
Person Info
Belle Brott: Birth: 8 SEP 1864 in Warren Co., New York, USA. Death: 15 SEP 1913 in Newport, Perry Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Blanche Brott: Birth: 1871 in Essex Co., New York, USA. Death: BEF 1929
Carrie Adelia Brott: Birth: 13 MAY 1875 in Saratoga Co., New York, USA. Death: 25 OCT 1954 in Orland, Glenn Co., California, USA
Jessie Agnes Brott: Birth: 8 JAN 1878 in Rensselaer Co., New York, USA. Death: 23 DEC 1924 in Henry, Codington Co., South Dakota, USA
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Note: The 1850 Census of Town of Queensbury lists Fort, age 9, living in the family of Isaac Bradt. It is unclear which family member first changed the spelling of the last name from Bradt or Bratt (which also appears in Census records) to Brott. Sybrant Fort Brott and brother Harmon Brott used "Brott" as early as 1855. Sybrant F. Brott appears on Muster in Roll, 22nd Regiment, Company E, June 6, 1861 in Warren Co. index; e-mail to Douglas G. Detling from Pamela Vogel, Warren Co. Clerk's Office, May 29, 1996. National Archives file No. 3473623 (copy in possession of Douglas Detling) for " Szbrant" Fort Brott, Private, 175th New York Infantry: Volunteered in Plattsburgh, New York for the Town of Johnsburg on September 3, 1864 for one year's service. Lists birthplace as Queensbury, New York; age as 23; occupation as farmer. Medical facts noted: blue eyes, sandy hair, light complexion, 5'10". Handwritten form appears to read Sybrant Fort Brott. By special order dated September 24, 1864, S. Fort Brott of Johnsburg, Warren Co., New York, named an officer (First Lieutenant), and authorized to enroll volunteers. No other military information listed in the file. Sybrant F. Brott is listed in the Civil War Soldiers index of the National Park Service as serving in the 22nd and 175th Regiments of the New York Union Army volunteers (site searched by Douglas G. Detling on October 4, 2004). History of 22nd Regiment, New York Infantry (from http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm): Organized at Troy, N. Y., and mustered in June 6, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., June 28. Attached to Key's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861. Key's Brigade, McDowell's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. Augur's 1st Brigade, King's 3rd Division, McDowell's 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, King's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863. SERVICE.-Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, VA., March 10-15. Camp at Upton's Hill till April 9. McDowell's advance on Falmouth, VA., April 9-19. Duty at Fredericksburg, Va., till May 25. McDowell's advance on Richmond May 25-29. Operations against Jackson June 1-21. At Falmouth and Fredericksburg till August 6. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21-23. Battles of Gainesville August 28. Groveton August 29, and 2nd Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battles of South Mountain September 14; Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October 29. Advance on Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, VA., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Belle Plains till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek April 29-May 2. Fitzhugh's Crossing April 29-30. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Three years men transferred to 76th and 93rd New York Regiments Infantry. Mustered out June 19, 1863, expiration of term. Regiment lost during service 11 Officers and 62 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 28 Enlisted men by disease. Total 102. History of 175th Regiment, New York Infantry: Organized in New York at large September and October, 1862. Left State for Suffolk, VA., November 21, 1862. Attached to Division at Suffolk, VA., 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, Augur's Division, Dept. of the Gulf, to March, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to May, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, to February, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to July, 1864, and Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade, Grover's Division, District of Savannah, GA., Dept. of the South, to March, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, Dept. of North Carolina, to May, 1865. District of Savannah, GA., Dept. of the South, to July, 1865. Dept. of Georgia to November, 1865. SERVICE. Duty at Suffolk, Va., till December, 1862. Moved to New Orleans, LA, and duty at Carrollton till March 6, 1863. Moved to Baton Rouge March 6. Operations against Port Hudson March 7-27. Moved to Algiers April l, thence to Berwick April 9. Operations in Western Louisiana April 9-May 14. Teche Campaign April 11-20. Fort Bisland, near Centreville, April 12-13. Vermillion Bayou April 17. Expedition from Opelousas to Alexandria and Simsport May 5-18. Expedition from Berne's Landing to Berwick May 21-26. Franklin May 25. Moved to Port Hudson May 26-30. Siege of Port Hudson May 30-July 9. Assault on Port Hudson June 14. Surrender of Port Hudson July 9. Moved to Baton Rouge July 22, and duty there till March, 1864. Operations about St. Martinsville November 12, 1863. Red River Campaign March 23-May 22. At Alexandria March 25-April 12. Cane River Crossing April 23-24. At Alexandria April 26-May 13. