Company H, 2nd United States Sharp Shooters-Civil War
Lewis T Clark, age 24, enlisted in Company F, U.S. Volunteers 2nd Sharp Shooter Regiment on 05 Jan 1864. Mustered out on 30 Jan 1865. Transferred to 1st Regiment on 30 Jan 1865. Mustered out on 12 May 1865 at Concord, New Hampshire. Birth Date: abt 1840. Sources: Register of Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire 1861-65.
Invalided, per application on Aug 30, 1872, with widow benefits granted on Oct 22, 1890; minor benefits on Oct 5, 1897. The certificate was amended at the point of the granting of widow/minor benefits with a "V" inserted between "US" and "SS". Those initials refer to the 2nd United States Volunteer Sharp Shooters, also known as Berdan's Brigade.
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Sniping, or sharpshooting, was a recognized psychological weapon at the outset of the Civil War. Champion marksman Hiram C. Berdan of New York, authorized to raise a regiment of sharpshooters for Federal service, began recruiting competitions in the summer of 1861. Qualified recruits had to place 10 shots in a 10-inch circle at 200 yards, firing any rifle they chose from any position they preferred ... 2nd Regiment Sharpshooters/U.S. Volunteers was raised ... its companies mustered in individually in autumn 1861, and its men were drawn from New Hampshire, Maine, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, and Vermont. It too served in the Eastern Theater and in December, 1864 its veteran volunteers were briefly consolidated with reenlisted veterans of the 1st Regiment.
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Sibling of Oliver Lovell Clark.
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"Lewis T. Clark, – male, white, married, age 52 years, b. Vermont, d. 12 or 13 Aug 1889 in Chico, Calif." Source: Earliest Death and Burial Records, Paradise Genealogical Society, published serially in the PGS Goldmine, 1992, pg 33.
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Chico Weekly Enterprise, Friday Evening, August16, 1889, pg 1 col 6: Death of Captain L.T. Clark. Just as we go to press we learn that Captain Lewis T. Clark passed quietly away this forenoon at Forest Ranch. The remains will be brought to Chico this evening and the funeral will take place under the auspices of Halleck Post, G.A.R., at 3 o’clock tomorrow afternoon from the Baptist Church on Fifth street.
Interment took place at Chico Cemetery on August 13, 1889, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records.
See Appendix A about Lewis Clark in the completed biography on Cornelius Cashman, by Rod Thompson, as part of a California State University, Chico Archival History project, fall semester, 2013, under the direction of Professor Mike Magliari. Electronic version and hard print copies of "From Cork to Chico Through Famine, War, and Disaster: The Life of Irish Immigrant and Civil War Veteran Cornelius Charles Cashman" are available. Both electronic and hard print versions are at Meriam Library, CSU, Chico and Chico Cemetery Association.
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** Family links provided following: Chico Weekly Enterprise, Friday Evening, August16, 1889, pg 3 col 1: Card of Thanks. Mrs. H.F. Noland, Mrs. E.T. Elliott and O.L. Clark, sisters and brother of the late Captain L.T. Clark, request us to return their sincere and heartfelt thanks to the members of the Grand Army, and especially to Post Commander, Wm. Remley, of Halleck Post, G.A.R., for their kindness, care and assistance during the prolonged illness of their deceased brother, which will ever be remembered by them with the deepest gratitude.
Sibling of Oliver Lovell Clark.
Lewis T Clark, age 24, enlisted in Company F, U.S. Volunteers 2nd Sharp Shooter Regiment on 05 Jan 1864. Mustered out on 30 Jan 1865. Transferred to 1st Regiment on 30 Jan 1865. Mustered out on 12 May 1865 at Concord, New Hampshire. Birth Date: abt 1840. Sources: Register of Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire 1861-65.
Invalided, per application on Aug 30, 1872, with widow benefits granted on Oct 22, 1890; minor benefits on Oct 5, 1897. The certificate was amended at the point of the granting of widow/minor benefits with a "V" inserted between "US" and "SS". Those initials refer to the 2nd United States Volunteer Sharp Shooters, also known as Berdan's Brigade.
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Sniping, or sharpshooting, was a recognized psychological weapon at the outset of the Civil War. Champion marksman Hiram C. Berdan of New York, authorized to raise a regiment of sharpshooters for Federal service, began recruiting competitions in the summer of 1861. Qualified recruits had to place 10 shots in a 10-inch circle at 200 yards, firing any rifle they chose from any position they preferred ... 2nd Regiment Sharpshooters/U.S. Volunteers was raised ... its companies mustered in individually in autumn 1861, and its men were drawn from New Hampshire, Maine, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, and Vermont. It too served in the Eastern Theater and in December, 1864 its veteran volunteers were briefly consolidated with reenlisted veterans of the 1st Regiment.
