1861 Letter from Lewis W. Campbell, Student at Washington Academy in East Machias, Maine, to Friend James in Company C, 6th Maine Infantry

June 2, 1861 letter from Lewis W. Campbell (1841-1926), a student at Washington Academy in East Machias, Maine, to his friend James, serving with the 6th Maine Infantry in the Civil War.  

Like untold other Mainers, Lewis would move to Minneapolis and become an influential citizen there.

The letter mentions:

• James, the recipient of the letter - there were several men named James in the area who enlisted in Company C, 6th Maine Infantry
• Machias, the next town over, where I believe Lewis W. Campbell's family lived
• Isaac - is he married yet or not - could not find a record; perhaps Isaac is a middle name or he married later on
• the Captain of the 6th, looking for more men
• Washington Academy in East Machias, Maine
• Eastport, Maine - perhaps the recruits shipped out of there
• Henry Leighton - also presumably serving with the 6th - perhaps Henry Hudson Leighton (1840-1916), who enlisted into Company C, 6th Maine Infantry
• a young lady who sends her regards
• Clark Hughs - perhaps Clark Perry Hughes (1839-1862), who enlisted on 15 July 1861 into Company C, 6th Maine Infantry. He was discharged for disease in September of 1861 and died in January 1862. 
• Mr. Coffin, sick with the measles
• Mr. Sanborn preached - perhaps New Hampshire native John L. Sanborn (1813-1895), Baptist clergyman, who was living in East Machias, Maine, at the time of the enumeration of the 1860 Federal Census.

A transcription appears at the end of this post.

Lewis himself would enlist, on 11 August 1862, into Company B, 11th Regiment, Infantry, as a private and was eventually promoted to sergeant. He was wounded in 1864 at Deep Bottom Run in Virginia, but he survived the war, rising to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant at Appomatox.

See a CDV of Lewis W. Campbell, in uniform, taken about 1864 - on the Maine Memory Network.  Read a letter Campbell wrote in 1864.

Lewis W. Campbell moved to Minneapolis and became a miller and a citizen of note, such that his biography is included on page 267 in A Half Century of Minneapolis, published by Horace Bushnell Hudson in 1908.

From this biography, which includes an engraving of Campbell, we learn that he was born in Harrington, Maine, the son of Dennison Campbell. Lewis' grandfather was a signer to the Constitution of Maine, and his great grandfather a colonel in the 6th Massachusetts during the American Revolution.  Lewis' mother was (Martha Wakefield) Campbell, according to his Minnesota death record.

Lewis married New Hampshire native Sarah G. Fisk in Minnesota in 1871. They had at least two children, both daughters.

Transcription

East Machias, June 2d, 61

Friend James

I receive your letter of May the 29 last Wednesday & I was glad to hear from you to hear that you were well & in good spirites. I should have written before but I wanted to go to Machias first to see what was going on over there. I was over yesterday. I am well and hope that these few lines will find you the same. I think judging from your letter that you are truly Patriotic and I hope that you will ever feel so until the glorious Flag of our Union shall wave again over ever nook and corner of the 34 states. You do not know how bad I feel to think I am not with you but you know the reason that I did not go and so all I can do is to bid you success. Bear in mind that you are engaged in a good cause - engaged in a cause which every true Son of America should be engage in and is it not expected that you will prevail over your foes. Of course you will for I believe that the right will always prevail. I told you I was over to Machias yesterday but I do not know of any news there. Now probably you here of all that is transpiring there before I do because there are so many writing there so often. Whether Isaac is married yet or not I do not know. I heard last week that he was & then I heard that he was to be married tonight. It appears to me as if he is in a ____ but then he might as well enjoy himself while he can. I did not see anyone to inquire how the Division is a getting along. Bye the way do you have a chance to go out evenings & do you go to the Division there. I hope that you all do who belong to this Division. I saw your Capt. here the other day. I heard that he was after more men. I am getting along quite well with my studies and have quite a good time. I am not so lonesome since I got acquainted with some of the folks. The School went to walk last Thursday afternoon about 25 or so with our Preceptor to lead us. We we went about 6 miles & back & had a good time as our Precepter approved of that and so does the scholars. I can not think of any more news to write you this time although I am assured by what I have heard the people here say that your company  have there best wishes & your company got some good compliment the day that you past through here on our way to Eastport.  Give my best respects to all of the boys. I can not mention any in particular for it would take me to long to name them all. Tell Henry Leighton that I should be glad to here from him as soon as he can find time to write. & also all of the rest of the boys. There is a young ladie here in town that that I told I was writing to you today & she sends you her love & best wishes for your success. Chark Hughs told me to send you & all the rest of the boys his best respects & wanted me to tell you & them to write as soon as they could. By the way, I forgot to tell you that Mr. Coffin has been sick with the measels. He has got better so he has been out 2 or 3 days. I have been to Church all day. Mr. Sanborn preached over here today. I do not think of any thing more at present. You must excuse bad writing & spelling for I have been in an awful hurry for I did not have much time.

Write to me as often as you can & tell me all about the boys & what your prospects are. I must close by saying good bye.

Yours truly

From your friend

Lewis W. Campbell

Washington Academy

East Machias

Maine

If you have corrections and/or information to share on any of the people mentioned, please leave a comment for the benefit of other researchers.

1891 Invoice from the Department of Maine GAR at Rockland, Maine, to Meade Post #40 at Eastport, Maine

December 25, 1891 invoice from the Department of Maine, Grand Army of the Republic, at Rockland, Maine, to Meade Post #40 at Eastport, Maine, which was requesting:

• applications
• buttonhole badges
• membership badges
• badge ribbons for officers
• badge ribbons for comrades

 Sadly, the document does not list any names of GAR members.

The second floor of the GAR Meade Post 40 hall in Eastport, currently undergoing restoration, is decorated with many murals, at least some of which were reportedly painted by a Harrington.  It's said that Joshua Chamberlain, on a tour of GAR posts in Maine, was considerably impressed.

