Civil War Veteran
Private, Co. I, 18th Massachusetts Infantry
Survivor of Andersonville Prison
The son of Henry and Lavina (Keene) Snow. James B. Snow was also the nephew of George W. Thompson and Leander G. Thompson, both of whom served in Co. I, 18th Mass. Infantry.
James was an 18 year-old Paper Maker from Franklin, MA, when he enlisted at Wrentham, MA on May 20, 1861 and was mustered into the 18th Masschusetts Infantry on August 24, 1861. Per muster records, he was 5 ft. 6 in. tall, with a light complexion, blue eyes, and sandy hair.
He fought in the following engagements in 1862: Second Bull Run, Antietam, Shephardstown, and Fredericksburg. In 1863 he saw action at Chancellorsville, and in 1864 was involved in the Battle of the Wilderness where he was taken prisoner on May 5, 1864.
He was first held as a Prisoner of War at Andersonville, GA and later transferred to the Confederate Prison at Florence, SC. He was involved in a prisoner exchange and released at N.E. Ferry, NC on Feb. 26, 1865. James was sent from Camp Parole, Annapolis, MD to Boston on April 11, 1865 and from there mustered out of military service on May 3,1865. James was mentioned a number of times by Thomas Mann a fellow prisoner from Co. I, 18th Massachusetts Infantry, in his post-war article "A Yankee in Andersonville" which was serialized in Century Magazine in July and August 1890. Mann's article related that James had been reduced to a skeletal state by the time he was released from captivity.
Following his military service James resided at Franklin, Lawrence, Holyoke, Fitchburg, Attleboro, South Hadley Falls, and Norton, MA, as well as Waddington and Hartlock, NY, all of which places he was employed as a Paper Maker. He was 25 when he married Susan Elizabeth Kelly, age 32, at Lawrence, MA on April 20, 1868. They were the parents of one child, James B., Jr., born Sept. 10, 1869.
James eventually resided permanently in Norton, MA. In 1890 while employed at A.H. Sweets Box Shop, he severed all the digits on his left hand save his little finger while running a circular saw. He was a member of the John Rogers G.A.R. Post No. 170, Mansfield.
His wife Susan died on January 5, 1917 and was interred at the Norton Common Cemetery. James was 84 when he died of a stroke at his home on Mansfield St., Norton, MA.
Private, Co. I, 18th Massachusetts Infantry
Survivor of Andersonville Prison
The son of Henry and Lavina (Keene) Snow. James B. Snow was also the nephew of George W. Thompson and Leander G. Thompson, both of whom served in Co. I, 18th Mass. Infantry.
James was an 18 year-old Paper Maker from Franklin, MA, when he enlisted at Wrentham, MA on May 20, 1861 and was mustered into the 18th Masschusetts Infantry on August 24, 1861. Per muster records, he was 5 ft. 6 in. tall, with a light complexion, blue eyes, and sandy hair.
He fought in the following engagements in 1862: Second Bull Run, Antietam, Shephardstown, and Fredericksburg. In 1863 he saw action at Chancellorsville, and in 1864 was involved in the Battle of the Wilderness where he was taken prisoner on May 5, 1864.
He was first held as a Prisoner of War at Andersonville, GA and later transferred to the Confederate Prison at Florence, SC. He was involved in a prisoner exchange and released at N.E. Ferry, NC on Feb. 26, 1865. James was sent from Camp Parole, Annapolis, MD to Boston on April 11, 1865 and from there mustered out of military service on May 3,1865. James was mentioned a number of times by Thomas Mann a fellow prisoner from Co. I, 18th Massachusetts Infantry, in his post-war article "A Yankee in Andersonville" which was serialized in Century Magazine in July and August 1890. Mann's article related that James had been reduced to a skeletal state by the time he was released from captivity.
Following his military service James resided at Franklin, Lawrence, Holyoke, Fitchburg, Attleboro, South Hadley Falls, and Norton, MA, as well as Waddington and Hartlock, NY, all of which places he was employed as a Paper Maker. He was 25 when he married Susan Elizabeth Kelly, age 32, at Lawrence, MA on April 20, 1868. They were the parents of one child, James B., Jr., born Sept. 10, 1869.
James eventually resided permanently in Norton, MA. In 1890 while employed at A.H. Sweets Box Shop, he severed all the digits on his left hand save his little finger while running a circular saw. He was a member of the John Rogers G.A.R. Post No. 170, Mansfield.
His wife Susan died on January 5, 1917 and was interred at the Norton Common Cemetery. James was 84 when he died of a stroke at his home on Mansfield St., Norton, MA.
