John G. Burchfield, 13th., tennessee CAvalry.

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Corp John G. Burchfield.

Birth: May 5, 1846, Tennessee.

Death: Mar. 8, 1935, Milligan, Carter County, Tennessee.

Wife: Laura Stella Hyder Burchfield (1876 - 1942).

Burial: Williams Cemetery, Valley Forge, Carter County, Tennessee.

13th., Tennessee Cavalry Regimental History.

 
John G. Burchfield was born near Clark's Spring, Carter county, Tenn., May 5, 1846, hence he was but 15 years old when he assisted in burning the Union brilge in November, 1861, and 17 when he joined the army in 1863.

Though a boy in years he was a man in all thru it takes to make a brave soldier, and whether we find him riding through the darkness side by side with the brave men who burned the bridge, standing his ground with the bravest at Taylor's Ford or marching and fighting with his company at Greeneville at the death of Gen. Morgan, in the charges at Morristown and Fort Brecenridge and Saulsbury, and in all the marches and battles in which his Regiment was engaged he is the same brave and fearless boy.

Corporal Burchfield has had a varied experience since the Civil War. He first went west and located at Athens, Ill.., in January, 1866, and later removed to Iniopolis, thence to Niantic, and then to Springfield, Ill.. At the latter place he was married to Miss Margaret Baumgardner, December 10, 1868, and settled at Niantic, Ill. He removed to Kansas in 1886 and thence to Washington, D. C, in December, 1890, where he resided until recently, 1902.

While in Washington he was appointed on the Capitol Police force until relieved by change of administration, but was re-instated in 1899.

We are pleased to note that our friend has received an honorable and lucrative position in the Mountain Branch  of the National Soldiers' Home for Disabled Veterans at Johnson City, Tenn.

Joseph O. H. Spinney, 9th., Illinois Cavalry.

Joseph O. H. Spinney.

Birth: 1837.
Death: Aug. 20, 1916.

Wife, Julia Bevier Spinney 1847-1924.

Burial: Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, Story County, Iowa.

Illinois Ninth Cavalry Regimental History.

 

Joseph O. H. Spinney enlisted from Bradford, October 14, 1861, in company K., of the ninth Illinois cavalry. 

 

January 1, 1864, he re-enlisted as a veteran and was appointed Sergeant, and late was promoted First Sergeant of his company, in which position he served well and faithfully until he was again promoted to First Lieutenant, September 23, 1864.

 

On the promotion of Captain Clark to a majorship Lieutenant Spinney received his commission as Captain, remaining with the company until the final muster out at Selma, Ala., October 31, 1865. 

 

Captain Spinney was one of the true and tried, who by his bravery and fine soldierly qualities won his way upward, and also gained the respect and esteem of both officers and men.  His genial, hearty speech and manner made him a general favorite.

 

His address, May, 1888, is Massena, Iowa.

Aaron Dunbar, 93rd., Illinois Infantry.

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Illinois Civil War Detail Report.

Name: DUNBAR, AARON. Rank: PVT. Company: B. Unit: 93 IL US INF.

Personal Characteristics. Residence: SELBYTOWN, BUREAU CO, IL. Age: 19. Height: 5' 6 1/2. Hair: DARK. Eyes: BLUE. Complexion: LIGHT. Marital Status: SINGLE. Occupation: FARMER. Nativity: FRANKFORT, CUMBERLAND CO, PA.

Service Record. Joined When: AUG 12, 1862. Joined Where: DOVER, IL. Joined By Whom: J W HOPKINS. Period: 3 YRS. Muster In: OCT 13, 1862. Muster In Where: CHICAGO, IL. Muster Out: JUN 23, 1865. Muster Out Where: LOUISVILLE, KY. Muster Out By Whom: CPT ALEXANDER. Remarks: PROMOTED CORPORAL & SERGEANT. SLIGHTLY WOUNDED IN BATTLE MAY 22, 1863, AT VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI.

Charles A. Cuffel, Pennsylvania Artillery.

History of Durell's Battery in the Civil War (Independent Battery D. Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery.

Charles A. Cuffel.

Birth: 1840.
Death: December 8, 1907.
Married Anna Pauline Cuffel about 1877.
Burial: Pennsylvania Graveyard, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Charles A. Cuffel 2d Lt, mustered in September 24, 1861.  Private,Promoted to Corporal, May 1, 1864; to Sergeant, September 24, 1864; to 2d Lieut., November 24, 1864; mustered out with Battery, June 13, 1865; Vet

From the Regimental History.

p. 65, A lull in the battle followed the repulse of the enemy. Although the battery was exposed to a hot fire of shot and shell, but one of its number was struck Private Charles A. Cuffel, who was serving the third gun at the lanyard. A Belgium musket ball, that had first struck the ground in front of him, glanced and hit him on the breast. He was, however, able to resume his post at the gun an hour later when the battle broke out afresh.

