Son of Captain Obed & Susan (Chase) Alley (Mitchell). He married Mary Elizabeth Winslow (1836 - ) on 29 Sep 1857 in Nantucket. Children:
Emma F. Alley Hartford (1860 – 1916)
Enlisted 18 Jul 1861 in Company I, 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; promoted to 1st Sgt; promoted 12 Sep 1862 to 2nd Lt.; killed in battle.
He died instantly on 13 Dec from a bullet through his left eye during the 20th's famous charge up Marye's Heights. Phebe Hanaford, a Nantucket minister, wrote a poem to honor him, in part:
"... Beneath the green sods of his native isle,
His honored dust shall rest-
His memory livest, as a patriot true,
In many a grateful breast.
Write now the name of Alley on thy list, ..."
Contributor John Speer provided his birth date from cemetery records.
Emma F. Alley Hartford (1860 – 1916)
Enlisted 18 Jul 1861 in Company I, 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; promoted to 1st Sgt; promoted 12 Sep 1862 to 2nd Lt.; killed in battle.
He died instantly on 13 Dec from a bullet through his left eye during the 20th's famous charge up Marye's Heights. Phebe Hanaford, a Nantucket minister, wrote a poem to honor him, in part:
"... Beneath the green sods of his native isle,
His honored dust shall rest-
His memory livest, as a patriot true,
In many a grateful breast.
Write now the name of Alley on thy list, ..."
Contributor John Speer provided his birth date from cemetery records.
Son of Captain Obed & Susan (Chase) Alley (Mitchell). He married Mary Elizabeth Winslow (1836 - ) on 29 Sep 1857 in Nantucket. Children:
Emma F. Alley Hartford (1860 – 1916)
Enlisted 18 Jul 1861 in Company I, 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; promoted to 1st Sgt; promoted 12 Sep 1862 to 2nd Lt.; killed in battle.
He died instantly on 13 Dec from a bullet through his left eye during the 20th's famous charge up Marye's Heights. Phebe Hanaford, a Nantucket minister, wrote a poem to honor him, in part:
"... Beneath the green sods of his native isle,
His honored dust shall rest-
His memory livest, as a patriot true,
In many a grateful breast.
Write now the name of Alley on thy list, ..."
Contributor John Speer provided his birth date from cemetery records.
Emma F. Alley Hartford (1860 – 1916)
Enlisted 18 Jul 1861 in Company I, 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; promoted to 1st Sgt; promoted 12 Sep 1862 to 2nd Lt.; killed in battle.
He died instantly on 13 Dec from a bullet through his left eye during the 20th's famous charge up Marye's Heights. Phebe Hanaford, a Nantucket minister, wrote a poem to honor him, in part:
"... Beneath the green sods of his native isle,
His honored dust shall rest-
His memory livest, as a patriot true,
In many a grateful breast.
Write now the name of Alley on thy list, ..."
Contributor John Speer provided his birth date from cemetery records.
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LEANDER ALLEY
Fell on the BattleField
at Fredericksburg Va
Dec. 13, 1862
Æ. 30
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