EUGENE HARRISON FALES
HELLO,I AM PETER C FALES SON OF GEORGE A FALES 111. I AM ACIVIL WAR REENACTOR AND HAVE ASSUMED THE PERSONA OF
EUGENE HARRISON FALES A COUSIN OF OURS WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY WELL IN OUR CIVIL WAR. EUGENE SERVED IN THE 14TH
REGIMENT NEW YORK STATE MILITIA.THIS UNIT WAS FROM THE CITY
OF BROOKLYN AND SERVED A THREE YEAR TERM OF SERVICE WITH THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC FIGHTING IN ALL ITS MAJOR ACTIONS
FROM FIRST BULL RUN UP TO SPOTSLYVANIA. EUGENE WAS BORN IN THOMASTON MAINE ENLISTED IN THE 14TH REGT.APRIL 1861 AT AGE
20.HE TRANSFERRED TO THE 40TH NEW YORK AND WAS COMMISSIONED
AS A 2ND LT. WHEN THE TERM OF SERVICE OF THE 40TH NY WAS UP
HE TRANSFERRED TO THE 131ST NY VOLS. WHERE HE EVENTUALLY
WAS PROMOTED 1ST.LT.HE WAS WOUNDED AT PORT HUDSON LA. AND
CAPTURED AND IMPRISONED AT LIBBY PRISON IN RICHMOND.TRANSFERRED TO A POW FACILITY NEAR MACON GEORGIA
HE ESCAPED AND EVENTUALLY FOUND HIS WAY TO UNION LINES.
AFTER A CONVALESCENT LEAVE IN BROOKLYN HE RETURNED TO HIS
UNIT AND WAS PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN.AT THE TERMINATION OF HOSTILITIES HE RETURNED TO CIVILIAN LIFE AND MARRIED HARRIET
LEE IN GREENPOINT BROOKLYN.MOVING TO ST. PAUL MINNISOTA HE
AND HARRIET HAD A SON NAMED EUGENE WHO DIED IN INFANCY.
EUGENE DIED AT 28 YEARS OF AGE OF CONSUMPTION OR WHAT WOULD
BECOME TO BE KNOWN AS TUBERCULOSIS CONTRACTED DUE TO HIS IMPRISONMENT.WHILE I HAVE HIS MILITARY RECORDS FROM THE
NATIONAL ARCHIVES I DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT HIS PERSONAL LIFE
I KNOW HE WAS LISTED AS AN ACCOUNTANT ON HIS ENLISTMENT PAPERS AND APPARENTLY AN EDUCATED YOUNG MAN.I HAVE A COPY OF HIS REQUEST FOR TRANSFER AND HIS HANDWRITING IS PROOF
OF THIS EDUCATION.IT WOULD BE A REAL JOY TO ME IF SOMEONE
OUT THERE HAD AN IMAGE OF THIS GALLANT YOUNG ANCESTOR OF OURS.I AM IN THE PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS AND WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE COPIES IF WE COULD FIND AN ORIGINAL IMAGE.NEEDLESS TO SAY THE UTMOST CARE WOULD BE TAKEN IN THE PROCESS AND THE
ORIGINAL WOULD BERETURNED WITH MY GRATITUDE AND THANKS.
HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU I REMAIN,
YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT PRIVATE PETER C FALES
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