Theodore Van Etten

Age 22, he enlisted on 18 September 1861 in New York City for three years, and he mustered as a Private in Company E, 61st NY Infantry on 21 September. He transferred to Company H on 1 November 1861. He was promoted to Sergeant Major of the regiment in June 1862, but was returned to his rank of Sergeant in his Company, date not given.

He was wounded in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

He was discharged for disability from wounds on 9 December 1862 at the Convalescent Camp at Alexandria, VA.

By 1875 and to at least 1900 he was a laborer at Rhinebeck in Dutchess County, NY; his mother and sister Alice lived nearby in 1875.

His service from the State of New York,1 as Theodore Van Elton. Personal details from family genealogists, the US Census of 1880 & 1900, and the New York State Census of 1875. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Susan Holdridge (1846-) and they had a son John (b. 1867).

02/18/1839; Ulster County, NY

01/09/1914; burial in Church of the Comforter Cemetery, Kingston, NY