 If you have information to share on Meade Post 40 of the GAR at Eastport, Maine, Maine, please leave a comment for the benefit of other researchers.

Newspaper Clipping about Theodore Lincoln of Dennysville, Maine, & the 6th Maine in the Civil War

Newspaper clipping about Major Theodore Lincoln, Jr., a Dennysville, Maine, native, and officer in the Sixth Maine.  

Note: Rather than Theodore Lincoln, Jr., I believe he was that man's son Theodore Lincoln III (1830-1865) as this Maine veterans cemetery record indicates. Many military records refer to him as a Jr.

Found in a journal of underlying handwriting pasted over with many clippings, presumably by someone sympathetic to the Union and with abolitionist leanings.

A transcription appears at the end of this post.

Theodore Lincoln III (1830-1865) was the son of Theodore Lincoln, Jr., (1800-1867) and Elizabeth Cushing Lincoln (1800-1877). Theodore III was the great grandson, as the article notes, of Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810) was the celebrated Revolutionary War General to whom Cornwallis' second offered his surrender at Yorktown.

If you have information to share on any of the people mentioned above, please leave a comment for the benefit of other researchers.  

Perhaps a reader will know if Theodore Lincoln III came home from the War in 1864 with lingering illness or injury, which contributed to his death in 1865.

Transcription:

SIXTH MAINE

This regiment, with 90 men, under command of Major Theodore Lincoln, Jr., also came in the Weybosset [a steam ship]. Major Lincoln is a great grandson of Major General Benjamin Lincoln of the revolution, to whom Lord Cornwallis surrendered. Major Lincoln has been with the regiment ever since its formation, entering it as Orderly Sergeant. He has passed through many severe battles, beginning at Yorktown, and ending with one of the last skirmishes before Petersburg. Of the original regiment of one thousand there are only about seventy left, and of these Major Lincoln is one. He has passed unwounded through his numerous battle, though repeatedly greatly exposed. Few of our young officers have rendered more effectual service, or shown a cooler and more determined bravery in action. He has the confidence of his men, and we trust there are higher military honors in reserve for him.

Two Period Newspaper Articles about the Confederates Raids in Eastern Maine

Two period newspaper clippings about the raids in Eastern Maine, carried out or proposed, by Confederates massing in Saint John, New Brunswick, during the Civil War.

The clippings mention

• Saint John, New Brunswick
• Calais, Maine
• Eastport, Maine
• Belfast, Maine (to whose leaders a warning was sent from Eastport)

The clippings are contained in a notebook, the original handwriting in which is covered over by many newspaper clippings that appear to have been pasted there by someone with Union and abolitionist sentiments.

Transcription of the clipping at top:

A LITTLE RAID IN MAINE - ATTEMPT TO ROB THE CALAIS BANK. Calais, Me., 18th

At midday today there was an attempt to rob the Calais Bank by a small party of rebel raiders, who came from St. John, N.B. Three of them were arrested. The leader of the gang is Capt. Collins of the 15th Mississippi regiment. They say some thirty associates promised to meet them here, but failed. The vigilance of the State Guard prevented the consummation of this bold scheme of pillage. The three men have been committed. The citizens are arming in expectation of an attack tonight.

The second clipping:

Transcription:

EXCITEMENT ON THE BORDER OF EASTERN MAINE

Rebel Raid Apprehended

The St. Croix Herald, published at Calais, Me., represents that a general excitement pervades the towns on the eastern boundary of Maine, growing out of an apprehended foray by rebel refugees in the British Provinces. The Herald of 23d says:

"The towns on this border have been alive with excitement during the past few days and nights owing to well authenticated reports that a raid was in contemplation by rebel agents and "roughs" who had their headquarters at St. John. We were reliably informed when in St. John a few days ago that the programme of rebel operations consisted not only in the taking of the Chesapeake but also the steamer New England, and then making a raid upon the towns on the border, robbing the banks and committing general destruction by fire, robbery, etc. The failure to take the New England rather strengthened the impression that the raid on the borders would be attempted, and accordingly on Thursday night the people here and at Eastport organized for home defense.

There was any number of citizens ready to volunteer, and the every effort was made to give the invaders a warm reception. A company of about seventy men was raised for the emergency, consisting of nine months' men and State Guards, under the command of Capt. Flint. Their rendezvous was at the Armory. Squads of the men were detailed for picket duty at the several bridges and other exposed stations leading from New Brunswick, through which channel the rebs intended to find their way into our city. At intervals during the night of Thursday, as reports came in to the headquarters from the various outposts, intense excitement was manifested, and strong hopes were entertained that is the invaders were really coming they would come then and there.

The night was stormy and the guards, notwithstanding they were unaccustomed to the service, entered into the work with much zeal and enthusiasm. Between three and four in the morning a fire broke out and destroyed an old building somewhere in the rear of the town of St. Stephen. It was thought by some that it was intended as a decoy, but it didn't take as the guards had orders not to leave the city. It was supposed that some suspicious persons, the advanced guard of the enemy's forces, were prowling about the city, and the Provost Marshal was directed to make a search at the Exchange where the suspected men were stopping, but there was nothing discovered that would implicate the parties. Toward morning the guards descried some men lurking about the post office, but no arrests were made.

Thus ended the first night of the watch for the invaders. Their non-appearance was regretted, as many of our boys were 'splilin' [presumably 'spoilin'] for a right, and unless the raiders had come in overpowering numbers, but few of them would have lived to tall the tale of the adventure. Men have since been detailed nightly for the service, and the tread of armed men through our streets at the midnight hour has recently become one of the features of life on the border. At Eastport, the citizens are also wide awake, and a large force patrol the streets and guard the town nightly. There can be no doubt, from information received on the subject from various sources, that such a rain as we have been preparing for has been and is in actual contemplation. It will not do to slumber as we are yet by no means secure from danger."

