First Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Company I Roster and Statistics
Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy in the transcription of the roster from the original. However, the information provided by Mr. Cudworth may not be entirely correct, as in the case of my great-great-grandfather. If you are seeking information about an ancestor who is listed on this page--or any US Civil War veteran--I would suggest that the military and/or pension records be obtained from the National Archives, rather than depend on such compiled sources.
Officers and Enlisted Personnel
Although not specified in the source, this list appears to be those enlisted in the company at the time of mustering out on 14 June 1865.
| Name |
Age |
Rank |
| William W. Eaton |
1st Sgt. |
29 |
| George F. Marden |
Sgt. |
25 |
| William Fourer |
Sgt. |
41 |
| Thomas Malady |
Sgt. |
23 |
| Frederick A. Wallis |
Corporal |
25 |
| Timothy Hurley |
Corporal |
39 |
| William Prescott |
Corporal |
25 |
| Isaac Clark |
Corporal |
40 |
| Charles A. Bacon |
Corporal |
28 |
| Alexander Grant |
Corporal |
27 |
| John F. Harney |
Corporal |
23 |
| John A. McCabe |
Musician |
22 |
| John J. Prest |
Musician |
20 |
| J. Foster Doane |
Wagoner |
28 |
| Edward F. Allen |
Wagoner |
24 |
| William Boss |
Wagoner |
31 |
| Horace M. Brown |
|
31 |
| John E. Brintnell |
|
29 |
| John Barton |
|
28 |
| John B. Cilley |
|
32 |
| John Cripps |
|
20 |
| George A. Dean |
|
23 |
| John Duggan |
|
20 |
| James H. Downing |
|
43 |
| Edward Finnegan |
|
25 |
| Charles E. Fillebrown |
|
35 |
| Thomas Flynn |
|
37 |
| Dennis Fielden |
|
23 |
| Harrison Fuller |
|
26 |
| George E. Gordon |
|
32 |
| Edward B. Haskell |
|
21 |
| Elisha R. Harrington |
|
27 |
| Caleb Houston |
|
30 |
| James Hood |
|
24 |
| Franklin Jones |
|
35 |
| George P. Kilburn |
|
27 |
| Thomas Livermore |
|
26 |
| Charles J. Lloyd |
|
29 |
| William Murray |
|
32 |
| William Morgan |
|
49 |
| George W. Mozart |
|
42 |
| Patrick Mahoney |
|
37 |
| Arthur B. Moulton |
|
39 |
| George E. McQuestron |
|
26 |
| John Naudasher |
|
23 |
| John A. Nugent |
|
28 |
| James F. Newhall |
|
23 |
| Thomas O'Brien |
|
26 |
| George A. Payne |
|
21 |
| Charles Payberg |
|
22 |
| Hubert Rooney |
|
23 |
| Augustine Towie |
|
29 |
| Charles Townsend |
|
34 |
| Samson Woodhall |
|
42 |
Discharged Personnel
| Name |
Rank |
Age |
Reason |
Year |
| James Doherty |
Sgt. |
32 |
to 2nd Lieut. |
1862 |
| James Finney |
Sgt. |
30 |
wounds |
|
| James P. Taylor |
Sgt. |
25 |
disability |
1863 |
| Forester A. Pelby |
Sgt. |
24 |
to 2nd Lieut. |
1861 |
| Charles Burbank |
Corporal |
22 |
disability |
1861 |
| James W. Dana |
Corporal |
34 |
disability |
1862 |
| William F. Durloo |
Corporal |
27 |
disability |
1861 |
| John E. Grant |
Corporal |
32 |
disability |
1861 |
| William H. Homans |
Corporal |
24 |
promotion |
1863 |
| John A. Wilkerson |
Corporal |
29 |
disability |
1861 |
| John D. Andrews |
|
19 |
disability |
1861 |
| Isaac C. Breck |
|
21 |
disability |
1861 |
| LaRoy S. Bridgman |
|
18 |
disability |
1861 |
| Hiram Bacon |
|
46 |
disability |
1862 |
| Samuel W. Cushing |
|
26 |
disability |
1861 |
| Patrick L. Carpenter |
|
18 |
disability |
1861 |
