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Joseph E. Chadbourne

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Joseph E. Chadbourne Veteran

Birth
Death
31 Jul 1890 (aged 58)
Burial
Wells, York County, Maine, USA Add to Map
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Joseph E. Chadbourne (Chadbourn) enlisted in the 27th Maine

infantry as a 2nd Lt. on 9/30/1862. He was promoted to 1st

Lt. on 12/16/1862. He mustered out on 7/17/1863 at Portland, Me. The 27th Me. was the regiment that had been

awarded Medal of Honor for extending thier enlistments. Through an error even those men that didn't extend got the

medal. A review board in 1917 purged the medals of the 27th.

Cenotaph Fort Sullivan Eastport Maine.

Joseph E. Chadbourne (Chadbourn) enlisted in the 27th Maine

infantry as a 2nd Lt. on 9/30/1862. He was promoted to 1st

Lt. on 12/16/1862. He mustered out on 7/17/1863 at Portland, Me. The 27th Me. was the regiment that had been

awarded Medal of Honor for extending thier enlistments. Through an error even those men that didn't extend got the

medal. A review board in 1917 purged the medals of the 27th.

Cenotaph Fort Sullivan Eastport Maine.


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