Bio: John Cate : Pittsfield, Merrimack County, New Hampshire

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Submitted by: Rick Giirtman rickman@worldpath.net
Date: March 12, 2001
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From the Book
'History of Pittsfield, N. H. in the Rebellion'
by H. L. Robinson, published 1893



JOHN   CATE.

Mr. Cate was an old man, too old in fact to go to the war, but by the use of
hair dye, etc., he managed to elude the vigilance of the mustering officer,
and enlisted in Company G, Fifteenth regiment, New Hampshire volunteers.
Although his hair grew white very fast, he performed his duties like a good
soldier. Before the first battle of Fort Hudson he gave away all of his
little property that he had with him, saying that he should have no further
use for it. That day, May 27, 1863, he was wounded, and died at Baton Rouge,
La., June 8, 1863.

I have been unable to learn that Mr. Cate had any family. While in
Pittsfield he worked as a farm hand in the eastern part of the town. He was
a son of Eben Cate, was born in Chichester, and was grandson of Deacon John
Cate, one of the most prominent men of Epsom.