Captain, 2nd RI Infantry. From East Greenwich, RI.
Foy enlisted in the 2nd Rhode Island as a 2nd Lieutenant in Co. H in June of 1861 and spent the duration of the war as an officer coming up the ranks to Captain of Co. C and mustering out in July of 1865. Like other soldiers, Foy's experience during the war was varied as he spent time not only in the field, but time at home recruiting and on other detached service. He also spent time in hospital after he was wounded by a fellow officer of the 2nd RI, Lt. John P. Shaw, who accidentally discharged his pistol into Foy's foot in December of 1861. Foy is reported as wounded again in 1863 at Kelly's Ford (for which he was only treated by the regimental surgeon) but recovered just in time for the Battle of Gettysburg.
Foy lists himself as a mason by trade. He married Miss Adeline M Hawes in December of 1847 in Wrentham, Massachusetts; they had three children Cordelia, Thomas, and Charles, all born by the year 1852. By 1903, Foy is found living in a Soldier's Home in Togus, Maine. He dies there in April of 1905.
[Biography courtesy of The Horse Soldier, Gettysburg, PA]
Foy enlisted in the 2nd Rhode Island as a 2nd Lieutenant in Co. H in June of 1861 and spent the duration of the war as an officer coming up the ranks to Captain of Co. C and mustering out in July of 1865. Like other soldiers, Foy's experience during the war was varied as he spent time not only in the field, but time at home recruiting and on other detached service. He also spent time in hospital after he was wounded by a fellow officer of the 2nd RI, Lt. John P. Shaw, who accidentally discharged his pistol into Foy's foot in December of 1861. Foy is reported as wounded again in 1863 at Kelly's Ford (for which he was only treated by the regimental surgeon) but recovered just in time for the Battle of Gettysburg.
Foy lists himself as a mason by trade. He married Miss Adeline M Hawes in December of 1847 in Wrentham, Massachusetts; they had three children Cordelia, Thomas, and Charles, all born by the year 1852. By 1903, Foy is found living in a Soldier's Home in Togus, Maine. He dies there in April of 1905.
[Biography courtesy of The Horse Soldier, Gettysburg, PA]
Captain, 2nd RI Infantry. From East Greenwich, RI.
Foy enlisted in the 2nd Rhode Island as a 2nd Lieutenant in Co. H in June of 1861 and spent the duration of the war as an officer coming up the ranks to Captain of Co. C and mustering out in July of 1865. Like other soldiers, Foy's experience during the war was varied as he spent time not only in the field, but time at home recruiting and on other detached service. He also spent time in hospital after he was wounded by a fellow officer of the 2nd RI, Lt. John P. Shaw, who accidentally discharged his pistol into Foy's foot in December of 1861. Foy is reported as wounded again in 1863 at Kelly's Ford (for which he was only treated by the regimental surgeon) but recovered just in time for the Battle of Gettysburg.
Foy lists himself as a mason by trade. He married Miss Adeline M Hawes in December of 1847 in Wrentham, Massachusetts; they had three children Cordelia, Thomas, and Charles, all born by the year 1852. By 1903, Foy is found living in a Soldier's Home in Togus, Maine. He dies there in April of 1905.
[Biography courtesy of The Horse Soldier, Gettysburg, PA]
Foy enlisted in the 2nd Rhode Island as a 2nd Lieutenant in Co. H in June of 1861 and spent the duration of the war as an officer coming up the ranks to Captain of Co. C and mustering out in July of 1865. Like other soldiers, Foy's experience during the war was varied as he spent time not only in the field, but time at home recruiting and on other detached service. He also spent time in hospital after he was wounded by a fellow officer of the 2nd RI, Lt. John P. Shaw, who accidentally discharged his pistol into Foy's foot in December of 1861. Foy is reported as wounded again in 1863 at Kelly's Ford (for which he was only treated by the regimental surgeon) but recovered just in time for the Battle of Gettysburg.
Foy lists himself as a mason by trade. He married Miss Adeline M Hawes in December of 1847 in Wrentham, Massachusetts; they had three children Cordelia, Thomas, and Charles, all born by the year 1852. By 1903, Foy is found living in a Soldier's Home in Togus, Maine. He dies there in April of 1905.
[Biography courtesy of The Horse Soldier, Gettysburg, PA]
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