DOB/DOD: Unknown – February 24, 1866 (Washington, DC); unknown age
MARITAL STATUS: Unknown
ENLISTMENT: September 23, 1861; mustered in the same day
UNIT: Company H, 8th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers
FAMILY: Unknown
CIRCUMSTANCES: Died in the Government Asylum for the Insane in Washington, DC. The institution treated physical ailments also. Soldiers at the hospital referred to it as Saint Elizabeth’s—the Colonial Era name for the area—because they were reluctant to acknowledge being treated at an insane asylum. Congress officially changed the name of the institution to Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital in 1916.
From the book “Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion”
Unknown burial location
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