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The Forgotten Soldier

September 2020

The Forgotten Soldier

Orabell “Ozzie” Thompson, PNP

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THE FORGOTTEN SOLDIERS

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September 2020

ABB, Peter

Born about 1845. Entered service at Murfreesboro 25 September 1863 as a Private in Company C, 13th Regiment Colored Infantry. Died 21 January 1865 at the Nashville Hospital of smallpox. Place of burial not noted. Name can be found on Monument dedicated to the United States Colored Troops and Federal Soldiers of Maury County. Located at Maury County Courthouse Square, Columbia, Tennessee. Submitted by Dorothy Oliver.

ADAMS, Absalom

Born about 1838 to William and Martha (James) Adams. Joined the 27th Missouri Mounted Infantry, Company C, 27th Regiment. He was appointed 5th Sergeant 25 October 1861. He died 13 March 1865. Headstone inscription states, “He came to death by the Hands of Bushwhackers.” Burial in Adams/Tackett Warrensburg Cemetery, Warrensburg, Missouri. Submitted by Carole Taylor.

ADAMS, Andrew

Born 1844 in England. Recruited to serve as a Private in Company H, 11th Regiment Connecticut Infantry, 8 April 1864. Wounded 18 June 1864 and died 27 July 1864 in General Hospital, Fort Monroe, Virginia. Burial in Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia. Submitted Tracy Tomaselli.

ADAMS, George W.

Born 7 November 1843 to Abraham and Sarah Adams. Entered service as a Private 21 April 1862 in Company C, 27th Missouri Militia. When this Regiment was disbanded he joined Company G, 7th Regiment Missouri State Militia. Died 6 October 1864. He drowned in Osage River, Castle Rock, Osage County, Missouri while trying to escape the enemy. Burial in Adams Memorial Cemetery, Bristle Ridge, Johnson County, Missouri. Submitted by Carole Taylor.

ALLEN, Abisha

No birth information. Entered service 28 May 1864 as a Private in Company K, 32nd Regiment Maine Infantry. Captured and arrived at Andersonville 6 May 1864. Died 10 July 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave #3093. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

ALLEN, Eli P.

Born 26 April 1831. Entered service as a Private 29 March 1861 in Company C, 7th Regiment Missouri Cavalry. He died 24 April 1901 in Elk County Kansas. Burial in Green Lawn Cemetery, Elk County, Kansas. He never married and had no descendants. Submitted by Carole Taylor.

ALLEN, William H.

Born about 1845 in Indiana to Ruben and Permelia Allen. Entered service as a Private in Company B, 12th Regiment Missouri Cavalry. He died 20 April 1864 in Ward 2 Post Hospital, Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri. Burial in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery-Lemay, St. Louis, Missouri. Submitted by Carole Taylor.



September 2020

ALLEN, William H.

Born about 1842 in Poland Maine. Entered service as a Private in Company G, 23rd Regiment Maine Infantry, 29 September 1862. Died 10 December 1862 at Offutt’s Crossroads, Maryland. Place of burial unknown. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

ALLENDER, William H.

Born about 1843 to Richard B. and Elmira Allender in Iowa. Entered service as a Private in Company B, 3rd Regiment Iowa Infantry, also served in Company H, 5th Regiment Iowa Infantry as a Corporal. Died of wounds 16 August 1863 at Lemay, St. Louis Missouri. Burial in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery-Lemay, St. Louis, Missouri. Submitted by Carole Taylor.

ANDERSON, John Presly

Born 1841 to James C. and Barbara Anderson in Indiana. Entered service as a Private in Company D, 85th Regiment Indiana Infantry. Died 18 December 1862 in hospital Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky. Burial in Hollingsworth Cemetery, Helt Township, Vermillion, Indiana. Submitted by Carole Taylor.

ANTHOINE, Ambrose

Born about 1842 in Windham, Maine. No date for service entry. Was a Private in Company G, 5th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 10 May 1864 at Battle of Wilderness. No burial information. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

ARCHIBALD, Ira A.

Born about 1846 in Maine. Entered service 17 February 1865 as a Private in Company D, 15th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 14 November 1865 at Darlington, South Carolina. Burial in Highland Cemetery, West Poland, Maine. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

ARMSTRONG, John

No birth information. Entered the service 2 March 1864 as a Private in Company G 48th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry. Died 1 July 1864 after being shot in the neck 12 May 1864 in Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse. Was one of first burials in newly opened Arlington National Cemetery. Submitted by Kim Armstrong.

ARMSTRONG, Samuel H.

Born 1845. Enlisted in Company A, 13th Regiment Colored Infantry. Died 20 December 1864 of wounds received at Battle of Nashville. Burial unknown. Name is on Monument honoring U.S. Colored Troops and Federal Soldiers located Maury County Courthouse Square, Columbia, Tennessee. Submitted by Dorothy Oliver.

ARNOLD, Edgar W.

No birth information. Entered service 18 August 1862 as a Private in Company G, 17th Regiment Maine Infantry. Wounded at Gettysburg. Captured 2 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, Virginia. Died 18 August 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave #7024. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.



September 2020

ARNOLD, Marshall

Born 1845. Enlisted on 16 November 1863 in Company A, 15th Regiment Colored Infantry. Died 5 February 1864 at Shelbyville. Burial unknown. Name is on Monument honoring U.S. Colored Troops and Federal Soldiers located at Maury County Courthouse Square Columbia, Tennessee. Submitted by Dorothy Oliver.

ATWOOD, Charles R.

Born 1842 in Norway, Maine. Entered service in Company B, 32nd Maine Infantry. Promoted to Sergeant. Died 20 July 1864 at Petersburg, Virginia. Buried same. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

ATWOOD, Rodney

Born about 1841. Entered service as a Private in Company E, 5th Regiment Maine Infantry. Missing in action 10 May 1864. Presumed dead. No burial information. Submitted by DUVCW Tent 8, Elizabeth Crockett Blake.

AUTEN, John

Born 28 February 1840. Entered service as a Private in Company I, 9th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry 15 April 1861. Killed in action at Laurel Hill, 10 July 1861. Burial in City Cemetery, South Bend, Indiana 13 July 1861; Grave #6, lot 27, Blk. 2, Range-1-West. Submitted by Linda Murr.

BAKER, Cyrus E.

No birth information. Entered service as a Sergeant, 14 January 1864 in Company C, 59th Massachusetts Infantry. Died 9 April 1865 at Annapolis, Maryland. Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Submitted by Nancy Jahnig.

BAKER, Sylvanus

Captured during the Battle of Chickamauga 20 September 1863. He was sick in the hospital and was an exchange prisoner. After the exchange he rejoined his regiment and was mustered out June 1865. He died 25 November 1909 in Mahoning County, Ohio. His obituary states: “Because of his bravery, he was known by comrades as Stonewall Jackson. He knew no fear.” He never married and left no known descendants. Submitted by Barbara Bruff Hemmingsen.

BALDWIN, Theodore F.

Born about 1843. Entered service as a Private in Company A, 1st Regiment Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, 21 April 1861. Died in action at Battle of Bull Run, Virginia 21 July 1861. Burial on battlefield. Baldwin was the first Walworth County, Wisconsin soldier to lose his life in battle in the Civil War. Killed at Battle of Bull Run. Submitted by Patricia Blackmer.

BARNETT, David Alva

Born 12 January 1841 to John K. and Catherine Ann Hess Barnett in York County, Pennsylvania. Entered service as a Private in Company B, 99th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry 26 July 1861. Promoted to Corporal and Sergeant. Wounded in battle and died 26 November 1863 in Douglas General Hospital, Washington, D.C. Burial in Salem United Methodist Cemetery, Lower Chanceford Twp., York County, Pennsylvania. Submitted by June Runkle Grove.



September 2020

BARTLETT, Kenneth S.

Born 19 December 1844. Entered service as a Private in Company G, 10th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 20 August 1862 at Culpepper, Virginia. Burial in Culpepper National Cemetery, Section A 1, Site 144. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

BARTLETT, Marcus Channing

Born 16 April 1843 in Norway, Maine. Entered service as a Private in Company G, 10th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 6 November 1862 at Mt. Pleasant Hospital, Washington, D.C. Burial in Antietam National Cemetery, 37-A-9. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

BARTLETT, William (Willie) Nelson

Born 6 August 1862 as a Private in Company I, 14th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry. ?? 15 August 1864 of gunshot wound through the heart at Battle of Deep Bottom, Henrico County, Virginia. Buried at Alderbrook Cemetery, Guilford, Connecticut. Submitted by Tracy Tomaselli.

BATCHELDER, Andrew T.

Born about 1842 in Danvers, Maine. Entered service 14 June 1841 as a Private in Company K, 3rd Regiment Maine Infantry. Promoted to Sergeant. Captured 26 May 1864. Died 19 August 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave #6211. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

BAUGHMAN, Jacob

Born about 1828. Joined Company A, 125ath Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a Private. He was discharged 1 June 1865 for disability. He died about 1874. He was not married and left no known descendants. Submitted by Barbara Bruff Hemmingsen.

BEARD, Josiah

Born 1846 in Summersville, Chattanooga County, Georgia. Joined the Confederate service in March 1864 at age 18 years of age. Was captured and then joined Union Navy at Rock Island Barracks, Rock Island, Illinois. Died 15 July 1864 in Chelsea Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Submitted by Carol R. Acosta.

BEEBE, Charles Alonzo

Born about 1838. Entered as a Private in Company A, 12th Regiment Wisconsin Infantry, 3 October 1861 in Prescott, Wisconsin. Died of wounds and disease 1 October 1863 in Natchez, Mississippi. Burial was in Natchez National Cemetery, Natchez, Mississippi, Grave #20. Submitted by Ruby J, Beebe.

BEERS, Henry A.

