Captain Co E 33rd New Jersey Infantry
Civil War Union Army Officer. Entered the Union Army at the start of the Civil War when he enlisted as a Sergeant in Company F, 4th New Jersey Militia on April 25, 1861, only days after the Confederate bombardment at Fort Sumter. He served a three-month term of enlistment, participating in the July 1861 First Bull Run Campaign, where his unit was held in reserve and saw no action. He was mustered out on July 31, 1861, and would watch the war progress for over a year before rejoining the conflict. When the seven-month enlistment regiment 25th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was being formed, he enlisted as a Sergeant in its Company G on September 2, 1862, but was promoted to the unit's Sergeant Major less than a month later. He served at this rank through the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg. Late in that month he was commissioned as the 2nd Lieutenant of Company D to replace Lieutenant Joseph Bateman, who resigned. His tenure in the Company lasted only until February 1863, when he was made the regiment's Adjutant, replacing Adjutant Daniel B. Murphy, who had been dismissed from the service for drunkenness. When the warmer weather of Spring 1863 came, he served with his unit in the operations around Suffolk, Virginia, and was honorably mustered out in June 1863. He spent another summer away from the war, then joined his third regiment in the Union Army when he was commissioned as the 1st Lieutenant of Company E, 33rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on August 20, 1863. The regiment, clad in the uniform of the French-styled "Zouave" soldier, had been enlisted for three years. As in his previous service, he did not have to wait long before promotion, for 9 days after his commissioning initial Company E commander Captain John Sandford was dishonorably discharged. Although that made Charles Field the Company commander, he had to wait until October for his promotion to Captain. He led his command when the regiment was assigned to General William T. Sherman's Army of the Tennessee, operating around Chattanooga. He participated in the November 1863 Battle of Missionary Ridge and in the relief of the Siege of Knoxville. When spring 1864 arrived, he fought in General Sherman's initial moves in Northern Georgia to flank the Confederate Army of General Joseph Johnston, which was protecting the city of Atlanta. On May 28, 1864 at Fort Dallas, Georgia, he sustained wounds while commanding his men in action during his brigade's successful charge on the enemy works. Taken to the Federal Army hospital at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, he lingered until June 5, when he succumbed to his wounds. In his after battle report, Lieutenant Colonel Enos Fourat, commander of the 33rd New Jersey, wrote "it is with the most sincere sorrow that I report the loss of one of my best and bravest captains, Charles J. Field, of Company E. Ever foremost in time of danger, while posting a line of skirmishers on the 28th of May he received a wound in the right thigh, which afterward proved a fatal one". (This bio contributed by Russ Dodge).
Capt. Charles J. Field was the nephew of Brig. Gen. John Joseph Abercrombie, the oldest serving Civil War officer who graduated from West Point. Gen. Abercrombie is buried
in Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
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Descendants of JOHN FIELD
Generation No. 1
1. JOHN2 FIELD (UNKNOWN1) was born Abt. 1789 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and died July 21, 1869 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. He married ERNESTINE ABERCROMBIE April 24, 1828 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, daughter of JOHN ABERCROMBIE and SARAH DENORMANDIE. She was born September 16, 1796 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and died March 23, 1890 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
Children of JOHN FIELD and ERNESTINE ABERCROMBIE are:
i. SARAH CATHERINE3 FIELD, b. January 29, 1831, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. January 14, 1918, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
ii. CAPT. CHARLES J. FIELD, b. May 25, 1834, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. June 05, 1864, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee; m. ELIZABETH PAUL BEAGARY, September 24, 1859, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey; b. September 05, 1838, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey; d. October 21, 1889, Elks Spur Knob, Carroll County, Virginia.
iii. CAPT. THEODORE FRANCIS FIELD, b. January 07, 1838, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. December 01, 1918, Audubon, Camden County, New Jersey; m. SUSAN BAINBRIDGE JACOBY, November 01, 1879, Baltimore County, Maryland; b. September 27, 1858, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey; d. November 20, 1929, Audubon, Camden County, New Jersey.
