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Monument Dedication at Charlestown

5/14/2019

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The following is the program distributed for the dedication of the Soldiers' Monument in Charlestown, New Hampshire, which took place on Friday, October 6th, 1911.
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​A Monument Association had been formed years prior, to raise funds for the monument. It was made of Barre granite, and stood 14.5 feet high. A white granite statue of a soldier at parade rest stands atop it, with bronze tablets on two sides, listing the names of the 144 men accredited to the town during the Civil War. The GAR badge adorns the front tablet. 
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Three pages in the booklet contain the names of those men who enlisted for, or were credited to, Charlestown. As they were not listed in alphabetical order, they have been reorganized here as follows:
​Hiram T. Abbott
Warren Abbott
J. Loren Adams
Norman L. Adams
Fred B. Andrews
Thaddeus R. Angier
John Ashley
Lewis Ashley
E.D.G. Bailey
Edward Barker
Henry E. Barrett
Arvin C. Bemis
Daniel Blanchard
William J. Bosworth
James Bowman
Joseph Bradeen
Caleb M. Bradford
George W. Brooks
William Burns
Joseph Butler
George F. Cannon
John Casey
William Caspian
Edmond Chadborn
Osborn Chamberlain
Joseph Clearnoth
Peon Clion
William Coffrin
George N. Constantine
John F. Cooley
Charles N. Corbin
Chauncy L. Corbin
Ebenezer Corbin
James W. Corbin
Richard B. Cornwell
Oliver P. Cross
John S. Currier
Charles H. Derby
James  Dolan Jr
Parker T. Dow
Henry Easter
Thomas H. Eastman
George  Fairbanks
George H. Farrington
Thomas Finnigan
Mason Foster
George H. Frost
Peter Gardner
​George W. Gibson
Charles N. Goodwin
William Grant
George H. Gray
Francis M. Green
Hiram Green
James G. Green
George H. Hackett
George Hall
Sylvester A. Hamlin
Jerome B.A. Handy
John Hasham
Winfield S. Hasham
Charles E. Holbrook
S. Lewis Holden
Albert A. Holmes
Charles  Jenkins
Sylvester  Judd
William H. Keen
John Kelly
Horace G. Kendall
Royal H. Kendall
John King
Charles H. Knapp
George R. Knapp
Richard Knapp
William Koberg
Lewis Lamothe
Willard Lawrence
Eugene Lawson
Van Buren Leland
George H. Lynds
Martin Madigan
Thomas Madigan
Michael Mahon
Sardine Marks
Harlan P. Marshall
Patrick McKeon
Michael McMahon
Michael McMann
William McMann
Charles H. Melville
Charles A. Milliken
William Milliken
Oliver Mitchell
John W. Nash
Patrick O'Brien
Napoleon B. Osgood
​David W. Parks
Fredrick S. Parks
George W. Parks
James C. Parrish
George R. Peaslee
John A. Peaslee
Frank Peterson
Daniel Pierce
Charles Putnam
Orson D. Putnam
Charles Ramsey
Rodney H. Ramsey
Levi G. Richardson
Samuel Richardson
Richard R. Robertson
William B. Robertson
Fredrick Royce
William H. Royce
Lucius Rumrill
Joseph Shaw Jr.
John G. Simonds
George H. Slade
Charles S. Smith
Erastus Smith
Joseph Smith
Stephen A. Spooner
Daniel W. Staples
Charles Stearns
Thomas Sullivan
Francis Thomas
Otis W. Thompson
Michael Torpy
Enos P. Trussell
Albert H. Tyrrell
George T. Ward
Joseph E. Way
Sidney Way
Solyman Way
Henry G. Webber
George A. Wheeler
Benjamin H. Whipple
William N. Whipple
George A. White
Henry Willard
John Williams
Edgar Wolfe
William Woods
Charles W. Wright
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The Charlestown, NH Soldiers' Monument is located on the corner of Depot Street and Rt 12A, on the ground of the Charlestown Historical Society.
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John J Hanson Camp, No 30

7/7/2018

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The JOHN J. HANSON Camp, No. 30, Sons of Veterans, was formed in Newmarket, NH in the summer of 1907. 25 charter members gathered at the GAR Hall in June, where they planned instituting a camp in town. On Tuesday, the 2nd of July, they met under the guidance of the NH Division Commander, Samuel S. Smith of Exeter, to elect officers.

​The following article ran in the Newmarket Advertiser, Friday, 5 July, 1907 (pg 5):
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They named their camp after Sgt John J Hanson, who had served during the Civil War in Co. D, 15th New Hampshire Infantry. He was later captain of the "Newmarket Guards", a company of State Militia. He was a GAR member, being the first commander of the George A Gay Post #18, in Newmarket. He died in Manchester, NH in 1899.

