Civil War Union Army Soldier. He served during the Civil War as a Private in Company D, 19th Maine Volunteer Infantry. He was wounded in the leg on July 2, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg, and had to have the leg amputated. he died of complications on August 25, 1863 at the Letterman US Army Hospital in Gettysburg.
He is interred with his fallen comrades from Maine in the Gettysburg National Cemetery. His family erected a cenotaph to him in their family plot in the Morrill Village Cemetery, Morrill, Waldo County, Maine.
Name: John Merriam
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Birth Date: 11 Oct 1829
Birth Place: Morrill, ME
First Marriage Date: 8 Oct 1855
Second Marriage Date: Mar 1858
Death Date: 5 Aug 1863
Father: Matthew Thatcher Merriam
Mother: Abigail Smith
Spouse: Eunice Jones
Hannah Gordon
Child: William H Merriam
Leroy Merriam
Hattie Merriam
Charles Merriam
John Merriam
in the U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962
View U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962
Name: John Merriam
Death Date: 25 Aug 1863
Cemetery: Gettysburg National Cemetery
Burial Location: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
He is interred with his fallen comrades from Maine in the Gettysburg National Cemetery. His family erected a cenotaph to him in their family plot in the Morrill Village Cemetery, Morrill, Waldo County, Maine.
Name: John Merriam
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Birth Date: 11 Oct 1829
Birth Place: Morrill, ME
First Marriage Date: 8 Oct 1855
Second Marriage Date: Mar 1858
Death Date: 5 Aug 1863
Father: Matthew Thatcher Merriam
Mother: Abigail Smith
Spouse: Eunice Jones
Hannah Gordon
Child: William H Merriam
Leroy Merriam
Hattie Merriam
Charles Merriam
John Merriam
in the U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962
View U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962
Name: John Merriam
Death Date: 25 Aug 1863
Cemetery: Gettysburg National Cemetery
Burial Location: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Civil War Union Army Soldier. He served during the Civil War as a Private in Company D, 19th Maine Volunteer Infantry. He was wounded in the leg on July 2, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg, and had to have the leg amputated. he died of complications on August 25, 1863 at the Letterman US Army Hospital in Gettysburg.
He is interred with his fallen comrades from Maine in the Gettysburg National Cemetery. His family erected a cenotaph to him in their family plot in the Morrill Village Cemetery, Morrill, Waldo County, Maine.
Name: John Merriam
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Birth Date: 11 Oct 1829
Birth Place: Morrill, ME
First Marriage Date: 8 Oct 1855
Second Marriage Date: Mar 1858
Death Date: 5 Aug 1863
Father: Matthew Thatcher Merriam
Mother: Abigail Smith
Spouse: Eunice Jones
Hannah Gordon
Child: William H Merriam
Leroy Merriam
Hattie Merriam
Charles Merriam
John Merriam
in the U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962
View U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962
Name: John Merriam
Death Date: 25 Aug 1863
Cemetery: Gettysburg National Cemetery
Burial Location: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
He is interred with his fallen comrades from Maine in the Gettysburg National Cemetery. His family erected a cenotaph to him in their family plot in the Morrill Village Cemetery, Morrill, Waldo County, Maine.
Name: John Merriam
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Birth Date: 11 Oct 1829
Birth Place: Morrill, ME
First Marriage Date: 8 Oct 1855
Second Marriage Date: Mar 1858
Death Date: 5 Aug 1863
Father: Matthew Thatcher Merriam
Mother: Abigail Smith
Spouse: Eunice Jones
Hannah Gordon
Child: William H Merriam
Leroy Merriam
Hattie Merriam
Charles Merriam
John Merriam
in the U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962
View U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962
Name: John Merriam
Death Date: 25 Aug 1863
Cemetery: Gettysburg National Cemetery
Burial Location: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Inscription
"Who died of wounds received at the Battle of Gettysburg 8/25/1863 at 34 years"
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