GAR, Union Officer. Colonel, US Volunteers Commissary Dept Infantry Regiment. Co F, 51st PENN Infantry Regiment. Co B, 4th PENN Infantry Regiment. (thanks to Corey Patterson for info)∼Died in Fernandina, Florida, October 4, 1889, Joseph Corson Read, late Lieutenant Colonel and Commissary of Subsistence, United States Volunteers,aged 58 years, 4 months, 7 days.
Joseph Corson Read was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, May 28, 1831. Here his early days were passed. He received an excellent education at Fremont Seminary in that town and afterward was engaged in mercantile pursuits.
At the outbreak of the war, he enlisted in April, 1861, in Company B, 4th Pennsylvania Infantry, commanded by Colonel John F.Hartranft. At the expiration of his three months service, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Company F, 51st Pennsylvania Infantry, and was mustered
into service September 2, 1861. He was soon after detailed as acting commissary of
subsistence. His regiment was attached to the Burnside expedition, and he took part in the capture of Hatteras. In the subsequent Autumn, he served on the staff of General Reno,who was killed at Antietam. His services here are mentioned with commendation in General Burnside's report.At the close of this campaign, he was placed in charge of the depot of supplies at Harper's Ferry and the neighboring region. His duties here were performed most
satisfactorily.He was appointed commissary of
subsistence, with the rank of captain, July 22, 1862, continuing with the Army of the Potomac, until after the Gettysburg campaign, when he was sent to the Army of the Cumberland, where, during the long and arduous Atlanta campaign, he served as chief commissary in the field, with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was full of life, energy, activity, and forethought, and performed all his duties with entire satisfaction.He was retained in service until February, 1866. When mustered out, he went to Minnesota to engage in the lumber business. In 1868, he went to Florida, where he continued the same business till the time of his death. His works here were extensive, and he conducted his business with energy and success. But a few years before his death a heart trouble, which was brought on by his exposures during the war, seriously affected him, and his later years were a struggle with adverse health and fortunes.
In August, 1873, Colonel Read married Mima, daughter of Thomas J. Burim, of Cleveland, Ohio. She, with two children, still survives.
Colonel Read was one of the most genial and generous of men. Warm hearted,self forgetful, always ready to lend a helping hand, his life was filled with pleasant deeds. Those who knew him best loved him most. His record as a soldier was of the best. The comrades who then knew him will never forget his bright and cheery presence, his abounding activity, and his hearty
good nature.
Joseph Corson Read was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, May 28, 1831. Here his early days were passed. He received an excellent education at Fremont Seminary in that town and afterward was engaged in mercantile pursuits.
At the outbreak of the war, he enlisted in April, 1861, in Company B, 4th Pennsylvania Infantry, commanded by Colonel John F.Hartranft. At the expiration of his three months service, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Company F, 51st Pennsylvania Infantry, and was mustered
into service September 2, 1861. He was soon after detailed as acting commissary of
subsistence. His regiment was attached to the Burnside expedition, and he took part in the capture of Hatteras. In the subsequent Autumn, he served on the staff of General Reno,who was killed at Antietam. His services here are mentioned with commendation in General Burnside's report.At the close of this campaign, he was placed in charge of the depot of supplies at Harper's Ferry and the neighboring region. His duties here were performed most
satisfactorily.He was appointed commissary of
subsistence, with the rank of captain, July 22, 1862, continuing with the Army of the Potomac, until after the Gettysburg campaign, when he was sent to the Army of the Cumberland, where, during the long and arduous Atlanta campaign, he served as chief commissary in the field, with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was full of life, energy, activity, and forethought, and performed all his duties with entire satisfaction.He was retained in service until February, 1866. When mustered out, he went to Minnesota to engage in the lumber business. In 1868, he went to Florida, where he continued the same business till the time of his death. His works here were extensive, and he conducted his business with energy and success. But a few years before his death a heart trouble, which was brought on by his exposures during the war, seriously affected him, and his later years were a struggle with adverse health and fortunes.
In August, 1873, Colonel Read married Mima, daughter of Thomas J. Burim, of Cleveland, Ohio. She, with two children, still survives.
Colonel Read was one of the most genial and generous of men. Warm hearted,self forgetful, always ready to lend a helping hand, his life was filled with pleasant deeds. Those who knew him best loved him most. His record as a soldier was of the best. The comrades who then knew him will never forget his bright and cheery presence, his abounding activity, and his hearty
good nature.
