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21st Massachusetts Infantry
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Company Unknown
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William Henry Cooke - Private
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William was from RI and joined the 21st Mass. I am not sure what company he was under.
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Company Unknown
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James Otis Fessenden - Private
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Company Unknown
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Myron Eaton Stowell - Private
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From a eulogy given in First Church of South Deerfield, July 17, 1864:
In the Summer of 1861 Myron Stowell was preparing to enter college in the coming Autumn when the call for 200,000 additional troops went out. He answered the call by going to Greenfield, there to volunteer in the 21st Regiment, Massachusetts, then encamped at Worcester. After serving more than two years he re-enlisted in December, 1863.
Stowell was assigned to assist the surgeon with the care of the sick and injured. During times of battle he was tasked to go out onto the battle field and help carry off the wounded and dying, even during the fiercest fighting. About 5 o'clock in the morning of May 18, 1864, he was at his assigned place of duty near the Spotsylvania Courthouse, when a masked battery opened an enfilading fire on the regiment. Myron was hit by a ball and died. He was buried in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
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Company A
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William B. Hill - Sergeant
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Sergeant Wm B. Hill, Co A. Battle of Newbern NC 3/14/62 suffered wound: flesh wound in the abdomen.
He was wounded across the abdomen by a musket ball at the battle of Newbern.
Charles F. (Charles Folsom) Walcott. History of the Twenty-first regiment, Massachusetts volunteers, in the war for the preservation of the union, 1861-1865: with statistics of the war and of Rebel prisons. Boston : Houghton, Mifflin.
Sgt. W.B. Hill of Co. A, 21st Massachusetts regiment, who received a flesh wound across the front of his body at Newbern, N.C., shows his New Testament indented with a ball from the enemy, which was the means of preventing the probable loss of his right arm.
Springfield Republican Thursday, March 27, 1862. Page 2
Hill, William B. — Sergt. — Res. Gardner; 44 ; printer; enl. Aug. 12, 1861 ; must. Aug. 23, 1861;
wounded March 14, 1862, Newbern, N. C. ; comm. 2d Lieut., July 22, 1862; must.—;killed Sept. 1, 1862, Chantilly, Va., as 2d Lieut.
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors and Marines in the Civil War. Vol. II
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Contact Name:
Gilbert Skip Riddle
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Date Added: 4/4/2014
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Company B
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George A. Towne - Sergeant
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He enlisted in Company B, 21st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment and was mustered in as a Sergeant on August 5, 1861. He transferred on September 16, 1863 to the Veteran Reserve Corps and was mustered out of Company F, 3rd V.R.C., July 16, 1864, as a Private.
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Contact Name:
John Arsenault
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Date Added: 2/16/2011
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Company C
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Albert Patterson - Corporal
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“Return Home of wounded soldiers. – Eight of the soldiers of the twenty-first and twenty-fifth Massachusetts regiments, belonging to Worcester and vicinity, who were wounded at the battle of Newbern returned home by express train from New York, last week. The names of those belonging to the twenty-first regiment, were – Corporal Albert Patterson of Worcester, Co. C; S.S. Haywood of Royalston, Co. A; Samuel E. Goodenow of Sterling, and Patrick J. Dixon of Clinton, Co. B. Those belonging to the twenty-fifth, were, - James Gunningle, John Masterson, Morris Doran, and Michael McMahon of Worcester, Co. E. They were accompanied home by several of their comrades, as nurses.”
Source: Wednesday, April 2, 1862. Return Home of Wounded Soldiers. Massachusetts Spy (Worcester, MA). Volume 91, Issue 14. Page 1.
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Contact Name:
Gilbert skip Riddle
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Date Added: 3/18/2014
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Company D
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Edward Agustus Howe - Private
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Company D
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Henry O. Nelson - Private
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Henry O. Nelson, 57, died at the hospital in Springfield Sunday, the 3d, after a long illness. Mr. Nelson has been ailing for over a year, but his condition did not become serious until within a few weeks. By his death the town loses an honorable, upright citizen. He was born in Brimfield, but had spent the greater part of his life in this town, being employed in the hat shop for years. He was a quiet, unassuming man, loyal to his friends and family. Sincere regret is felt by all who knew his worth for his loss. Mr. Nelson was a veteran of the late civil war. He joined the army July 19, 1861, at Worcester as a private in Co. D, 21st Mass. Vols., and was discharged from service September 20, 1862, on account of disability. Mr. Nelson participated in the battles of Roanoke Island and Newberne. He leaves a widow and one daughter, Mrs. A. H. Orcutt, of North Main street. The funeral was held from the residence Tuesday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock, Rev. N..M. Pratt officiating. The bearers were members of Marcus Keep Grand Army post, of which he was a member, and were George W. Seymour, William A. Charles, Henry E. Bubgee, Amos Anderson, Charles Abbott and Moses Wilcox. The burial was in the No. 1 cemetery.
The Press., Vol. 48, No.24. Wednesday, September 13, 1905, page 1
About The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935
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Company E
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Peter Tuttle Kittredge - Private
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Enlisted as a Private on 08 August 1861 at the age of 18
Enlisted in Company E, 21st Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 23 August 1861.
Discharged to enlist in RA Company E, 21st Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 25 October 1862
Enlisted in Company K, 2nd Cavalry Regiment RA on 25 October 1862.
