Individual Details

Major George Allen POMEROY

(10 Dec 1836 - 1 Jan 1869)

Events

Birth10 Dec 1836Utica, Oneida County, New York
ResidenceJun 1840[probably] with his parents - Utica, Oneida County, New York
Residence29 Jul 1850wtih his parents & attended school - Utica, Oneida County, New York
Occupationin partnership with his father manufacturing oil cloth under the name Pomeroy & Son - Utica, Oneida County, New York
Residence1855with his parents - Utica, Oneida County, New York
Occupation30 Sep 1857clerk - Saint Anthony, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Residence1 Oct 1857with the Dannun Greenleaf household - Saint Anthony, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Military29 Apr 1861enlisted as a 2nd Lieutenant in Company E, 1st Infantry Regiment Minnesota - Minnesota
Military21 Jul 1861fought in the battle of Bull Run - Manassas, Prince William, Virginia, United States
Military12 Oct 1861fought in the Battle of Ball's Bluff - Loudoun County, Virginia
Military22 Oct 1861promoted to Full Captain
Military31 May 1862fought in the Battle of Fair Oaks - Henrico County, Virginia
Military6 Jun 1862wrote a letter to a friend that was published in the paper about the Battle of Fair Oaks - Camp Fair Oaks, Virginia
Miscellaneous31 Jul 1862Utica, Herkimer County, New York
Military1862was appointed Paymaster in the volunteer army - New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina
Military17 Sep 1862fought in the Battle of Antietam and was wounded - Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland, United States
Military18 Sep 1862commissioned in and discharged from Company S, 146th Infantry Regiment New York
Military18 Sep 1862discharged for promotion from Company E, 1st Infantry Regiment Minnesota
Military18 Sep 1862promoted to Full Lieutenant Colonel
Military1 Oct 1862appointed to paymaster by Edwin M Stanton, Secretary of War - Washington, District of Columbia
Military2 Oct 1862commission in Paymaster's Dept Regiment U. S. Volunteers
Military2 Oct 1862promoted to Full Major (Major & Additional) Paymaster
Marriage24 Dec 1862Mary Hurlbert MATTESON
Military21 Jan 1863was issued as paymaster $200,000 to pay the army of the Potomac by resolution of the President - Washington, District of Columbia County, District of Columbia
Military19 Mar 1863Washington, District of Columbia
Residence1864as a boarder at Congress Hall & was paymaster for the US Army at 478 Broadway - Albany, Albany County, New York
Military1 Dec 1864New York, New York County, New York
Military16 Apr 1865promoted to Brevet Lieutenant Colonel for faithful service in the pay department
Military25 May 1865as ass't paymaster came to pay soldiers, mostly those who were convalescents from the hospitals - Monroe County, New York
Military28 Jul 1866discharged from Paymaster's Dept Regiment U. S. Volunteers
Military3 Aug 1866application for Paymaster was delivered to his father-in-law for him
Military13 Sep 1866was appointeed paymater in the U.S. Army by President Johnson - Washington, District of Columbia
Military8 Oct 1866New York City, New York County, New York
Military7 Mar 1867was nominated for the position of paymaster
Military9 Apr 1867Utica, Herkimer County, New York
Military30 Jun 1867
Military1 Dec 1868Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
Death1 Jan 1869of pneumonia after being ill for 1 week - Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska

Families

SpouseMary Hurlbert MATTESON (1838 - 1900)
ChildAugusta Matteson POMEROY (1864 - 1931)
FatherDoctor Theodore POMEROY (1785 - 1860)
MotherCornelia VOORHEES (1800 - 1893)
SiblingJames Voorhees POMEROY (1828 - 1891)
SiblingEdward Aiken POMEROY (1829 - 1854)
SiblingJohn Williams POMEROY (1832 - 1899)
SiblingCornelia Voorhees POMEROY (1834 - 1920)
SiblingArchibald POMEROY (1837 - )