9th Maine Infantry, Co K∼Joseph was the fifth of eight children from a rural farming family in Windham, Maine. He was wounded through his right shoulder on July 18, 1863 during the battle at Fort Wagner, Morris Island, South Carolina. The following day he was taken to The Edward Means House in Beaufort which had been converted to a hospital during the Civil War. (The building still stands today.)
"Beaufort National Cemetery was among the first of six national cemeteries authorized by President Lincoln in 1863 for the purpose of reinterent of soldiers and sailors who had died in the region. It was also the final resting place for men who died in nearby Union hospitals during the occupation, and many of the. men who lost their lives at Battery Wagner during the 1863 siege are buried here....Final resting pplace for almost two hundred Confederate soldiers, Beaufort National Cemetery is distinguished as the only national cemetery containing Confederate soldiers. It is also the serene and beautifully landscaped home for row upon row of unknown soldiers."
Information from the first paragraph and above quote are from the book,
"Joseph K. Manchester Northern Son in the South, 1861-1863, His Letters,Family, and Friends" written by Carol H. Manchester
"Beaufort National Cemetery was among the first of six national cemeteries authorized by President Lincoln in 1863 for the purpose of reinterent of soldiers and sailors who had died in the region. It was also the final resting place for men who died in nearby Union hospitals during the occupation, and many of the. men who lost their lives at Battery Wagner during the 1863 siege are buried here....Final resting pplace for almost two hundred Confederate soldiers, Beaufort National Cemetery is distinguished as the only national cemetery containing Confederate soldiers. It is also the serene and beautifully landscaped home for row upon row of unknown soldiers."
Information from the first paragraph and above quote are from the book,
"Joseph K. Manchester Northern Son in the South, 1861-1863, His Letters,Family, and Friends" written by Carol H. Manchester
9th Maine Infantry, Co K∼Joseph was the fifth of eight children from a rural farming family in Windham, Maine. He was wounded through his right shoulder on July 18, 1863 during the battle at Fort Wagner, Morris Island, South Carolina. The following day he was taken to The Edward Means House in Beaufort which had been converted to a hospital during the Civil War. (The building still stands today.)
"Beaufort National Cemetery was among the first of six national cemeteries authorized by President Lincoln in 1863 for the purpose of reinterent of soldiers and sailors who had died in the region. It was also the final resting place for men who died in nearby Union hospitals during the occupation, and many of the. men who lost their lives at Battery Wagner during the 1863 siege are buried here....Final resting pplace for almost two hundred Confederate soldiers, Beaufort National Cemetery is distinguished as the only national cemetery containing Confederate soldiers. It is also the serene and beautifully landscaped home for row upon row of unknown soldiers."
Information from the first paragraph and above quote are from the book,
"Joseph K. Manchester Northern Son in the South, 1861-1863, His Letters,Family, and Friends" written by Carol H. Manchester
"Beaufort National Cemetery was among the first of six national cemeteries authorized by President Lincoln in 1863 for the purpose of reinterent of soldiers and sailors who had died in the region. It was also the final resting place for men who died in nearby Union hospitals during the occupation, and many of the. men who lost their lives at Battery Wagner during the 1863 siege are buried here....Final resting pplace for almost two hundred Confederate soldiers, Beaufort National Cemetery is distinguished as the only national cemetery containing Confederate soldiers. It is also the serene and beautifully landscaped home for row upon row of unknown soldiers."
Information from the first paragraph and above quote are from the book,
"Joseph K. Manchester Northern Son in the South, 1861-1863, His Letters,Family, and Friends" written by Carol H. Manchester
Inscription
1707 JK Manchester ME.
Gravesite Details
1707 does not indicate the year Joseph died.
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