Showing posts with label POW. Show all posts
Showing posts with label POW. Show all posts

Saturday, January 27, 2018

Private Isaac S. Hawkins of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private Isaac S. Hawkins (1834 - )



Enlisted from Medina, NY on 12 December 1863. He was 29 years old, married and working as a sailor.

Captured and imprisioned 20 Februrary 1864 at Olustee, FL. Exchanged 4 March 1865 at Goldsboro, NC.

Discharged 20 June 1865 from Annapolis, MD.

Sunday, January 21, 2018

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

Private George E. Cogswell (1845 - 17 June 1864)



Enlisted from Laconia, NH on 19 March 1863. He was 18 years old, single and working as a farmer.

Died in prison on 17 June 1864 in Charleston, SC.

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Private George H. Stewart of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Return to Company G

Private George H. Stewart (1828 - ) POW

Enlisted from Watertown, NY on 9 April 1863. He was 35, married and working as a seaman.

Captured on 20 February 1864 at Olustee, FL.

Exchanged on 4 March 1865 at Goldsboro, NC.

Discharged on 7 October 1865 at the General Hospital in Alexandria, VA.

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.

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Private Edward Johnson of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Return to Company G

Private Edward Johnson (1830 - ) WIA, POW


Enlisted from Evansville, IN on 25 July 1863. He was 33, single and working as a laborer.

Wounded and imprisoned on 20 February 1864 at Olustee, FL.

Discharged 16 July 1865 from Beaufort, SC.

Monday, January 8, 2018

Private Horace Jackson of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Return to Company G

Private Horace Jackson of Glens Falls, NY (1834 - 5 September 1905) WIA, POW

Enlisted from Glens Falls, NY on 9 April 1863. He was 29, single and working as a laborer.

Wounded and imprisoned on 20 February 1864 at Olustee, FL.

Discharged 3 June 1865 in St. Andrews Parish, SC.

Sunday, January 7, 2018

Private Hill Harris of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Private Hill Harris (1837 - 30 January 1922) WIA, POW

Enlisted from Jackson, LA on 9 April 1863. He was 26, married and working as a farmer.

Wounded and imprisoned on 30 November 1864 at Honey Hill, SC.

He spent 146 days as a Prisoner of War and was released from prison on 25 April 1865.

Mustered out 30 September 1865 in Boston, MA.

His grave is in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA.