Showing posts with label 1835. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1835. Show all posts

Saturday, January 27, 2018

Private Horace O. Hazard of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private Horace O. Hazard (1835 - )



Enlisted from Townsend, MA on 17 July 1863. He was 28 years old, single and working as a barber.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

Thursday, January 25, 2018

Private Albert Evans of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private Albert Evans (1835 - 18 July 1863)



Enlisted from Springfield, OH on 17 March 1863. He was 28 years old, married and working as a machinist.

Killed in Action 18 July 1863 at Fort Wagner.

Sunday, January 21, 2018

Private William Cebolt of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private William Cebolt (12 February 1835 - 10 April 1918)



Born 12 February 1825 in Jackson, TN to father Henry Cebolt and mother Mary (Reeves) Perkins.

Married Martha (Davis), daughter of Mary (Jones) and Allen Davis, in 1857.

Enlisted from New Bedford, MA on 9 October 1863. He was 27 years old, single and working as a farmer.

Discharged 29 May 1865 from St. Andrews Parish, SC.

Private Cebolt and Martha (Davis) had five children, first living in Indiana but relocating to Battle Creek, MI: Christiana (b. 1858 Indiana), Mary Elizabeth (b. 1861 Indiana), William Jr. (1866 Michigan), John H. (b. 1869 Michigan) and Richard Otto (b. 1869 Michigan.)

During his life, he was also married to Sarah (Tusing) (m. 16 March 1885 in Clark, IL) and Martha (Harvey) (m. 23 February 1907 in Indiana.) Private Cebolt and Martha (Davis) divorced and both remarried (Private Cebolt to Sarah (Tusing)) but eventually remarried each other in 18 June 1905.

His grave is at Crown Point Cemetery in Kokomo, IN.

Sunday, January 14, 2018

Private Alexander Patterson of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

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Private Alexander Patterson (1835 - )

Enlisted from Boston, MA on 2 December 1863. He was 28 years old, married and working as a barber.

Discharged 16 July 1865 from Charleston, SC.

Monday, January 8, 2018

Sergeant John L. Barker of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Sergeant John L. Barker (1835 - )


Enlisted from Oberlin, OH on 14 April 1863. He was 28, single and working as a farmer.

Wounded on 18 July 1863 at Fort Wagner.

Wounded on 20 February 1864 at Olustee, FL.

Wounded on 30 November 1864 at Honey Hill, SC.

Discharged 7 June 1865.

Last known location: Norwalk, OH.

Sunday, January 7, 2018

Private Charles Body of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

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Private Charles Body (1835 - ) MIA

Enlisted from Lancaster County, PA on 12 April 1863. He was 28 years old, married and working as a farmer.

He went missing on 18 July 1863 at Fort Wagner.