Albert Starr Cole

Albert Starr Cole was a Captain in the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry and a Brevet Major of United States Volunteers.

Antebellum

• Born on October 8, 1841

War Career

• Enlisted on May 18, 1861, 1861 in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company F
• Corporal
• Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant of the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company H on September 1, 1862
• Promoted to 1st Lieutenant on April 15, 1863
• Detached in Signal Corps from November 27, 1862 till May 5, 1865
• Detached as A.D.C. on Staff of General O.O. Howard from May 31, 186 till June 17, 1865
• Brevet Major of U.S. Volunteers on June 1, 1865
• Mustered out on June 27, 1865

Postwar Career

• Died on November 10, 1902

Family

• PARENTS
  • Father Albert Gallatin Cole - Born on April 4, 1819 in Adams Center, Jefferson County, New York. Died on June 2, 1889 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
  • Mother Harriet Loomis Clark - Born on November 15, 1817 in Danbury, Tompkins Couny, New York. Died on December 12, 1887 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
  • Married on October 14, 1840 in Mexico, Oswego County, New York
• SIBLINGS
  • Brother Frank Devereaux Cole - A private who served in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company F (1841-1862)
  • Brother Theodore Clark Cole (1852-1890)
  • Brother Horace Grant Cole (1854-1936)
  • Brother Elrick Clayton Cole (1856-1938)
• Further genealogical information available HERE

Sources

• Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 362)
• Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 2. (Madison, 1886). (Page 221)
• 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Genealogy - Albert Starr Cole