The Provost Marshal of Belfast has received a letter from Eastport, which says:

"Last night almost every man and boy in Eastport went armed, and a guard of sixty men was kept in Frontier Bank all night. It seems a large party of roughs left St. John for some place, and a remark made by them was overheard before they left, that they were going to rob a bank in the United States, within sixty miles of St. John."

The citizens of Eastport telegraphed to Augusta for seventy-five rifles or muskets."

At this time, the Army still maintained Fort Sullivan in Eastport on Moose Island, although it was much reduced in readiness.

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Civil War Document Detailing Clothing Allowances to George W. Fleck of Company D, 190th Pennsylvania

 

Civil War document detailing the clothing issued to George W. Fleck of Company D of the 190th Pennsylvania Regiment.

Presumably George Washington Fleck (1845-1876).  According to this form, George mustered in to Company D at Bull Run, Virginia, on 13 March 1864. 

The document, too large for one scan, is approximately 15-1/2" by 10-1/4". George signed for each distribution, with a witness for each.  Witnesses:

• A. J. Demming  [multiple] - Andrew J. Demming (1835-1909) - paroled prisoner
• William R. Peacock  [multiple] - William R. Peacock (abt 1835-)
• Will F. Bathurst  [multiple - William F. Bathurst (1842-1923)
• Charles H. Martin - presumably the Charles H. Martin captured at Weldon Railroad on 19 August 1864

The document was signed at the bottom by William B. Duddy, Lieutenant. He was William B. Duddy (abt 1839-1913).

Note: The reverse of this form contains information on the clothing allowance of George Fisher, who is the subject of another post.

If you have more information on any of the men mentioned above, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

Civil War Document Detailing Clothing Allowances to George Fisher of Company D, 190th Pennsylvania

Civil War document detailing the clothing issued to George Fisher of Company D of the 190th Pennsylvania Regiment.

The document, too large for one scan, is approximately 15-1/2" by 10-1/4". George signed for each distribution, with a witness for each.  Witnesses:

• A. J. Demming [multiple] - Andrew J. Demming (1835-1909) - paroled prisoner
• Will F. Bathurst - William F. Bathurst (1842-1923)

 The document was signed at the bottom by William B. Duddy, Lieutenant. He was William B. Duddy (abt 1839-1913).

According to this form, George mustered in this Company at Bristoe, Virginia, on 1 February 1864. His record of service in Pennsylvania, Register of Military Volunteers, 1861-1865 notes that he was born about 1843 and that he was a paroled prisoner who mustered out with his Company on 28 June 1865.  He may have been the George Fisher who had mustered in as a private and mustered out as a corporal.

Note:  The reverse of this form contains information on the clothing allowance of Private George W. Fleck, who is the subject of another post.

If you have more information on any of the men mentioned above, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

David Barker Civil War Poem about Returning Maine Soldiers, "The Lumbermen of Maine"

The Lumbermen of Maine is a poem presumably by David Barker (1816-1874) about Civil War soldiers returning to Maine. It was found in a clipping pasted in a mid 19th century scrapbook.

The poem depicts the return of Maine men from service in the Civil War to a place with a double tide, possibly tidal Augusta, Maine, on the Kennebec River, where many Maine men mustered out.

David Barker was born in Exeter, Maine, on 9 September 1816, the son of Nathaniel Barker and Sarah (Pease) Barker.  

From the biography included in Poems, an anthology of Barker's poems published after his death by his wife and children in 1876:

Nathaniel Barker's accidental death in 1823 in Bangor, Maine, left the family in difficult circumstances. David managed to enroll at Foxcroft Academy, where his merit brought him a position as an assistant there. He then taught in various places, even as far away as Eastport, Maine, before taking up the study of law in the Exeter office of Samuel Cony, later a governor of Maine.

After passing the Bar, David Barker started his own practice in Exeter, which he would maintain until ill health in the 1870s.  In 1854, he married Susan Rebeckah Chase (1827-1892) of Belfast, Maine.  They had at least two children, their son dying relatively young and their daughter living to nearly the century mark.

David Barker died at Bangor, Maine, in 1874 and is buried in the Exeter Center Cemetery at Exeter, Maine, with other relatives. Susan is buried in Belfast, Maine, with their son Walter and other relatives.

For some reason the poem The Lumbermen of Maine is not included in the book mentioned above. I first came across the poem in a mid 19th century scrapbook and was able to find it in several places online, including in the April 2, 1898 issue of the Hallowell Register [scroll to the bottom] where the poem is attributed to David Barker.  Hopefully, that is truly the case.

Transcription of the Poem

The LUMBERMEN OF MAINE

There were shouts in the crowded street,

And a martial music-strain,

And banners waved, and loud drums beat,

As the men of the city came out to greet

The lumbermen of Maine.

A thousand strong and more

From the woods and streams came they;

From where the Kennebec's fountains roar,

And the swift Penobscot twists the oar,

and Passamaquoddy Bay.

Strong knights of the axe and pole,

Kings of the raft and saw,

In brawny limb and dauntless soul,

By the breath of the forest air made whole

And the use of nature's law.

They marched with a steady tread

Toward the front of death and pain,

Where the splintered stumps of the trees were red,

And the rivers waited to raft the dead

Of the lumbermen of Maine.

And a thousand more forsook

The axe and the setting-pole,

And the forest camp by the swollen brook,

And in squads the vacant places took

To keep the torn ranks whole.

Dusty and hot and worn

The regiment came today,

With a battle-flag all soiled and torn,

And a dozen footless heroes borne

Behind on a rumbling dray.

Through the city's double tide

Slowly they marched again,

With a look of modest, manly pride

That made them tall as they marched beside

The throng of common men.