| Henry L. Chamberlain |
|
24 |
disability |
1861 |
| James H. Collins |
|
22 |
disability |
1861 |
| Edward J. Coggins |
|
30 |
disability |
1862 |
| Charles A. Carroll |
|
26 |
disability |
1862 |
| John Carlin |
|
36 |
disability |
1863 |
| William Daily |
|
39 |
|
1861 |
| Andrew J. Emory |
|
25 |
|
1863 |
| John F. Finney |
|
20 |
|
1861 |
| William N. Freeman |
|
31 |
disability |
1862 |
| James P. Ford |
|
32 |
disability |
1862 |
| George L. Gwinn |
|
25 |
disability |
1861 |
| John W. Gardner |
|
41 |
disability |
1861 |
| Augustus P. Goodridge |
|
23 |
disability |
1862 |
| William R. Gracie |
|
36 |
disability |
1863 |
| John Huth |
|
31 |
disabilty |
1861 |
| Nicholas Hall |
|
21 |
wounds |
1862 |
| Joseph Higgins |
|
22 |
disability |
1863 |
| Gardner A. Kimball |
|
26 |
promotion |
1864 |
| Mark Lynch |
|
41 |
disability |
1863 |
| Isaac Langland |
|
26 |
disability |
1863 |
| John C. McGee |
|
27 |
disability |
1861 |
| Nelson W. McIntyre |
|
25 |
disability |
1862 |
| George McLean |
|
41 |
disability |
1862 |
| John J. Murphy |
|
21 |
disabilty |
1861 |
| Robert W. Murphy |
|
19 |
disability |
1861 |
| John Mitchell |
|
22 |
disability |
1862 |
| Mark B. Muloy |
|
26 |
disability |
1863 |
| Micajah Newhall |
|
22 |
disability |
1862 |
| William A. M. Nerland |
|
22 |
wounds |
1862 |
| William A. M. Niles |
|
18 |
disability |
1862 |
| Roebert W. Peterson |
|
19 |
disability |
1861 |
| James Proctor |
|
41 |
disability |
1862 |
| John C. Roach |
|
22 |
disabilty |
1861 |
| William B. Ruth |
|
23 |
disability |
1862 |
| Maynard Russell |
|
|
disability |
1862 |
| Delaney Starr |
|
19 |
disability |
1861 |
| John Sweeney |
|
33 |
disability |
1861 |
| Andrew Stranger |
|
45 |
disability |
1862 |
| James Spear |
|
35 |
disability |
1862 |
| Cyrus C. Sargent |
|
24 |
disability |
1862 |
| George H. Tyner |
|
23 |
disability |
1861 |
| Charles A. Wilkinson |
|
22 |
disability |
1861 |
| Harvey Williams |
|
35 |
disability |
1861 |
| James Wilson |
|
30 |
disability |
1861 |
| Wentworth Wilson |
|
25 |
wounds |
1862 |
| Patrick White |
|
23 |
disability |
1863 |
Transferred Personnel
| Name |
Rank |
Age |
Reason |
Year |
| Frank W. Marshall |
1st Sgt. |
29 |
Sgt. Major |
1863 |
| Jacob Bonart |
|
29 |
re-enlisted 11th Massachusetts |
1864 |
| Edward R. Hutchins |
|
21 |
Medical Cadets |
1861 |
| George Johnson |
|
41 |
re-enlisted 11th Massachusetts |
1864 |
| George R. Kidder |
|
27 |
Veteran Reserve Corps |
1864 |
| Eugene McClaire |
|
38 |
Veteran Reserve Corps |
1863 |
| James Maguire |
|
25 |
11th Massachusetts |
1864 |
| William Thayer |
|
46 |
Commisary Sgt. |
1863 |
Deceased Personnel
| Name |
Rank |
Age |
Battle or Cause |
Date |
| George W. Harris |
1st Sgt. |
33 |
Bull Run |
8/29/1862 |
| Andrew Bertram |
Sgt. |
38 |
of wounds |
unknown |
| Charles F. Ferguson |
Sgt. |
24 |
of wounds |
09/19/1862 |
| Luther M. Bent |
Corporal |
20 |
of wounds |
10/15/1862 |
| Richard McKay |
Corporal |
23 |
Poplar Hill |
06/10/1862 |
| Oliver Simpson |
Corporal |
24 |
Blackburn's Ford |
killed 7/18/1862 |
| Frank Singer |
Corporal |
21 |
of wounds |
10/10/4862 |
| William R. Benson |
|
20 |
Williamsburg |
killed 5/5/1862 |
| Jeremiah Crowell |
|
28 |
Glendale |
killed 6/30/1862 |
