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Civil War Soldiers Buried in West Brookfield

Cunningham, Michael

Residence: Not listed
Occupation: Not listed
Enlist Date: 4/24/1861
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age: 18
Mustered In: 5/14/1861
Regiment: NY 3rd Infantry H Co.

Mustered Out (or) Disch - 2/8/1862
Enlisted at Oswego, NY
Married Eliza O'Neil
Buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery, West Brookfield, MA

DeLand, Carlton M.

Residence: North Brookfield
Occupation: Printer
Enlist Date: 7/12/1861
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age: 22
Mustered In: 7/12/1861
Regiment: 15th Infantry F Co.
Mustered Out (Or): Transferred Out 7/12/1864
Re-enlisted 3/31/1864 as 1st Sergeant
On 7/12/1864, he mustered into 20th Infantry E Co.
MO 7/16/1865 @ Washington, DC
Promoted: Corporal 4/9/1863
Promoted: Sergt, 5/15/1863, 1st Sergt, 1/17/1864
Promoted: 1st Lieut, 5/11/1864
Missing 10/21/1861 Ball's Bluff, VA
Wounded 7/2/1863 Gettysburg, PA (As Sergt)
POW 6/22/1864 Petersburg, VA (As 1st Sergt)
Transferred (as absent POW) 20th Infantry, E Co. 7/12/1864
Returned (date & place not stated)

Mustered Out 7/16/1865 @ Washington, DC
Born: 10/27/1838, Speedsville, NY
Parents: Dr. James R. DeLand & Samantha Hooker Keith
Married Lottie Ross of Ware, MA
Died: Early 1900's
Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, West Brookfield, MA

Fagan, Michael

Residence: Dalton, MA
Occupation: Currier
Enlist Date: 5/25/1861
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age: 21
Mustered In: 5/25/1861
Regiment: 2nd Infantry B Co.

Mustered Out (Or): Disch - Wounds on 10/9/1862
Wounded: 5/24/1862 @ Winchester, VA
He filed for pension in May/1867
His widow,Winniford, filed for pension in 1915
Born: Dalton, MA
Buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery, West Brookfield, MA

Flagg, Levi

Residence: Webster
Occupation: Operative
Enlist Date: 12/18/1863
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age: 28
Mustered In: 1/6/1864
Regiment: 4th Cavalry C Co.

Mustered Out (Or): MO 11/14/1865 @ Richmond, VA
He married, had 5 sons: Joseph, Levi, Edward, Henry, & Arthur
Died: 2/11/1911
Buried: Sacred Heart Cemetery, West Brookfield, MA

Giffin, Timothy P.

Residence: North Brookfield
Occupation: Painter
Enlist Date: Jul/1862
Enlist Rank: Musician
Enlist Age: 25
Mustered In: Jul/1862
Regiment: 34th Infantry

Mustered Out (Or): Disch 6/16/1865
Enlisted for 3 yrs, was single; Non Commissioned Staff
Born: 1836, Hardwick, VT.
Parents: Anson Giffin & Anna Paige
Lived with brother Anson, who married Lucy Smith
Before enlisting in the 34th, served on U.S. Man-of-War, "Colorado"
Died: 6/12/1875, West Brookfield

Mustered Out (Or): Disch - Disability 1/14/1865 @ Alexandria, VA
Lived in West Brookfield after the war
Was thrown from a horse and killed
Buried: Sacred Heart Cemetery, West Brookfield, MA

Mustered Out (Or): MO 8/30/1864
Promoted, at age 19, to Sergeant
Wounded: 3/14/1862 New Berne, NC
Wounded: 7/30/1864 Petersburg, VA
Parents: Isaac Irish & Lucy Dodge
Born: 7/23/1842, Southbridge, MA
Married Maria Eaton 8/6/1867 in North Brookfield, MA
(Daughter of Hiram Eaton & Sarah Jane Kendrick,
She was born 5/10/1844, North Brookfield, & died 10/25/1895, West Brookfield)
They had two children: Mabel Idelle and Chauncey Franklin
Commander of GAR Post #160 (Alanson Hamilton) West Brookfield, MA
Died: 5/23/1925
Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, West Brookfield, MA

Mustered Out (Or): MO 6/1/1865
Enlisted from Southbridge, MA
Born: Aug/1838, Sturbridge, MA
Parents: F. H. Lombard & Harriet Barrows of Sturbridge
Married Rindie E. Allen of Sturbridge
Member of GAR Post #51 (Ezra Batcheller) NB
Was a foreman in a shoe factory after the war.
Died: 5/25/1913, Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, WB

Mustered Out (Or): MO 6/15/1865
Enlisted from Vernon, VT
(Sub for Gilbert F. Gould of Vernon, VT)
Born: 10/22/1848 in St. Damase, Quebec, Canada
Parents: Oliver Lucius & Genevieve Dolbeck
Brothers: Oliver & Israel both in Civil War
Married: Alliment Barrish
2nd Marriage: Rosa Vincent, 3/16/1881, West Brookfield
They had 3 children: Paul Edmond, Leon H., & Rosa Julia
Member of GAR Post #160 (Alanson Hamilton) West Brookfield, MA
Died: 8/14/1929
Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, West Brookfield, MA

Mustered Out (Or): MO 5/13/1865
Enlisted from Warren, MA
Wounded 6/5/1864 Piedmont, VA
Wounded 7/24/1864 Winchester, VA
Born: Mar/1829, Palmer, MA or Three Rivers
Parents: Erasmus May & Betsy Stricklin
1st marriage Ruth Blancher of Vermont
2nd marriage Marion Mundell of Warren, MA
Died: 1/17/1906; Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, WB

Mustered Out (Or): Disch - Disability 11/15/1862 @ Alexandria, VA
Re-enlist Date 12/4/1863
Mustered in 12/11/1863 into 2nd Hvy Artillery I Co.
MO 9/3/1865 @ Wilmington, NC
Born: 1842, Brookfield, MA
Parents: Joseph Webber & Charlotte
Died: Aug/1906
Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, WB