Son of Josiah Ward Company I 9th Maine Infantry. Brother of Joseph O. Ward Company B 1st Heavy artillary
Enlisted as a Private on 21 August 1862 at the age of 18 Enlisted in Company H, 18th Infantry Regiment Maine on 21 August 1862. Transferred Company H, 18th Infantry Regiment Maine on 19 December 1862 Transfered in Company H, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Maine on 19 December 1862. Discharged Company H, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Maine on 06 June 1865
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Enlisted as a Private on 21 August 1862 at the age of 24 Enlisted in Company H, 18th Infantry Regiment Maine on 21 August 1862. Transferred Company H, 18th Infantry Regiment Maine on 19 December 1862 Transfered in Company H, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Maine on 19 December 1862. Discharged Company H, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Maine on 06 June 1865 Thirteenth Infantry.-- Applied for pension for Civil War service, citing chronic diarrhea, piles and a rupture. Of all Regiments in the army this Regiment sustained greatest loss in battle. 23 Officers and 400 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded; 260 died of disease, 21 in Confederate prisons. Total 683.Battles Fought Curtis was a farmer, living in Steuben, Maine as of the 1880 Census. He died about 1895 in Steuben, ME.
Contact Name: William Freeman Contact Email:
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Enlisted as a Private on 21 August 1862 at the age of 26. Enlisted in Company I, 18th Infantry Regiment Maine on 21 Aug 1862. Transferred out of Company I, 18th Infantry Regiment Maine on 19 Dec 1862. Transferred into Company J, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Maine on 19 Dec 1862. Died from wounds Company J, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Maine on 19 Jun 1864. He was listed as wounded 6/18/1864 Petersburg, VA
Ira Scott, in hospital 3rd Div. 2AC near Petersburg, VA., died June 19 of wounds. Date of discharge June 24, 1864. (According to another report he died at Division Hospital of wounds received in action on June 24, 1864, 4 days after receiving wound in action on June 18, 1864).
Muster In: August 21, 1862 (18th Maine Regiment) Reorganized December, 1862 as First Maine Heavy Artillery Muster Out: September 11, 1865 Length of Service: Three Years - Army of the Potomac
Engagements Defense of Washington - Sept. 1862 to May 1864 Spotsylvania May 19, 1864 155 killed Fredericksburg Pike, VA - May 19, 1864 Milford Station - May 20, 1864 Milford Station May 21, 1864 North Anna May 23-26, 1864 Totopotomy, VA - May 26, 1864 Totopotomoy May 28-31, 1864 Cold Harbor June 2-13, 1864 Cold Harbor, VA - May 31, 1864 Petersburg June 16-18, 1864 242 killed
Contact Name: Cheri Rodgers Amarna Contact Email:
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