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Sibling of Oliver Lovell Clark.
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"Lewis T. Clark, – male, white, married, age 52 years, b. Vermont, d. 12 or 13 Aug 1889 in Chico, Calif." Source: Earliest Death and Burial Records, Paradise Genealogical Society, published serially in the PGS Goldmine, 1992, pg 33.
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Chico Weekly Enterprise, Friday Evening, August16, 1889, pg 1 col 6: Death of Captain L.T. Clark. Just as we go to press we learn that Captain Lewis T. Clark passed quietly away this forenoon at Forest Ranch. The remains will be brought to Chico this evening and the funeral will take place under the auspices of Halleck Post, G.A.R., at 3 o’clock tomorrow afternoon from the Baptist Church on Fifth street.
Interment took place at Chico Cemetery on August 13, 1889, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records.
See Appendix A about Lewis Clark in the completed biography on Cornelius Cashman, by Rod Thompson, as part of a California State University, Chico Archival History project, fall semester, 2013, under the direction of Professor Mike Magliari. Electronic version and hard print copies of "From Cork to Chico Through Famine, War, and Disaster: The Life of Irish Immigrant and Civil War Veteran Cornelius Charles Cashman" are available. Both electronic and hard print versions are at Meriam Library, CSU, Chico and Chico Cemetery Association.
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** Family links provided following: Chico Weekly Enterprise, Friday Evening, August16, 1889, pg 3 col 1: Card of Thanks. Mrs. H.F. Noland, Mrs. E.T. Elliott and O.L. Clark, sisters and brother of the late Captain L.T. Clark, request us to return their sincere and heartfelt thanks to the members of the Grand Army, and especially to Post Commander, Wm. Remley, of Halleck Post, G.A.R., for their kindness, care and assistance during the prolonged illness of their deceased brother, which will ever be remembered by them with the deepest gratitude.
Sibling of Oliver Lovell Clark.
Company H, 2nd United States Sharp Shooters-Civil War
Lewis T Clark, age 24, enlisted in Company F, U.S. Volunteers 2nd Sharp Shooter Regiment on 05 Jan 1864. Mustered out on 30 Jan 1865. Transferred to 1st Regiment on 30 Jan 1865. Mustered out on 12 May 1865 at Concord, New Hampshire. Birth Date: abt 1840. Sources: Register of Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire 1861-65.
Invalided, per application on Aug 30, 1872, with widow benefits granted on Oct 22, 1890; minor benefits on Oct 5, 1897. The certificate was amended at the point of the granting of widow/minor benefits with a "V" inserted between "US" and "SS". Those initials refer to the 2nd United States Volunteer Sharp Shooters, also known as Berdan's Brigade.
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Sniping, or sharpshooting, was a recognized psychological weapon at the outset of the Civil War. Champion marksman Hiram C. Berdan of New York, authorized to raise a regiment of sharpshooters for Federal service, began recruiting competitions in the summer of 1861. Qualified recruits had to place 10 shots in a 10-inch circle at 200 yards, firing any rifle they chose from any position they preferred ... 2nd Regiment Sharpshooters/U.S. Volunteers was raised ... its companies mustered in individually in autumn 1861, and its men were drawn from New Hampshire, Maine, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, and Vermont. It too served in the Eastern Theater and in December, 1864 its veteran volunteers were briefly consolidated with reenlisted veterans of the 1st Regiment.
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Sibling of Oliver Lovell Clark.
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"Lewis T. Clark, – male, white, married, age 52 years, b. Vermont, d. 12 or 13 Aug 1889 in Chico, Calif." Source: Earliest Death and Burial Records, Paradise Genealogical Society, published serially in the PGS Goldmine, 1992, pg 33.
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Chico Weekly Enterprise, Friday Evening, August16, 1889, pg 1 col 6: Death of Captain L.T. Clark. Just as we go to press we learn that Captain Lewis T. Clark passed quietly away this forenoon at Forest Ranch. The remains will be brought to Chico this evening and the funeral will take place under the auspices of Halleck Post, G.A.R., at 3 o’clock tomorrow afternoon from the Baptist Church on Fifth street.