The inscription may contain a typo. A Captain Charles J. Field, also from New Jersey, is listed as dying of wounds on June 5, 1864 in either Lookout Valley or Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. My photo was taken in section D of Chattanooga National Cemetery on May 8, 2014. Here's a link to the reference I found:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jacquelinesr&id=I14884
Civil War Union Army Officer. Entered the Union Army at the start of the Civil War when he enlisted as a Sergeant in Company F, 4th New Jersey Militia on April 25, 1861, only days after the Confederate bombardment at Fort Sumter. He served a three-month term of enlistment, participating in the July 1861 First Bull Run Campaign, where his unit was held in reserve and saw no action. He was mustered out on July 31, 1861, and would watch the war progress for over a year before rejoining the conflict. When the seven-month enlistment regiment 25th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was being formed, he enlisted as a Sergeant in its Company G on September 2, 1862, but was promoted to the unit's Sergeant Major less than a month later. He served at this rank through the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg. Late in that month he was commissioned as the 2nd Lieutenant of Company D to replace Lieutenant Joseph Bateman, who resigned. His tenure in the Company lasted only until February 1863, when he was made the regiment's Adjutant, replacing Adjutant Daniel B. Murphy, who had been dismissed from the service for drunkenness. When the warmer weather of Spring 1863 came, he served with his unit in the operations around Suffolk, Virginia, and was honorably mustered out in June 1863. He spent another summer away from the war, then joined his third regiment in the Union Army when he was commissioned as the 1st Lieutenant of Company E, 33rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on August 20, 1863. The regiment, clad in the uniform of the French-styled "Zouave" soldier, had been enlisted for three years. As in his previous service, he did not have to wait long before promotion, for 9 days after his commissioning initial Company E commander Captain John Sandford was dishonorably discharged. Although that made Charles Field the Company commander, he had to wait until October for his promotion to Captain. He led his command when the regiment was assigned to General William T. Sherman's Army of the Tennessee, operating around Chattanooga. He participated in the November 1863 Battle of Missionary Ridge and in the relief of the Siege of Knoxville. When spring 1864 arrived, he fought in General Sherman's initial moves in Northern Georgia to flank the Confederate Army of General Joseph Johnston, which was protecting the city of Atlanta. On May 28, 1864 at Fort Dallas, Georgia, he sustained wounds while commanding his men in action during his brigade's successful charge on the enemy works. Taken to the Federal Army hospital at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, he lingered until June 5, when he succumbed to his wounds. In his after battle report, Lieutenant Colonel Enos Fourat, commander of the 33rd New Jersey, wrote "it is with the most sincere sorrow that I report the loss of one of my best and bravest captains, Charles J. Field, of Company E. Ever foremost in time of danger, while posting a line of skirmishers on the 28th of May he received a wound in the right thigh, which afterward proved a fatal one". (This bio contributed by Russ Dodge).
Capt. Charles J. Field was the nephew of Brig. Gen. John Joseph Abercrombie, the oldest serving Civil War officer who graduated from West Point. Gen. Abercrombie is buried
in Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6466
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Descendants of JOHN FIELD
Generation No. 1
1. JOHN2 FIELD (UNKNOWN1) was born Abt. 1789 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and died July 21, 1869 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. He married ERNESTINE ABERCROMBIE April 24, 1828 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, daughter of JOHN ABERCROMBIE and SARAH DENORMANDIE. She was born September 16, 1796 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and died March 23, 1890 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
Children of JOHN FIELD and ERNESTINE ABERCROMBIE are:
i. SARAH CATHERINE3 FIELD, b. January 29, 1831, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. January 14, 1918, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
ii. CAPT. CHARLES J. FIELD, b. May 25, 1834, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. June 05, 1864, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee; m. ELIZABETH PAUL BEAGARY, September 24, 1859, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey; b. September 05, 1838, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey; d. October 21, 1889, Elks Spur Knob, Carroll County, Virginia.
iii. CAPT. THEODORE FRANCIS FIELD, b. January 07, 1838, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. December 01, 1918, Audubon, Camden County, New Jersey; m. SUSAN BAINBRIDGE JACOBY, November 01, 1879, Baltimore County, Maryland; b. September 27, 1858, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey; d. November 20, 1929, Audubon, Camden County, New Jersey.
