Residence Marlborough MA; a 21 year-old Shoemaker.
Enlisted on 7/26/1862 at Marlborough, MA as a Private.
On 8/10/1862 he mustered into MA 9th Light Artillery
He was transferred out on 4/17/1864 at Baltimore, MD
On 4/22/1864 he transferred into US Navy
He was discharged on 8/3/1865
Ranks in Navy: Ord Seaman 4/22/1864
Ships served on in Navy:
USS ALLEGHANY, USS POTOMSKA, USS MEMPHIS, USS KENNEBEC
Member of GAR Post # 9 (General Jesse Lee Reno) in Hudson, MA.
1841 - August 18, 1913
Lydia M., His Wife, 1846-1926
He was a veteran of the Civil War, and one who served his country well. He enlisted at Lynnfield, July 28, 1862, in the 9th Massachusetts battery, as a private. He saw some hard campaigning, and was in the terrible carnage at Peach Orchard and Little Round Top, participating in one engagement in which 28 men out of 60 serving the guns were killed, and of 88 horses attached to the battery all but eight were killed or disabled. April 14, 1864, Mr. Strong transferred to the navy, and later to the Petomiscot, and was in the blockade of the southern coast.
Enlisted on 7/26/1862 at Marlborough, MA as a Private.
On 8/10/1862 he mustered into MA 9th Light Artillery
He was transferred out on 4/17/1864 at Baltimore, MD
On 4/22/1864 he transferred into US Navy
He was discharged on 8/3/1865
Ranks in Navy: Ord Seaman 4/22/1864
Ships served on in Navy:
USS ALLEGHANY, USS POTOMSKA, USS MEMPHIS, USS KENNEBEC
Member of GAR Post # 9 (General Jesse Lee Reno) in Hudson, MA.
1841 - August 18, 1913
Lydia M., His Wife, 1846-1926
He was a veteran of the Civil War, and one who served his country well. He enlisted at Lynnfield, July 28, 1862, in the 9th Massachusetts battery, as a private. He saw some hard campaigning, and was in the terrible carnage at Peach Orchard and Little Round Top, participating in one engagement in which 28 men out of 60 serving the guns were killed, and of 88 horses attached to the battery all but eight were killed or disabled. April 14, 1864, Mr. Strong transferred to the navy, and later to the Petomiscot, and was in the blockade of the southern coast.
Residence Marlborough MA; a 21 year-old Shoemaker.
Enlisted on 7/26/1862 at Marlborough, MA as a Private.
On 8/10/1862 he mustered into MA 9th Light Artillery
He was transferred out on 4/17/1864 at Baltimore, MD
On 4/22/1864 he transferred into US Navy
He was discharged on 8/3/1865
Ranks in Navy: Ord Seaman 4/22/1864
Ships served on in Navy:
USS ALLEGHANY, USS POTOMSKA, USS MEMPHIS, USS KENNEBEC
Member of GAR Post # 9 (General Jesse Lee Reno) in Hudson, MA.
1841 - August 18, 1913
Lydia M., His Wife, 1846-1926
He was a veteran of the Civil War, and one who served his country well. He enlisted at Lynnfield, July 28, 1862, in the 9th Massachusetts battery, as a private. He saw some hard campaigning, and was in the terrible carnage at Peach Orchard and Little Round Top, participating in one engagement in which 28 men out of 60 serving the guns were killed, and of 88 horses attached to the battery all but eight were killed or disabled. April 14, 1864, Mr. Strong transferred to the navy, and later to the Petomiscot, and was in the blockade of the southern coast.
Enlisted on 7/26/1862 at Marlborough, MA as a Private.
On 8/10/1862 he mustered into MA 9th Light Artillery
He was transferred out on 4/17/1864 at Baltimore, MD
On 4/22/1864 he transferred into US Navy
He was discharged on 8/3/1865
Ranks in Navy: Ord Seaman 4/22/1864
Ships served on in Navy:
USS ALLEGHANY, USS POTOMSKA, USS MEMPHIS, USS KENNEBEC
Member of GAR Post # 9 (General Jesse Lee Reno) in Hudson, MA.
1841 - August 18, 1913
Lydia M., His Wife, 1846-1926
He was a veteran of the Civil War, and one who served his country well. He enlisted at Lynnfield, July 28, 1862, in the 9th Massachusetts battery, as a private. He saw some hard campaigning, and was in the terrible carnage at Peach Orchard and Little Round Top, participating in one engagement in which 28 men out of 60 serving the guns were killed, and of 88 horses attached to the battery all but eight were killed or disabled. April 14, 1864, Mr. Strong transferred to the navy, and later to the Petomiscot, and was in the blockade of the southern coast.
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