James M. Mayhew

In 1860 he was a 19 year old day laborer and lived on his parent's farm at Lee, Oneida County, NY. He enlisted on 27 September 1861 at Binghamton and mustered in as Sergeant, Company H, 89th New York Infantry on 14 October.

He was missing in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862 and possibly wounded there.

He was promoted First Sergeant, date not given, and re-enlisted as a veteran on 14 January 1864. He was promoted Sergeant-Major of the regiment and wounded on 4 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA. In June 1865 he was at home on the family farm with his parents and siblings at Lee, NY and he was listed as absent in a hospital when the regiment mustered out of service on 3 August 1865 in Richmond, VA.

Basic information from State of New York,1, which lists him as James M Mahew (also as Maghew and Mayhue. Corporal George Tillotson’s letter of 24 September 1862 mentions him as missing, probably captured at Antietam. Personal details from family genealogists, the US Census of 1850 & 1860, and the NY State Census of 1865.

c. 1841 in NY