Born about 1845 in Connecticut to Lucien Beers and Maria M. Norton. Entered service 29 January 1864 as a Private in Company D, 11th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry. Killed in action 18 June 1864 at Petersburg, Virginia. Burial in Old North Cemetery, North Guilford, Connecticut. Submitted by Tracy Tomaselli.



September 2020

BENNER, JR. Abner Gardner

No birth information. Entered service 11 March 1864 as a Private in Company E, 31st Regiment Maine Infantry. Captured 29 June 1864 at Gaines Mill, Virginia. Held in Richmond, Virginia until 4 June 1864 then transferred to Andersonville Prison. Died 25 July 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave #3953. (Cenotaph at Dennysville Cemetery, Maine. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

BENTON, Charles H.

August 1862 as a Private in Company B, 16th Regiment Connecticut Infantry. Died 1 October 1862 at Fairfax Seminary Hospital, Fairfax, Virginia of parotitis (inflammation of salivary glands) and chronic diarrhea. Burial in Alderbrook Cemetery, Guilford, Connecticut. Submitted by Tracy Tomaselli

BENTON, Joel Canfield

Born 1 May 1843 to Joel Benton and Eliza Seymour in Connecticut. Entered service 21 July 1862 in Musician Company I, 14th Regiment Connecticut Infantry. Died 20 October 1862 of typhoid fever at Bolivar Heights/Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. Buried at Alderbrook Cemetery, Guilford, Connecticut. Submitted by Tracy Tomaselli

BEST, James

Born 26 December 1840 in New York. Entered service as a Private in Company D, 134th Regiment New York Infantry, 20 August 1862. He became the seventh Corporal of the eight in Company K. Died of disease 18 March 1863 at Hope Landing, Virginia. Burial was a few rods from Aqua Creek. After 1928, his remains were removed to Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Virginia. Grave #6623. Submitted by James Churchyard and Alberta Jane Parker.

BEST, John

Born 28 July 1845 in New York. Entered service as a Private in Company B, 4th Regiment New York Heavy Artillery 18 January 1864. In March 1864, he was in Company G. Was captured during the Battle at Reams Station, Virginia on 25 August 1864. Confined at Belle Isle prison, Virginia. Was furloughed home 31 October 1864. Died 19 January 1865. Burial in family cemetery, Village of Watsonville, Fulton, Schoharie County, New York. Submitted by James Churchyard and Alberta Jane Parker.

BEVER, Paul

He was born in 1835 in Minden, Montgomery County, New York. He joined Company K, 134th New York Infantry, 23 September 1862. He was promoted Corporal 27 March 1863. He Was wounded 1 July 1863 at Gettysburg and died 10 July 1863. Burial is Gettysburg National Cemetery. Gravesite: C-77, New York. Submitted by Janice Dundas Beaver.

BEVERLIN, David

Born about 1843 to William and Jane Beverlin. Entered service as a Private Company B, 11th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry, 26 October 1861 at the age of 18. He contracted a lung disease and was discharged 2 April 1863. He died at his mother’s home 24 October 1863, Rathbon, Wirt County, West Virginia. His father, William, was killed by rebels after he had guided an Ohio Regiment through Roane County, West Virginia. Burial for both is in Wirth County, West Virginia. Submitted by Joyce H. Fluharty



September 2020

BIAS, William G.

Born 15 December 1846 in Missouri. Entered service as a Private in Company C, 21st Regiment Missouri Infantry, 1 June 1863. Was wounded in action at Fort Blakely, Alabama, being struck in the forehead by a mini ball which caused great pressure on the brain. Due to this wound, his mind was impaired the rest of his natural life. He spent time in mental institutions and was cared for, when released, by some of the doctors that knew him. He died 31 August 1907 in Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri. Submitted by Joanne Aylward.

BISHOP, Charles Augustus

Born between 12 June 1846 and 17 September 1846 to Joel and Calista R. Bishop in Connecticut. Entered service as a Private 24 July 1862 in Company B, 16th Regiment Connecticut Infantry. Discharged 20 July 1863 due to heart disease. Re-enlisted 13 July 1864 in Company I, 1st Connecticut Cavalry. Died 23 February 1865 in Port Hospital, Fort Wood, Bedloe’s Island, New York. Buried in West Side Cemetery, Guilford, Connecticut. Submitted by Tracy Tomaselli.

BLAKE, George Mortimer (aka George W. Blalke)

Born 25 September 1837 to Roswell Blake and Clarissa Leete in Connecticut. Entered service as a Private in Company F, 23rd Regiment Connecticut Infantry 10 September 1862. Deserted 24 November 1862. Drafted 1 August 1863 as Private in Company K, 14th Regiment Connecticut Infantry. Captured 25 August 1864 at Battle of Ream’s Station, Virginia. Died in Salisbury prison, North Carolina, 1864. Burial unknown. Submitted by Tracy Tomaselli

BLATCHEY, Lewis William

Born January 1842 to Alfred Blatchley and Caroline Norton in Ohio. Entered Service as a Private in Company G, 15th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry 5 August 1862. Killed in action 8 March 1865 at Battle of Wyse Forks, Kinston, North Carolina. Burial in West Cemetery, Madison, Connecticut. Submitted by Tracy Tomaselli

BLETHEN, Isaac A.

Born 2 February 1837 to Reuben and Thankful Blethen in Durham, Maine. Entered Service as a Private in Company E, 5th Regiment Maine Infantry, 24 May 1861. Promoted Corporal. Died 27 November 1863 at Brandy Station, Virginia. Burial in Durham Maine. Submitted by DUVCW Tent 8 Maine, Elizabeth Crockett Blake.

BODGE, Charles H.

Born 1838 in Windham, Maine. Entered service as a Private in Company E, 5th Regiment, Maine Infantry. Died 29 November 1863 at Windham, Maine of disease. Burial in Chase Cemetery, Windham Maine. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

BOISSONNAULT, Madison F.

No birth information. Entered service 23 February 1864 as a Private in 1st D.C. Cavalry. Captured 29 June 1864. Transferred to 1st Maine Cavalry After capture. Died 11 September 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave #8449. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.



September 2020

BONAR, William

He was born about 1843. Entered Company L. 34th Iowa Cavalry as a Private 15 August 1861 Mustered out and re-enlisted 2 February 1864. Mustered out 9 August 1865. Died 1896 in Helena, Missouri. Buried Maple Hill Cemetery, Osceola, Iowa. Submitted by Sue Abrahamsen and Cheri L. Casper.

BONNEY, Ansel F.

No birth information. Entered service 23 May 1861 as a Private in Company E, 18th Massachusetts Infantry. Died 30 June 1864 in Washington, D.C. of wounds Received in battle. Burial in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. Submitted by Diane Coleman-Horne.

BOOTHBY, Walter W.

No birth date information. Entered service as a Private in Company K, 3rd Regiment Maine Infantry 28 November 1861. Died 13 December 1862 at Fredericksburg, Virginia. Burial in Fish Cemetery, Leeds, Maine. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

BOWEN, Eben

Born about 1845 in Gorham, Maine. Entered service as a Private in Company G, 23rd Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 28 January 1863 at Edwards Ferry, Maryland. Place of burial unknown. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

BOWLES, John C.

No birth information. He was a member of Company I, 3rd Missouri Confederate. Cavalry. Died in 1865 at the age of 19. Submitted by Linda Manning.

BOWMAN, Calvin

Born about 1843. Entered service as a Private in Company E, 144 Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry 14 October 1863. Died of wounds 18 May 1864 in Army Square Hospital, Washington, D.C. Burial in Arlington National Cemetery. Submitted by Mary Anne T. Haffner.

BOWMAN, George W.

Born about 1847. Entered service as a Private in Company E, 144th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry 14 October 1863. Was taken prisoner after being wounded 5 May 1864 and sent to Andersonville Prison. Died 18 October 1864 in Andersonville. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Georgia. Calvin Bowman and George Bowman were brothers. Three other brothers were also serving. Submitted by Mary Anne Haffner.

BOWS, Daniel

Born about 1822. Entered service as a Private in Company F, 119th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry the 4 September 1862. Was killed in action 2 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, Virginia. Place of burial unknown. Submitted by Sue Abrahamsen.



September 2020

BRADLEY, Ellis Dexter

Born 27 December 1849 to John C. Bradley and Jane Griffing in Connecticut. his father was a Sergeant in Company F, 7th Regiment Connecticut Infantry. Ellis served as a “Drummer Boy” during the war. Died 15 May 1863 of typhoid fever at the age of thirteen years. Burial in North Guilford Cemetery, North Guilford, Connecticut. Submitted by Tracy Tomaselli.

BRADLEY, Nimrod P.

He was born 30 March 1841 to John B Bradley and Elizabeth Oglesby Bradley. He joined Company A, 27th Regiment Missouri Mounted Infantry. He was mustered out in 1862. He married Alice H., in 1869. There were no descendants. He died 15 August 1884 and is buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Dunksburg, Johnson County, Missouri. Submitted by Carole Taylor.

BRAGDON, Joseph

Born about 1843 in Poland, Maine. Entered service 7 November 1861 as a Private in Company D, 15th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 22 January 1862 at Augusta, Maine. Place of burial unknown. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

BRAGDON, Joseph R.

Born about 1844. Entered service 29 September 1862 as a Private in Company G, 23rd Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 23 January 1863 at Edwards Ferry, Maryland. Burial in Highland Cemetery, West Poland, Maine. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

BRAGG, George E. Jr.

No birth date information. Entered service as a Private in Company C, 7th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry. Wounded at the Battle of Antietam. Died 8 October 1862 Fredericksburg, Maryland. Burial at Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Maryland. Submitted by Nancy C. Battice.

