Born:
September 17, 1846Dudley,
Staffordshire
,
England
Died:
September 24, 1919at the home of his daughter, Effie
Adkins near
Dagsboro
,
Sussex
County,
Delaware
Buried:
September 26, 1919
Millsboro
Cemetery, Millsboro, Sussex County,
DE.The grave is marked with obelisk
that contains information about his military service.
After
immigrating to the
US
from
England
at the age 18, James H. Adkins lied abd said he was born in Dagsboro, DE and
enlisted in the US Army Company H 1st Regiment, Delaware Infantry on
October 14, 1864 for the term of one year as a substitute for a Miles H. Lloyd
from S.E.N.W. Fork Hundred Sussex County.He
was admitted to 2nd
Div
Hospital
,
Petersburg
,
VA
while fighting near Munson’s Hill, VA with Debility and Rheumatism on
December 24, 1864
and transferred to 2nd
Div.
Hospital at City Point, VA for treatment of Pleurisy till January 3, 1865 when
he returned to duty.He received an
invalid pension due to Rheumatism.This
started at $8.00 in 1865 and went to $40.00 in 1936 when it ended due to his
wife Hannah’s death.
UNION
DELAWARE
VOLUNTEERS
Private
James H. Adkins
1st
Regiment,
Delaware
Infantry Company
H Organized
at
Wilmington,
Del,
September 10, 1861
to July 1865.
SERVICE:
Boydton Plank Road
, Hatcher’s Run, October 27-28m 1864,Dabney’s
Mills, Hatchers Run,
February 5-7, 1865
.Watkins’ House March 25.
Appomattox
Campaign March 28-April 9.
Boydton Road
and White Oak Ridge March 29-31.Crow’s
House March 31.Fall of
Petersburg
April 2.Pursuit of Lee April 3-9.Sailor’s Creek April 6.
High
Bridge
, Farmville, April 7.
Appomattox Court
House April 9.Surrender of Lee an
his army.At Burkesville till May
2.March to
Washington
, D. C., May 2-12.Grand review May
23.At Washington, D. C., till
July.Mustered out
July 12, 1865
.
