Gasherie Decker
Graduating
Class of 1858
Served in
The
American Civil War
Sergeant
Gasherie Decker
Army
3rd Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery
Hometown
New York, USA
Date of Birth
Location of Death
Andersonville, GA
Date of Death
Location of Burial
Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville, GA
More About Sergeant Decker
Sergeant Decker was born Oct. 3, 1840, to Peter and Gertrude Decker in Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York. He enlisted into the US Army on Sept. 1, 1861, as a corporal. He was assigned to 3rd Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery and served with it, attaining the rank of sergeant. He was captured by Confederate forces and was moved around to different prison camps where he eventually ended up at Andersonville Prison Camp in Georgia. Sergeant Decker died as a prisoner of war on Sept. 12, 1864, of scurvy at Andersonville, Macon County, Ga.