Son of Stephen Nelson and Louisa Prescott.
Civil War Soldier:
Dan enlisted as a Private serving the Union Army on 8 Dec 1862. On 5 Sep 1862 he enlisted in Company D, New Hampshire 12th Infantry Regiment He mustered out on 3 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania, Virginia. Dan was in the battle of Fredericksburg, and at Chancellorsville, where he was killed in action. Albert, his brother, was first wounded in the head by a piece of shell, and 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. He was the oldest of three brothers who served in the same Company. It was in his, and his brother Albert's, memory that Nelson Post, G. AR, Bristol, Grafton, New Hampshire was named.
Civil War Soldier:
Dan enlisted as a Private serving the Union Army on 8 Dec 1862. On 5 Sep 1862 he enlisted in Company D, New Hampshire 12th Infantry Regiment He mustered out on 3 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania, Virginia. Dan was in the battle of Fredericksburg, and at Chancellorsville, where he was killed in action. Albert, his brother, was first wounded in the head by a piece of shell, and 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. He was the oldest of three brothers who served in the same Company. It was in his, and his brother Albert's, memory that Nelson Post, G. AR, Bristol, Grafton, New Hampshire was named.
Son of Stephen Nelson and Louisa Prescott.
Civil War Soldier:
Dan enlisted as a Private serving the Union Army on 8 Dec 1862. On 5 Sep 1862 he enlisted in Company D, New Hampshire 12th Infantry Regiment He mustered out on 3 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania, Virginia. Dan was in the battle of Fredericksburg, and at Chancellorsville, where he was killed in action. Albert, his brother, was first wounded in the head by a piece of shell, and 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. He was the oldest of three brothers who served in the same Company. It was in his, and his brother Albert's, memory that Nelson Post, G. AR, Bristol, Grafton, New Hampshire was named.
Civil War Soldier:
Dan enlisted as a Private serving the Union Army on 8 Dec 1862. On 5 Sep 1862 he enlisted in Company D, New Hampshire 12th Infantry Regiment He mustered out on 3 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania, Virginia. Dan was in the battle of Fredericksburg, and at Chancellorsville, where he was killed in action. Albert, his brother, was first wounded in the head by a piece of shell, and 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. He was the oldest of three brothers who served in the same Company. It was in his, and his brother Albert's, memory that Nelson Post, G. AR, Bristol, Grafton, New Hampshire was named.
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