Category Archives: Civil War

CORPORAL WILLIAM WOOD WESTLAKE

January 24, 1843 (Breesport, NY) – July 4, 1863 (Gettysburg, PA); 20 years old Enlisted August 9, 1862 Mustered in August 28, 1862 Unit: 17th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company A Promoted to Corporal June 4, 1863 Born to Daniel Burroughs Westlake (1812-1894) and Adeline Wood (1817-1855). Siblings were Julia A. (1837-1841), Zenas H. (1840-1845), JuliaContinue reading “CORPORAL WILLIAM WOOD WESTLAKE”

PRIVATE FENNIMORE C. WEEKS

Unknown DOB – September 11, 1862 (Sharpsburg, MD); unknown age Enlisted November 11, 1861 Mustered in November 12, 1861 Unit: 11th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company F Born to Amos (1790-1845) and Rachel Smith Weeks (1803-?). Siblings were Marcia (1834-1926), Eliza A. (1836-), and James K. (1844-1915. Killed September 11, 1862 at Antietam, MD. Buried atContinue reading “PRIVATE FENNIMORE C. WEEKS”

CORPORAL JAMES WATERWORTH

Unknown DOB – October 15, 1863 (South Carolina); 30 or 31 years old Married to Emma A. Waterworth Enlisted August 6, 1862 Mustered in August 28, 1862 Unit: 17th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company A Died October 15, 1863 of typhoid fever, Post Hospital, Folly Island, SC. Burial information not found. END

PRIVATE RICHMOND E. THOMAS

1844 – June 3, 1864 (Cold Harbor, VA); 19 or 20 years old Enlisted September 21, 1861 Mustered in September 26, 1861 Company H, 8th Regiment, Connecticut VolunteersReenlisted December 24, 1863 Killed June 3, 1864, at Cold Harbor, VA Buried in Cold Harbor National Cemetery, 6038 Cold Harbor Road, Mechanicsville, Virginia; Grave 498. Photo fromContinue reading “PRIVATE RICHMOND E. THOMAS”

PRIVATE HENRY S. TAYLOR

Unknown DOB – August 24, 1863 (South Carolina); unknown age Enlisted September 18, 1861 Mustered in October 22, 1861 Unit: 10th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company C Died on August 24, 1863, of “chronic diarrhea.” Buried in Beaufort National Cemetery, 1601 Boundary Street, Beaufort, South Carolina; Section 36, Plot 3801. Photo from findagrave.com. END

PRIVATE TALCUT B. SMITH

Unknown DOB – June 29, 1863 (Port Hudson, LA) Married to Harriet F. Newcomb (1833-1886) on September 3, 1851. Son, James (1851-?), and daughter Anna Smith Wilson (1853-?). Enlisted September 9, 1862 Mustered in November 15, 1862 Unit: 28th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company G Wounded in left leg and the leg was amputated June 14,Continue reading “PRIVATE TALCUT B. SMITH”

CORPORAL OSCAR L. SMITH

July 21, 1831 (Norwalk, CT) – June 17, 1864 (Bermuda Hundred, VA); 32 years old Enlisted August 24, 1861 Mustered in September 5, 1861 Unit: 7th Infant Connecticut Volunteers, Company D Promoted to Corporal May 20, 1864 Born to Jesse Smith (1801-1884) and Amanda Raymond Smith (1804-1885). Siblings are Charles H. (1827-1890), Sarah J. (1829-1900),Continue reading “CORPORAL OSCAR L. SMITH”

PRIVATE WILLIAM SMEDLEY

DOB/DOD: 1819? – June 20, 1865 (Jacksonville, FL); 46 years old ENLISTMENT: August 27, 1862; mustered in August 28, 1862 UNIT: Company H, 17th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers CAPTURE: Taken prisoner May 2, 1863, at Chancellorsville, VA. Paroled May 15, 1863. CAUSE OF DEATH: Died June 20, 1865, “by falling from a window causing ruptured bloodContinue reading “PRIVATE WILLIAM SMEDLEY”