Caldwell, John Curtis b. April 17, 1833 d. August 31, 1912 Civil War Union Brigadier General. Born in Lowell, Vermont, he was an academic principal at the start of the Civil War, when he was elected Colonel of the 11th Maine Infantry Regiment, Union Army. During the Peninsula Campaign, he made quite a good impression on his superior officers and was promoted Brigadier General in April 1862. In command of a brigade in the Army of the Potomac, at age twenty-nine he was the youngest General at the Battle of Antietam. He went to command corps at the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Saint Stephen Rural Cemetery, Saint Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada
Young, Horatio Nelson b. July 19, 1845 d. July 3, 1913 Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Union Navy as a Seaman on board the “USS Lehigh”. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery on November 16, 1863 in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. His citation reads “He was involved during the hazardous task of freeing the Lehigh, which had grounded, and was under heavy enemy fire from Fort Moultrie. After several previous attempts had been made, Young succeeded in passing in a small boat from the Lehigh to the Nahant with a...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Saint Stephen Rural Cemetery, Saint Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada
b. April 17, 1833 d. August 31, 1912