help with research

I think this fellow may be my GGrandfather.
William Rhodes, Enlisted in 1862 in Co C 15th NYVI, 1863 , transferred in 1863 to Co D,Discharged in 1865 as Artificer first class (the 15th and 50th NY were the main Engineer components of the AoP.)

I think he was born in 1842 or 43 in NY and enlisted in NYC. and in 1884 became the father of my GGrandfather, William H Rhodes. However , aside from his military record I can not find anything esle about this soldier who may be an ancestor. I didn't see any pension record for him.

Can anybody help?

Need more details. What county born in? Name of wife? etc.

"William Rhodes" in 1850 census (including spelling variations)- over 100.

1860- over 100.

Born 1842/1843- 7 or 8 in each census.

Not sure of county but believe New York county wife name Cecilia aka Celia, elia Lundy

Is there a pension record?

Pension (index card only)-

Rhodes, William
Company D & C, 15th New York Engineers
Enlisted (Co. D) 28 August 1862
Transferred (to Co. C) 18 June 1863
Discharged 13 June 1865

Filed 5 March 1898
Application 1205.119
Law "J"
Certificate 1049.808

Died 1906

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Didn't find a Cecilia/Celia.

"If you wish to order copies of a serviceman's complete pension file, you will need most of the information displayed on the index card, and most particularly the certificate number. Then visit the National Archives webpage for "Requesting Copies of Older (pre-WWI) Military Service Records" at http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/pre-ww-1-records.html. There you can order the pension file online or request to have NATF Form 85 mailed to you."
http://www.fold3.com/page/75_civil_war_pensions_index/

Thank you very much. it was most kind of you. I will go to the national archives and look this up

Went to National Archives and got a copy of the pension file. he was my GGrandfather. Thanks so much. He died in 1906 at a soldiers home in Kennebec,ME. Any way to figure out how a married man from NYC wound up in Maine?

Thank you so much for your help.

Might this be the Soldier's Home he was at - is in kennebec county, maine and dates back to 1865/66

Or this -
Soldiers Homes

For records of national old-soldier homes including the one in Togus, Kennebec County, Maine, see:
United States. Veterans Administration. Registers of Veterans at National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1937. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (On 282 Family History Library films; Togus, Maine is on films 1549002-9009, 1571573-81, and 1579591.) This source includes general indexes for each of the 12 homes, but some individual volumes are indexed separately. These Historical Registers may list soldier's name, date and place of enlistment, rank, military unit, length of service, date and place of discharge, place of birth, age, physical description, religion, occupation, previous residence, marital status, nearest relative, pension, soldier home admission and discharge dates, disability, death date, or cause of death.

Thanks but there was no record found. He died at the Home on Oct 4th, 1906

I'll keep on eye out - just a matter of finding the right site.

congrats pat it is a good feeling to connect

(Any way to figure out how a married man from NYC wound up in Maine?)

Just a guess, but if there were only so many beds/rooms in New York Soldier's Homes - might a vacancy have existed
in Maine? I know it seems a stretch, especially distance wise, but the government has done stranger bureaucratic things.

Here's link to his grave memorial at Find A Grave - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f...GSst=23&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=2869204&df=all&

You guys are great! Thanks so much.

Found him in the 1900 U.S. Census http://search.ancestry.com/browse/v...28_kpgz0q3d32799_m1&fn=William&ln=Rhodes&st=g
I don't know if you can see the link without subscribing to ancestry, so, here's the information provided:
Chelseatown, Kennebec Co. ME, Eastern Branch National Home D.V.S. (Disabled Volunteer Soldiers)
date June 23, 1900.
Rhodes, William white male born Nov. 1842; 57 years old at last birthday; married for 31 years (wife still alive); under questions of how many children this wife and how many still alive no numbers; he was born in Scotland, as were both his father and mother; came to United States in 1859; naturalized; read or write english no; speak english yes

Admitted to Home 1898. Enlisted Aug. 28, 1862 New York. 15 N.Y. Eng. Discharged June 30, 1865 Fort Berry, VA. Kind and degree of disability - injury to lumbar spine resulting (can't make out last word). When and where contracted - Jan.(?) 1897 New York. Blacksmith. Married to Ceaslia(not sure of all letters) Rhodes, 336 East 48 st(?), New York. 58 yrs. old, 5' 8", fair complex., dark eyes and hair. Mary Walsh daughter, 143rd St., NY City. http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?ht...0q257cpidz0q26pgPSz0q3d18762854928&pid=459564

Thanks for the information. I got his pension application dated 'April 28th, 1898 and he lists his wife as Celia whom he married in 1881. His first wife, Mary Gormley died in 1871. The 1870 Census has them with no children although the four children from the second marriage are listed. The 1870 Census has him born in NYC as was his father - not Scotland. Oh the challenges of family research!