Phineas Augustine was in Company H, 31st Maine Infantry during the Civil War, and died in a confederate Prison Camp. He currently is not on the field of honor but on the Fallen Soldier War Memorial seen in the background.
Private Heywood was also written about in the East Maine Conference Seminary War Record:
PHINEAS AUGUSTINE HEYWOOD
"Gus," by which name was affectionately known to all his contemporary students, was a member of the 31st Maine, enlisting, April 9, 1864. At the Mine explosion in front of Petersburg, he was one of the volunteers to cut away the abatis in front of the enemy's work. All those at work with him were killed, and he worked on alone, seeming to bear a charmed life. He was successful, and was ordered to the rear, that service excusing him from duty for the rest of the day. But he persisted in remaining at the front, saying, "Wherever my company goes I go," and he was captured in the Balaklava charge into the crater. He was taken to prison at Danville, Va., where he died after eight months confinement.
Private Heywood was also written about in the East Maine Conference Seminary War Record:
PHINEAS AUGUSTINE HEYWOOD
"Gus," by which name was affectionately known to all his contemporary students, was a member of the 31st Maine, enlisting, April 9, 1864. At the Mine explosion in front of Petersburg, he was one of the volunteers to cut away the abatis in front of the enemy's work. All those at work with him were killed, and he worked on alone, seeming to bear a charmed life. He was successful, and was ordered to the rear, that service excusing him from duty for the rest of the day. But he persisted in remaining at the front, saying, "Wherever my company goes I go," and he was captured in the Balaklava charge into the crater. He was taken to prison at Danville, Va., where he died after eight months confinement.
Phineas Augustine was in Company H, 31st Maine Infantry during the Civil War, and died in a confederate Prison Camp. He currently is not on the field of honor but on the Fallen Soldier War Memorial seen in the background.
Private Heywood was also written about in the East Maine Conference Seminary War Record:
PHINEAS AUGUSTINE HEYWOOD
"Gus," by which name was affectionately known to all his contemporary students, was a member of the 31st Maine, enlisting, April 9, 1864. At the Mine explosion in front of Petersburg, he was one of the volunteers to cut away the abatis in front of the enemy's work. All those at work with him were killed, and he worked on alone, seeming to bear a charmed life. He was successful, and was ordered to the rear, that service excusing him from duty for the rest of the day. But he persisted in remaining at the front, saying, "Wherever my company goes I go," and he was captured in the Balaklava charge into the crater. He was taken to prison at Danville, Va., where he died after eight months confinement.
Private Heywood was also written about in the East Maine Conference Seminary War Record:
PHINEAS AUGUSTINE HEYWOOD
"Gus," by which name was affectionately known to all his contemporary students, was a member of the 31st Maine, enlisting, April 9, 1864. At the Mine explosion in front of Petersburg, he was one of the volunteers to cut away the abatis in front of the enemy's work. All those at work with him were killed, and he worked on alone, seeming to bear a charmed life. He was successful, and was ordered to the rear, that service excusing him from duty for the rest of the day. But he persisted in remaining at the front, saying, "Wherever my company goes I go," and he was captured in the Balaklava charge into the crater. He was taken to prison at Danville, Va., where he died after eight months confinement.
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