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Note: Middle name probable Peletiah He saw a lot of death from the time he was 6 with his grandfather's death to both his parents, two younger sisters, two cousins and an uncle all within 2 years. He later named a daughter after his mother with the middle name of one of his sisters who died when she was 3 1/2. ***** born in Middletown and moved to Durham in 1864 (pension application) ***** 1850 United States Federal Census about Whitney Clark Name: Whitney Clark Age: 5 Estimated birth year: abt 1845 Birth Place: Connecticut Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut Family Number: 812 Household Members: Name Age Alfred Clark 40 Christiana Clark 38 May Clark 16 Diodez Clark 14 Jennet Clark 12 Smith Clark 10 John Clark 8 Emily Clark 6 Whitney Clark 5 Runette Clark 1 Peltiah Clark 76 ***** 7 years old when his parents died - who did he live with? (he and his siblings were separated and "placed out to neighbors") ***** 1860 United States Federal Census - separated from his siblings about Whitney Clark Name: Whitney Clark Age in 1860: 14 Birth Year: abt 1846 Birthplace: Connecticut Home in 1860: Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut Gender: Male Post Office: Durham Value of real estate: View image Household Members: Name Age George Strong 31 Susan M Strong 27 Ellen A Strong 7 Wallace M Strong 5 Carrie E Strong 3 Emma Strong 5.12 Whitney Clark 14 ***** 1870 United States Federal Census about Whitney P Clark Name: Whitney P Clark Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846 Age in 1870: 24 Birthplace: Connecticut Home in 1870: Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: View image Post Office: Durham Center Household Members: Name Age Whitney P Clark 24 Mary C Clark 29 (wife was 5 years older) ***** 1880 United States Federal Census - between Chester Clark and Fred Wimbler (Wimbler Farm is first property on the left heading into Durham on Route 77- Durham Road). There was a house with a big hill behind it that has the cemetery on top - that I was always told belonged to the Clarks - but never knew the exact connection). about Whitney Clark Name: Whitney Clark Home in 1880: Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut Age: 34 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846 Birthplace: Connecticut Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Mary C. Father's birthplace: Connecticut Mother's birthplace: Connecticut Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Whitney Clark 34 Mary C. Clark 39 Mary R. Clark 8 Christiana R. Clark 4 Mabel Clark 2 ***** 1900 United States Federal Census about Whitney Clark Name: Whitney Clark Home in 1900: Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut Age: 34 Birth Date: Nov 1845 Birthplace: Connecticut Race: White Ethnicity: American Gender: Male Relationship to Head of House: Head Father's Birthplace: Connecticut Mother's Birthplace: Connecticut Spouse's Name: Mary L Marriage year: 1866 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 34 Residence : Durham Township, Middlesex, Connecticut Occupation: View on Image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Whitney Clark 54 Mary L Clark 59 ***** 1910 United States Federal Census about Whitney P Clark Name: Whitney P Clark Age in 1910: 64 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846 Birthplace: Connecticut Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Connecticut Mother's Birth Place: Connecticut Home in 1910: Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut Marital Status: Widowed Race: White Gender: Male Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Whitney P Clark 64 Annie E Burr 66 (housekeeper) ***** Married by Rev. J.W. Lessions Epitaphs, Durham Town Hall Book, page 50 Clark, Whitney P., b. 1845, died 1916, age 71, Civil War Veteran Tombstone located in cemetary behind Town Hall. Left side of cemetery about half way back. Nice Medium size family stone: Whitney P. Clark 1845-1916 Dearly Beloved Mary His Wife 1840-1909 Next to it is a stone: John B. Clark died June 4, 1873, age 31 (brother) there are two small stones with initials WPC and MC - footstones of Whitney P. Clark and Mary Clark, ***** From: EJCS1(Liz Clark Spears)- descendant of Whitney's brother John. farmer lived in the southern part of Durham ***** Diary of Dwight C. Hickox, Durham Library Wed. Dec, 22,1897 Snow Went to prayer meeting this evening, Whitney Clark Leader, Subject Heaven. ***** DVR: pg 196: d. Feb. 9, 1916, age 70 yrs, 2 months, 5 days, Widow, b. Haddam, farmer, d. Gangrene of Lungs and Pulmonary Hemorage. Mother: Christianna Clark, father: Alfred Clark ********** Obituary, The Penny Press, Middletown, CT. Feb 10, 1916 Whitney P. Clark Whitney P. Clark, one of the old residents of Durham, died yesterday at his home in that town of a complication of diseases. He was in his seventy-first year and was born in Haddam, a son of Alfred Clark and Christianna Clark. