Wednesday, July 18, 2012

George W. Grant, Maine.

First Lieutenant GEORGE W. GRANT.

Maine Heavy Artillery, Co. C.
We called him " Cumberland," for he had been in the Navy and went down in that ship, fighting till she sank. Brave, hardy hero. He received a fatal wound leading his men to victory at Spottsylvania,May19, 1864.

George W. Grant, 2nd., Lieutenant, Age 23, Residence Ellsworth, Single, Promoted First Lieutenant, March 19, 1864.  Died May 27 or 28, 1864, fron wounds he received May 19, 1864.

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