​The newly elected officers were:
- Commander Franklin A Brackett - himself a Civil War veteran, serving in the Martin Guards (Jul-Sept '64) and 1st NH Hvy Art (Sept '64 - Jun 65), he was the son of David Brackett of Co E, 13th NH 
- SVC Albert O. Smith, grandson of Cpl Orsamus T Smith, Co E, 13th NH Inf
- JVC, James T. Barrett, son of John Barrett (Co C, 6th NH)
- Sec, Herbert F. Davis, son of David O. (Co D, 2nd NH; Co F, 5th NH)
- Treas, Carl F. Brackett, son of Comm. Franklin A Brackett
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Our Fallen Heroes

5/28/2018

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The Civil War Soldiers Memorial in Pine Grove Cemetery, Salem, New Hampshire
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photo taken 5/28/2018 by S. Dow
This memorial (date of construction unknown) lists the names of 13 Civil War soldiers from the town of Salem, NH who died during the War. Their names, listed in order by regiments:
OUR FALLEN HEROES
Aaron Goodwin Co. B 2nd NH Vols
Born in Haverhill, MA, a res of Salem when he enlisted for 3 months on 23 Apr 1861, age 20. Not mustered in, he reenlisted for 3 years on 15 May, and must in as private on 1 June '61. Wounded at Gettysburg on 2 July 1863, he died on 17 Aug at McDougall Gen. Hosp at Fort Schuyler, New York. He is buried in Cypress Hills National Cem.
Levi W Simons Co. H 4th NH Vols
Born in Alexandria, NH, a res of Salem when he enlisted on 2 Sept 1861, aged 35, and mustered in on the 18th as a corporal. He died on 2 Oct 1863, and is buried [as Simonds] in the National Cemetery in Beaufort, SC [grave #1516] note: Aylings shows he rec a disability disch on 24 Oct 1863 at Morris Island, SC, as does must-out papers.
Benjamin Day Foster Co. G 6th NH Vols
A Salem, NH native, he enlisted, at age 18, on 17 Oct 1861, and mustered in as a private on the 28th. He was killed in action on 29 Aug 1862.  
Isaiah Milton Kelly Co. G 6th NH Vols
​At age 37, the Salem native enlisted on 6 Nov 1861, and was mustered in as a private on 28 Nov. He was killed in action at Bull Run on 29 Aug 1862.
Charles E Bailey Co. B 7th NH Vols
Born in Salem, and a resident there when he enlisted on 14 Aug 1862, aged 23. Mustered in as a private on the 28th of Nov '61. Captured 18 Jul 1863 at Fort Wagner, he died of disease on 3 Jan 1864 in Richmond, VA (Confed Gen. Hosp). He is buried in Richmond National Cem. 
George Whidden Co. B 7th NH Vols
Records show him in Co. D, and was born in Londonderry, NH. Credited to Salem when he enlisted on 14 Aug 1862, aged 29, and mustered in on the 21st as private. Wounded 14 May '64 at Drewry's Bluff, VA, he died as a result of his injuries on 25 June at DeCamp Gen Hosp on Davids Island, New York. His body was returned home, and buried in Sunnyside Cem, Londonderry.
David Bartlett Co. C 7th NH Vols
Company shown as B in records, he was born in West Newbury, MA and a res of Salem when enl on 23 Sept 1861. Must in as pvt on 1 Nov '61, he re-upped on 27 Feb '64. He died from disease in Wilmington, NC on 3 June 1865.
Benjamin W. Cluff Co. D 8th NH Vols
A Salem native, and brother of Isaac below, he enlisted at age 25 on 30 Dec 1861, and must in the following day as a private. He died from typhoid at the St James General Hospital in New Orleans on 29 Dec 1862.
John Robinson Co. C 9th NH Vols
Born in Londonderry, he was in Salem when enlisted on 4 June 1862, aged 25, and must in on 22 July as pvt (later appointed corporal). Wounded at Fredericksburg on 13 Dec 1862, he died on 2 Jan '63 at Washington, DC.
John G. Bodwell Co. E 11th NH Vols
born/res: Salem; enlisted, age 20, on 15 Aug 1862. Must in 29 Aug as pvt. Died of typhoid on 28 Dec 1862, at the regimental hospital in Falmouth, VA.
Isaac N. Cluff Co. K 15th NH Vols
Brother to Benj'm (in the 8th NH), and Salem native, enlisted 11 Sept 1862 and must in as pvt on 16 Oct. He died of disease on 2 Aug 1863 in Memphis, TN.
Edward B. Mosher Co. K 15th NH Vols
Born in Temple, Maine, he was a res of Salem, aged 44, when enlisting on 8 Sept 1862. He was mustered in 16 Oct, a private, and served until being killed in action at Port Hudson, LA.
Henry Percy Co. K 15th NH Vols
This name not found in the rolls of the 15th NH, or in pension index.
PEACE BE TO THE BRAVE


​Notes: 
While attempting to find out who "Henry Percy" was, I noticed there was another Salem resident in Co K, 15th NH, who died while serving, and is not on this memorial. He was:
William F Mansfield
Born in Lynn, MA, and res of Salem when enlisted on 15 Sept 1862, aged 18. Must in as pvt on 16 Oct '62, he died from disease on 27 Mar 1863 in Carrollton, LA, from typhoid fever.

​Sources:
- Ayling's Revised Register
- U.S. Register of Deaths of Volunteers (on Ancestry)
- Muster out Rolls on Family Search (NH Service Records)
- Photo of memorial was taken on 28 May 2018, during a Memorial Day service held by members of the Gilman Sleeper Camp #60
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    Steve Dow, Signals Officer
    and JVC, NHSUVCW
    ​Sec/Treas, Canney Camp #5

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