GAR, Union Officer. Colonel, US Volunteers Commissary Dept Infantry Regiment. Co F, 51st PENN Infantry Regiment. Co B, 4th PENN Infantry Regiment. (thanks to Corey Patterson for info)∼Died in Fernandina, Florida, October 4, 1889, Joseph Corson Read, late Lieutenant Colonel and Commissary of Subsistence, United States Volunteers,aged 58 years, 4 months, 7 days.
Joseph Corson Read was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, May 28, 1831. Here his early days were passed. He received an excellent education at Fremont Seminary in that town and afterward was engaged in mercantile pursuits.
At the outbreak of the war, he enlisted in April, 1861, in Company B, 4th Pennsylvania Infantry, commanded by Colonel John F.Hartranft. At the expiration of his three months service, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Company F, 51st Pennsylvania Infantry, and was mustered
into service September 2, 1861. He was soon after detailed as acting commissary of
subsistence. His regiment was attached to the Burnside expedition, and he took part in the capture of Hatteras. In the subsequent Autumn, he served on the staff of General Reno,who was killed at Antietam. His services here are mentioned with commendation in General Burnside's report.At the close of this campaign, he was placed in charge of the depot of supplies at Harper's Ferry and the neighboring region. His duties here were performed most
satisfactorily.He was appointed commissary of
subsistence, with the rank of captain, July 22, 1862, continuing with the Army of the Potomac, until after the Gettysburg campaign, when he was sent to the Army of the Cumberland, where, during the long and arduous Atlanta campaign, he served as chief commissary in the field, with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was full of life, energy, activity, and forethought, and performed all his duties with entire satisfaction.He was retained in service until February, 1866. When mustered out, he went to Minnesota to engage in the lumber business. In 1868, he went to Florida, where he continued the same business till the time of his death. His works here were extensive, and he conducted his business with energy and success. But a few years before his death a heart trouble, which was brought on by his exposures during the war, seriously affected him, and his later years were a struggle with adverse health and fortunes.
In August, 1873, Colonel Read married Mima, daughter of Thomas J. Burim, of Cleveland, Ohio. She, with two children, still survives.
Colonel Read was one of the most genial and generous of men. Warm hearted,self forgetful, always ready to lend a helping hand, his life was filled with pleasant deeds. Those who knew him best loved him most. His record as a soldier was of the best. The comrades who then knew him will never forget his bright and cheery presence, his abounding activity, and his hearty
good nature.
Joseph Corson Read was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, May 28, 1831. Here his early days were passed. He received an excellent education at Fremont Seminary in that town and afterward was engaged in mercantile pursuits.
At the outbreak of the war, he enlisted in April, 1861, in Company B, 4th Pennsylvania Infantry, commanded by Colonel John F.Hartranft. At the expiration of his three months service, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Company F, 51st Pennsylvania Infantry, and was mustered
into service September 2, 1861. He was soon after detailed as acting commissary of
subsistence. His regiment was attached to the Burnside expedition, and he took part in the capture of Hatteras. In the subsequent Autumn, he served on the staff of General Reno,who was killed at Antietam. His services here are mentioned with commendation in General Burnside's report.At the close of this campaign, he was placed in charge of the depot of supplies at Harper's Ferry and the neighboring region. His duties here were performed most
satisfactorily.He was appointed commissary of
subsistence, with the rank of captain, July 22, 1862, continuing with the Army of the Potomac, until after the Gettysburg campaign, when he was sent to the Army of the Cumberland, where, during the long and arduous Atlanta campaign, he served as chief commissary in the field, with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was full of life, energy, activity, and forethought, and performed all his duties with entire satisfaction.He was retained in service until February, 1866. When mustered out, he went to Minnesota to engage in the lumber business. In 1868, he went to Florida, where he continued the same business till the time of his death. His works here were extensive, and he conducted his business with energy and success. But a few years before his death a heart trouble, which was brought on by his exposures during the war, seriously affected him, and his later years were a struggle with adverse health and fortunes.
In August, 1873, Colonel Read married Mima, daughter of Thomas J. Burim, of Cleveland, Ohio. She, with two children, still survives.
Colonel Read was one of the most genial and generous of men. Warm hearted,self forgetful, always ready to lend a helping hand, his life was filled with pleasant deeds. Those who knew him best loved him most. His record as a soldier was of the best. The comrades who then knew him will never forget his bright and cheery presence, his abounding activity, and his hearty
good nature.
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