Civil War Union Army Soldier. Born in 1840 in Limington, Maine, he was the 8th of 10 children of Robert and Olive Small. He was 21 years old and living with his family in Lyndon, Aroostook County, Maine, working as a farm laborer when he enlisted in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry in 1862. After military training he was mustered in as a Private in Company C on August 29, 1862. The unit was commanded by Colonel Adelbert Ames, and it's second-in-command was Lieutenant Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. In less than a year, Colonel Chamberlain was in command of the regiment, and on a fateful July day in 1863, he directed the 20th Maine as it made its heroic defense of Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg, saving the left flank of the Army of the Potomac, and forever enshrining the regiment in American history.
During the legendary defense of the position, Private Small received a gunshot wound to the head. Taken to a field hospital where thousands of other casualties of the battle lay, he was transported on July 8th to the Satterlee United States Army General Hospital in West Philadelphia, where he was cared for. Unfortunately, he had contracted dysentery, which hampered the recovery of his head wound, and he died on August 28, 1863 of that malady.
On April 13, 1876 his father, Robert Small, filed for a Invalid Dependent United States Army Pension in his son Alvah's name (Application #225637, no certificate).
A Cenotaph was erected for him in his family's plot in Evergreen Cemetery, Aroostook County, Caribou, Maine.
During the legendary defense of the position, Private Small received a gunshot wound to the head. Taken to a field hospital where thousands of other casualties of the battle lay, he was transported on July 8th to the Satterlee United States Army General Hospital in West Philadelphia, where he was cared for. Unfortunately, he had contracted dysentery, which hampered the recovery of his head wound, and he died on August 28, 1863 of that malady.
On April 13, 1876 his father, Robert Small, filed for a Invalid Dependent United States Army Pension in his son Alvah's name (Application #225637, no certificate).
A Cenotaph was erected for him in his family's plot in Evergreen Cemetery, Aroostook County, Caribou, Maine.
Civil War Union Army Soldier. Born in 1840 in Limington, Maine, he was the 8th of 10 children of Robert and Olive Small. He was 21 years old and living with his family in Lyndon, Aroostook County, Maine, working as a farm laborer when he enlisted in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry in 1862. After military training he was mustered in as a Private in Company C on August 29, 1862. The unit was commanded by Colonel Adelbert Ames, and it's second-in-command was Lieutenant Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. In less than a year, Colonel Chamberlain was in command of the regiment, and on a fateful July day in 1863, he directed the 20th Maine as it made its heroic defense of Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg, saving the left flank of the Army of the Potomac, and forever enshrining the regiment in American history.
During the legendary defense of the position, Private Small received a gunshot wound to the head. Taken to a field hospital where thousands of other casualties of the battle lay, he was transported on July 8th to the Satterlee United States Army General Hospital in West Philadelphia, where he was cared for. Unfortunately, he had contracted dysentery, which hampered the recovery of his head wound, and he died on August 28, 1863 of that malady.
On April 13, 1876 his father, Robert Small, filed for a Invalid Dependent United States Army Pension in his son Alvah's name (Application #225637, no certificate).
A Cenotaph was erected for him in his family's plot in Evergreen Cemetery, Aroostook County, Caribou, Maine.
During the legendary defense of the position, Private Small received a gunshot wound to the head. Taken to a field hospital where thousands of other casualties of the battle lay, he was transported on July 8th to the Satterlee United States Army General Hospital in West Philadelphia, where he was cared for. Unfortunately, he had contracted dysentery, which hampered the recovery of his head wound, and he died on August 28, 1863 of that malady.
On April 13, 1876 his father, Robert Small, filed for a Invalid Dependent United States Army Pension in his son Alvah's name (Application #225637, no certificate).
A Cenotaph was erected for him in his family's plot in Evergreen Cemetery, Aroostook County, Caribou, Maine.
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