George F. Gale, 8th., Vermont Infantry.

Dr  George F. Gale.

Birth: 1827.
Death: 1907.

Children: George Frederick Gale (1857 - 1874).

Burial: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont.

From the 8th., Regimental History.

 

p. 51., Dr. Gale was well known in the state of Vermont as one of the fore- most men in his profession, was an accomplished scholar, and a gentleman of character and dignity. Governor Holbrook had appointed him surgeon of the regiment on account of his eminent abilities, but the short time which he remained with them afforded very little opportunity for the display of professional skill. After his resignation was accepted, and before his return for home, the line officers signed resolutions which were handsomely engrossed, assuring him of their confidence, and regret at his departure.  

Torrey W. Sibley, 13th., Vermont Infantry.

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Torrey W. Sibley.

Birth: August 17, 1841.

Death: March 11, 1907.

Wife: Diantha Servey Sibley 1844-1920.

Burial: Greenmount Cemetery, Burlington, Chittenden County Vermont.,

Torrey W. Sibley, Enlisted in the 13th., Vermont Infantry, Co. A., August 23, 1862, Age 21, Residence Westford, Mustered in October 10, 1862, Corp.  Wounded at Gettysburg, JUly 1, 1863.  Mustered out October 1, 1863.

William Nash. 187th., Pennsylvania Infantry.

William Nash.

Birth: Aug. 30, 1845, England.
Death: Feb. 8, 1911.
Married about 1872.
Wife: Harriett A. Nash.
Children: Mary E., Sarah I., and Emma Nash


Burial:Graceland Cemetery, Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota.

187th., Pennsylvania Infantry Company C.

William Nash, Private, Mustered in June 20, 1863; wounded with loss of leg, at Petersburg, Virginia, June 18, 1864, discharged October 31, 1865; residing Mitchell,  South Dakota. 

Colonel John Harrison Baker, 13th., Georgia Infantry.

John Harrison Baker.

Birth: August 7, 1824.
Death: April 7, 1905.
Burial: East view Cemetery, Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia.

The following is from the 61st., Georgia, Infantry Regimental History.

Lieut. -Col. J. H. Baker was then promoted to the office of colonel. He received eight wounds during the war, four of which were severe. He served through the war with credit to himself and his country. He commanded the brigade several months until near the time of the surrender, and would have been promoted to brigadier General if the war had continued.

John H. Baker, of the Thirteenth Georgia Regiment, was assigned the command of Evans' Brigade, and commanded it till near the close of the war. .

Alfred A. Ream, 99th., Indiana Infantry.

ALFRED A. REAM, COMPANY I.
1900

Born in Carlyle City, Ohio; enlisted when a young- man at Peru, in Company I, and was mustered out after three years of service as sergeant of the company, and is best known by his old comrades as
"Sergeant Al. Ream. " After the war he went to railroading, firing on an engine for two years and then becoming an engineer. This he followed until 1873, when, as he says: "I went into the grocery business and am still doing business at the old stand, 28 East Main street, Peru, Indiana." He was a true soldier and a friend of his old comrades, attending the reunions, and is proud of the record of the old regiment.


ALFRED A. REAM, COMPANY I.

1862.

This picture shows him as he was ready to start to war. In addition to his regulation outfit he was presented by the boys and girls, with revolvers, bowie knife, blacking brushes, needle box, writing paper, pens, pencils, pipe and tobacco, a bible, deck of cards, hose, shirts, handkerchiefs, etc. In the picture he looks like a walking arsenal, but in six months he got rid of most of them. Revolvers, bowie knives, etc., were the most useless things a soldier could carry when he had a musket. I do not remember how it was with Comrade Ream, but I remember one comrade of Company C that started with as much in his knapsack as Comrade Ream, but as it was rather shrunken one day on a march, I asked him what he had in it, and he responded: "A navy plug and history of the four kings." A great many soldiers on a march threw their knapsacks in a wagon and made a roll of their blankets and tied them so as to make a collar over one shoulder and under the arm on the other side The picture shows the full armed soldier, that all will recognize as "Sergeant
Al. Ream."

William L. Heermance, 6th., New York Cavalry..

William Laing Heermance.

Birth: Feb. 28, 1837, Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York.
Death: Feb. 25, 1903.

Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Rank and Organization: Captain, Company C, 6th New York Cavalry Place and Date: At Chancellorsville, Va., 30 April 1863. Entered Service At: Kinderhook, N.Y. Born: 28 February 1837, Kinderhook, N Y. Date of Issue: 30 March 1898.

Wife: Susie E Leeds Heermance (1841 - 1917).

Burial:Oakland Cemetery, Yonkers, Westchester County, New York.

HERMANCE, WILLIAM E.— Age, 24 years. Enrolled, October 16, 1861, at Hudson; mustered in as first lieutenant, Co. M, October 17, 1861, to serve three years; as captain, Co. C, to date September 4, 1862; captured at Spottsylvania Court House, Va., April 30, 1863; paroled at City Point, May 5,1863; wounded, August, 1863; discharged, October 21, 1864; also borne as Hermance, Wm. L. commissioned first  Lieutenant, December 30, 1801, with rank from October 17, 1861, original; captain, October 16, 1862, with rank from September 4, 1862, vice Stanley, discharged.

Dorastus B. Logan, 11th., New Jersey Infantry.

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Dorastus B. Logan.

Birth: 1822.
Death: Jul. 2, 1863.

Civil War Union Army Officer. Served in the Civil War as Captain and commander of Company H, 11th New Jersey Infantry. On the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, command of the regiment fell to him when superior officers Colonel Robert McAllister and Major Philip Kearny were wounded, and senior Captain Luther Martin was killed. Captain Logan had just been informed that he was now in command of the 11th New Jersey when he was shot and killed. His remains were first buried on the battlefield, then were taken home by his family. A cenotaph exists for him in the First Presbyterian Churchyard, Morristown, New Jersey.

Burial: United Methodist Church Cemetery, Succasunna, Morris County, New Jersey.

From the 11th., Regimental History. 

 

p. 103, Captain Dorastus B. Logan was first wounded in the foot. Edward Kinney, from E, and a man from C, went to assist him to the rear, but they had not gone far when the Company C man was killed. Kinney then endeavored, unassisted, to get the captain to a place of safety, but was himself knocked down by a piece of shell and forced to abandon the Captain, who was killed before he could be taken off the field.

p. 361, Captain Dorastus B. Logan, the subject of this sketch, was a man of strong character and sterling worth. Of remarkable self-control and dignified presence, he was universally respected by his comrades in arms. He entered the service as Captain of Company H, August 14th, 1862; proved his value as an officer by his brave and efficient services at Fredericksburg   and Chancellorsville. He was killed while in command of his company at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2d, 1863.

Albert S. Nutt, 9th., New Jersey Infantry..

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Nutt, Albert S Private, enlisted Sept. 23, 1861, mustered in Sept. 23, 1861, for 3 years.  Killed in action at Deep Creek, Va., March 1, 1864; buried at Gettysville Station, Va.; re-enlisted Nov. 25, '63.

Albert S. Nutt, of Co. D, Veteran Vols., was killed during the engagement. He had six bullets through his body, and when it was received the day following, by our men, it had nothing on, except a shirt, drawers, and socks : the enemy had appropriated the rest of his clothing. Nutts' funeral started from camp-ground on March 1st, to Heckmann's Division Cemetery, at Getty's Station.

Albert S. Nutt received six bullets in his body, and when found on the following day it was in a nude condition, and horribly mutilated.

John P. Coen, 9th., Connecticut Infantry..

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Corporal John P. Coen, of Company F, was accidentally killed May 27, 1863, at Kennerville, La. His death cast a gloom over the company by every member of which he was highly esteemed. He belonged in Waterbury, Ct., and had enlisted Sept. 16, 1861. The circumstances attending his death were as follows : He and his company were ordered to proceed into New Orleans. .

On May 26, 1863, with a detachment of ten men he went to the city, the rest of the company expecting to go the day following. In the meantime, however, the order was countermanded and the detachment in the city was ordered to return. They accordingly left New Orleans May 27. The train stopped for a short time at Kennerville and Corporal Coen and a number of others got off for a little exercise and to rest themselves. Suddenly, the train started and while the Corporal was attempting to get aboard, he slipped and fell outside the track, striking on his head. Death resulted. When his
brother, Corporal Michael P. Coen, of the same company, received information of the fatality, he was twenty-seven miles away, but immediately started for the scene and took charge of the body. The latter was conveyed to New Orleans and given a soldier's burial at Chalmette. A braver, truer defender of the Union never lived than Corporal John P. Coen.

Arthur Peronneau Ford



Arthur Peronneau Ford.

