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Potter, Augustus N.

Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation: Shoemaker
Enlist Date: 7/12/1861
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age: 24
Mustered In: 7/12/1861
Regiment: 15th Infantry F Co.

Mustered Out (or) Disch - Disability on 1/10/1862
Chronic bronchitis
On 7/28/1862, mustered back into F Co. 15th Infantry
Wounded 9/17/1862 at Antietam, MD (leg wd)
Wounded 7/2/1863 at Gettysburg, PA
Wounded 7/3/1863 at Gettysburg, PA
Wounded 11/27/1863 at Mine Run, VA (arm wd)
POW 6/22/1864 Petersburg, VA
Paroled 6/25/1864 (place not stated)
MO 7/28/1864 @ Worcester, MA as paroled prisoner
Born: 8/31/1836, Rindge, NH
Parents: Joseph & Beulah (Stimpson) Fisher
Married: 3/28/1857 in Ware, to Mary Sampson of Brookfield
Charter Member GAR Post #160 (Alanson Hamilton) WB
Died: 3/9/1918, West Brookfield
Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, WB

Powers, John L.

Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation: Shoemaker
Enlist Date: 9/16/1861
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age: 19
Mustered In: 9/16/1861
Regiment: 22nd Infantry G Co.

Mustered Out (Or): Date & method of Discharge not given
Listed as: Detached service 9/15/1864 (Place not stated)
No further record


Pratt, James M.

Residence: Worcester
Occupation: Mechanic
Enlist Date: 7/22/1862
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age: 33
Mustered In: 8/2/1862
Regiment: 34th Infantry I Co.

Mustered Out (Or): Disch - 5/7/1863 @ Upton's Hill VA
Born: 1829, Shutesbury, MA
Parents: Artemas & Ruth
Died: Mar/1897, Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, WB

Prouty, Edward U. *

Residence: Brookfield
Occupation: Shoemaker
Enlist Date: 2/7/1862
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age: 31
Mustered In: 2/10/1862

Regiment: 15th Infantry F Co.
Mustered Out (Or):  MWIA - 7/2/1863 @ Gettysburg, PA            Died:  7/15/1863 at Gettysburg, PA
Lived on Ragged Hill Road
Born in Leverett, MA., son of Isaac Prouty and Elizabeth              Married:  8/2/1852  Elizabeth Pierce/Peirce in Shutesbury, MA., daughter of Franklin and Asenath (Sanderson) Pierce

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Last modified: 10/28/2007