HENRY GRAVES – 118(th) INFANTRYKEPT MOVING WEST AFTER THE WAR - Henry Graves, blacksmith born in CrownPoint, NY, has 4 Muster Roll Abstracts showing all his promotions andtransfers. He was enrolled in the 118(th) Infantry in Chazy on July 28,1862 and was mustered into Company B as a sergeant a couple of weekslater. A year later, he was a 2(nd) lieutenant and the year after thatwas promoted to 1(st) lieutenant in Company E, receiving his commissionfrom the Governor of New York. His final promotion was to captain onJanuary 24, 1865, a rank he held for 6 months before he mustered out onJune 13, 1865. During his service he was often detailed away from theregiment. From May to October 1864, he was detailed as the RegimentalAdjutant and in March 1865, was in charge of a guard detachment atRichmond, VA.When the war was over, he retuned to his wife, Elzada Elizabeth, anddaughter, Katie. The family moved to Michigan, and then to Missouri,where he and Elzada separated. His first son was born there in 1872, tohis second wife, Henrietta McGuinn. Elzada stayed in Michigan and wasburied in Battle Creek in 1927. She applied for a pension based onHenry’s service in 1919, but it wasn’t granted.Henry died in Coffeyville, KS, on November 30, 1893, and was buried inthe Elmwood Cemetery there, after having several more children withMissouri. His widow, Henrietta, applied for and received a pension amonth after his death and received it until her death in 1925.Ancestry has several wonderful pictures of Henry online. A couple ofthem are shown here. The group that reenacts the 118(th) NY Infantryalso has a picture of him and his equipment on their Facebook page. Seethe pictures at: https://www.facebook.com/118thNY/ This group is veryactive, as you can see, and is always looking for more members. Might beworth thinking about joining.
