Theodore enlisted Company H of the 20th Maine Regiment when he was just 16 years old. He was with the regiment from its founding in 1862 through its mustering out in 1865 except for the summer of 1863 when he was sick in a hospital in Philadelphia and in 1864 when he was recovering from a wound suffered in The Wilderness. After the war he wrote several books including "Army Life: A Private's Reminiscences of the Civil War" which is the only history of his famous regiment written by a member of it.
After the Civil War, he became a minister before moving to the Dakota's where he became wealthy through land speculating. He died in Tennessee in 1923.
After the Civil War, he became a minister before moving to the Dakota's where he became wealthy through land speculating. He died in Tennessee in 1923.
Theodore enlisted Company H of the 20th Maine Regiment when he was just 16 years old. He was with the regiment from its founding in 1862 through its mustering out in 1865 except for the summer of 1863 when he was sick in a hospital in Philadelphia and in 1864 when he was recovering from a wound suffered in The Wilderness. After the war he wrote several books including "Army Life: A Private's Reminiscences of the Civil War" which is the only history of his famous regiment written by a member of it.
After the Civil War, he became a minister before moving to the Dakota's where he became wealthy through land speculating. He died in Tennessee in 1923.
After the Civil War, he became a minister before moving to the Dakota's where he became wealthy through land speculating. He died in Tennessee in 1923.
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