Van R. Bentley
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Jump to navigationJump to searchVan Ranssaleer Bently was a private in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company G.
Antebellum
- Born in 1838 in New York
War Career
- Enlisted on December 1, 1861 in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company G
Death and Burial
- Wounded 5 times at the Battle of Antietam
- Died on September 20, 1862 from wounds received there
Family
- PARENTS
- Father Ephraim Bentley - A private in the 23rd Wisconsin Infantry / Company G, born on September 3, 1812 in New York. Died March 31, 1864 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- Mother Philena G. Tinkelpaugh - Born in 1817 in New York. Died on March 8, 1864 in Ontario, Lagrange County, Indiana.
- Married ?
- Further genealogical available HERE
Notes
Sources
- Estabrook, Charles E. Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War. (Madison, Wis. Adjutant General's Dept., 1915). (Page 9)
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 365)
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Genealogy - Van Ranssaleer Bentley
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
- Wisconsin Enlisted
- Soldiers from Columbia County, Wisconsin
- Soldiers from Dekorra, Columbia County, Wisconsin
- Source: WLCW 0009
- Source: RWV (1) 0365
- Wisconsin Mortally Wounded
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Mortally on 1862.09.17 (Antietam, MD)
- Union Killed on 1862.09.20 (Mortal Wound)
- Wisconsin Killed on 1862.09.20 (Mortal Wound)
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Killed on 1862.09.20 (Mortal Wound)