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==Childhood and Family==
 
==Childhood and Family==
===1816===
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===1809===
*Born Delhi New York, 12 November, 1815, to [[Charles A. Foote Genealogy|Charles Augustus Foote]] and Maria (Margaret) (Baldwin) Foote.  
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*Frances Foote, sister born.
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===1811===
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*Catherine, sister born.
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===1814===
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*Sister Harriet born and dies, age 9 months.
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===1815===
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*'''Rensselaer William Foote born,''' Delhi New York, 12 November, 1815, to [[Charles A. Foote Genealogy|Charles Augustus Foote]] and Maria (Margaret) (Baldwin) Foote.
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===1818===
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*Birth of brother, Charles A. Foote, jr.
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===1821===
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*Birth of youngest brother, James.
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===1824===
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*29 August, 1824. Death of his mother, Maria Baldwin Foote.
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===1827===
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*Death of his uncle, Frederick Foote, in Livorno, Italy.
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===1828===
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*1 August, 1828. Death of his father, Charles Augustus Foote.
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*Apprenticed to a printer in Delhi, New York. (Uncertain year/s.)
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===1829===
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*28 December, death of his grandfather, Ebenezer.
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===1830===
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*Guardianship filed for Catherine Foote for the "minor child" James, and the other children, over the age of 14, of the late Charles Foote, her brother.
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===1833===
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*November. Arrives in Newark, New Jersey at the home of his mother's sister [[Aaron Vanderpoel|Harriet and her husband, the congressman Aaron Vanderpoel]] in November.
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===1832===
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*15 October: sister Frances Foote marries Charles Augustus Marvine, a banker from Delhi.
  
 
==West Point==
 
==West Point==
 
===1834===
 
===1834===
*Graduates United States Military Academy, in the same class as Winfield Scott Hancock, Lewis Armistead, "Gen Todd", and (perhaps) P.T.G. Beauregard.
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*Attends [[United States Military Academy]], in the same class as [[Winfield Scott Hancock]], [[Lewis Addison Armistead]], [[John Blair Smith Todd]], and [[Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard]].
  
 
===1835===
 
===1835===
*December: Second Seminole begins.  
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*Discharged from West Point, July.
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*December: Second Seminole begins.
  
 
===1836===
 
===1836===
 
*[Or before] Travels to "West Indies".
 
*[Or before] Travels to "West Indies".
 
*31 May, 1836: [[New York City]].
 
*31 May, 1836: [[New York City]].
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*14 June, 1836: nephew George Marvine born to Frances Foote and Charles Marvine.
  
 
===1838===
 
===1838===
  
 
*Appointed second lieutenant, U.S. 6th Infantry.
 
*Appointed second lieutenant, U.S. 6th Infantry.
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*October or November, travels to Florida, through [[Fort Monroe, Virginia]].
  
 
==Florida and the Seminole Wars==
 
==Florida and the Seminole Wars==
 
===1839===
 
===1839===
  
*"Clark's Place, St Andrew's Bay, West Florida" Assembles 48 page dictionary entitled "Indian Words".
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*[[Clark's Place, St. Andrews Bay, Panama City, Florida|"Clark's Place, St Andrew's Bay, West Florida]]" Assembles a hand-written, 48 page glossary entitled "Indian Words."
  
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Cherokee_removal
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Cherokee_removal
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===1840===
 
===1840===
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*9 August: Niece Margaret born to Frances Foote and Charles Marvine.
 
*Experiences ill health; living in, or visiting New York City.
 
*Experiences ill health; living in, or visiting New York City.
*25 December: Begins Journal in Pelatka Florida.
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*25 December: Begins Journal in [[Fort Palatka, Palatka, Florida|Pelatka Florida.]]
*28 December: Arrives Fort Holmes, Florida.
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*28 December: Arrives [[Fort Holmes, Florida]].
*30 December: Arrives Fort Russel.
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*30 December: Arrives [[Fort Russel.]]
  
 
===1841===
 
===1841===
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*8 March: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balize,_LA La Balize, or Pilotown, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.]
 
*8 March: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balize,_LA La Balize, or Pilotown, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.]
 
*10 March: leave New Orleans.  
 
*10 March: leave New Orleans.  
*September: Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.  
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*14 August: Second Seminole War ends.
*9 September: Fort Towson.
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*22 September: [[Fort Gibson, Arkansas]].
*18 September: Fort Smith.
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*September: [[Jefferson Barracks, Missouri]].  
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*9 September: [[Fort Towson, Oklahoma]].
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*18 September: [[Fort Smith, Arkansas]].
  
 
==The Western Territories==
 
==The Western Territories==
===1842===
 
*14 August: Second Seminole War ends.
 