But a hundred strong and three

They came from the battle-plain;

The others will never fell the tree,

Or sing and dance, when the raft floats free

With the lumbermen of Maine.

1864/1865 Payments On Behalf of Family in Robbinston, Maine, of Civil War Soldier Sumner Anderson; in 1860s/1870s Ledger of Financial Transactions of Robbinston

Sumner Anderson, age 22; then serving in Company D of the 6th Regiment; payments made in 1864 on behalf of his family in Robbinston, Maine.

Found on numbered page 12 in a ledger of Robbinston, Maine, financial transactions from the mid 1860s to the 1870s.

Payments were made on behalf of:

• Samuel Anderson, age 66; father
• Mary Anderson, age 59; mother
• Thomas D. Anderson, age 16; brother
• Mary E. Anderson, age 14; sister

Sumner Anderson (abt 1842-1864), perhaps Sumner P. Anderson, presumably died in or in the same time frame as the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.

1850 US Census of Robbinston, Maine - Sumner Anderson, age 8

1860 US Census of Robbinston, Maine - Sumner Anderson, age 18

1861-1864   Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957, Military Records - Civil War - Sumner Anderson

• single, age 19, a carriagesmith in Robbinston, Maine; born in Pembroke, Maine
• 6' tall with light complexion, hazel eyes and auburn hair
• enlisted 16 May 1861 for a period of 3 years; Company D of the 6th
• mustered in 15 July 1861 at Brandy Station, Virginia
• re-enlisted 1 January 1864 into Vet. Vol
• missing in action 10 May 1864

Sadly, I could not find a record of the gravestone of Sumner Anderson, whether in Virginia or in Maine, either as a gravestone or a cenotaph.  Sumner deserves recognition for his sacrifice; if you have information, please share.  Perhaps it has something to do with the "Missing in Action" description.

If you have information on the family of Sumner Anderson, please leave a comment.

The ledger measures about 13" by 8" by 1/2" and contains entries for almost 50 families and many pages of other financial transactions. About half of the 178 numbered pages have entries. The ledger is missing its covers; the first page of what remains is shown below.

Soldiers and sailors listed in the ledger

• The numbers in parentheses indicate specific pages in the ledger.
• Many of the men listed below were born in New Brunswick or Nova Scotia and may have returned to Canada after the War.  See the map below to see how close New Brunswick and Nova Scotia were, particularly in the Age of Sail.
• If you have information on any of the men listed below, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

The List, Alphabetized

• Sumner Anderson (page 12), age 22; 6th Regiment, Company D - reportedly killed in the Battle of Spotsylvania on May 10, 1864
• Philip H. Andrews (page 45); 11th Regiment, Company B.  
• Benjamin S. Apt (1846-1906), (page 44); age 18; 31st Regiment, Company B.  
• George E. Bean (page 6); age 19; 3rd Maine Battery
• John M. Bean (1832-1905), (page 15), age 32; 6th Regiment Company F.  
• Samuel Boyden (abt 1828-1891), (page 24), age 35; 6th Regiment; Company G.  
• Albert Gallatin Buck (1822-1901) (page 7); age 41; 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Company D
• Daniel Bugbee (page 55) - perhaps not a serviceman but rather Daniel Bugbee (1810-1875, North Dakota ?)
• Philip Caffrey (page 9), age 20; on US Gunboat Ossipee.  Could he be the Navy veteran Philip Caffrey (-1887) buried in the Hampton National Cemetery at Hampton, Virginia?
• Hugh H. Cameron (page 2), age 28; 9th Maine Regiment, Company E; mustered in October 1, 1864
• William H. Campbell (page 8); 11th Maine, Company G
• Thomas Chester (page 10), age 32; 30th Regiment; Company F
• William Embleton, age 41 (page 16); 15th Regiment; Company E.  Presumably the William Henry Embleton (1823-1873) who died in a fall to the rocks when building the bridge at Grand Falls, New Brunswick
• Henry H. Frost (page 27), a3-18ge 21; 1st Regular Heavy Artillery, Company D
• John T. Garnett (1843-1933), (page 6); age 21; 15th Regiment
• Rufus Gates (page 49); State Aid Account with Town of Robbinston - perhaps not a soldier and perhaps Legislator Rufus Gates (1816-1887)
• Allen T. Gow (1846-1893), (page 11); 31st Regiment, Company A.  
• Ebenezer D. Harlow (page 18), age 28; 18th Regiment, Company D.  Ebenezer D. Harlow (1836-1921), son of Jirah Harlow and Lydia (Johnson) Harlow
• Madison B. Hayman (1842-1923), (page 32), age 21; 6th Regiment, Company K. 
• John R. Hickey (page 3); age 39; U.S. Navy; transferred from 18th Regt
• Joseph Hinton, Jr. (page 25), age 22; 15th Regiment, Company K 
• Frank E. Johnson (1843-1909), (page 34), age 21; 6th Regiment; Company K.  Frank Ernest Johnson.
• George E. Johnson (page 17), age 27; 18th Regiment, Company D
• William H. Johnson (page 38), age 21; 15th Regiment, Company A
• William Johnson (page 22); 1st Artillery, Company M.  Possibly the William P. Johnson who is shown as having deserted in March 1865 - though there may be another explanation
• Thomas N. Kerr (page 31), age 29; 6th Regiment, Company K; discharged for disability April 18, 1864 with rank of corporal
• George L. Laskey (page 39); 7th Regiment.  George L. Laskey (1844-possibly 1867), was "transferred to the Invalid Corps Sept. 7, 1863". This record, from Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918, gives a birth year of 1844 but no death year.
• Frank R. Leach (page 26), age 23; 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Company D.  Franklin Rodney Leach (1840-1912)
• Frederick Leighton (page 30), age 20; 15th Regiment, Company K; re-enlisted March 1864
• Samuel Leighton (page 29), age 24; 11th Regiment, Company D.; enlisted in October 21, 1864 at Belfast, Maine
• Henry P. Low (page 33), age 22; 1st Maine Battery
• James E. Merry (page 13), age 46; 6th Regiment, Company F; discharged for disability 18 Dec 1864
• Benjamin C. Morrell (page 23), age 24; 1st Regiment Cavalry; Company D; discharged November 20, 1864.  Presumably Benjamin Charles Morrell (1840-1911)
• James Morrell (page 20), age 25; 18th Regiment or 1st Heavy Artillery, Company D. Did not survive the war; Ebenezer D. Harlow named guardian of his child.  Presumably the James "Morrill" buried in the Poplar Grove National Cemetery in Dinwiddie County, Virginia
• John E. Morrell (page 40), age 21; 11th Regiment, Company F. "Enlisted Novr. 7 /64"
• Maine, State of (page 51); State Aid Account with Town of Robbinston
• Simon O'Brien (page 48); State Aid Account with Town of Robbinston - perhaps not a serviceman
• George Phelps (1840-1923) (page 1); 1864, First Maine Battery, 24 years of age.  George Nelson Phelps
• Q?  Name partially erased - James Qu?
• Curtis Robbinson [sic] (page 36); 31st Regiment, Company A.  He was Curtis Robinson (1846-1865)
• Samuel Ross (page 28), age 29; 11th Regiment, Company D, Mustered in 21 October 1864 at Belfast, Maine.  Samuel L. Ross (abt 1832-1914)
• Samuel S. Seeley 2d (page 14)
• Frederick Stanhope (page 35); 18th Regiment, Company M.  Presumably Frederick Stanhope (abt 1844-1898)
• George A. Stanhope (1839-1919), (page 19), age 24; 18th Regiment or 1st heavy artillery
• Levi Pierce Stanhope (1840-1922), (page 4); age 26; 9th Maine Regiment, Company A
• Edwin Stanton (page 41); 1st Artillery. "Joseph Stanton died 21 Feb. 1864 at home. Edwin S. was killed in front of Petersburg June 18 /64"
• Charles E. Taylor (page 37), age 25; 6th Regiment, Company G. "Wounded 7th Nov. 1863 at Rappahannock & soon died". 
• John Taylor (page 21); 6th Regiment, Company G.  "Nurse in a regimental hospital", in the book Maine at Gettysburg, published Lakeside Press in 1898.  Possibly this John Taylor (abt 1835/6-1904) 
• Thomas Trimble (1846-1914), (page 43); age 19; 31st Regiment, Company A. "enlisted Feb 26/64
• James William Tucker (page 5), age 19; 3rd Maine Battery
• Joseph E. Tucker (1846-1912), (page 42); 3rd Battery.  Joseph Edwin Tucker (1846-1912)  
• Elisha Vose (1841-1896), (page 9); age 22; Company E of First Maine Cavalry
• Lyman Vose (1839-1929), (page 9), age 24; Company E of First Maine Cavalry