BRANDON, James

Born about 1839 in Ireland. Entered service as a Private in Company F, 119th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry 25 July 1862. Wounded in action 2 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, Virginia. Died 9 October 1863 at 2nd Division General Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia. Burial unknown. Submitted by Sue Abrahamsen.

BRIGGS, Justus C.

No birth information. Entered service 16 March 1864 as a Private in Company C, 17th Regiment Maine Infantry. Also served in Company F, 19th Regiment Maine Infantry. Captured 22 September 1864 at Jerusalem Plank Road, Virginia. Died 8 August 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave #5015. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

BROWN, Enoch M.

Born about 1842. Entered service 24 June 1861 as a Private in Company G, 5th Regiment Maine Infantry. Captured 15 September 1863 at Bristol Station, Virginia. Died 31 March 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave #269. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.



September 2020

BUCKNELL, Charles H.

No birth information. Entered service 24 June 1861 as a Private in Company H, 5th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 17 September 1861 in Alexandria, Virginia. Place of burial unknown. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

BUCKNELL, John H.

Born 12 February 1842 in Hiram, Maine. Entered service 12 December 1861 in Company G, 13th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 16 April 1863. Place Unknown. Burial in Hiram Village Cemetery, Maine. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

BUFFUM, Robert

Born in 1828. Entered service as a Private in Company H/I, 21st Regiment Ohio Infantry 2 September 1861. Promoted through the ranks to Lieutenant and was the recipient of the Medal of Honor on 25 March 1863. Citation reads as follows: “One of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians) who, by direction of General Mitchell (or Buell), penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Georgia, to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga and Atlanta.” He and the rest of his men were captured. Eight were hung another eight escaped and the last five were exchanged. These five receiving the Medal of Honor. In 1870 Buffum was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. He committed suicide 20 July 1871. Burial was in Soule Cemetery, Auburn, New York. Submitted by Linda Murr.

BULLARD, Henry Benjamin

Born in 1836 in Ohio to Levi Bullard and Ruth W. Shepard. Entered service as a Private 16 October 1861 in 1st Independent Battery, Connecticut Light Artillery. Came down with measles. Was being transported on the West Meridian when died. His comrades buried him under some giant yellow pines. He was later re-interred at Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, South Carolina. Submitted by Tracy Tomaselli.

BUNKER, Sewall A.

No birth information. Entered service 21 August 1862 as a Private in Company C, 18 Regiment Maine Infantry. Also served in 1st Maine Heavy Artillery. Captured 22 June 1864 at Petersburg, Virginia. Died 15 August 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave #5757. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

BUNNELL, Horace

Born about 1842. Entered service as a Private in Company A, 125th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He contracted a disease and died 20 June 1863. Burial is in Canfield Village Cemetery, Mahoning County, Ohio. His stone as the inscription, “In Hope”. Submitted by Barbara Bruff Hemmingsen.

BUNNELL, Reuben

Born about 1832. Entered as a Private in Company A, 125th Regiment Ohio Infantry. He died of wounds received at the Battle for Chattanooga, (Missionary Ridge) Tennessee. He is buried in Canfield Village Cemetery, Mahoning County, Ohio. Submitted by Barbara Bruff Hemmingsen.



September 2020

BURBANK, William L.

Born about 1841. Enlisted 20 August 1861 in Company H, 19th Massachusetts Infantry for 3 years. On 1 December 1861 he transferred to Company I, 19th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry. Was wounded 30 June or 1 July 1862 at Fair Oaks, Virginia. Was sent to Carver Military Hospital, Ward 4, Bed 48 in Washington, D.C., with gunshot wounds. He was listed as wounded severely and discharged 13 December 1862 and sent home. After being home for one year he re-enlisted on 29 December 1863 for 3 years in Company K, 1st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Cavalry. He died 14 February 1864 at U.S. Military Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Cause of death was listed as black measles and pneumonia. Burial was at West Cemetery, Somers, Connecticut. Submitted by Sheila Miller

BURGIN, Augustus

Born about 1842. Entered service 10 December as a Private in Company I, 4th and 191st Regiments Maine Infantry. Captured 22 June 1864 at Jerusalem Plank Road, Virginia. Died 30 September 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave, #8474. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

BURLEIGH, Lafayette

He was born 1833 to John Burleigh and Elizabeth “Betsey” Enslin Burleigh. He Entered Company F, 6th New York Heavy Artillery. He was captured 30 May 1864 at Bethesda Church, Virginia. He was a prisoner at Andersonville. He died there 29 September 1864. Burial at Andersonville, National Cemetery. Section H, Grave #10016. Submitted by Susan T. Peterson.

BURNELL, Calvin Bridgham

No birth information. Entered service as a Private in Company G, 29th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 2 June 1864 in steam ship accident on journey home. Burial in Pine Grove Cemetery, Paris, Maine. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

BURNHAM, John

No birth information. Entered service 6 August 1862 as a Private in Company H, 17th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 15 January 1863 at Elkington General Hospital, Washington, D. C. Burial in Soldier’s Home Cemetery. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

BUSHON, Orange E.

Born about 1848. Entered service as a Private in Company C, 124th Regiment Ohio Infantry. Died in Battle of Picketts Mill, Dallas, Georgia, 27 May 1864. Burial in Marietta National Cemetery, Georgia. This boy lied about his age to enter service and died at the age of 16. Submitted by Sue Haugh.

BUTLER, George A.

Born about 1844 in Monmouth, Maine. Entered service 4 June 1861 as a Private in Company K, 3rd Regiment Maine Infantry. Missing in action 2 July 1863. Died 7 March 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave #22. (Cenotaph at Monmouth Neck Cemetery). Submitted by Michelle Tucci.



September 2020

CALLAHAN, Jeremiah

Born about 1834. Entered service as Private in Company A, 125th Regiment Ohio Infantry. Was wounded t Battle of Resaca, Georgia. Died of wounds 9 June 1864. Burial in Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee. Submitted by Barbara Bruff Henningsen.

CALVIN, George W.

He was born about 1842. Entered Company A, 125th Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a Private. He died of disease on 9 May 1863. He is buried in Stones River National Cemetery, Tennessee. His brother John P. served with him. Submitted by Barbara Bruff Hemmingsen.

CAMPON, Michael

Born about 1832 in Ireland. Entered service as a Private in Company F, 119th New York Infantry, 4 September 1862. Captured 1 July 1863 during Battle of Gettysburg. Died 11 October 1864 at Savannah, Georgia Prison Hospital. Place of burial unknown, Submitted by Sue Abrahamsen.

CANNON, Anderson

Born 1842. Enlisted in Company B, 14th Regiment Colored Troops 14 November 1863. Died 28 November 1863 of inflammation of Brain. Burial unknown. Name is on Monument honoring U.S. Colored Troops and Federal Soldiers in Maury County Court House, Columbia, Tennessee. Submitted by Dorothy Oliver.

CARLING, Michael

Born about 1843 in Portland, Maine. Entered service 1 December 1863 as a Private in Company F, 1st Maine Cavalry. Captured 1 March 1864 at Richmond, Virginia. Died 3 September 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave #7746. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

CARLTON, John S.

Born about 1839. Entered service 11 March 1864 as a Private in Company D, 31st Regiment Maine Infantry. Also served in Company A, 15th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 20 August 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Place of burial unknown. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

CASH, James R

Born in 1847, son of James P. Cash. Entered Service as a Private in Company D, 20th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 27 March 1865 at Gallops Island Hospital, Mississippi. Burial in Old Smith Burial Grounds, Windham, Maine. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

CASPER, Joshua Webb

No birth date information. Enrolled in 71st Regiment Missouri Militia and 5th Regiment Provisional Militia. Died in June 1915 in Blackwell, Oklahoma and was buried in Wakita, Oklahoma. No descendants found. Submitted by Cheri Casper.

CATT, Alfred

No birth date information. Entered service 21 November 1864 as a Private in Company M, 11th Kansas Cavalry. Injured in battle and died 14 October 1865, Valley Falls, Kansas. Burial in Valley , Kansas. Submitted by Victoria Kay Scott Ernst.



September 2020

CASPER, Scott Miller

Born about 1841. Entered C0. L, 3rd Iowa Cavalry 15 March 1864 as a Private. Mustered out 9 August 1865 in Atlanta, Georgia. Also Served in Missouri Militia Company I, 171st Regiment, and Company I, 5th Provincial Regiment. Died 23 March 1912. No descendants listed. Submitted by Cheri L. Casper.

CLARK, John H.

Born July-September 1848 in Williams County, Ohio. Entered service as a Private in Company K, 124th Regiment Ohio Infantry, 19 June 1863. Was absent and taken prisoner of war at Battle of Mission Ridge, 18 January 1864. Died 2 March 1864 at Richmond Prison, Richmond Virginia. Burial at Richmond Prison Belle Isle, Virginia in a Mass Grave. Submitted by Jean Coy Bartholomew.

CLARK, Joseph A.

Born about 1840 in Belgrade, Maine. Entered service as a Private in Company C, 1st Maine Cavalry. Died 27 June 1864 in Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave #2316. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

CLARK, Joseph E.

Born about 1844. Entered service 5 March 1862 as a Private in Company D, 4th and 19th Regiments Maine Infantry. Captured 22 June 1864 at Jerusalem Plank Road, Virginia. Died 5 October 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave #10376. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

CLARK, Prentice Melan

No birth information. Entered service as Private 19 October 1861 in Company A, 1st Regiment Maine Cavalry. Promoted to Sergeant. Died 8 September 1864 at Andersonville Prison, Georgia after being captured 11 May 1864. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery. Grave #8143. (Cenotaph at South Branch Cemetery, Maine. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

CLARK, Theodore

No birth information. Entered service as a Private in Company I, D.C. Cavalry. Captured 26 June 1864 and imprisoned at Andersonville. Transferred to Company G, 1st Maine Cavalry. Died 1 November 1864. Burial was in Andersonville National Cemetery, Georgia. Grave #11700. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

CLAYTON, Edmund B.

