Private Oliver E. Hazard of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private Oliver E. Hazard (23 September 1836 - 13 July 1896)

Born 23 September 1836, he was the son of Emerson Hazzard (1807 - 1840) and Caira Henesy née Boston (1806 - 1889.)

Enlisted from Townsend, MA on 22 December 1863. He was 35 years old, single and working as a laborer.

Wounded 20 February 1864 at Olustee, FL.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

Married Emeline Messer (1839 - 1916.)

After the war, he was a member of the Charles H. Stevens Post #53 Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in Leominster, MA.

His grave is at Evergreen Cemetery in Leominster, MA.