Rensselaer William Foote (November 12, 1815 – June 26, 1862) was an American Army officer, a "Regular" from New York who served in the Seminole Wars in Florida, against the Sioux in the West, in Arizona and California and in the Civil War on the Virginia Peninsular Campaign.
Foote was born (prob.) at Delhi, New York to Charles Augustus Foote (U.S. House of Representatives from Delhi) and Maria DeHart Baldwin.[1]
After a 24-year career of military service he died at Gaines' Mill, Virginia where he was buried on the field. There is a memorial marker in his family lot, Woodlawn Cemetery, Delhi New York.
Foote was an officer in the U.S. 6th Infantry, "Regulars" in the Seminole wars in 1841. After a term of service that included duty in Oklahoma, Arkansas and New Mexico territory, he died at the battle of Gaine's Mill. It was the first battle he participated in during the Civil War.
His letters, Journal kept in 1839–1842 mainly in Florida, and the uniform of Col. Foote are in the Collection of The Main Street Museum White River Jct. Vermont. http://www.mainstreetmuseum.org
Book: Clark , John D., Congressman Thirty-fourth District, 1921–1925 . Arbor Hill, 1797–1925, with pl. Reprinted from an article by Floyd H. Lincoln and published in "The Walton Reporter," June 6, 1925 . 1925 .
Encyclopedia: Charles Augustus Foote . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1744–1989 . Bicentennial Edition . U S Government Printing Office . 1989 .
Book: Purdy , Dorman S. . Descendants of Francis Purdy . New York Genealogical and Biographical Society . n.d..
Margaret Maxwell Marvin [Maynard], through Frances Maynard [Ford] pp., copies of Bible of other records of births and marriages. Collection Main Street Museum.
Katherine Adelia Foote, Ebenezer Foote, the Founder; Being an Epistolary Light on His Time as Shed by Letters From His Files; Selected by his Great Granddaughter... Delhi, 1927.
Foote Family Record, embroidered sampler showing the children of C. A. Foote, and Foote Family Bible Record, ms. The Main Street Museum, White River Junction, Vermont. Book: History of Delaware County, N.Y., With Illustrations, Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Some Pioneers and Prominent Residents . W. H. Munsell & Co. . 1880 . N.Y.C. .
Book: Foote , Abram W. . The Foote Family, Comprising The Genealogy and History of Nathaniel Foote Of Weathersfield, Conn. And His Descendants... . Tuttle . Rutland, VT . 1907 .