Charles H. Howland
Civil War veteran
1st Lieutenant and Quartermaster, 34th Massachusetts Infantry (Jun. 1862 to Jun. 1865)
Charles, a 36-year-old Plymouth, MA Trader, was commissioned as a First Lieutenant and mustered into service with the 34th Massachusetts Infantry on June 10, 1862. He was appointed Quartermaster for the regiment and thus served among the Field and Staff. His regiment was deployed to Washington in mid-August 1862 and was assigned to the defenses of the nation's capital at Fort Lyon as part of the 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington. In July of the following year they were moved to Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, where Charles was appointed Acting Quartermaster for the 1st Brigade, a position he'd hold until March 17, 1864 when he returned to his regiment as Quartermaster
The 34th Massachusetts was in action at Berryville, VA in October 1863 before conducting a raid on Harrisonburg in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley in December. The regiment was then situated at Harper's Ferry once again until March 1864. In May 1864 they fought in their largest engagement of the war at New Market where 39 from the regiment were killed or mortally wounded. The following month another 22 lost their lives at Piedmont and five more at Lynchburg. It was at the latter town that Union forces under David Hunter were forced to retreat across mountains back into West Virginia and the safety of Harper's Ferry.
Beginning on June 9, 1864 and through March 20, 1865 Charles would once be named Acting Quartermaster for his brigade. Two months after the second appointment the 34th was part of Sheridan's Valley Campaign and in the course of an eight-week period fought at the Third Battle of Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek. The regiment's environs would shift in December when they were attached to the 24th Corps and deployed to aid in the siege of Petersburg. In late March 1865 they fought at Hatcher's Run and then turned their attention to the pursuit of Lee's retreating army. The regiment and their Corps were near Lynchburg, VA when news of the surrender came.
The following research was entered by Find a Grave member Sandra Lennox:
Son of John Howland and his 2nd wife Nancy (Lucas).
Charles married first in Plymouth, Betsey L. Morton on Nov. 28, 1850. He married second Eunice B. Finney on Nov. 30, 1869 in Plymouth.
HON. CHARLES H. HOWLAND, Republican, house painter, of Plymouth, was born in that town Sept. 15, 1826, and received a common school education. He was first Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster in the Thirty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment, and acting Assistant Quartermaster three years during the war. He was a member of the House in 1860, '79, '80, and '84, and among the committees on which he served were those on the Fisheries, on Prisons and on Labor. He was House Chairman of the Prison Committee last year, and appointed Chairman of Committee to examine the whole subject of Reformatory Prison Discipline, Buildings, Industry, Education and Classification, to sit during the vacation and report to the next Legislature. His committee visited all the public penal institutions, embodying the results of their extended observations in the able and exhaustive report, which gave to the State the Concord and Sherborn Male and Female Reformatories. Capt. Howland was appointed by Gov. Robinson to the Board of Harbor commissions, over great competition at the close of his term. His life-long experience in local study of riparian and marine titles, rights and privileges, gives him exceptional facilities for sound and judicious consideration of the varied important questions within the jurisdiction of the Board.
Source: OFFICIAL GAZETTE, 1888
State House Directory
Department, Commission, and Clerical Register.
By Geo. F. Andrews. Published South Framingham, Mass., 1888
Deaths Registered in the Town of Plymouth
January 9, 1899
Charles H. Howland
Male - Married
72 years, 3 months, 25 days
Residence & place of death: Plymouth
Place of burial: Plymouth
Occupation: Harbor Comm.
Place of birth: Plymouth
Names & birthplace of parents:
John Howland, Plymouth
P. 213
GS film #964885
Digital folder #4454431
Image #197
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Civil War veteran
1st Lieutenant and Quartermaster, 34th Massachusetts Infantry (Jun. 1862 to Jun. 1865)
Charles, a 36-year-old Plymouth, MA Trader, was commissioned as a First Lieutenant and mustered into service with the 34th Massachusetts Infantry on June 10, 1862. He was appointed Quartermaster for the regiment and thus served among the Field and Staff. His regiment was deployed to Washington in mid-August 1862 and was assigned to the defenses of the nation's capital at Fort Lyon as part of the 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington. In July of the following year they were moved to Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, where Charles was appointed Acting Quartermaster for the 1st Brigade, a position he'd hold until March 17, 1864 when he returned to his regiment as Quartermaster
The 34th Massachusetts was in action at Berryville, VA in October 1863 before conducting a raid on Harrisonburg in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley in December. The regiment was then situated at Harper's Ferry once again until March 1864. In May 1864 they fought in their largest engagement of the war at New Market where 39 from the regiment were killed or mortally wounded. The following month another 22 lost their lives at Piedmont and five more at Lynchburg. It was at the latter town that Union forces under David Hunter were forced to retreat across mountains back into West Virginia and the safety of Harper's Ferry.
