that Twiggs tried some months later to turn over to the South. They had to leave their horses, but succeeded in getting out of the State by way of the Gulf with their guns, in spite of extraordinary efforts on the part of the Texans to get possession of them. http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-regiments-detail.htm?regiment_id=UUR0002RA BATTERY "M" 2nd ARTILLERY. In Texas January, 1861. Moved to New York April, 1861; thence to Fort Pickens, Fla. Ordered to Washington, D.C., June, 1861. Attached to Richardson's Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army, Northeast Virginia, to August, 1861. Franklin's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861. Franklin's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21, 1861. Occupation of Fairfax Court House July 17. Battle of Bull Run July 21. Duty in the Defences of Washington, D.C., till March, 1862. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Near Williamsburg May 4. Hanover Court House May 27. Operations about Hanover Court House May 27-29. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Action at Malvern Hill August 5. Moved to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria August 16-23. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Poolesville, Md., September 7. Barnesville September 9. Monocacy Church September 9. Sugar Loaf Mountain September 10-11. Frederick September 12. Catoctin Mountain September 13. Antietam September 16-17. Shepherdstown Ford September 19. Shepherdstown and Martinsburg October 1. Pursuit of Stuart into Pennsylvania October 9-12. Mouth of Monocacy and White's Ford October 12. Philomont November 1. Union, Bloomfield and Upperville November 2-3. Barbee's Cross Roads November 5. Waterloo Bridge November 7. Corbin's Cross Roads, near Amissville, November 10. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. http://www.history.army.mil/books/R&H/R&H-5Art.htm The regiment turned northward early in 1869 and took stations along the New England coast, from Fort Trumbull, Ct., to Fort Sullivan, Me., with headquarters at Fort Adams, R. I. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cwp.4a39480/ - Battery M, 2nd US Artillery near Fair Oaks, VA, June 1862 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004660266/ - Drawing of the battle at Hanover Courthouse, 27 May 1862 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/29-%E2%80%93-bvt-maj-henry-j-hunt/ - "The behavior of the men of my battery was all that could be desired. They were cool, collected, prompt, and obedient, and not an instance of misconduct or neglect occurred during the action in the whole battery. The first sergeant, Terrence Reily, was very efficient, as were also the chiefs of pieces–Sergeants Smith, Pfeffer, Flood, and Relinger."
  Person ID	I959	Our Family Tree
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2013

  
  

  Family	Margaret Cecelia Sheridan,   b. 26 Feb 1846, Ireland ,   d. 19 Oct 1912, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 66 years)
  Children	+ 1. Henry Edwin Pfeffer,   b. 29 Apr 1867, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 19 Nov 1943, Northfield, Atlantic, New Jersey, USA  (Age 76 years)   2. Charles W Pfeffer,   b. 24 Jul 1871, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2010
  Family ID	F2164	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 1837 - Hesse-Cassel, Germany Enlistment - Capt. Granger; 2 Art Co M - 18 Dec 1857 - New York, USA Residence - 1860 - Fort Brown, Brownsville, Cameron, Texas, USA Residence - 1870 - Fort Adams, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Enlistment - Capt. DuPont; 5 Art Co F - 20 Apr 1870 - Washington, District of Columbia, USA Died - Cause: Tuberculosis - 17 Dec 1872 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Buried - 20 Dec 1872 - Old Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents		Death Certificate for Henry Pfeffer
  		Henry Pfeffer in the 1873 Philadelphia City Directory
  		Obituary for Henry Pfeffer
  		Henry Pfeffer's 1870 Army Enlistment He is the last entry on the page. Enlisted in Washington, DC. Discharged July 1872 for disability.
  		Army Record for Henry Pfeffer
  		Widow's Pension for Henry Pfeffer Lists Margaret Pfeffer as widow.
  		Henry Pfeffer's 1857 Army Enlistment New York; Captain Granger; 2 Art Co M
  		Henry Pfeffer's Passport Application "Served five years in Army of the U.S. as Sergt of Col. M. 2d Regt. Artillery. Was in the Peninsular Campaign & was in the engagement at Fredericksburg under Genl Burnside." 1863
  		Sergeant Pfeffer Commended Excerpt from report of Captain Henry Benson, July 1862

  
  

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  [S2655423085] The Descendants of Lewis Hart and Anne Elliott, Jared Sidney Torrance, (1923). [S2645886795] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Newport Ward 5, Newport, Rhode Island; Roll: M593_1472; Page: 553B; Image: 392; Family History Library Film: 552971. Name: Henry Pfeiffer Age in 1870: 33 Birth Year: abt 1837 Birthplace: Prussia Home in 1870: Newport Ward 5, Newport, Rhode Island Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Newport Stationed with Company F of the 5th Artillery at Fort Adams. [S2655423147] U.S. Civil War Soldiers. Name: Henry Pfeffer Side: Union Regiment State/Origin: Union Regular Army Regiment Name: 2 U.S. Art. Regiment Name Expanded: 2nd Regiment, US Artillery (Regular Army) Company: M Rank Out: Sergeant Rank Out Expanded: Sergeant Film Number: M233 roll 26 [S2645886283] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Fort Brown Garrison Brownsville, Cameron, Texas; Roll: M653_1289; Page: 302; Image: 611; Family History Library Film: 805289. Name: Henry Pfeffer Age in 1860: 24 Birth Year: abt 1836 Birthplace: Germany Home in 1860: Fort Brown Garrison Brownsville, Cameron, Texas Gender: Male Post Office: Brownsville