Bio: Willard K. Cobb : Pittsfield, Merrimack County, New Hampshire

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Submitted by: Rick Giirtman rickman@worldpath.net
Date: March 10, 2001
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From the Book
'History of Pittsfield, N. H. in the Rebellion'
by H. L. Robinson, published 1893



WILLARD K.   COBB.

Willard Knight Cobb, for whom the G. A. R. post in Pittslicld was named, was
a son of John B. and Elizabeth (Knight) Cobb, and was born in East 
Pittsfield near Jenness pond, December 6, 1843. When he was six years old,
in 1849, his father bought a house on Watson street in the village. Mere
Willard lived, attending school and working at his trade, shoe-making, until
he enlisted September 18, 1861, in Company E, Fourth New Hampshire
volunteers. He entered this battalion as a private, afterwards was promoted
to corporal, then to sergeant. He was with the regiment in South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia. He was in over twenty
engagements, many of them regular battles. He was wounded at Drury's Bluff,
Va., May 16, 1864. He was then on bis second term of service, having
reenlisted January 30, 1864. After his wound healed he obtained a
furlough, came home, and after a short visit returned to the army, and in
the next engagement was killed at Chapin's Farm, Va., September 29, 1864.

An old lady, speaking of one of the Revolutionary soldiers in this town,
said, " He was a good Christian, a good soldier, and a good citizen."

This is the highest eulogy that can be bestowed upon any man. Everything is
combined in these words. But the same remark will apply to Willard Cobb.
Perhaps he was not a communicant of any church, nor a subscriber to any
creed, yet he followed the precepts of the Christian faith, and, as a boy
and young man, was worthy of all positions to which he was called. As a
citizen he was exemplary, as a soldier he ranked with the best, and it was
eminently proper that his name should be chosen with which to christen our
Grand Army post.

He was a representative of the rank and file, of the men who carried the
rifles, who built the fortifications and fought the battles, but. alas, got
but little of the honor and none of the glory. These were reserved for the
officers of high rank.

The post has kindly had his picture placed in this book.