Birth: Apr. 12, 1843.
Death: Feb. 15, 1910.

Parents: Frederick A. Ford (1805 - 1880), Rose Butler Drayton Ford (1806 - 1886).

Wife: Marion Johnston Porcher Ford (1848 - 1907).

Children: Louise Petigru Ford (1876 - 1943), Marianna Ford (1877 - 1965).

Burial: Saint Thaddeus Cemetery, Aiken, Aiken County, South Carolina.

Civil War. 

 

Arthur Peronneau Ford, Private, Manigault's Battalion, South Carolina Artillery, Company: A
 

A Short from his book called ( Life in the Confederate Army ). 

 

p. 50-51,  There I stood unprotected in the open, but not many minutes before I was struck full in the middle of my body and knocked down to a sitting posture. My blanket was rolled in a tight roll, not over three inches thick, and being of course on my left shoulder, and across my body downwards to the right, had saved my life. The ball had passed through the roll, and striking a button on my jacket had stopped, and as I dropped it fell down, flattened out of all shape. I lay on the ground for a few moments, paralyzed by the blow, and I recollect hearing a comrade, who received a bullet through the brain only a few moments after- wards, call out, "Ford's killed." I gathered myself back into a sitting posture and replied, "No, I'm not. I think I'm all right." But the pain was intense, as every boy knows who in a boxing bout gets a lick in "the short wind." In a few moments I was back again on my feet, and resumed my place in line, although suffering considerable pain and nausea. For some time after I carried on my body a black and blue spot the size of a dollar.

Charles L. Fuller, 6th., New Hampshire Infantry.

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CHARLES L. FULLER.

Birth: 1832
Death: September, 1862.
Burial: Hope Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

Lieutenant Charles L. Fuller was born in Manchester, N. H., September 23, 1832, and was the son of Charles L. and Mary (Scott) Fuller, and grandson of Isaac and Huldah Fuller. He married Eliza S. Whittemore, of West Boylston, Mass., and removed to Peterborough, N. H., where he was engaged in business as a painter until the 13th of November, 1861. He then enlisted into the military service of his country, becoming second lieutenant of Company K of the Sixth New Hampshire Regiment, and in this capacity he served until his death. He was mortally wounded in the second battle of Bull Run, August 29, 1862, and died on the 14th of the following September, at the age of 30 years, 11 months, 22 days. Besides a widow, he left two children, a son, Charles C, living now (1891) in Worcester, Mass., and a daughter, Sophia S., who died at Providence, R. I.,
in 1880.

PAUL COMSTOCK, 161St., Indiana infantry.

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PAUL COMSTOCK.

Paul Comstock, Captain, 161St., Indiana, Infantry, Company F.

Captain Paul Comstock is the son of Judge D. W. Comstock, of the Appellate Bench of Indiana. He was born at Richmond, Indiana, in the year 1873. After his early training he spent one year in the Oxford Military Naval Academy, at the close of which he entered the Richmond high school, graduating in 1891; his education was then finished in the Earlham College and the Ohio Wesleyan University. Mr. Comstock was then tendered a position in the general superintendent's office of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Columbus, and later in the engineering department at Indianapolis, in which position he continued until April, 1898, when he was appointed claim agent for the same road, in which service he was engaged when he enlisted for the war. Mr. Comstock was elected first lieutenant of his company and was for several months adjutant of the Second Battalion and upon the resignation â– of Captain Smith was promoted to the position of captain, April 1, 1899.

William T. "Tom" Clark, Indiana.

The following was taken from the 70th., Regimental History.
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William T. Clark, Private, 70th., Indiana Infantry, Company G., Enlisted July 16, 1862, at Marion County, Indiana, Age 20, Mustered out May 15, 1864.  Killed by gun shot May 15, 1864, at Resaca, Georgia.

Tom Clark of my company, not more than four feet away on the right. He was lying on his stomach, with head up and gun presented, evidently watching for a chance to make an effective shot. As I looked at him a ball struck him in the throat, and as it entered his vitals, he uttered such a hideous scream as I never heard before or since.

William Sanford, Rhode Island 7th., Infantry.

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William Sanford, Seventh Rhode Island, Infantry, Company B., Residence Providence, Enlisted July 25, 1862.  Mustered in September 4, 1862.  Wounded at Fredericksburg, Virginia, and sent to hospital, December 13, 1862.  Deserted from hospital at Camp Denison, Ohio, July24, 1863.

William Sanford, Seventh Infantry, Co. B., sent to West Building, Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.  Wounded in head at Fredericksburg, Virginia, shell in back, Rheumatism.

