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Pvt Charles H. Abbott

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Pvt Charles H. Abbott Veteran

Birth
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
12 May 1864 (aged 30)
Spotsylvania Courthouse, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Grave 3130
Memorial ID
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Co F 9 NH Inf.
in book "Civil War Burials Fredericksburg, Virginia" compiled and edited by Maude E. Mercer Sellman 1979., p 36.

Larry G Britner sent:
can add that Charles fell on 12 May 1864 at Spottsylvania, Virginia with his unit forming up at Concord, New Hampshire on 15 Aug 1862.

U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865 about Chas H Abbott
Name: Chas H Abbott
Death Date: 12 May 1864
Death Place: Spottsylvania, Virginia
Enlistment State: New Hampshire
Rank: Private
Company: F
Regiment: 9 NH V (9th New Hampshire Volunteers)

Left New Hampshire for Washington, D.C., August 25, 1862. At Arlington Heights, Va., until September 6. March to Monocacy River to join army September 6-13. Battle of South Mountain, Md., September 14, 1862. Battle of Antietam, September 16-17. Duty in Pleasant Valley, Md., until October 27, 1862. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 27-November 19. Waterloo Bridge November 9-10. Battle of Fredericksburg, December 12-15.

Burnside's Second Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. Moved to Newport News, Va., February 11; then to Lexington, Ky., March 25-31. Duty in central Kentucky until June. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., June 3-14. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson, Miss., July 10-17. At Milldale, Miss., until August 10. Moved to Covington, Ky., August 10-21; then to Camp Nelson, Ky., August 25. Duty guarding railroad between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Camp Nelson, Ky., until January 1864.

Moved to Camp Burnside January 15, 1864. March to Knoxville, Tenn., February 19-March 17. March across Cumberland Mountains to Camp Burnside and Nicholasville, Ky., March 21-31. Moved to Annapolis, Md., April 2-5. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River, Va., May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spotsylvania May 8-12; Spotsylvania Court House May 12-21; Charles falling the first day of that given battle.

Co F 9 NH Inf.
in book "Civil War Burials Fredericksburg, Virginia" compiled and edited by Maude E. Mercer Sellman 1979., p 36.

Larry G Britner sent:
can add that Charles fell on 12 May 1864 at Spottsylvania, Virginia with his unit forming up at Concord, New Hampshire on 15 Aug 1862.

U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865 about Chas H Abbott
Name: Chas H Abbott
Death Date: 12 May 1864
Death Place: Spottsylvania, Virginia
Enlistment State: New Hampshire
Rank: Private
Company: F
Regiment: 9 NH V (9th New Hampshire Volunteers)

Left New Hampshire for Washington, D.C., August 25, 1862. At Arlington Heights, Va., until September 6. March to Monocacy River to join army September 6-13. Battle of South Mountain, Md., September 14, 1862. Battle of Antietam, September 16-17. Duty in Pleasant Valley, Md., until October 27, 1862. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 27-November 19. Waterloo Bridge November 9-10. Battle of Fredericksburg, December 12-15.

Burnside's Second Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. Moved to Newport News, Va., February 11; then to Lexington, Ky., March 25-31. Duty in central Kentucky until June. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., June 3-14. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson, Miss., July 10-17. At Milldale, Miss., until August 10. Moved to Covington, Ky., August 10-21; then to Camp Nelson, Ky., August 25. Duty guarding railroad between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Camp Nelson, Ky., until January 1864.

Moved to Camp Burnside January 15, 1864. March to Knoxville, Tenn., February 19-March 17. March across Cumberland Mountains to Camp Burnside and Nicholasville, Ky., March 21-31. Moved to Annapolis, Md., April 2-5. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River, Va., May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spotsylvania May 8-12; Spotsylvania Court House May 12-21; Charles falling the first day of that given battle.



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  • Created by: D K Railsback B
  • Added: Apr 24, 2006
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14055816/charles_h-abbott: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Charles H. Abbott (13 May 1833–12 May 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14055816, citing Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by D K Railsback B (contributor 46560043).