53rd Massachusetts Co. B

Roster of Company B, 53rd Massachusetts Volunteers

Men from Fitchburg, Ashby (16), Boyleston (1), Charlestown (1),
Gardner (2), Lunenburg (6), and Westminster (1)


The following information is taken from the "53rd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers" by Henry A. Willis.




Jonas Corey, Captain
Carlos B. Wilson, 1st LieutenantOscar A. Battles, 2nd Lieutenant
First Sergeant
Alfred W. Belcher
Sergeants
John Q. A. NuttingLevi L. JaquithD. Alfred Gilmore
Amasa T. EddyHarlan P. Partridge
Corporals
Samuel StevensFrank C. GillAlonzo Gould
Elbridge G. LeonardJames E. ClarkSherborn B. Farmer
Stephen C. HosmerJohn L. Mecorney
Musicians
Abel EatonJames Vanderford
Privates
Nathan H. Aldrich
Joseph P. Atkinson
Charles F. Arnold
Joseph E. Bacon
Charles H. Bagley
Moses Bagley
Charles Bickford
William O. Bickford
Calvin A. Bigelow
Benjamin Blanchard, Jr.
Charles C. Black
Warren P. Boutelle
Henry D. Brigham
Alfred L. Brooks
George E. Brown
Silas W. Browning
Franklin O. Cady
Alvin B. Chase
J. Ward Childs
Eber F. Clark
Manley Coburn
Edward L. P. Cochran
Nathniel I. Cochran
Charles T. Cushing
John Danby
John C. Demsey
Jason W. Drake
John M. Farnsworth
O. Franklin Farmer
William H. Farrell
Ai (sic) Foster
Levitt P. French
Increase H. French
Silas Garfield
Luther R. Gibson
Harrison Goodrich
Austin K. Gould
Alvah A. Hadley
John N. Harrington
William H. Harris
Frank F. Hemminway
H. Porter Hayward
Joel A. Hayward
Thomas Hill
Lyman W. Holt
George A. Howard
John Kemp
George F. Kendall
Henry W. Mace
Benjamin F. Marshall
George E. Marshall
Thomas Marsh
Charles E. Miller
Gilbert F. Miller
Edwin H. Minot
Hiram P. Minot
William G. Morse
James O'Herne *
Alonzo Parker
Levi Parker
Frederick W. Powers
George F. Sabin
John Sawin
Solon W. Spooner
George F. Tileston
Richard Tucker
Samuel Wallis
Erastus O. Wheeler, Jr.
Francis S. Wheeler
Henry M. Wheeler
Benjamin K. Wiley
Albert C. Wilsey
Herbert Willard
Amasa Wright
George W. Wright
Levi S. Wright
Bradford H. Wyman

* Deserted, Nov. 28, 1862, Groton, Mass.


Compiled by Walter G. Blenderman;

Prepared 10/24/1997, updated 6/23/2000, 9/25/2010, 7/6/2014

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