Civil War Veteran
Private, Co. E, 18th Massachusetts Infantry
Sergeant, Co. C, 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
Horace E. Sampson was the son of Eden and Lydia (Soule) Sampson.
He was a 15 year-old Student from Duxbury, MA, when he enlisted in that town on May 23, 1861 and was mustered into the 18th Mass. Infantry on August 24, 1861 as a Private in Co. E.
Horace was engaged with his Regiment in 1862 in the Peninsula Campaign, including the Siege of Yorktown. He was captured and taken prisoner at Gaines Mills, VA on June 28, 1862 and held as a Prisoner of War at Belle Island, Richmond, VA until his release on August 6, 1862. Horace was sent on board a hospital transport at Harrisons Landing on Aug. 14, 1862 for medical treatment. He was discharged due to disability, caused by lameness of his left leg, at Fort Monroe, VA on Dec. 25, 1862.
Horace enlisted again for military service and was mustered into Co. C, 2nd Regt. Mass. Heavy Artillery as a Private on May 4, 1863 and did duty in North Carolina. He was honorably discharged as a Sergeant at Boston on Sept. 3, 1865.
Following his military service Horace resided at Duxbury for 7 years, Rockland for 7 years, and Hull, MA from about 1880, where he was employed as a Stableman. He was 27 when he married 16-year-old Mary Cushman, the daughter of David and Mary W., at Duxbury, MA on Dec. 12, 1872. They were the parents of one child, Camilla, born Sept. 20, 1879.
He applied for an Invalid pension on Dec. 1, 1890 and received initial benefits of $12.00 per month due to disabilities caused by malarial poisoning and ulceration of the left leg. He died of Arteriosclerosis and multiple ulcers of legs, at Hull, MA on Sept. 19, 1917 and was interred at Hull Village Cemetery.
His wife Mary applied for a Widow's pension on Oct. 25, 1917 and was issued benefits of $25.00 per month. She died of a Cerebral Hemorrhage at the home of her daughter Camilla Quint in Hull on Feb. 10, 1932.
Private, Co. E, 18th Massachusetts Infantry
Sergeant, Co. C, 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
Horace E. Sampson was the son of Eden and Lydia (Soule) Sampson.
He was a 15 year-old Student from Duxbury, MA, when he enlisted in that town on May 23, 1861 and was mustered into the 18th Mass. Infantry on August 24, 1861 as a Private in Co. E.
Horace was engaged with his Regiment in 1862 in the Peninsula Campaign, including the Siege of Yorktown. He was captured and taken prisoner at Gaines Mills, VA on June 28, 1862 and held as a Prisoner of War at Belle Island, Richmond, VA until his release on August 6, 1862. Horace was sent on board a hospital transport at Harrisons Landing on Aug. 14, 1862 for medical treatment. He was discharged due to disability, caused by lameness of his left leg, at Fort Monroe, VA on Dec. 25, 1862.
Horace enlisted again for military service and was mustered into Co. C, 2nd Regt. Mass. Heavy Artillery as a Private on May 4, 1863 and did duty in North Carolina. He was honorably discharged as a Sergeant at Boston on Sept. 3, 1865.
Following his military service Horace resided at Duxbury for 7 years, Rockland for 7 years, and Hull, MA from about 1880, where he was employed as a Stableman. He was 27 when he married 16-year-old Mary Cushman, the daughter of David and Mary W., at Duxbury, MA on Dec. 12, 1872. They were the parents of one child, Camilla, born Sept. 20, 1879.
He applied for an Invalid pension on Dec. 1, 1890 and received initial benefits of $12.00 per month due to disabilities caused by malarial poisoning and ulceration of the left leg. He died of Arteriosclerosis and multiple ulcers of legs, at Hull, MA on Sept. 19, 1917 and was interred at Hull Village Cemetery.
His wife Mary applied for a Widow's pension on Oct. 25, 1917 and was issued benefits of $25.00 per month. She died of a Cerebral Hemorrhage at the home of her daughter Camilla Quint in Hull on Feb. 10, 1932.
