Durham Volunteers

This list is taken from a catalogue prepared from records in the office of the Adjutant General, and includes recruits and substitutes. The first date following the person’s name is the date of muster into service.

For convenience the following abbreviations are used:

• dis. – discharged
• des. – deserted
• pro. – promoted
• d. – died
• k. – killed
• wd. – wounded
• r. – re-enlisted
• vet. – veteran
• m. – mustered out
• tr. – transferred
• n. t. u. o. r. – not taken up on rolls

Other abbreviations, the significance of which will be readily understood, are occasionally used.

Durham Volunteers

Adams, John, 1 Art., Co. B, Dec. 10 ’64, m. Sept. 25 ’65.
Alber, Calvin, 15 I., Co. I, Aug. 9 ’62, k. Mar. 8 ’65.
Albee, Francis L., 8 I., Co. K, Sept. 23 ’61, r. vet., m. Oct. 21 ’65.
*Anderson, John, 8 I., Co. K, Nov. 18 ’64, des. Dec. 18 ’64.
Augur, Julius, 15 I., Co. A, Aug. 8 ’62, dis. Feb. 4 ’63.
Augur, Michael, 15 I., Co. A, Aug. 8 ’62, m. June 27 ’65.
Augur, Wm. H., 7 I., Co. C, Sept. 8 ’61, pro. capt., m. q.m. July 20 ’65.

Bailey, Ezra N., 15 I., Co. I, Sept. 3 ’61, m. June 27 ’65.
Bailey, Herman W., 13 I., Co. H, June 18 ’63, r. vet., wd., m. Apr. 25 ’65.
Bullivant, Thomas, 15 I., Co. G, Aug. 14 ’63, m. June 27 ’65.
*Bemus, Henry, 6 I., Co. B, Aug. 21 ’63, d. June 13 ’64.

Camp, Eli S., 15 I., Co. G, July 30 ’63, dis. Dec. 19 ’63.
Camp, Leonidas M., 15 I., Co. A, Sept. 3 ’64, wd., m. Aug. 8 ’65.
Camp, Samuel G., 14 I., Co. B, Aug. 6 ’62, dis. Mar. 3 ’63.
Campbell, Earl T., 14 I., Co. B, Aug. 19 ’62, dis. Jan. 23 ’63.
Casey, John, 15 I., Co. G, Dec. 14 ’64, missing Mar. 8 ’65.
Cavanagh, Robert, 15 I., Co. G, Dec. 9 ’64, m. July 20 ’65.
Church, Henry H., 15 I., Co. A, Aug. 12 ’62, m. June 27 ’65.
Church, William W., 1 Art., Co. G, Oct. 22 ’61, dis. June 5 ’62.
Church, Wm. W., 27 I., Co. C, Aug. 26 ’62, dis. Dec. 26 ’62.
Clark, Dallas, 12 I., Co. A, Nov. 20 ’61, d. Dec. 12 ’62.
Clark, John B., 24 I., Co. A, Aug. 30 ’62, dis. Sept. 30 ’63.
Clark, John B., 15 I., Co. F, Sept. 3 ’64, m. June 27 ’65.
Clark, Whitney D., 24 I., Co. F, Aug. 30 ’62, dis. Sept. 30 ’63.
Clayton, Elias C., 15 I., Co. K, Sept. 13 ’61, m. June 27 ’65.
Cottar, John, 24 I., Co. F, Sept. 8 ’62, d. Sept. 13 ’63.

Davis, Wm. H., 7 I., Co. C, Sept. 6 ’61, dis. Jan. 2 ’62.

*Essig, George, 10 I., Co. E, Nov. 10 ’64, m. June 6 ’65.

Farrell, John, 15 I., Co. G, Dec. 14 ’61, m. July 20 ’65.
Field, Franklin F., 15 I., Co. A, July 28 ’62, m. June 27 ’65.
Filler, Robert H., 29 I., Co. I, Jan. 5 ’64, m. Oct. 23 ’64.
*Fitzgerald, John A., 6 I., Co. D, Nov. 16 ’61, m. Aug. 21 ’65.
Fowler, Hosmer, 15 I., Co. G, Jan. 1 ’62, dis. Feb. 13 ’63.
Francis, Friend H., 15 I., Co. A, Sept. 3 ’64, m. June 27 ’65.
Francis, Thomas, 20 I., Co. D, Aug. 20 ’62, k. May 3 ’63.

Graham, Ira A., 14 I., Co. B, Aug. 8 ’62, pro. 1st lieut., wd., m. May 31 ’65.
Griswold, Wait R., asst. surg., 22 I., Mar. 21 ’63, dis. July 7 ’63.

