Private, Res. Charlestown ; machinist ; 23 ; enl. Sept. 4, 1862 ; must. Sept. 19, 1862; must, out July 2, 1863. Co. "D" 5th Mass. Infantry
Side of War Union
(source: "Massachusetts soldiers, sailors, and marines in the civil war", by Massachusetts Adjutant General's Office, 1931, page 312)
Wife:
Maggie Welch (married 22 Dec 1872, Charlestown, MA)
occupation: engineer
cause of death: died from injuries from Great Fire in Boston (fractured spine)
(sources: Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915; cemetery record; Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910; Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850)
Private, Res. Charlestown ; machinist ; 23 ; enl. Sept. 4, 1862 ; must. Sept. 19, 1862; must, out July 2, 1863. Co. "D" 5th Mass. Infantry
Side of War Union
(source: "Massachusetts soldiers, sailors, and marines in the civil war", by Massachusetts Adjutant General's Office, 1931, page 312)
Wife:
Maggie Welch (married 22 Dec 1872, Charlestown, MA)
occupation: engineer
cause of death: died from injuries from Great Fire in Boston (fractured spine)
(sources: Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915; cemetery record; Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910; Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850)
Inscription
Fate gave the word, the arrow sped,
And pierc'd my darling's heart,
And with him all the joys are fled
Life can to me impart.
(First stanza from Robert Burn's poem A Mother's Lament For the Death of Her Son)
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