Research Arsenal Spotlight 43: Joseph Maitland 95th Ohio Infantry
Joseph Maitland was born in 1838 to James Madison Maitland and Anna (Mast) Maitland of Salem, Ohio. Joseph Maitland enlisted in Company G, 95th Ohio Infantry on August 8,…
Research Arsenal Spotlight 42: Henry Cole Smith 8th Connecticut Infantry
Henry Cole Smith was born in 1845 to Marcus DeForest Smith and Harriet (Cole) Smith of Kent, Connecticut. He was just fifteen years old when he enlisted in Company E of the…
Research Arsenal Spotlight 41: William Prince Ordnance Department
William Prince was the son of a well-known horticulturalist, William Robert Prince, and Charlotte Goodwin (Collins) Prince of Flushing, New York. William Prince initially…
Research Arsenal Spotlight 40: Benjamin Hulburd 2nd Vermont Infantry
Benjamin Hulburd was born in 1822 in Waterville, Vermont. He was 40 years old when he first enlisted in the 7th Vermont Infantry in 1862. He was discharged for disability…
Research Arsenal Spotlight 39: Samuel Huntingdon 100th New York Infantry
Samuel Huntingdon was born in 1829 and lived in Carrollton, New York. He was married to Elizabeth “Libby” Desire (Fuller) Huntingdon and the couple had three children: Adele, …
Research Arsenal Spotlight 38: Amasa Hammond 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery
Amasa Hammond was born in Rhode Island in 1846. At the age of 16, he enlisted in the 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery as private in Company K. Because of his youth, Amasa…
Research Arsenal Spotlight 37: Richard Weld 44th Massachusetts Infantry
Richard Weld was born in 1835 to Aaron Davis Weld and Abbie (Harding) Weld of West Roxbury, Massachusetts. He attended Harvard University and graduated in 1856. After a short…
Research Arsenal Spotlight 36: David McGowan 47th Illinois Infantry
David McGowan was born in 1838 to James and Eliza (Conn) McGowan in Pennsylvania. His family later moved to Baltimore, Maryland, but David himself was living in Bennington,…
Research Arsenal Spotlight 35: Aaron Wheeler 50th Illinois Infantry
Aaron Wheeler was born in 1830 and resided in Avon, Illinois when he enlisted in Company G of the 50th Illinois Infantry on September 24, 1861. He was married to Fannie…
Research Arsenal Spotlight 34: Farner Shaw 4th Minnesota Infantry
Farner Shaw was born in Dane County, Wisconsin, in 1844 to Henry W. Shaw and Susan J. (Sunderman) Shaw. The family moved to Freeman, Minnesota sometime before 1860. He…
