Unknown DOB – June 11, 1863 (Port Hudson, LA); unknown age Enlisted October 1, 1861 Mustered in November 19, 1861 Unit: 12th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company E Promoted to First Sergeant June 22, 1862. Killed June 11, 1863 at Port Hudson, LA. A woman named Eliza A. Gray, claiming to be Sgt Macauless’ mother, appliedContinue reading “FIRST SERGEANT GEORGE MACAULESS”
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CORPORAL MELANCTHON STARR LYON
Unknown DOB – March 4, 1864 (unknown location); unknown age Enlisted April 24, 1861 Mustered in May 14, 1861 Unit: 3rd Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company G (3 months) Mustered in again on September 23, 1861 Unit: 8th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company H Promoted to Corporal on September 23, 1861 Reduced in rank to Private onContinue reading “CORPORAL MELANCTHON STARR LYON”
PRIVATE JOSHUA LOUNSBURY or LOUNSBERRY
DOB/DOD: July 15, 1845 (Norwalk, CT) – June 23, 1865 (Cincinnati, OH); 19 years oldENLISTMENT: August 22, 1862; mustered in August 28, 1862UNIT: Company F, 17th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers CIRCUMSTANCES: 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 wastingContinue reading “PRIVATE JOSHUA LOUNSBURY or LOUNSBERRY”
PRIVATE JAMES LINTAN
Unknown DOB – May 16, 1864 (Drewry’s Bluff, VA); unknown age Enlisted December 28, 1863 Mustered in December 28, 1863Unit: 7th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company B Killed May 16, 1864 at Drewry’s Bluff, VA. Burial information not known. END
PRIVATE BERNHARDT KIERCHOFF
Unknown DOB – August 24, 1864 (Andersonville, GA); unknown age Enlisted October 6, 1863 Drafted in October 6, 1863Unit: 6th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company H Taken prisoner May 16, 1864 at Drewry’s Bluff, VA. Died August 24, 1864 at Andersonville, GA. Cause of death was diarrhea. Buried at Andersonville National Cemetery, 760 POW Road, Andersonville,Continue reading “PRIVATE BERNHARDT KIERCHOFF”
CAPTAIN GOULD JAMES JENNINGS
1833 – October 25, 1862 (New York, NY); 29 years old Married to Harriet Jane Simpson on November 17, 1861 in New York City. Enlisted on April 20, 1861 in New York City as a Captain. Commissioned on November 4, 1861 Unit: 59th New York Infantry, Company G Born to Gould D. (1805-1885) and EstherContinue reading “CAPTAIN GOULD JAMES JENNINGS”
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”
PRIVATE HENRY JACKSON
Unknown DOB (Orange, NJ) – October 27, 1864 (Kell House, VA); unknown age Enlisted December 30, 1863 Mustered in March 8, 1864 Unit: 29th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company H Killed October 27, 1864 at Kell House (Henrico), Virginia. From project29.org “Assembling at the Kell House – in what is now Henrico, Virginia – on OctoberContinue reading “PRIVATE HENRY JACKSON”
PRIVATE CHARLES G. HYATT
Unknown DOB – February 26, 1864 (unknown location) Enlisted July 12, 1862Mustered in August 20, 1862 Unit: 14th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company A Wounded February 6, 1864 at Mortons Ford, VA – “severe wound in left elbow.” Died of those wounds on February 28, 1864. Buried in Culpeper National Cemetery, 305 U.S. Avenue, Culpeper, Virginia;Continue reading “PRIVATE CHARLES G. HYATT”
SERGEANT WILLIAM B. HURD
1839? – June 19, 1862 (Carrolton [Camp Parapet], LA); 22 or 23 years old Enlisted April 24, 1861 Mustered in May 14, 1861 Unit #1: 3rd Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company G (3 months)Mustered in November 19, 1861 Unit #2: 12th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company E Died June 19, 1862 of Typhoid Fever. Buried in ChalmetteContinue reading “SERGEANT WILLIAM B. HURD”
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