Showing posts with label Chambersburg PA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chambersburg PA. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Corporal John Plowden of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Corporal John Plowden (1841* - )



Enlisted from Chambersburg, PA on 29 April 1863. He was 22 years old, single and working as a laborer.

Wounded 18 July 1863 at Fort Wagner.

Discharged 25 May 1865 from St. Andrews Parish, SC.

His grave is at Lebanon Cemetery in Chambersburg, PA.

* Birth year calculated from age given at enlistment.

Sunday, January 28, 2018

Private Andrew Meads of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private Andrew Meads (1842* - )



Enlisted from Chambersburg, PA on 16 March 1863. He was 21 years old, single and working as a laborer.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

* calculated from age at enlistment.

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

Private William Little (1845* - )



Enlisted from Chambersburg, PA on 25 March 1863. He was 18 years old, single and working as a butcher.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

* calculated from age at enlistment.

Saturday, January 27, 2018

Private Martin Gilman of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private Martin Gilman (1840 - 27 July 1863)


Enlisted from Chambersburg, PA on 29 April 1863. He was 23 years old, married and working as a farmer.

Wounded 18 July 1863 at Fort Wagner.

Died of his wounds on 27 July 1863 at the General Hospital at Beaufort, SC.

His grave is at the Beaufort National Cemetery in Beaufort, SC.