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CORPORAL CHARLES SANFORD BEERS

DOB/DOD February 13, 1842 (Wilton, CT) – April 2, 1865 (Ft. Gregg, VA); 23 years oldENLISTMENT: Mustered in October 30, 1861. Reenlisted January 1, 1864UNIT: Company G, 10th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers Born to Samuel Beers Jr. (1816-1874) and Susannah Platt (1821-1852). One brother, George A. (1840-1841). Two sisters, Mary J. Beers Gregory (1844-1900) and SusanContinue reading “CORPORAL CHARLES SANFORD BEERS”

PRIVATE LEWIS BEECHER

DOB/DOD: Unknown – January 25, 1865 (Florence, SC); unknown ageENLISTMENT: December 1, 1863 and mustered in on the same dayUNIT: Company E, 5th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers FAMILY: Unknown CIRCUMSTANCES: Captured on November 20, 1864 on a march in Tennessee. Died of chronic diarrhea at Florence, South Carolina as a prisoner. Buried in Florence National Cemetery,Continue reading “PRIVATE LEWIS BEECHER”

PRIVATE NELSON BEACH

DOB/DOD: 1842 (Connecticut) – July 20, 1863 (Arlington, VA); 21 years old ENLISTMENT: August 11, 1862; mustered in August 28, 1862UNIT: Company F, 17th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers FAMILY: Born to Marshall (1815-1852) and Abigail A. Miles Beach (1820-1907). One half-brother, Ashley M. Parker (1861-1935). OTHER: Living in Cheshire, CT in the 1850 census. Listed asContinue reading “PRIVATE NELSON BEACH”

PRIVATE WESLEY BANKS

DOB/DOD: Born in approximately 1845 – February 9, 1864 (Mortons Ford, VA); unknown ageENLISTMENT: October 1, 1863 and mustered in the same dayUNIT: Company E, 14th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers FAMILY: Unknown CIRCUMSTANCES: Wounded February 6, 1864, at Morton’s Ford, Virginia, and died of those wounds February 9, 1864; specifically, tetanus from gunshot wound Buried inContinue reading “PRIVATE WESLEY BANKS”

PRIVATE STANTON BABCOCK

? 1820 (Unknown location) – June 23, 1863 (Brashear City, LA); 42 or 43 years oldEnlisted on October 1, 1861Mustered in November 19, 1861Unit: 12th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company E Killed June 23, 1863 at Brashear City, Louisiana Burial information not found

PRIVATE LEWIS HAYDEN ARNOLD II

DOB/DOD: November 6, 1828 (Unknown location) – May 2, 1863 (Chancellorsville, VA); 35 years oldENLISTMENT: Enlisted August 13, 1862; mustered in August 28, 1862UNIT: Company F, 17th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer FAMILY: Unknown CIRCUMSTANCES: Died of wounds received at Chancellorsville, Virginia. Buried in St. Matthew’s Parish Cemetery, 246 Danbury Road, Wilton, Connecticut; right side of theContinue reading “PRIVATE LEWIS HAYDEN ARNOLD II”

PRIVATE JOSEPH H. ARMSTRONG

DOB/DOD: Unknown DOB – October 21, 1863 (Alexandria, VA); unknown ageENLISTMENT: August 9, 1862; Mustered in August 28, 1862UNIT: Company F, 17th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers CIRCUMSTANCES: Died of typhoid fever in the 1st Division Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia. Buried in Alexandria National Cemetery, 1450 Wilkes Street, Alexandria, Virginia; Section A, Grave 981-6. Photo from FindAGrave.com.Continue reading “PRIVATE JOSEPH H. ARMSTRONG”

War of the Revolution

After a month or so of pause on this project, I finally found the time to delve into the list of Revolutionary War veterans buried in Norwalk, Connecticut. Of the 59 names on that list, several had extensive battle experience in George Washington’s Army. Others served for a month or so at a time. OfContinue reading “War of the Revolution”

PRIVATE STEPHEN WOOD

1759 – September 13, 1830 (Norwalk, CT); 71 years oldMarried to Hannah Benedict on April 3, 1782, in Norwalk, CTChildren: Hannah, Stephen, William, Nancy, Esther, Harriet, Benning, Charles, Alfred, Edwin Captain Jabez Gregory’s Company, 9th Connecticut Regiment; October 1776 – January 1777 Buried in Pine Island Cemetery, Crescent Street, Norwalk, Connecticut. Photo from findagrave.com. END

LIEUTENANT WILLIAM SEYMOUR

October 10, 1734 (Norwalk, CT) – May 1, 1821 (Norwalk, CT); 86 years oldMarried to Lydia St. John on January 6, 1757 in Norwalk, CTChildren: Mary, William, Lydia, Josiah, Marcia, Belden, Benjamin Capt Zacheus Cases’s Company; 9th Connecticut Regiment; April – May 1776 Wounded in the attack on Fort Griswold in Groton Heights, CT, inContinue reading “LIEUTENANT WILLIAM SEYMOUR”