Showing posts with label 1834. Show all posts
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Sunday, January 28, 2018

Private Wiley Jordan of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private Wiley Jordan (1834 - )



Enlisted from Mercer County, OH on 12 May 1863. He was 29 years old, single and working as an engineer.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

Saturday, January 27, 2018

Private Isaac S. Hawkins of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private Isaac S. Hawkins (1834 - )



Enlisted from Medina, NY on 12 December 1863. He was 29 years old, married and working as a sailor.

Captured and imprisioned 20 Februrary 1864 at Olustee, FL. Exchanged 4 March 1865 at Goldsboro, NC.

Discharged 20 June 1865 from Annapolis, MD.

Monday, January 8, 2018

Private Horace Jackson of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Return to Company G

Private Horace Jackson of Glens Falls, NY (1834 - 5 September 1905) WIA, POW

Enlisted from Glens Falls, NY on 9 April 1863. He was 29, single and working as a laborer.

Wounded and imprisoned on 20 February 1864 at Olustee, FL.

Discharged 3 June 1865 in St. Andrews Parish, SC.

Corporal John A. Bouldon of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Return to Company G

Corporal John A. Bouldon of Cleveland, OH (August 1834 - 12 July 1908) WIA


Enlisted from Cleveland, OH on 14 April 1863. He was 27, single and working as a saddler.

Promoted to Corporal 6 May 1863.

Wounded on 18 July 1863 at Fort Wagner.

Discharged 3 June 1865.

His name is also spelled Bouldin in his Army records.

His grave is at Woodland Cemetery in Cleveland, OH, engraved as "Corpl John A. Bouldon Co. G. 54 Mass. Inf."