The Ancestors of My GrandchildrenJan Willem Gast1 
M, #3833, * 28 May 1839, + 26 Jun 1865
| Father | Gerrit Jan Gast1,2 * 6 Oct 1808, + 27 Mar 1870 |
| Mother | Martha ten Bruggencate1,2 * 10 Jun 1814, + 3 May 1860 |
Jan Willem Gast was born on 28 May 1839 in Stad Almelo.1,2,3 He died on 26 Jun 1865 in Nashville, Tennessee,3,4,5, and was buried in the National Cemetery ((grave 920, sect. J)) at Nashville.4
Other information:
According to family lore Jan Willem had stolen a watch, and was shipped of to America by his family. His uncle Thomas had emigrated in 1847.
The Police Blotter (1858) reports:
During the Civil War he served in Comp. E, 45th Reg. of the New York Infantry, which was organized at New York, NY.
The following is taken from New York in the War of the Rebellion, 3rd ed. Frederick Phisterer. Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1912.
For a short blogpost, see link.
Name variants: William John Gast (in Civil War database.)5 John William Gast (in NY Civil War database.)4
Other information:
According to family lore Jan Willem had stolen a watch, and was shipped of to America by his family. His uncle Thomas had emigrated in 1847.
The Police Blotter (1858) reports:
nr.434. Gast, Jan Willem, 19 years old, born and living in Stad Almelo, painter's apprentice, height 1.71m, brown hair and eyebrows, short forehead, grey eyes, ordinary mouth and nose, pointy chin, brown beard, oval face, healthy coloring. Has a stiff right arm. Probably gone to America. He has been sentenced on 4 May last to 3 months in prison.6,2
During the Civil War he served in Comp. E, 45th Reg. of the New York Infantry, which was organized at New York, NY.
The following is taken from New York in the War of the Rebellion, 3rd ed. Frederick Phisterer. Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1912.
45th New York Infantry Regiment "Fifth German Regiment or Rifles; Howe's Rifles"
Mustered in: September 9, 1861
Consolidated with 38th regiment of infantry: December 21, 1862
This regiment, Col. George Von Amsberg was organized in New York City, where it was recruited almost wholly of Germans, and mustered in the service of the United States for three years September 9, 1861; it received its numerical designation from the State September 14, 1861. Part of the Honved Regiment, Col. Edward Count Wratislaw, was consolidated into this regiment. At the expiration of its term of service, the men entitled thereto were discharged, principally October 8, 1864, and the regiment retained in service.
The regiment left the State October 9, 1861; served in Stand's Brigade, Blenker's Division, Army of the Potomac, from October 12, 1861; in 1st Brigade, same division, Mountain Department, from April, 1862; in the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps, Army of Virginia, from June 26, 1862; in the same brigade and division, nth Corps, Army of the Potomac, from September 12, 1862; in the 1st Brigade, 3d Division, 11th Corps, Army of the Potomac, from June, 1863; in the 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Corps, from April, 1864; in the 4th Division, 20th Corps, at Nashville, Tenn., Department of Cumberland, from July 6, 1864; and it was consolidated, under Lt.-Col. Adolphus Dobke, company to corresponding company, with the 58th Infantry, June 30, 1865, at Nashville, Tenn.
During its service the regiment lost by death, killed in action, 4 officers, 31 enlisted men; of wounds received in action, I officer, 17 enlisted men; of disease and other causes, 2 officers, 106 enlisted men; total, 7 officers, 154 enlisted men; aggregate, 161; of whom 3 officers, 19 enlisted men, died in the hands of the enemy.7
Mustered in: September 9, 1861
Consolidated with 38th regiment of infantry: December 21, 1862
This regiment, Col. George Von Amsberg was organized in New York City, where it was recruited almost wholly of Germans, and mustered in the service of the United States for three years September 9, 1861; it received its numerical designation from the State September 14, 1861. Part of the Honved Regiment, Col. Edward Count Wratislaw, was consolidated into this regiment. At the expiration of its term of service, the men entitled thereto were discharged, principally October 8, 1864, and the regiment retained in service.
The regiment left the State October 9, 1861; served in Stand's Brigade, Blenker's Division, Army of the Potomac, from October 12, 1861; in 1st Brigade, same division, Mountain Department, from April, 1862; in the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps, Army of Virginia, from June 26, 1862; in the same brigade and division, nth Corps, Army of the Potomac, from September 12, 1862; in the 1st Brigade, 3d Division, 11th Corps, Army of the Potomac, from June, 1863; in the 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Corps, from April, 1864; in the 4th Division, 20th Corps, at Nashville, Tenn., Department of Cumberland, from July 6, 1864; and it was consolidated, under Lt.-Col. Adolphus Dobke, company to corresponding company, with the 58th Infantry, June 30, 1865, at Nashville, Tenn.
During its service the regiment lost by death, killed in action, 4 officers, 31 enlisted men; of wounds received in action, I officer, 17 enlisted men; of disease and other causes, 2 officers, 106 enlisted men; total, 7 officers, 154 enlisted men; aggregate, 161; of whom 3 officers, 19 enlisted men, died in the hands of the enemy.7
For a short blogpost, see link.
Name variants: William John Gast (in Civil War database.)5 John William Gast (in NY Civil War database.)4
Citations
- [S20] BS, Stad Almelo, Geboorten/Births : 1839 #50. Jan Willem Gast, 28 May 1839.
- [S34] Mr. J.W.D. Gast, 1993-2009.
- [S428] NY-Civil War, Film M168, pg 510. John William/William John Gast., online: http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/research/res_topics_mi_civilwar_dbintro.shtml
- [S934] Rootsweb, New York Civil War Soldiers <http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/tncem5.htm>., online: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
- [S389] NPS-Civil War, Film Number M551, roll 51., online: http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm
- [S427] APB, 1858, pg. 576.
- [S191] New York State Military Museum. <http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/45thInf/45thInfMain.htm