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Civil War Soldiers not listed on Monument

Beach, Melancthon B.

Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation: Weaver
Enlist Date: 6/14/1861
Enlist Rank: Sergt
Enlist Age: 25
Mustered In: 6/21/1861
Regiment: 10th Infantry A Co.
Mustered Out (or) MO 7/1/1864
Promotion: Sergeant 6/14/1861
Wounded 7/1/1862 Malvern Hill, VA
Wounded 5/5/1864 Wilderness, VA

Boyd, John Flint

Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation: Farmer
Enlist Date: 7/7/1864
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age: 19
Mustered In: 7/22/1864
Regiment: 42nd Infantry E Co.
Mustered Out (Or): MO 11/11/1864
M I 3/10/1865 62nd Infantry A Co.
MO 5/5/1865 @ Camp Meigs, Readville, MA
Promotion: Corporal 4/17/1865 (as of A Co. 62nd MA Inf)
Born: 9/10/1846 in Oakham, MA
Died: 1/26/1892 in Omaha, NE
After war, was Sheriff of Douglas County, NE

Drake, Edward L.

Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation: Machinist
Enlist Date: 6/14/1862
Enlist Rank: Musician
Enlist Age: 17
Mustered In: 6/22/1862
Regiment: 34th Infantry I Co.
Mustered Out (Or): Disch - 5/29/1865
Wounded 6/18/1864 Lynchburg, VA
POW 6/18/1864 Lynchburg, VA
Exchanged 12/16/1864 (place not stated)
Born: 1846
Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, East Brookfield

Fellam, Martin

Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation: Laborer
Enlist Date: 2/26/1864
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age: 26
Mustered In: 2/26/1864
Regiment: 3rd Cavalry H Co.
Mustered Out (Or): MO 9/12/1865 @ Fort Leavenworth, KS
Wounded 9/19/1864 Winchester, VA
Promotion: Corporal
Born: Ireland

Galvin, Edward I.

Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation: Minister
Enlist Date: 7/12/1864
Enlist Rank: 2nd Lt.
Enlist Age: 26
Mustered In: 7/15/1864
Regiment: 42nd Infantry F Co.
Mustered Out (Or): MO 11/11/1864
Commissioned into F Co., 42nd Inf.
Minister at Unitarian Church, Brookfield

Hill, William F.

Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation: Laborer
Enlist Date: 8/6/1862
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age: 21
Mustered In: 8/6/1862
Regiment: 20th Infantry K Co.
Mustered Out (Or): Deserted, Died - 8/28/1863
Born: 1833, Randolph, MA
Parents: Moses Hill & Clarissa
Died: 8/28/1863; Morrisville, VA

McFarland, George

Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation: Shoemaker
Enlist Date: 8/20/1864
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age: 19
Mustered In: 8/20/1864
Regiment: 3rd Hvy Artil M Co.
Mustered Out (Or): MO 6/17/1865
Promotion: Corporal

McGuirk, Cornelius

Residence: Boston
Occupation: Blacksmith
Enlist Date: 7/12/1861
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age: 19
Mustered In: 7/12/1861
Regiment: 16th Infantry I Co.
Mustered Out (or) MO 7/27/1864
From West Brookfield mustered into the 61st Infantry A Co. on 8/23/1864
Mustered out on 6/4/1865

Miller, Edmund *

Residence: Enfield, MA
Occupation: Harnessmaker
Enlist Date: 5/31/1861
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age: 33
Mustered In: 6/21/1861
Regiment: 10th Infantry E. Co.
Mustered Out (Or): Disch - Disability 9/26/1862
Wounded in 1862, date & place not stated
From West Brookfield mustered into the 2nd Cavalry K Co. on 1/2/1864
Died of disease on 7/5/1864 at Falls Church, VA
Born: 1827 in Germany
Married Mary J. Trask
Buried in West Brookfield

Mundell, George

Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation:
Enlist Date: 8/6/1862
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age:
Mustered In: 9/1/1862
Regiment: VT 1st Hvy Artil G Co
Mustered Out (Or): Transferred Out 10/1/1863
On 10/1/1863, transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps
Discharged 2/15/1864
Born 1806 in Putney, VT
Married Eliza Hunting
Died: 3/3/1896, Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, WB

Prouty, Isaac R.

Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation: Shoemaker
Enlist Date: 9/9/1861
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age: 41
Mustered In: 9/14/1861
Regiment: 1st Cavalry F Co.
Mustered Out (Or): MO 11/7/1864
Born: 6/6/1820 at Shutesbury
Married: Shutesbury 1/2/1841 Eliza Erwin of Pelham
Oxford 12/6/1864 Mrs. Mary Ann (McGinn) Johnson
Shutesbury 6/4/1868 Abbie Ball
Died: 10/4/1893 in Boston

Reese, Thomas

Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation: Printer
Enlist Date: 5/25/1861
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age: 23
Mustered In: 5/25/1861
Regiment: 2nd Infantry H Co.
Mustered Out (Or): MO 5/23/1864
Residence listed as Boston, mustered into the 8th Infantry I Co.
on 7/17/1864 and mustered out on 11/10/1864
Credited to Medway, mustered into the 61st Infantry K Co.
and mustered out @ Washington, DC on 7/16/1865
Promoted to Sergt as of 61st Infantry K Co.

Riggs, Charles

Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation: Printer
Enlist Date: 5/25/1861
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age: 23
Mustered In: 5/25/1861
Regiment: 2nd Infantry H Co.
Mustered Out (Or): MO 5/23/1864
Re-enlisted on 1/1/1864
On 10/21/1864, mustered into 32nd Infantry I Co.
and mustered out on 6/29/1865

Shaw, George W.

Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation:
Enlist Date: 8/21/1861
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age:
Mustered In: 8/21/1861
Regiment: PA 83rd Infantry A Co.
Mustered Out (Or): Disch - Disability 1/28/1863
Parents: George Shaw & Susan A.

Sullivan, Michael

Residence: West Brookfield
Occupation: Bootmaker
Enlist Date: 11/26/1864
Enlist Rank: Priv
Enlist Age: 20
Mustered In: 11/26/1864
Regiment: 27th Infantry B Co.
Mustered Out (Or): Deserted on 5/2/1865
POW 3/8/1865 Southwest Creek, NC
Exchanged 3/27/1865 (place not stated)
Furloughed 4/2/1865 Camp Parole, Annapolis, MD
Failed to returned after 30 days.