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Thomas D. Little

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Thomas D. Little

Birth
Bremen, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
Death
25 May 1893 (aged 58)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.9222074, Longitude: -77.0050796
Plot
Section N, Lot 31. Site 1
Memorial ID
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COD: cancer.

Additional info from member #47563872, 7/3/2021:
Co I 19th Maine Infantry
Wounded July 2 1863 at Gettysburg
Right Leg Amputated

Yet more info from member #48010488, 8/22/2022:
Little, Thomas Artifacts: letters, MSM 2012.27
Thomas Little was born on October 1, 1834, in Bremen, Maine, elder son of William Henry Little and Rachel Jones Little. He may have been a Mayflower descendent, through the line of pilgrim Edward Doty. Little enlisted for three years on August 5, 1862 and was mustered into the 19th Maine, Company I, as a private on August 25, 1862, in Bath, Maine. Little was 5 ft. 11 in. tall, dark-complexioned with black eyes and brown hair. He was single, residing in Bremen, Maine and a farmer. Little saw action with the 19th Maine at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Haymarket, Gettysburg, Mine Run, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. He was wounded at Petersburg on July 2, 1864. He had a leg amputated, and was hospitalized for some time. Little was mustered out August 1, 1864, and returned to Maine. Little married Sarah Elizabeth Morse of Craftsbury, Vermont in 1869. They had five children. In 1880 they were living in Washington, D.C., and Little was a government clerk in the Treasury Department. He died on May 25, 1893. [DF]
COD: cancer.

Additional info from member #47563872, 7/3/2021:
Co I 19th Maine Infantry
Wounded July 2 1863 at Gettysburg
Right Leg Amputated

Yet more info from member #48010488, 8/22/2022:
Little, Thomas Artifacts: letters, MSM 2012.27
Thomas Little was born on October 1, 1834, in Bremen, Maine, elder son of William Henry Little and Rachel Jones Little. He may have been a Mayflower descendent, through the line of pilgrim Edward Doty. Little enlisted for three years on August 5, 1862 and was mustered into the 19th Maine, Company I, as a private on August 25, 1862, in Bath, Maine. Little was 5 ft. 11 in. tall, dark-complexioned with black eyes and brown hair. He was single, residing in Bremen, Maine and a farmer. Little saw action with the 19th Maine at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Haymarket, Gettysburg, Mine Run, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. He was wounded at Petersburg on July 2, 1864. He had a leg amputated, and was hospitalized for some time. Little was mustered out August 1, 1864, and returned to Maine. Little married Sarah Elizabeth Morse of Craftsbury, Vermont in 1869. They had five children. In 1880 they were living in Washington, D.C., and Little was a government clerk in the Treasury Department. He died on May 25, 1893. [DF]


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  • Created by: hgs205
  • Added: Dec 2, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139505876/thomas_d-little: accessed ), memorial page for Thomas D. Little (1 Oct 1834–25 May 1893), Find a Grave Memorial ID 139505876, citing Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA; Maintained by hgs205 (contributor 46875108).