Civil War Veteran
Private, Co. I, 18th Massachusetts Infantry
Survivor of Andersonville Prison
The son of Henry and Lavina (Keene) Snow. James B. Snow was also the nephew of George W. Thompson and Leander G. Thompson, both of whom served in Co. I, 18th Mass. Infantry.
James was an 18 year-old Paper Maker from Franklin, MA, when he enlisted at Wrentham, MA on May 20, 1861 and was mustered into the 18th Masschusetts Infantry on August 24, 1861. Per muster records, he was 5 ft. 6 in. tall, with a light complexion, blue eyes, and sandy hair.
He fought in the following engagements in 1862: Second Bull Run, Antietam, Shephardstown, and Fredericksburg. In 1863 he saw action at Chancellorsville, and in 1864 was involved in the Battle of the Wilderness where he was taken prisoner on May 5, 1864.
He was first held as a Prisoner of War at Andersonville, GA and later transferred to the Confederate Prison at Florence, SC. He was involved in a prisoner exchange and released at N.E. Ferry, NC on Feb. 26, 1865. James was sent from Camp Parole, Annapolis, MD to Boston on April 11, 1865 and from there mustered out of military service on May 3,1865. James was mentioned a number of times by Thomas Mann a fellow prisoner from Co. I, 18th Massachusetts Infantry, in his post-war article "A Yankee in Andersonville" which was serialized in Century Magazine in July and August 1890. Mann's article related that James had been reduced to a skeletal state by the time he was released from captivity.
Following his military service James resided at Franklin, Lawrence, Holyoke, Fitchburg, Attleboro, South Hadley Falls, and Norton, MA, as well as Waddington and Hartlock, NY, all of which places he was employed as a Paper Maker. He was 25 when he married Susan Elizabeth Kelly, age 32, at Lawrence, MA on April 20, 1868. They were the parents of one child, James B., Jr., born Sept. 10, 1869.
James eventually resided permanently in Norton, MA. In 1890 while employed at A.H. Sweets Box Shop, he severed all the digits on his left hand save his little finger while running a circular saw. He was a member of the John Rogers G.A.R. Post No. 170, Mansfield.
His wife Susan died on January 5, 1917 and was interred at the Norton Common Cemetery. James was 84 when he died of a stroke at his home on Mansfield St., Norton, MA.
Private, Co. I, 18th Massachusetts Infantry
Survivor of Andersonville Prison
The son of Henry and Lavina (Keene) Snow. James B. Snow was also the nephew of George W. Thompson and Leander G. Thompson, both of whom served in Co. I, 18th Mass. Infantry.
James was an 18 year-old Paper Maker from Franklin, MA, when he enlisted at Wrentham, MA on May 20, 1861 and was mustered into the 18th Masschusetts Infantry on August 24, 1861. Per muster records, he was 5 ft. 6 in. tall, with a light complexion, blue eyes, and sandy hair.
He fought in the following engagements in 1862: Second Bull Run, Antietam, Shephardstown, and Fredericksburg. In 1863 he saw action at Chancellorsville, and in 1864 was involved in the Battle of the Wilderness where he was taken prisoner on May 5, 1864.
He was first held as a Prisoner of War at Andersonville, GA and later transferred to the Confederate Prison at Florence, SC. He was involved in a prisoner exchange and released at N.E. Ferry, NC on Feb. 26, 1865. James was sent from Camp Parole, Annapolis, MD to Boston on April 11, 1865 and from there mustered out of military service on May 3,1865. James was mentioned a number of times by Thomas Mann a fellow prisoner from Co. I, 18th Massachusetts Infantry, in his post-war article "A Yankee in Andersonville" which was serialized in Century Magazine in July and August 1890. Mann's article related that James had been reduced to a skeletal state by the time he was released from captivity.
Following his military service James resided at Franklin, Lawrence, Holyoke, Fitchburg, Attleboro, South Hadley Falls, and Norton, MA, as well as Waddington and Hartlock, NY, all of which places he was employed as a Paper Maker. He was 25 when he married Susan Elizabeth Kelly, age 32, at Lawrence, MA on April 20, 1868. They were the parents of one child, James B., Jr., born Sept. 10, 1869.
James eventually resided permanently in Norton, MA. In 1890 while employed at A.H. Sweets Box Shop, he severed all the digits on his left hand save his little finger while running a circular saw. He was a member of the John Rogers G.A.R. Post No. 170, Mansfield.
His wife Susan died on January 5, 1917 and was interred at the Norton Common Cemetery. James was 84 when he died of a stroke at his home on Mansfield St., Norton, MA.
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