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Abram Bailey was the son of William and Angelica (Van Slyck) Bailey. He was raised in Schenectady, New York's Ward 4.
Abram was 22 years old when he enlisted in the Union Army on August 31, 1864, and was mustered in on September 3, 1864. He served with the 91st New York Infantry, Company G, and held the rank of Private. Abram died of typhoid fever on October 8, 1864, at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland. It's assumed that he is buried at Loudon Park National Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland.
Sources: Ancestry, Find a Grave
What mournful tidings greet my ear!
Another soldier gone!
No relative to linger near,
To hear his dying moan!
He came with us, a volunteer,
To meet the traitorous foe;
And to defend our country’s flag,
But death has laid him low.
No friend had he to shed a tear,
Around his dying bed;
But be forgotten shall no he,
Although he’s with the dead.
His brother soldiers think of him,
With sorrow in their hearts;
And grieve that one so brave, so true,
Should from them thus depart.
We miss him at our quarters now;
We’ll miss him in the field;
For he can never meet the foe,
Since death has made him yield.
~Samuel Veatch