Second Lieutenant Charles D. Hammett Jr., was born in Jamestown, Rhode Island, March 29th, 1843. He was appointed acting master's mate in the United States navy in the summer of 1861, and was on board the steamer Winona at the passage of Forts St. Philip and Jackson and the capture of New Orleans. He was also present at the passage of Vickburg, in the summer of 1862. Mr. Hammett resigned his position in the navy, October, 1862. He was drafted in the summer of 1863, and was assigned to Company D in the Second, being mustered, November 19th of that year. He was discharged from the Second, April 11th, 1864, and was commissioned second lieutenant in the Third Rhode Island Cavalry, to date from March 18th. He proceeded to Louisiana to join his regiment, but was never mustered. He fell sick, and died in St. James Hospital, New Orleans, September 13th, 1864. (from Second Rhode Island Regiment: A Narrative of Military Operations,
by Augustus Woodbury; Providence: Valpey, Angell & Co., 1875)
by Augustus Woodbury; Providence: Valpey, Angell & Co., 1875)
Second Lieutenant Charles D. Hammett Jr., was born in Jamestown, Rhode Island, March 29th, 1843. He was appointed acting master's mate in the United States navy in the summer of 1861, and was on board the steamer Winona at the passage of Forts St. Philip and Jackson and the capture of New Orleans. He was also present at the passage of Vickburg, in the summer of 1862. Mr. Hammett resigned his position in the navy, October, 1862. He was drafted in the summer of 1863, and was assigned to Company D in the Second, being mustered, November 19th of that year. He was discharged from the Second, April 11th, 1864, and was commissioned second lieutenant in the Third Rhode Island Cavalry, to date from March 18th. He proceeded to Louisiana to join his regiment, but was never mustered. He fell sick, and died in St. James Hospital, New Orleans, September 13th, 1864. (from Second Rhode Island Regiment: A Narrative of Military Operations,
by Augustus Woodbury; Providence: Valpey, Angell & Co., 1875)
by Augustus Woodbury; Providence: Valpey, Angell & Co., 1875)
Inscription
3d R.I. Cavalry. Died at New Orleans of fever.
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