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Clifford Francis, Mrs. Wilbur Clark and Mrs. Reuben Thompson, and seven grandchildren, all of Durham, and two sisters, Mrs. Alfred L. Morgan of Middletown, and Mrs. Emily Tuttle of Meriden. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the house and will be private. Friends are requested to omit flowers. Burial will be in Durham Cemetery. ***** National Archives - Copy of Actual Veteran Records Whitney Clark Muster-in Roll Camp Mansfield, Middletown, CT, Nov 18, 1862. Joined for duty and enrolled August 30, 1862, Middletown, for 9 months- Put Company F, 24th Reg't Conn. Infantry. Muster Rolls: Nov 18, 1862 to Feb 28, 1863 - Present March & April 1863 - Absent - sick, left at Bayou Boeuf, LA April 9, 1863 May & June 1863 - Present July & August 1863 - Present Muster-Out Rolls Middletown, CT September 30, 1863. Last paid to Feb 28, 1863 ***** http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unctinf4.htm#24thinf 24th Regiment Infantry Organized at Middletown and mustered in November 18, 1862. Left State for East New York November 18, thence sailed for New Orleans and Baton Rouge, La., November 29, arriving there December 17. Attached to Grover's Division, Dept. of the Gulf, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to July, 1863. Defenses of New Orleans to August, 1863. SERVICE.--Duty at Baton Rouge until March, 1863. Operations against Port Hudson March 7-27. Moved to Donaldsonville March 28. Operations in Western Louisiana April 9-May 14. Teche Campaign April 11-20. Irish Bend April 14. Bayou Vermillion April 17. Expedition to Alexandria and Simsport May 5-18. Destruction of Salt Works, near New Iberia, May 18. Moved to Bayou Sara, thence to Port Hudson, May 22-25. Siege of Port Hudson May 25-July 9. Assaults on Port Hudson May 27 and June 14. Surrender of Port Hudson July 9. Ordered to Plaquemine District July 11, and duty there until September. Mustered out September 30, 1863. Regiment lost during service 16 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 57 Enlisted men by disease. Total, 75. ***** internet information found Whitney D. Clark Residence Durham CT; Enlisted on 8/30/62 as a Private. On 11/18/62 he mustered into "F" Co. CT 24th Infantry He was Mustered Out on 9/30/63 24th CT Infantry Organized: Middletown on 11/18/62 Mustered Out: 9/30/63 Regiment Assignments Officers Killed or Mortally Wounded: 0 Officers Died of Disease, Accidents, etc.: 2 Enlisted Men Killed or Mortally Wounded: 16 Enlisted Men Died of Disease, Accidents, etc.: 57 From - To Brigade Division Corps Army Comments Dec '62 / Mar '63 Grover's Army and Dept of the Gulf Jan '63 / Jul '63 2nd 4th 19th Army and Dept of the Gulf Jul '63 / Sep '63 Defenses of New Orleans Army and Dept of the Gulf Mustered Out Regimental Casualty Analysis 24th CT Infantry Organized: Middletown, CT on 11/18/62 Mustered Out: 9/30/63 # Date Place Killed Wounded POW Missing 1 03/13/63 Port Hudson, LA 0 1 0 0 2 05/23/63 Port Hudson, LA 1 0 0 0 3 05/24/63 Port Hudson, LA 1 3 0 0 4 05/25/63 Port Hudson, LA 1 0 0 0 5 05/27/63 Port Hudson, LA 0 4 0 0 6 05/29/63 Port Hudson, LA 0 1 0 0 7 06/14/63 Port Hudson, LA 8 28 0 0 8 06/15/63 Port Hudson, LA 0 3 0 0 9 06/16/63 Port Hudson, LA 1 0 0 0 10 06/17/63 Port Hudson, LA 0 1 0 0 11 06/18/63 Port Hudson, LA 0 1 0 0 12 06/20/63 Port Hudson, LA 0 2 0 0 13 06/22/63 Port Hudson, LA 0 1 0 0 14 06/24/63 Port Hudson, LA 0 1 0 0 15 06/26/63 Port Hudson, LA 0 1 0 0 16 06/27/63 Port Hudson, LA 0 7 0 0 17 06/29/63 Port Hudson, LA 1 0 0 0 18 07/01/63 Port Hudson, LA 0 2 0 0 19 07/05/63 Port Hudson, LA 0 1 0 0 20 07/06/63 Port Hudson, LA 0 1 0 0 Regiment History CONNECTICUT TWENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT C. V. INFANTRY. (Nine Months.) WRITTEN BY LIEUTENANT AUGUSTUS H. CONKLIN, LATE OF COMPANY K, TWENTY-FOURTH CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS. THE Twenty-fourth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers was organized in September, 1862. Six companies of this regiment were recruited in Middlesex County, and the four others from Hartford, New Haven, and Fairfield Counties. It rendezvoused at Middletown, Colonel E. W. N. Starr Post Commander. October 13th Samuel M. Mansfield, First Lieutenant in the regular army, and a son of Major-General J. K. F. Mansfield, was appointed to the command The regiment was mustered into the United States service November 18, 1862, and on the same day left Middletown, with six hundred and ninety-eight officers and men, for Camp Buckingham, Centerville, L. I. November 29th the regiment broke camp, and embarked on steamer "New Brunswick," with a company of the Fiftieth Massachusetts, to join General Banks's Expedition. The steamer was overloaded with men and freight, and the regiment suffered much from want of water and ventilation. December 2d the expedition sailed, and on December 3d sealed orders were opened, showing its destination to be Ship Island, Gulf of Mexico. December 5th and 6th, encountering a gale and heavy sea, the regiment was in great peril for twenty-four hours, as the steamer was a