I am researching an old family story that Octave Adam and his brother came down (to South Louisiana) from Nova Scotia to fight in the Civil War, (The Battle of LaFourche crossing). Octave's brother was injured and returned, but Octave liked it down here, stayed and married a local girl (my great great grandmother). I have been through the roles of all the Louisiana unit's and companies I could find concentrating on the 18th Louisiana Infantry, Company G, which were the LaFourche Creoles, with no luck at all. My ultimate goal is to find some concrete proof of the story as true or not. His family was also supposed to have owned land in Canada, but was swindled out of by a lawyer by the last name of Peltier, sent from Thibodaux, LA (here) to find out the status on the property. I cannot find a database containing land deed records of Canada, I thought this may be of help. Any help in this would be greatly appreciated. (from an e-mail from Michael Adams)
My gggrandfather Thomas Anderson fought for the north in the American Civil War. Thomas was born in Guelph, Ontario in 1842. His father died in 1854 when he was 12 and his mother remarried a man whose last name was Smith. Thomas enlisted in New York City on the 4th March,1864 with the 6th Cavalry of New York, as Thomas Smith. Thomas was wounded in the Loudoun Valley in Virginia on January 18th, 1865 and he was honorably discharched at Louisville, Kentucky on August 9th, 1865. Thomas applied for a military pension on January 31st, 1866 while living in Lockport, New York. On January 18th, 1870 he married my gggrandmother Mary Jane Chapple in Hamilton, Ontario as Thomas Anderson. Thomas lived the rest of his life in Hamilton and was a member of the Cooke Post GAR. Thomas died in Hamilton, Ontario on February 13th, 1913 and is buried in Hamilton Cemetary. (from an e-mail from Albert Scouten.)
My ancestor, Henry Babcock was born in 1844 in Palmyra, Orford Twp., Kent Co., Ontario, Canada and came to Perrin(s)ville, MI in 1856. He enlisted at Detroit on the 13th day of August 1862 as a Private in Company D, 24th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry.
After being discharged the 30th of June 1865, as a sergeant, he lived in Denton, Wayne Co., MI until 1871. Then he went to Thorndale Ont for one year as a wagon maker. From there he went to the town of Olive, Clinton Co., MI. He worked a farm until Dec 1884. From Dec 1884 until his passing in 1902, he moved back to Denton, Wayne Co., MI
He was married twice. The first wife was Frankie L. Gould, married 19 FEB 1867 and ended in divorce on 20 SEP 1872. One child from this marriage, George W. Babcock, Born 24 NOV 1867.
His second marriage was to Sarah Smith, married 20 JUN 1891. One child was born from this marriage, Carrie Louisa Babcock, Born 8 NOV 1892. (from an e-mail from Shiela M. Wall)
I have an anscestor that served in the Civil War. He was born Lewis Rose Belknap, September 07, 1841, in Barnston East, Stanstead, Quebec, son of Mitchell Belknap and Elsea Charlotte Mosher. His mother died and left his father with 13 children to look after. He subsequently sent Lewis to live with family in Vermont. Lewis joined the Vermont Volunteers on August 13, 1861 giving his birthplace as Irasburg, Vermont.. Mustered into the 4th Reg't on September 21, 1861. Chelsea, Vermont. Wounded at South Mountain, September 14, 1862. Wounded 2nd time at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862. Re-enlisted December 15, 1863. Brandy Station, Virginia. Discharged July 13, 1865, Brandy Station, Virginia, Died September 06, 1904, Peacham, Vermont. Interred in Peacham Cemetery. (from e-mails from Zack Belknap)
I am interested in getting Leonard Hillman Daggett's name included on your master list. He enlisted in 9th Maine Infantry Company H in 1861 at age of 18. His residence was listed as Wesley, Me where he was working as a farm laborer. He was born in New Brunswick. in 1863 he joined the Vetrans Volunteers and made corporal. He was discharged in 1865. (These facts can be verified by Maine State Archives) LHD never nauturalized to become an American citizen. (verified 1870 census, Robbinston, Washington County, Me). My family history (although not my direct line)has him dying in 1870 from wounds received, although I'm still working on verifying this. But he was a Canadian, and served with dedication (did not desert and after wounded and could no longer fight on the front lines, went into the volunteers to perform garrison duties, etc.) Please take this worthy soldier into consideration for inclusion onto your master listing. Thank You for your time and consideration, Sincerely, Susan Corey (from an e-mail)
Thomas Egan,born Ireland but came to Hamilton in mid century.Member of the 13th Battalion in Hamilton .Volunteered at Auburn,N.Y. 4May 1861 in the 19th. New York Volunteer Infantry which later was absorbed in the 3rd.New York Light Artillery.His wife was from Wayne County which is next door. He was discharged on 30 August 1862. He had lived in Hamilton prior to enlistment and after discharge. His certificate No. was 398886 and received a pension from the U.S. government until his death on 20 Sept. 1920. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic but I do not know which post. He moved to the States in 1902 to Washington D.C. and died in Los Angeles Ca. after spending time in a veterans home. His ashes are interred in the Hamilton,Ont. cemetery with the remains of both his wives and some of his children. My maternal grandmother was a daughter. Prior to coming to Canada he serve in the 6th Regiment of Horse as a corporal-his home town in Ireland was Nenagh-Calvary centre. I have both his pension file and enlistment and discharge documents from the National Archives in Washington D.C. and New York State. (e-mail from: Tom Kennedy, St.Catharines,Ont.)
