UNIT: Company F, 40th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry
HOMETOWN: Shamong; later Medford
BORN/DIED: 1841–1900
RANK: Private
GRAVE LOCATION: Old Tabernacle Cemetery, Row 37 Lot 3
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Old Tabernacle Cemetery, Row 37 Lot 3
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I was born in 1841 and died in 1900. At the time I was drafted, I was 23, unmarried, and worked as a laborer. I lived with my parents and siblings in Tulpahocking, now called Shamong. I was mustered in as a Private in Company F, 40th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on February 4, 1865, and headed to Petersburg, Virginia. My company was present at the Battle of Hatcher’s Run near Dabney Mills in February 1865; however, we did not participate but were held in reserve.
On April 2, 1865, we participated in our first and last battle at Petersburg. This battle was the final Union army assault on Confederate entrenchments. There, the unit suffered 23 wounded (2 of whom died later). Seventeen enlisted men succumbed to disease. My regiment remained on occupation duty after the Confederate surrender, then was mustered out at Hall’s Hill, Virginia, on July 13, 1865. I served through the conclusion of the conflict and was discharged at the Douglass United States Army Hospital in Washington, DC, on June 16, 1865.
In 1870, I resided with the George Wills family in Shamong and worked as a farm laborer. I later married and lived with my wife Mary and our five children in Shamong and became a farmer. In 1890, I was living in Medford, NJ. In 1889 Mary and I sold 19.59 acres of land to Rebecca Miller, for $150.00. I died in 1900 at the age of 59, after which my wife Mary filed for the Widow’s pension.
Jacob Emmons (Old Tabernacle Cemetery Row 37 Lot 3)
Timeline
1841: Born.
February 4, 1865: Mustered into Company F, 40th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry as a Private.
February 1865: Held in reserve near Hatcher’s Run.
April 2, 1865: Participated in the assault at Petersburg.
June 16, 1865: Discharged at Douglass U.S. Army Hospital in Washington, D.C.
1870: Lived with the George Wills family in Shamong and worked as a farm laborer.
1889: Sold 19.59 acres with his wife Mary to Rebecca Miller for $150.
1890: Lived in Medford.
1900: Died at age 59; Mary later filed for a widow’s pension.
