Fairfield County CT Archives Obituaries.....Walters, James Henry August 2, 1862 *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ct/ctfiles.htm *********************************************** ************************************************************************ The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification. ************************************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com May 19, 2005, 12:50 am Stamford Soldiers' Memorial 1869 JAMES HENRY WALTERS, son of William and Delia (Hoyt) Walters, was born May 5, 1831. On the opening of the war, he offered himself as a volunteer to the Sixth Connecticut, but was rejected from physical disability. He went to New York and enlisted into Co. K, 14th K Y. S. M., or the 84th N. Y. Volunteers. He was wounded, Aug. 2, 1862, and taken to the hospital at Washington, where he died, Aug. 2, 1862. He was a member of the Methodist church here, and left a wife and three children. Two of them, the children by a former wife, were taken to Fitch's Home in Darien, where one is still well cared for. His widow is yet living in Stamford. File at -- http://files.usgwarchives.net/ct/fairfield/obits/w/walters117gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ctfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb