Showing posts with label Boston MA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boston MA. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

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

Private William Lloyd (1838* - 18 July 1863)



Enlisted from Boston, MA on 18 March 1863. He was 25 years old, single and working as a seaman.

Killed in Action 18 July 1863 at Fort Wagner.

* calculated from age at enlistment.

Saturday, January 27, 2018

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

Private John Henderson (1840 - )



Enlisted from Boston, MA on 9 December 1863. He was 23 years old, married and working as a cook.

Wounded 20 February 1864 at Olustee, FL.

Discharged 1 April 1865 from Beaufort, SC.

Sunday, January 21, 2018

Private George E. Coburn of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private George E. Coburn (1822 - )



Enlisted from Boston, MA on 13 March 1865. He was 41 years old and working as a laborer.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

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

Private William Butler (1841 - )



Enlisted from Boston, MA on 10 October 1863. He was 22 years old, single and working as a farmer.

Wounded 30 November 1864 at Honey Hill, SC.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

Last known location: Princeton, IN

Private Caleb J. Boss of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private Caleb J. Boss (1846 - )



Enlisted from Boston, MA on 18 February 1865. He was 19 years old and working as a seaman.

Discharged June 1865 from Georgetown, SC.

Captain Thomas Larkin Appleton of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Captain Thomas Larkin Appleton (14 October 1841 - )


He was single and working as a salesman in Boston, MA when he enlisted.

Also served in Massachusetts 16th, Company C in 1861 as General Alexander Schimmelfennig's staff.

Promoted to Second Lieutenant on 19 February 1863. Mustered out 27 February 1863.

Promoted to First Lieutenant on 24 May 1863. Mustered out 21 August 1863.

Promoted to Captain 26 January 1864. Mustered out 30 March 1864.

Discharged 20 August 1865.

Last known location: Chelsea, MA.

First Lieutenant David Reid of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

First Lieutenant David Reid (1829 - 30 November 1864)


Served as Commissary Sergeant for Massachusetts 11th, Company F in 1861.

He was married and working as a bookkeeper when he enlisted into the MA 54th from Boston, MA.

Promoted to Second Lieutenant 17 April 1863. Promoted to First Lieutenant 19 July 1863.

Served as Acting Regional Quartermaster in March and October of 1864.

Killed in Action on 30 November 1864 at Honey Hill, SC.

Tuesday, January 16, 2018