Beginning on June 9, 1864 and through March 20, 1865 Charles would once be named Acting Quartermaster for his brigade. Two months after the second appointment the 34th was part of Sheridan's Valley Campaign and in the course of an eight-week period fought at the Third Battle of Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek. The regiment's environs would shift in December when they were attached to the 24th Corps and deployed to aid in the siege of Petersburg. In late March 1865 they fought at Hatcher's Run and then turned their attention to the pursuit of Lee's retreating army. The regiment and their Corps were near Lynchburg, VA when news of the surrender came.
The following research was entered by Find a Grave member Sandra Lennox:
Son of John Howland and his 2nd wife Nancy (Lucas).
Charles married first in Plymouth, Betsey L. Morton on Nov. 28, 1850. He married second Eunice B. Finney on Nov. 30, 1869 in Plymouth.
HON. CHARLES H. HOWLAND, Republican, house painter, of Plymouth, was born in that town Sept. 15, 1826, and received a common school education. He was first Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster in the Thirty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment, and acting Assistant Quartermaster three years during the war. He was a member of the House in 1860, '79, '80, and '84, and among the committees on which he served were those on the Fisheries, on Prisons and on Labor. He was House Chairman of the Prison Committee last year, and appointed Chairman of Committee to examine the whole subject of Reformatory Prison Discipline, Buildings, Industry, Education and Classification, to sit during the vacation and report to the next Legislature. His committee visited all the public penal institutions, embodying the results of their extended observations in the able and exhaustive report, which gave to the State the Concord and Sherborn Male and Female Reformatories. Capt. Howland was appointed by Gov. Robinson to the Board of Harbor commissions, over great competition at the close of his term. His life-long experience in local study of riparian and marine titles, rights and privileges, gives him exceptional facilities for sound and judicious consideration of the varied important questions within the jurisdiction of the Board.
Source: OFFICIAL GAZETTE, 1888
State House Directory
Department, Commission, and Clerical Register.
By Geo. F. Andrews. Published South Framingham, Mass., 1888
Deaths Registered in the Town of Plymouth
January 9, 1899
Charles H. Howland
Male - Married
72 years, 3 months, 25 days
Residence & place of death: Plymouth
Place of burial: Plymouth
Occupation: Harbor Comm.
Place of birth: Plymouth
Names & birthplace of parents:
John Howland, Plymouth
P. 213
GS film #964885
Digital folder #4454431
Image #197
familysearch.org
Charles H. Howland
Civil War veteran
1st Lieutenant and Quartermaster, 34th Massachusetts Infantry (Jun. 1862 to Jun. 1865)
Charles, a 36-year-old Plymouth, MA Trader, was commissioned as a First Lieutenant and mustered into service with the 34th Massachusetts Infantry on June 10, 1862. He was appointed Quartermaster for the regiment and thus served among the Field and Staff. His regiment was deployed to Washington in mid-August 1862 and was assigned to the defenses of the nation's capital at Fort Lyon as part of the 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington. In July of the following year they were moved to Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, where Charles was appointed Acting Quartermaster for the 1st Brigade, a position he'd hold until March 17, 1864 when he returned to his regiment as Quartermaster
The 34th Massachusetts was in action at Berryville, VA in October 1863 before conducting a raid on Harrisonburg in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley in December. The regiment was then situated at Harper's Ferry once again until March 1864. In May 1864 they fought in their largest engagement of the war at New Market where 39 from the regiment were killed or mortally wounded. The following month another 22 lost their lives at Piedmont and five more at Lynchburg. It was at the latter town that Union forces under David Hunter were forced to retreat across mountains back into West Virginia and the safety of Harper's Ferry.
Beginning on June 9, 1864 and through March 20, 1865 Charles would once be named Acting Quartermaster for his brigade. Two months after the second appointment the 34th was part of Sheridan's Valley Campaign and in the course of an eight-week period fought at the Third Battle of Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek. The regiment's environs would shift in December when they were attached to the 24th Corps and deployed to aid in the siege of Petersburg. In late March 1865 they fought at Hatcher's Run and then turned their attention to the pursuit of Lee's retreating army. The regiment and their Corps were near Lynchburg, VA when news of the surrender came.
The following research was entered by Find a Grave member Sandra Lennox:
Son of John Howland and his 2nd wife Nancy (Lucas).
Charles married first in Plymouth, Betsey L. Morton on Nov. 28, 1850. He married second Eunice B. Finney on Nov. 30, 1869 in Plymouth.
HON. CHARLES H. HOWLAND, Republican, house painter, of Plymouth, was born in that town Sept. 15, 1826, and received a common school education. He was first Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster in the Thirty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment, and acting Assistant Quartermaster three years during the war. He was a member of the House in 1860, '79, '80, and '84, and among the committees on which he served were those on the Fisheries, on Prisons and on Labor. He was House Chairman of the Prison Committee last year, and appointed Chairman of Committee to examine the whole subject of Reformatory Prison Discipline, Buildings, Industry, Education and Classification, to sit during the vacation and report to the next Legislature. His committee visited all the public penal institutions, embodying the results of their extended observations in the able and exhaustive report, which gave to the State the Concord and Sherborn Male and Female Reformatories. Capt. Howland was appointed by Gov. Robinson to the Board of Harbor commissions, over great competition at the close of his term. His life-long experience in local study of riparian and marine titles, rights and privileges, gives him exceptional facilities for sound and judicious consideration of the varied important questions within the jurisdiction of the Board.
Source: OFFICIAL GAZETTE, 1888
State House Directory
Department, Commission, and Clerical Register.
By Geo. F. Andrews. Published South Framingham, Mass., 1888
Deaths Registered in the Town of Plymouth
January 9, 1899
Charles H. Howland
Male - Married
72 years, 3 months, 25 days
Residence & place of death: Plymouth
Place of burial: Plymouth
Occupation: Harbor Comm.
Place of birth: Plymouth
Names & birthplace of parents:
John Howland, Plymouth
P. 213
GS film #964885
Digital folder #4454431
Image #197
familysearch.org
Civil War veteran
1st Lieutenant and Quartermaster, 34th Massachusetts Infantry (Jun. 1862 to Jun. 1865)
Charles, a 36-year-old Plymouth, MA Trader, was commissioned as a First Lieutenant and mustered into service with the 34th Massachusetts Infantry on June 10, 1862. He was appointed Quartermaster for the regiment and thus served among the Field and Staff. His regiment was deployed to Washington in mid-August 1862 and was assigned to the defenses of the nation's capital at Fort Lyon as part of the 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington. In July of the following year they were moved to Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, where Charles was appointed Acting Quartermaster for the 1st Brigade, a position he'd hold until March 17, 1864 when he returned to his regiment as Quartermaster
The 34th Massachusetts was in action at Berryville, VA in October 1863 before conducting a raid on Harrisonburg in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley in December. The regiment was then situated at Harper's Ferry once again until March 1864. In May 1864 they fought in their largest engagement of the war at New Market where 39 from the regiment were killed or mortally wounded. The following month another 22 lost their lives at Piedmont and five more at Lynchburg. It was at the latter town that Union forces under David Hunter were forced to retreat across mountains back into West Virginia and the safety of Harper's Ferry.
Beginning on June 9, 1864 and through March 20, 1865 Charles would once be named Acting Quartermaster for his brigade. Two months after the second appointment the 34th was part of Sheridan's Valley Campaign and in the course of an eight-week period fought at the Third Battle of Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek. The regiment's environs would shift in December when they were attached to the 24th Corps and deployed to aid in the siege of Petersburg. In late March 1865 they fought at Hatcher's Run and then turned their attention to the pursuit of Lee's retreating army. The regiment and their Corps were near Lynchburg, VA when news of the surrender came.
The following research was entered by Find a Grave member Sandra Lennox:
Son of John Howland and his 2nd wife Nancy (Lucas).
Charles married first in Plymouth, Betsey L. Morton on Nov. 28, 1850. He married second Eunice B. Finney on Nov. 30, 1869 in Plymouth.
HON. CHARLES H. HOWLAND, Republican, house painter, of Plymouth, was born in that town Sept. 15, 1826, and received a common school education. He was first Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster in the Thirty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment, and acting Assistant Quartermaster three years during the war. He was a member of the House in 1860, '79, '80, and '84, and among the committees on which he served were those on the Fisheries, on Prisons and on Labor. He was House Chairman of the Prison Committee last year, and appointed Chairman of Committee to examine the whole subject of Reformatory Prison Discipline, Buildings, Industry, Education and Classification, to sit during the vacation and report to the next Legislature. His committee visited all the public penal institutions, embodying the results of their extended observations in the able and exhaustive report, which gave to the State the Concord and Sherborn Male and Female Reformatories. Capt. Howland was appointed by Gov. Robinson to the Board of Harbor commissions, over great competition at the close of his term. His life-long experience in local study of riparian and marine titles, rights and privileges, gives him exceptional facilities for sound and judicious consideration of the varied important questions within the jurisdiction of the Board.
Source: OFFICIAL GAZETTE, 1888
State House Directory
Department, Commission, and Clerical Register.
By Geo. F. Andrews. Published South Framingham, Mass., 1888
Deaths Registered in the Town of Plymouth
January 9, 1899
Charles H. Howland
Male - Married
72 years, 3 months, 25 days
Residence & place of death: Plymouth
Place of burial: Plymouth
Occupation: Harbor Comm.
Place of birth: Plymouth
Names & birthplace of parents:
John Howland, Plymouth
P. 213
GS film #964885
Digital folder #4454431
Image #197
familysearch.org
Inscription
CHARLES H. HOWLAND
SEPT. 15, 1826 – JAN. 9, 1899
HIS WIFE
EUNICE B. FINNEY
JUNE 9, 1846 – OCT. 24, 1937
ROSE W. REINHARDT
JUNE 20, 1886 – DEC. 20, 1917
Base of gravestone: HOWLAND
Back of gravestone:
CHARLES B. HOWLAND
JAN. 30, 1884 – APRIL 30, 1960
HIS WIFE
RUTH W. DEMPSEY
NOV. 15, 1889 – AUG. 10, 1973
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