I have placed my emphasis on a number of the companies from regiments originating in the Washington County communities. My interest is directed more towards the individual soldier and his experiences, rather than that of regimental histories. Also, I am working on listings of Town Rosters for Washington County, veteran's headstones and memorials located in Washington County, and some soldier's biographies.
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Last updated April 20, 2000
"In the nation's hour of peril
They were found among the brave
Home friends and life they sacrificed
Their country's life to save"
" Corp Joseph H. Crosby of Lubec was killed while charging a battery in Va., Apr 9 1865, AE 29 yrs. He was a member of Co B 11th Reg. Me Vols .He enlisted in Aug. 1862. A good soldier, and a true patriot, loved and mourned by all who knew him. Rest in peace faithful soldier, and the crown shall be a regenerated country and the glourious ushering in of the day of universal freedom."
" Defending the nation's honor, he died trusting in God and the salvation of his country."
"Rest in peace O patriot hero
Wth our country's glourious dead
Sleeping 'neath the soil made sacred
By the precious blood shed"
I found an interesting inscription in a cemetery at Pembroke. What makes it so different is that it mentions a cause not served by many men of Washington County. It reads:
John and Richard Lincoln were brothers from Perry Maine. John C. Lincoln was an unmarried 21 year old when he mustered into Company F of the Sixth Maine Infantry Regiment. Private John Lincoln's military service had ended without ever seeing battle. He died of disease in a Washington D.C. hospital on March 26, 1862 at the age of 22. That summer John's younger brother Richard enlisted. Richard E. Lincoln was 20 years old when he mustered in as a private with Company K of the 18th Maine Infantry Regiment. The 18th Maine Infantry Regiment was transformed into the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery on January 6, 1863. On April 6, 1863 Richard was discharged for disability. He returned home to Perry only to die on September 9th, 1863.
A stone in a Pembroke Cemetery remembers the sons of Moses and Sarah W. Lincoln and their sacrifices.
CALAIS
John and William Wallace Coy were brothers from Calais, Maine. William was 18 when he mustered into Company D of the 6th Maine Infantry Regiment on July 15, 1861. His 27 year old brother John did not muster in until August of 1862. John Homer Coy mustered into Company K as a Sergeant, leaving behind a wife and three children. November 7th, 1863 would be infamous in the lives of Solomon and Jane Coy, the boy's parents. It was on this date that the 6th Maine made its gallant charge against the Rebel fortifications at Rappahannock Station, Virginia. William was killed during the battle and John was severely wounded in the thigh by a mini ball. John wound survive the day and the trip to Washington's Armory Square Hospital. He would lose his leg to amputation, and infection soon set in. He died December 23rd, 1863. A stone in a Calais cemetery remembers the Coy's loss of their sons.
COLUMBIA
Fonze G. Leighton was a 28 yearold from Columbia. He was an original member of the Sixth Maine Infantry Regiment. He mustered into service as a Corporal in Company G on July 15, 1861 at Portland, Maine. His brothers, Wentworth A. and Warren G., would enlist and muster into service as Privates on October 10, 1862 with Company D of the 22nd Maine Infantry Regiment. These two brothers died of disease at New Orleans, La. Wentworth died December 27, 1862 at the age of 21. Warren died on January 22, 1863 at the age of 23.
Fonze Leighton would survive the war. He saw action during the Penisular Campaign in Virginia, Antietam, Fredericksburg, the charge at Marye's Heights, Gettysburg, and Funkstown. Fonze Leighton's luck changed on November 7, 1863. The Sixth Maine was about to lead an assault on rebel fortifications at Rappahannock Station, Virginia. As the sun went down, and the charge commenced, Leighton was struck in the neck by gunfire. He would be taken to a large house 2 miles from the battlefield, then transported by ambulance to Warrenton Junction, Virginia the following day. From there, he was placed on a train to Armory Square Hospital in Washington, DC. Once there, Leighton's doctors found a mini-ball in his shoulder/back area and removed it. He was discharged for disability and returned to civilian life. The bullet's path had caused damage to his lung and rendered his left arm useless. Fonze G. Leighton died November 3, 1899, at the approximate age of 64.
LUBEC
Daniel would leave Maine on March 6, 1862 for Ship's Island, Mississippi. His regiment stood duty there, and later saw action in Florida. The regiment was ordered to New Orleans for provost duty. When the 15th Maine left New Orleans in October for Texas, Daniel was not with them. He remained behind, sick, at St. James Hospital, New Orleans. On November 15, 1863, Daniel Keive passed away at the age of 18 years, 11 months. He is buried at Monument National Cemetery near Chalmette, La.
John's service would take a different route. He met up with the Sixth Maine in Virginia, and saw action at Fredericksburg, Va. in December of 1862. He also participated in Burnside's Mud March. On May 3, 1863, John found himself, and his regiment, on the site of December's bloodbath - the Slaughter Pen. In before him, entrenched on Marye's Heights and along the infamous Stone Wall, was the 18th and 21st Mississippi Infantry Regiments. Above them, and on the Heights, was the celebrated Washington Artillery. John's Company A only mustered 42 men. As they charged the Heights with bayonets fixed and rifles uncapped, 22 would fall dead or wounded. It was either during this charge, or hand-to-hand combat, that John B. Keive was killed.