I recently came across your Canadians in the Civil War web site. My great grandfather, Daniel Lund, was in the Union Navy serving on the USS Chippewa. He lost an arm in the attack on Fort Anderson in the Cape River offensive of Feb 1865. Amazingly, he survived and returned to Canada, living until 1919. I would obviously like him to be included on any databases listing vets.
Please let me know additional details you may require to include him. He was honoured in 2004 by the SUVCW in New Brunswick who placed a GAR star on his grave in Sackville, NB. (e-mail from: Murray Lund)
I was browsing your site, nice tribute to veteran's. I have these ancestors you can add to your list. George B. MacKenzie, born Stornaway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland about 1843, family emigrated to Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia about 1848. His brother Murdoch born abt 1838 also served with the Union Forces and died of complications of wounds 14 Feb 1868.
George B. MacKenzie
Enlisted with Company I, 23rd Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, November 21, 1862, he was captured at Drury Bluff, Virginia May 16, 1864 and died August 21, 1864 in Camp Sumter,Prisoner of War Camp at Andersonville, Georgia. Cause of death scorbutus (sic) scurvy. Buried there No. 6358. See http://groups.msn.com/23rdMassVolunteerInfantry/coiipswich.msnw (e-mail from: Russell Johnson)
i have a relative that is not listed anywhere I look his name is Albert Nathanial Mattice, born in Russell, Ont to William Ira Mattice & Rebecca Ronan on October 6, 1844 in 1853 they moved to Lunenburg, Ont in Osnabruck township Stormont County Albert was the older brother of my great grandfather John Wesley Mattice Albert joined the Union Army, 11th Infantry Company E in Ogdensburg, NY on July 5, 1862 that unit became part of the Federal defense of Wash DC in the V Corps of the Army of the Potomac they fought at Gettysburg, PA in the Wheat-Field, Valley of Death)Plum Run) and on the north slope of Little Round Top. in the late afternoon of July 2, 1863 Albert was mortally wounded & he died on July 3. he went unidentified & was buried there as an unknown soldier according to the Dept of the Interior. US Govt. i want to make sure that he does not remain unknown to his country of origin pls get him listed in the Ontarion and Canadian pages, they are showing 3300 out of 50,000 (e-mail from: rick mattice)
This info isn't worth much as we have never found documentation. John O'Dowd, born Ireland, migrated to Canada, supposedly Paris, Ontario about 1846. He married Margaret Malay, had 3 children by 1861, but worked in a lot of places in the East and South of the U. S. He was in the Confederate forces, specifically the Tennessee Home Guards (?). This was stated in a letter written by his daughter (from the second wife) to the war dept. in 1940 in an attempt to get a pension for her mother. He died in Ozark, Ark in 1886 after moving his original family there around 1869. (from an e-mail from Bonnie Janak)
My great-grandfather, Matthew O'Rourke, is said to have jumped ship to fight in the Civil War. He fought on the Union Side, but unfortunately I have no idea where he joined up. Any record that exists could be matched with the following information about him:
Matthew was born in Ireland, probably around 1838, which would put him at age 23 in 1861. His father's name was Bartholomew O'Rourke and the family lived in St. Mary's, St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland. He had a fair complexion, blue eyes and red hair and, from his picture, appears to have had a large build with broad shoulders.
Matthew O'Rourke stayed in the United States after the war and married there. I don't know when he married or where or to whom, but his wife is said to be buried in Gloucester, Massachusetts. I contacted a couple of agencies in Massachusetts, but have not been able to find any documentation to confirm any of these events.
Matthew married my great-grandmother in St. Mary's, Newfoundland in 1879, and was washed overboard and drowned in 1883. At the time of his death he was Captain of a banking schooner.
Given his history at sea it's possible that he served in the Union Navy, but I realize that he could have served in any branch. My father remembered, growing up, seeing a belt with a canteen that Matthew brought home with him from the war (there may have been a sword also, I don't remember now). (from an e-mail from Debbie Downy)
Timothy W. Riley: Born St.John, NB, 1844 Immigrated to Boston with mother/sister 1847 after father's death Joined Mass 11th Infantry in Boston on June 13, 1861 (stated age as 19) Desterted Nov 2, 1862 Volunteered for US Navy June 9, 1863 as a landsman for a one year stint under alias John Hennessey Honorably discharged June 13, 1864 Revolunteered as Able Seaman under same alias on Sept 14, 1864, honorably discharged November,1866 Repatriated self to NS 1873 where he died in 1909. (from an e-mail from Ray. A. Riley)
Sir : I have some information on my grgrandfather, Joseph Smith. He had stated on his Civil War Pension that he was born on the Canadian in Canada. He was in the company C of the 9th Reg't cavalry. He joined in 1863 in Warrington,VA.. 1863,July1. He later tranferred to the Navy May 1 1864. This information is from his papers when he filed for a pension. I have not been able to find a town or river in Canada called the Canadian. Maybe ,he was mis-understood!? He was born abt 1825 and 1837. (e-mail from: Martha A. Powers)