MILITARY HISTORY ONLINE

Civil War Genealogy

  Alabama
2877   
  Arkansas
1068   
  California
30   
  Colorado
15   
  Connecticut
226   
  CSA
27   
  Delaware
66   
  Florida
429   
  Georgia
3605   
  Illinois
2014   
  Indiana
2345   
  Iowa
933   
  Kansas
163   
  Kentucky
1540   
  Louisiana
958   
  Maine
576   
  Maryland
170   
  Massachusetts
813   
  Michigan
594   
  Minnesota
270   
  Mississippi
2496   
  Missouri
1189   
  Nebraska
18   
  Nevada
1   
  New Hampshire
105   
  New Jersey
474   
  New York
1337   
  North Carolina
4139   
  Ohio
1971   
  Oregon
9   
  Pennsylvania
1696   
  Rhode Island
60   
  South Carolina
1222   
  Tennessee
2742   
  Texas
1458   
  United States
142   
  US Colored Troops
7   
  Vermont
226   
  Virginia
4034   
  West Virginia
497   
  Wisconsin
860   
  Total: 43402   
    CSA 25128   
    USA 18274   
Civil War Genealogy Database
All Units - Artillery - Cavalry - Engineers - Infantry - Marines - Medical - Misc - Naval
60th Massachusetts Infantry      
Company H
George Washington Pickering - Private   
George had 3 brothers who also served in Massachusetts units; James Franklin Pickering, Valentine A. Pickering, and Andrew Jackson Pickering.
George Washington Pickering was in the 60th Mass Infantry, Co. H (Cushings Guards) for 100 days. Guarding a camp of rebel prisoners in Indianapolis, Indiana. Discharged Nov. 30, 1864.
Contact Name:  Kathleen Tovar
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  9/30/2009
Company I
Samuel Edward Evans - Private   
Enlisted as a Private on 28 July 1864 at the age of 23.
Mustered out on 30 November 1864 at Indianapolis, IN.
Contact Name:  Eric Stone
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  6/14/2010
Company I
John H Knight - Private   
Pvt. John H. Knight, of Atkinson, N.H. enlisted at Haverhill, Mass. in late July 1864, and served in Co. I, 60th Mass. Inf. Rgt. Mustered-in to Federal service for 100 days with his regiment at Camp Meigs, Readville, Mass. on 01 Aug. 1864, Pvt. Knight and the 60th Mass. left the State for Washington, D.C. En route, they stopped in Baltimore, Md., where they performed guard duty until 16 Aug. 1864. On that date, they were ordered to report to Indianapolis, Ind., where they again performed guard duty, this time at a POW Camp, where they guarded 5,000 Confederate prisoners. Pvt. Knight and his regiment were mustered-out of Federal service on 30 Nov. 1864; his name appears on the Civil War monument on the Town Common in Atkinson, N.H. NOTE: under the military leadership of Col. Ansel Wass--a thrice-wounded combat veteran of the 19th Mass. Inf. Rgt.--the 60th Mass. established a reputation for itself as a 'spit and polish' regiment that was noted for its' expert drill, good deportment and general efficiency, for which it received a commendation from Gov. Morton of Indiana. N.B.: Pvt. John H. Knight was a direct descendant of the John Knight who was among the first settlers of Newbury, Mass. in 1635.
Contact Name:  Douglass R. Knight
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  5/18/2007
Company I
Joshua Marshman Stover - 2nd Lieutenant   
Enlisted as a 2nd Lieutenant on 22 July 1864 at the age of 30.
Commissioned in Company I, 60th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 23 July 1864.
Mustered out on 30 November 1864 at Indianapolis, IN.
Contact Name:  Eric Stone
Contact Email:  Click for E-mail
Date Added:  6/3/2010
© 2023 - MilitaryHistoryOnline.com LLC