Individual Details
James BROOKS
(1843 - 13 Apr 1862)
Events
| Birth | 1843 | Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Military | From 13 Nov 1861 to 13 Apr 1862 | in the Civil War |  | | |
| Death | 13 Apr 1862 | from disease during the Civil War - Yorktown, York County, Virginia | | ||
| Burial | 1862 | US Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery (Military Asylum Cemetery), Washington, District of Columbia | |
Families
| Father | William BROOKS (1787 - 1874) |
| Mother | Phoebe SMITH (1800 - 1850) |
| Sibling | William BROOKS (1846 - 1921) |
| Sibling | Susana BROOKS (1848 - ) |
| Sibling | Martha J. BROOKS (1850 - 1937) |
| Sibling | Mary BROOKS (1850 - 1924) |
Notes
Military
He enrolled on 25 September 1861 at Oakland, Pennsylvania and was mustered in on 13 November 1861 at Kittanning, Pennsylvania. He was a private in Company D of the 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry. He was a farmer and his residence was Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.He is not to be confused with James W. Brooks from Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (a son of William B. Brooks) in Company A of the 105th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was killed in action 3 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, Virginia.
Endnotes
1. "Civil War Veterans' Card File 1861-1865," Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ARIAS, Pennsylvania's Digital State Archives (http:// www.digital archives.state,pa.us : accessed 4 August 2014), compilation, "James Brooks," index card.
2. Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 4 August 2014), memorial page for James Brooks, Find A Grave Memorial # 38909768, citing US Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery (Washington, District of Columbia), memorial created by Ted Myers, photograph by GulportBob.
3. "Civil War Veterans' Card File 1861-1865," Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ARIAS, Pennsylvania's Digital State Archives (http:// www.digital archives.state,pa.us : accessed 4 August 2014), compilation, "James Brooks," index card.
4. Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 4 August 2014), memorial page for James Brooks, Find A Grave Memorial # 38909768, citing US Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery (Washington, District of Columbia), memorial created by Ted Myers, photograph by GulportBob.
5. "Civil War Veterans' Card File 1861-1865," Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ARIAS, Pennsylvania's Digital State Archives (http:// www.digital archives.state,pa.us : accessed 4 August 2014), compilation, "James Brooks," index card.
6. Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 4 August 2014), memorial page for James Brooks, Find A Grave Memorial # 38909768, citing US Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery (Washington, District of Columbia), memorial created by Ted Myers, photograph by GulportBob.
7. "Civil War Veterans' Card File 1861-1865," Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ARIAS, Pennsylvania's Digital State Archives (http:// www.digital archives.state,pa.us : accessed 4 August 2014), compilation, "James Brooks," index card.
8. Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 4 August 2014), memorial page for James Brooks, Find A Grave Memorial # 38909768, citing US Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery (Washington, District of Columbia), memorial created by Ted Myers, photograph by GulportBob.