Showing posts with label 1842. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1842. Show all posts

Sunday, January 28, 2018

Private Harrison Lee of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private Harrison Lee (1838 - 16 April 1907)



Enlisted from New Bedford, MA on 19 August 1863. He was 21 years old (implies an 1842 birth year), single and working as a laborer.

Mustered out 20 Aguust 1865.

His grave is at Rural Cemetery in New Bedford, MA.

Private Thomas E. Knox of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private Thomas E. Knox (1842 - )



Enlisted from Hollidaysburg, PA on 21 March 1863. He was 21 years old, single and working as a barber.

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

Corporal Robert Kane of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Corporal Robert Kane (1842 - )



Enlisted from Lancaster County, PA on 19 March 1863. He was 21 years old, single and working as a laborer.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

Saturday, January 27, 2018

Private James F. Haskell of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private James F. Haskell (1842 - 8 May 1870)


Son of William Haskell and Caroline M. Clark.

Enlisted from Warner, NH on 19 March 1863. He was 21 years old, single and working as a farmer.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

His grave is at Maplewood Cemetery in Salisbury, NH.

Sunday, January 21, 2018

Private John Burns of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private John Burns (1842 - )



Enlisted from Bath County, KY on 15 February 1865. He was 21 years old and working as a laborer.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Private Sylvester Webber of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Return to Company G

Private Sylvester Webber (1842 - )

Enlisted from Ripley, OH on 12 May 1863. He was 21 years old, single and working as a farmer.

Deserted 7 July 1865 at Charleston, SC.

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

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

Return to Company G

Private Charles Stanton (1842 - 25 February 1865) WIA, POW

Enlisted from Glens Falls, NY on 14 April 1863. He was 21, single and working as a boatman.

Wounded and captured on 18 July 1863 at Fort Wagner.

Died in prison in February of 1865 in Florence, SC.

His grave is at Florence National Cemetery in Florence, SC.

Private Henry Simpson from Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Return to Company G

Private Henry Simpson (1842 - 10 July 1911)

Enlisted from Columbus, OH on 9 April 1863. He was 21, single and working as a barber.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

After the war, he was a barber in Boston, MA.

His grave is in Mount Hope Cemetery in Mattapan, MA.

Sunday, January 14, 2018

Private Charles A. Williams of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Private Charles A. Williams (1842 - ) WIA

Return to Company G

Enlisted from Mt. Healthy, OH on 14 April 1863. He was 21 years old, married and working as a farmer.

Wounded on 18 July 1863 at Fort Wagner.

Discharged on 1 July 1864 at Morris Island, SC.

Private William Wise of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Return to Company G

Private William Wise (1842 - )

Enlisted from Auburn, NY on 9 April 1863. He was 21 years old, single and working as a cook.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

Private Amara A. Peters of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Return to Company G

Private Amara A. Peters (1842 - )

Enlisted from Bristol, VT on 5 November 1863. He was 21 years old when he enlisted.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

Private William H. Niles of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Return to Company G

Private William H. Niles (1842 - 5 March 1864)

Enlisted from Kingston, RI on 12 December 1863. He was 21 years old, single and working as a seaman.

Died 5 March 1864 of disease.

Friday, January 12, 2018

Monday, January 8, 2018

Private Joseph R. Holmes of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Private Joseph R. Holmes (1842 - )


Enlisted from Cincinnati, OH on 14 April 1863. He was 21, single and working as a farmer.

Wounded on 18 July 1863 at Fort Wagner.

Mustered out on 20 August 1865.

Private George Hart of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Return to Company G

Private George Hart (1842 - )

Enlisted from Rutland, VT on 5 December 1863. He was 21 years old.

Mustered out on 20 August 1865.

Possible grave in Ohio engraved "Private George K. Hart." Needs more research.