George S. Walker.

 

Lieutenant George S. Walker. Co. F.
1862.


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Lieutenant George S. Walker Co. F.

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Lieutenant George S. Walker, Co. F.

1900.

Lieutenant George S. Walker, was Born September 30, 1832, on Little Mountain, Hardy county, Virginia. His father brought him to Tippecanoe county, Indiana, when he was 3 years of age, and dying soon after, the boy was reared by an uncle, Smith Marques, of whom he says: "He was the best man I ever knew." George became a farmer and married in 1853. Located near the Battle Ground, Indiana, where he was when he enlisted in August, 1862, and was elected and commissioned 2d lieutenant of Company F. Was in all the campaigns of the regiment until the battle of Atlanta, July 22d, where he was severely wounded in the hand, and being taken with the fever soon after, he was unable to rejoin his regiment until after the "march to the sea," and was honorably discharged by the war department, February 4, 1865. After the war, lived fourteen years in Illinois, and says: "I made money and lost it by going security for friends. " In 1880 went to Cherokee Nation and engaged in the cattle business for sixteen years. Now resides on a farm near Moran, Kansas. The changes of Comrade Walker are marked by three pictures.
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George Stingley Walker.

Birth: Sep. 30, 1832, Hardy County, West Virginia.
Death: Jun. 27, 1906, Missouri.

He was a 2nd Lt. in the 99th Indiana Infantry Volunteers.

Parents: Jacob Walker (1807 - 1833), Millia G. Walker (1812 - 1876).

Wife: Caroline McKillip Walker (1829 - 1874).

Children: Marvin Elwood Walker (1854 - 1902).
Malissa Ann Walker Preston (1856 - 1934).
Nancy Louisa Jane Walker Ketterman (1859 - 1892).
Willis Cline Walker (1860 - 1958).
LuElla M. Walker Trott (1867 - 1944).
Frederick Sherman Walker (1869 - 1924).
Birdy Walker (1871 - 1875).

Burial: Moran Cemetery, Moran, Allen County, Kansas.

Jeremiah Penno Bezely

JEREMIAH P. BEZELY.

Sergeant Jebehiah Penno Bezely, son of Edward and Almira E. King Bezely, was born in Providence, R. L, Aug. 16, 1836. When eight years of age he commenced to work in a mill, and, because of the death of his father, continued in that employment until he was thirteen when he shipped in the merchant marine. He doubled Cape Horn and visited most of the countries and large islands of the South Pacific. Returning safely to his native city he tarried but for a brief space, preferring to
apprentice himself for three years to a painter in Chicago, Ill. Free once more he again sought Providence, and, on Oct 15, 1866, married Abby F. Eddy, of Scituate, R. L, a daughter of Peter and Erispa Eddy, of Sterling, Conn. By her he had three sons and seven daughters; one of the former and two of the latter have passed from earth. Those remaining are Emma L. Olive M., Ida M., Lily N., Jeremiah T., William H., and Maud E. Mr. Bezely himself is now pursuing the house-painting business in Providence. He was wounded in the head at Cold Harbor, and in the right foot at Petersburg. This latter injury, though apparently slight seriously affected him for years after he muster out March 1, 1863, he was detailed sergeant of the division headquarters guard, Gen. Samuel D. Sturges commanding, and did not return until May 10, 1864, when the regiment was at Annapolis, Md.

The above and below information was taken from the 7th., Rhode Island Infantry, Regimental History.

Company B., Jeremiah Penno Bezely, Residence Coventry enlisted July 14, 1862, Mustered in September 4, 1862.  First Sergeant, wounded in head slightly, June 8, 1864.

p.65, Thursday, 12, March, 1863, Sergeant J. P. Bezely was detail as Sergeant of division Headquarters guard; he was returned to his company April 10, 1864, which was at Annapolis, Maryland.

p. 103, Sergeant Bezely was sent back thence with a captured deserter to division headquarters at Milldale where he arrived at two a. m. He had a horse and saddle to the pommel of which the prisoner was secured by a lanyard. He, of course, was obliged to walk the entire distance. The sergeant returned when his task was accomplished.

p. 108, Sergeant Bezely was sent from division Headquarters back to Vicksburg with a squad of prisoners and thence to Milldale Camp were he had charge of a hospital for the sick and wounded.

p.161, Saturday, April 9, 1864, Sergeant Bezely returned to his company having been on duty at General Sturgis's Headquarters since March 1, 1863.

p. 188, Wednesday 8, June, 1864, J. P. Bezely was wounded in the head.