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George Abbott

Residence: Credited Boston
Enlist Date:5/19/1863
Age:28
Mustered In: Boston
Regiment: US Navy

Mustered Out: Discharged 6/20/1864 as Landsman from Ship "Savannah"
"Served on Ohio", "USS Iron Age", "Release"
Born:4/19/1835
Parents: James and Azuba Ruggles of Hardwick

George E. Adams *

Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation: Farmer
Enlist Date:7/19/1862
Enlist Rank: Private
Age:18
Mustered In:7/31/1862
Regiment:34th Infantry I Co

Mustered Out: Killed 5/15/1864 @ New Market, VA
Pension: Mother Frances P. applied 6/15/1869
Born:3/5/1844
Parents: Benjamin & Frances P. Holmes
Brothers: John W. & William L.

John W. Adams

Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation: Mechanic
Enlist Date:7/19/1862
Enlist Rank: Corp'l
Age:23
Mustered In:7/31/1862
Regiment:34th Infantry I Co.
 

Mustered Out: Disch - wounds 4/19/1865 @ Worcester MA
Pension: He applied 5/3/1865
Born:9/1/1838 in North Brookfield
Parents: Benjamin & Frances P. Holmes
Listed As: POW 5/15/1864 at New Market, VA (Paroled)
Wounded:5/15/1864 at New Market, VA (where brother George E. was killed)
Died:2/13/1913
Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, WB

Joseph P. Adams

Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation: Carpenter
Enlist Date:7/23/1861
Enlist Rank: Musician
Age:39
Mustered In:7/23/1861
Regiment:21st Infantry C Co.,
36th Infantry K Co,.
56th Infantry H Co.
Relisted:1/1/1864

Mustered Out: Transferred out on 10/21/1864
Transferred out on 6/8/1865
MO 7/12/1865 @ Alexandria, VA
Pension: He applied 7/9/1890
Born:1822

William L. Adams *

Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation: Farmer
Enlist Date:7/12/1861
Enlist Rank: Corp'l.
Age:21
Mustered In:7/12/1861
Regiment:15th Infantry F Co.

Mustered Out: Died of wounds 11/7/1862 @ Smoketown, MD
Born:3/5/1840 in West Brookfield
Parents: Benjamin & Frances P. Holmes
Listed As: Missing 10/21/1861 at Ball's Bluff, VA
Wounded:9/17/1862 at Antietam, MD
Died:11/7/1862
Buried:  Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, MD
Gravesite:#980
Also Pine Grove Cemetery WB; Sec. N2. Lot 33

Elbridge B. Ainsworth

Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation: Mechanic
Enlist Date:7/25/1862
Enlist Rank: Private
Age:25
Mustered In:7/31/1862
Regiment:34th Infantry I Co.

Mustered Out: Disch 5/23/1863 @ Upton's Hill, VA
Pension: He applied on 5/8/1879 - Widow Carrie A. applied 12/6/1881
Born:3/26/1837
Parents: Emory R & Clarissa A.

Charles H. Allen

Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation: Mechanic
Enlist Date:7/25/1862
Enlist Rank: Private
Age:26
Mustered In:7/31/1862
Regiment:34th Infantry I Co.

Mustered Out: Discharged-disability 1/14/1863 @ Fort Lyon, VA
Pension: He applied 6/22/1880 in MA - Widow Frances T. applied 7/25/1892 in CT

Leonard F. Alexander *

Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation: Shoemaker
Enlist Date:4/19/1861
Enlist Rank: Private
Age:21
Mustered In:5/19/1861
Regiment:3rd Rifles, Battery B
21st Infantry F Co.
Promoted to Sergeant 8/19/1861 (as of Co. F 21st MA Inf)

Mustered Out: 8/3/1861
Wounded:6/17/1864 Petersburg, VA
Died:6/29/1864 Petersburg, VA

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Last Modified: February 8, 2002