Elijah might have lied about his age in order to enlist in the Union Army for the Civil War. He was born on January 14, 1844. He was right on the cusp of eligibility. That enlistment date and that birth date (from the Carver VRs, but unnamed Atwood) is 18 years, 1 month, 13 days.
Elijah served in the civil war. Enlisted in Company F, Massachusetts 32nd Infantry Regiment on 27 Feb 1862. Mustered out on 26 Feb 1865.
Massachusetts Vital Records 1841 - 1910, Deaths, year 1905, volume 93, page 285
Click here for Elijah's cenotaph. He was remembered at the Fall Brook Cemetery in Middleborough, MA.
Elijah served in the civil war. Enlisted in Company F, Massachusetts 32nd Infantry Regiment on 27 Feb 1862. Mustered out on 26 Feb 1865.
Massachusetts Vital Records 1841 - 1910, Deaths, year 1905, volume 93, page 285
Click here for Elijah's cenotaph. He was remembered at the Fall Brook Cemetery in Middleborough, MA.
Elijah might have lied about his age in order to enlist in the Union Army for the Civil War. He was born on January 14, 1844. He was right on the cusp of eligibility. That enlistment date and that birth date (from the Carver VRs, but unnamed Atwood) is 18 years, 1 month, 13 days.
Elijah served in the civil war. Enlisted in Company F, Massachusetts 32nd Infantry Regiment on 27 Feb 1862. Mustered out on 26 Feb 1865.
Massachusetts Vital Records 1841 - 1910, Deaths, year 1905, volume 93, page 285
Click here for Elijah's cenotaph. He was remembered at the Fall Brook Cemetery in Middleborough, MA.
Elijah served in the civil war. Enlisted in Company F, Massachusetts 32nd Infantry Regiment on 27 Feb 1862. Mustered out on 26 Feb 1865.
Massachusetts Vital Records 1841 - 1910, Deaths, year 1905, volume 93, page 285
Click here for Elijah's cenotaph. He was remembered at the Fall Brook Cemetery in Middleborough, MA.
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