The inscription may contain a typo. A Captain Charles J. Field, also from New Jersey, is listed as dying of wounds on June 5, 1864 in either Lookout Valley or Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. My photo was taken in section D of Chattanooga National Cemetery on May 8, 2014. Here's a link to the reference I found:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jacquelinesr&id=I14884
Captain Co E 33rd New Jersey Infantry
Civil War Union Army Officer. Entered the Union Army at the start of the Civil War when he enlisted as a Sergeant in Company F, 4th New Jersey Militia on April 25, 1861, only days after the Confederate bombardment at Fort Sumter. He served a three-month term of enlistment, participating in the July 1861 First Bull Run Campaign, where his unit was held in reserve and saw no action. He was mustered out on July 31, 1861, and would watch the war progress for over a year before rejoining the conflict. When the seven-month enlistment regiment 25th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was being formed, he enlisted as a Sergeant in its Company G on September 2, 1862, but was promoted to the unit's Sergeant Major less than a month later. He served at this rank through the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg. Late in that month he was commissioned as the 2nd Lieutenant of Company D to replace Lieutenant Joseph Bateman, who resigned. His tenure in the Company lasted only until February 1863, when he was made the regiment's Adjutant, replacing Adjutant Daniel B. Murphy, who had been dismissed from the service for drunkenness. When the warmer weather of Spring 1863 came, he served with his unit in the operations around Suffolk, Virginia, and was honorably mustered out in June 1863. He spent another summer away from the war, then joined his third regiment in the Union Army when he was commissioned as the 1st Lieutenant of Company E, 33rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on August 20, 1863. The regiment, clad in the uniform of the French-styled "Zouave" soldier, had been enlisted for three years. As in his previous service, he did not have to wait long before promotion, for 9 days after his commissioning initial Company E commander Captain John Sandford was dishonorably discharged. Although that made Charles Field the Company commander, he had to wait until October for his promotion to Captain. He led his command when the regiment was assigned to General William T. Sherman's Army of the Tennessee, operating around Chattanooga. He participated in the November 1863 Battle of Missionary Ridge and in the relief of the Siege of Knoxville. When spring 1864 arrived, he fought in General Sherman's initial moves in Northern Georgia to flank the Confederate Army of General Joseph Johnston, which was protecting the city of Atlanta. On May 28, 1864 at Fort Dallas, Georgia, he sustained wounds while commanding his men in action during his brigade's successful charge on the enemy works. Taken to the Federal Army hospital at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, he lingered until June 5, when he succumbed to his wounds. In his after battle report, Lieutenant Colonel Enos Fourat, commander of the 33rd New Jersey, wrote "it is with the most sincere sorrow that I report the loss of one of my best and bravest captains, Charles J. Field, of Company E. Ever foremost in time of danger, while posting a line of skirmishers on the 28th of May he received a wound in the right thigh, which afterward proved a fatal one". (This bio contributed by Russ Dodge).
Capt. Charles J. Field was the nephew of Brig. Gen. John Joseph Abercrombie, the oldest serving Civil War officer who graduated from West Point. Gen. Abercrombie is buried
in Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6466
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Descendants of JOHN FIELD
Generation No. 1
1. JOHN2 FIELD (UNKNOWN1) was born Abt. 1789 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and died July 21, 1869 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. He married ERNESTINE ABERCROMBIE April 24, 1828 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, daughter of JOHN ABERCROMBIE and SARAH DENORMANDIE. She was born September 16, 1796 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and died March 23, 1890 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
Children of JOHN FIELD and ERNESTINE ABERCROMBIE are:
i. SARAH CATHERINE3 FIELD, b. January 29, 1831, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. January 14, 1918, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
ii. CAPT. CHARLES J. FIELD, b. May 25, 1834, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. June 05, 1864, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee; m. ELIZABETH PAUL BEAGARY, September 24, 1859, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey; b. September 05, 1838, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey; d. October 21, 1889, Elks Spur Knob, Carroll County, Virginia.
iii. CAPT. THEODORE FRANCIS FIELD, b. January 07, 1838, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. December 01, 1918, Audubon, Camden County, New Jersey; m. SUSAN BAINBRIDGE JACOBY, November 01, 1879, Baltimore County, Maryland; b. September 27, 1858, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey; d. November 20, 1929, Audubon, Camden County, New Jersey.
