Gilbert, Alfred W.

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Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation: Shoemaker
Enlist Date: 7/22/1864
Enlist Rank: Priv
Age: 20
Mustered In: 7/22/1864
Regiment: 42nd Infantry E Co.

Mustered Out: MO (or) MO 11/11/1864
Born: 1/22/1844, West Brookfield, MA
Parents: Alfred A. & Caroline M.
Member of GAR Post #160 (Alanson Hamilton) in West Brookfield
Died: 10/3/1920;
Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, WB

Gilbert, Barnard R.

Residence: West Brookfield
Enlist Date: 11/1863
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age: 30
Mustered In: 11/10/1863
Regiment: Brig. Band US Vols

Mustered Out (Or): Transferred 9/1864
To: 1st Brigade, 1st Div., 6th Corp A. C. Reg Army Disch - 6/28/1865, from Regular Army
Pension: Filed in 1900, MA Charter member of GAR Post #160 (Alanson Hamilton) West Brookfield
Born: 1/10/1833
Parents: Coleman & Dorothy Morse
Died: 10/29/1900
Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, WB

Gilbert, George H. *

Residence: Worcester
Occupation: Mechanic
Enlist Date: 7/21/1862
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age: 22
Mustered In: 7/31/1862
Regiment: 34th Infantry I Co.

Mustered Out (Or):
Died - Wounds 5/4/1865 @ Fort Monroe, VA
Born: 7/16/1840 West Brookfield
Parents: Coleman & Dorothy Morse
Brother: Barnard R.
Promotion: Corporal
Wounded: 9/19/1864 at Winchester, VA Mortally
wounded: 4/2/1865 at Petersburg, VA.
Buried: National Cemetery, Hampton, VA. & Pine Grove, W.B.

Gilbert, Harvey *

Residence: Worcester
Occupation: Farmer
Enlist Date: 7/24/1862
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age: 18
Mustered In: 7/31/1862
Regiment: 34th Infantry I Co.

Mustered Out (Or): Killed - 6/5/1864 @ Piedmont, VA
Born: 4/15/1844, West Brookfield

Gilbert, Herman J. *

Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation: Bootmaker
Enlist Date: 7/11/7864
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age: 21
Mustered In: 7/15/1864
Regiment: 42nd Infantry F Co.

Mustered Out (Or): Died - Disease on 9/23/1864 @ Alexandria, VA Died of typhoid fever at 3rd Div Gen'l Hospital
Born: Apr/1843 in West Brookfield
Parents: George H. Gilbert & Marcia A. Gilbert

Gilbert, Lyman W.

Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation: Farmer
Enlist Date: 7/12/1861
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age: 26
Mustered In: 7/12/1861
Regiment: 15th Infantry D Co.

Mustered Out (Or): Disch - Disability on 4/16/1862
Mustered-in at Camp Scott, Worcester, MA.,
Born: Feb/1835, in West Brookfield
Parents: Parker Gilbert & Mary Fairbanks
Description: hazel eyes, 5' 5-3/4" tall, dark hair
Fought at Balls Bluff and swam the Potomac following the rout, was either wounded or suffered from afflictions due to his swim (near drowning).
Was in Poolesville Hospital in March and April of 1862. Was unable to return to duty & was discharged from Columbian College Hospital, Washington, DC.
Went to Worcester following discharge from Hospital in May of 1862. Discharge documents signed & approved by E. A. Abadia, Surg., USA Certified by Joseph M. Bates Surgeon of the 15th Regt MA. That Lyman Gilbert as a faithful and efficient soldier as of Oct. 21, 1861, at which time he swam the Potomac River in escaping from "Ball's Bluff".
Found on 1880 Census in Sudbury, MA., age 45, a farmer

Gilbert, Martin J.

Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation: Farmer
Enlist Date: 8/30/1861
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age: 24
Mustered In: 8/30/1861
Regiment: 20th Infantry K Co.

Mustered Out (Or): Disch - Disability on 12/15/1861
Born: 8/15/1837 Related to Lucius Truesdell

Gleason, Charles A. *

Residence: Leicester
Occupation: Mechanic
Enlist Date: 7/12/1861
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age: 23
Mustered In: 7/12/1861
Regiment: 15th Infantry D Co.

Mustered Out (Or): Died - POW 11/8/1864 @ Andersonville, GA
Born: Leicester, MA
Missing 9/17/1862 at Antietam, MD Wounded 5/15/1864 & POW (place not stated) According to POW Records for Andersonville he was Captured at Petersburg, VA.
Date of capture: 6/22/1864

 

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