Fold3 memorial page – George Wesemann, Civil War (Union), New York 2nd Infantry, Company G; with NY 2nd Infantry unit page excerpts

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Transcription of: Undated_Web_Printout_Fold3_Memorial_George_Wesemann.pdf

Document: Four-page printout from Fold3 (by Ancestry): the memorial page for George Wesemann (Civil War (Union)), with a citation footer dated accessed Apr 13, 2025, plus pages from the Fold3 'New York 2nd Infantry (Union)' unit page (timeline excerpt and overview). Pages are in the scanned order, which is not the site order.

Conventions: original spelling kept; [?] = uncertain reading; [illegible] = unreadable; bracketed italic text describes images or marks the transcriber's notes.

Transcription

Page 1

Transcriber note: This page is a continuation of a unit timeline (apparently from the Fold3 'New York 2nd Infantry (Union)' page); it begins mid-entry. Each battle entry has a small grey thumbnail reading 'Battle / US / Civil War / [battle name]'.

August 24th, the Army of the Potomac Second Corps moved south along the railroad, tearing up track, and screened by Brig. Gen. David McMurtrie Gregg's cavalry division. To stop Hancock, Lee... READ MORE

10/27/64

Battle - Boydton Plank Road - Dinwiddie County, Virginia

Boydton Plank Road

3/31/65

Battle - White Oak Road - Dinwiddie County, Virginia

White Oak Road By late March 1865, the battle lines surrounding Petersburg had extended west into Dinwiddie County. Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant knew his larger army could eventually stretch Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederates to the breaking point. On March 30th, Lee shifted reinforcements to meet a Federal movement to turn his right flank along the line, placing Maj. Gen. W.H. Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry divisions at Five Forks and transferring Maj. Gen. George Pickett's division from the Bermuda Hundred front to the extreme... READ MORE

4/1/65

Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Paul Chadbourne

Major Paul Chadbourne

4/1/65

Leadership Change - Brigade - undefined Bvt BG Charles H. Smith

Bvt BG Charles H. Smith

4/1/65

Battle - Five Forks - Five Forks, Virginia

Five Forks The Union victory along the White Oak Road on March 31st threatened to destabilize the entire Confederate line west of Petersburg. General Robert E. Lee ordered Maj. Gen. George Pickett with his infantry division and the cavalry divisions of Col. Thomas Munford, Maj. Gen. W.H.F. Lee, and Maj. Gen Thomas Rosser to hold the vital crossroads of Five Forks, along the White Oak Road five miles west of the previous fighting there. Pickett's defensive line was not well constructed, and much of his cavalry force w... READ MORE

4/2/65

Battle - Third Petersburg - Dinwiddie County, Virginia; Petersburg, Virginia

Third Petersburg With the Confederate defeat at Five Forks on April 1st, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Maj. Gen. George Meade ordered a general assault against the Petersburg lines by the Second, Ninth, Sixth and Twenty-Fourth Corps to take place April 2nd. In the pre-dawn darkness, the Union infantry gained a successful breakthrough where Maj. Gen. Horatio G. Wright's advancing Sixth Corps met the Confederate lines held by Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill near the Boydton Plank Road. Hill was killed trying to reach his troops in t... READ MORE

4/5/65

Battle - Amelia Springs - Amelia County, Virginia

Amelia Springs

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[Generic silhouette of a Union soldier in kepi]

George Wesemann

Civil War (Union)

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Tabs: FACTS (selected), STORIES, GALLERY, SOURCES

TIMELINE

1861 - 1865 Civil War (Union)

[Card: thumbnail 'Regiment / NY / Union / Civil War / 2nd Infantry'; text: 'New York 2nd Infantry (Union) / Civil War Stories / Military Unit']

[Card: thumbnail 'Company / NY / Union / Company G / 2nd Infantry'; text: 'New York 2nd Infantry, Company G (Union) / Civil War Stories / Military Unit']

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1 Source · 1 ancestry document

OTHER FACTS

1 Source · 1 ancestry document

US CIVIL WAR

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CONNECTIONS

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[Citation footer:] Fold3, George Wesemann (https://www.fold3.com/memorial/660685093/george-wesemann-civil-war-stories : accessed Apr 13, 2025), database and images, https://www.fold3.com/memorial/660685093/george-wesemann-civil-war-stories

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New York 2nd Infantry (Union)

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Tabs: OVERVIEW (selected), TIMELINE, IMAGES, SOLDIERS

Muster

Other

Leaders: Aide-de-camp: Cpt Peter Haggerty Bvt BG Charles H. Smith Jr. Brigadier General Ebenezer W. Peirce Brigadier General Gershom Mott Brigadier General Joseph W. Revere Captain Jacob Roemer Captain Sidney W. Park Colonel Elisha G. Marshall Colonel John I. Curtin Colonel Joseph B. Carr Colonel Judson Kilpatrick Colonel Sidney W. Park Colonel William J. Sewell Colonel Zenas R. Bliss Lieutenant Colonel Henry E. Davies Lieutenant Colonel William A. Olmsted Major Paul Chadbourne Major General Hiram Berry

Battles

Page ends; battles table continues beyond the printout.

Transcriber's Notes

Printed web text is clear; citation URL/access date, created/modified dates, muster dates, leaders list and battles table verified in 300 dpi crops.

Scanned page order does not follow the website: p. 2–3 are the George Wesemann memorial page, p. 1 and p. 4 are from the New York 2nd Infantry (Union) unit page. Content between p. 2 (ending at 'STATE' heading) and p. 3 (beginning '1 Source · 1 ancestry document') appears to be missing, so the STATE value is not shown.

The 'Jr.' leader entry appears alone on its own line in the source (likely a split of a preceding name); transcribed as printed.

'Leadership Change - Brigade - undefined Bvt BG Charles H. Smith' – 'undefined' is printed on the page.

Site navigation, header icons (two blank boxes at top right of p. 4) and link styling omitted/summarized.