Civil War Soldiers Buried in Portland s St. Mary s Cemetery

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1 Samuel Charles White Samuel Charles White died from Diabetes on 29 July 1882 at Portland s St. Vincent s Hospital and was buried from St. Mary s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland, Oregon. He was aged 38 and born in Utica, New York. His wife was Ellen Clancy. 1 White was buried in Portland s St. Mary s Cemetery. The cemetery closed in 1930, and the Archdiocese sent letters to lot owners advising them of the cemetery s closure and offering space in Mount Calvary. Announcements were also published in newspapers. Between 1930 and 1937, people stepped up and made the arrangements to transfer family burials. White s remains were removed to Section R, Block 4, in Portland s Mount Calvary Cemetery. He is buried with his wife, Ellen C Morrison, and Patrick Clancy. Ellen died as Ellen Morrison on 11 June Photo by Connie Lenzen Civil War Service, Co. C and H, 146 th N.Y. Infantry Spencer Leonard ( ) was a member of the Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War. He created a tribute to Civil War veterans who lived in Oregon, both the veterans who served from Oregon and those who served from other states. The end product was a card file at the Genealogical Forum of Oregon in Portland with data on more than 15,000 veterans. Samuel Charles White s card provides his military service and a summary of what was on the 1890 census. It also refers to his wife. Samuel White is listed in the 146 th New York Infantry roster. 3 He served as a musician and then as a private in Company H. 1 Connie Lenzen, St. Mary s Cemetery, Portland s Pioneer Catholic Cemetery (Vancouver, WA: Clark County Genealogical Society, 1987), Died, Morning Oregonian, 12 June 1910, Section 2, p. 4, col. 1; digital image, The Historical Oregonian, (access through Multnomah County Library : accessed 31 January 2013). 3 Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Yew York for the Year 1904 (Albany: Brandow Printing Company 1905), 1208; digital images GoogleBooks ( : accessed 2 February 2013), citing Register of the One Hundred and Forty-Sixth Infantry.

2 The 146h Regiment, New York Infantry served in numerous battles. The regiment summary from the National Parks Service Civil War regimental histories provides the dates and places the regiment served. 4 OVERVIEW: Organized at Rome, N. Y., and mustered in October 10, Left State for Washington, D. C., October 11, Attached to Casey s Division, Defences of Washington, to November rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March th Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, to April st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, to June st Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, to July SERVICE: Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till November Joined Army of the Potomac at Snicker s Gap, Va., November 2. Rappahannock Campaign November 1862, to June Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15, At Falmouth to April 27, Mud March January Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July At Warrenton, Beverly Ford and Culpeper till October. Bristoe Campaign October Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26- December 2. At Beverly Ford, Va., till May Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7. Spotsylvania May Laurel Hill May 8. Spotsylvania Court House May Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May On line of the Pamunkey May Totopotomoy May Cold Harbor June Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864 (Reserve). Weldon Railroad August Poplar Springs Church, Peeble s Farm, September 29-October 2. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher s Run, October Warren s Raid on Weldon Railroad December Dabney s Mills, Hatcher s Run, February 5-7, Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run, March 29. White Oak Road March 31. Five Forks April 1. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Washington, D. C., May Grand Review May 23. Mustered out at Washington, D. C., July 16, Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 126 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 179 Enlisted men by disease. Total National Park Service, Regimental Histories, database, Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System ( : accessed 31 January 2013), entry for 146 th New York Infantry.

3 Since White enlisted in August 1862 and was discharged in July 1865, he would have seen much action. The Spencer Leonard card gave drummer as White s instrument. Musicians gave concerts in camp and helped keep up soldier s morale, and they played as the soldiers went out to battle. Musicians also were trained as infantrymen. During combat they often served as stretcher-bearers, couriers, and medical assistants. 5 Three drummers. 6 Drummers were usually young, and this photo of drummers playing cards shows a very young boy. 7 5 Margaret E. Wagner, The Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2002), 445; digital image, GoogleBooks ( : accessed 28 February 2013). 6 Drummer boys, Civil War Photograph Collection, Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress ( : accessed 28 February 2013). 7 Drummer boys off duty, playing cards in camp, winter of 1862, Civil War Photograph Collection, Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress ( : accessed 28 February 2013).

4 At the end of the war, White s regiment was at Pickett s last stand at Five Forks. 8 After the war Portland city directories show White was working as a painter White S C, painter resides west side Second between Meade and Hooker White S C, painter resides First & Williams. The family was enumerated on the 1880 Portland census. Samuel and Ellen had five children who were born in California and Oregon Last stand of Picketts men. Battle of Five Forks, Civil War Photograph Collection, Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress ( : accessed 28 February 2013). 9 S. L. McCormick, comp., Portland City Directory for 1878 (Portland: F. L. McCormick, 1878), S. L. McCormick, comp., Portland City Directory for 1879 (Portland: F. L. McCormick, 1879), U.S. census, Multnomah County, Oregon, population schedule, Portland, ED 97, page 55 (penned), dwelling 424, family 544, Sam l C. White; digital image, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 2 February 2013), citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 1083.

5 After Samuel s death, Ellen ran a lodging house White, Mrs. Ellen, lodging-house keeper, 35 C corner N Second White, Mrs. S. C, resides 35 C. The name of Samuel Charles White, Private, Co. C, 146 th NY Volunteers (deceased) is found in the 1890 veteran s schedule along with Ellen Morrison, his former wife. 14 The Disability section reported that he died of diabetes contracted in the service. No death notice can be found for Samuel White. Ellen s death notice was in the Portland newspaper. Morning Oregonian, 12 June Died. Morrison at residence, 280 Porter st, June 11, Mrs. Ellen Morrison, aged 58, mother of Mrs. A. J. Juckenick, Mrs. A. Estabrook, Charles C., Thomas E. and William A. White and Nector R. Morrison. Funeral notice later. 12 R. L. Polk s Portland City Directory, 1883 (Portland: R. L. Polk & Co., 1883), R. L. Polk s Portland City Directory, 1884 (Portland: R. L. Polk & Co., 1884), U.S. census, Multnomah County, Oregon, veteran s schedule, Portland, ED 129, no page, Samuel Charles White; digital image, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 19 January 2013), citing NARA microfilm publication M123, roll Died, Morning Oregonian, 12 June 1910, page 4, col. 1; digital image, The Historical Oregonian, (access through Multnomah County Library : accessed 28 February 2013).