Joseph Foreacre

By 1850 he was a laborer at Mill Creek in New Castle County, DE. On 24 September 1861, then a 45 year old, 6' 2" tall farmer, he enlisted and mustered in Wilmington, DE as a Private in Company B, First Delaware Infantry.

He was wounded in the shoulder in action on 17 September 1862 at Antietam by a gunshot which "struck his scapula [shoulder blade] and buried itself in the muscles."

He was admitted to McKim's Hospital in Baltimore on 24 September, and the bullet was extracted by Surgeon Lavington Quick, USV. He healed slowly and was returned to duty on 16 June 1863.

By October 1863 he had transferred to Company A, 18th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps.

He was granted an invalid veteran's pension in October 1865. By 1870 he was a farm worker back in Mill Creek. His widow filed to receive his pension on 3 July 1879 - so he died sometime before then.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 also as Joseph Foreacker, and his Pension Cards, both online from fold3. Wound and hospital details from the MSHWR,2as Joseph Fouracre. His memorial is on Findagrave.

He married Rebecca (Moore?, c. 1817-) and they had 5 children by 1850. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1850 & 1870.

c. 1816; Kent County, DE

c. 1879; in DE