Letters from Corp. George Pease 75th NY Reg. 1862, 1863
Submitter Sherri Cawley
Corporal Pease mustered into Company “H”, 75th New York Volunteers on November 26, 1861. The 75th, also known as the Auburn regiment, was composed mainly of members from Cayuga and Seneca counties, New York, and was mustered into the service of the United States at Auburn, for a three years’ term on Nov. 26, 1861. It embarked for the south on Dec. 6, 1861, and was stationed at Santa Rosa island and Fort Pickens, Fla., during its first winter in the service, and formed part of the garrison of Pensacola during the summer of 1862. While here, Company “K” joined the Regiment, which was ordered to New Orleans in September. It was assigned to Weitzel’s reserve brigade, which had a brisk fight a Georgia Landing. Pease mustered out at Savannah, Georgia, on August 31, 1865.
Read the Pease biography and letters: 10 July 1862 | 17 Dec 1862 | 30 Jan 1863 | 18 Aug. 1863
Brian Brown, author of In the Footsteps of the Blue and Gray: A Civil War Research Handbook kindly sends the following information:
Pease, George W., Company H, 75 NY Infantry Regiment. age 24. Enlisted 9/29/61 at Sciopio (Cayuga Co.) NY. Mustered in 11/26/61. Promoted corporal. 8/3/63. Reduced to private 9/15/64; promoted to corporal again 1/4/65 and to sgt. 7/1/65. Mustered out 8/31/65 at Savannah, Georgia. In 1875, his widow Abby K. applied for a pension and received widow’s pension certificate #150817. An individual named Geo. W. Pease married Abigail Sincerbox about 1857 in Cayuga, NY. I imagine this is the same person, but I am not 100% positive.