On July 2,
1863, after a long march from Virginia, the II Corps
arrived at Gettysburg in the early morning hours, and was
positioned between the I and II Corps during the Battle of the
Wheatfield, Cemetery Hill and Culp's Hill. During the morning of
the 3rd, the 71st was positioned along Cemetery Ridge, at
the "Bloody Angle". It was directly at the 71st that Confederate artillery fire was aimed, and it was the 71st at which
Pickett's Charge was directed later in the day. During the night of
the 2nd and into the morning hours of the 3rd, the fierce
fighting between Union and Confederate troops had raged
until about 9:30 on the morning of the 3rd, when the Union
troops had finally taken possession of the hill. The firing had
ceased and the men were able to tend to the wounded and to rest and
eat.
About 1
PM, on July 3, 1863, Confederate artillery on Seminary
Ridge began firing on the Union troops on Cemetery Ridge. The Union
soldiers were caught napping and it took about 10 minutes before they began
to return fire. The fierce cannonading continued until about 3 PM,
when the Confederate soldiers rose up from their cover and
began charging across the field. Pickett's Charge was a disaster for the
Confederate troops, they took heavy rifle fire from the Union
regiments on Culp's Hill, and the 71st's artillery fire was
directly in their faces. The battle was over by about 4 PM. George
was wounded during this time, when he was shot in the right
arm, and hit with shrapnel from and exploding caisson.
Although during the battle many Union soldiers had begun to
abandon their positions, and had to be threatened with death
by and from the swords of their officers to return to
their positions, the artillery of the 71st was credited with standing
at their guns throughout the battle. later in the night George was taken
to a field hospital.
About 1 pm, on July 3, 1863, Confederate artillery on Seminary Ridge, began firing on the Union
troops on Cemetery Ridge. The Union soldiers were caught napping, and
it took about 10 minutes before they began to return fire. The fierce
cannonading continued until about 3 pm, when the Confederate
solders rose up from their cover and began charging across the field.
Pickett's Charge was a disaster for the confederate troops, they took heavy rifle fire from the Union
regiments on Culp's Hill, and the 71st.'s Pa. artillery
fire directly into their faces. The battle was over
by about 4 pm.
George survived his wounds and the medical
treatment and after a leave of absence he returned to his regiment and
was promoted to Captain in Feb.1864 , and assigned to recruiting duty,for
about 2 months. He then returned to his regiment and was promoted to Captain in
feb. 1864 , and assigned to
recruiting duty, for about 2 months, He then
returned to regular duty, and was at the battle of the wilderness, in May 1864 .
He was discharged in july 1864, but he then enlisted in the 3rd U. S.Veterans
Volunteer Infantry, from which he was discharged in july 1866,at fort Snelling,
Minn.
On
December 26, 1864, George married Harriet E. Dick and they resided in
Philadelphia., and raised 6 daughters and 3 sons. George began a career as
maintenance engineer, George's right arm was partially paralyzed, and in 1871,
he applied for a military pension, which was granted.
In 1906, George was receiving a pension of $8.00 per
month and in march of that year he requested an increase. Affidavits from his
doctors state that his arm was almost totally paralyzed due to increasing nerve
damage, which frequently interfered with his ability to work. George's health
was deteriorating and he was later placed in theNational
Soldier's Home for Veterans in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he died on July 31,
1911 at the age of 70 years. His cause of death was listed in gangrene of the
right foot. George may be buried in the Mt Moriah Cemetery in Philadelphia., as
his family ha
d a plot there.
Research by Kathleen M. Smith
National Archives, Washington DC
Vandergrift Genealogy by
Mervine
Family of Garrett Vandegriff
Information from Paul Vandergriff and Joy
Reynolds
Name: Garrett
VANDEGRIFF
Father:
Abraham VANDERGRIFT (4 Jul-1748)
Mother:
Martje (Mary) VAN SANDT (-bef 3 Mar 1749)
Birth abt
1737 in PA?
