DOB/DOD: Unknown – February 24, 1866 (Washington, DC); unknown ageMARITAL STATUS: UnknownENLISTMENT: September 23, 1861; mustered in the same dayUNIT: Company H, 8th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers FAMILY: Unknown CIRCUMSTANCES: Died in the Government Asylum for the Insane in Washington, DC. The institution treated physical ailments also. Soldiers at the hospital referred to it as SaintContinue reading “PRIVATE PETER MONEHAN”
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PRIVATE GEORGE F. MARVIN
DOB/DOD: 1842 – September 11, 1863 (Norwalk, CT); 21 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedENLISTMENT: September 8, 1862; mustered in November 15, 1862UNIT: Company C, 28th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers FAMILY: Born to Charles (1816-1903) and Louisa Barto Marvin (1825-1869). Three brothers, Charles F. (1841-1931), Edward F. (1846-1921), and William (1855-1917). One sister, Emma (1843-1887). CIRCUMSTANCES: Wounded onContinue reading “PRIVATE GEORGE F. MARVIN”
PRIVATE EDWIN HOLLY
DOB/DOD: Unknown – January 31, 1862 (Washington, DC); unknown ageMARITAL STATUS: UnknownENLISTMENT: November 19, 1861; mustered in the same dayUNIT: Company I, 10th New Jersey Volunteers– Note: Listed as Edwin Hodley in some records FAMILY: No family information could be found CIRCUMSTANCES: Died of Typhoid Fever at Columbian U.S. Army General Hospital in Washington, DC.Continue reading “PRIVATE EDWIN HOLLY”
PRIVATE WILLIAM BOYLE
DOB/DOD: Unknown – August 17, 1864 (Andersonville, GA); unknown ageMARITAL STATUS: UnknownENLISTMENT: December 28, 1863; mustered in on the same dayUNIT: Company B, 7th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers FAMILY: Family information is unknown CIRCUMSTANCES: Captured February 20, 1864, in Olustee, Florida. Died of dysentery while a Prisoner of War in Andersonville Prison. Buried in Andersonville Prison,Continue reading “PRIVATE WILLIAM BOYLE”
CORPORAL THOMAS D. BROWN
DOB/DOD: 1842 (Norwalk, CT) – May 17, 1863 (Brooks Station, VA); 20 or 21 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedENLISTMENT: April 19, 1861; Mustered in April 21, 1861UNIT: Company A, 17th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers FAMILY: Born to James E. (1811-1880) and Jerusha Ferris Brown (1813-1903). Four sisters, Mary M. (1837-?), Esther D. Brown Stevens (1845-1922), Jane (1847-?),Continue reading “CORPORAL THOMAS D. BROWN”
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
SERGEANT EDWIN R. SMITH
Unknown DOB – October 21, 1863; unknown age Enlisted on April 24, 1861 Mustered in May 14, 1861 (3 months) Unit #1: 3rd Infantry, Connecticut Volunteers, Company G Mustered in again on August 28, 1862 Unit #2: 17th Infantry, Connecticut Volunteers, Company A Died from “dropsy of the pericardium”, a heart condition, on October 21,Continue reading “SERGEANT EDWIN R. SMITH”
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 CARL PAMPLE
Unknown DOB – July 24, 1864 (Andersonville, GA); unknown age Enlisted on October 2, 1863 Mustered in October 2, 1863 Unit: 14th Infantry, Connecticut Volunteers, Company B Became a POW on May 12, 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia. Died on July 24, 1864. Buried at Andersonville National Cemetery, 496 Cemetery Road, Andersonville, GA; SiteContinue reading “PRIVATE CARL PAMPLE”
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”
Honor Norwalk CT veterans 