From the Leeds town history:
"Dexter Waterman, the sixth child, on the breaking out of the Civil War in 1861, enlisted in the 3rd. Maine Regiment, Co. K, which went into camp at Augusta May 28, and was organized June 4, 1861. From a private he was promoted to Sergeant and transferred to the 17th Maine Regiment, Co. C; and later promoted to 2nd Lieutenant, Co. E.; and still later promoted to Lieutenant. Step by step he advanced to the position of Captain, with a bright military prospect before him; but from wounds received in many hard-fought battles in which he participated, he died June 20, 1866, after a lingering sickness at his parental home, and among his many friends and loving relatives, who tenderly cared for his every want and made his lat days as endurable as the nature of his wounds and the effects would admit. He was a beautiful young man, a favorite of his associates and his death was mourned by a large concourse of family and relatives."
From the diary of Leeds resident John Young Merrill:
"16 July 1864 - Dexter Howard came home wounded in neck."
"Dexter Waterman, the sixth child, on the breaking out of the Civil War in 1861, enlisted in the 3rd. Maine Regiment, Co. K, which went into camp at Augusta May 28, and was organized June 4, 1861. From a private he was promoted to Sergeant and transferred to the 17th Maine Regiment, Co. C; and later promoted to 2nd Lieutenant, Co. E.; and still later promoted to Lieutenant. Step by step he advanced to the position of Captain, with a bright military prospect before him; but from wounds received in many hard-fought battles in which he participated, he died June 20, 1866, after a lingering sickness at his parental home, and among his many friends and loving relatives, who tenderly cared for his every want and made his lat days as endurable as the nature of his wounds and the effects would admit. He was a beautiful young man, a favorite of his associates and his death was mourned by a large concourse of family and relatives."
From the diary of Leeds resident John Young Merrill:
"16 July 1864 - Dexter Howard came home wounded in neck."
From the Leeds town history:
"Dexter Waterman, the sixth child, on the breaking out of the Civil War in 1861, enlisted in the 3rd. Maine Regiment, Co. K, which went into camp at Augusta May 28, and was organized June 4, 1861. From a private he was promoted to Sergeant and transferred to the 17th Maine Regiment, Co. C; and later promoted to 2nd Lieutenant, Co. E.; and still later promoted to Lieutenant. Step by step he advanced to the position of Captain, with a bright military prospect before him; but from wounds received in many hard-fought battles in which he participated, he died June 20, 1866, after a lingering sickness at his parental home, and among his many friends and loving relatives, who tenderly cared for his every want and made his lat days as endurable as the nature of his wounds and the effects would admit. He was a beautiful young man, a favorite of his associates and his death was mourned by a large concourse of family and relatives."
From the diary of Leeds resident John Young Merrill:
"16 July 1864 - Dexter Howard came home wounded in neck."
"Dexter Waterman, the sixth child, on the breaking out of the Civil War in 1861, enlisted in the 3rd. Maine Regiment, Co. K, which went into camp at Augusta May 28, and was organized June 4, 1861. From a private he was promoted to Sergeant and transferred to the 17th Maine Regiment, Co. C; and later promoted to 2nd Lieutenant, Co. E.; and still later promoted to Lieutenant. Step by step he advanced to the position of Captain, with a bright military prospect before him; but from wounds received in many hard-fought battles in which he participated, he died June 20, 1866, after a lingering sickness at his parental home, and among his many friends and loving relatives, who tenderly cared for his every want and made his lat days as endurable as the nature of his wounds and the effects would admit. He was a beautiful young man, a favorite of his associates and his death was mourned by a large concourse of family and relatives."
From the diary of Leeds resident John Young Merrill:
"16 July 1864 - Dexter Howard came home wounded in neck."
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