Sgt. (USA), Benjamin Jacobs

Benjamin Jacobs served in the Union Army during the Civil War in the 90th New York Infantry. He enlisted on 8 Oct 1861 in Brooklyn, NY into Company G with the rank of Private. He was promoted to the rank of Corporal and transferred to Company E on 28 Nov 1864. He mustered out on 9 Feb 1866 with his company at Savannah, Georgia. During the fall of 1865 he was detailed as a printer to the Provost Marshall.

• Source - New York State Archives, Cultural Education Center, Albany, New York; New York Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900; Archive Collection #: 13775-83; Box #: 376; Roll #: 20

After the war he reenlisted in the US Army on June 18, 1866 in Washington, D.C. in Battery D, 4th US Artillery Regiment. He was discharged in June 1896 at Fort McHenry, Maryland with the rank of Sergeant. He reenlisted on January 10, 1870 in Fort Foote, Maryland in Battery I of the same regiment. He was discharged on February 10, 1875 at the expiration of his service at Fort Monroe, Virginia as a 1st Sergeant.

• Source - Registers of Enlistments in the United States Army, 1798-1914 on Fold3.com.

Later in life, Benjamin Jacobs worked as a messenger for the War Department and the Treasury Department.