1864 Payments On Behalf of Family in Robbinston, Maine, of Civil War Soldier Philip H. Andrews; in 1860s/1870s Ledger of Financial Transactions of Robbinston

Philip H. Andrews; then serving in Company B of the 11th Regiment; payments made in 1864 on behalf of his family in Robbinston, Maine.

Found on numbered page 45 in a ledger of Robbinston, Maine, financial transactions from the mid 1860s to the 1870s.

Payments were made on behalf of:

• John Andrews, age 44; father
• Eliza Andrews, age 44; mother
• John E. Andrews, age 12; brother
• Horace B. Andrews, age 4; brother

Philip Henry Andrews (1842-1922), son of John Andrews and Louisa (Boyden) Andrews and husband of Addie Elizabeth (Huckins) Andrews (1843-1922).  Apparently Louisa went by the name "Eliza".

1850  US Census of Robbinston, Maine - Philip H. Andrews, age 8

1860  US Census of Robbinston, Maine - Philip H. Andrews, age 18

1862  Maine, Civil War Enlistment Papers, 1862-1865

• age 21, single; born in Robbinston, Maine; residing there and working as a teacher
• 5' 8" tall, with light complexion, blue eyes, auburn hair
• volunteered 24 July 1862 to serve for a period of 3 years
• sworn and subscribed to a Augusta, Maine, on 19 August 1862

1862-1866   Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957, Military Records - Civil War

• age 21, single and working as a teacher
• 5' 8-1/2" with light complexion, blue eyes, auburn hair
• born in Robbinston, Maine; residing in Robbinston, Maine
• enlisted 24 July 1862 as a private in the 11th Infantry
• mustered in 19 August 1862 at Augusta, Maine
• served in both Company B and Company K of the 11th Infantry
• rose from private to 2nd lieutenant; commissioned to 1st lieutenant but not mustered
• left service 2 February 1866 at City Point, Virginia

1865   Maine Marriages, 1771-1907 - Intention to Marry - Philip H. Andrews of Robbinston, Maine, and Addie Elizabeth Huckins of Calais, Maine; dated 11 September 1865, John Jackson, City Clerk of Calais, Maine

1865  Maine Marriages, 1771-1907 - Intention to Marry - Philip H. Andrews of Robbinston, Maine, and Addie Elizabeth Huckins of Calais, Maine; dated 15 September 1865 by Cyrus Balkam, Town Clerk of Robbinston, Maine

1870 - by 1870, Philip and Addie had moved to East Saginaw, Michigan, where their son Seth Edgar Andrews was born on 10 January 1870.  Philip was working as an insurance agent.

1880  US Census of Flint, Michigan - Philip H. Andrews, insurance agent

1890  Veterans Schedules - Detroit, Michigan - Philip H. Andrews

• living at 798 Fourth Avenue in Detroit, Michigan

1922    Michigan, Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), Cemetery Index, 1799-1999

• buried in the Brady Hill Cemetery in Saginaw, Michigan

1922  FindaGrave Memorial - Philip Henry Andrews died 20 April 1922

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The ledger measures about 13" by 8" by 1/2" and contains entries for almost 50 families and many pages of other financial transactions. About half of the 178 numbered pages have entries. The ledger is missing its covers; the first page of what remains is shown below.