| Warren H. Gardner |
|
21 |
of wounds |
7/15/1862 |
| James Learned |
|
44 |
of dis. Ft. Schuyler, NY |
12/10/1862 |
| Daniel Mears |
|
93 [?] |
Richmond |
unknown |
| Wilson Pinkham |
|
28 |
Boston |
unknown |
| Frank P. Rollins |
|
24 |
of wounds |
8/10/1863 |
| Wilson Stone |
|
19 |
in hospital, NY |
unknown |
| Samuel Wilder |
|
27 |
Chancellorsville |
killed 5/2/1863 |
Deserted Personnel
| Name |
Rank |
Age |
Battle |
Date |
| Henry Penmore |
Sgt. |
25 |
Bull Run |
7/21/1861 |
| Timothy Ahern |
|
22 |
Georgetown |
7/22/1861 |
| Herman Athrend |
|
24 |
Alexandria |
10/21/1862 |
| Michael H. Burke |
|
21 |
Budds Ferry |
11/13/1861 |
| Thomas Bowditch |
|
23 |
Falmouth, VA |
1/19/1863 |
| William W. Bradley |
|
22 |
Fair Oaks |
6/29/1862 |
| Charles Carroll |
|
19 |
Fair Oaks |
6/29/1862 |
| John N. Doyle |
|
40 |
Annapolis while pardoned prisoner |
unknown |
| George O. Fessenden |
|
20 |
Fresh Pond, MA |
6/12/1861 |
| George H. Foster |
|
18 |
Georgetown, DC |
6/30/1861 |
| William Fleming |
|
25 |
wounded at Glendale-not heard from |
6/30/1862 |
| Lawrence F. Geisler |
|
25 |
Fair Oaks |
6/29/1862 |
| John Hopkins |
|
24 |
Harrison's Landing |
8/13/1862 |
| William H. Hovill |
|
19 |
Warrington Junction |
8/24/1862 |
| Cornelius E. Kennedy |
|
22 |
Washington, DC |
unknown |
| Rodney S. Marriner |
|
26 |
Georgetown |
7/22/1861 |
| George F. Marshall |
|
31 |
Georgetown |
7/22/1861 |
| Joseph H. Mason |
|
30 |
Georgetown |
7/22/1861 |
| John Martins |
|
43 |
Harrison's Landing |
7/1862 |
| John T. Mason |
|
39 |
sick at Fairfax Stn.-not heard from since |
11/13/1862 |
| George G. S. Norris |
|
27 |
Harrison's Landing |
7/1862 |
| Thomas Riddell |
|
28 |
Budds Ferry |
11/13/1861 |
| George R. Robbins |
|
20 |
in face of enemy |
12/14/1862 |
| William Ready |
|
28 |
New York |
8/7/1863 |
| Alexander Rogers |
|
21 |
New York |
9/21/1863 |
| Thomas L. Smith |
|
40 |
Ft. Albany |
8/6/1861 |
| Benjamin Spear |
|
24 |
Fairfax Station |
10/1862 |
| Benjamin J. Walker |
|
32 |
Fair Oaks |
6/29/1862 |
| Henry G. Washburn |
|
26 |
Fairfax Station |
11/1862 |
| Charles A. Williamston |
|
22 |
Fresh Pond, MA |
6/1861 |
| James Woods |
|
32 |
Georgetown |
7/22/1861 |
| Stephen Wright |
|
27 |
Fairfax Seminary |
11/1/1862 |
Note: George G. S. Norris did not desert at Harrison's Landing. His Compiled Military Service File has just been received and indicates that George may have been hospitalized at the time he is charged with desertion. Further examination of the documents needs to be done.
Statistics For Company
| Number of enlisted men |
175 |
| Number of enlisted men commissioned in the regiment |
2 |
| Number of enlisted men serving elsewhere within the regiment |
1 |
| Actual total of members of Regiment |
172 |
Sources of Information
History of the First Regiment (Massachusetts Infantry) from the 25th of May 1861 to the 25th of May 1864 Including Brief References to the Operations of the Army of the Potomac, Warren H. Cudworth, Chaplain of the First Regiment, Walker, Fuller & Co., Boston, 1866.
Massachusetts in the Army and Navy During the War of 1861-65, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Wright & Potter Printing Co., 18 Post Office Square, Boston, MA, 1896, Vol. I.
