He was the eldest of nine children born to Robert and Abigail (Brown) Rathbun. Married to Mary Whitford they had four children; Hannah Frances (1855), Adeline Melisa(1857), Jerome Bonaparte (1858) and Phoebe Maria. In 1862 he and two brothers (William and George) enlisted in the 7th Rhode Island Volunteers. His brother John joined the 12th Rhode Island Volunteers and his brother Jeremiah joined the 1st Rhode Island Cavalry. The 7th Rhode Island Infantry was assigned to the IX Corps and fought at Fredricksburg, Virgina, where William was wounded. The IX Corps was transferred to Kentucky. In a request from General Grant the Regiment was moved to Vicksburg and participated in the Jackson, Mississippi offensive in July 1863; Nathan was wounded in this engagement. The outfit was moved back to Kentucky (Covington) as the Regiment was overwhelmed with typhoid fever. Nathan died in the U.S. Army Hospital there of wounds and typhoid fever.
The National Archives list him as Rathbone.
The family never knew he was buried at Camp Nelson and sought information for over 100 years. I stumbled onto him on Find A Grave, it made his Grandaughter who was 102 years old very happy.
The National Archives list him as Rathbone.
The family never knew he was buried at Camp Nelson and sought information for over 100 years. I stumbled onto him on Find A Grave, it made his Grandaughter who was 102 years old very happy.
He was the eldest of nine children born to Robert and Abigail (Brown) Rathbun. Married to Mary Whitford they had four children; Hannah Frances (1855), Adeline Melisa(1857), Jerome Bonaparte (1858) and Phoebe Maria. In 1862 he and two brothers (William and George) enlisted in the 7th Rhode Island Volunteers. His brother John joined the 12th Rhode Island Volunteers and his brother Jeremiah joined the 1st Rhode Island Cavalry. The 7th Rhode Island Infantry was assigned to the IX Corps and fought at Fredricksburg, Virgina, where William was wounded. The IX Corps was transferred to Kentucky. In a request from General Grant the Regiment was moved to Vicksburg and participated in the Jackson, Mississippi offensive in July 1863; Nathan was wounded in this engagement. The outfit was moved back to Kentucky (Covington) as the Regiment was overwhelmed with typhoid fever. Nathan died in the U.S. Army Hospital there of wounds and typhoid fever.
The National Archives list him as Rathbone.
The family never knew he was buried at Camp Nelson and sought information for over 100 years. I stumbled onto him on Find A Grave, it made his Grandaughter who was 102 years old very happy.
The National Archives list him as Rathbone.
The family never knew he was buried at Camp Nelson and sought information for over 100 years. I stumbled onto him on Find A Grave, it made his Grandaughter who was 102 years old very happy.
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