Showing posts with label 1863. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1863. Show all posts

Saturday, January 27, 2018

Private Paul Hamilton of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private Paul Hamilton (1844 - )



Enlisted from Pittsfield, MA on 21 December 1863. He was 19 years old, single and working as a farmer.

Transferred to Company A.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

His grave is at the Pittsfield Cemetery in Pittsfield, MA.

Thursday, January 25, 2018

Private Ira W. Gardiner of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private Ira W. Gardiner (1837 - )



Enlisted from Penn Yan, NY on 17 March 1863. He was 26 years old, single and working as a cook.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Private Stephen Henry Scisco of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Return to Company G

Private Stephen Henry Scisco (22 January 1841 - 21 March 1905)


Son of Fransis (also Francis) and Lucy (Norton) Sisco (also Scisco) who were married on 15 March 1838. Private Scisco had two sisters: Hannah Lucretia Sisco (14 April 1843 - ) and Lucy Ann Maria Sisco (22 July 1839 - .)

Enlisted from Mendon, MA on 15 December 1863. He was 22 years old, single and working as a farmer.

Mustered out on 20 August 1865.

Married Mary (Williams) Adkins, who was born in Newburn, NC.

His grave is at the Old Cemetery in Mendon, MA.

References

"Mendon, MA Vital Records to the Year 1850" compiled by Thomas W. Baldwin, The New England Historic Genealogical Society

"Mendon Marriages"

Sunday, January 7, 2018

Private Benjamin Grimmidge of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Private Benjamin Grimmidge's grave at Beaufort National Cemetery

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145592209

Private Benjamin Grimmidge of Canada (1845 - 15 November 1863) WIA

Enlisted from Canada on 9 April 1863. He was 18, married and working as a farmer.

Wounded on 18 July 1863 at Fort Wagner.

Died of his wounds on 15 November 1863.

His grave is in Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, South Carolina.


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

Private John Goodwin (1838 - 3 September 1863)

Enlisted from Fredericktown, MD on 20 April 1863. He was 25, single and working as a farmer.

Died 3 September 1863 of disease on Morris Island, South Carolina.

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

Private William Fowlis (1843 - 11 October 1863)

Enlisted from Champaign, OH on 14 April 1863. He was 20, single and working as a laborer.

Died on 11 October 1863 of disease at a Regional Hospital.

Private Josephus Curry of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Private Josephus Curry of Washington, PA (1843 - 18 July 1863) KIA

Enlisted from Washington, PA on 12 May 1863. He was 20, single and working as a farmer.

Killed on 18 July 1863 at Fort Wagner.

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

Return to Company G

Private Charles Clark (1845 - 21 July 1863) WIA

Enlisted from South Framingham, MA on 11 April 1863. He was 18 years old, single and working as a teamster.

Wounded on 18 July 1863 at Fort Wagner.

Died of his wounds 21 July 1863 at the General Hospital in Beaufort, South Carolina.

Private Lewis Anderson of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Private Lewis Anderson of Kentucky (1833 - 7 August 1863)
Private Lewis Anderson's grave at Beautfort National Cemetery
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2946974/lewis-anderson



Enlisted from Kentucky on 14 April 1863. He was 30, single and working as a farmer.

Wounded on 18 July 1863 at Fort Wagner.

Died of his wounds 7 August 1863 at the General Hospital in Beaufort, South Carolina.

His grave is in Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, South Carolina.