Soldiers and sailors listed in the ledger

• The numbers in parentheses indicate specific pages in the ledger.
• Many of the men listed below were born in New Brunswick or Nova Scotia and may have returned to Canada after the War.  See the map below to see how close New Brunswick and Nova Scotia were, particularly in the Age of Sail.
• If you have information on any of the men listed below, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

The List, Alphabetized

• Sumner Anderson (page 12), age 22; 6th Regiment, Company D - reportedly killed in the Battle of Spotsylvania on May 10, 1864
• Philip H. Andrews (page 45); 11th Regiment, Company B.  
• Benjamin S. Apt (1846-1906), (page 44); age 18; 31st Regiment, Company B.  
• George E. Bean (page 6); age 19; 3rd Maine Battery
• John M. Bean (1832-1905), (page 15), age 32; 6th Regiment Company F.  
• Samuel Boyden (abt 1828-1891), (page 24), age 35; 6th Regiment; Company G.  
• Albert Gallatin Buck (1822-1901) (page 7); age 41; 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Company D
• Daniel Bugbee (page 55) - perhaps not a serviceman but rather Daniel Bugbee (1810-1875, North Dakota ?)
• Philip Caffrey (page 9), age 20; on US Gunboat Ossipee.  Could he be the Navy veteran Philip Caffrey (-1887) buried in the Hampton National Cemetery at Hampton, Virginia?
• Hugh H. Cameron (page 2), age 28; 9th Maine Regiment, Company E; mustered in October 1, 1864
• William H. Campbell (page 8); 11th Maine, Company G
• Thomas Chester (page 10), age 32; 30th Regiment; Company F
• William Embleton, age 41 (page 16); 15th Regiment; Company E.  Presumably the William Henry Embleton (1823-1873) who died in a fall to the rocks when building the bridge at Grand Falls, New Brunswick
• Henry H. Frost (page 27), a3-18ge 21; 1st Regular Heavy Artillery, Company D
• John T. Garnett (1843-1933), (page 6); age 21; 15th Regiment
• Rufus Gates (page 49); State Aid Account with Town of Robbinston - perhaps not a soldier and perhaps Legislator Rufus Gates (1816-1887)
• Allen T. Gow (1846-1893), (page 11); 31st Regiment, Company A.  
• Ebenezer D. Harlow (page 18), age 28; 18th Regiment, Company D.  Ebenezer D. Harlow (1836-1921), son of Jirah Harlow and Lydia (Johnson) Harlow
• Madison B. Hayman (1842-1923), (page 32), age 21; 6th Regiment, Company K. 
• John R. Hickey (page 3); age 39; U.S. Navy; transferred from 18th Regt
• Joseph Hinton, Jr. (page 25), age 22; 15th Regiment, Company K 
• Frank E. Johnson (1843-1909), (page 34), age 21; 6th Regiment; Company K.  Frank Ernest Johnson.
• George E. Johnson (page 17), age 27; 18th Regiment, Company D
• William H. Johnson (page 38), age 21; 15th Regiment, Company A
• William Johnson (page 22); 1st Artillery, Company M.  Possibly the William P. Johnson who is shown as having deserted in March 1865 - though there may be another explanation
• Thomas N. Kerr (page 31), age 29; 6th Regiment, Company K; discharged for disability April 18, 1864 with rank of corporal
• George L. Laskey (page 39); 7th Regiment.  George L. Laskey (1844-possibly 1867), was "transferred to the Invalid Corps Sept. 7, 1863". This record, from Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918, gives a birth year of 1844 but no death year.
• Frank R. Leach (page 26), age 23; 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Company D.  Franklin Rodney Leach (1840-1912)
• Frederick Leighton (page 30), age 20; 15th Regiment, Company K; re-enlisted March 1864
• Samuel Leighton (page 29), age 24; 11th Regiment, Company D.; enlisted in October 21, 1864 at Belfast, Maine
• Henry P. Low (page 33), age 22; 1st Maine Battery
• James E. Merry (page 13), age 46; 6th Regiment, Company F; discharged for disability 18 Dec 1864
• Benjamin C. Morrell (page 23), age 24; 1st Regiment Cavalry; Company D; discharged November 20, 1864.  Presumably Benjamin Charles Morrell (1840-1911)
• James Morrell (page 20), age 25; 18th Regiment or 1st Heavy Artillery, Company D. Did not survive the war; Ebenezer D. Harlow named guardian of his child.  Presumably the James "Morrill" buried in the Poplar Grove National Cemetery in Dinwiddie County, Virginia
• John E. Morrell (page 40), age 21; 11th Regiment, Company F. "Enlisted Novr. 7 /64"
• Maine, State of (page 51); State Aid Account with Town of Robbinston
• Simon O'Brien (page 48); State Aid Account with Town of Robbinston - perhaps not a serviceman
• George Phelps (1840-1923) (page 1); 1864, First Maine Battery, 24 years of age.  George Nelson Phelps
• Q?  Name partially erased - James Qu?
• Curtis Robbinson [sic] (page 36); 31st Regiment, Company A.  He was Curtis Robinson (1846-1865)
• Samuel Ross (page 28), age 29; 11th Regiment, Company D, Mustered in 21 October 1864 at Belfast, Maine.  Samuel L. Ross (abt 1832-1914)
• Samuel S. Seeley 2d (page 14)
• Frederick Stanhope (page 35); 18th Regiment, Company M.  Presumably Frederick Stanhope (abt 1844-1898)
• George A. Stanhope (1839-1919), (page 19), age 24; 18th Regiment or 1st heavy artillery
• Levi Pierce Stanhope (1840-1922), (page 4); age 26; 9th Maine Regiment, Company A
• Edwin Stanton (page 41); 1st Artillery. "Joseph Stanton died 21 Feb. 1864 at home. Edwin S. was killed in front of Petersburg June 18 /64"
• Charles E. Taylor (page 37), age 25; 6th Regiment, Company G. "Wounded 7th Nov. 1863 at Rappahannock & soon died". 
• John Taylor (page 21); 6th Regiment, Company G.  "Nurse in a regimental hospital", in the book Maine at Gettysburg, published Lakeside Press in 1898.  Possibly this John Taylor (abt 1835/6-1904) 
• Thomas Trimble (1846-1914), (page 43); age 19; 31st Regiment, Company A. "enlisted Feb 26/64
• James William Tucker (page 5), age 19; 3rd Maine Battery
• Joseph E. Tucker (1846-1912), (page 42); 3rd Battery.  Joseph Edwin Tucker (1846-1912)  
• Elisha Vose (1841-1896), (page 9); age 22; Company E of First Maine Cavalry
• Lyman Vose (1839-1929), (page 9), age 24; Company E of First Maine Cavalry

