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PRIVATE HENRY F. WILLIAMS

Unknown DOB – July 7, 1864 (unknown location); unknown age Enlisted on October 1, 1861 Mustered in November 22, 1861 Unit #1: 12th Infantry, Connecticut Volunteers, Company E Discharged for disability June 27, 1862 Mustered in again on December 3, 1863 Unit #2: Connecticut 1st Heavy Artillery, Company D Wounded in the chest at Petersburg,Continue reading “PRIVATE HENRY F. WILLIAMS”

PRIVATE NATHAN SYLVESTER WHEELER

1828 (Easton, CT)? – August 28, 1861 (Frederick, MD); 33 years old Married to Caroline E. Gilbert (1834-?) on August 12, 1852 in Danbury, CT Enlisted July 9, 1861 Mustered in July 22, 1861 Unit: 5th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company E Listed in the 1860 census at 30 years old, married to Caroline, occupation CarriageContinue reading “PRIVATE NATHAN SYLVESTER WHEELER”

PRIVATE FRED F. WHEELER

1834? – September 30, 1864 (Hampton, VA); unknown age Enlisted September 13, 1863 Mustered in September 13, 1863 Unit: 6th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company K Listed in the 1860 census at 25 years old, from CT and occupation as Mason. Died September 27, 1864 at Hampton Hospital of typhoid fever. Burial information not found.

PRIVATE RICHMOND E. THOMAS

1844 – June 3, 1864 (Cold Harbor, VA); 19 or 20 years old Enlisted September 21, 1861 Mustered in September 26, 1861 Company H, 8th Regiment, Connecticut VolunteersReenlisted December 24, 1863 Killed June 3, 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA Buried in Cold Harbor National Cemetery, 6038 Cold Harbor Road, Mechanicsville, VA; Grave 498. Photo fromContinue reading “PRIVATE RICHMOND E. THOMAS”

PRIVATE HENRY S. TAYLOR

Unknown DOB – August 24, 1863 (South Carolina); unknown age Enlisted September 18, 1861 Mustered in October 22, 1861 Unit: 10th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company C Died August 24, 1863 of “chronic diarrhea.” Buried in Beaufort National Cemetery, 1601 Boundary Street, Beaufort, SC; Section 36, Plot 3801. Photo from findagrave.com. END

PRIVATE TALCUT B. SMITH

Unknown DOB – June 29, 1863 (Port Hudson, LA) Married to Harriet F. Newcomb (1833-1886) on September 3, 1851. Son, James (1851-?), and daughter Anna Smith Wilson (1853-?). Enlisted September 9, 1862 Mustered in November 15, 1862 Unit: 28th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company G Wounded in left leg and the leg was amputated June 14,Continue reading “PRIVATE TALCUT B. SMITH”

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”