Esek Porter Bacon (1840 - 1864)

Born 1840 in New York, United States

Died 26 Apr 1864 at about age 24 in Andersonville Prison, Sumter, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Esek was born in 1840. He passed away in 1864.

Military Service

Private Esek Bacon served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Jul 21, 1862
Mustered out: Apr 26, 1864
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Co. B, 154th Regiment, New York Infantry

Private Esek Bacon was a Prisoner of War during United States Civil War.

Private Esek Bacon Died while Prisoner of War during United States Civil War.

Private Esek Bacon Died of Disease during United States Civil War.

• Civil War

Enlistment Age-21. Enlisted, Jul 21,1862, at Persia, NY; mustered in on Sep 24, 1862, in New York into Co. B, 154th New York Infantry. POW, Jul 1, 1863, at Gettysburg, PA; died of disease while a POW.

Andersonville Prison death records

Name: BACON, ESECK P.

Alternate spelling of last name:

Year born: 1841

Rank: PRIVATE

Company: B

Arm: Infantry

Regiment number: 154th New York Infantry

Date captured: 7/1/1863

Location captured: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Date of death: 4/26/1864

Cause of death: DYSENTERY C. ^[1]

Bacon, Esock P.

BATTLE UNIT NAME: 154th Regiment, New York Infantry

SIDE: Union

COMPANY: B

SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Private

SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Private

ALTERNATE NAME: Enoch P./Bacon

NOTES: General Note - Enoch B./Bacon also AKA name^[2]

Burial

Esek P Bacon is buried in Section K, Grave No. 754 at Andersonville National Cemetery. ^[3][4]

He has a hometown memorial (cenotaph) at Parklawn Cemetery, Wesley, New York. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Civil War Prisons, Andersonville Prison, Record for BACON, ESECK P. http://www.civilwarprisoners.com/searchresults.php?fname=ESECK&lname=Bacon&regiment=154th&database=andersonville
2. ↑ National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, Soldier Details for Bacon, Esock P. https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=ED4DDF7D-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10354680/esek-porter-bacon: accessed 24 October 2023), memorial page for PVT Esek Porter Bacon (1840–26 Apr 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10354680, citing Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (contributor 48353502).
4. ↑ Fold3, U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019, US Department of Veterans Affairs, INDEX RECORD FOR Bacon, Eseck P. https://www.fold3.com/record/724845430/bacon-eseck-p-us-veterans-gravesites-ca1775-2019
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54332419/esek-porter-bacon: accessed 24 October 2023), memorial page for PVT Esek Porter Bacon (1840–26 Apr 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54332419, citing Parklawn Cemetery, Wesley, Cattaraugus County, New York, USA; Maintained by Nicholas W (contributor 46888704).

• "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTK-C71 : Thu Oct 05 14:19:39 UTC 2023), Entry for Lucy A Bacon and Betsey A Bacon, 1850.

• "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC44-LMS : Wed Oct 04 00:17:59 UTC 2023), Entry for Lucy Ann Bacon and Betsey Bacon, 1860.