Baley, Corp. Cornelius L.

1844 - 1863  (19 years)

• Name	Baley, Cornelius L.
  Title	Corp.
  Born	11 May 1844	Romulus, Seneca County, New York, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Jul 1863	Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  Buried	Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I6010	Sackett | Descendants of Thomas Sacket the Elder, Descendants of Simon Sackett the Colonist
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2015

  
  

  Father	Baley, George W.,   b. Jan 1823, Romulus, Seneca County, New York, USA ,   d. 13 Feb 1907, Ovid, Seneca, New York, USA  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Mother	Sackett, Sally E.,   b. 13 Feb 1821, New York, USA ,   d. 19 Mar 1897, Ovid, Seneca, New York, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Married	1842	Seneca County, New York, USA
  Children	8 children
  	1. Bailey, Hamlin,   b. 1844, Romulus, Seneca County, New York, USA ,   d. 1859  (Age 15 years)   2. Bailey, Mary Ann,   b. 1846, Romulus, Seneca County, New York, USA ,   d. 1850, Romulus, Seneca County, New York, USA  (Age 4 years)   3. Baley, Corp. Cornelius L.,   b. 11 May 1844, Romulus, Seneca County, New York, USA ,   d. 3 Jul 1863, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 19 years)   4. Bailey, Nathaniel L.,   b. Abt 1849, Romulus, Seneca County, New York, USA ,   d. 1897  (Age ~ 48 years)   5. Bailey, Albert C.,   b. 1852, Seneca County, New York, USA ,   d. Unknown   6. Bailey, Frank S.,   b. 1854, Seneca County, New York, USA ,   d. Unknown   7. Bailey, Isabella J.,   b. 1857, Seneca County, New York, USA ,   d. Unknown   8. Bailey, Cornelius L.,   b. 1864, Romulus, Seneca County, New York, USA ,   d. Unknown
  Family ID	F2475	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 11 May 1844 - Romulus, Seneca County, New York, USA Died - 3 Jul 1863 - Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Buried - - Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos

  Bailey, Cornelius II Cornelius Bailey II (c1864- ) (pic: Barbara Bell)

  
  

  Headstones

  Corp. Cornelius L. Baley (1844-1863), died in Battle of Gettysburg

  
  

• Notes

  General Notes: From Weygant (1907): 4605. CORNELIUS L. BALEY, 1848-1863, son of George W. Baley and (1903) Sally Sackett, was one of the youngest soldiers, and unquestionably the very youngest non-commissioned officer who served in the Union army as a fighting soldier, during the war of the rebellion. He was born on his father's farm near Romulus, Seneca County, N. Y., May 11, 1848, and from there enlisted, Aug. 4, 1862, as a private soldier in Company C, 126th Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols., of which Hon. Eliakim Sherrill was commissioned colonel. On Aug. 22, young Baley was, with his regiment, mustered into the United States service, and three weeks later was under fire on Maryland Heights at Harper's Ferry. Here his regiment, after gallantly defending the position assigned it with a loss of thirteen killed and forty-two wounded, was surrendered with the remaining portion of General Milroy's command, to Stonewall Jackson's attacking force. Three days later the 126th N. Y., having in the interim been paroled, was on its way to the Union parole camp at Chicago, Ill., where it remained two months, awaiting notice of exchange. It was then ordered to Union Hill, Virginia, where it encamped during the winter of 1862-3. In June following, it was attached to Willard's Brigade, Second Corps, Army of Potomac. As the regiment marched from its winter's camp, Cornelius L. Baley was wearing the stripes of a corporal, for which he carried a warrant signed by Colonel Sherrill. Then came the great battle of Gettysburgh, into which the 126th moved with a total strength of 445 officers and men; and out of which it came carrying as trophies, five Confederate battle flags, captured in desperate and deadly conflict; for they left behind them there of their number the appalling total of 231, dead, dying and wounded, and ten unaccounted for. In the official list of their killed on that gory field--which was in fact the turning point in the great war for the preservation ofthe Union--we read the names of Colonel Eliakim Sherrell, their able commander, and of Cornelius L. Baley, their gallant boy corporal. ------ Cornelius L Bailey Birth: 1844 New York, USA Death: Jul. 3, 1863 Gettysburg Adams County Pennsylvania, USA A Civil War veteran, who enlisted in Romulus, Seneca County, New York, to serve at the rank of private with Co. G, 126th NY Inf. Promoted to corporal May 1, 1863. Killed in action at the battle of Gettysburg. Note: Source: Historical Data System,Inc. Personel Research Burial: Evergreen Cemetery Gettysburg Adams County Pennsylvania, USA Maintained by: Dennis Brandt Originally Created by: Frederich Otto (Inactive... Record added: Jul 14, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 20449329

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Charles H. Weygant; The Sacketts Of America Their Ancestors and Descendants 1630-1907; Newburgh, N. Y. 1907; Journal Pri, Weygant, Charles H., (Newburgh, N. Y., 1907). [S543] Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com), 7 May 2015. Cornelius L Bailey Birth: 1844 New York, USA Death: Jul. 3, 1863 Gettysburg Adams County Pennsylvania, USA A Civil War veteran, who enlisted in Romulus, Seneca County, New York, to serve at the rank of private with Co. G, 126th NY Inf. Promoted to corporal May 1, 1863. Killed in action at the battle of Gettysburg. Note: Source: Historical Data System,Inc. Personel Research Burial: Evergreen Cemetery Gettysburg Adams County Pennsylvania, USA Maintained by: Dennis Brandt Originally Created by: Frederich Otto (Inactive... Record added: Jul 14, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 20449329