Civil War Veteran - Enlisted on August 19, 1862, age 24, and mustered on August 19, 1862, into Company K, 17th Maine Infantry (Union). Enlistment Rank: Private; appointed Corporal, 1863; promoted to Sergeant, 1864.
The regiment was organized at Camp King, Cape Elizabeth, and mustered in on August 18, 1862. Left the State for Washington, D. C., August 21. Attached to Defenses of Washington to October 1862. Garrison duty in the Defenses of Washington August 23-October 7, 1862.
Battles, Skirmishes, and Engagements: Chancellorsville (Apr 30-May 6, 1863); Battle of Gettysburg (Jul 1-3, 1863); Battles of the Wilderness (May 5-7, 1864); Appomattox Campaign: Spotsylvania Court House (May 8-May 21, 1864).
Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Washington, D. C., May 1-15. Participated in the Grand Review of the Armies on May 23, 1865.
Mustered out on June 4, 1865, at Bailey's Cross Roads, Fairfax County, Virginia.
Invalid Pension filed on April 11, 1896 (Application No. 1,176,103 and Certificate No. 911,852). Widow Pension filed on December 30, 1914.
Source: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine; U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System; U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; GAR Dept of Massachusetts 1866-1947.
Civil War Veteran - Enlisted on August 19, 1862, age 24, and mustered on August 19, 1862, into Company K, 17th Maine Infantry (Union). Enlistment Rank: Private; appointed Corporal, 1863; promoted to Sergeant, 1864.
The regiment was organized at Camp King, Cape Elizabeth, and mustered in on August 18, 1862. Left the State for Washington, D. C., August 21. Attached to Defenses of Washington to October 1862. Garrison duty in the Defenses of Washington August 23-October 7, 1862.
Battles, Skirmishes, and Engagements: Chancellorsville (Apr 30-May 6, 1863); Battle of Gettysburg (Jul 1-3, 1863); Battles of the Wilderness (May 5-7, 1864); Appomattox Campaign: Spotsylvania Court House (May 8-May 21, 1864).
Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Washington, D. C., May 1-15. Participated in the Grand Review of the Armies on May 23, 1865.
Mustered out on June 4, 1865, at Bailey's Cross Roads, Fairfax County, Virginia.
Invalid Pension filed on April 11, 1896 (Application No. 1,176,103 and Certificate No. 911,852). Widow Pension filed on December 30, 1914.
Source: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine; U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System; U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; GAR Dept of Massachusetts 1866-1947.
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