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Aaron Hart Armstrong
1819 - 1900 (81 years)-
Name Aaron Hart Armstrong Birth 10 May 1819 Pennsylvania 
[1] Gender Male Death 28 Jul 1900 Mercer county, Pennsylvania [1] Burial Mercer, Mercer, Pennsylvania [2] Person ID I46833 Scudder Last Modified 13 Mar 2013
Father John Armstrong, b. 3 Jun 1784, Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland d. 1 Oct 1852, Jackson Center, Mercer, Pennsylvania (Age 68 years) Mother Deborah Hart, b. 17 Mar 1795 d. 4 Nov 1871, Mercer county, Pennsylvania (Age 76 years) Marriage Abt 1808 [3] Family ID F3395 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Caroline Breckenridge Smith, b. 15 Mar 1832, Burgettstown, Washington, Pennsylvania d. 18 Jun 1918, Mercer county, Pennsylvania (Age 86 years) Marriage 15 Jul 1856 [1, 2] Children 1. Elizabeth Deborah Armstrong, b. Apr 1858, Pennsylvania d. Yes, date unknown2. Mary St. Clair Armstrong, b. Sep 1865, Pennsylvania d. Yes, date unknown3. John Woodruff Armstrong, b. 24 Oct 1868, Pennsylvania d. 20 Sep 1944 (Age 75 years)Family ID F16671 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
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Notes - During the Civil War, Aaron served in the Union aboard the U.S.S. Gazelle, as the First Assistant Engineer. He enlisted 11 December 1863, and was discharged 18 August 1865.
The Gazelle was a side-wheel steamer acquired by the Union Navy for duty with the Mississippi River Squadron. Gazelle reached the mouth of the Red River in time to join Admiral David Dixon Porter's joint Army-Navy expedition of 12 March-22 My 1864. The operation was part of the campaign against Texas designed to gain a strong foothold there and to thwart the French intervention in Mexico.
Serving between the mouth of the Red River and Grand Ecore, Louisiana, Gazelle engaged enemy shore units, convoyed Union Army transports, and patrolled the river while Union Navy gunboats assisted in the capture of Fort De Russy.
For the next year the ship patrolled between the mouth of the Red River and Morganza, Louisiana, and convoyed transports. On 24 May 1865 she embarked Confederate Generals Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr., and Sterling Price at the mouth of the Red River and brought them to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to negotiate a surrender with General Edward Canby. Subsequently, following repairs at New Orleans, Louisiana, Gazelle steamed upriver to Mound City, Illinois. She decommissioned there 7 July 1865.
- During the Civil War, Aaron served in the Union aboard the U.S.S. Gazelle, as the First Assistant Engineer. He enlisted 11 December 1863, and was discharged 18 August 1865.
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