ALBERT F. HELMES -- 3rd HEAVY ARTILLERYALMOST 3 MONTHS OF SERVICE - Albert F. Helmes was borne in Norfolk, NY,in St. Lawrence County. While he was living in Altona, when he enlistedin the 3rd Artillery in Plattsburgh on September 17, 1864. He wasmustered into Battery C as a private to serve for one year. His recordsshow he was mustered in under the name of Holmes.Albert and two other men, who enlisted on the same day, were sent toNorth Carolina. Almost immediately, and before his first engagement, hebecame ill and died in the Regimental Hospital at New Bern, NC, onDecember 7, 1864. The men with whom he enlisted returned home to theirfamilies.Albert was first buried in the hospital grounds and, in 1867 when theNew Bern National Cemetery was established, he was reinterred. InSection 3, Plot 482. The cemetery contains the remains of soldiers whodied in local hospitals and on battlefields in North and South Carolina.There are also graves of over 1,000 unknown soldiers and the remains ofUnion soldiers who died at the Battle of New Bern in March 1862.