Death bef 1800 in Hillsbourgh
District, Wake, NC (age 63)
Burial in
, Wake, NC
Marriages/Children
1.
Sarah DELAPLAN 16 Jun 1763 in Philadelphia, Bucks, PA (age 26)
Children
Garrett VANDEGRIFF (abt 1764-bet 1840 and 1850)
Leonard VANDEGRIFF (abt 1766-)
Peter VANDEGRIFF (abt 1770-aft 1850)
Christopher VANDEGRIFF (bet 1773 and 1784-)
Elsworth VANDEGRIFF (abt 1774-16 Aug 1811)
Jacob VANDEGRIFF (abt 1778-)
Archibald VANDEGRIFF (abt 1780-)
John VANDEGRIFF (abt 1782-)
Sally VANDEGRIFF (abt 1788-)
Thenia VANDEGRIFF (abt 1792-)
Mary VANDEGRIFF (abt 1796-)
Nancy VANDEGRIFF (abt 1798-)
Family of Jacob
Vandergriff (1740)
Name:
Jacob VANDERGRIFF
Father: Leonard VANDERGRIFF
(1718-1769)
Mother: Lydia UNKNOWN
(-)
Individual Facts
Birth abt 1740 in Delaware
Death abt 1828 in Anderson Co., Tennessee (age
88)
Marriages/Children
1.
Sarah UNKNOWN
Children
John VANDERGRIFF (-)
Jacob
VANDERGRIFT (1758/63-1848) m. Jane ? 1787 Wilkes County, NC
Ann VANDERGRIFF (abt 1764-) m. William
Roberts
Gilbert VANDERGRIFF (abt
1768-)
Sarah VANDERGRIFF (-)
Rebecca VANDERGRIFF (-)
Hannah VANDERGRIFF (abt 1786-) m. John
Beeler
Garrett VANDERGRIFF (1787-) m. Mary Ann
Rasbury
Leonard VANDERGRIFF (-) m. Sarah
(Sally) Roberts
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September/October 1997
From
the Files of.......
Bill DeCoursey
1657 Tryntje HENRICKS, widow of Cornelius COURSEN
petitioned the Orphan Masters on, 19 Sept 1657, for guardianship of
her children Cornelius, Peter, and Hendrick.
See Register of the Minutes of
the Orphan Masters of New Amsterdam, p.40; Percival Ullman,
pp.18-23.
1657 Frederick LUBBERTSEN married, between
17 Aug and Oct 13 1657, to Tryntje HENRICKSE, widow of
Cors PIETERSEN VROOM (deCOURCY). LUBBERTSEN, born ca.1609, had come from
Amsterdam, Holland with his dau., Rebecca, and first wife, Styntje
HENDRICKSE, who, according to some, was the sister of Tryntje
HENDRICKS. LUBBERTSEN was a sailor and
associate of Arendt and Dirck CORSSE STAM and worked
with Dirck CORSSE under Kieft's administration.
See Orville Corson, p.39-41THE
BERGEN FAMILY, pp.126-129,126n
Rosalie Fellows Bailey, DUTCH SYSTEMS IN FAMILY
NAMING (Reprint No. 12, from the NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
QUARTERLY - March 1953, Dec. 1953), p.10.
1657
Frederick LUBBERTSEN and his first wife, Styntje
HENDRICKSE lived at what is now the northwest corner of Maiden Lane
and Pearl St. on Staten Island. They were the maternal grandparents
of Maritje van de GRIFT, who became the wife of Cors
Pietersen's eldest son, Capt. Cornelis CORSSEN. This hous
e was sold about 1657, by Fredrick LUBBERTSEN,
to Maria Du TRIEUX (widow of Cornelis VOLKERTSEN) and her second
husband, Jan PEEKE, who occupied the house until about 1660,
when they sold it to Cornelis CLOPPER.
Orville
Corson, THREE HUNDRED YEARS WITH THE CORSON FAMILIES IN AMERICA (1939), v.1,
pp.33-34.