Amos V. Sharp
g-granduncle of Judith Corrigan
g-granduncle of Marilyn Dietz
Private Co. C 145th Pennsylvania Infantry
Dates of Service: 11 Aug 1862 - Jun 1863
Amos V. Sharp was the 3rd child and 2nd son born to John and Betsy Davis Sharp, in Ashtabula County, Ohio, on Apr. 24th, 1832. On Mar. 15th, 1854, he married Ellen Dial in Ashtabula. Ellen apparently died later in 1854 or 1855. On Mar. 6th, 1856, Amos married Laura E. Davis in Branch Co., Michigan. They had a son Adalask in 1856; sadly, he died before his 2nd birthday. A daughter Virginia was born in 1859. The young family was farming in Bethel, Branch Co., in 1860. Another daughter Sarah arrived on Aug. 21st, 1862, just 10 days after her father enlisted.
At age 30 Amos was the first of the Sharp brothers to enlist in the Union cause when he joined the 145th Pennsylvania Infantry at Erie Co., Pennsylvania. Organized at Erie Sep. 5, 1862, the regiment
moved to Harper's Ferry, W. VA, Sep. 22, 1862, and served duty there till Oct. 29. They were on reconnaissance to Charlestown Oct. 16-17; advanced up Loudoun Valley and moved to Falmouth, VA, Oct. 29-Nov. 17; participated in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 12-15; on duty at Falmouth, VA, till Apr., 1863; the Chancellorsville Campaign Apr. 27-
May 6; Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. [source: https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UPA0145RI]
Amos was discharged in June 1863, just before the Battle of Gettysburg; his former regiment, the 145th Pennsylvania, continued on through the Gettysburg Campaign, in pursuit of Lee, and right on through the Mine Run Campaign. [source: https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UPA0145RI]
Amos returned to Ashland, Newaygo, to his farm and his family. Little Sarah died the following summer, on Aug. 21st, 1864. Her sister Virginia died 6 days later, on Aug. 27th, 1864. Another daughter, Jennie E., was born about 1865. In 1870, Amos and Laura were still farming in Ashland and little Jennie was 4. Ten years later, Jennie was tallied at age 15 as a school-girl, enumerated with her parents on the 1880 census for Ashland. No further record has been found for her, and she was not mentioned in her father's obituary. Amos was granted a pension in Sep. 1884 for "rheumatism and asthma." He was counted in Ashland, Newaygo, on the 1890 Veterans Census, stating that he was discharged "---June 1863."
Amos and Laura continued to live and farm in Ashland through 1910. Amos died on Jun. 16, 1912. Laura then lived with her sister and brother-in-law in Ashland
GRAVESITE: Ashland Center Cemetery, Grant, Newaygo, Michigan
Written by Dorotha Piechocki, March 2020
[thanks to chall461, ancestry dot com public tree, for sharing the original photos https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/6494617/person/-764850182/facts]