1864 Payments On Behalf of Family in Robbinston, Maine, of Civil War Soldier Benjamin S. Apt; in 1860s/1870s Ledger of Financial Transactions of Robbinston

Benjamin S. Apt, age 18; then serving in Company B of the 31st Regiment; payments made in 1864 on behalf of his family in Robbinston, Maine.

Found on numbered page 44 in a ledger of Robbinston, Maine, financial transactions from the mid 1860s to the 1870s.

Payments were made on behalf of:

• Rosanna Apt, age 42; mother
• Henry A. Apt, age 15; brother
• Susan Apt, age 13; sister
• Clarissa Apt, age 11; sister
• John Wesley Apt, age 8; brother
• Huldah C. Apt, age 5; sister
• Josiah Apt, age 2; brother

Benjamin S. Apt (1846-1906), son of Joseph Thomas Apt and Rosanna (Blackwood) Apt and husband of Louisa (Pomeroy) Apt

1846 -  Maine Births & Christenings, 1739-1900:   Births of children of Joseph and Rosanna Apt, including Benjamin S. Apt, born 4 October 1846 at Charlotte, Maine; recorded by D. J. Fisher, Town Clerk of Charlotte

1850  US Census of Charlotte, Maine - Benjamin S. Apt, age 3

1860  US Census of Robbinston, Maine - Benjamin S. Apt, age 13

1864  - Maine, Civil War Enlistment Papers, 1862-1865 - Benjamin S. Apt

• toward the quota of Pembroke, Maine
• age 18, single; born in Charlotte, Maine
• farmer; 5' 3" tall, with blue eyes, light hair, light complexion
• volunteered 29 February 1864 for a period of 3 years
• sworn and subscribed at Augusta, Maine, on 5 March 1864

1864- 1865  Maine, State Archives, 1718-1957, Military Records - Civil War:  Benjamin S. Apt

• age 18; 4 months over or under
• single; born in Charlotte, Maine; residing in Robbinston, Maine; working as a farmer
• 5' 3" tall, with light complexion, blue eyes and light hair
• enlisted for a 3 year period on 29 February 1864
• private in Company B of the 31st Infantry
• mustered in 8 March 1864 at Augusta, Maine
• wounded 7 June 1864
• left service 2 August 1865 at Concord, New Hampshire

1872 - Reader supplied information - Benjamin Apt and Louisa Pomeroy were married at Calais, Maine.

1891  It was likely the same Benjamin Apt living in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, just over the border from Robbinston, Maine, as enumerated in the 1891 Census of St. James Parish, New Brunswick.  For this reason, he may have been omitted from the 1890 Veterans Schedules.

1900  US Census of Calais, Maine - Benjamin S. Apt

• Benjamin working as a truckman
• he and wife Louisa had been married about 27 years

1906 - Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918  - Benjamin S. Apt

• born in 1846 in Charlotte, Maine
• residing in Calais, Maine
• died on 12 July 1906 at Bangor, Maine
• buried on 15 July 1906 in the Calais Cemetery at Calais, Maine - Section 25, Row 95, Lot 6A
• date of enlistment 29 February 1864 - Augusta, Maine
• discharged 2 August 1865
• served as a private in Company B of the 31st Regiment Infantry Maine Volunteers
• wounded 7 June 1864

1906 - FindaGrave - Benjamin S. Apt (1846-1906), buried in the Calais Cemetery at Calais, Maine

1906-1917  - United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933  - Louisa, Widow of Benjamin S. Apt

1920  US Census of Calais, Maine - Louisa Apt

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The ledger measures about 13" by 8" by 1/2" and contains entries for almost 50 families and many pages of other financial transactions. About half of the 178 numbered pages have entries. The ledger is missing its covers; the first page of what remains is shown below.

Soldiers and sailors listed in the ledger

• The numbers in parentheses indicate specific pages in the ledger.
• Many of the men listed below were born in New Brunswick or Nova Scotia and may have returned to Canada after the War.  See the map below to see how close New Brunswick and Nova Scotia were, particularly in the Age of Sail.
• If you have information on any of the men listed below, please leave a comment or contact me directly.

