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Second Mass Soldiers Who Died by Accidents or Disease

 

Officers Died of Disease, Accidents, etc.: 3
Enlisted Men Died of Disease, Accidents, etc.: 138
Sources: Fox, Regimental Losses
Adjutant General. Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, 1931

 

First Name
MI
Last Name
Co. Residence
STATE
Occupation
Enlist Rank
Enlist Age
Enlist Date
Died
William
 
Adams
  Gloucester
MA
Seaman
Priv
  21  
 12/10/62 
 08/15/63 
William
H
Bassett
  Calais
ME
Lumberman
Priv
  19  
 04/14/64 
 08/03/64 
Henry
 
Bent
  Boston
MA
Sailor
Priv
  19  
 11/16/64 
 06/03/65 
John
R
Brandon
  San Francisco
CA
 
Priv
  27  
 03/12/63 
 04/18/63 
Samuel
T
Brewster
  Hartford
PA
Farmer
Priv
  21  
 04/19/64 
 10/07/64 
Joseph
W
Brittian
   
CA
Laborer
Priv
  34  
 04/23/63 
 02/19/64 
Michael
 
Buckley
  Roxbury
MA
Mason
Priv
  38  
 12/04/63 
01/09/65 
Joseph
E
Burrill
  Boston
MA
Baker
Priv
  18  
 03/14/65 
05/05/65 
Albert
X
Butler
  Thomaston
ME
Seaman
Priv
  21  
 12/12/63 
 08/14/64 
Daniel
K
Chaffee
   
CA
Miner
Priv
  32  
 03/09/63 
06/15/63 
Charles
P
Chamberlain
  Derby Line
VT
Clerk
Priv
  23  
 01/10/63 
 03/16/64
POW
Hiram
C
Christler
  Sharon
MI
Farmer
Priv
  33  
 02/19/63 
 06/03/63 
Richard
 
Clark
  Boston
MA
 
Priv
  21  
 03/21/63 
 08/05/63 
George
 
Clay
   
CA
Miner
Priv
  28  
 04/20/63 
07/03/63 
Thomas
W
Cobbey
  Griggsville
IL
Farmer
Priv
  31  
 02/10/63 
12/28/63 
William
 
Colgan
  Roxbury
MA
Moulder
Priv
  21  
 04/08/64 
 09/28/64 
John
 
Daley
  Marblehead
MA
Rough Rider
Priv
  24  
 11/30/64 
 04/25/65 
Joseph
 
Donovan
  Boston
MA
Steward
Priv
  23  
 01/17/63 
 09/06/63 
Samuel
S
Estes
  Newton Upper Falls
MA
Teamster
Priv
  35  
 02/18/65 
 05/05/65 
Pail
 
Farnham
  Boston
MA
Seaman
Priv
  40  
 07/06/63 
 06/04/65 
Rodney
 
Fifield
  Nashua
NH
Farmer
Priv
  34  
 03/31/64 
 02/25/65 
Thomas
 
Flaherty
  Boston
MA
Laborer
Priv
  35  
 03/19/63 
 11/16/63 
Michael
R
Glispin
  Groveland
MA
Carder
Priv
  18  
 02/13/65 
 07/22/65 
Frank
C
Griffen
  Chelsea
MA
Clerk
Priv
  18  
 03/10/65 
 04/23/65 
William
H
Gruber
  Nantucket
MA
Seaman
Priv
  25  
 10/17/61 
 02/01/65 
Peter
 
Hanson
   
 
 
Priv
 
 06/14/63 
 11/29/64 
John
F
Hartford
  Fremont
NH
Shoemaker
Priv
  38  
 02/26/64 
 12/09/64 
John
 
Hogg
  Princeton
MA
Shoemaker
Priv
  24  
 09/02/64 
 11/13/64 
Frederick
H
Holden
  Colrain
MA
Farmer
Priv
  18  
 02/14/65 
 04/19/65 
James
P
Hunter
   
