Joseph Paulding Denike

Age 21, he had 3-months service as a Private in Company C, 13th New York Militia from about 23 April to 6 August 1861, with service at Annapolis and Baltimore, MD. On 15 August he enrolled in Brooklyn as a Private in the 5th Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery. He was appointed 2nd Lieutenant on 8 November with commission dated 17 December 1861.

He was with his battery on the Maryland Campaign.

He was promoted to First Lieutenant on 9 December (to date from 13 July) 1862 and probably commanded the battery at Gettysburg in July 1863 while Captain Taft had the Artillery Brigade. He resigned his commission and was discharged on 15 January 1864.

He was a clerk in Brooklyn when he died at only 31 years old in 1872.

His service from the Adjutant General1 and Phisterer.2 His service at Antietam from his battalion commander William Hays' Report. His gravesite is on Findagrave. His death record says he died on 14 December 1871, age 30.

He married Margaret Magdalene "Maggie" Myers (1842-1915) and they had a son William, probably born after his father's death. She filed for a federal widow's pension in 1890.

03/27/1841 in NY

12/14/1872; Brooklyn, NY; burial in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY