Biography of Charles H. Watson :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 175 & 176
 
CHARLES H. WATSON
     was a native of Pennsylvania, where he was born July 17, 1841. His
mother died when he was but three years of age, and his father removed to
Massachusetts. In January, 1859, Charles came to Pittsfield to work in the
cotton mill, and in the following May he married Miss Ellen Jipson, by whom
he had three children.
     In 1861, while he was stopping in Massachusetts for a short time, the
war broke out and he enlisted in Company G, Thirteenth Massachusetts
volunteers. He served with his regiment until, at the Battle of Antietam,
Wednesday, September 17, 1862, he was wounded, a ball passing through his
arm and entering his right side, dropping down inside the ribs. He was
immediately taken to the hospital, where he remained until his discharge,
December 13, 1862, when he returned to Pittsfield.
     He remained at home until the fall of 1864, when, his wound having
partially healed, he could not resist the call of his country. He enlisted
in Company A, Eighteenth New llampslwre volunteers, and was promoted to be
second sergeant, September 13, 1864. He served with this regiment until the
close of the war. He returned home and lived in town until he died from the
effect of his wound, June 12, 1890.