Civil War Soldiers of Sharon, CT

2nd CT Heavy Artillery Regiment

Company B

Brown, Bradford B.
  Enlisted as a Musician 30 July, 1862
  Promoted to full Private (?)
  Mustered out 12 Dec, 1863

Company D

Bebee, Richard
  Enlisted as a Private 22 Dec, 1863
  Regimented (?)
  Killed 19 Sept, 1864 at Opequon Creek in Winchester VA.

Cain, Charles F.
  Enlisted as a Private 22 Dec, 1863
  Regimented (?)
  Mustered out 27 July, 1865

Carr, Henry
  Enlisted as a Private 04 Jan, 1864
  Regimented 05 Jan, 1864
  Discharged 01 Dec, 1864
  Parents: Henry M. and Mary M. Carr

Conklin, George G.
  Enlisted as a Private 01 April, 1864
  Regimented (?)
  Mustered out 18 August, 1865 at Fort Ethan Allen, DC
  Wife: Lucy
  Children: John, Violette, Lillie, William, Douglass, Annie
  Notes: A farmer.

Company G

Bennett, George M.
  Enlisted as a Private 8 Nov, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Received discharge for disability 31 Dec, 1862

Browne, William H.
  Enlisted as a Private 08 July, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Wounded 19 Oct, 1864 at Cedar Creek, VA.
  Mustered out 01 June, 1865

Buttolph, Lorenzo C.
  Enlisted as a Private 06 Sept 1862
  Transferred to Company C, 23rd CT Infantry Regiment 14 Nov, 1862
  Mustered out 31 August, 1863

Buttolph, Niram
  Enlisted as a Private 04 Jan, 1864
  Regimented 05 Jan, 1864
  Mustered out 18 Aug, 1865 at Fort Ethan Allen, DC
  Notes: Lived with older relative Sally Buttolph and the
  Maxum family.

Buxton, Daniel
  Enlisted as a Private 14 August, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Received discharge for disability 21 Jan, 1863
  Died 10 Aug, 1863 (Aged 36)
  Wife: Mary
  Children: Mary
  Notes: Born in 1831 in Rhode Island. Possible died from
  service-related disease or injury.

Capron, James B.
  Enlisted as a Private 08 July, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Promoted to full Musician
  Mustered out 07 July, 1865

Chapman, Ira
  Enlisted as a Sergeant 08 Nov, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Promoted to full Private 15 Oct, 1864
  Wounded 19 Oct, 1864 at Cedar Creek, VA.
  Mustered out 07 July, 1865

Chase, John
  Enlisted as a Private 12 Aug, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Mustered out 07 July, 1865
  Wife: Mary

Clinton, William
  Enlisted as a Private 08 Aug, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Promoted to full Corporal 29 Nov, 1864
  Promoted to full Sergeant 22 Jan, 1865
  Wounded 25 March, 1865 at Petersburg, VA.
  Mustered out 07 July, 1865

Cross, Edward H.
  Enlisted as a Private 08 July, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Deserted 11 Sept, 1862
  Parent: Betsy
  Sibling(s): Jason L.

Curley, Michael
  Enlisted as a Private 19 Aug, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Wounded (?) at Cold Harbor, VA.
  Received discharge for disability 18 March, 1865
  Parents: Michael and Mary Curley
  Siblings: James
  Notes: Aged 24 at enlistment date, emigrated from
  Ireland.
    
Curtin/Curtain, John
  Enlisted as a Private 07 Aug, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Promoted to full Corporal 29 Nov, 1864
  Wounded 19 Oct, 1864
  Received discharge for disability 15 March, 1865
  Parents: Patrick and Catherine Curtin/Curtain
  Sibling(s): Cornelius, Willie, James
  Wife: Ellen Curtin/Curtain
  Children: John, James, Charles, Sarah
  Notes: Emigrated with his family from Ireland.