Hall, Stephen, 29 I., Co. B, Feb. 6 ’64, dis. Apr. 12 ’64.
Hardin, Wilkin, 29 I., Co. K, Jan. 7 ’64, m. Oct. 24 ’65.
Hawley, Timothy E., 8 I., Co. K, Oct. 5 ’61, tr. to signal corps.
Hickey, Timothy, 15 I., Co. F, Sept. 3 ’64, m. June 27 ’65.
Hickey, John, 24 I., Co. F, Sept. 6 ’63, dis. Sept. 30 ’63.
*Hoyt, Frank, 10 I., Co. K, Nov. 18 ’64, m. May 24 ’65.

Justin, Charles A., 15 I., Co. A, Aug. 7 ’62, m. June 27 ’65.

Leslie, William, 15 I., Co. A, Dec. 9 ’64, m. July 20 ’65.
Loper, Joseph, 29 I., Co. K, Jan. 7 ’64, m. Oct. 24 ’65.

McDonald, John, 15 I., Co. I, Dec. 14 ’64, m. July 20 ’65.
*Meister, Wendelin, 10 I., Co. C, June 11 ’62, m. June 12 ’65.
Merriam, Edwin J., sergt., 7 I., Co. C, Sept. 6 ’61, r. vet., pro. 2d lieut., d. Oct. 6 ’64.
Mitchell, John, 30 I., Co. B, Feb. 6 ’64, m. Nov. 7 ’65.
Mix, Stephen, 15 I., Co. K, Aug. 6 ’62, m. June 27 ’65.
*Morse, Augustus W., 8 I., Co. K, Oct. 5 ’61, r. vet., m. Dec. 12 ’65.
Morse, Eckford I., 15 I., Co. A, Aug. 7 ’62, m. June 27 ’65.
Montgomery, Alex., 15 I., Co. I, Dec. 18 ’64, missing in action Mar. 8 ’65.
Murphy, Patrick, 15 I., unassigned, Dec. 14 ’64, dis. Jan. 9 ’65.

Nettleton, Edgar A., 13 I., Co. H, Feb. 10 ’62, wd., tr. to Invalid Corps.

O’Neil, John, 11 I., Co. D, Dec. 15 ’64, m. Dec. 21 ’65.

Payne, Frederick J., mus., 34 I., Co. A, Sept. 22 ’62, dis. Sept. 30 ’63.
Powers, Edward, 30 I., Co. C, Feb. 11 ’64, m. Nov. 7 ’65.

Riche, Henry E., 15 I., Co. I, Sept. 3 ’61, dis. Mar. 8 ’65.
Riche, James F., 15 I., Co. F, Sept. 3 ’61, m. June 27 ’65.
Riche, John T., 15 I., Co. F, Sept. 3 ’64, m. June 27 ’65.
Reinhardt, Philip, mus., 5 I., Co. C, July 23 ’61, wd., r. vet., m. July 15 ’65.
Robinson, David W., 14 I., Co. B, Aug. 5 ’62, m. June 27 ’65.

Shelly, Edmund W., 15 I., Co. I, Sept. 3 ’64, m. June 27 ’65.
Sizer, Frederick M., 24 I., Co. F, Sept. 10 ’63, dis. Sept. 30 ’63.
Smith, Guernsey B., corp., 14 I., Co. B, Aug. 5 ’62, dis. Jan. 30 ’63.
Smith, Guernsey B., 15 I., Co. A, Sept. 3 ’64, m. June 27 ’65.
Smith, Howard A., 24 I., Co. A, Aug. 30 ’62, dis. Sept. 30 ’63.
Sweeney, John, 16 I., Co. F, Sept. 2 ’64, des. Sept. 24 ’64.

Thompson, Samuel, 13 I., Co. C, Feb. 11 ’64, m. Nov. 7 ’65.
Tibbals, Charles M., 15 I., Co. F, Sept. 3 ’64, m. June 27 ’65.

Vandervoort, John E., 14 I., Co. B, Aug. 5 ’63, wd., dis. Jan. 25 ’65.
Vermilyea, Lucius H., 7 I., Co. C, Dec. 9 ’63, wd., m. July 30 ’65.

Young, George A., corp., 29 I., Co. G, Jan. 7 ’64, m. Oct. 24 ’65.

*Substitutes and drafted

---

Source

Whittemore, Henry, History of Middlesex county, Connecticut, with biographical sketches of its prominent men, New York : J. B. Beers & Co., 1884.