George Byron Ely

George Byron Ely was a Captain of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company D.

Antebellum

• Born on October 18, 1826

War Career

• Enlisted in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company D on April 17, 1861
• Appointed to Captain on April 22, 1861
• Wounded on September 17, 1862 at the Battle of Antietam
• Discharged on December 24, 1862 from wounds received there
• Appointed Add. Paymaster of U.S. Volunteers on February 19, 1863
• Appointed Brevet Major of U.S. Volunteers on March 13, 1865
• Appointed Brevet Lieutenant Colonel of U.S. Volunteers on March 13, 1865
• Mustered Out on July 20, 1866

Postwar Career

• Died on October 12, 1886

Family

• PARENTS
  • Father James G. Ely - Born in 1800 in Middlesex County, New Jersey. Died on November 5, 1835 in New York, New York
  • Mother Maria Hoffmire - Born in 1802 in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Died in 1861 in Hightstown, Mercer County, New Jersey
  • Married on December 12, 1821 Monmouth County, New Jersey
• Further genealogy information available HERE

Sources

• Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 356)
• 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Genealogy - George Byron Ely