Civil War
Musician, Co. E, 17th Regiment
Connecticut Vol. Inf.
Enlisted from Trumbull August 1862, butcher, age 18. Mustered out July 1865. Participated in Battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.
Age 21. Occupation: Saddler (age is consistent with age at enlistment of 18 in 1862, but census records shown him born in 1847)
Cousin of Charles Sherwood Stratton ("Tom Thumb"). He is buried near his grandfather Samuel Edwards Stratton and great-grandfather Thomas Stratton. He was son of George Smith Stratton and Eliza Wooley. George Smith Stratton was first cousin to Sherwood Edwards Stratton, father of "Tom Thumb".
Musician, Co. E, 17th Regiment
Connecticut Vol. Inf.
Enlisted from Trumbull August 1862, butcher, age 18. Mustered out July 1865. Participated in Battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.
Age 21. Occupation: Saddler (age is consistent with age at enlistment of 18 in 1862, but census records shown him born in 1847)
Cousin of Charles Sherwood Stratton ("Tom Thumb"). He is buried near his grandfather Samuel Edwards Stratton and great-grandfather Thomas Stratton. He was son of George Smith Stratton and Eliza Wooley. George Smith Stratton was first cousin to Sherwood Edwards Stratton, father of "Tom Thumb".
Civil War
Musician, Co. E, 17th Regiment
Connecticut Vol. Inf.
Enlisted from Trumbull August 1862, butcher, age 18. Mustered out July 1865. Participated in Battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.
Age 21. Occupation: Saddler (age is consistent with age at enlistment of 18 in 1862, but census records shown him born in 1847)
Cousin of Charles Sherwood Stratton ("Tom Thumb"). He is buried near his grandfather Samuel Edwards Stratton and great-grandfather Thomas Stratton. He was son of George Smith Stratton and Eliza Wooley. George Smith Stratton was first cousin to Sherwood Edwards Stratton, father of "Tom Thumb".
Musician, Co. E, 17th Regiment
Connecticut Vol. Inf.
Enlisted from Trumbull August 1862, butcher, age 18. Mustered out July 1865. Participated in Battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.
Age 21. Occupation: Saddler (age is consistent with age at enlistment of 18 in 1862, but census records shown him born in 1847)
Cousin of Charles Sherwood Stratton ("Tom Thumb"). He is buried near his grandfather Samuel Edwards Stratton and great-grandfather Thomas Stratton. He was son of George Smith Stratton and Eliza Wooley. George Smith Stratton was first cousin to Sherwood Edwards Stratton, father of "Tom Thumb".
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