Thanks to Bonnie Tampkins the memory of Joseph Christman has returned from Andersonville, Georgia where he died on September 14, 1864 as a Prisoner of War.
Joseph was drafted in Bainbridge, New York and was a Private in Co. F of the 140th Regiment of the New York Volunteers.
At the time of his death he was survived by his wife, Maria Gifford Christman, and their daughter Cora E. (m. Kilmer) who was born on October 10, 1863. They lived in Morris, Otsego County when he died.
Joseph is buried at Andersonville, Georgia.
On October 3, 1863 Maria Gifford Christman had a baby girl. Maria and Joseph named her Cora. In March of 1864, Private Joseph Christman decided to go back home.
The following excerpt is from the Adjutant General's Office of the War Department written on March 9, 1887.
"This man deserted on or about March 28, 1864 and returned on or about May 3, 1864. As he was subsequently restored to duty by competent authority without trial, but upon conditions which appear to have been complied with (so far as not waived by the Government) the charge of desertion no longer stands against him. The record of the fact that he was absent in desertion from on or about March 28, 1864, to on or about May 3, 1864, cannot however, be expunged."
"Charges of desertion of may 26 & 27/64 are removed. He was captured at Hanover Junction May 27, 1864, sent from Richmond to Andersonville, Ga. May 31, 1864, where he was admitted to the hospital September 14, 1864 and died the same day of scorbutus."
