He re-enlisted in the Veteran Volunteers and was killed at Petersburg, Va, by Sharpshooters, September 30, 1864.Īlbert F. D, was mustered out at Blaine's Cross Roads, East Tennessee, December 31, 1863. D, died at Newbern, N C., of typhoid fever, April 19, 1862. Battery, died in the hospital in New Orleans of chronic diarrhea, September 21st, 1864. Whitney, private, died of fever at the hospital in Washington. Wood was drowned March 20th, 1862, while relieving guard on a dark, stormy night, on the banks of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. Sergeant George E Wilder, son of George Wilder, was shot in the head at the battle near Spottsylvania, and died May 17th, 1864.Ĭharles B. He was buried with military honors at Leominster, March 23d, 1864. He was wounded at Gettysburg, captured at Petersburg, taken to Andersonville, paroled, entered our lines exhausted by starvation, cold, and sickness, and died in a Baltimore hospital, March 19th, 1864. He dies of chronic diarrhea, December 10, 1863, at Fairfax hospital, Va. John Gould Snow, only son of Thomas S Snow, was at Ball's Bluff and in six other battles. Stevens was severely wounded, and died while being carried to the hospital. At Bristow Station, October 15th, 1863, after an hour's hard fighting, the enemy gave away but Capt. He was wounded in the foot at Savage Station, and in the leg, while supporting our batteries at Gettysburg. He was promoted 2d Lieutenant, 1st Lieutenant, and, July 4th, 1863, to Captain. He left a wife and four small children.Ĭapt. He went into his twelfth battle, Gettysburg, and was killed July 2d, 1863. He left space for one more, and wrote, that after one more battle, he should probably come home. Two years later, he sent his wife a beautifully wrought card with the names of the eleven hard fought battles in which he had been engaged. He procured a skiff, rowed it over amid the whistling of balls, took in his passengers, and landed them in safety. Rollins, after fighting bravely at Ball's Bluff, succeeded in crossing the river safely, but on looking back to the Virginia shore he saw some of his comrades, who were not yet taken prisoners. At Libby Prison he sickened and died of congestion of the lungs, November 25th, 1861. Lamb, son of Albert Lamb, was taken prisoner at Ball's Bluff. I would give more if I had it,' or words to that effect.'Ĭorporal Charles A. He could not have been drafted, yet so keen was his appreciation of the great interests at stake, that he is reported in the Worcester Spy to have said: 'Freedom is the same everywhere and I cheerfully give my life in its defense. Jorgensen had been in service in the campaigns of the Danish Army and was twice wounded while fighting the Prussians at Schleswig and Holstein once in the arm by a ball and on the head by a sabre. He was detailed to recruit, but afterwards promoted to Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, and October 28th, 1862, to Captain, in command of his old Company A, and was killed. At Ball's Bluff he was wounded in the right arm. Hans Peter Jorgensen, a native of Copenhagen, Denmark, enlisted as Orderly Sergeant. When our men went to bury the dead and remove the wounded, he was placed in the hospital at Sharpsburg, and removed September 25th, to the Patent Office hospital, where he died October 6th, 1862.Ĭapt. From Wednesday morning, September 17th, until Friday morning of the same week, he lay within enemy lines. Regardless of these wounds, he managed to keep the flag waving until the next guard took it. He received three balls the first passed through a limb, the second through his thigh, the third in his stomach. When exchanged he was in a weak and reduced condition, and had an attack of diphtheria, and died of suffocation from falling into a foul vault at the hospital, Fortress Monroe, August 6th, 1862.Ĭorporal Franklin Gardner was one of the 'color guard,' and at the battle of Antietam, September 17th, took up the colors from the third color bearer, who had been shot dead at his side. With only the floor for his bed, he received neither care nor medicine for twenty-seven days. Gallup, was taken sick with typhoid fever at Savage Station, left behind at Chickahominy, taken prisoner by the rebels, and confined in Libby Prison. He left a wife and two children, and was buried in Leominster with military honors. Front TabletĬorporal Andrew W Cowdrey, the first martyr from Leominster, was severely wounded at Ball's Bluff, October 21st, and died of his wounds, November 3rd, 1861, at Poolesville Hospital, Maryland shore. To the earnest and persistent efforts of the late James Bennett, Esq., in searching for information, we are indebted for the following facts in connection with each of the forty-eight soldiers whose names are inscribed on the Soldiers' Monument.

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