Civil War Veteran
Private, Co. E, 18th Massachusetts Infantry
Sergeant, Co. C, 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
Horace E. Sampson was the son of Eden and Lydia (Soule) Sampson.
He was a 15 year-old Student from Duxbury, MA, when he enlisted in that town on May 23, 1861 and was mustered into the 18th Mass. Infantry on August 24, 1861 as a Private in Co. E.
Horace was engaged with his Regiment in 1862 in the Peninsula Campaign, including the Siege of Yorktown. He was captured and taken prisoner at Gaines Mills, VA on June 28, 1862 and held as a Prisoner of War at Belle Island, Richmond, VA until his release on August 6, 1862. Horace was sent on board a hospital transport at Harrisons Landing on Aug. 14, 1862 for medical treatment. He was discharged due to disability, caused by lameness of his left leg, at Fort Monroe, VA on Dec. 25, 1862.
Horace enlisted again for military service and was mustered into Co. C, 2nd Regt. Mass. Heavy Artillery as a Private on May 4, 1863 and did duty in North Carolina. He was honorably discharged as a Sergeant at Boston on Sept. 3, 1865.
Following his military service Horace resided at Duxbury for 7 years, Rockland for 7 years, and Hull, MA from about 1880, where he was employed as a Stableman. He was 27 when he married 16-year-old Mary Cushman, the daughter of David and Mary W., at Duxbury, MA on Dec. 12, 1872. They were the parents of one child, Camilla, born Sept. 20, 1879.
He applied for an Invalid pension on Dec. 1, 1890 and received initial benefits of $12.00 per month due to disabilities caused by malarial poisoning and ulceration of the left leg. He died of Arteriosclerosis and multiple ulcers of legs, at Hull, MA on Sept. 19, 1917 and was interred at Hull Village Cemetery.
His wife Mary applied for a Widow's pension on Oct. 25, 1917 and was issued benefits of $25.00 per month. She died of a Cerebral Hemorrhage at the home of her daughter Camilla Quint in Hull on Feb. 10, 1932.
Private, Co. E, 18th Massachusetts Infantry
Sergeant, Co. C, 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
Horace E. Sampson was the son of Eden and Lydia (Soule) Sampson.
He was a 15 year-old Student from Duxbury, MA, when he enlisted in that town on May 23, 1861 and was mustered into the 18th Mass. Infantry on August 24, 1861 as a Private in Co. E.
Horace was engaged with his Regiment in 1862 in the Peninsula Campaign, including the Siege of Yorktown. He was captured and taken prisoner at Gaines Mills, VA on June 28, 1862 and held as a Prisoner of War at Belle Island, Richmond, VA until his release on August 6, 1862. Horace was sent on board a hospital transport at Harrisons Landing on Aug. 14, 1862 for medical treatment. He was discharged due to disability, caused by lameness of his left leg, at Fort Monroe, VA on Dec. 25, 1862.
Horace enlisted again for military service and was mustered into Co. C, 2nd Regt. Mass. Heavy Artillery as a Private on May 4, 1863 and did duty in North Carolina. He was honorably discharged as a Sergeant at Boston on Sept. 3, 1865.
Following his military service Horace resided at Duxbury for 7 years, Rockland for 7 years, and Hull, MA from about 1880, where he was employed as a Stableman. He was 27 when he married 16-year-old Mary Cushman, the daughter of David and Mary W., at Duxbury, MA on Dec. 12, 1872. They were the parents of one child, Camilla, born Sept. 20, 1879.
He applied for an Invalid pension on Dec. 1, 1890 and received initial benefits of $12.00 per month due to disabilities caused by malarial poisoning and ulceration of the left leg. He died of Arteriosclerosis and multiple ulcers of legs, at Hull, MA on Sept. 19, 1917 and was interred at Hull Village Cemetery.
His wife Mary applied for a Widow's pension on Oct. 25, 1917 and was issued benefits of $25.00 per month. She died of a Cerebral Hemorrhage at the home of her daughter Camilla Quint in Hull on Feb. 10, 1932.
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