Showing posts with label 1844. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1844. Show all posts

Saturday, January 27, 2018

Private Henry Hazard of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private Henry Hazard (1844 - )



Enlisted from Shirley, MA on 7 December 1863. He was 19 years old, single and working as a laborer.

Discharged 7 June 1865 from the General Hospital in New York.

Sunday, January 21, 2018

Private Elijah Berry of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private Elijah Berry (1844 - )



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

Deserted on 20 May 1863.

Last known location: Readville, MA.

Private John Anderson of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private John Anderson (1844 - )



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

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

Private Sylvester Burrell of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private Sylvester Burrell (31 August 1844 - 1 November 1914)


Born 31 August 1844 in Columbia, PA to father James Burrell who was born in Virginia.

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

Mustered out 20 August 1865.








His grave is at Mount Bethel Cemetery in Columbia, PA.



Sergeant Shedrick Conaway of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Sergeant Shedrick Conaway (1844 - )



Enlisted from Cleveland, OH on 14 April 1863. He was 19 years old, single and working as a waiter.

Wounded on 18 July 1863 at Fort Wagner.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Private Augustus Ward of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Private Augustus Ward (1844 - 23 April 1896)


Enlisted from Jackson, MS on 9 April 1863. He was 19 years old, single and working as a seaman.

Discharged 2 June 1865.

G. A. R. (Grand Army of the Republic) Post 50, Chicago.

His grave is at Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago, IL.

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Private Isaac Smith of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Return to Company G

Private Isaac Smith (1844 - )

Enlisted from Mt. Pleasant, OH on 14 April 1863. He was 19, single and working as a farmer.

Mustered out on 20 August 1865.

Private Daniel Ross of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Return to Company G

Private Daniel Ross (1844 - )

Enlisted from Adrian, MI on 9 April 1863. He was 19 years old, single and working as a farmer.

Mustered out on 20 August 1865.

Sunday, January 14, 2018

Private James H. Williams of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Return to Company G

Private James H. Williams (1844 - )

Enlisted from Glenns Falls, NY on 9 April 1863. He was 19 years old, single and working as a teamster.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

Private Thomas Younger of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Private Thomas Younger (1844 - )



Enlisted from Chatham, Canada on 9 April 1863. He was 19 years old, single and working as a butcher.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

Friday, January 12, 2018

Private Theodore Miller of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Return to Company G

Private Theodore Miller (1844 - )

Enlisted from Montgomery County, NY on 9 April 1863. He was 19, single and working as a teamster.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

Private Benjamin F. Lee of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Return to Company G

Private Benjamin Franklin Lee (1844 -)

Enlisted from South Scituate, MA on 10 December 1863. He was 19, single and working as a shoemaker.

Mustered out on 15 September 1865 in New York.

Monday, January 8, 2018

Sunday, January 7, 2018

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

Private William Haines (1844 - )

Enlisted from Schuylkill County, PA on 12 April 1863. He was 19, married and working as a boatman.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

Last known location: Atlantic City, NJ.

Possible grave in Vincentown Methodist Cemetery in Vincentown, NJ, engraved as "William D Haines 1844-1926" More research needed.

Private John Coleman of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Private John Coleman (1844 - ) WIA

Enlisted from Adrian, MI on 9 April 1863. He was 19 years old, married and working as a farmer.

Wounded on 18 July 1863 at Fort Wagner.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.