Volney Washington Corey
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Jump to navigationJump to searchVolney W. Corey was a private in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company G
Antebellum
- Born in 1810 in New York
War Career
- Enlisted in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company H on February 8, 1862
- Veteran
- Wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of Gainesville
- Transferred to 2nd Wisconsin Infantry - Independent Battalion / Company A on June 10, 1864
- Transferred to the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company G on November 30, 1864
Death and Burial
- Wounded in action on April 1, 1865 at the Battle of Five Forks
- Died on April 2, 1865 of wounds received there
Family
- Further genealogical information HERE
Notes
Sources
- Estabrook, Charles E. Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War. (Madison, Wis. Adjutant General's Dept., 1915). (Page 26)
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Pages 368, 380, 521)
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Genealogy - Volney Washington Corey
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
- 2nd Wisconsin Infantry - Independent Battalion
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry
- Wisconsin Enlisted
- Soldiers from Columbia County, Wisconsin
- Soldiers from Lodi, Wisconsin
- Source: RWV (1) 0368
- Source: RWV (1) 0380
- Source: RWV (1) 0521
- Source: WLCW 0026
- Wisconsin Wounded
- Wisconsin Prisoners
- Union Mortally Wounded on 1865.04.01 (Five Forks, VA)
- Wisconsin Mortally Wounded on 1865.04.01 (Five Forks, VA)
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Mortally Wounded on 1865.04.01 (Five Forks, VA)
- Wisconsin Killed
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Killed
- Union Killed on 1865.04.01 (Mortal Wound)
- Wisconsin Killed on 1865.04.01 (Mortal Wound)
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Killed on 1865.04.01 (Mortal Wound)
