Francis Ferdinand Reynolds

Age 26, he enlisted in New York City, and mustered as a Private in Company I, 42nd New York Infantry on 10 January 1862.

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

He was treated at the field hospital on the Susan Hoffman farm at Sharpsburg, then admitted to a US Army hospital in Frederick, MD on 22 September. He was sent back to his Company on 23 December 1862. He was promoted to Sergeant, probably before 25 September, and mustered as 2nd Lieutenant on 1 January 1863. He was promoted to First Lieutenant on 22 October 1863 and wounded again, at Spotsylvania Court House, VA on 5 May 1864. He mustered out with his Company on 13 July 1864 in New York City.

He enrolled again, as a Private in Company H, 59th New York Infantry on 5 October 1864 and was commissioned First Lieutenant on 4 November. He was promoted to Captain on 13 December and mustered out on 30 June 1865 at Munson's Hill, VA.

In December 1865 he was a Tammany candidate for City Councilman in New York City. He began receiving a veteran's pension for disability in March 1869. In 1870 he operating a candy store in New York City, but by 1880 was a dentist in the city.

His service from the State of New York.1 He's on a casualty list in the New York Daily Herald of 25 September 1862, as First Sergeant. Wound and hospital details from the Patient List 2 and Nelson.3 Personal details from family genealogists, the US Census of 1870-1880, the New York Times of 4 December 1865, and his pension cards, online from fold3. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Lydia Agatha Lennon (1840-) and they had 5 children between 1863 and 1881.

He may have had prior service, about December 1860-August 1861, in the 69th New York State Militia, as Private and Quartermaster Sergeant.

12/23/1835 in NY

03/09/1894; Manhattan, NY; burial in Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY