Bio: Daniel W. Foss :Pittsfield, Merrimack Co, New Hampshire

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Submitted by: Rick Giirtman  rickman@worldpath.net
Date: March 16, 2001
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From the Book
'History of Pittsfield, N. H. in the Rebellion'
by H. L. Robinson, published 1893


DANIEL W. FOSS.

In 1846 Thomas and Margaret (Sewards) Foss were living in Dover, where on
the 2d of July their oldest son, " Dan," was born. His father died when he
was about nine years old, and Daniel a few years later went to live with a
friend of the family in Strafford.

In 1859 his mother married the late John C. Berry of this town, and from
that time his home was in Pittsfield. Previous to enlisting he always
worked on a farm. September 3, 1864, he enlisted in Company E, First New
Hampshire heavy artillery, and went into camp at Concord, and soon left for
Washington. He was stationed at Fort Richardson ; from there his company
went to Fort Reno and then to Fort Sumner. Here Comrade Foss was taken with
typhoid fever, and for some time his life was despaired of. He remained here
until the close of the war, and was discharged with his regiment. He has
made his home in Pittsfield nearly all the time since his discharge.