No birth information. Entered service as a Private in Company L, 1st Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 6 October 1864 at Andersonville Prison after being captured 24 June 1864. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery. Grave #10421. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

CLOSE, John T.

No birth information available. Entered service as a Private in Company B, Indiana Infantry. Was in battle at Rocky Face Bridge, Georgia and died. Burial unknown. Submitted by Patricia Close Kiser.



September 2020

CLYMER, James

No birth information available. Entered service as a Private in Company K, 21st Regiment Ohio Infantry. Died in the Battle of Jonesboro, Georgia 26 September 1864. Burial in Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Georgia. Grave was misidentified until 2007. At this time, a new marker was placed and dedicated. Submitted by Sue Haugh.

COBB, Marshall Chase

Born about 1841 in Poland Maine. Entered service 12 December 1861 as a Private in Company G, 14th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 6 December 1862 at Carrollton, Georgia of typhoid fever. Burial unknown. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

COBURN, William H.

No birth information. Entered service as a Private in Company A, 10th Regiment Wisconsin Infantry, 31 August 1861. Was promoted to Sergeant. Was taken prisoner at Battle of Chickamauga and taken to Andersonville prison. Died in Andersonville 16 October 1864. Burial in Andersonville Prison Cemetery. Submitted by Patricia Blackmer.

COFFEY, James K. P.

Born 1843. Entered service 15 July 1862 in the 1st Middle Tennessee Cavalry. Killed in action on Santa Fe Creek on 15 August 1862. Burial unknown. His Name is on a monument that is dedicated Maury County’s U.S. Colored Troops and Federal Soldiers which is located at Maury County Courthouse, Courthouse Square, Columbia, Tennessee. Submitted by Dorothy Oliver.

COHAN, Daniel J

No birth information. Entered service 21 August 1863 as a Private in Company B, 3rd Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 8 March 1864 after being captured 12 May 1864. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery. Grave #28. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

COLLINS, James

Born November 1841 in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland. Immigrated to U.S. in 1849. Family moved to South Central Wisconsin. Enlisted in Company H, 10th Wisconsin Infantry, October 22, 1861 as a Private. Was wounded at Chickamauga in September 1863. Discharged in June 1864. Died 3 June 1867 in Juneau County, Wisconsin. Burial in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Mauston, Juneau County, WI. Submitted by Rita E. McSorley.

CONDON, William H.

Born about 1843. Entered service 18 September 1863 as a Private in Company G, 16th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 26 August 1864 at Andersonville Prison, Georgia after being captured 21 May 1864. Burial in Andersonville Prison, Georgia. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery. Grave #6950. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

CONGDON, John

No birth information. Entered service as a Private in Company D, 22nd Regiment Wisconsin Infantry, 12 August 1862. Was promoted to Corpora. Was killed in action at Kennesaw, Mountain, Georgia, 22 June 1864. Burial in Spring Grove Cemetery, Delavan, Wisconsin. Submitted by Mary Winchowky.



September 2020

CONKLIN, Jeremiah

He was born about 1828. Entered service as a Corporal in Company F, 119th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry. Was promoted to Sergeant. Died 16 July 1863 in General Hospital Ladies Home, New York. No cause listed. Burial unknown. Submitted by Sue Abrahamsen.

CONLEY, Henry V.

No birth information. Entered service as a Private in Company C, 139th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry, 1 September 1862. Died at the Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1864. Burial unknown. Submitted by Kathleen A. Hedges Loftman.

CONNER, Francis M.

He was born about 1841. Enlisted at the age of 20 in Co. C, 27th Illinois Volunteers., Died in Battle of Farmington, Alcorn County, Mississippi. Buried on Battlefield. Submitted by Patricia Dickherber.

CONNER, John D.

Born about 1845-1847. Entered service as a Private in Company I, 4th Missouri Cavalry Militia. Looking at census records, John was 14 or 15 years of age. Was Discharged 1 January 1865. Died 25 September 1871 in Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri. Burial in Southside Cemetery, Calloway County Missouri. Never Married. Submitted by Carole Taylor.

COOK, Fairfield

Born about 1846 to Parker Cook and Mary Jones in New Hampshire. Enlisted as a Landsman in the U.S. Navy. Mustered out 30 September 1862. Entered 1st Independent Connecticut Light Artillery as a Private 19 August 1862. He acquired acute dysentery and febrile congestion. He died 19 June 1863 at Folly Island, South Carolina. Burial in National Cemetery, Beaufort, South Carolina. Submitted by Tracy Tomaselli.

COOK, James M.

No birth date information. Son of Elijah Cook and Martha Manson. Entered service as a Private n Company H, 32nd Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 24 February 1866. Burial in Friends Cemetery, Windham, Maine. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

COOPER, Jacob E.

No birth information. Entered service 23 August 1862 as a Private in Company D, 137th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry. Died at Belle Plain, Virginia. Place of burial unknown. Submitted by Donna Knechtel Paszek.

COURSON, David H.

Born about 1843 in Lewiston, Maine. Entered service 29 August 1862 in Company K, 20th Regiment Maine Infantry as a Private. Died 9 September 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery Grave 8433 (Cenotaph at Clough Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine.) Submitted by Michelle Tucci.



September 2020

COWHEY, Thomas

Born 3 April 1842. Enlisted 26 April 1861 as a Private in Company I, 16th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Died 25 March 1899 at Dayton, Ohio. Burial in Dayton National Cemetery. No wife or children. Submitted by Lisa Toth Salinas.

CREPS, (KREPS), Jeremiah

Born 2 February 1834. Entered service as a Private in Company A, 125th Regiment, Ohio Infantry. Died 22 January 1920 with burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery, North Lima, Mahoning County, Ohio. Never married and had no descendants. Submitted by Barbara Bruff Hemmingsen.

CRESSEY, William Thurle

Born about 1843 in Lewiston, Maine. Entered service 27 February 1864 as a Private in Company G, 11th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 17 November 1864 at Andersonville Prison, Georgia after being captured 19 June 1864. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave H, #12061. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

CROSBY, George Augustus

Born 8 April 1845 in Belfast, Maine. Entered service 25 August 1862 as a Private in Company B, 19th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 4 November 1862 in Washington, D.C. Burial in Soldier’s Home Cemetery. Grave #5475. (Cenotaph at Oak Grove Cemetery. Belfast Maine. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

CROSBY, William H F.S.

Born about 1840. Entered service 7 September 1861 as a Private in Company A, 4th/19th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 12 September 1864 at Andersonville Prison, Georgia after being captured on 22 June 1864. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery. Grave #8581. (Cenotaph in Grove Cemetery, Belfast, Maine.) Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

CROSSER, Michael

Born about 1843. Entered service as a Private in Company B, 111th Regiment Ohio Infantry, 8 August 1862. He was captured at Lenoir Station, Tennessee. Died 7 May 1864 at Andersonville Prison, Georgia. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery. Submitted by Linda Murr.

CUNNINGHAM, Alexander

Born about 1842 in South Carolina. Entered service as a Private in Company A, 30th Regiment, Connecticut Colored Infantry 13 January 1864. Died 25 March 1864, Conscript Camp, New Haven, Connecticut by accidentally shooting himself. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut. Submitted by Tracy Tomaselli.

CUTLER, Alvin F.S.

Born about 1844 in Rockland, Maine. Entered service 29 August 1862 as a Private in Company E, 20th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 20 March 1864 at Andersonville Prison, Georgia. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.



September 2020

CUTTS, Oliver F. S.

Born about 1845 in Milo, Maine. Entered service 8 September as a Private in Company D, 16th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 1 January 1865 at Andersonville Prison, Georgia. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave #12367. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

DALY, Ambrose C.

Born 11 August 1827 in County Limerick, Ireland. Enlisted in Company C, 27th Mounted Infantry 4 July 1 861, in Warrensburg, Missouri at the age of 32. Appointed 1st Sergeant. Joined Company B, 7th Regiment Missouri State Militia Cavalry when the regiment was disbanded. Promoted to Sergeant Major February 1862 and elected 2nd Lt. 3 January 1863. He died September 1869 and was buried 15 September 1869. It is noted that he was Married but no children. Submitted by Carole Taylor.

DANFORTH, John

Born about 1844. Entered service as a Private in Company A, 125th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Killed in Battle of Resaca, Georgia, 14 May 1864. Burial unknown, but could be in Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee. Submitted by Barbara Bruff Hemmingsen.

DAVIS, David F.S.

Born about 1839. Entered service 23 July 1863 in Company C, 3rd Regiment, Maine Infantry. Died 11 September 1864 in Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave #8445. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

DAVIS, John M.

Born about 1840. Entered service as a Private in Company H, 32nd Regiment, Missouri Infantry 9 August 1862. Died 27 December 1862 in Memphis, Tennessee Union Hospital of typhoid fever. Burial in Unknown Soldier grave in Memphis, Tennessee. Submitted by Carole Taylor.

DAVIS, John Nelson

Born about 1838 to Zina Davis and Amanda Stevens in Connecticut. Entered service as a Private in Company F, 15th Regiment Connecticut Infantry. Died 4 May 1863 in Kalorama General Hospital, in Washington, D.C., of smallpox. Burial in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Submitted by Tracy Tomaselli.

DAVIS, Samuel Richard

He was born 11 August 1841 to Samuel Davis and Harriet Benton in Connecticut. Entered Service 6 August 1862 in Company E, 15th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry. Was Discharged 3 February 1863 due to illness. Died 6 July 1863 due to tuberculosis. Burial was in West Side Cemetery, Guilford, Connecticut. Submitted by Tracy Tomaselli

DEERING, Enoch Marshall

Born about 1841 in Harrison, Maine. Entered service31 December 1861 as a 2nd Lieutenant in Company D, 15th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 8 June 1862 at Augusta, Maine. Burial in Harrison Village Cemetery, Harrison, Maine. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.