Interment took place at Chico Cemetery on August 13, 1889, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records.
See Appendix A about Lewis Clark in the completed biography on Cornelius Cashman, by Rod Thompson, as part of a California State University, Chico Archival History project, fall semester, 2013, under the direction of Professor Mike Magliari. Electronic version and hard print copies of "From Cork to Chico Through Famine, War, and Disaster: The Life of Irish Immigrant and Civil War Veteran Cornelius Charles Cashman" are available. Both electronic and hard print versions are at Meriam Library, CSU, Chico and Chico Cemetery Association.
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** Family links provided following: Chico Weekly Enterprise, Friday Evening, August16, 1889, pg 3 col 1: Card of Thanks. Mrs. H.F. Noland, Mrs. E.T. Elliott and O.L. Clark, sisters and brother of the late Captain L.T. Clark, request us to return their sincere and heartfelt thanks to the members of the Grand Army, and especially to Post Commander, Wm. Remley, of Halleck Post, G.A.R., for their kindness, care and assistance during the prolonged illness of their deceased brother, which will ever be remembered by them with the deepest gratitude.
Sibling of Oliver Lovell Clark.
Lewis T Clark, age 24, enlisted in Company F, U.S. Volunteers 2nd Sharp Shooter Regiment on 05 Jan 1864. Mustered out on 30 Jan 1865. Transferred to 1st Regiment on 30 Jan 1865. Mustered out on 12 May 1865 at Concord, New Hampshire. Birth Date: abt 1840. Sources: Register of Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire 1861-65.
Invalided, per application on Aug 30, 1872, with widow benefits granted on Oct 22, 1890; minor benefits on Oct 5, 1897. The certificate was amended at the point of the granting of widow/minor benefits with a "V" inserted between "US" and "SS". Those initials refer to the 2nd United States Volunteer Sharp Shooters, also known as Berdan's Brigade.
~~~
Sniping, or sharpshooting, was a recognized psychological weapon at the outset of the Civil War. Champion marksman Hiram C. Berdan of New York, authorized to raise a regiment of sharpshooters for Federal service, began recruiting competitions in the summer of 1861. Qualified recruits had to place 10 shots in a 10-inch circle at 200 yards, firing any rifle they chose from any position they preferred ... 2nd Regiment Sharpshooters/U.S. Volunteers was raised ... its companies mustered in individually in autumn 1861, and its men were drawn from New Hampshire, Maine, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, and Vermont. It too served in the Eastern Theater and in December, 1864 its veteran volunteers were briefly consolidated with reenlisted veterans of the 1st Regiment.
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Sibling of Oliver Lovell Clark.
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"Lewis T. Clark, – male, white, married, age 52 years, b. Vermont, d. 12 or 13 Aug 1889 in Chico, Calif." Source: Earliest Death and Burial Records, Paradise Genealogical Society, published serially in the PGS Goldmine, 1992, pg 33.
~~~
Chico Weekly Enterprise, Friday Evening, August16, 1889, pg 1 col 6: Death of Captain L.T. Clark. Just as we go to press we learn that Captain Lewis T. Clark passed quietly away this forenoon at Forest Ranch. The remains will be brought to Chico this evening and the funeral will take place under the auspices of Halleck Post, G.A.R., at 3 o’clock tomorrow afternoon from the Baptist Church on Fifth street.
Interment took place at Chico Cemetery on August 13, 1889, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records.
See Appendix A about Lewis Clark in the completed biography on Cornelius Cashman, by Rod Thompson, as part of a California State University, Chico Archival History project, fall semester, 2013, under the direction of Professor Mike Magliari. Electronic version and hard print copies of "From Cork to Chico Through Famine, War, and Disaster: The Life of Irish Immigrant and Civil War Veteran Cornelius Charles Cashman" are available. Both electronic and hard print versions are at Meriam Library, CSU, Chico and Chico Cemetery Association.
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** Family links provided following: Chico Weekly Enterprise, Friday Evening, August16, 1889, pg 3 col 1: Card of Thanks. Mrs. H.F. Noland, Mrs. E.T. Elliott and O.L. Clark, sisters and brother of the late Captain L.T. Clark, request us to return their sincere and heartfelt thanks to the members of the Grand Army, and especially to Post Commander, Wm. Remley, of Halleck Post, G.A.R., for their kindness, care and assistance during the prolonged illness of their deceased brother, which will ever be remembered by them with the deepest gratitude.
Sibling of Oliver Lovell Clark.
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