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H.F. Tarbox
(1839 - 1914)
Home State: New York
Education: Genesee College
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 108th New York Infantry
Before Antietam
He was studying Law when the War began in 1861. He was 2nd Lieutenant of Company C.
The rest of the War
Apointed Assistant Paymaster, Army of the Cumberland in Fall 1863, at Nashville, TN.
After the War
Admitted to the Bar in 1865, firm of Tarbox & Sherwin, still practicing in Batavia, NY in 1890. Member NY State Assembly 1866-67. Collector of Internal Revenue 1868, 1872. Appointed Postmaster, Batavia, NY 21 January 1890.
References & notes
Basic information from Washburn1. His photograph from one in the collection of the New York State Military Museum. Genesee College is now Syracuse University.
Birth
03/01/1839; Scottsville, NY
Death
1914; Batavia, NY
1 Washburn, George H., A Complete Military History and Record of the 108th Regiment N.Y. Vols., Rochester (NY): Press of E.R. Andrews, 1894, pp. 316 - 324 [AotW citation 9007]