8th infantry – Honor Norwalk CT veterans

PRIVATE C. HENRY TAYLOR

Unknown DOB – April 29, 1862; unknown age Enlisted on September 17, 1861 Mustered in September 23, 1861 Unit: 8th Infantry, Connecticut Volunteers, Company H Died of smallpox on April 29, 1862 at the General Hospital in New Bern, North Carolina Buried in Pine Island Cemetery, Crescent Street, Norwalk, CT. Photo from findagrave.com. END

PRIVATE PETER POUND

Unknown DOB – January 7, 1862 (Annapolis, MD); unknown age Enlisted on September 10, 1861 Mustered in on September 23, 1861 Unit: 8th Infantry, Connecticut Volunteers, Company H Died on January 7, 1862 of Typhoid at Annapolis General Hospital. Burial information not found. END

PRIVATE CHARLES E. MERRILL

September 19, 1841 (Norwalk, CT) – September 3, 1863 (unknown location); 21 years old Enlisted on September 14, 1861 Mustered in September 23, 1861 Unit: 8th Infantry, Connecticut Volunteers, Company H Born to Valentine Merrill (1811-1875) and Fanny E. Bouton Merrill (1816-1860). Siblings were Mary E. (1832-1893), Joseph B. (1835-1900), Albert M. (1844-1902), Emma L.Continue reading “PRIVATE CHARLES E. MERRILL”