An Illustrated Timeline of Whitefield, Maine 
another Friends Of Whitefield project
by David Chase
Civil War Soldiers from Whitefield

 

Whitefield Civil War Participants
 - compiled by David Chase

NAME AGE M/S MUSTERED CO. REG REMARKS SOURCE
BENJAMIN, ADDISON 44 S 1862/AUG/25 I 19TH INF SICK AT BOLIVAR VIRGINIA
 P564 A
BLACKMAN, PVT. RUBEN 23 S 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL DISC FOR DISAB. FEB 13
99		 P614 A
BLAKE, PVT BRADBURY 18       21ST INF 99  
BRANN, PVT MERRILL 18 S 1862/AUG/25 C 19TH INF SICK IN HOSP NOV 1, 1862 P544 A
BROOKINGS, PVT. SAMUEL J. 19 S 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL
99		 P614 A
CAMPBELL, PVT. JOHN 18 S 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL - DIED FEB 15 P614 A
CHISAM, PVT. SEWALL 25 S 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL DISC FOR DISAB MARCH 12 P614 A
CHOAT, BENJAMIN F. 33 M 1862/AUG/25 I 19TH INF SICK AT WASHINGTON P514 A
CLEMENT, CHARLES A. 18 S 1863/DEC/10 E 2ND CAL
P857 A
COOPER JR, CORP. FREEMAN 28 S 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL PROMOTED SARG. P614 A
CUNNINGHAM, WM W. 22 S 1861/NOV/02 K 1ST CAL DISC. FOR DISAB. JAN. 27 P33 A
DAVIS, THOMAS A. 21 S 1863/DEC/24 L 2ND CAL
P872 A
DOUGLAS, PVT. WILLIAM H. 34 M 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF 99  
DOUGLASS,
PVT. WILLIAM		 20       21ST
INF		 MAINE. VOL DIED FEB 23

99		 P614 A
ERSKINE, CHRISTOPHER 39 M 1862/AUG/25 C 19TH INF PR. CORP. KILLED AT GETTYSBURG P544 A
ERSKINE, JOHN 18 S 1864/JAN/9 1ST DC CAL
P938 A
ERSKINE, MAYO 18 S 1863/DEC/10 E 2ND CAL

ERSKINE, PVT. WILLIAM P. 40 M 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL
99		 P614 A
FARLEY, WILLIAM          

The President of the United States
in the name of
The Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the
Medal of Honor
to

 FARLEY, WILLIAM
Boatswain's Mate, U.S.Navy.
 Born: 1835, Whitefield, Maine. 
 Accredited To: Maine. G.O. No.: 32, 16 April 1864.

Citation:

Served on board the U.S.S. Marblehead off Legareville, Stono River, 25 December 1863, during an engagement with the enemy on John's Island. Behaving in a gallant manner, Farley animated his men and kept up a rapid and effective fire on the enemy throughout the engagement which resulted in the enemy's abandonment of his positions, leaving a caisson and 1 gun behind.
 
FARNHAM, SAMUEL 43 M 1862/AUG/25 I 19TH INF TRANSFERED TO INVALID CORPS P564 A
FOLSOM, PARMENAS E. 19 S 1861/DEC/16 I 2ND INF MAINE. VOL. TRANSFERED TO 20TH MAINE. VOL P121 A
FOX, JAMES E. 18 S 1862/AUG/14 A 16TH INF TRANSFERED TO INVALIDS CORPS P466 A
GILPATRICK, PVT. JAMES 28 S 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL DESERTED AT AUGUSTA MAINE OCT
99		 P614 A
GLIDDEN, FRANKLIN W. 21 S 1862/AUG/25 C 19TH INF DISC FOR DISABILITY JULY 21 P544 A
GLIDDEN, HIRAM 43 M 1863/DEC/10 E 2ND CAL
P857 A
GLIDDEN, OAKMAN F. 21 S 1863/DEC/10 E 2ND CAL
P614 A
GLIDDEN, SARG.OATMAN F. 20 S 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL
99
GREENLEAF, EBENEZER 44 M 1862/AUG/25 I 19TH INF DISC FOR DISABILITY APRIL 10, 1863 P564 A
HART, JOSHUA 21 M 1864/JAN/2 M 2ND CAL
P875 A
HEATH, ANDREW 26 S 1861/JUN/04 C 3RD INF WD. JUL 2; IN HOSP. NEWARK N.J. P133 A
HEATH, PVT. LLEWELLYN 20 S 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL LEFT SICK AT BOSTON AUG 7 1863
99		 P614 A
HEATH, PVT. STEPHEN G. 18 S 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL DISC. FOR DISAB APRIL 4
99		 P614 A
HEATH, WILLIAM W.

OCT. 31

GENERAL SERVICE FOR THREE YEAR TERM
HUNTER, AMAZIAH 24 S 1961/OCT/19 D 11TH INF PROMOTED CORPORAL P386 A
JEWETT, PVT. MOSES P. 18 S 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL
99		 P614 A
JONES, WILBERT 18 S 1863/DEC/10 E 2ND CAL
P858 A
KINCLER, PVT. JAMES 18 S 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL
99		 P614 A
KINSELL, ALBION R. 36 S 1862/AUG/25 I 19TH INF DISC FOR DISABILITY NOV 11 1863 P565 A
KNIGHT, PVT. JOHN 44 M 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL DISC FOR DISAB JAN 3 P614 A
LANCASTER, GEORGE W. 18 S 1863/DEC/29 D 13H INF
P829 A
LANE, CHARLES E. 18 S 1862/AUG/25 I 19TH INF DIED OF DESEASE FEB 22 P565 A
LAWLESS, PVT. PHILLIP G. 18 S 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL
99		 P614 A
LONGFELLOW, PVT. SEWALL 26 S 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL SICK AT BATON ROUGE, LA
99		 P615 A
MALLOY, PVT. PHILLIP 18 S 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL
99
MILTON, CHARLES T. 19 S 1862/AUG/23 B 11TH INF ON ARTILLERY SERVICE P380 A
MOODY, PVT. JOHN 18 S 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL DIED JULY 21
99		 P614 A
MOORE, JOHN V. 18 S 1863/DEC/10 E 2ND CAL
P858 A
MOORS, PVT. WARREN 19 S 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL DISC FOR DISAB JAN 12
99		 P615 A
MORANG, ANDREW 35 M 1861/NOV/08 G 11TH INF
P395 A
MORANG, CALVIN 22 M 1864/JAN/20 1ST DC CAL
P941 A
MORTON, JOHN A.


