Hej!
John P. Erickson was awarded the
Medal of Honor (a very big deal in the United States) for bravery during the American Civil War for his actions at Fort Fisher near Wilmington, North Carolina (1865).
Erickson was captain of the forecastle (förkastell/back) aboard the side-wheeler U.S.S. PONTOOSUC during the naval battle and lost part of his right arm from an explosion.
I am trying to identify his origins to update the records of the US Navy. His hospital record during the Civil War confirms his origin to have been Sweden.
He was likely a sailor on merchant vessels in the 1850s. In 1864, when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, he indicated that he had been a sailor for six years. Possibly a sailor from 1851-1857?
His arrival in America was listed as 1857 (Svenska amerikanaren, 13 August 1907, p 4), but Erickson also noted that he arrived in 1850 (1900 U.S. Census). He is not located in the Emigranten database and he likely arrived in the United States as a sailor not as a passenger.
His obituary lists his birth as 30 June 1826 in Sweden, another source indicates April 1826. Family details are sketched out in familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GXPN-YX3
Tack för hjälpen med detta pussel.
John Everett Jones
www.jamestownswedes.org jamestownswedes@hotmail.com
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