Company Unknown
Private
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26th Maine Infantry
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My Great-Grandfather John Howard Thomas lived in the Eden (AKA Thomas) District on the Island of Mt. Desert near Bar Harbor Maine.
His surname was Howard and adopted name Thomas. He served in both the 26th and 31 Regiments.
That''s all the information that I have and would love to learn more about this ancestor.
Company A
Rank unknown
Not a relative but a recent visitor to his grave. Orrison Morton is buried at the South Road Cemetery in Oakfield, ME, and has a placard from the Grand Army of the Republic next to his headstone.
Company A
Private
Orrison Morton was my gggg grandfather.
Company A
Private
Died April 22, 1863,in New Orleans, as a result of gunshot wound in his side received at Irish Bend.He served under Capt Abner Fletcher.He was buried in Baton Rouge. He left widow Mary Jane Temple Pike and four children,Sarah Francis, George William, Charles Lewis, and Minnie Bell Pike.
Company C
Private
Great Great Grandfather.
Company C
Private
He left a wife and children in Caithness (St. George), New Brunswick, Canada
He died of sickness and is buried in the Albany Rural Cementary.
Company E
Corporal
I don't have a home page.
Company F
Private
Born July 4, 1836 Bangor, Maine Died January 8, 1908 Caribou, Maine
He volunteered in one of the first calls for soldiers in the Civil War and served as a Private with Company F, 25th Infantry Regiment Unit #1043 from 10/11/1862 to 8/17/1863. He was uninjured in battle though he was in some severe encounters.
Hospitlized on August 2, 1863 at Mound City , Illinois
He contracted a fever which left its results on all of his later life.
Company F
Private
Note: He served in CO F, 26th Maine Infantry. He died while in Libby Prison.
Battle Unit Name: 26th Regiment, Maine Infantry (9 months, 1862-63)
Side: Union
Company: F
Soldier's Rank In: Private
Soldier's Rank Out: Private
Company F
Private
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Company G
Private
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Company H
Private
Enlisted as a Private on 11 October 1862 at the age of 18.
Mustered out on 17 August 1863 at Bangor, ME.
Company H
Sergeant
Enlisted as a Sergeant on 11 October 1862 at the age of 23.
Mustered out on 17 August 1863 at Bangor, ME.
Company H
Private
Resident of Blue Hill, Maine. Enlisted as a Private on 11 October 1862 at the age of 43. Mustered out on 17 August 1863 at Bangor, Maine.
s/o Eliphalet Lowell Grindle and Ruth Gray b. 25 Jun 1817 Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine d. 10 Feb 1866 Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine (BHTR) 7 Feb according to headstone. Buried Seaside Cemetery, Blue Hill.
Nehemiah is my 3rd Great Grandfather
Company I
1st Lieutenant
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