September 2020

DeLONG, James E.

No birth information. Entered service the 13th Regiment of Iowa Infantry. He was wounded in the arm 6 April 1862 at Shiloh, TN. Was re-mustered 1 December 1863. Was killed in action in Atlanta, Georgia 22 July 1864. Burial was in National Cemetery at Marietta, Georgia, Section E, Grave 248. Submitted by Maxine Shoemacker Heath.

DENTON, Erastus Silas

Entered service in May 1861, Company G and B, 75th Illinois at 21 years of age. He re-enlisted January 1865 was promoted from Private to Corporal. Was captured and sent to Andersonville Prison. He could have been released because of rank but chose to stay with his men. He died 16 February 1865 and is buried in Andersonville Prison Cemetery, Grave 12660. Submitted by Billie Jo Read.

DePUY, Harrison Smith

Born about 1844. Entered service as a Private in Company D, 3rd Michigan Cavalry. Died 3 June 1862 at Louisville, Kentucky of disease. Burial in Cave Hill National Cemetery. Grave #621. Submitted by Linda Melnik.

DETCHON, Cornelius J.

Born about 1839. Enlisted as a Private in Company A, 125th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Killed in Battle of Resaca, Georgia, 14 May 1864. Burial unknown, but probably in Chattanooga National Cemetery. Submitted by Barbara Bruff Hemmingsen.

DISSELER, Benjamin

Born about 1841. Entered service as a Private in Company A, 16th Regiment Illinois Infantry 1 June 1861. Died 10 January 1865 at Division Hospital, Savannah, Georgia. Burial unknown. Submitted by Mary D. Disseler.

DIVERS, Christopher G.

Born 22 December 1832 to Francis and Elizabeth Harris Divers in Virginia. Entered Service as a Corporal in Company H, 27th Regiment Missouri Mounted Infantry. Also served in the 45th and 50th Regiments. He was married to Lutisha Ann Wasson 28 June 1854. No children ever listed. Died 30 August 1905 with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler, Bates County, Missouri. Submitted by Carole Taylor.

DIXON, Polk

He was born 1 January 1846 in Marion County, Tennessee to Jubal Dixon and Sarah Ann Fulz. Enlisted in Co. E, 6th Regiment Mounted Tennessee Infantry, 9 October 1864 at 18 years of age. Died of measles 20 June 1865 and buried in Marietta National Cemetery, Section A, Grave 75. Submitted by Linda L. Dolph.

DODSON, Joseph

Born 1844. Enlisted at Stevenson, Alabama on 2 December 1863 in Company J, 13th Regiment Colored Infantry. Died 29 January 1864 at Camp Massey of disease. No burial information. Name appears on monument dedicated to U.S. Colored Troops and Federal Soldiers located in Maury County at Maury County Courthouse Square, Columbia, Tennessee. Submitted by Dorothy Oliver



September 2020

DOESCHER, Diedrich “Dick”

Born 3 May 1842 to Johann Hinrich and Catherine Marie Kriete Doescher in Germany. Entered service as a Private in Company C, 5th Regiment Missouri State Militia Cavalry. Was discharged 29 April 1863 due to poor health. Died 14 September 1932 in Camp Cole, Benton County, Missouri with burial in Union-Williams Cemetery, Cole Camp, Missouri. He remained single throughout life. Submitted by Carole Thompson.

DOLLEY, Nathan D.

Born 8 February 1841, son of Joseph and Esther Dolley. Entered service as a Private in Company F, 25th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 6 April 1865 in Battle of Saylers Creek, Farmville, Virginia. Burial in Friends Cemetery, Windham, Maine. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

DONALD, James T.

Born about 1843 in Poland, Maine. Entered service 12 July 1862 in Company C, 17th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 12 March 1863 at Falmouth, Virginia. Place of burial unknown. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

DORION, William T.C.

Born about 1844. Entered service as a Private in Company F, 119th New York Volunteer Infantry 21 August 1862. Killed in action 15 June 1864 at Pine Knob, Georgia. Burial unknown. Submitted by Sue Abrahamsen.

DOUGLASS, Anderson

Born 1843. Enlisted at Stevenson, Alabama in Company I, 13th Regiment Colored Infantry. Killed in the Battle of Nashville on 16 December 1864. Burial probably in Nashville National Cemetery. Name is on monument dedicated to U.S. Colored Troops and Federal Soldiers. Monument is in Maury County at Maury County Courthouse Square, Columbia, Tennessee. Submitted by Dorothy Oliver.

DOWNS, Joseph

Born about 1840 in Ireland. Entered service 28 August 1862 as a Private in Company G, 8th Regiment Maine Infantry. Captured 18 June 1864 at Petersburg, Virginia. Died 24 September 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave #9624. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

DUNCAN, Joseph L.

He was born 16 July 1839. Entered service January 1861, Company D, 27th Missouri Regiment Mounted Infantry as a Private. He was wounded and captured at Lexington, Missouri, 20 September 1861. He died 7 January 1921, Kingsville (Rose Hill) Johnson County, Missouri. Buried next to his parents in Duncan Cemetery, Johnson County, Missouri. Submitted by Carole L. Taylor.



September 2020

EAMES, Walter Josiah

No birth information. Entered service as a Private in Company A, 16th Regiment Wisconsin Infantry. Died 19 May 1865 at Fairfax General Hospital, Virginia. Burial in Alexandria National Cemetery, Grave #2448. Submitted by Jeanne Bristol. EDDY, Eleazer F. Born 16 June 1841 in Maine. Entered service as a Private in Company D, 1st Maine Cavalry, October 1861. Died of wounds received in action 6 June 1864 in White House, Virginia. Burial unknown. There is a memorial stone at Riverside Cemetery Eddington Maine. Submitted by Lynn Devaul Constan.

EDWARDS, Clark S.

No birth information. Entered service 14 October 1862 as a Private in Company K, 23rd Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 9 December 1862at Offutt’s Crossroads, Maryland. Place of burial unknown. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

ELLIS, William

Born about 1842. Entered service as a Private in Company F, 119th New York Regiment on 4 September 1862. Missing in action 1 July 1863 and presumed dead at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Burial unknown. Submitted by Shirley Abrahamsen.

ELWELL, Eli

Entered service 7 August 1862 in Company F, 84th Illinois Infantry with rank of Corporal. He was killed in battle at Stones River, Tennessee, 31 December 1862. He is buried at Table Grave, McDonough County, Illinois. Submitted by Vicki Jo Swanstrom Barry.

EMINHIZER, Abraham

Entered service 15 August 1862 as a Corporal in Company A, 45th Pennsylvania Regular Army. Was wounded the 3rd of June 1864 during the Battle of Cold Harbor. He was transferred to Emery Hospital, Washington, D.C. where he died 11 June 1864. Burial in Arlington National Cemetery. Submitted by Nancy Lee Staver.

ENGLIS, George Magusta

Entered service 18 September 1861 in Company K, 89th New York Infantry as a Private. He became a Sergeant Major during his enlistment. He was wounded 2 April 1865 at the “Breakthrough” at Petersburg, Virginia. He died 7 December 1865 at Corbettsville, New York. Burial in Corbettsville Cemetery, Broome County, N.Y. Submitted by Eileen Patch. Eileen donated 57 Civil War letters {written by George} to the DUVCW Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois.

ESTERS, Robert

Born 1846. Entered service on 5 September 1863 in Company F, 12th Regiment Colored Troops. Died 11 January 1864 at Regiment Hospital. No burial information. Name is inscribed on Monument dedicated to U.S. Colored Troops and Federal Soldiers from Maury County, Tennessee. Located at Maury County Courthouse Square, Columbia, Tennessee. Submitted by Dorothy Oliver.



September 2020

ESTES, John L.

Born 1847. Entered service 16 March 1865 in 2nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry. Was murdered 10 May 1865. No burial information. Name is inscribed on a Monument dedicated to U.S. Colored Troops and Federal Soldiers from Maury County, located at Maury County Courthouse Square, Columbia, Tennessee. Submitted by Dorothy Oliver.

ESTES, William J.

Born in 1835 in Johnson County, Missouri. Entered service 4 August 1861, Company E, 27th Missouri Mounted Infantry as a Private. Was wounded at the first Battle of Lexington, Missouri, 20 September 1861. He lived close enough so he could be taken to his parent’s home where he died 30 September 1861. Burial was on the family farm. No grave marker has been found. Submitted by Carole Taylor.

EVANS, Leander Herman

Born 4 May 1845.Entered as a Private in Company F, 7th Regiment Maine Infantry. Entered service for Willie Gardner. He enlisted a second time in Company I, 8th Regiment Maine Infantry for Johnson Boothbay. His 3rd enlistment was in Company F, 14th Regiment Maine Infantry. This enlistment was as Leander Dow, 22 February 1865. He died 19 May 1865 at Augusta, Georgia. Burial was in West Rockport Cemetery. Submitted by Rebecca (Dow) Burnham.

EVARTS, Oliver

Born 29 October 1832 to Austin Evarts and Amanda Norton in Connecticut. He entered Service 5 August 1862 as a Private in Co. I, 14th Regiment Connecticut Infantry. Was promoted to Corporal 9 February 1863. Was killed in action 3 May 1863 in Battle of Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Burial unknown. Submitted by Tracy Tomaselli.

FABYAN, Henry O.

No birth information given. Entered service as a Private in Company K, 3rd Maine Infantry 13 November 1861. Died 30 October 1862 in Cliffburn General Hospital, Washington, D.C. Burial at Soldier’s Home, Arlington, Virginia. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

FADDEN, Charles

Born 26 December 1852 to Laura Dugaul and Joseph Fadden at Rouses Point Clinton County, New York. He entered service as a Private in the Minnesota 7th Regiment Company I. Was killed in Battle at Spanish Fort, Alabama, 20 March 1865. Burial in Mobile, Alabama National Cemetery. Submitted by Ozzie Thompson.

