Pvt. Stephen Ien (1844) 106th New York Co E “a mystery vet”

Question

This veteran of the glorious 106th New York Company E joined up at the young age of only 18; apparently has a unique or misspelled LNAB and no muster out date. Need collaboration. Does he have an alternate LNAB spelling a cemetery with a gravestone? Any other info on him? Let’s get this Mystery vet connected 

Thank you

See comment below for added info: I believe he is mentioned twice on roster as Ien and Gero

Comments

Possibly his LNAB see at NPS

Gero, Stephen

BATTLE UNIT NAME: 106th Regiment, New York Infantry

SIDE: Union

COMPANY: E

SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Private

SOLDIER'S RANK OUT:

ALTERNATE NAME:

FILM NUMBER:

M551 ROLL 52

PLAQUE NUMBER:

NOTES: none

Note: This name Gero is found on rosters and the NPS

GERO, STEPHEN.—Age, 18 years. Enlisted, August 2, 1862, at Potsdam, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. E, August 15, 1862; wounded in action and died of his wounds, June 17, 1864, in hospital, at Washington, D. C. 

Same date of enlistment same age; see Roster

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This is confusing the bio doesn’t match grave details see FindAGrave for Pvt Stephen Gerow

The death date matches as June 17, 1864 for Stephen Gero

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Did he die in this battle? The dates match

Was the 106th New York engaged?

Second Battle of Petersburg

“The Second Battle of Petersburg, also known as the Assault on Petersburg, was fought June 15–18, 1864, at the beginning of the Richmond–Petersburg Campaign (popularly known as the Siege of Petersburg).”

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Looks like the 106th was definitely at Petersburg.

https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UNY0106RI

Hard to know where he got the wounds with it having just been at Cold Harbor from the 1st to the 12th.

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Ah I see what you mean regarding the timing

Answer 1

Andrew:

The New York, U.S., Civil War Muster Abstracts, 1861-1900, has a record for Stephen Gero, who enlisted at age 16 on August 2, 1862, in Potsdam, and mustered in on August 15, 1862, as a Private in Company E, 106th.  He died on June 17, 1864, in a hospital in Washington, D.C.

Interestingly, it has a note "borne as Gerow" with a carat under it.

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/191192:1965?_phcmd=u(%27https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Stephen_Gero&event=_new+york-usa_35&birth=1844&successSource=Search&queryId=bc81a7bb53f9f22de9dd792483ad1220%27,%27successSource%27)

Comments

https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031769/1863-03-04/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=01%2F01%2F1862&index=0&date2=12%2F31%2F1864&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox5&sequence=0&words=Gero+Stephen&proxdistance=5&to_year=1864&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=1862&proxtext=Stephen+Gero&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1

Also, here is a newspaper reference to him and others in his company:

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Always interesting the deeper we can dig on these vets! I really think the same guy! Very interesting. I think there is so much more to his story and being age 16! Im curious what his ethnicity might be and where the trail could lead