Milo B. Goodell (1845 - 1924)

Born 5 Oct 1845 in Ellenburg, Clinton, New York, United States

Ancestors

Died 25 Sep 1924 at age 78 in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States

Milo Goodell served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Jan. 4, 1864
Mustered out: Aug. 24, 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 14th New York Cavalry

Biography

Milo was born in 1845. He was the son of Thomas Goodell. He passed away in 1924.

The following comes from the Clinton County, NY, Civil War Record 1861-1865 Facebook Page:

LONGEST LIVED BROTHER - The 14th Artillery was formed to supplement to troops in the field for the Siege of Petersburg in 1864. The regiment organized in Rochester and beside new recruits, they also had men who had served their two years in other regiments.

Milo B. Goodell was a new recruit expecting to serve for three years. He was an 18-year-old farmer who was born in Ellenburg. When he enlisted in Malone, he was 5’ 4” tall and had grey eyes and brown hair and was mustered into Company M as a private on January 4, 1864. So many men were recruited for the 14th, that Milo was transferred to the 6th Artillery in early May just before they went into battle at The Wilderness with the Army of the Potomac. He entered the battle as a corporal and for the next year he was in a dozen of the most famous battles of the war. Between the two regiments, there were over 1000 casualties. He was mustered out on August 24, 1865, in Washington, DC.

Milo returned to Ellenburg Center where his father was buried in 1855, and in 1870, he married Harriet Burbank in Malone. He left his wife and son behind when he decided to travel to the West. In 1890 he was living in Denver, supporting himself as a cabinet maker, and in 1899, he married a woman in Alabama. After 1900, he moved to California where he spent a couple of bouts in the Veterans Hospital in Sawtelle for chronic cystitis and rheumatism. Milo died in 1924, outliving by forty years his brothers, Hollis, Wilbur and Martin, who were also in the Civil War.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8X6-BHN : 3 January 2021), Milo Goodell in entry for Charles Burbank, 1870.
• "New York State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT8R-MYB : 18 February 2021), Milo Goodell in household of Charles Burbank, Malone, Franklin, New York, United States; citing p. 42, line 21, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 878,021.
• Rosters Of The New York Artillery Regiments During The Civil War—6th Regiment New York Volunteer Artillery
• "United States National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8M9-KL1 : 12 March 2018), Milo B Goodell, 1917; citing p. 15095, Sawtelle, California, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1749 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 204; FHL microfilm 1,577,824.
• "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K64J-5ZC : 20 August 2019), Milo B Goodell, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,634,893.
• "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5L7-NQ6Z : 25 October 2019), Milo B Goodell, 24 Aug 1865; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
• “ United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPR6-2T7K : 23 October 2019), Milo B Goodell, 24 Aug 1865; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.