Captain John M. Caswell was day laborer in Manchester, NH in 1860.He joined Company A, New Hampshire 10th Infantry Regiment on 18 September 1862. He was mortally wounded on September 30, 1864 at Fort Harrison Virginia and died on October 4, 1864. it is assumed he is not buried in Manchester, NH. The number of dead at Fort Harrison far exceeded the known dead. As of July 1876, 239 of the 814 interments were known while 575 were unknown including 4 confederate prisoners. Mr. Caswell does not appear on the known list. Union Soldiers captured Fort Harrison on September 29 1864 and confederate forces tried to retake the Fort the following day 9/30/1864. It remained under union control until the evacuation of Richmond in April 1865. This was just after the battle at Cold Harbour (not a harbour as in the middle of VA) in which the union substained severe loses even though they outmanned the confederates. Cold Harbour and Fort Harrison led to Richmond and General Grant had a one track mind, to take Richmond and win the war. Valley Cemetery hosts another Captain that was lost at Cold Harbour General Hayward who "fell" at age 26. Please see bio on Capt. Henry Hayward on this web site.
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Captain Caswell left his wife Mary W Caswell nee' Hunt, she lived until 1903, and a daughter Addie Hunt Glidden wife of Charles, she is buried with her parents
Patricia J. Van Den Berghe
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Captain Caswell left his wife Mary W Caswell nee' Hunt, she lived until 1903, and a daughter Addie Hunt Glidden wife of Charles, she is buried with her parents
Patricia J. Van Den Berghe
Captain John M. Caswell was day laborer in Manchester, NH in 1860.He joined Company A, New Hampshire 10th Infantry Regiment on 18 September 1862. He was mortally wounded on September 30, 1864 at Fort Harrison Virginia and died on October 4, 1864. it is assumed he is not buried in Manchester, NH. The number of dead at Fort Harrison far exceeded the known dead. As of July 1876, 239 of the 814 interments were known while 575 were unknown including 4 confederate prisoners. Mr. Caswell does not appear on the known list. Union Soldiers captured Fort Harrison on September 29 1864 and confederate forces tried to retake the Fort the following day 9/30/1864. It remained under union control until the evacuation of Richmond in April 1865. This was just after the battle at Cold Harbour (not a harbour as in the middle of VA) in which the union substained severe loses even though they outmanned the confederates. Cold Harbour and Fort Harrison led to Richmond and General Grant had a one track mind, to take Richmond and win the war. Valley Cemetery hosts another Captain that was lost at Cold Harbour General Hayward who "fell" at age 26. Please see bio on Capt. Henry Hayward on this web site.
Photo from ancestry.com civil war records
Captain Caswell left his wife Mary W Caswell nee' Hunt, she lived until 1903, and a daughter Addie Hunt Glidden wife of Charles, she is buried with her parents
Patricia J. Van Den Berghe
Photo from ancestry.com civil war records
Captain Caswell left his wife Mary W Caswell nee' Hunt, she lived until 1903, and a daughter Addie Hunt Glidden wife of Charles, she is buried with her parents
Patricia J. Van Den Berghe
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