A headstone at Old Chapel Cemetery along Route 189 in Trescott remembers the boys.
MACHIAS
Benjamin took sick and was in a hospital in Bedloes Island, New York. There, he would die of disease on May 23, 1862, at the age of 20 years, 5 months. Reuben would also die of disease while onboard the hospital ship, Kennebec. Some records show he died on July 15, 1862.
Two headstones remember these brothers in Longfellow Cemetery in Machias. Reuben Kendall Longfellow's stone lists his date of death as July 5, 1862, at the age of 16 years, 6 months. I believe Reuben was buried in the National Cemetery near Fortress Monroe, Virginia. The Roll of Honor lists a V.R. Longillion, a Private in Company C of the Sixth Maine, having died on July 5, 1862. To my knowledge, no one by that name served with the Sixth Maine. I draw the conclusion that these men are one in the same.
Horatio P. Nash 18th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co H
Chas A. Drisko 1st Regiment Sharpshooters
Loring B. Wass 31st Maine Infantry Regiment, Co H
Eugene E. Small 31st Maine Infantry Regiment, Co B
Warren Trundy U.S. Navy
James H. Leighton 22nd Maine Infantry Regiment, Co E
Harrison N. Look 22nd Maine Infantry Regiment, Co D
Nathaniel M Ingersoll U.S. Navy
Wellington Tucker 2nd Regiment US Sharpshooters, Co D
Washington Tucker 2nd Regiment US Sharpshooters, Co D
George H. Jacobs 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co G
Mitchell Hunter 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co G
Algernon Worcester 22nd Maine Infantry Regiment, Co D
John B.Grant 22nd Maine Infantry Regiment, Co D
Stephen E. Phipps
Stephen S. Leighton 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co G
Philander F. White 20th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co D
Jethro P. Hartford 22nd Maine Infantry Regiment, Co D
R. P. Barney 15th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co F
Fonze G. Leighton 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co G
Hannibal H. Leighton 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co G
Sidney W. Tucker 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co G
Venleson French 22nd Maine Infantry Regiment, Co D
Alfred E. Leighton 22nd Maine Infantry Regiment, Co D
John P. Worcester 22nd Maine Infantry Regiment, Co D
Isaac N. Allen 22nd Maine Infantry Regiment, Co D
Harrison G. Smith 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Co H
Samuel Kincaid 28th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co C
Frank C. Leighton 6th Maine Infanrty Regiment, Co G
George N. Leighton 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co G
Warren G. Leighton 22nd Maine Infantry Regiment, Co D
Wentworth A. Leighton 22nd Maine Infantry Regiment, Co D
William H. Allen 22nd Maine Infantry Regiment, Co D
William H. Cates 2nd Maine Infantry Regiment, Co, I
Charles Sinclair 22nd Maine Infantry Regiment, Co D
David F. Wass 22nd Maine Infantry Regiment, Co D
Benjamin E. Dorr Coast Guard Infantry Regiment, Co C
William L. Maker Coast Guard Infantry, Co C
Henderson P. Maker Coast Guard Infantry, Co C
Winslow Flagg 28th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co C
Reuben N. Maker 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co F
Francis Wallace 28th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co C
Alcander B. Griffin 13th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co I
Thaddeus Griffin 56th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Co A
Thomas H. Palmer 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Co H
J. Wyman Merritt 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Co H
Eben Sawyer 28th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co C
Andrew J. Leighton 28th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co C
Albon K.P. Wallace 31st Maine Infantry Regiment, Co B
George Eben Higgins 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Co K
George P. Andrews 1st Maine Cavalry
George Hunter 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Co K
Leslie B. Gardner 1st Maine Cavalry, Co D
Edwin F. Gardner 1st Maine Battery, Co A
Morgan Hogan 9th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co I
Edward J. Gilligan 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Co K
Robert Thompson Maine Coast Guard Infantry, Co C
James Mooney 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Co K
Edward J. Short 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co K
Joseph Bridges US Navy
C. O. Lincoln 31st Maine Infantry Regiment, Co E
Joseph Saville Cony US Navy
Peter M. Kane 1st Maine Cavalry, Co D
William T. Black, M.D. 12th Maine Infantry Regiment, Asst. Surgeon
Nathanial Norwood 26th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co H
Hugh Thompson 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co K
R.N. Phelps 13th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co H
Fred K.W. Call 7th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co D
Daniel P. Coffin 9th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co B
B.B. Ricker 1st Battalion Maine Infantry
George W. Quinn 15th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co A
J. S. Patterson 1st Battalion Maine Infantry, Co A
James Eldridge 26th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co H
George Woodward 9th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co B
Andrew Matthews 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co D
George Lincoln 31st Maine Infantry Regiment, Co E
J.C. Wood 20th Massachusetts, Co K
D.E. Knox 13th Massachusetts, Co C
Edward J. Gilligan 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Co K
David Forest 20th Maine Infantry Regiment
Matthew Thompson 7th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co K
Thomas Paul Roach 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co K
James Mooney 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Co K
Frederic A. Tucker 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co K
George W. Sabine 1st Maine Heavy Artillery
Benjamin Murphy Maine Coast Guard, Co C
Wellington Logan 1st Maine Infantry Regiment, Co D
W.H. Balkam 1st Maine Battery
H.W. Grass Maine Coast Guard Infantry, Co C
J.E. Surles 30th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co D
C.S. McDorhison 1st Maine Cavalry
George Burtan Dyer 9th Maine Infantry, staff
George H. Keniston 9th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co H
Walter H. Barry 28th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co H
Reuben K. Longfellow 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co C
Benjamin F. Longfellow 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co C