The inscription may contain a typo. A Captain Charles J. Field, also from New Jersey, is listed as dying of wounds on June 5, 1864 in either Lookout Valley or Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. My photo was taken in section D of Chattanooga National Cemetery on May 8, 2014. Here's a link to the reference I found:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jacquelinesr&id=I14884
Civil War Union Army Officer. Entered the Union Army at the start of the Civil War when he enlisted as a Sergeant in Company F, 4th New Jersey Militia on April 25, 1861, only days after the Confederate bombardment at Fort Sumter. He served a three-month term of enlistment, participating in the July 1861 First Bull Run Campaign, where his unit was held in reserve and saw no action. He was mustered out on July 31, 1861, and would watch the war progress for over a year before rejoining the conflict. When the seven-month enlistment regiment 25th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was being formed, he enlisted as a Sergeant in its Company G on September 2, 1862, but was promoted to the unit's Sergeant Major less than a month later. He served at this rank through the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg. Late in that month he was commissioned as the 2nd Lieutenant of Company D to replace Lieutenant Joseph Bateman, who resigned. His tenure in the Company lasted only until February 1863, when he was made the regiment's Adjutant, replacing Adjutant Daniel B. Murphy, who had been dismissed from the service for drunkenness. When the warmer weather of Spring 1863 came, he served with his unit in the operations around Suffolk, Virginia, and was honorably mustered out in June 1863. He spent another summer away from the war, then joined his third regiment in the Union Army when he was commissioned as the 1st Lieutenant of Company E, 33rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on August 20, 1863. The regiment, clad in the uniform of the French-styled "Zouave" soldier, had been enlisted for three years. As in his previous service, he did not have to wait long before promotion, for 9 days after his commissioning initial Company E commander Captain John Sandford was dishonorably discharged. Although that made Charles Field the Company commander, he had to wait until October for his promotion to Captain. He led his command when the regiment was assigned to General William T. Sherman's Army of the Tennessee, operating around Chattanooga. He participated in the November 1863 Battle of Missionary Ridge and in the relief of the Siege of Knoxville. When spring 1864 arrived, he fought in General Sherman's initial moves in Northern Georgia to flank the Confederate Army of General Joseph Johnston, which was protecting the city of Atlanta. On May 28, 1864 at Fort Dallas, Georgia, he sustained wounds while commanding his men in action during his brigade's successful charge on the enemy works. Taken to the Federal Army hospital at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, he lingered until June 5, when he succumbed to his wounds. In his after battle report, Lieutenant Colonel Enos Fourat, commander of the 33rd New Jersey, wrote "it is with the most sincere sorrow that I report the loss of one of my best and bravest captains, Charles J. Field, of Company E. Ever foremost in time of danger, while posting a line of skirmishers on the 28th of May he received a wound in the right thigh, which afterward proved a fatal one". (This bio contributed by Russ Dodge).
Capt. Charles J. Field was the nephew of Brig. Gen. John Joseph Abercrombie, the oldest serving Civil War officer who graduated from West Point. Gen. Abercrombie is buried
in Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6466
=============================
Descendants of JOHN FIELD
Generation No. 1
1. JOHN2 FIELD (UNKNOWN1) was born Abt. 1789 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and died July 21, 1869 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. He married ERNESTINE ABERCROMBIE April 24, 1828 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, daughter of JOHN ABERCROMBIE and SARAH DENORMANDIE. She was born September 16, 1796 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and died March 23, 1890 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
Children of JOHN FIELD and ERNESTINE ABERCROMBIE are:
i. SARAH CATHERINE3 FIELD, b. January 29, 1831, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. January 14, 1918, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
ii. CAPT. CHARLES J. FIELD, b. May 25, 1834, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. June 05, 1864, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee; m. ELIZABETH PAUL BEAGARY, September 24, 1859, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey; b. September 05, 1838, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey; d. October 21, 1889, Elks Spur Knob, Carroll County, Virginia.
iii. CAPT. THEODORE FRANCIS FIELD, b. January 07, 1838, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. December 01, 1918, Audubon, Camden County, New Jersey; m. SUSAN BAINBRIDGE JACOBY, November 01, 1879, Baltimore County, Maryland; b. September 27, 1858, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey; d. November 20, 1929, Audubon, Camden County, New Jersey.
The inscription may contain a typo. A Captain Charles J. Field, also from New Jersey, is listed as dying of wounds on June 5, 1864 in either Lookout Valley or Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. My photo was taken in section D of Chattanooga National Cemetery on May 8, 2014. Here's a link to the reference I found:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jacquelinesr&id=I14884
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