"Just a year before his passing, Job and Vesta would lose their 19 year old son, Frank Pierpont Holmes, in one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War. A sergeant in Company A of the 6th Maine Infantry Volunteers, he was killed in the second battle of Fredericksburg, Va., May 3, 1863, in the celebrated charge on Marye's Heights. According to one description;
'Wave after wave of Federal soldiers marched forth to take the heights, but each was met with devastating rifle and artillery fire from the nearly impregnable Confederate positions. Confederate artillerist Edward Porter Alexander's earlier claim that "a chicken could not live on that field" proved to be entirely prophetic this bloody day. As darkness fell on a battlefield strewn with dead and wounded, it was abundantly clear that a signal Confederate victory was at hand. The Army of the Potomac had suffered nearly 12,600 casualties, nearly two-thirds of them in front of Mayre's Heights.'"
(Fineartistmade description of Holmes Cottage, Part 2)
FRANK PIERPONT HOLMES,' (Bro. of Agnes,)
b. Calais, Me., Aug. 14, 1843. Sergeant Co. A, 6th Maine Inf. Vols., killed at the second battle of Fredericksburg, Va., May 3, 1863, in the celebrated charge on Marye's Heights. (The Hamlin Family - A Genealogy)
In the 1860 U.S. Census, Job Holmes, 60, born Maine, was living in Ward 4, Calais, Maine, with Vesta, 52; Agnes, 23; Annie L., 21; Ellen, 20; Frank R., 16; and Walter H., 6, all born in Maine.
In the 1850 U.S. Census, physician Job Holmes 50, born Maine, was living in Calais, Maine, with Vesta, 42;Agnes, 13; Anna L, 11; Ellen, 10; and Frank P., 6, all born in Maine; and laborer Anthony Loughlin, 42, born Ireland.
Frank was the son of Job Holmes and Vesta Hamlin.
'Wave after wave of Federal soldiers marched forth to take the heights, but each was met with devastating rifle and artillery fire from the nearly impregnable Confederate positions. Confederate artillerist Edward Porter Alexander's earlier claim that "a chicken could not live on that field" proved to be entirely prophetic this bloody day. As darkness fell on a battlefield strewn with dead and wounded, it was abundantly clear that a signal Confederate victory was at hand. The Army of the Potomac had suffered nearly 12,600 casualties, nearly two-thirds of them in front of Mayre's Heights.'"
(Fineartistmade description of Holmes Cottage, Part 2)
FRANK PIERPONT HOLMES,' (Bro. of Agnes,)
b. Calais, Me., Aug. 14, 1843. Sergeant Co. A, 6th Maine Inf. Vols., killed at the second battle of Fredericksburg, Va., May 3, 1863, in the celebrated charge on Marye's Heights. (The Hamlin Family - A Genealogy)
In the 1860 U.S. Census, Job Holmes, 60, born Maine, was living in Ward 4, Calais, Maine, with Vesta, 52; Agnes, 23; Annie L., 21; Ellen, 20; Frank R., 16; and Walter H., 6, all born in Maine.
In the 1850 U.S. Census, physician Job Holmes 50, born Maine, was living in Calais, Maine, with Vesta, 42;Agnes, 13; Anna L, 11; Ellen, 10; and Frank P., 6, all born in Maine; and laborer Anthony Loughlin, 42, born Ireland.
Frank was the son of Job Holmes and Vesta Hamlin.
"Just a year before his passing, Job and Vesta would lose their 19 year old son, Frank Pierpont Holmes, in one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War. A sergeant in Company A of the 6th Maine Infantry Volunteers, he was killed in the second battle of Fredericksburg, Va., May 3, 1863, in the celebrated charge on Marye's Heights. According to one description;
'Wave after wave of Federal soldiers marched forth to take the heights, but each was met with devastating rifle and artillery fire from the nearly impregnable Confederate positions. Confederate artillerist Edward Porter Alexander's earlier claim that "a chicken could not live on that field" proved to be entirely prophetic this bloody day. As darkness fell on a battlefield strewn with dead and wounded, it was abundantly clear that a signal Confederate victory was at hand. The Army of the Potomac had suffered nearly 12,600 casualties, nearly two-thirds of them in front of Mayre's Heights.'"
(Fineartistmade description of Holmes Cottage, Part 2)
FRANK PIERPONT HOLMES,' (Bro. of Agnes,)
b. Calais, Me., Aug. 14, 1843. Sergeant Co. A, 6th Maine Inf. Vols., killed at the second battle of Fredericksburg, Va., May 3, 1863, in the celebrated charge on Marye's Heights. (The Hamlin Family - A Genealogy)
In the 1860 U.S. Census, Job Holmes, 60, born Maine, was living in Ward 4, Calais, Maine, with Vesta, 52; Agnes, 23; Annie L., 21; Ellen, 20; Frank R., 16; and Walter H., 6, all born in Maine.
In the 1850 U.S. Census, physician Job Holmes 50, born Maine, was living in Calais, Maine, with Vesta, 42;Agnes, 13; Anna L, 11; Ellen, 10; and Frank P., 6, all born in Maine; and laborer Anthony Loughlin, 42, born Ireland.
Frank was the son of Job Holmes and Vesta Hamlin.
'Wave after wave of Federal soldiers marched forth to take the heights, but each was met with devastating rifle and artillery fire from the nearly impregnable Confederate positions. Confederate artillerist Edward Porter Alexander's earlier claim that "a chicken could not live on that field" proved to be entirely prophetic this bloody day. As darkness fell on a battlefield strewn with dead and wounded, it was abundantly clear that a signal Confederate victory was at hand. The Army of the Potomac had suffered nearly 12,600 casualties, nearly two-thirds of them in front of Mayre's Heights.'"
(Fineartistmade description of Holmes Cottage, Part 2)
FRANK PIERPONT HOLMES,' (Bro. of Agnes,)
b. Calais, Me., Aug. 14, 1843. Sergeant Co. A, 6th Maine Inf. Vols., killed at the second battle of Fredericksburg, Va., May 3, 1863, in the celebrated charge on Marye's Heights. (The Hamlin Family - A Genealogy)
In the 1860 U.S. Census, Job Holmes, 60, born Maine, was living in Ward 4, Calais, Maine, with Vesta, 52; Agnes, 23; Annie L., 21; Ellen, 20; Frank R., 16; and Walter H., 6, all born in Maine.
In the 1850 U.S. Census, physician Job Holmes 50, born Maine, was living in Calais, Maine, with Vesta, 42;Agnes, 13; Anna L, 11; Ellen, 10; and Frank P., 6, all born in Maine; and laborer Anthony Loughlin, 42, born Ireland.
Frank was the son of Job Holmes and Vesta Hamlin.
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