small, side-wheel, river boat, with wide, overhanging guards, and wholly unsuitable for a winter voyage at sea. December 9th, touched at Dry Tortugas for coal; December 12th, disembarked at Ship island; December 13th, ordered to New Orleans; December 14th, came to anchor abreast the city; December 16th, received arms and steamed up the river in company with nine transports and four gunboats, under orders to occupy Baton Rouge, La. December 17th, arrived opposite the city. A small body of Confederates was dispersed by shells from the gunboats. The Twenty-fourth Regiment was the second to land, and encamped within the United States Arsenal grounds, remaining here until January 21, 1863, fitting itself for active service by company and battalion drill. January 1st the regiment was brigaded with the Ninth Connecticut and Forty-first and Fifty-second Massachusetts, forming the Second Brigade, Fourth Division, Nineteenth Army Corps, Major-General C. C. Grover Division Commander, Colonel Cahill of the Ninth Connecticut Brigade Commander. January 21, 1863, the regiment moved out to a new camp in a magnolia grove on the old battle-field of August 5, 1862, and the formation of the brigade was changed by putting the Ninety-first New York in the place of the Ninth Connecticut, Colonel Van Zandt of the Ninety-first New York Brigade Commander. March 1st, by order of General Banks, the regiment was consolidated into a battalion of eight companies. While here, on account of sickness of Colonel and Lieutenant-Colonel, Major P. Maher was in command for a time. March 13th the regiment, with its brigade and division, moved in the advance on Port Hudson, the object of which was a diversion in the rear to assist Commodore Farragut to run the river batteries in front. March 15th the division was ordered back toward Baton Rouge, and spent the night in a swamp, drenched with rain, with water ankle-deep, and sleeping on stumps and rails--one of the hardest experiences during its term of service. March 16th, camped on the banks of the Mississippi River. March 17th, in company with two other regiments, went on a cotton expedition toward Port Hudson, securing one hundred bales of cotton . March 20th the regiment was ordered back to Baton Rouge, and reached old camp ground at 6 P. M., blistered and weary. March 26th the formation of the Second Brigade was changed by the Twelfth Maine taking the place of the Ninety-first New York, Colonel Kimball of the Twelfth Maine commanding. March 28th, embarking on steamer "Morning Light," with the Fourth Division, went down the river and landed at Donaldsonville. March 31st, started on the march down Bayou La Fourche, passing through Napoleonville, Labadieville, and Thibodeaux, arriving at Terre Bonne April 2d. On the 4th, went to Bayou Boeuf by railroad. ***Whitney took ill here , and was absent until May.*** April 9th the division marched to Brashear City, a hot and dusty ten-mile march. April 11th the regiment embarked on board transport "St. Mary," Grover's Division having been ordered up the Grand Lake to cut off the retreat of the Confederates under command of General "Dick" Taylor, who were fortified at Camp Bisland--Generals Emory's and Weitzel's Divisions to make the attack in front. April 13th, landed at Hutchin's Point, marched two miles, and bivouacked on Madame Porter's plantation, the Twenty-fourth being sent out on picket in sight of the enemy. April 14th the Third Brigade advanced and soon found the Confederates in force in the woods, and the battle of Irish Bend was fought, in which between three and four hundred men were killed and wounded. The Second Brigade was held in reserve in line of battle. The object which the Fourth Division was expected to accomplish failed. General "Dick" Taylor slipped by with his forces, and April 15th the pursuit of him toward the Red River began. Passing through Martinsville, New Iberia, and Vermillionville, the division reached Opelousas April 20th. At New Iberia a detachment of seventy-five men from the Twenty-fourth Regiment was sent to assist in the destruction of the Confederate salt-works on Petite Anse Island. April 26th, broke camp and marched to Barre's Landing. ***According to Muster Rolls, Whitney resumed service in May*** May 5th the march toward the Red River was resumed. After reaching a point within fifteen miles of Alexandria, a return march was made to the Atchafalaya River, which was crossed at Simmsport May 17th. May 21st, embarked on transport, and landed at Bayou Sara, on the Mississippi River, at midnight of the same day. May 22d and 23d, marched to the rear of Port Hudson. May 24th the regiment was in the advance as skirmishers, driving the enemy from their rifle-pits, and holding its position at the edge of the woods, within 400 yards of the Confederate earthworks, until relieved the next morning, one man being killed and three wounded. May 25th five companies engaged in skirmishing; two men killed. May 26th four companies were detailed as sharpshooters. May 27th sharpshooters were called in and the