Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Bailey, Harrison C. |
Genealogy ID |
75796 |
Born |
04 OCT 1837 |
Birthplace |
Athens, Vermont |
Deceased |
15 AUG 1919 |
Deceased where |
Mansfield, Tioga PA |
Cemetery |
Oakwood Cemetery |
Titles & honors |
Civil War G.A.R. Mansfield Post # 48 |
Military |
Civil War |
Father |
Cephas Bailey |
Mother |
Caroline Wright |
Spouse |
Minnie L. Stoddard |
Children |
Earl C. Bailey May H. Bailey Frank H. Bailey Ralph Bailey Eula Bailey Joseph O. W. Bailey |
Reference |
Obit PDC GAR |
Notes |
H.C. Bailey in First Bucktail Engagement (both the Mansfield Advertiser version and the original Butts book version follow) Harrison C. Bailey, born in Athens, Vermont in 1832 enlisted April 22, 1861 at Tioga, Pa., in Co. G First Rifles or the 13th Reg’t. Pa. Reserves, known as the Bucktails. He was discharged from service at Harrisburg, Pa., July 21st, 1862 on account, the loss of his arm. In July 1861 while encamped at Cumberland, Md., he was detailed with a scouting party of 34 men under Lieut. Col. Kane to go 50 miles to a point near Ronney, at which place were encamped about 6000 rebels. The later learning of the approach of the scouts sent 400 cavalrymen to intercept them. The scouts entrenched in brick and stone houses, repulsed the enemy killing seven losing but one. That night Bailey was placed on picket by Col. Kane one mile out on the Ronney Road, with orders to shoot, without previously halting, any armed men who might attempt to pass alone, in darkness in woods infested with rattle and black snakes. He watched until one o’clock, then hearing horsemen in the road he was about to shout when he was arrested by the voice of his comrade John F. Daily, who was accompanying Col. Kane on a tour of inspection. On July 16th he was one of a party of 200, who were surrounded in a stone house by 800-rebel cavalry. After a sharp skirmish, the latter retreated leaving their dead. In Sept., while at Harpers Ferry he was one of six pickets sent to guard a railroad terminal two miles above the town. Bailey and three others concluded to stand above instead of inside the tunnel and when the rebels came to capture the pickets as was their custom, four of them were killed and the rest driven off by the pickets above the tunnel. Dec. 20th, at the battle of Drainsville Bailey’s bayonet scabbard was shot off. After the battle he took an overcoat off a dead rebel and sold the next day for $17.00. June 2nd, 1862, he was engaged in the raid on Stransburg when 69 men, who had been taken prisoners from Gen. Bank’s Division were recaptured. On June 6, at Harrisonburg, 104 union men were engaged with over 3000 rebels. The loss of the former killed and wounded was 52, while the later lost 559. Bailey was wounded four times resulting in the loss of his left arm. The fourth night after the amputation of his arm while being taken to the hospital at Mt. Jackson, he lay all night beside a stone wall in a heavy rain without shelter. Bailey’s great-great grandfather, Sylvester Bailey, served in the Revolutionary War. His grandfathers, Capt. Joseph Wright and Cyrus Bailey, in the War of 1812. His brother, Capt. R.C. Bailey and himself in the War of the Rebellion. H.C. Bailey joined Gen. Mansfield Post No. 48 GAR May 20, 1878. He held the office of Commander six years, was adjutant 9 years, served also as Officer of Day and Officer of Guard. His sons, Ralph J. and Jos. W.O. Bailey, both enlisted for the Spanish American War. HARRISON C. BAILEY, born 4th of October 1837 in Athens, Vermont enlisted April 22, 1861 at Tioga, Pa., in Co. G First Rifles or the 13th Reg’t. Pa. Reserves, known as the Bucktails. He was discharged from service at Harrisburg, Pa., July 21st, 1862 on account, the loss of his arm. In July 1861 while encamped at Cumberland, Md., he was detailed with a scouting party of 34 men under Lieut. Col. Kane to go 50 miles to a point near Romney at which place were encamped about 6000 rebels. The later, learning of the approach of the scouts, sent 400 cavalrymen to intercept them. The scouts, entrenched in brick and stone houses, repulsed the enemy killing seven and losing but one. That night Bailey was placed on picket by Col. Kane one mile out on the Romney Road, with orders to shoot, without previously halting, any armed men who might attempt to pass. Alone, in darkness, in woods infested with rattle and black snakes, he watched until one o’clock; then hearing horsemen in the road he was about to shoot when he was arrested by the voice of his comrade John F. Daily, who was accompanying