Pvt. Co. A. 31st Regiment of Maine Infantry Volunteers.
Enlisted for service in the Civil War:February 27, 1864
Captured at the Battle of Petersburg, Virginia: July 30, 1864
Transferred to Danville Prison, Virginia
Delivered to Aikens Landing: October 18, 1864
Taken to Annapolis, Maryland Hospital: October 20, 1864
Discharged from service: July 15, 1865 and returned to Bangor, Penabscot, Maine.
Contracted Tuberculosis and Chronic Dysentery while in prison and thus granted a full pension.
Pension file #173086 is noted from St. Paul, Minnesota Agency October 28, 1867. Pension is upgraded from $8.00 per month to $15.00 per month.
Cause of death: TB and complete failure of lungs.
Married to Lois J. Howard of Maine May 16, 1848 in Maine.
Lois J. Howard Couillard widow pension# 137.377, dated
March 20, 1869 Augusta Maine Agency.. One son born to them: George Roderick Couillard who died in 1897.
Son of Oliver Couillard 1797-1885 and Eleanor Avery 1801-1876. Both buried at Pilgrims Home Cemetery, Monroe Maine
Siblings:
Abner Lewis: 1820-1909
Adaline: 1824-
Lucy: 1827-1891
Eliza Jane: 1829-
Mary Ann: 1831-1861
Elvira: 1834-
Albert A. 1836-1912
Amanda M.: 1839-1839
Charles W.: 1840-1905
Malachi: 1843-1849
Enlisted for service in the Civil War:February 27, 1864
Captured at the Battle of Petersburg, Virginia: July 30, 1864
Transferred to Danville Prison, Virginia
Delivered to Aikens Landing: October 18, 1864
Taken to Annapolis, Maryland Hospital: October 20, 1864
Discharged from service: July 15, 1865 and returned to Bangor, Penabscot, Maine.
Contracted Tuberculosis and Chronic Dysentery while in prison and thus granted a full pension.
Pension file #173086 is noted from St. Paul, Minnesota Agency October 28, 1867. Pension is upgraded from $8.00 per month to $15.00 per month.
Cause of death: TB and complete failure of lungs.
Married to Lois J. Howard of Maine May 16, 1848 in Maine.
Lois J. Howard Couillard widow pension# 137.377, dated
March 20, 1869 Augusta Maine Agency.. One son born to them: George Roderick Couillard who died in 1897.
Son of Oliver Couillard 1797-1885 and Eleanor Avery 1801-1876. Both buried at Pilgrims Home Cemetery, Monroe Maine
Siblings:
Abner Lewis: 1820-1909
Adaline: 1824-
Lucy: 1827-1891
Eliza Jane: 1829-
Mary Ann: 1831-1861
Elvira: 1834-
Albert A. 1836-1912
Amanda M.: 1839-1839
Charles W.: 1840-1905
Malachi: 1843-1849
Pvt. Co. A. 31st Regiment of Maine Infantry Volunteers.
Enlisted for service in the Civil War:February 27, 1864
Captured at the Battle of Petersburg, Virginia: July 30, 1864
Transferred to Danville Prison, Virginia
Delivered to Aikens Landing: October 18, 1864
Taken to Annapolis, Maryland Hospital: October 20, 1864
Discharged from service: July 15, 1865 and returned to Bangor, Penabscot, Maine.
Contracted Tuberculosis and Chronic Dysentery while in prison and thus granted a full pension.
Pension file #173086 is noted from St. Paul, Minnesota Agency October 28, 1867. Pension is upgraded from $8.00 per month to $15.00 per month.
Cause of death: TB and complete failure of lungs.
Married to Lois J. Howard of Maine May 16, 1848 in Maine.
Lois J. Howard Couillard widow pension# 137.377, dated
March 20, 1869 Augusta Maine Agency.. One son born to them: George Roderick Couillard who died in 1897.
Son of Oliver Couillard 1797-1885 and Eleanor Avery 1801-1876. Both buried at Pilgrims Home Cemetery, Monroe Maine
Siblings:
Abner Lewis: 1820-1909
Adaline: 1824-
Lucy: 1827-1891
Eliza Jane: 1829-
Mary Ann: 1831-1861
Elvira: 1834-
Albert A. 1836-1912
Amanda M.: 1839-1839
Charles W.: 1840-1905
Malachi: 1843-1849
Enlisted for service in the Civil War:February 27, 1864
Captured at the Battle of Petersburg, Virginia: July 30, 1864
Transferred to Danville Prison, Virginia
Delivered to Aikens Landing: October 18, 1864
Taken to Annapolis, Maryland Hospital: October 20, 1864
Discharged from service: July 15, 1865 and returned to Bangor, Penabscot, Maine.
Contracted Tuberculosis and Chronic Dysentery while in prison and thus granted a full pension.
Pension file #173086 is noted from St. Paul, Minnesota Agency October 28, 1867. Pension is upgraded from $8.00 per month to $15.00 per month.
Cause of death: TB and complete failure of lungs.
Married to Lois J. Howard of Maine May 16, 1848 in Maine.
Lois J. Howard Couillard widow pension# 137.377, dated
March 20, 1869 Augusta Maine Agency.. One son born to them: George Roderick Couillard who died in 1897.
Son of Oliver Couillard 1797-1885 and Eleanor Avery 1801-1876. Both buried at Pilgrims Home Cemetery, Monroe Maine
Siblings:
Abner Lewis: 1820-1909
Adaline: 1824-
Lucy: 1827-1891
Eliza Jane: 1829-
Mary Ann: 1831-1861
Elvira: 1834-
Albert A. 1836-1912
Amanda M.: 1839-1839
Charles W.: 1840-1905
Malachi: 1843-1849
Bio by: Rachel Keller
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