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Henry F. HOUSTATER

BIRTH: ABT 1838, Cambria, Niagara Co., NY
DEATH: 29 OCT 1862, Sandy Hook, Washington Co., MD

Father: Jacob HOUSTATER
Mother: Belinda GOULD

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                    _Adam HOUSTETER _|
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 _Jacob HOUSTATER _|
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|--Henry F. HOUSTATER 
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|_Belinda GOULD ___|
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INDEX

Notes

[NI1861] Updated September 30, 2005. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1850 United States Census for New York, Niagara Co., Lewiston: August 26, 1850.

Henry F. Houstater is the son of Jacob and Belinda (listed as Malinda) Houstater. He is 12 years old, born in New York and is attending school.

(2) 1860 United States Census for New York, Niagara Co., the Town of Lewiston, Lewiston Post Office: Page 26; August 15, 1860.

Henry F. Houstater (listed as "Houstatter" is the son of Jacob and Belinda (listed as "Melinda") Houstater. He is 23 years old, born in New York and is a farmer.

(3) American Civil War Soldiers Record via Ancestry.com

- Name: Henry F Houstater ,
- Enlistment Date: 18 September 1861
- Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
- Side Served: Union
- State Served: New York
- Unit Numbers: 1677 1677
- Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 18 September 1861 at the age of 24; Promoted to Full Corporal on 14 October 1861; Enlisted in Company Batty M, 1st Light Artillery Regiment New York on 14 October 1861; Promoted to Full Sergeant on 06 February 1862; Died Company Batty M, 1st Light Artillery Regiment New York on 29 October 1862 in Sandy Hook, MD.

(4) National Park Service Civil War Soldiers and Sailor System Search by Soldier Name (database).

Henry F. Houstater (listed as "Houstaller"), 1 N.Y.L. Art'y., Union, Company M., in as a private, out as a sergeant, Film Number M551 roll 67.

During his period of service Company M., he would have served up through the Battle of Antietam, and would have passed away while the company was stationed in Maryland Heights.

"BATTERY "M" 1st REGIMENT LIGHT ARTILLERY. Organized at Lockport, N. Y., and mustered in at Rochester November 15, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., November 21, 1861. Attached to Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. Artillery, Williams' Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps, to April, 1862, and Dept. of the Shenandoah to June, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. Artillery, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps, to July, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 20th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

SERVICE.-Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Advance on Winchester March, 1862. Occupation of Winchester March 12. Advance from Strasburg to Woodstock and Edenburg April 1-2. Woodstock April 1. Edenburg April 1-2. Near Edenburg April 7-11 and 14. South Fork of the Shenandoah April 19. McGaheysville April 27. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley to June 17. Middletown and Newtown May 24. Winchester May 25. Retreat to Williamsport May 25.26. Battle Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Beverly Ford August 20. Rappahannock River August 21. Plains of Manassas August 27-29. Battle of Bull Run August 30 (Reserve). Battle of Antietam September 16-17. At Maryland Heights till December."

(5) Civil War Pension Index via Ancestry.com

- Houstater, Henry F.
- Wife, Houstater, Belinda
- Unit, M. 1st N.Y., L.A.
- Application 333888.
- Certificate 240625
- Filed December 29, 1885, New York.

(6) Mathews family records, November 29, 2001.

- References Federal Census for Niagara Co., NY: 1840 (Cambria); 1850 & 1860 (Lewiston).
- Lists his wife as "Belinda," born about 1840 and died after 1894.