FADDEN Joseph

Born 22 February 1848 to Laura Dugaul and Joseph Fadden at Rouses Point, Clinton County, New York. Killed in Battle of Nashville, 30 December 1864. Burial in Nashville National Cemetery. Submitted by Ozzie Thompson.



September 2020

FAIRBROTHER, Henry H.

No birth information. Entered service 15 August 1863 as a Private in Company A, 19th Regiment Maine Infantry. Captured 6 May 1864. Also served in Company A, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery. Died 28 September 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave #9972. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

FAREWELL, William E.

Born about 1847 in Maine. Entered service 7 March 1865 as a Private in Company D, 15th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 22 October 1865 at Hilton Head, South Carolina. Burial in Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, South Carolina. Grave #1816. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

FARR, Edward

Born about 1844. Entered service as a Private in Company F, 27th Regiment Connecticut Infantry 27 August 1862. He was killed in battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on 2 July 1863. Burial in Gettysburg National Cemetery, Section A, Grave #6. There is also a marker placed for him in Fair Haven Union Cemetery, Connecticut. Submitted by Kelly K. Lindsey.

FARRINGTON, Eben C.

Born 1836 in Maine. Entered service as Private in Company H, 3rd Regiment Maine Infantry 13 November 1861. Promoted to Corporal. Died at the Battle of Gettysburg, 2 July 1863. Burial in Gettysburg National Cemetery, Section D, Site 13. Submitted by

FERGUSON, Julius P.

No birth information. Entered service as a Private in Company G, 5th West Virginia Infantry 15 February 1864. Was promoted to Corporal. Killed in action 24 July 1864. It is not known where he is buried. He is probably buried with the Unknown at Winchester, Virginia. However, the family believes he was killed at Cedar Creek, Virginia, 19 October 1864 with burial on that battlefield. Submitted by Mary H. Walker and Margaret Ferguson Echanique.

FILLON, Abington J.

Born 1841 to John and Phoebe Moffit Filloon in Ohio. Entered service as a Private in Company C, 10th Iowa Regiment Infantry. Died from wounds on 25 July 1863 at Millikin’s Bend, Louisiana. Burial in Vicksburg National Cemetery, Warren County Mississippi. Section B: Grave 2642. Submitted by Carole Taylor.

FISH, William H.

No birth information. Entered service 11 January 1864 as a Private in Company A, 7th Regiment Maine Infantry. Wounded and captured 6 May 1864. Also served in Company F, 1st Maine Veterans. Died 5 August 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave #4765. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

FISKE, Gilbert L.

Born 1840 in Norway, Maine. No date for entry into service. Was a Sergeant in Company B, 32nd Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 7 July 1864 in Petersburg, Virginia. It was stated, “He was killed in the trenches.” Burial in Pine Grove Cemetery, Paris, Maine. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.



September 2020

FITZER, Claiborne

He was born 1845. Enlisted on 1 November 1863 in Company A, 14th Regiment Colored Troops Infantry. Died 27 January 1864 of disease. No burial information. Name is inscribed on Monument dedicated to U.S. Colored Troops and Federal Soldiers from Maury County. Located at Maury County Courthouse Square, Columbia, Tennessee. Submitted by Dorothy Oliver.

FITZGERALD, Joseph

Born about 1844 in Cuba. Entered service 20 October 1863 as a Private in Company E, 8th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 14 October 1864 in Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave H, #10957. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

FLANDERS, Lewis G.

Born about 1844. Entered service 29 August 1862 as a Private in Company E, 20th Regiment Maine Infantry. Captured 10 July 1863 at Sharpsburg Pike, Maryland. Died 19 March 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave #69. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

FOGG, Benjamin F.

Born about 1840. Entered service19 October 1861 as a Private in Company A, 1st Maine Cavalry. Promoted to Sargent. Captured 11 May 1864 at Ground Squirrel, Virginia. Died 27 August 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave #6987. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

FORREST, Thomas

No birth information. Entered service 20 December 1861 as a Private in Company E, 1st Maine Cavalry. Captured 16 January 1864 at Warrenton, Virginia by guerrillas. Died 23 June 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave #2362. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

FORSYTH, JR. John.

No birth information. Entered service as Sergeant July 1861 in Company H, 16th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry. Died 2 July 1863 at Gettysburg. Burial in Gettysburg National Cemetery, Pennsylvania. Submitted by Nancy Jahnig.

FOSS, Almond L.

Born about 1838 in Maine to Nathaniel Foss and Deborah Weymouth. Enlisted as a Private in Company D, 5th Maine Regiment Infantry. Died September 1862 of disease. Burial in Clough Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

FOSTER, Alonzo F.

No birth information. Entered service 15 July 1861 as Corporal in Company K, 16th Regiment Maine Infantry. Captured 11 October 1863 at Rappahannock, Station, Virginia. Died 25 June 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave, #2482. (Cenotaph at East Machias Village Cemetery). Submitted by Michelle Tucci.



September 2020

FOSTER, George Samuel

Born 29 July 1839 to Samuel and Sarah Foster in Norway, Maine. Entered service as a Private in Company G, 14th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 6 December 1862, at Camp Banks, Alexandria, Virginia of general debility. Burial unknown. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

FOSTER, Nathan A.

No Birth information. Entered service as a Private in Company B, 29th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 21 June 1864 at Barracks General Hospital, Chalmette, Louisiana of chronic dysentery. Burial in Chalmette National Cemetery, Louisiana. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

FOSTER, Richard

Born about 1844. Entered service 29 November 1863 in Company C, 17th Regiment Colored Troops. He was appointed Sergeant 17 January 1864. Died 6 May 1864 at Nashville Hospital. No burial information. Name is inscribed on Monument dedicated To U.S. Colored Troops and Federal Soldiers from Maury County. Located at Maury County Courthouse Square, Columbia, Tennessee. Submitted by Dorothy Oliver.

FOWLER, Emerson S.

Born 6 January 1848 to Samuel Fowler and Eliza Ann Hill in Connecticut. He served as a waiter for one of the officers in Company F, 27th Regiment Connecticut Infantry. (The same company and regiment as his father). Died 25 December 1862 at Falmouth, Virginia of typhoid fever. He was Fourteen years of age. His Father Samuel Fowler died 15 days later. Burial was at Falmouth, Virginia. Submitted by Tracy Tomaselli.

FOX, Jacob A.

No birth information. Entered service as a Private in Company L, 14th Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry, 28 October 1862. Was taken prisoner near Winchester, Virginia. Died 9 December 1864 in Danville prison. Burial in Danville prison area, Danville, Virginia. Submitted by Donna M. Knechtel Paszek

FLINT, Andrew S(eright)**

He was born 12 September 1842. Entered service 18 September 1862, Company D, 27th Regiment Missouri Infantry. He was killed in action at the Battle of Vicksburg, 13 July 1863. Buried at Vicksburg National Cemetery, Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi. Military papers state he was in 27th Missouri Infantry and the headstone says, 21st Missouri Infantry. Submitted by Joy Flint Huskey.

FREEMAN, James

No birth information. Entered service as a Private in Company E, 33rd Regiment Wisconsin Infantry, 18 October 1862. Died 6 July 1863 at Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Burial unknown. Submitted by Marilyn and Ann Freeman.

FREEMAN, Sargent S

Born 5 April 1838 in Windham, Maine. Entered service as a Private and received Promotion to Corporal in Company K, 9th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 1 November 1861 at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Burial in Arlington Cemetery, Windham. Maine. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.



September 2020

FRENCH, John

He was born about 1845. He entered service with his father Franklin, 5 December 1861; Company B, 14th Maine Infantry as a musician. He died 4 December 1862 at Carrollton, Louisiana. Burial in Chalmette National Cemetery, Section 100, Grave 8303. Submitted by Estella Bennett.

FRIARSON, John H.

He was born 1845. Entered service 17 August 1863 in Company A, 13th Regiment Colored Troops. Died 1 January 1864 of drowning. No burial information. Name is inscribed On Monument dedicated to U.S. Colored Troops and Federal Soldiers from Maury County. Located at Maury County Courthouse Square, Columbus, Tennessee. Submitted by Dorothy Oliver.

FROST, David Francis

Born about 1843. Entered service as a Private in Company B, 29th Regiment, Maine Infantry. Died 30 April 1864 at St. James General Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana of chronic diarrhea. Burial in New Orleans. Submitted by Michelle, Tucci

FROST, George Walter

Born 4 April 1844 to William Frost and Mary K. Wheelock. Entered service as a Private in Company G, 14th Regiment, Maine Infantry. Died 17 July 1862 in Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana. Burial in National Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

FROST, Mark F.

Born 1844. Entered service as a Private in Company H, 23rd Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 7 December 1862 in Regimental Hospital, Berlin, Maryland of typhoid fever. Burial at Offutt’s Crossroads, Maryland (Potomac). Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

GALLAGHER, Hugh C.

Entered service as a Private in Company A, 8th Regiment Illinois Infantry, 18 September 1861 with his brother, Richard I Gallaher. Hugh contracted Inflammation of the bowels and was hospitalized 19 July 1863 and died 14 August 1863 in Annapolis, Maryland. Burial in Annapolis National Cemetery. Submitted by Glenda Gallaher Bauy.

GILBREATH, Henry

Born 1849. Enlisted service 7 December 1863 in Company B, 15th Regiment Colored Troops Infantry. Died 20 July 1865. No burial information. Name is inscribed on Monument dedicated to U.S. Colored Troops and Federal Soldiers of Maury County Located at Maury County Courthouse Square, Columbia, Tennessee. Submitted by Dorothy Oliver.