Col. Kane on a tour of inspection. On July 16th he was one of a party of 200 who were surrounded in a stone house by 800-rebel cavalry. After a sharp skirmish, the latter retreated leaving their dead. In Sept., while at Harpers Ferry he was one of six pickets sent to guard a railroad terminal two miles above the town. Bailey and three others concluded to stand above instead of inside the tunnel and when the rebels came to capture the pickets, as was their custom, four of them were killed and the rest driven off by the pickets above the tunnel. Dec. 20th, at the battle of Drainsville Bailey’s bayonet scabbard was shot off. After the battle he took an overcoat off a dead rebel and sold the next day for $17.00. June 2nd, 1862 he was engaged in the raid on Strausburg when 69 men, who had been taken prisoners from Gen. Bank’s Division were recaptured. On June 6, at Harrisonburg, 104 Union men were engaged with over 3000 rebels. The loss of the former, in killed and wounded, was 52, while the later lost 559. Bailey was wounded four times resulting in the loss of his left arm. The fourth night after the amputation of his arm, while being taken to the hospital at Mt. Jackson, he lay all night beside a stone wall in a heavy rain without shelter. Bailey’s great-great grandfather, Sylvester Bailey, served in the Revolutionary War; his grandfathers, Capt. Joseph Wright and Cyrus Bailey, in the War of 1812; his brother, Capt. R.C. Bailey and himself in the War of the Rebellion; and his sons, Sergeant Ralph J. and Joseph O.W. enlisted for the American Spanish War. H.C. Bailey joined Gen. Mansfield Post No. 48 GAR May 20, 1878. He held the office of Commander six years, was adjutant 9 years, served also as Officer of Day and Officer of Guard. – GAR#48, pp.17 & 18 BAILEY Harrison C. Bailey [75796] aged nearly 82 years, a widely-known civil war veteran and esteemed resident of Mansfield for many years, shot himself Friday morning owing to despondency over rapidly failing health. Mr. Bailey was born in Athens, Vermont, October 4, 1837, a son of Cephas Bailey, and came with his parents to Hammond, Middlebury township, Tioga county, in 1856. He obtained a common school education, and was reared on a farm. On April 21, 1861, within a week of the fall of Fort Sumter, he enlisted in Co. G. First Pennsylvania Rifles, known as "The Bucktails". His regiment was assigned to McCall’s Division, of the Fifth Army Corps. On June 6, 1862, at the battle of Harrisonburgh, West Virginia, he was wounded four times, one of which necessitated the amputation of his left arm. Being thus incapacitated for further service, he remained in the hospitals at Mt. Jackson and Winchester, Virginia, and Baltimore, Maryland, until convalescent, and was honorably discharged at Harrisburg, July 21, 1862. Returning to Tioga county, he served as enrolling officer in Middlebury in 1862 and 1863, and as second quartermaster of the Eighteenth Congressional District, at Williamsport, in 1864-65. His grandfathers, Cyrus Bailey and Joseph Wright, served in the war of 1812, and his great-grandfather, Sylvester Bailey, served in the Revolution. Mrs. Bailey was married October 19, 1863, to Minerva L. Stoddard, a daughter of George G. and Louisa (Jackson) Stoddard. She was born in Swansea, Vermont, November 11, 1839, and was the mother of six children, all of whom survive – Frank H., a civil engineer, in Alaska; Eula I., wife of Frank A. Beach, of Elmira; Mary H., wife of L.A. Trowbridge, of Jackson township; Earl C., of Florida; Joseph O.W., of the state of Washington, recently returned from service in France with the U.S. Engineers, and Ralph J., in Washington state. Mr. Bailey was a Republican, was treasurer of Tioga county in 1868-69, and also served as constable of Middlebury township, and as a member of the borough council of Mansfield, where he had resided since 1877. He was a member of Mansfield Post, No. 48, G.A.R. Besides the children before named, Mr. Bailey is survived by his second wife. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at two o’clock. Wellsboro Agitator, 13 August 1919. Harrison C. Bailey, married = 75796 Death Cert. #85750; Cause – Gun shot wound of left upper quadrant of abdomen; suicidal intent b. 4 October 1837, Cambridgeport, Wonton County, VT; d. 15 August 1919, Mansfield Boro Parents – Cephus Bailey, VT + Caroline Wright, VT Informant – Mrs. H.C. Bailey, Mansfield, PA Signed by – J.H. Doane, MD, Mansfield, PA; 15 August 1919 Burial – 17 August 1919, Mansfield, PA |
Places of residence |
Mansfield 1880 Mansfield 1890 |
