Captain. Veteran of the Civil War. Civil War Captain of Volunteers; Killed at Battle of Antietam, MD.
From page 106, Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College:
JOHN GRISWOLD was born in Old Lyme, Conn., April 24, 1837
After graduation, he remained at home until the Spring of 1858 From that time till December of the same year, he was employed as surveyor in Kansas. Returning again to his home, he remained for a little more than a year, and on January 3, 1860, he sailed from New London for Honolulu, to engage in business. He subsequently remained for six months, with a single Kanaka companion, on a Guano island in the Pacific, of which it was important to claim possession. He was at length taken off by a company of Chinamen and carried to San Francisco. At the outbreak of the rebellion, he hastened home and entered the national service as Captain of Co. A (should be I), 11th Connecticut Volunteers. He showed great boldness on the field of battle, and at Antietam, bravely gave up his life for his country.
[courtesy of Find A Grave Contributor: Charles Corbin]
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From page 106, Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College:
JOHN GRISWOLD was born in Old Lyme, Conn., April 24, 1837
After graduation, he remained at home until the Spring of 1858 From that time till December of the same year, he was employed as surveyor in Kansas. Returning again to his home, he remained for a little more than a year, and on January 3, 1860, he sailed from New London for Honolulu, to engage in business. He subsequently remained for six months, with a single Kanaka companion, on a Guano island in the Pacific, of which it was important to claim possession. He was at length taken off by a company of Chinamen and carried to San Francisco. At the outbreak of the rebellion, he hastened home and entered the national service as Captain of Co. A (should be I), 11th Connecticut Volunteers. He showed great boldness on the field of battle, and at Antietam, bravely gave up his life for his country.
[courtesy of Find A Grave Contributor: Charles Corbin]
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Captain. Veteran of the Civil War. Civil War Captain of Volunteers; Killed at Battle of Antietam, MD.
From page 106, Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College:
JOHN GRISWOLD was born in Old Lyme, Conn., April 24, 1837
After graduation, he remained at home until the Spring of 1858 From that time till December of the same year, he was employed as surveyor in Kansas. Returning again to his home, he remained for a little more than a year, and on January 3, 1860, he sailed from New London for Honolulu, to engage in business. He subsequently remained for six months, with a single Kanaka companion, on a Guano island in the Pacific, of which it was important to claim possession. He was at length taken off by a company of Chinamen and carried to San Francisco. At the outbreak of the rebellion, he hastened home and entered the national service as Captain of Co. A (should be I), 11th Connecticut Volunteers. He showed great boldness on the field of battle, and at Antietam, bravely gave up his life for his country.
[courtesy of Find A Grave Contributor: Charles Corbin]
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From page 106, Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College:
JOHN GRISWOLD was born in Old Lyme, Conn., April 24, 1837
After graduation, he remained at home until the Spring of 1858 From that time till December of the same year, he was employed as surveyor in Kansas. Returning again to his home, he remained for a little more than a year, and on January 3, 1860, he sailed from New London for Honolulu, to engage in business. He subsequently remained for six months, with a single Kanaka companion, on a Guano island in the Pacific, of which it was important to claim possession. He was at length taken off by a company of Chinamen and carried to San Francisco. At the outbreak of the rebellion, he hastened home and entered the national service as Captain of Co. A (should be I), 11th Connecticut Volunteers. He showed great boldness on the field of battle, and at Antietam, bravely gave up his life for his country.
[courtesy of Find A Grave Contributor: Charles Corbin]
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