Biography of Joseph J. C. Walcott :Pittsfield, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire

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Submitted by: Jody Goodson  kestrell@prodigy.net
Date: May 14, 2001
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From the Book
'History of Pittsfield, N. H. in the Rebellion'
by H. L. Robinson, published 1893

Page 162

JOSEPH J. C. WALCOTT.
     I have been able to learn but little, of this soldier, who, previous to
the war, worked in the cotton-factory. When the war broke out, he with some
companions started in the night and walked to Concord and enlisted in the
First New Hampshire volunteers, but, for reasons already explained, his
squad was put into the Second regiment as a part of Company E. (See sketches
of Orren Brock, H. M. Gordon, and others.)
     He served as a sergeant, having been promoted to that position, until
March 18, 1863, when he was discharged for disability. At the Battle of
Williamsburg he was severely wounded in the groin. He declined all
assistance, and using his gun as, a crutch, hobbled to the rear, had his
wound dressed, and was sent to the hospital. This was May 2, 1862.
     From his comrades I learn that he was in the following battles: First
Bull Run, July 21, 1861; Siege of Yorktown, April11 to May 3, 1862;
Williamsburg, May 2, 1862; Fair Oaks, June 23, 1862; Savage Station, June
27, 1862; Peach Orchard, June 28, 1862; Glendale, June 30. 1862; Malvern
Hill, July 1, 1862; Malvern Hill (2d battle), August 5, 1862; Bristow
Station, August 27, 1862; Second Bull Run. August 29, 1862; Chantilly,
September 1, 1862; Fredericksburg, December 11 to 15, 1862. In all of these
engagements he bore himself like a true son of the Granite state.
     After the war he went West, and all trace of him has been lost.