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Mansura May 16. At Morganza till July. Expedition from Morganza to the Atchafalaya May 30-June 5. Atchafalaya River June 1. Moved to Fortress Monroe, VA, thence to Washington, D.C., July 5-29. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Battle of Winchester September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty at Kernstown and Winchester till January, 1865. Moved to Savannah, GA, January 5-22, and duty there till March. Moved to Wilmington, N. C., March 5, thence to Morehead City March 10, and duty there till April 8. Moved to Goldsboro April 8, thence to Savannah, GA, May 2. Duty at Savannah and at other points in the Dept. of Georgia till November, 1865. Mustered out November 29, 1865. Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 12 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 117 Enlisted men by disease. Total 134. Predecessor unit: 171st Regiment Infantry. Failed to complete organization. Men enlisted transferred to 175th New York Infantry. See also Cynthia Brott Biasca, Descendents of Albert and Arent Andriessen Bradt, Wolfe City, Texas: Henington Publishing Co., 1990, p. 347. Mrs. Biasca's book states Fort Brott was a Justice of the Peace for Saratoga, New York in 1877. 1880 Census (Vol. 89; E.D. 83, Sheet 2, Line 45): "Sydrant" F. Brott lived in Saratoga, New York; occupation listed as Justice of the Peace. Family included Francelia L., age 39; and four daughters: Belle, 15; Blanche, 9; Carrie, 5; and Jessie, 2. Brott and Francelia L. Brott listed birthplaces of their parents as in the State of New York. Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Saratoga, Saratoga, New York; Roll: T9_928; Family History Film: 1254928; Page: 361B; Enumeration District: 83; Image: 0724. The Brott family moved to South Dakota after 1880, probably between 1880 and 1885, the period in which the Brown Co. environs experienced a population increase from 350 in 1880 to more than 12,200 in 1885. See Herbert S. Schell, History of South Dakota (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1968), p. 165. The movement west of the Brotts was made possible, no doubt, by the extension of the railroad which became commonly known as the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific. This line was constructed across South Dakota, passing through Groton towards Aberdeen, one of only two major cities (Miles City, Montana being the other) between Minneapolis -St. Paul and Butte, Montana, which was also served by three other railroads. See James E. Vance, Jr., The North American Railroad (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995), pp. 217-219. Brown Co., Dakota Territory 1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll does not list Brott, so it is unlikely he moved to South Dakota before September 1883. [SDGENWEB Archives, 1883 Pension files reviewed online by Douglas Detling, May 21, 2003.] South Dakota 1890 Veterans Schedule lists S. Fort Brott in Henry Township, Brown Co., (ID# SD1968437). SDGENWEB File -- Brown Co. SD -- Federal Land Records, South Dakota Land Patents Database, data edited and prepared by Joy Fisher ([email protected]) shows two cash sales for patented land, dated six years apart, to S. Fort Brott: NAME MERIDIAN TWP RANGE SECTION ACREAGE TYPE CASETYPE DOCID DATE BROTT S FORT 05 123 N 061 W 022 1 60 272002 PA 1111 09/15/1883 NAME MERIDIAN TWP RANGE SECTION ACREAGE TYPE CASETYPE DOCID DATE BROTT S FORT 05 123 N 061 W 022 1 60 272002 PA 6345 05/25/1889 Cook Co., death records on-line at http://www.sos.state.il.us. Certificate 846, according to Laurie Grimes, Third Supplement to the Bradt Book (2007), page. 60. Douglas Detling verified these in the the Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre1916, on-line from the Illinois Secretary of State's office. Date of death recorded as August 13. 1890. Headstone contract reads date of death as August 12, 1890. Civil War Pension Records Application #503506 was as filed by widow Francelia L. Brott (certificate #332872) in South Dakota on March 3, 1891 (Ancestry.com Civil War Pension images reviewed by Douglas G. Detling, February 15, 2002). |
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