Discharged Company K, 2nd Cavalry Regiment RA on 08 August 1864
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Company G
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Alphonso L. Stacy - Private
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'Mr. Alphonso L. Stacy, who died Sunday ,September 26, 1915, of a paralytic stroke, was born in Phillipston, Mass., June 8, 1842, He leaves a widow and two children, Mrs. E.G. Embree of this city [Ashland, OR.]and W. A. Stacy of Athol, Mass.; also four grandchildren, Mrs. Morse of Orange, Mass., Mrs. Avery and Marjorie Stacy of Ashland, and Maye Glover of Ashland [OR.]. Deceased was a veteran in the Civil War, Company G, 21st Massachusetts regiment, V.M. in the 9th army corps, Burnside's expedition.'
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Ashland Tidings., vol. XL. No. 37, Ashland,Oregon September 30, 1915, Page 4
Stacy, Alphonso L. — Priv. — Res. Phillipston; age 19; farmer; enl. and must. July 19, 1861;disch. for disability, Jany. 30, 1863, Alexandria, Va.
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Company H
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Marcus Morton Collis - 1st Sergeant
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Enlisted at formation of regiment. Captured during Battle of the Wilderness, May 1864. Sent to Andersonville Prison. Survived and became sherriff of Rockingham County, New Hampshire upon return home.
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Contact Name:
Jessica Ormsby
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Date Added: 6/13/2005
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Company H
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Frederick Tyas - Private
Contact Name:
Herb Hingley
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Date Added: 1/20/2005
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Company I
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John R Claflin - Private
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Killed 1 Sep 1862 at the Battle of Ox Hill, Chantilly, Virginia
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Company I
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Phineas P. Knight - Corporal
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Corporal P. Knight/Phineas Knight Co. I, wounded in arm; through the arm
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE.WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1862.
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Contact Name:
Gilbert Skip Riddle
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Date Added: 3/18/2014
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Company I
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Phineas F Knight - Corporal
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Enlisted as a Corporal on 19 August 1861 at the age of 25
Enlisted in Company I, 21st Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 19 Aug ust 1861.
Wounded on 14 March 1862 at New Berne, NC
Killed Company I, 21st Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 01 September 1862 in Chantilly, VA
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Company K
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Harrison Aldrich - Private
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CAPT. HARRISON ALDRIOH.
Killed In a Runaway Accident – Was n Native of Vermont.
Boston, Sept. 8. - The funeral of Capt. Harrison Aldrich of Somerville, who died Sunday as a result of Injuries received when his horse ran away, was held this morning at the Baptist Church in South Newfane.
Capt. Aldrich was born In Williamsville, Vt., September I8, 1840. He enlisted in Company K, 21st regiment, Massachusetts volunteers, serving as private, sergeant, lieutenant and captain, participating in the battles of Roanoke Island, Newbern, second Bull Run, Chantilly, Antietam and Fredericksburg. He was wounded in the battle of Newbern.
In 1866 he entered the produce business in Boston. He served in the common council of Somerville in 1884 and 1885, and on the board of aldermen in 1886 and 1887. He was the first captain of the Somerville light infantry after its reorganization in 1886. He was a member of the Soley Lodge, F.& A.M.; Somerville Chapter, R.A.M.; Post 139, G.A.R.; Loyal Legion, Boston Chamber of Commerce and Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange.
Capt. Aldrich is survived by his widow, Mrs. Helen L. Aldrich, and one daughter, Mrs. William T. Dole.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume LXXXIV. New Series Vol. LVI. Number 11.], Thursday, September 09, 1909, Page 15, Image 15
About Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928
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Company K
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James Otis Fessenden - Private
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Fessenden, James O., Private Co K head ball from the enemy's rifle striking in the head.
Source: Barre Gazette, April 18, 1862. From Company K. Chas. W. Davis, Capt. Comdg. Co.K
Fessenden, James O. (5) Private K head ball from the enemy's rifle striking them in the head. 'The next day we buried our four boys who were killed. They were Pat Martin, James Fessenden, Joseph E. Stone and James Sullivan.
Fessenden, James O. — Priv. — Res. Barre; 22; farmer; enl. and must. July 19, 1861 ; killed March 14, 1862, Newbern, N. C.' New Bern National Cemetery Section 8, Site 1375
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Contact Name:
Gilbert Skp riddle
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Date Added: 3/18/2014
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Company K
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Benjamin Fletcher Pease - Private
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Served in 21st and later 58 Veteran MA Infantry. Wounded at Spotsylvania Courthouse bloody angle.
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Company K
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Henry Martin Sherman - Private
Contact Name:
Mike Bailey
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Date Added: 10/21/2005
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Company K
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Henry M. Sherman - Private
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Sherman, Henry M. — Priv. — Res. Hardwick ; 18 ; farmer ; enl. and must. July 19, 1861 ; reenlist. Jany. 1, 1864; wounded June 16, 1864, Petersburg, Va. ; transf. by S. O. of Oct. 21, 1864, to 36th Mass. Inf. See Co. 'K' 36th Mass. Inf.
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors and Marines in the Civil War. Vol. II
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Contact Name:
Gilbert Skip Riddle
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Date Added: 4/4/2014
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