regiment moved with its division to support General Weitzel's storming column. May 31st it was detailed to support batteries on the right. June 1st the Twenty-fourth was before Port Hudson, with the reserve of the right wing, until the morning of the 14th, the day of the second assault, in which the regiment played a conspicuous part. The duty assigned it was for the men to sling their rifles, and each man to carry two thirty-pound gunny-bags of cotton, with which to fill the ditch, making a bridge for the charging column to pass over, and to advance with the charge. The murderous fire from the enemy's works caused a failure of the part assigned the advanced regiments, which had been detailed as sharpshooters and bearers of hand grenades; but under a galling direct and cross-fire "the Twenty-fourth Regiment thrust their cotton-bags before them and rushed on to the crest of a little hill within fifty yards of the enemy's works, piled up their cotton-bags, forming a temporary breastwork, and held it; and of all the regiments that advanced across the plateau in the morning, the Twenty-fourth was the only one able to maintain its position." The construction of this light breastwork was the means of saving the lives of many of the retreating soldiers of the advance regiments, who found shelter behind its line. Seven men of the Twenty-fourth were killed and several wounded. "Under the cover of darkness an earthwork was thrown up. So quietly was it done that General Grover thought the rebels had erected a new redoubt, and ordered a battery to shell it out, but fortunately the mistake was discovered." This line, which was a valuable strategic point for further operations, and from which a zig-zag approach was dug close up to the enemy's ditch, and a mine forty-two feet long tunneled under the enemy's works, was held by the regiment until the surrender, July 8th, a period of twenty-five days. This service was very severe upon the men, living in burrows and exposed to the broiling heat of a Louisiana midsummer sun, and so few in numbers (less than one hundred men, on account of casualties and sickness) that one-half of the regiment was on duty each twenty-four hours, and was constantly under fire. "After the surrender the Twenty-fourth was complimented by the First Mississippi Confederate Regiment for its coolness and perseverance"; also by General Banks, who ordered "Port Hudson" inscribed upon its colors. July 11th the regiment left the earthwork it had so faithfully defended, and embarked on board steamer, reaching Donaldsonville at 9 P. M. of the same day. July 12th and 13th it was on picket. The Confederate forces under General "Dick" Taylor were close up to the town, and a sharp fight took place on the 13th. July 29th the regiment took transport for Carrollton, and on August 6th it sailed for Ship Island, where it remained doing regular camp and picket duty until September 9th. Several deaths occurred here, and the health of the men was greatly impaired on account of the heat, poor water, and lack of vegetable food. September 9th the regiment took transport for New Orleans, and camped in Cotton Press. September 15th it sailed for New York on steamer "Continental," arriving September 24th. September 23d, embarked on steamer "Granite State," for Middletown, Conn., arriving there early on the 24th, and disembarked amid the firing of cannon and the ringing of bells. After a bountiful collation the regiment was dismissed, the men going to their homes. October 2d it was mustered out, date of discharge being made September 30, 1863. The whole time of service was nearly thirteen months. ENGAGEMENTS. Irish Bend, La., Apr. 14, 1863. (Whitney was absent) Siege of Port Hudson, La., May 23 to July 11, 1863. (On July 4th, his brother John B. Clark was severely wounded) ***** Publication Number: T289 Publication Title: Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900. Publisher: NARA State: Connecticut Arm Of Service: Infantry Regiment: 24 Company: F Name: Clark, Whitney P. Date: 19 Dec 1907 State/arm Of Service: Conn. Inf. Company/regiment: F,24 Roll Number: 017 Collection Title: Civil War Pensions- Invalid ***** Pension record (#1145149) indicates he was born in Middletown, CT Enrolled in Middletown Aug 18, 1862, Private - 24th CT Regiment- Company F. (commanded by William Addis) Honorably discharged September 1863. on the march to Brashear City, state of Ga, on or about April 8, 1865, contracted disease of liver, throat and lungs caused by exposure and he has suffered from said ailments ever since. 5'3" tall, light complextion, grey eyes, auburn hair. also recorded at 5'4" , light complextion, auburn hair and hazel eyes moved to Durham in 1864, lived in Durham Center. Farmer Pension attested by Elizabeth L. Camp and Harry P. Ryan (Harry P. Ryan was husband of Bertha Thompson) Invalid pension requested due to liver disease and general disability, witnessed by Chester Clark. last paid $16 on December 4, 1915. died Feb. 9, 1916 *****
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