Family history sources lists Joseph's birth date as November 3.* Transcripts of Vermont town records list it as November 12.
On August 16, 1861, Joseph enlisted for service during the Civil War. He mustered in on September 21 as a Sargeant, Company C, 4th Vermont Volunteers. He was discharged because of disability on May 10, 1862. He entered service again as a 1st Lieutenant in Company E of the 16th Vermont on September 1, 1862 and mustered out August 10, 1863.
Joseph's death was attributed to "disease contracted in the army."
The Vermont Historical Society library includes a collection of letters written by Joseph to his mother, sister, and friend Homer White.
*A Genealogical Record: Including Two Generations in Female Lines of Families Spelling Their Name Spofford, Spafford, Spafard and Spaford, Decendants of John Spofford and Elizabeth Scott, who Emigrated in 1638 from Yorkshire, England and Settled at Rowley, Essex Country, Mass and Settled at Rowley, Essex Country, Mass by Jeremiah Spofford, A. Mudge & son, 1888.
On August 16, 1861, Joseph enlisted for service during the Civil War. He mustered in on September 21 as a Sargeant, Company C, 4th Vermont Volunteers. He was discharged because of disability on May 10, 1862. He entered service again as a 1st Lieutenant in Company E of the 16th Vermont on September 1, 1862 and mustered out August 10, 1863.
Joseph's death was attributed to "disease contracted in the army."
The Vermont Historical Society library includes a collection of letters written by Joseph to his mother, sister, and friend Homer White.
*A Genealogical Record: Including Two Generations in Female Lines of Families Spelling Their Name Spofford, Spafford, Spafard and Spaford, Decendants of John Spofford and Elizabeth Scott, who Emigrated in 1638 from Yorkshire, England and Settled at Rowley, Essex Country, Mass and Settled at Rowley, Essex Country, Mass by Jeremiah Spofford, A. Mudge & son, 1888.
Family history sources lists Joseph's birth date as November 3.* Transcripts of Vermont town records list it as November 12.
On August 16, 1861, Joseph enlisted for service during the Civil War. He mustered in on September 21 as a Sargeant, Company C, 4th Vermont Volunteers. He was discharged because of disability on May 10, 1862. He entered service again as a 1st Lieutenant in Company E of the 16th Vermont on September 1, 1862 and mustered out August 10, 1863.
Joseph's death was attributed to "disease contracted in the army."
The Vermont Historical Society library includes a collection of letters written by Joseph to his mother, sister, and friend Homer White.
*A Genealogical Record: Including Two Generations in Female Lines of Families Spelling Their Name Spofford, Spafford, Spafard and Spaford, Decendants of John Spofford and Elizabeth Scott, who Emigrated in 1638 from Yorkshire, England and Settled at Rowley, Essex Country, Mass and Settled at Rowley, Essex Country, Mass by Jeremiah Spofford, A. Mudge & son, 1888.
On August 16, 1861, Joseph enlisted for service during the Civil War. He mustered in on September 21 as a Sargeant, Company C, 4th Vermont Volunteers. He was discharged because of disability on May 10, 1862. He entered service again as a 1st Lieutenant in Company E of the 16th Vermont on September 1, 1862 and mustered out August 10, 1863.
Joseph's death was attributed to "disease contracted in the army."
The Vermont Historical Society library includes a collection of letters written by Joseph to his mother, sister, and friend Homer White.
*A Genealogical Record: Including Two Generations in Female Lines of Families Spelling Their Name Spofford, Spafford, Spafard and Spaford, Decendants of John Spofford and Elizabeth Scott, who Emigrated in 1638 from Yorkshire, England and Settled at Rowley, Essex Country, Mass and Settled at Rowley, Essex Country, Mass by Jeremiah Spofford, A. Mudge & son, 1888.
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