Son of Elijah Souther and Rebecca Souther; husband to Harriet N. Snow.
John and his family resided on Leavitt Street. His occupation was Cooper and Boxmaker.
The following is a paragraph taken from The Town of Hingham in the Late Civil War with sketches of its Soldiers and Sailors also the address and other exercises at the dedication of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, prepared by Fearing Burr and George Lincoln, published by order of the town, 1876, p. 215, in custody of Ronald Edward Lincoln, of Hanover, Massachusetts.
32nd Regiment
JOHN SPRAGUE SOUTHER
Born in Hingham, Jan 29, 1819
At the outbreak of the war he enlisted for three months in the Lincoln Light Infantry and left Hingham with this company on the afternoon of the 17th of April 1861. Entering service for the second time, he enlisted Jan. 20, 1862, in Co. A, of the Thirty-Second Regiment.
Unable to withstand continued exposure and the fatigue attending on frequent and protracted marches, his health continued to fail until he became entirely disabled. Six weeks were spent in the hospital at Washington, D.C.; and from this institution he was discharged for disability, Nov. 10, 1862.
Son of Elijah Souther and Rebecca Souther; husband to Harriet N. Snow.
John and his family resided on Leavitt Street. His occupation was Cooper and Boxmaker.
The following is a paragraph taken from The Town of Hingham in the Late Civil War with sketches of its Soldiers and Sailors also the address and other exercises at the dedication of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, prepared by Fearing Burr and George Lincoln, published by order of the town, 1876, p. 215, in custody of Ronald Edward Lincoln, of Hanover, Massachusetts.
32nd Regiment
JOHN SPRAGUE SOUTHER
Born in Hingham, Jan 29, 1819
At the outbreak of the war he enlisted for three months in the Lincoln Light Infantry and left Hingham with this company on the afternoon of the 17th of April 1861. Entering service for the second time, he enlisted Jan. 20, 1862, in Co. A, of the Thirty-Second Regiment.
Unable to withstand continued exposure and the fatigue attending on frequent and protracted marches, his health continued to fail until he became entirely disabled. Six weeks were spent in the hospital at Washington, D.C.; and from this institution he was discharged for disability, Nov. 10, 1862.
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