CDV of George Crampton 8th New York Heavy Artillery Wounded Cold Harbor, VA
CDV of George Crampton 8th New York Heavy Artillery Co. D. The image is Id'ed via period pencil with a Baltiomore, MD backmark.
Enlisted on 8/11/1862 at Lockport, NY as a Priv.
On 8/14/1862, he mustered into "D" Co. New York 8th Heavy Artillery.
He was disch disability on 5/26/1865 at Buffalo, NYHe was listed as:
- Wounded 6/3/1864 Cold Harbor, VA
The regiment (ten companies) left the State August 23, 1862, and served as heavy artillery and infantry at Baltimore, Md., and vicinity from August 27, 1862; at Harper's Ferry, W. Va., from July 10, 1863; at Baltimore, Md., and vicinity from August 3, 1863, in the Middle Department, 8th Corps. Companies L and M joined in February, 1864, and the regiment served in Tyler's Division, 2d Corps, from May 17, 1864; in the 4th Brigade, 2d Division, 2d Corps, from May 29, 1864; and in the 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 2d Corps, from June 26, 1864. June 5, 1865, Companies A to K were, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Joseph W. Holmes, mustered out and honorably discharged at Munson's Hill, Va.; the men not discharged with their respective companies were transferred, those of Companies G, H, I and K to the 4th N. Y. Volunteer Artillery, and those of Companies A, B, C, D, E and F, and also Companies L and M, to the 10th N. Y. Volunteer Infantry, of which the men of Companies A, D and F formed Company K; those of B, C and E Company I; Company L became Company H and M Company G.