Alfred A. Stratton

Alfred was placed in Company G, 147th New York Infantry and took part in several battles including the Battle of the Wilderness, the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House and the Battle of North Anna. However, on June 18, 1864, during the Siege of Petersburg while Alfred was a part of an assault on Fort Steedman, he was struck by a Confederate cannonball and suffered extreme damage to his arms which were amputated by a man known as A. S. Coe.^[1] Following this, Alfred was promoted to a sergeant and was discharged on September 27, 1864.^[4]

Following Alfred's military discharge, he married Julia Elizabeth Johnson and had three children: Alfred Mertin Stratton (1866–1867), Alice Stratton (b. 1867) and Henry Draper Stratton (1871–1915).^[5] Following the war, Alfred was praised for gallantry and befriended Reuben Fenton.^[1] Alfred found employment as a watchman for the United States Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C. and died aged 29. His pallbearers were four other amputated soldiers.^[6][7]