MANSFIELD W. HAMM
Private; Co. H; 20th ME Vols
Mansfield Hamm responded to the Union Conflict during the Civil War and President Lincoln's call for volunteers in July 1862 as a 19 year old farmer. He enlisted in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry, Company H, under the command of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.
His tentmate during the Civil War was fellow Hodgdon, Maine neighbor and friend Gustavus F. Walker.
Mansfield was wounded in his side and also had his thumb shot off at the Battle of Gettysburg in defense of Little Round Top; July 1-3, 1863. He was honorably mustered out and discharged on June 4, 1865.
After the war he returned to his farm in Hodgdon and married Hannah Clark (1842-1910) in December 1866. They started a family and had eight children.
'Mans' was a member of the Frank Hunter Post of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in Hodgdon, Maine.
He is memorialized in the book "Who Would Be a Soldier! The Boys of the 20th Maine" by Valerie M. Josephson.
Children:
Elizabeth S. Hamm (1869-?)
Katie W. Hamm (1870-?)
Mabel E. Hamm (1875-?)
Lucy C. Hamm (1878-?)
Fannie H. Hamm (1880-?)
Hannah L. Hamm (1882-?)
Charles Ambrose Hamm (1884-1966)
Lyman Mansfield Hamm (1886-1970)
Private; Co. H; 20th ME Vols
Mansfield Hamm responded to the Union Conflict during the Civil War and President Lincoln's call for volunteers in July 1862 as a 19 year old farmer. He enlisted in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry, Company H, under the command of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.
His tentmate during the Civil War was fellow Hodgdon, Maine neighbor and friend Gustavus F. Walker.
Mansfield was wounded in his side and also had his thumb shot off at the Battle of Gettysburg in defense of Little Round Top; July 1-3, 1863. He was honorably mustered out and discharged on June 4, 1865.
After the war he returned to his farm in Hodgdon and married Hannah Clark (1842-1910) in December 1866. They started a family and had eight children.
'Mans' was a member of the Frank Hunter Post of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in Hodgdon, Maine.
He is memorialized in the book "Who Would Be a Soldier! The Boys of the 20th Maine" by Valerie M. Josephson.
Children:
Elizabeth S. Hamm (1869-?)
Katie W. Hamm (1870-?)
Mabel E. Hamm (1875-?)
Lucy C. Hamm (1878-?)
Fannie H. Hamm (1880-?)
Hannah L. Hamm (1882-?)
Charles Ambrose Hamm (1884-1966)
Lyman Mansfield Hamm (1886-1970)
MANSFIELD W. HAMM
Private; Co. H; 20th ME Vols
Mansfield Hamm responded to the Union Conflict during the Civil War and President Lincoln's call for volunteers in July 1862 as a 19 year old farmer. He enlisted in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry, Company H, under the command of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.
His tentmate during the Civil War was fellow Hodgdon, Maine neighbor and friend Gustavus F. Walker.
Mansfield was wounded in his side and also had his thumb shot off at the Battle of Gettysburg in defense of Little Round Top; July 1-3, 1863. He was honorably mustered out and discharged on June 4, 1865.
After the war he returned to his farm in Hodgdon and married Hannah Clark (1842-1910) in December 1866. They started a family and had eight children.
'Mans' was a member of the Frank Hunter Post of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in Hodgdon, Maine.
He is memorialized in the book "Who Would Be a Soldier! The Boys of the 20th Maine" by Valerie M. Josephson.
Children:
Elizabeth S. Hamm (1869-?)
Katie W. Hamm (1870-?)
Mabel E. Hamm (1875-?)
Lucy C. Hamm (1878-?)
Fannie H. Hamm (1880-?)
Hannah L. Hamm (1882-?)
Charles Ambrose Hamm (1884-1966)
Lyman Mansfield Hamm (1886-1970)
Private; Co. H; 20th ME Vols
Mansfield Hamm responded to the Union Conflict during the Civil War and President Lincoln's call for volunteers in July 1862 as a 19 year old farmer. He enlisted in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry, Company H, under the command of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.
His tentmate during the Civil War was fellow Hodgdon, Maine neighbor and friend Gustavus F. Walker.
Mansfield was wounded in his side and also had his thumb shot off at the Battle of Gettysburg in defense of Little Round Top; July 1-3, 1863. He was honorably mustered out and discharged on June 4, 1865.
After the war he returned to his farm in Hodgdon and married Hannah Clark (1842-1910) in December 1866. They started a family and had eight children.
'Mans' was a member of the Frank Hunter Post of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in Hodgdon, Maine.
He is memorialized in the book "Who Would Be a Soldier! The Boys of the 20th Maine" by Valerie M. Josephson.
Children:
Elizabeth S. Hamm (1869-?)
Katie W. Hamm (1870-?)
Mabel E. Hamm (1875-?)
Lucy C. Hamm (1878-?)
Fannie H. Hamm (1880-?)
Hannah L. Hamm (1882-?)
Charles Ambrose Hamm (1884-1966)
Lyman Mansfield Hamm (1886-1970)
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