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District of Columbia in the US Civil War (USA) 1861-1865

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Audenried, Avery, Bomford, Chew and 8 others
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    Dr. George Erving Bomford, (USA) (1827 - 1864)
    Dr. George Erving Bomford Dr. George Erving Bomford was born Mar 31, 1820 in Washington, DC to Colonel George and Clarissa Clara Bomford (Baldwin). He attended medical school at Harvard University...
  • Maj. Gen. Horatio Gouverneur Wright, (USA) (1820 - 1899)
    Horatio Gouverneur Wright was an engineer and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. After the war, he was involved in a number of engineering projects, including the Brooklyn Bridge ...
  • Corp. David Horn Yount, (USA) (1843 - 1924)
    The son of Israel & Mary (Horn) Yount, in 1860 he was a clerk living with and/or working for Mary Weadman in Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 8" tall and had dark hair.A Civil War v...
  • Pvt Jacob Kochly, (USA) (1823 - 1864)
    Residing in Naperville, Illinois at the time of enlistment. Enlisted on September 18, 1861 as a Private in the 8th Illinois Cavalry, Company E. Died at Washington DC of wounds received.The June 1860 ce...
  • Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111160667/richard-smith-chew
    Lt. CDR (USA), Robert Smith Chew, III (1848 - 1923)
    Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy : Jan 14 2022, 0:25:43 UTC

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A total of 15,131 men fought in two regiments and four battalions of infantry and one regiment of cavalry. Other independent companies were raised during the war for local defense, including 33 companies of infantry and one company of cavalry raised from the District militia from April to July 1861
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