Canaan: CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS & SPANISH WAR SOLDIERS.
East Somerset County Register, 1911-1912
Compiled and Published by CHATTO & TURNER
Auburn, Maine
Clarence I. Chatto
Clair E. Turner
pages 71-75
CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS.
Enlisted in 1861.
3rd Reg. Me. Vol. Inf.: Chas. H. Martin, Kenny Marsh,
Danforth M. Maxcey, Chas. M. Maxwell, Weston T. Merrill
John H. Stevens.
7th Reg. Me. Vol.. Inf.: I. W. Gower, John Middleton.
10th Reg. Me. Vol. Inf.: Thos. Eastman, Levi Eldridge,
Ambrose Foster.
11th Reg. Me. Vol. Inf.: Orlando Elbridge, Jesse Lewis.
13th Reg. Me. Vol. Inf.: Chas A. Boston (served 2 years
in Co. B about New Orleans), Harlow Chandler, Jas P. Cor-
son (Lieut.), Robt. T. Crommett, Edw. E. Gerald, Jeremiah L.
Goodale, John M. Goodale, Eben Goodrich, Stephen Goodrich,
Frederick Grover, Fifield Ireland, Fairfield Ireland, Temple
Ireland, Harrison Jewell, Chas. Kimball, Geo. W. Kimball, Geo.
Leman, Franklin Lewis, Elbridge Martin, Lewis Plant, John
Thorndike, C. W. S. Tuttle, Truman Tuttle, Chas. H. Wheeler
(Co. G., service 2 years, 3 months, injured in service).
1st Cav.: Dudley B. Gerald, Geo. W. Gerald, Sam'l M.
Gerald.
3rd Me. Vol. Inf.: Chas H. Martin (promoted Corp.) Co.
C, Chas Maxwell, Co. F.
10th, Co. H: John Badger (k. at Cedar Mt.)
13th, Co. B: Wm. Aderton, Chas. Kimball, Elbridge Mar-
tin, Luther P. Goodale; Co. G: Eben Eldridge, Hazen Marsh.
14th, Co. C: Geo. Beals; Co. I, Wm. A. Carver.
Enlisted 1862 for Three Years.
16th: Jas M. Foster, Geo. P. Moore, Josiah Nutting.
18th: Benj. Berry, John Gerald, Wm. H. Robinson.
19th: Jas P. Waldron, Drew Goodridge, Augustus Wash-
burn, Ivory D. White, Geo. E. Wheeler, Wm. Jewell (Co. H, in-
jured in service), Chas. E. Burrill (Co. H), Jesse A. Damon,
Jas. McKinney, Reuben Martin, Thos. W. Merrill, Luke Rich-
ardson, Lyman Tuttle, Hunter Tuttle, Jos. Jewell.
Enlisted 1862 for Nine Months.
24th: Geo. H. Getchell, Chas F. Waldron, Jas. Kimball,
John Goodwin, Silas P. Burrill, Edw. T. Butts, Francis W.
Crommett, Warren Gerald, Wm. Hubbard, David Keene, Wil-
ford Keene, Evander W. Thomas, Nath'l Weymouth, Darius
Whitten, Jos. M. Washburn, Franklin W. Washburn, Geo. W.
Burrill.
Enlisted 1863 for Three Yeaxs.
19th: Sewall B. Blake.
7th: Orlando Eldridge, Thos. D. Eldridge, Freeman C
Flint, Geo. R. Leeman.
16th: Bernard McMahon.
Enlisted 1863 and 1864 for Three Years.
2nd Cav.: Jos. M. Booker, Jas. A. Priest, David C. Church,
Jas. H. Holt, Hovey French, Geo. M. Beals.
1st Heavy Art. - Luther F. Rolfe, John S. Foster.
7th: Geo. W. Hodgkins, Thos. Lowell, Wm. H. Hooper,
Rob't T. Crummett, John B. Alaxwell, Daniel S. Watson.
3rd: Geo. E. Bartlett, Chas. Maxwell, Jas. P. Durgin.
1st R. D. L. H. Art.: Nathan P. Taber.
1st Cav.: Benj. Mulvin, Jas. Jameson, Chas. Kimball,
Daniel 1. Wells, Jas. Kimball.
4th Battery: Franklin White, Jeremiah Keene, Jr.
14th Inf.: Abial Lancaster.
13th - Eben Goodrich (service 3 years, 6 months), Geo. W.
Kimball, Lewis Plant, Erastus C. Wheeler.
Enlisted After June 1864 for One Year.
