Son of Stephen Nelson and Louisa Prescott.
Civil War Soldier:
Albert enlisted as a Private serving the Union Army on 18 Aug 1862. On 5 Sep 1862 he enlisted in Company D, New Hampshire 12th Infantry Regiment. Albert was promoted to Full Corporal on 5 Feb 1864, and mustered out of service on 10 Feb 1865 in Bristol, Grafton, New Hampshire. Albert was at the battle of Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville, at the latter of which he was wounded on 3 May 1863. Albert, was first wounded in the head by a piece of shell, and his brother, Dan, went to his assistance. While helping him from the field, Major, his brother, was found, wounded, but not so badly but that he lent a hand in assisting Albert. A few minutes later, Dan received his death wound. A ball struck him in the back and penetrated his bowels, protruding in front. The enemy were close upon them, and Dan begged his brothers to leave him rather than all should be captured, and so they left him to die alone. Albert returned to the regiment in the fall of 1863, and was appointed Corporal. He died of Chronic Diarrhea, while at home on a sick furlough. It was in his, and his brother Dan's, memory that Nelson Post, G. AR, Bristol, Grafton, New Hampshire was named.
Civil War Soldier:
Albert enlisted as a Private serving the Union Army on 18 Aug 1862. On 5 Sep 1862 he enlisted in Company D, New Hampshire 12th Infantry Regiment. Albert was promoted to Full Corporal on 5 Feb 1864, and mustered out of service on 10 Feb 1865 in Bristol, Grafton, New Hampshire. Albert was at the battle of Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville, at the latter of which he was wounded on 3 May 1863. Albert, was first wounded in the head by a piece of shell, and his brother, Dan, went to his assistance. While helping him from the field, Major, his brother, was found, wounded, but not so badly but that he lent a hand in assisting Albert. A few minutes later, Dan received his death wound. A ball struck him in the back and penetrated his bowels, protruding in front. The enemy were close upon them, and Dan begged his brothers to leave him rather than all should be captured, and so they left him to die alone. Albert returned to the regiment in the fall of 1863, and was appointed Corporal. He died of Chronic Diarrhea, while at home on a sick furlough. It was in his, and his brother Dan's, memory that Nelson Post, G. AR, Bristol, Grafton, New Hampshire was named.
Son of Stephen Nelson and Louisa Prescott.
Civil War Soldier:
Albert enlisted as a Private serving the Union Army on 18 Aug 1862. On 5 Sep 1862 he enlisted in Company D, New Hampshire 12th Infantry Regiment. Albert was promoted to Full Corporal on 5 Feb 1864, and mustered out of service on 10 Feb 1865 in Bristol, Grafton, New Hampshire. Albert was at the battle of Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville, at the latter of which he was wounded on 3 May 1863. Albert, was first wounded in the head by a piece of shell, and his brother, Dan, went to his assistance. While helping him from the field, Major, his brother, was found, wounded, but not so badly but that he lent a hand in assisting Albert. A few minutes later, Dan received his death wound. A ball struck him in the back and penetrated his bowels, protruding in front. The enemy were close upon them, and Dan begged his brothers to leave him rather than all should be captured, and so they left him to die alone. Albert returned to the regiment in the fall of 1863, and was appointed Corporal. He died of Chronic Diarrhea, while at home on a sick furlough. It was in his, and his brother Dan's, memory that Nelson Post, G. AR, Bristol, Grafton, New Hampshire was named.
Civil War Soldier:
Albert enlisted as a Private serving the Union Army on 18 Aug 1862. On 5 Sep 1862 he enlisted in Company D, New Hampshire 12th Infantry Regiment. Albert was promoted to Full Corporal on 5 Feb 1864, and mustered out of service on 10 Feb 1865 in Bristol, Grafton, New Hampshire. Albert was at the battle of Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville, at the latter of which he was wounded on 3 May 1863. Albert, was first wounded in the head by a piece of shell, and his brother, Dan, went to his assistance. While helping him from the field, Major, his brother, was found, wounded, but not so badly but that he lent a hand in assisting Albert. A few minutes later, Dan received his death wound. A ball struck him in the back and penetrated his bowels, protruding in front. The enemy were close upon them, and Dan begged his brothers to leave him rather than all should be captured, and so they left him to die alone. Albert returned to the regiment in the fall of 1863, and was appointed Corporal. He died of Chronic Diarrhea, while at home on a sick furlough. It was in his, and his brother Dan's, memory that Nelson Post, G. AR, Bristol, Grafton, New Hampshire was named.
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