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Sumner O. Litchfield was born in Scituate Massachusetts in 1842. He was a descendant of that town's original settlers of the 1630's. In the Summer of 1862 Sumner enlisted with several other local boys in Co.G of the 38th Mass Vol. The regiment took ship from Boston to Baltimore MD in early Fall and thence to Louisiana and participated in the Port Hudson Campaign. It was during this time that Cpl Litchfield contracted a respitory illness that required time in field hospitals. Returning to duty, Cpl Litchfield participated with his regiment as they were sent to North Carolina and from there to the Virginia Campaigns of 1864. Litchfield's illness persisted as a racking cough with the evidence of blood. He continued to answer the muster call each morning. On October 19, 1864 Cpl Litchfield was wounded at Cedar Creek, VA in the early morning fighting, taking a musket ball to the lower calf. He was transported to Baltimore and later to Philadelphia PA where he was hospitalized then released and discharged from the army in the Summer of 1865. He returned home to his wife and extended family but was only able to perform light farm work as his lungs were weakened and he walked with a pronounced limp from his leg wound. He and his wife Salome lived with his parents on the family farm until 1877 when a home was built for them next to the farm. Less than a year later Sumner Otis Litchfield died from his weakened state. The family doctor listed the cause of death as nephritis. His widow survived him by 50 years and was a leading member of the local Women's Relief Corps #121. They were also survived by one son Frank. Both the Litchfield farm and the 1877 house stand today in Scituate Massachusetts. Sumner & Salome rest at Mount Hope Cemetery near the former farm.
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