K 24TH INF ASSISTANT SURGEON DEC 8 P697 A
NOLAN, CHARLES P. 21  



ENLISTED IN THE NAVY FOR 1 YEAR AS VOLUNTEER		 P464 A
NOLAN, WILLIAM A. 23  


ENLISTED IN THE NAVY FOR 3 YEARS as a substitute for Henry A. Turner of Whitefield P464 A
NORRIS, CHARLES F. 18 S 1861/JUN/04 B 3RD INF DISC. FOR DIS. NOV 25 '62 FM. WDS. P130 A
NORRIS, PVT. DANIEL 32 S 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL
99		 P615 A
O'NEIL, PVT. FRANK 19 S 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL DIED APRIL 15
99		 P615 A
OAKMAN, ISSAC 37 M 1862/AUG/30 M 1ST CAL DETACHED WITH BRIGADE TRAIN P40 A
PARTRIDGE, GEORGE W. 19 S 1861/SEP/09 H 8TH INF

PHILBRICK, PVT. LORENZO 44 S 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL
99		 P615 A
PLACE, PVT. RUSSELL 23 M 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL
99		 P615 A
PLUMMER, PVT. THOMAS H. 19 S 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL
99		 P615 A
PLUMMER, AMOS 18 S 1862/OCT/14 G 21ST INF DESERTED (NOT ACCT FOR IN MUSTER-OUT )
99		 P617 A
PLUMMER, MYRICK 21 S 1862/AUG/25 C 19TH INF
P545 A
PLUMMER, PVT. GEORGE 25 M 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL DIED AT MOUNT CITY HOSPITAL
99		 P615 A
POTTER, SARG. WILLIAM G. 37 M 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL
99		 P614-15 A
PREBLE, C.O. ABRAHAM H. 37 M 1862/OCT/14 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL.

99		 P614 A
PREBLE, JAMES ? M 1864/JAN/14 E 2ND CAL
P858 A
PREBLE, PVT. SOLOMON H. 18 M 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL DESERTED AT AUGUSTA, MAINE.
99		 P615 A
RHOADES WILLIAM 40 M 1864/JAN/06 D 13TH INF IN QUOTA OF WISCASSET P615 A
RHODES, PVT. WILLIAM A. 18 S 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL LATER IN E 2ND REG CAL
99		 P858 A
RHODES, WILLIAM F. 40 M 1862/AUG/14 H 16TH INF DISCH FOR DISAB NOV 15 1862 P492 A
SCAMMON, GEN. ELIAKIM PARKER
 


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General Scammon, a native of Whitefield, Maine, was appointed from his district to the United States Military Academy in West Point,  graduating 9th in the Class of 1837. Fought with Gen Burnside at Antietam - appointed brigadier general of volunteers in October 1862, and fought in the major actions of the Kanawha Division. Two future presidents ( Rutherford B. Hayes & William McKinley ) served under his command.
 biography
His older brother Jonathan, also born in Whitefield, became one of the wealthiest men in America - a friend  and pallbearer to Abraham Lincoln.
Another brother, Charles Melville became the worlds most famous whaler and marine scientist / author .
The Scammon family lived on the Pittston road in Kings Mills.
SMITH, ANDREW R. G  MD.              
STERNS, PVT. GEORGE 30 M 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL
99		 P615 A
STILLINGS, JOSEPH B. 18 S 1863/DEC/10 E 2ND CAL
P858 A
TARR, PVT. ALBERT 18 S 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL DIED JULY 19
99		 P615 A
TOBEY, ALMON R. 18 S 1862/AUG/21 F 9TH INF SICK IN QTRS NOV 1. ' 62 P331 A
TURNER, FESSENDEN B. 18 S 1863/DEC/10 E 2ND CAL
P858 A
WARE, PVT. EZEKIEL 36 S 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL
99		 P615 A
WARREN, GEORGE 20 S 1863/SEP/10 C 16TH INF SUBSTITUTE FOR LORENZO H. WILSON of Cumberland P475 A
WARREN, SYLVANUS 44 M 1862/AUG/25 I 19TH INF DET. AS HOSPITAL NURSE P565 A
WHALEN, MICHAEL 19 S 1861/OCT/20 C 1ST CAL PROMOTED TO FARRIER P12 A
WHEELER, JEREMIAH 44 M 1862/AUG/25 I 19TH INF DISC. FOR DISABILITY MAR 31 P565 A
WHELAN, PVT. JOHN C. 18 S 1862/OCT/13 F 21ST INF MAINE. VOL. -GEN. COURT MAR. ARP. 30 1863
99		 P564 A
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Leonard Peaslee
JEFFERSON		         21ST 99  
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Wheeler, Henry		 18         99  
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COLBY , WARREN H.		           99  
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FARROW,ALONZO L.		           99  

 

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