GDG- Brian Pohanka / 146th New York

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Here's a clue from the Alexander Street source:

Henry W. Green  (Union)

Enlistment:
- 22 years of age at time of enlistment
- Enlisted on Sep 5 1862 at Vienna, NY as Private 

Roll of Honor
The name Green, H. W. appears on the Roll of Honor
Green, H. W. died on Jan 26 1865 while serving as a Priv in E Company, 146th Inf, NY
He is buried at Andersonville National Cemetery (Grave number: 12522), Andersonville, GA

Mustering information:
- Enlisted into E Company, 146th Infantry (New York) on Oct 10 1862
- Died of disease as POW while serving in 146th Infantry (New York) on Jan 26 1865 at Andersonville, GA

Promotions:
- Promoted to Sergt (Full, Vol) (date not indicated)
- Reduced to Private (Full, Vol) (date not indicated) (Reduced to ranks)

Listed as:
- POW (date not indicated)

Sources for the above information:
- New York: Report of the Adjutant-General, (1894-1906)
- Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defense of the Union, (1868) 




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--- On Sun, 6/1/08, NPeters102 at aol.com <NPeters102 at aol.com> wrote:

> From: NPeters102 at aol.com <NPeters102 at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: GDG- Brian Pohanka / 146th New York
> To: gettysburg at arthes.com
> Date: Sunday, June 1, 2008, 7:01 PM
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
> 
> 
> In a message dated 6/1/2008 9:44:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight
> Time,  
> teej at nc.rr.com writes:
> 
> This is  strange. I found a listing for a Pvt. H.W. Green,
> Co. E, 146th 
> N.Y. who  died at Salisbury Prison, Salisbury, NC on
> January 26, 1865. Is it 
> likely  that there were two men with the same last name,
> same first two 
> initials  in the same company, same regiment and both died
> in January 1865? 
> Teej,
>  
> By 1865, if my information is correct, Green should have
> been a Sgt. But  
> putting that info aside, the only other gentleman with the
> Green  surname, that I 
> found in Company E was Charles Green, who was transferred
> into  the outfit 
> from the 5th NY. (Mortimer Green also came from the 5th NY
> &  was unassigned.) A 
> Samuel Green, of Company H, died on 111 May 1865 in 
> Washington DC of wounds 
> he received on 31 March 1865 at White Oak Road.  
> 
> Respectfully,
> 
> Mike  Peters
> npeters102 at aol.com
> 
> 
> 
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