Unknown DOB – October 30, 1863 (Beaufort, SC); unknown age Enlisted August 8, 1862 Mustered in August 28, 1862 Unit: 17th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company A Died from chronic diarrhea October 30, 1863. Buried in Beaufort National Cemetery, 1601 Boundary St., Beaufort, SC; Section 36, Grave 4011 (right next to Sgt Edwin R. Smith, alsoContinue reading “PRIVATE GEORGE B. HENDRICKS”
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LIEUTENANT COLONEL DOUGLAS D. FOWLER
January 26, 1826 (Guilford, CT) – July 1, 1863 (Gettysburg, PA); 37 years old Married Melissa Nash on December 5, 1853 in Norwalk, CT who passed two years later on September 14, 1855Infant daughter who was unnamed, passed on October 5, 1855 Enlisted July 14, 1862 Units:Captain in the 3rd Regiment, Company G Captain inContinue reading “LIEUTENANT COLONEL DOUGLAS D. FOWLER”
CORPORAL HENRY BURNS
1827 (Unknown location) – July 1, 1863 (Gettysburg, PA); 36 years old Enlisted July 21, 1862 Mustered in August 28, 1862 Unit: 17th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company B One reference to him being a native of Montreal, CanadaColor Bearer. Monument to the Connecticut 17th at Gettysburg National Park; Corporal Burns’ name is on the plaqueContinue reading “CORPORAL HENRY BURNS”
PRIVATE NELSON BEACH
? 1842 (Connecticut) – July 20, 1863 (Arlington, VA); 21 years old Living in Cheshire, CT in the 1850 census. Listed as a farm laborer in the 1860 census. Enlisted August 11, 1862 Mustered in August 28, 1862Unit: 17th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company F Died of measles in Arlington County, Virginia on July 20, 1863.Continue reading “PRIVATE NELSON BEACH”
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