Private, Co. A, 18th Massachusetts Infantry
1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac
The son of Caleb and Betsey Spooner and husband of Mary A. Dexter, who he married in Acushnet, MA on March 1, 1864, while on a veteran's furlough after re-enlisting in the army.
Francis was a 17 year-old Teamster from New Bedford, MA, when he enlisted on August 7, 1862 and was mustered that same day into the 18th Massachusetts. He was engaged in the 1862 battle of Fredericksburg and in 1863 at Chancellorsville and Rappahannock Station. He re-enlisted for three years service with the 18th on Jan. 1, 1864. Taken prisoner at the Battle of the Wilderness on May 5, 1864, he died of Chronic Diarrhea and Dysentery at Andersonville on August 3, 1864.
Listed on the Roll of Honor, New Bedford City Council list of residents who were killed or died during the Civil War. Per order of the New Bedford, Mass City Council, May, 1869.
1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac
The son of Caleb and Betsey Spooner and husband of Mary A. Dexter, who he married in Acushnet, MA on March 1, 1864, while on a veteran's furlough after re-enlisting in the army.
Francis was a 17 year-old Teamster from New Bedford, MA, when he enlisted on August 7, 1862 and was mustered that same day into the 18th Massachusetts. He was engaged in the 1862 battle of Fredericksburg and in 1863 at Chancellorsville and Rappahannock Station. He re-enlisted for three years service with the 18th on Jan. 1, 1864. Taken prisoner at the Battle of the Wilderness on May 5, 1864, he died of Chronic Diarrhea and Dysentery at Andersonville on August 3, 1864.
Listed on the Roll of Honor, New Bedford City Council list of residents who were killed or died during the Civil War. Per order of the New Bedford, Mass City Council, May, 1869.
Private, Co. A, 18th Massachusetts Infantry
1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac
The son of Caleb and Betsey Spooner and husband of Mary A. Dexter, who he married in Acushnet, MA on March 1, 1864, while on a veteran's furlough after re-enlisting in the army.
Francis was a 17 year-old Teamster from New Bedford, MA, when he enlisted on August 7, 1862 and was mustered that same day into the 18th Massachusetts. He was engaged in the 1862 battle of Fredericksburg and in 1863 at Chancellorsville and Rappahannock Station. He re-enlisted for three years service with the 18th on Jan. 1, 1864. Taken prisoner at the Battle of the Wilderness on May 5, 1864, he died of Chronic Diarrhea and Dysentery at Andersonville on August 3, 1864.
Listed on the Roll of Honor, New Bedford City Council list of residents who were killed or died during the Civil War. Per order of the New Bedford, Mass City Council, May, 1869.
1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac
The son of Caleb and Betsey Spooner and husband of Mary A. Dexter, who he married in Acushnet, MA on March 1, 1864, while on a veteran's furlough after re-enlisting in the army.
Francis was a 17 year-old Teamster from New Bedford, MA, when he enlisted on August 7, 1862 and was mustered that same day into the 18th Massachusetts. He was engaged in the 1862 battle of Fredericksburg and in 1863 at Chancellorsville and Rappahannock Station. He re-enlisted for three years service with the 18th on Jan. 1, 1864. Taken prisoner at the Battle of the Wilderness on May 5, 1864, he died of Chronic Diarrhea and Dysentery at Andersonville on August 3, 1864.
Listed on the Roll of Honor, New Bedford City Council list of residents who were killed or died during the Civil War. Per order of the New Bedford, Mass City Council, May, 1869.
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