Ormsby, R. J.
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1815 - 1876
Biographical History
R. J. Ormsby (1815-1876) was a sergeant and company quartermaster in the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War.
Robinson J. Ormsby was born on December 27, 1815 in Hartford, Connecticut to Elijah and Anna Ormsby. He married Elizabeth Calkins on July 4, 1836 in East Bloomfield, Ontario, and they later had six children. They later settled in Saginaw, Michigan where he worked as a master mason.
With the outbreak of the Civil War, Ormsby enlisted in the Union Army on July 22, 1861. He served throughout the conflict, rising to sergeant and serving as a quartermaster and recruiting officer. He mustered out of the army on July 7, 1865.
Ormsby died on September 10, 1876 in Saginaw, Michigan.
Citation:
R. J. Ormsby letters, 1861-1862 (sergeant and company quartermaster in the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War; from Saginaw, Mich.)Ancestry.com, via WWW, May 27, 2015 (Robinson J. Ormsby; b. Dec. 27, 1815 in Hartford, Conn.; parents, Elijah and Anna Ormsby; m. July 4, 1836 in East Bloomfield, Ont. to Elizabeth Calkins, six children; master mason; enlisted in military, July 22, 1861 in Ann Arbor, Mich.; served as recruiting officer; mustered out July 7, 1865; d. Sept. 10, 1876 in Saginaw, Mich.)
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
R. J. Ormsby letters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 976
Scope and Contents
Letters with photocopies and typescripts. Ormsby sent these items to his wife, Betsy Ormsby, in East Saginaw, Michigan. They give many details on the military actions in which Ormsby was involved. He tells about the Peninsular Campaign of 1862 in a number of letters and reports his experiences in the Second Battle of Manassas of 1862 in one letter. After that engagement he was sent to a hospital in Rhode Island to convalesce from an illness.Ormsby was involved in some heavy...
Dates:
1861-1862
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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R. J. Ormsby letters