Dean, Henry S.
  Enlisted as a Sergeant 08 Sept, 1862
  Regimented (?)
  Promoted to full 1st Sergeant 16 March, 1864
  Promoted to full 2nd Lieutenant (?)
  Mustered out 04 Feb, 1865
  
Frazear, William
  Enlisted as a Private 13 Aug, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Wounded 19 Sept, 164 at Opequon Creek, SC.
  Received discharge for disability 08 June, 1865
  Died 27 Aug, 1870 (aged 40 years, 3 months, 17 days)
  Parent: Daniel Frazear

Gilmet, Peter
  Enlisted as a Private 04 Jan, 1864
  Regimented 05 Jan, 1864
  Wounded 19 Oct, 1864 at Cedar Creek, VA.
  Received discharge for disability 31 May, 1865

Grady, John
  Enlisted as a Private 29 July, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Mustered out 07 July, 1865

Hawver, Edward
  Enlisted as a Sergeant 22 June, 1865
  Mustered In (?)
  Wounded 01 June, 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
  Mustered out (?)

Henry, Michael
  Enlisted as a Private 08 Aug, 1862
  Regimented (?)
  Promoted to full Corporal 29 Nov, 1864
  Promoted to full Sergeant 22 June, 1865
  Mustered out 07 July, 1865

Hinman, Charles C.
  Enlisted as a Private 08 April, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Died 18 Jan, 1863 (Aged 28)
  Wife: Julia
  Children: Leman, Sarah C.
    
Hoffman, Edward E.
  Enlisted as a Private 8 Nov, 1862
  Regimented (?)
  Promoted to full Corporal 22 June, 1865
  Wife: Caroline Hoffman
  Children: Frank, Benjamin

Holmes, Frederick D.
  Enlisted as a Private 16 August, 1862
  Regimented (?)
  Promoted to full Corporal 29 Nov, 1864
  Promoted to full Private 26 March, 1865
  Mustered out 07 July, 1865
  Parents: Frederick A. and Hannina Holmes

Holmes, Wesley G.
  Enlisted as a Private 20 Aug, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Received discharge for disability 22 June, 1865

Ingersoll, Charles
  Enlisted as a Private 08 Nov, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Promoted to full Corporal 27 Feb, 1863
  Promoted to full Sergeant 18 April, 1864
  Promoted to full Private 26 July, 1864
  Wounded 19 Sept, 1864 at Opequan Creek, Winchester VA.
  Died 25 Sept, 1864 (Aged 21)

Ingraham, William H.
  Enlisted as a Private 11 Aug, 1862
  Regimented (?)
  Promoted to full Musician (?)
  Mustered out 18 Aug, 1865 at Fort Ethan Allen, DC

Jewett, Nathan H.
  Enlisted as a Private 08 June, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Received discharge for disability 06 Dec, 1862
  Died 22 Sept, 1872 (Aged 33)
  Parents: John S. and Caroline Jewett
  Sibling(s): Simeon D., Rebecca G.
  Wife: Susan
  Children: Caroline, Sarah, Frances

Kelly, Michael
  Enlisted as a 1st Sergeant 29 July, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Promoted to full 2nd Lieutenant 05 March, 1864
  Promoted to full 1st Lieutenant 20 Dec, 1864
  Promoted to full Captain 15 march, 1865
  Promoted to full Brevet Major 02 April, 1865
  Parents: Thomas and Mary Kelly
  Sibling(s): John, William, Thomas
  Notes: Emigrated with his family from Ireland.

King, Charles
  Enlisted as a Private 15 Aug, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Promoted to full Corporal 29 Nov, 1864
  Mustered out 07 July, 1865
  Parents: David and Delia King

Kinney, Barney
  Enlisted as a Private 31 July, 1862
  Wounded at Cedar Creek 11 Nov, 1864
  Died 12 Nov, 1864 (Aged 43) at field hospital
  Notes: Was 41 years old at enlistment. Leg was amputated
  at the field hospital, resulting in his death.

Lake, Gilbert E.
  Enlisted as a Corporal 08 Nov, 1862
  Regimented (?)
  Mustered out 11 April, 1863
Died 8 July, 1897 (Aged 61)
  Wife: Julia Lake
  Children: Cora A., Elijah S., Albert B., Caroline, Andrew, Benjamin,
  Irving, Sarah
  Notes: Died 08 July, 1897 (Aged 61). A laborer; outlived his
  daughters Cora A. and Caroline, and son Albert B. 