Albion Barrett, Darius Barnes, Edw. F. Butts, Julius Hus-
sey, Reuben C. Martin, Geo. A. Walker, Adrastus C. Warren,
Chas. H. Salsbury (19th Me.), Hiram Patten, Jr., Llewellyn
K. Ricker, Eben Turner, Geo. E. Currier, Sam'l L. Cummings,
John Doughty, Wm. Gordon, John Ketchum, Willard Lamb,
Geo. A. Page (15th), Edwin Whitaker, Henry Butler (14th),
Orren Blaisdell (15th), Geo. W. Emery (15th), Byron Hussey
(15th), Jas. B. Hall (15th), John P. Hilton, Terance Monahan
(15th), Amos R. Nickerson (15th).
20th: Benj. F. Sherbourne.
8th: Miller R. Ricker.
9th: Jas. Brooks, Alonzo Irish, Barnard Riley.
16th: Dennis Mahoney, Wm. B. Parker.
Enlisted for Three Years.
John C. Cutler, Wm. Adams, John Bath, Wm. Bully, John
Cross, Thos. Davis, John Godfray, John Hogan (1st Heavy
Art.), Jos. D. Mills (31st), Chas. Riley, John Riley, Jas. Smith,
Andrew Harnan (3rd Battery), Wm. A. Dyer.
Enlisted in Navy.
E. N. Burnham (service on "Aries" one year, then six
months on "Huntsville"), Geo. H. Getchell, John Bowline, Pat-
rick Conner, John Myers, Frank Crummett.
Otber soldiers who have been citizens of Canaan or are
known by Canaan people are: Chas. H. Lancaster (Co. A, 1st
Me. Heayy Art., w. at Fredericksburg, ser. 1 yr.), Otis Ellis
(Co. G, 22nd Me., 11 mos. and 2 yrs. in Co. K, 1st Me. Vet. Vol.
enlisted in Wellington), Gevan Dawes (Co. I, 2nd Me. Cav., 6
mos. service), Jason Boston (k. in service), Fifield Mitchell
(Co. I, 25th Me., 1 yr. of service), Wm. Mitchell (enlisted in
West, ser. 3 yrs.), Chas. H. Foster (enlisted Oct. 17, 1861, at
age of 18 yrs. in Me. Cav., ser. about 4 yrs., w. in hip at battle
of Five Forks), Daniel Foster (Co. R, 1st Me. Cav., ser. 4 yrs.,
W. in leg at Petersburg), Wm. E. Poster (Co. H, 1st Me. Cav., k.
in ser. at Wyatts Farm), Jas. A. Martindale (39th Mass Vol.),
Peter I. Strail (Co. C, 44th N. Y., w. at Fredericksburg, ser. 3
Yrs.), F. W. Washburn (Co. C, 24th Me. Vol.), Chas. Allen (Co.
K, 28th Me., enlisted Norridgewock, ser. 11 mos.), Elias E.
Veber (Co. IT, 10th Mass., w. Fair Oaks, re-enlisted 34th M&,;s.,
injured at Piedmont), Joseph A. Snell (Co. B, 46th Mass., en-
listed at Holyoke, IT. C. Gower (Co. A, 12th Massachusetts), en-
listed from Lawrence, w. in leg at Wilderness, ser. 2 yrs. as
citizen blacksmith, ser. 1 yr. in 9th Vet. Reserve Corps), Eu-
gene Brawn (Co. A, 9th Me., ser. 2 yrs.), Benj. Priest (Co. B,
13th Me., w. at Bull Run and Antietam, ser. throughout war),
Geo. H. Magoon (enlisted from St. Albans, d. at Harper's
Ferry, Va.), James P. Magoon (Co. G, 4th Me.), Augustus
Penny (12th Me.), James Harrington (Co. A, 20th Me., w. at
Gettysburg, ser. 3 yrs.)
There is an interesting war record concerning a number of
brothers by the name of Hubbard who came from this town
Frederick belonged to the Third U. S. Cav. and was killed with
Custer at Little Big Horn, Walter and Ensign were working in
the woods in Canada when Civil War began but left their job
and came to Island Pond. Ensign enlisted in Co. K, 1st Vt.
and was later transferred to Co. K, 3rd Vt. and 1st U. S. Vet.
He was wounded four times, White Oak Swamps, South Moun-
tain, Wilderness and White Oak Church. He served 11 years, 3
months, 14 days and is the oldest volunteer in Maine in point
of service. He served in Texas against the French. Walter
was killed at Liberty Hall, Va. Geo. A. Hubbard was Capt. of
Co. K, 1st Louisiana Tigers and was killed at Gettysburg,
Thomas and Freeman fought in the Civil War and Edward
Hubbard, Sr. was in the Aroostook War.
SPANISH WAR SOLDIERS.
Perley Emery (2nd Leg., 17th Co., Coast Art., 3 yrs. service
in Cuba), F. E. Van Auk-en (2nd Reg., 24th Co., Coast Art., ser-
vice 6 years in Cuba, Service in Co. I. 47th N. Y. Vols. and Bat.
B, 2nd Art.)
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