2nd Maine Cavalry

Born Canada 1841, emigrated to America (Houlton, Maine) to fight in the war. His grandfather had fought in Napoleon's army. Wounded in Louisiana, carried a bullet in his knee for the rest of his life. After the war, earned his medical degree at the University of Pa., went west. Was a physician for over 50 years in the Old West. Founded the town of DeBeque, Colorado. Spent ten years in Mexico city in the 1890s. Married three times. Died in Colorado at age 90.

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Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on 30 November 1863 at the age of 27. Discharged on 9 September 1865.

Brother of Leonard and Melville of this regiment.

Leonard was my Great, Great grandfather and the youngest of 6 brothers to serve in, and survive the Civil War. Two of his brothers served with him in the 2nd Maine Cavalry. They were Enoch and Melville. These 2 brothers previously served in the 21st ME infantry in Baton Rouge and the Siege at Port Hudson.

Brother of Leonard and Enoch Merrill of this regiment.

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Reuben W. Ross was the son of Elbridge Gerry Ross and a nephew of Samuel Ross. He was born on September 19, 1842 in Rangeley. In 1850 the family lived in Phillips. By 1860 they lived in Rangeley and Ross was a laborer living with his parents. He married Melissa Brackett, the daughter of James and Nancy (Bubier) Brackett, in 1863. On December 11, 1863, he enlisted in Company F, 2nd Maine Cavalry. He was mustered out with the regiment at Barrancas, Florida on December 6, 1865. In 1870 he and his wife lived in Rangeley and he was a farmer with $150 in real estate and $150 in personal property. When the 1880 Census was taken, he and his wife had six children at home in Rangeley. Melissa died later that year. Ross applied for a pension in January, 1882. On August 21, 1884 he married Hannah Haley, daughter of John and Mary (Lowell) Haley and widow of John Wesley Raymond. Hannah died in 1889. Ross married 14 year-old Mathilda Campbell, daughter of Cyrus and Rose Ellen (Bubier) Campbell, on December 3, 1889, and fathered five more children. He died on September 16, 1928 and is buried with his first wife and two of their children in the Wilbur Cemetery in Rangeley.

Hosea was born in Minot, Maine in 1820, the son of Asa Harlow and Ruth Chandler. He enlisted as a Private in December 1863, and died of disease at Pensacola, Florida on October 5, 1864. He is buried at Fort Barrancas National Cemetery. Hosea is my great-great-great-grand-uncle.