Military and Naval History of Residents of Kennebunk, Maine who Enlisted During the late Civil War

By Andrew Walker

"Military and Naval History of Residents of Kennebunk, Maine who Enlisted During the late Civil War," by Andrew Walker is a short book, but a treasure trove of genealogy, for anyone interested in the soldiers of the American Civil War. It contains the named of all the men who enlisted in the Union army or Navy from the town of Kennebunk, Maine during the period 1861 to 1865, who their closest family was, and their fate during their enlistment.

Kennebunk, Maine is a small town, except during the tourist season, even now. But at the time of the Civil War it was a village; yet, 168 residents enlisted during the years of the war. The high price paid by this small Maine village was repeated across the Union and was no doubt the same in the small towns & villages in the Confederacy. It points out the sacrifices made by the citizens on both sides, that helped forge the present, truly, United Sates of America. Poignantly, it points up the old saw, "It was a rich man's war, but a poor man's fight."

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Maine Book Barn Publishing
• Release date: Sep 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9781501452734

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INTRODUCTION

At a public meeting held in this town, in the spring of 1862, I was requested to keep a military history of each resident soldier who went from Kennebunk, during the late civil war. I have tried to do as requested, and the following imperfect account is the result. All persons who may know of any soldier or seamen, whose name is here omitted, or discover any mistake made in the record, will confer a favor by informing the writer.

ANDREW WALKER.

Kennebunk, February 15, 1868.

VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS.

RESIDENTS OF KENNEBUNK, WHO ENLISTED IN 1861.

AMOS C. EMERSON, son of Washington Emerson; 1st Regiment, Company I, United States Artillery. He enlisted in April 1861, and was discharged at the expiration of his term of service, in April 1864.

JOSEPH C. HILL, Sergeant, a law-student, formerly of York; 2nd Regiment, Company B, Massachusetts Infantry. He enlisted May 11, 1861; by an unexplained cause was discharged in July 1861. He was mustered in Second Lieutenant of Company A, First Regiment Maine Cavalry, October 31, 1861, which position he resigned, October 24, 1862. He was in Kennebunk but a few months before the war commenced, and did not return after the war was over.

ROBERT HATCH, Sergeant, son of Robert P. Hatch; 2nd Regiment, Company B, Massachusetts Infantry. He enlisted May 11, 1861, was promoted sergeant August 1, 1861, in place of J. C. Hill. At the battle of Cedar Mountain, Virginia, August 9, 1862, he was wounded by a shot in his shoulder; will probably lose the use of his arm during life, as it was paralyzed when he was discharged by a certificate of disability at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland, October 30, 1862.

HARRISON SARGENT, adopted son of N. K. Sargent; 2nd Regiment, Company B, Massachusetts Infantry. He enlisted May 11, 1861, was discharged by a certificate of disability. May 17, 1862. He was mustered into the 5th Regiment, Company C, Maine Infantry, as a recruit, September 19, 1862, and died of consumption, at Point Lookout Hospital, Maryland, February 15, 1865, aged 34 years.

JOHN L. TAYLOR, Corporal, son of James Taylor; 2nd Regiment Company B, Massachusetts Infantry. He was enrolled May 17, 1861, and discharged, December 9, 1863, at Estell Springs, Tennessee, by reason of second enlistment in the same Regiment and Company His second discharge was at Washington, D. C, July 14, 1865.

THATCHER J. HUFF, son of Seth Huff, of Kennebunkport; 2nd Regiment, Company B, Massachusetts Infantry. He enlisted in May 1861, was wounded in his right side and arm, at the battle of Cedar Mountain, Virginia, August 9, 1862, was a prisoner in Richmond one month. Discharged