He was a farmer, living with his parents John and Mehetable (Mears) Durant, when he was drafted into the Union army on 17 Jul 1863. He was assigned as a Private to Co. D, 9th Massachusetts Infantry and later transferred to Co. D, 32nd Massachusetts Infantry. His units participated in the Siege of Petersburg Va., where he was severely wounded at the second battle of Hatcher's Run in nearby Dinwiddie County on 6 Feb 1865. He was taken prisoner and admitted to the Confederate States Hospital in Petersburg, where his leg was amputated in an attempt to save his life. He succumbed to his wounds on 11 Feb 1865. Cemetery records record his interment in the section set aside for casualties from both sides of the conflict. In 1866, the federal government established the Poplar Grove National Cemetery near Petersburg and reinterred over 5000 fallen Union soldiers buried in temporary graves around the area. There was no mention made in the Blandford Cemetery register of his removal to Poplar Grove and it is unknown whether this action took place. (Information from original cemetery register, birth, census and military records. Special thanks to Rob Young, FAG #47064694 for his input.)
He was a farmer, living with his parents John and Mehetable (Mears) Durant, when he was drafted into the Union army on 17 Jul 1863. He was assigned as a Private to Co. D, 9th Massachusetts Infantry and later transferred to Co. D, 32nd Massachusetts Infantry. His units participated in the Siege of Petersburg Va., where he was severely wounded at the second battle of Hatcher's Run in nearby Dinwiddie County on 6 Feb 1865. He was taken prisoner and admitted to the Confederate States Hospital in Petersburg, where his leg was amputated in an attempt to save his life. He succumbed to his wounds on 11 Feb 1865. Cemetery records record his interment in the section set aside for casualties from both sides of the conflict. In 1866, the federal government established the Poplar Grove National Cemetery near Petersburg and reinterred over 5000 fallen Union soldiers buried in temporary graves around the area. There was no mention made in the Blandford Cemetery register of his removal to Poplar Grove and it is unknown whether this action took place. (Information from original cemetery register, birth, census and military records. Special thanks to Rob Young, FAG #47064694 for his input.)
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