*22 September: Fort Gibson, Arkansas.
 
  
 
===1843===
 
===1843===
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===1845===
 
===1845===
*December: [[Fort Smith, Arkansas]].  
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*27 September, birth of his niece, [[Katherine Adelia Foote]], daughter of brother Charles and Adelia.
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*December: [[Fort Smith, Arkansas]].
  
 
===1851===
 
===1851===
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*27 August: New York City.
 
*27 August: New York City.
  
==The Civil War/War Between the States==
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===1858===
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===1859===
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*Fall to December, Travels from St. Louis, Misouri to Los Angeles, to Fort Yuma, California by stage coach, and ship.
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===1860===
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*February, Fort Yuma,
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===1861===
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*Fort Yuma, spring and summer.
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*August Fort Yuma to San Fransico to New York.
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*1 October, Union Place Hotel, New York.
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==The Civil War==
 
===1862===
 
===1862===
 
*22 January: Barrytown, Dutchess county, New York.
 
*22 January: Barrytown, Dutchess county, New York.
 
*2 March: [[New York City]].
 
*2 March: [[New York City]].
*6 March: Washington, D.C.
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*6 March: Washington, D.C.  
 
*2 June: Camp Lovell, "about 8 miles from Richmond, Va."
 
*2 June: Camp Lovell, "about 8 miles from Richmond, Va."
*Died, [[Battle of Gaines' Mills, Virginia]]. Buried in a mass grave on the battlefield. Memorial gravestone in place, Woodlawn cemetery, Delhi, New York.
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*Died, [[Battle of Gaines' Mills, Virginia]]. Buried in a mass grave on the battlefield. Memorial placed, Woodlawn cemetery, Delhi, New York.
 
 
  
 
[[category:Rensselaer William Foote Memorial]]
 
[[category:Rensselaer William Foote Memorial]]
 
[[category:Civil War/War Between the States]]
 
[[category:Civil War/War Between the States]]

Latest revision as of 15:23, 27 December 2021

Childhood and Family

1809

  • Frances Foote, sister born.

1811

  • Catherine, sister born.

1814

  • Sister Harriet born and dies, age 9 months.

1815

  • Rensselaer William Foote born, Delhi New York, 12 November, 1815, to Charles Augustus Foote and Maria (Margaret) (Baldwin) Foote.

1818

  • Birth of brother, Charles A. Foote, jr.

1821

  • Birth of youngest brother, James.

1824

  • 29 August, 1824. Death of his mother, Maria Baldwin Foote.

1827

  • Death of his uncle, Frederick Foote, in Livorno, Italy.

1828

  • 1 August, 1828. Death of his father, Charles Augustus Foote.
  • Apprenticed to a printer in Delhi, New York. (Uncertain year/s.)

1829

  • 28 December, death of his grandfather, Ebenezer.

1830

  • Guardianship filed for Catherine Foote for the "minor child" James, and the other children, over the age of 14, of the late Charles Foote, her brother.

1833

1832

  • 15 October: sister Frances Foote marries Charles Augustus Marvine, a banker from Delhi.

West Point

1834

1835

  • Discharged from West Point, July.
  • December: Second Seminole begins.

1836

  • [Or before] Travels to "West Indies".
  • 31 May, 1836: New York City.
  • 14 June, 1836: nephew George Marvine born to Frances Foote and Charles Marvine.

1838

  • Appointed second lieutenant, U.S. 6th Infantry.
  • October or November, travels to Florida, through Fort Monroe, Virginia.

Florida and the Seminole Wars

1839

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Cherokee_removal

1840

  • 9 August: Niece Margaret born to Frances Foote and Charles Marvine.
  • Experiences ill health; living in, or visiting New York City.
  • 25 December: Begins Journal in Pelatka Florida.
  • 28 December: Arrives Fort Holmes, Florida.
  • 30 December: Arrives Fort Russel.

1841

1842

The Western Territories

1843

1844

1845

1851

1852

1853

1854

1855

1856

1857

  • 27 August: New York City.

1858

1859

  • Fall to December, Travels from St. Louis, Misouri to Los Angeles, to Fort Yuma, California by stage coach, and ship.

1860

  • February, Fort Yuma,

1861

  • Fort Yuma, spring and summer.
  • August Fort Yuma to San Fransico to New York.
  • 1 October, Union Place Hotel, New York.

The Civil War

1862

  • 22 January: Barrytown, Dutchess county, New York.
  • 2 March: New York City.
  • 6 March: Washington, D.C.
  • 2 June: Camp Lovell, "about 8 miles from Richmond, Va."
  • Died, Battle of Gaines' Mills, Virginia. Buried in a mass grave on the battlefield. Memorial placed, Woodlawn cemetery, Delhi, New York.