Silas worked before the Civil War as a seaman. He enlisted from Belfast, Maine as a Private in Company "C", 1st Maine Cavalry on 11 February 1864. He was wounded at the Second Battle of Reams Station, Virginia on 25 August 1864, when a horse fell on him, resulting in limited use of his left arm for the rest of his life. (His father Alexander had served in Company "G", 22nd Maine Infantry, and died in 1863 from service-related illness.)
Silas was transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Veterans Reserve Corps (VRC) on 29 April 1865, and was finally discharged from service on 15 October 1865 in Washington, D.C. Before 1900, he had moved to West Virginia, and by 1910 had settled in Giles County, Virginia. After the War he worked as a "saw setter", often traveling for months at a time.
He was married three times, first to Susannah Jackson in Northumberland, New Hampshire on 12 September 1884; second to Mary Elizabeth Hayes in Stark, New Hampshire on 27 May 1888; and third to Nellie Grace Banes in Pulaski, Virginia on 25 March 1907. He and Nellie had five children: Leonard, Mary, Lula, Ida and Hazel. Hazel, when she died in November 2014, was the last "Real Child" of a Union soldier in Virginia.
Silas was transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Veterans Reserve Corps (VRC) on 29 April 1865, and was finally discharged from service on 15 October 1865 in Washington, D.C. Before 1900, he had moved to West Virginia, and by 1910 had settled in Giles County, Virginia. After the War he worked as a "saw setter", often traveling for months at a time.
He was married three times, first to Susannah Jackson in Northumberland, New Hampshire on 12 September 1884; second to Mary Elizabeth Hayes in Stark, New Hampshire on 27 May 1888; and third to Nellie Grace Banes in Pulaski, Virginia on 25 March 1907. He and Nellie had five children: Leonard, Mary, Lula, Ida and Hazel. Hazel, when she died in November 2014, was the last "Real Child" of a Union soldier in Virginia.
Silas worked before the Civil War as a seaman. He enlisted from Belfast, Maine as a Private in Company "C", 1st Maine Cavalry on 11 February 1864. He was wounded at the Second Battle of Reams Station, Virginia on 25 August 1864, when a horse fell on him, resulting in limited use of his left arm for the rest of his life. (His father Alexander had served in Company "G", 22nd Maine Infantry, and died in 1863 from service-related illness.)
Silas was transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Veterans Reserve Corps (VRC) on 29 April 1865, and was finally discharged from service on 15 October 1865 in Washington, D.C. Before 1900, he had moved to West Virginia, and by 1910 had settled in Giles County, Virginia. After the War he worked as a "saw setter", often traveling for months at a time.
He was married three times, first to Susannah Jackson in Northumberland, New Hampshire on 12 September 1884; second to Mary Elizabeth Hayes in Stark, New Hampshire on 27 May 1888; and third to Nellie Grace Banes in Pulaski, Virginia on 25 March 1907. He and Nellie had five children: Leonard, Mary, Lula, Ida and Hazel. Hazel, when she died in November 2014, was the last "Real Child" of a Union soldier in Virginia.
Silas was transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Veterans Reserve Corps (VRC) on 29 April 1865, and was finally discharged from service on 15 October 1865 in Washington, D.C. Before 1900, he had moved to West Virginia, and by 1910 had settled in Giles County, Virginia. After the War he worked as a "saw setter", often traveling for months at a time.
He was married three times, first to Susannah Jackson in Northumberland, New Hampshire on 12 September 1884; second to Mary Elizabeth Hayes in Stark, New Hampshire on 27 May 1888; and third to Nellie Grace Banes in Pulaski, Virginia on 25 March 1907. He and Nellie had five children: Leonard, Mary, Lula, Ida and Hazel. Hazel, when she died in November 2014, was the last "Real Child" of a Union soldier in Virginia.
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