The List, Alphabetized

• Sumner Anderson (page 12), age 22; 6th Regiment, Company D - reportedly killed in the Battle of Spotsylvania on May 10, 1864
• Philip H. Andrews (page 45); 11th Regiment, Company B.  
• Benjamin S. Apt (1846-1906), (page 44); age 18; 31st Regiment, Company B.  
• George E. Bean (page 6); age 19; 3rd Maine Battery
• John M. Bean (1832-1905), (page 15), age 32; 6th Regiment Company F.  
• Samuel Boyden (abt 1828-1891), (page 24), age 35; 6th Regiment; Company G.  
• Albert Gallatin Buck (1822-1901) (page 7); age 41; 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Company D
• Daniel Bugbee (page 55) - perhaps not a serviceman but rather Daniel Bugbee (1810-1875, North Dakota ?)
• Philip Caffrey (page 9), age 20; on US Gunboat Ossipee.  Could he be the Navy veteran Philip Caffrey (-1887) buried in the Hampton National Cemetery at Hampton, Virginia?
• Hugh H. Cameron (page 2), age 28; 9th Maine Regiment, Company E; mustered in October 1, 1864
• William H. Campbell (page 8); 11th Maine, Company G
• Thomas Chester (page 10), age 32; 30th Regiment; Company F
• William Embleton, age 41 (page 16); 15th Regiment; Company E.  Presumably the William Henry Embleton (1823-1873) who died in a fall to the rocks when building the bridge at Grand Falls, New Brunswick
• Henry H. Frost (page 27), a3-18ge 21; 1st Regular Heavy Artillery, Company D
• John T. Garnett (1843-1933), (page 6); age 21; 15th Regiment
• Rufus Gates (page 49); State Aid Account with Town of Robbinston - perhaps not a soldier and perhaps Legislator Rufus Gates (1816-1887)
• Allen T. Gow (1846-1893), (page 11); 31st Regiment, Company A.  
• Ebenezer D. Harlow (page 18), age 28; 18th Regiment, Company D.  Ebenezer D. Harlow (1836-1921), son of Jirah Harlow and Lydia (Johnson) Harlow
• Madison B. Hayman (1842-1923), (page 32), age 21; 6th Regiment, Company K. 
• John R. Hickey (page 3); age 39; U.S. Navy; transferred from 18th Regt
• Joseph Hinton, Jr. (page 25), age 22; 15th Regiment, Company K 
• Frank E. Johnson (1843-1909), (page 34), age 21; 6th Regiment; Company K.  Frank Ernest Johnson.
• George E. Johnson (page 17), age 27; 18th Regiment, Company D
• William H. Johnson (page 38), age 21; 15th Regiment, Company A
• William Johnson (page 22); 1st Artillery, Company M.  Possibly the William P. Johnson who is shown as having deserted in March 1865 - though there may be another explanation
• Thomas N. Kerr (page 31), age 29; 6th Regiment, Company K; discharged for disability April 18, 1864 with rank of corporal
• George L. Laskey (page 39); 7th Regiment.  George L. Laskey (1844-possibly 1867), was "transferred to the Invalid Corps Sept. 7, 1863". This record, from Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918, gives a birth year of 1844 but no death year.
• Frank R. Leach (page 26), age 23; 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Company D.  Franklin Rodney Leach (1840-1912)
• Frederick Leighton (page 30), age 20; 15th Regiment, Company K; re-enlisted March 1864
• Samuel Leighton (page 29), age 24; 11th Regiment, Company D.; enlisted in October 21, 1864 at Belfast, Maine
• Henry P. Low (page 33), age 22; 1st Maine Battery
• James E. Merry (page 13), age 46; 6th Regiment, Company F; discharged for disability 18 Dec 1864
• Benjamin C. Morrell (page 23), age 24; 1st Regiment Cavalry; Company D; discharged November 20, 1864.  Presumably Benjamin Charles Morrell (1840-1911)
• James Morrell (page 20), age 25; 18th Regiment or 1st Heavy Artillery, Company D. Did not survive the war; Ebenezer D. Harlow named guardian of his child.  Presumably the James "Morrill" buried in the Poplar Grove National Cemetery in Dinwiddie County, Virginia
• John E. Morrell (page 40), age 21; 11th Regiment, Company F. "Enlisted Novr. 7 /64"
• Maine, State of (page 51); State Aid Account with Town of Robbinston
• Simon O'Brien (page 48); State Aid Account with Town of Robbinston - perhaps not a serviceman
• George Phelps (1840-1923) (page 1); 1864, First Maine Battery, 24 years of age.  George Nelson Phelps
• Q?  Name partially erased - James Qu?
• Curtis Robbinson [sic] (page 36); 31st Regiment, Company A.  He was Curtis Robinson (1846-1865)
• Samuel Ross (page 28), age 29; 11th Regiment, Company D, Mustered in 21 October 1864 at Belfast, Maine.  Samuel L. Ross (abt 1832-1914)
• Samuel S. Seeley 2d (page 14)
• Frederick Stanhope (page 35); 18th Regiment, Company M.  Presumably Frederick Stanhope (abt 1844-1898)
• George A. Stanhope (1839-1919), (page 19), age 24; 18th Regiment or 1st heavy artillery
• Levi Pierce Stanhope (1840-1922), (page 4); age 26; 9th Maine Regiment, Company A
• Edwin Stanton (page 41); 1st Artillery. "Joseph Stanton died 21 Feb. 1864 at home. Edwin S. was killed in front of Petersburg June 18 /64"
• Charles E. Taylor (page 37), age 25; 6th Regiment, Company G. "Wounded 7th Nov. 1863 at Rappahannock & soon died". 
• John Taylor (page 21); 6th Regiment, Company G.  "Nurse in a regimental hospital", in the book Maine at Gettysburg, published Lakeside Press in 1898.  Possibly this John Taylor (abt 1835/6-1904) 
• Thomas Trimble (1846-1914), (page 43); age 19; 31st Regiment, Company A. "enlisted Feb 26/64
• James William Tucker (page 5), age 19; 3rd Maine Battery
• Joseph E. Tucker (1846-1912), (page 42); 3rd Battery.  Joseph Edwin Tucker (1846-1912)  
• Elisha Vose (1841-1896), (page 9); age 22; Company E of First Maine Cavalry
• Lyman Vose (1839-1929), (page 9), age 24; Company E of First Maine Cavalry