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SERGEANT HENRY M. PROWITT JR.

November ?, 1840 (New York) – June 21, 1862; 21 years old Enlisted October 1, 1861 Mustered in November 19, 1961 Unit: 12th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company E Born to Henry M. Sr. (1813-1900) and Sarah J. Youngs Prowitt (1812-1897). Siblings were Sarah (1849-1950) and George G. (1851-1872).   Died June 21, 1862 of remittentContinue reading “SERGEANT HENRY M. PROWITT JR.”

FIRST SERGEANT GEORGE MACAULESS

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”

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”

SERGEANT JUSTICE DISBROW

May 19, 1826 (Norwalk, CT) – July 5, 1862 (Athens, AL); 36 years old Married Minerva Durand May 22, 1847 in NorwalkListed as a Carpenter in the 1850 census Enlisted September 11, 1861 Unit: 41st Ohio Volunteers, Company I Born to Phineas S. (1890-1873) and Reuamy Murray Disbrow (1791-1869). Siblings were Mary A. (1813-1897) andContinue reading “SERGEANT JUSTICE DISBROW”

SERGEANT RICHARD CAMP

1741 (unknown place of birth) – September 23, 1813 (Norwalk, CT); 71 or 72 years oldMarried to Anna Coe on November 15, 1771 in Norwalk, CTChildren: Susannah (only lived 2 years), Richard, Thomas, Jeremiah, Susannah, Lemuel Captain Jabez Gregory’s Company, 9th Connecticut Regiment; October 1776 – December 1776 Buried in East Norwalk Historical Cemetery, CemeteryContinue reading “SERGEANT RICHARD CAMP”