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

Saturday, January 27, 2018

Private Peter Hopkins of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private Peter Hopkins (1843 - )



Enlisted from Philadelphia, PA on 21 March 1863. He was 20 years old, single and working as a waiter.

Wounded 18 July 1863 at Fort Wagner.

Wounded 20 February 1864 at Olustee, FL.

Discharged 1 July 1864 from Morris Island, SC.

Corporal Samuel Griffin of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Corporal Samuel Griffin (1841 - 1920)


Enlisted from Philadelphia, PA on 19 March 1863. He was 22 years old, married and working as a brickmaker.

Wounded 18 July 1863 at Fort Wagner.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

Private Alexander F. Green of Company D, Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry

Private Alexander F. Green (1822 - 19 March 1864)


Enlisted from Philadelphia, PA on 11 December 1863. He was 41 years old, single and working as a barber.

Died 19 March 1864 in the General Hospital at Beaufort, SC due to diarrhea.

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

Thursday, January 25, 2018

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

Private John Firman (1841 - )



Enlisted from Philadelphia, PA on 19 March 1863. He was 21 years old, single and working as a shoemaker.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.