CA
Miner
Priv
  26  
 02/03/63 
 12/24/64 
John
 
Johnson
  Boston
MA
Laborer
Priv
  21  
 10/26/64 
 05/10/65 
James
 
Kelly
  Boston
MA
Laborer
Priv
  28  
 01/12/63 
 12/20/64 
Alfred
 
Laighton
  San Francisco
CA
 
Priv
  20  
 12/04/62 
 07/28/63 
Alfred
F
Lee
A Newburyport
MA
Blacksmith
Bugler
  23  
 11/30/62 
 04/07/64 
William
 
Leighton
  New Salem
MA
Shoemaker
Priv
  18  
 01/15/63 
 03/26/63 
Richard
 
Leverton
  Bellville, Canada West
 
Blacksmith
Priv
  25  
 04/30/64 
 08/09/64 
Benjamin
 
Loud
  South Adams
MA
Farmer
Priv
  18  
 03/08/65 
 04/27/65 
Edward
B
Mason
  Boston
MA
 
2nd Lieut
  25  
 06/04/63 
09/14/63 
Edmund
 
Miller
  West Brookfield
MA
Saddler
Priv
  37  
 01/02/64 
07/05/64 
Robert
R
Minchen
  Newburyport
MA
Ship Carpenter
Priv
  18  
 03/14/65 
04/12/65 
Charles
F
Morse
   
CA
Miner
Sergeant
  37  
 04/01/63 
12/30/64 
Patrick
 
O'Neil
   
 
 
Priv
  21  
 01/15/63 
 05/26/65 
Thomas
 
Palmer
  Boston
MA
Cooper
Priv
  26  
 12/04/62 
 03/25/65 
Lewis
 
Payzant
  Boston
MA
Seaman
Priv
  32  
 07/23/64 
 03/06/65 
Edward
 
Phipps
  Dracut
MA
Farmer
Priv
  18  
 02/16/64 
 08/08/64 
Charles
G
Poland
  Boston
MA
Clerk
Priv
  20  
 12/17/62 
 07/26/63 
William
H
Pringle
   
CA
Carpenter
Priv
  26  
 03/11/63 
 04/15/65 
Sylvester
 
Riley
   
 
Machinist
Priv
  21  
 03/16/63 
 04/12/63 
James
 
Rye
  Stow
MA
Farmer
Priv
  18  
 01/09/63 
03/04/64 
John
W
Shurtleff
  Fall River
MA
Railroad Foreman
Priv
  24  
 12/29/63 
 10/31/64 
Hartson
D
Sinclair
  Monmouth
ME
Teacher
Priv
  21  
 02/14/65 
 05/26/65 
Augustine
 
Sorg
  New York City
NY
Laborer
Priv
  23  
 10/31/64 
 12/31/64 
Benjamin
 
Thaxter
  Boston
MA
Conductor
Priv
  25  
 04/26/64 
 01/15/65 
Jacob
 
Walther
E Cleveland
OH
Carpenter
Priv
  23  
 01/31/63 
 10/17/64 
William
S
Wells
  Northampton
MA
 
2nd Lieut
  29  
 12/18/62 
 07/26/63 
John
D
Whitehall
  New Bedford
MA
Farmer
Priv
  18  
 01/30/63 
 03/31/63 
Andrew
 
Williams
   
CA
 
Priv
  36  
 03/07/63 
02/10/65 
Huntington
F
Wolcott
  Boston
MA
 
2nd Lieut
 
 10/23/64 
 06/09/65 
Arthur
J
Wooster
  Sonoma
CA
 
Priv
19
 02/20/63 
 05/17/65 
John
 
Young
   
 
Carpenter
Priv
  25  
 01/10/63 
 02/23/63
Thomas
 
Yuill
  Cambridge
MA
Laborer
Priv
  21  
 11/29/62 
 08/03/63