GLEASON, Joseph Hackett

He was born March 1843 in Ripley, Huron County, Ohio. Entered service as a Private joining Company C, 65th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was promoted to Corporal and Sergeant and was mustered out at Victoria, Texas 30 November 1865. He died 28 June 1924 and buried at Ripley Cemetery (Edwards Grove Cemetery) Ripley Twp. Huron County, Ohio. He was the last surviving Civil War veteran of Ripley Twp. Submitted by Mary Gleason Grindal.



September 2020

GILLETT (GILLET), Oliver

Born 1843/44. Entered service 28 June 1861 as a Private in Company B, 3rd Regiment of Pennsylvania and 32nd Volunteer Reserve Infantry. He died 21st May 1862 at Carver Hospital, Washington, D.C. of typhoid fever. He is buried at U.S. Soldiers’ and Airman’s Home National Cemetery, Submitted by Lynnell Machernis.

GOLBERT, William Crosswell

No birth information. Entered service 17 July 1862 as a Corporal in Company I, 32nd Regiment Massachusetts Infantry. Died of gunshot wounds received at Charleston, Massachusetts. Burial int Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge Massachusetts. Lot #4098. Submitted by Nancy Jahnig.

GOODMAN

Born about 1843. Entered service 7 September 1861 as a Private in Company F, 8th Regiment Maine Infantry. Captured 16 May 1864 at Drewry’s Bluff Born 1839. Entered service as a Private in Company A, 125th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Died of disease 27 May 1863. Burial in Stones River National Cemetery, Tennessee. Was never married. Submitted by Barbara Bruff Hemmingsen.

GOODWIN, Marvin T.

Born about 1843. Entered service 7 September 1861 as a Private in Company F, 6th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 4 August 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave #5580. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

GOSS, Edwin

Born about 1841 in Danville, Maine. Entered service 22 December 1841 as a Private in Company E, 5th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 27 July 1862. Burial in Glendale National Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Grave D, 123. Submitted Michelle Tucci.

GOWELL, Nathaniel Orator

Born about 1844. Entered service 8 August 1862 as a Private in Company F, 19th Regiment Maine Infantry. Captured 22 June 1864 at Jerusalem Plank Road, Virginia. Died 12 January 1865 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave, H, #12443. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

GRAHAM, John Lorimer

Born about 1843 in Richmond, Virginia. Entered service as a Private in Company F, 5th Regiment Connecticut Infantry 21 June 1861. Was captured 25 May 1862 at Battle of Winchester, Virginia. On 25 May 1862 he partially cut his throat. He died 29 May 1862 due to his attempt of suicide. Burial unknown. Submitted by Tracy Tomaselli.

GRANT, Benjamin Franklin

Born about 1842. Entered service 5 September 1863 as Private in Company F, 16th Regiment Maine Infantry. Captured 19 August 1864 at Weldon Railroad. Died 31 August 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Section J, #7391. (Cenotaph in Smith Cemetery in Maine.) Submitted by Michelle Tucci.



September 2020

GRANT, Gustavus

Born about 1842 in Maine. Entered service 19 October 1861 as a Private in Company F, 1st Maine Cavalry. Captured at Dahlgren’s Raid, Richmond, Virginia. Died 28 July 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave, J, #4148. (Cenotaph at Riverside Cemetery, Maine.) Submitted by Michell Tucci.

GRAVES, Allen T.

No birth information. Indiana Infantry. Died 15 November 1862 at Corinth, Mississippi. Burial unknown. Submitted by Donna M. Knechtel Pazek

GRAVES, Jacob C.

No birth information given. Entered service 1 December 1861 as a Private in Company E, 59th Indiana Infantry. Died in battle the 15 November 1862 at Corinth, Mississippi. Place of burial is unknown. Submitted by Donna M. Knechtel Paszek.

GRAY, James S.

No birth information. Entered service 29 September 1862 as a Private in Company K, 1st D.C. Cavalry. Re-enlisted 9 December 1863. Captured 29 June 1864 at Wilson’s Raid, Stony Creek, Virginia. Died 15 August 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave Section J, #5736. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

GREEN, Marshall

Born 1846. Enlisted at Gallatin on 1 January 1864 in Company F, 14th Regiment of the Colored Infantry. Died at Nashville Hospital 31 January 1864. Place of burial unknown. Name can be found on Monument honoring Maury County Colored Troops and Federal Soldiers at Maury County Courthouse Square, Columbia, Tennessee. Submitted by Dorothy Oliver.

GREER, Ezekiel

Born about 1840 Georgetown, Pettis County, Missouri. Entered service 27 June 1861 for another person (John Wasson) in Company C, 6th Missouri Cavalry. He was killed in Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi, 29 December 1862. Burial in Vicksburg National Cemetery, Warren County, Mississippi. Submitted by Carole Taylor.

GREER, John Almond

Born 11 September 1844 to George W. and Mary Jane Greer. Entered as a Private 10 February 1862 in Company A, 27th Regiment Missouri State Militia Cavalry and 7th Missouri Infantry Cavalry. He was killed in skirmish 22 March 1862 at Warrensburg Twp., Buried in Marr-Greer Cemetery. Submitted by Carole Taylor.

GRIFFIN, James

No birth information. Entered service as a Private in Company D, 22nd Regiment Wisconsin Infantry, 14 August 1862. Died 30 July 1864 of wounds received in battle at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Burial at St. Andrews Cemetery, Delavan, Wisconsin. Submitted by Pam Johnson.



September 2020

GRIFFIN, John

No birth information. Entered service as a Private in Company F, 17th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry 22 February 1862. Transferred to Company H, 17th Regiment 21 May 1862. Killed in action 25 August 1864, Atlanta, Georgia. Burial in St. Andrews Cemetery, Delavan, Wisconsin. Submitted by Pam Johnson.

GRIGSLEY, Oscar

Born 1845. Enlisted at Nashville on 1 November 1863 in Company A, 14th Regiment Colored Infantry. Died 16 August 1864 at Regiment hospital in Chattanooga of disease. Place of burial unknown. Name can be found on Monument honoring Maury County Colored Troops and Federal Soldiers at Maury County Courthouse Square, Columbia, Tennessee. Submitted by Dorothy Oliver.

GROSVENOR, Joseph A.

Born 1842 in Dudley, England to Joseph M. Grosvenor and Ann Oakley. Entered service 28 July 1862 as a Private in Company B, 16th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry. Killed in action 17 September 1862 at 40 acre-cornfield, Sharpsburg, Maryland. Burial in Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Maryland. Submitted by Tracy Tomaselli.

GROSVENOR, Samuel E.

Born 1 December 1840 in Dudley, England to Joseph M. Grosvenor and Ann Oakley. Entered service as a Private the 16 July 1862 in Company B, 16th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry. Promoted to 3rd Sergeant 17 August 1862 and to 2nd Sergeant 15 October 1862. Captured 20 April 1864, imprisoned at Andersonville and then sent to Florence prison in South Carolina in September 1864. After spending 232 in captivity, he was paroled and Furloughed in December 1864. Returned to Camp Parole in Maryland and then granted another furlough from 18 March 1865 to 7 April 1865. He was aboard the Black Diamond, a picket barge, when it collided with the Massachusetts, a Union steamer, on the Potomac River just off Blackstone Island, Maryland, on 25 April 1865 and Grosvenor drowned. Submitted by Tracy Tomaselli.

HADLEY, Allen

No birth information. Entered service in Company G, 14th Regiment Vermont State Infantry 27 August 1861. Transferred to Company G, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry. Was wounded at Snickers Gap, Virginia, 3 November 1862. Died 18 December 1862 at Columbia Hospital, Washington, D.C. in Soldier’s Home National Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Grave #3090. Submitted by Betty Hadley White.

HAMILTON, George H.

Born about 1843 in Wales, Maine. Entered service 24 June 1861 as a Private in Company E, 5th Regiment, Maine Infantry. Died 14 November 1863 at Washington, D.C. Burial at Soldier’s Home in Washington, D.C. Grave 4904. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

HAMMOND, James

Born about 1840 in Ireland. Entered service 11 August 1863 as a Private in Company G, 19th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 12 September 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave #8306. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.



September 2020

HANSON, Amos H.

No birth information. Entered service as a Private in Company K, 9th Regiment Maine Infantry. Was principle musician. Also served Company I, 1st Maine. Died 17 July 1863 at Fort Wagner, South Carolina. Burial in Beaufort National Cemetery. Grave #1708. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

HARMON, William H.

No birth information. Entered service as a Private in Company F, 7th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 3 May 1863 at Fredericksburg, Virginia. Burial in Harding Cemetery, Standish, Maine. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

HARRIFF, Sylvester

Born about 1844. Entered service as a Private in Company A, 125th Ohio Regiment Volunteer Infantry. Died October 1863 of head wound received in the Battle of Chickamauga. Burial in Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee. Submitted by Barbara Bruff Hemmingsen.

HARRINGTON, Blin

He was born in 1838. Entered service as a Corporal in Company F, 127th Regiment Illinois Infantry 11 August 1862. Was killed at the Battle of Vicksburg, 19 May 1863. Burial in Vicksburg National Cemetery; grave unknown. Submitted by Susan Edwards.

HARRIS, Charles

Born about 1843. Entered service as a Private in Company G, 3rd Regiment Maine Infantry 16 July 1863. Died 13 February 1864 at Brandy, Virginia. Burial unknown. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

HARTER, joseph

No birth information. Entered service as a Private in McLaughlin’s Ohio Cavalry. Died 27 April 1865 on his way home on the Steamer Sultana when it blew up. Burial in Mississippi River near Memphis Tennessee. Submitted by Cheryl A. Renneckar.