Lounsbury, Walstein
  Enlisted as a Private 11 Aug, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Mustered out 27 June, 1865
    
McMaster, Stephen
  Enlisted as a Private 30 Dec, 1863
  Regimented 30 Dec, 1863
  Received discharge for disability 08 Sept, 1864
    Palmer, George D.
  Enlisted as a Private 30 Aug, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Mustered out 07 July, 1865

Peck, John F.
  Enlisted as a Private 25 Aug, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Mustered out 07 July, 1865
  Wife: Lydia
  Children: Fanny, Harriett, Frederick, Edward, John
  Notes: Worked as a Laborer.

Reed, Charles J.
  Enlisted as a Private 14, 1862
  Regimented (?)
  Promoted to full Corporal 04 April, 1864
  Died 19 Oct, 1864 at Cedar Creek, VA.

Reed, Dayton S.
  Enlisted as a Private 18 Aug, 1862
  Regimented (?)
  Mustered out 02 Feb, 1863

Reed, Isaac L.
  Enlisted as a Private 08 Nov, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Deserted 19 July, 1864
  Wife: Hannah
  Children: Freddie, Cora B.
       
Robinson, Albert
  Enlisted as a Corporal 29 July, 1862
  Regimented (?)
  Promoted to full Sergeant 16 March, 1864
  Died 22 March, 1865

Shepard, William S.
  Enlisted as a Corporal 08 June, 1862
  Regimented (?)
  Promoted to full Sergeant 04 April, 1864
  Premoted to full Private 29 Nov, 1864
  Mustered out 07 July, 1865

Slover, William
  Enlisted as a Private 29 Dec, 1863
  Regimented (?)
  Died 27 July, 1865 (Aged 20) at the Potomac River
  Parents: Arville and (?) Slover
  Sibling(s): Chester, Mary E., Lavinia, Phidilia, Almon
  Notes: Drowned in the Potomac while watering mules near
  Georgetown. Buried at The Ellsworth Burying Ground.

Soule, Elisha
  Enlisted as a Private 20 Aug, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Killed 19 Oct, 1864 at Cedar Creek, Va.

Studley, Dwight
  Enlisted as a Private 15 Aug, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Promoted to full Corporal 24 March, 1865
  Wounded at Hatcher’s Run 27 March, 1865
  Died 14 April, 1865 (Aged 20) at Lincoln Hospital
  Parents: Joshua T. and Abby A. Studley
  Sibling(s): (?)
  Notes: Worked as a farmhand, was wounded by grapeshot;
  hit in side and left forearm (Fort Fisher).

Studley, George W.
  Enlisted as a Private 14 Aug, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Promoted to full Corporal 29 Nov, 1864
  Mustered out 07 July 1865
  Parents: Allen G. and Harriet L. Studley
  Sibling(s): Martha E., Betsey C., Willie B., Ruby N., Charles E.
  Notes: Born in November of 1843; listed as 56 years old in the
  1900 U.S. Census. Was a Grist Miller.

Teator, Lyman
  Enlisted as a 1st Lieutenant (?)
  Resigned from his post March 5, 1863
  Died 06 Oct, 1878

Traver, Charles P.
  Enlisted as a Corporal 08 Dec, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Promoted to full Sergeant 19 Sept, 1864
  Promoted to full 2nd Lieutenant 18 March, 1865
  Mustered out 20 July, 1865
  Wife: Susan Traver
  Children: Julia, Frederic

Waldron, Elmore E.
  Enlisted as a Private 20 Aug, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Mustered out 01 Nov, 1864
  Died 10 Feb, 1901 (Aged 62)
  Notes: Born in 1838, buried at Pine Swamp Cemetary.

Young, William
  Enlisted as a Private 12 Aug, 1862
  Regimented 11 Sept, 1862
  Received discharge for disability 10 May, 1863