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GREENSKY Benjamin C.

  • Home: Charlevoix, Emmet Co. (later became Charlevoix Co.), Michigan
  • Enlisted: 10 September 1863 at Little Traverse, Emmet Co., Michigan
  • Age At Enlistment: 24
  • Term: 3 years
  • Mustered In: 21 October 1863 Co. K, 1st Michigan Sharpshooters
  • Rank In: Promoted to Corporal
  • Mustered Out: Killed in action at Spottsylvania Virginia 12 May 1864

Source: Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in The Civil War 1861-1865 Michigan Adjutant General Dept. Call No. E514.3 M62 V. 44 First Michigan Sharpshooters

Alternate spellings of Last Name:

GRANSKY GRENSKY

Honor Roll Michigan

  • Roll 2 page 410
  • Greensky Benjamin C.
  • Co. K 1st Michigan Sharpshooters
  • Age: 24
  • Enlisted: 10 September 1863 at Little Traverse
  • Home: Town of Charlevoix in Emmet County
  • Died: 12 May 1864
  • How: Killed in action at Spottsylvania Virginia

Pension Card

  • GREENSKY Benjamin
  • Late Rank: Sgt.
  • Co. K 1 Reg. Mich S.S.
  • Date Of Filing: 1864 Oct. 8
  • Widow: Application No. 68228 Certificate No. 40449
  • Remarks: none

Source: NARA Film T289 Roll 244 Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861-1900

Non Military Vital Record Data

  • Birth Date:
  • Birth Place:
  • Death Date: 12 May 1864
  • Death Place: Spottsylvania Virginia
  • Burial Cemetery:
  • Parents:
  • Marriage: 13 July 1863
  • Marriage Place: North Port, Leelanau, Michigan
  • Wife: Emma Redbird
    • Children: none

See: GREENSKY Emma widow of Benjamin Widows Pension Applicationlink



1860 Federal Census

Grand Island, Schoolcraft, Michigan P.O. Marquette Page 76 29 June 1860
  • Charles Lavoult 25 M Ind. Hunting and Fishing - 50 Michigan
  • Benjamin Greensky 18 M Ind. Hunting and Fishing - 20 Michigan
  • Mo-nom-i-nee 20 M Ind. Hunting and Fishing - - Michigan
  • Albert Mo-nom-i-nee 30 M Ind. Hunting and Fishing - 12 Michigan
  • Charlotte Mo-nom-i-nee 23 F Michigan
  • Peth-way-quai 2 F Ind Michigan

Other Sites

Sharpshooters in Grants Army by Charlevoix County History Preservation Society

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