HARVEY, Daniel

Born about 1843. Entered service as a Private in Company E, 5th Regiment Maine Infantry, 24 June 1861. Died 27 June 1862 at Gaines Hill, Virginia. Burial unknown. Submitted by Meghan Griffin.

HASKELL, Daniel W.

No birth information. Entered service 6 August 1862 as a Private in Company H, 17th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 7 October 1864 in Finley General Hospital, Washington, D. C. Burial in Arlington National Cemetery. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

HASKINS, John Garrett

He was born 1862. Entered service as a Private in 6th Regiment, Wisconsin Light Artillery. Died 20 October 1862 at Corinth, Mississippi. Burial at Corinth. Submitted by Sandra Stienke.



September 2020

HASSEN, Henry A.

No birth information. Entered service 16 June 1863 as a Private in Company G, 7th Regiment Maine Infantry. Captured 6 May 1864 at Wilderness, Virginia. After Being captured transferred to Company G, 1st Maine Vet. Infantry. Died 18 July 1864 Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave #3506. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

HATCH, James M.

Born about 1845 at Rollinsville, New Hampshire. Entered service 1 December 1863 as a Private in Company B, 5th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 30 May 1864 at Hanover Town, Virginia. Place of burial not known. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

HAWK, Robert Andrew

He was born about 1840. Enlisted in the Confederate Army 14 April 1862. Was a Sergeant in Company H, 59th Tennessee Mounted Infantry, C.S.A. He died 6 July 1863 at McMinn County Tennessee. Burial in McMinn County, Tennessee. Submitted by Frances Campbell.

HAYES, Austin Charles

No birth year given. Was son of Isaac and Martha Hayes. Entered service as a Private, promoted to Sergeant in Company G, 14th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died at Baton Rouge, Louisiana 5 August 1862. Burial at Norway Center Cemetery. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

HAYES, John G.

Born about 1840. Entered service as a Private and promoted to Sergeant in Company G, 14th Regiment Maine Infantry. Died 10 February 1863 of chronic Inflammation of the spleen at Marine Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana. Burial in National Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana, Grave number 120, 63. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

HEATH, Joshua Robert

Born about 1844 to Oliver and Mary Hastings Heath. Entered service 4th July 1861 with his father, Oliver, joining as Privates in Company C, 27th Missouri Mounted Infantry. Both were captured at the first battle of Lexington, Missouri. Joshua was also captured again at Kingsville, Missouri. He died 18 October 1898 in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. Burial was in Tacoma, Washington. Submitted by Carole Taylor.

HELMS, Cornelius

Born about 1843 in Fayetteville, Johnson County, Missouri to A. H. Helms and Eliza. Entered service July 1862 in 27th Missouri Mounted Infantry and Battery D, 1st Regiment Missouri Light Artillery. Died 19 June 1862 at Corinth, Mississippi, with burial in Unknown Soldiers Grave near Corinth Mississippi. Submitted by Carole Taylor.

HEMPSTEAD, John Edwin

Born 7 December 1840 to G. D. and Mary L. Hempstead in the state of Pennsylvania. Entered service as a Private in Company F, 141st Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry, 22 October 1862. Promoted to Sergeant before his death. Died 28 August 1863 after being wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, 2 July 1863. Cause of death being Typhoid Fever. Body was brought home and burial was in Brooklyn Universalist Cemetery, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Submitted by Joe-Anne Hempstead.



September 2020

HENSLEE, Monroe

Born about 1844. Entered service as a Private in Company B, 24th Regiment, Missouri Infantry. Promoted to Sergeant. Died in battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana 9 April 1864. Burial unknown. Submitted by Linda Montgomery Chanles.

HENSLEE, Samuel

Born about 1846. Entered service as a Private in Company K, 46th Regiment Missouri Infantry, 27 November 1864. Was killed in action 20 March 1865 at Talbots Ferry, Baxter, Arkansas. Burial unknown. Submitted by Linda Montgomery Charles.

HERRICK, Freeland

Born 31 January 1843 in Poland, Maine. Entered service 12 December 1861 in Company G, 14th Regiment Maine Infantry. Promoted to Sergeant. Died 8 September 1862 at New Orleans, Louisiana. Burial in Highland Cemetery, Poland, Maine. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

HERRICK, Joseph H.

Born about 1845. Entered service as a Private in Company G, 32nd Maine Regiment on 29 March 1864. Died 22 November 1864 at Salisbury Hospital, North Carolina. Burial was in unmarked grave with Unknown Soldiers in Salisbury, North Carolina. Submitted by Tracey McIntire and Michelle Tucci

HICKS, Jacob O.

Born about 1842. Entered service as a Private in Company C, 27th Regiment, Missouri Infantry. Was discharged at end of war. Died 11 February 1925. No known descendants. Burial unknown. Submitted by Carole Taylor.

HIGGINS, James E.

No birth information. Entered service as a Private in Company E, 5th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry on 24 May 1861. Killed in battle, 3 May 1863 at Salem Church, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Burial unknown. Submitted by DUVCW-Tent 8, Elizabeth Crockett Blake.

HINDS, Irvin

Born 1847. Enlisted at Clifton 25 February 1865 in 2nd Regiment Tennessee Mounted Infantry. Died 10 April 1865 of wounds. Burial unknown. Name can be found on Monument dedicated to United States Colored Troops and Federal Soldiers at Maury County Courthouse Square, Columbia Tennessee. Submitted by Dorothy Oliver

HINKLE, Jesse

Born 14 October 1837. Entered service as a Private in Company B, 24th Regiment Missouri Infantry 20 November 1861. Wounded at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana 9 April 1864. Was in hospital at Memphis, Tennessee. Mustered out 14 October 1864. He was married to Mary E. One child born in 1895 and died same year. No other children born to this union. Died 22 July 1910 with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Willard, Greene County, Missouri. Submitted by Linda Montgomery Charles.



September 2020

HINTZ, Frederick

Born in 1844 in Germany to Frederich Jochim Johann Hintz and Sophia Margaretha Elisabeth Bieseley. Entered service as a Private in Company G, 22nd Michigan Infantry, 11 August 1862. Was seriously wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, 20 September 1863. Died of wounds received at Chickamauga, 29 October 1863. Burial was in Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, Plot: C, 1096. Submitted by Lauren Allen.

HIRAM, Jenkins

No birth information. Entered service as a Private in Company K, 7th Regiment, Maine Infantry. Died 19 October 1862 at David’s Island, New York Harbor. Burial unknown. Submitted by Meghan Griffin.

HITNER, Charles

Born about 1845. Entered service as a Private in under Company K, 6th Kentucky Regiment 21 December 1861. Killed in the Battle of Stone River, Tennessee, 31 December 1862. Buried under the monument on the battlefield. Submitted by Beverly Stuart-Borok.

HODSDON, George D.

Born about 1845 in Waterville, Maine. Entered service as a Private and promoted to Corporal in Company C, 30th Maine Infantry. Died 19 December 1863 at sea near Cape Hatteras. Burial unknown. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

HOFFSES, Hiram B.

Born about 1841 in Maine. Entered service 25 August 1862 as a Private in Company D, 19th Regiment Maine Infantry. Captured 22 June 1864 at Jerusalem Plank Road, Virginia. Died 27 December 1864 at Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

HOLDEN, Harrison Blake

No birth information. Entered service as a Private in Company A, 14th Regiment, Maine Infantry. Died 2 September 1862 of chronic diarrhea at Marine General Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana. Burial in Elmwood Cemetery, Otisfield, Maine. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

HOLT, Elias Lyman

Born 10 January 1838 in Elyria, Loran County, Ohio to Hiram Holt and Almira Richardson Holt. Entered service as a Private in Company E, 21st Regiment Wisconsin Infantry. Was wounded 8 October 1862 at Battle of Chaplin Hills, Kentucky. Died of his wounds 10 October 1862 at Sulphur Springs, Kentucky. Burial in Perryville, Boyle County, Kentucky. There is also a grave for him in Portland Cemetery, Calumet County, Wisconsin. He was married but there were no children. Submitted by Shirley Reed.

HOLTON, David May

No birth information. Entered service 15 October 1861as a Private in Company I, 6th Regiment Vermont Infantry. Promoted to Sergeant. Died 5 May 1864 at Wilderness, Orange County, Virginia. Burial in Old Westminster Cemetery, Westminster, Windham County, Vermont. Submitted by Nancy Jahnig.



September 2020

HOWARD, Charles H.

No birth information. Enlisted in Company D, 17th Massachusetts Infantry. Was captured and sequestered in Andersonville Prison where he died 1 September 1864. Burial was in Andersonville National Cemetery, Georgia. Grave number 7474. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

HOWES, Samuel W.

No birth information. Entered service 23 December 1861 as a Private in Company K, 1st Maine Cavalry. Captured 2 March 1864 at Dahlgren’s Raid, Virginia. Died 23 July 1864 Andersonville Prison. Burial in Andersonville National Cemetery, Grave #3844. (Cenotaph at Weeks Mill Cemetery, Maine. Submitted by Michelle Tucci.

HUBBARD, William Henry

Born 17 May 1841 in Connecticut son of John Hubbard and Charlotte Rose Hubbard. Entered service as a Private in Company B, 16th Regiment Connecticut Infantry on 15 July 1862. Was promoted 4th Corporal 15 October 1862 and promoted Sergeant 11 August 1863. Died 16 December 1863 in Portsmouth, Virginia of diphtheria. Burial in West Side Cemetery, Guilford, Connecticut. Submitted by Tracy Tomacelli.

HUDSON, John Plympton

No birth information. Entered service 21 May 1862 in Independent Battery Light Artillery Volunteers. Died 7 March 1864 at Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Burial in Wadsworth Cemetery, Sudbury, Massachusetts. Submitted by Nancy Jahnig.

HUDSON, John Wesley

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