John R. Faulkner 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co C
Patrick McGuire 28th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co H
Joseph St Germaine 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co C
Samuel Cushing 11th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co B
Andrew J. Harmon 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Co K
Lewis Roberts 28th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co H
William A. Thaxter 28th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co H
E. F. Bosworth 14th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co F
Farnham Beverly 5th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co G
Wilmot Thompson 1st Regiment Maine Sharpshooters, Co C
Clark P. Hughes 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co C
John A. Clark 2nd Maine Cavalry, Co D
Simon P. Reynolds 9th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co H
Joseph Webb 11th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co C
John Mulhern 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co C
Daniel Moriarty 20th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co H
John D Mallar
Emery C. Davis 21st Maine Infantry Regiment, Co G
George W. Reynolds 9th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co H
George E. Foss 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co C
John George 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co C
Eliphalet S. Means Maine Light Artillery 3rd Battery
Jonathan E. Carter 28th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co E
Lawrence J. Foley 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co F
George Eliott Wilder 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Co K
Albert S. Farnsworth 28th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co E
Frederic Brown 2nd Maine Cavalry, Co D
Freeman Reynolds 3rd Massachusetts Cavalry, Co M
William H. Stanhope 28th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co E
William F. Walker 15th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co A
Robert Shurard 15th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co A
Hugh F. Porter 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Co K
Calvin R. Gardner 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Co K
Alonzo V. Moore 15th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co A
George W. Gardner 15th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co A
Henry Smith US Navy
John Taylor 1st Maine Veteran Volunteer, Co E
Samuel W. Constantine 28th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co E
Weillington C. Frost 1st Maine Cavalry, Co F
Reynold D. Campbell 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co F
Charles C. Leighton 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co F
Simeon H. Spofford 28th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co E
Adna H.H. Campbell 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co F
Bayles A. Campbell 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co C
Isaac C. Campbell 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co F
William E. Campbell 15th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co A
James C. Motz 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Co K
John C. Lincoln 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co F
Richard E. Lincoln 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Co K
William J. Stevenson 9th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co G
Nehemiah Norwood 31st Maine Infantry Regiment, Co E
William H. Cochrane 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co D
Kingsley Andrews
Orrin A. Dinsmore 13th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co I
George W. Eaton 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co A
Joseph H. Crosby 11th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co B
George A. Ramsdell 20th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co K
Solomon T. Bosley 28th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co C
Elijah S. Kelley 11th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co C
Allan E. Barry 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Co H
David Neagle 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co C
Otis S. Anthony 31st Maine Infantry Regiment, Co B
William Allen 6th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co C
William M. Flynn 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Co H
Alonzo McDonald 28th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co H
Thomas Stillman Albee 11th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co C
Benjamin F. Smith 28th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co H
Eben D. Albee 28th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co H
Edwin J. Miller 11th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co C
Gilbert Stanhope 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Co D
Henry Albee 11th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co C
Michael Cunningham 18th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co H
Daniel B. McKenny 10th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co D
Stillman H. Fickett 28th Maine Infantry Regiment, Co C
Leonard D. Grace 22nd Maine Infanty Regiment, Co D
Elisha C. Grant 18th Maine Infanrty Regiment, Co H
Edward A. Fickett
Leonard H. Grace 22nd Maine Infantry Regiment, Co D
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| Brawn, William H. | Pvt | Lubec | Died of disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holmes, Frank P. | Sgt | Calais | Killed in action @ Marye's Heights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kieve, John B. | Pvt | Lubec | Killed in action @ Marye's Heights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ballinger, John H. | Cpt | Machias | Killed in action @ Marye's Heights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bradbury, James T. | Pvt | Machias | Killed in action @ Rappahannock Station, VA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chandler, Hersey B. | Pvt | Jonesport | Died of wounds recieved at Spotsylvania C. H., VA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foss, George E. | Pvt | Machias | Died of wounds received | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamson, William H. | Pvt | Baring | Killed by Confederate Sharpshooter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Longfellow, Benjamin | Pvt | Machias | Died of disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Longfellow, Kendall R. | Pvt | Machias | Died of disease | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nagle, David O. | Pvt | </ |