LIEUTENANT COLONEL ALBERT H. WILCOXSON

January 29, 1834 (Norwalk, CT) – March 6, 1865 (Tallahassee, FL); 31 years old Married to Marth Guion Wilcoxson (1839-1872) Enlisted July 16, 1862 Commissioned in August 29, 1862 Unit: 17th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers Promoted to Captain November 15, 1862 while assigned to Company I, 17th CT Infantry Wounded and captured February 5, 1865 atContinue reading “LIEUTENANT COLONEL ALBERT H. WILCOXSON”

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”

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 WILLIAM SMEDLEY

1819? – June 20, 1865 (Jacksonville, FL); 46 years old Enlisted August 27, 1862 Mustered in August 28, 1862 Unit: 17th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company H Taken prisoner May 2, 1863 at Chancellorsville, VA. Paroled May 15, 1863. Died June 20, 1865 “by falling from a window causing rupture blood vessel.” Memorialized in family plot,Continue reading “PRIVATE WILLIAM SMEDLEY”

PRIVATE CALVIN NOBLES

August 25, 1843 (Glastonbury, CT) – July 2, 1863 (Gettysburg, PA); 19 years old Enlisted August 5, 1862 Mustered in August 28, 1862 Unit: 17th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company A Born to Adorinam (?-1867) and Lucy E. Hodge Nobles (?-1889). Siblings were Jennett B. Nobles Bishop (1838-1919), William W. (1837-?), Emma (1845-1876), John (1847-1929), LeroyContinue reading “PRIVATE CALVIN NOBLES”

PRIVATE JOHN W. METCALF

Unknown DOB – July 2, 1863 (Gettysburg, PA); unknown age Enlisted August 12, 1862 Mustered in August 28, 1862 Unit: 17th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company F Killed July 2, 1863 at Gettysburg, PA. Buried at Gettysburg National Cemetery, National Cemetery Drive; Gettysburg, PA; Section B, Plot 9 END

PRIVATE THOMAS MCLAUGHLIN

1838? – May 22, 1863 (Chancellorsville, VA); 24 or 25 years old Enlisted August 8, 1862 Mustered in August 8, 1862 Unit: 17th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company F Wounded May 2, 1863 at Chancellorsville, Virginia and died of those wounds on May 22, 1863. Burial information is unknown. FindAGrave.com lists him as “Lost at War.”Continue reading “PRIVATE THOMAS MCLAUGHLIN”

PRIVATE JOSHUA LOUNSBURY or LOUNSBERRY

July 15, 1845 (Norwalk, CT) – June 23, 1865 (Cincinnati, OH); 19 years oldEnlisted August 22, 1862 Mustered in August 28, 1862Unit: 17th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company F Taken prisoner February 5, 1865 at Dunn’s Lake, FL. Died June 23, 1865 of “marasmus and excessive gastric irritation.” Marasmus is defined as “a wasting of fleshContinue reading “PRIVATE JOSHUA LOUNSBURY or LOUNSBERRY”

PRIVATE JOHN WESLEY JACKSON

September ?, 1842 (Eastchester, NY) – October 8, 1862 (Baltimore, MD); 20 years old Enlisted August 12, 1862 Mustered in August 28, 1862 Unit: 17th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company A Born to John S. (1817-1898) and Mary G. (1815-1892). Siblings were Henry C. (1839-1904) and Mary L. (1849-?). Died October 8, 1862 of Typhoid Fever.Continue reading “PRIVATE JOHN WESLEY JACKSON”