Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-04-10
The Soldiers OF Mason
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Company II. 18th Regimen, Maine Vol.
unissr. 10 November. 1869, for three
years Wss zen, under Batter into the
Gulf Department Stationed fof nearly
two years a, For, 81. Philip. where they
dill garrison daiy. lie. being e.rpen.
,si, did the o.rpenisr work around the
fort. Ahsr the capture Of New Orleans
vas sen, up the riv,r. w. in the dread
fal harrie.ne ,ha, came 90 near sweeping
the whole dee, from the es.of,he deep.
.nd up the Red River 20 Alexandra. aud
back 10 New Ohean.. Ga this erpedi.
iioa be contracted ,h., fatal disease,
chronic disrhes. from which he died Feb.
l.i, 1854. aged 90 years, I mon,h'. $
days. lie vi. TO have been ..n, hom.
TO hi, family the nsE, day. Ills farloush
had jas, com. in and he held !, in he
hAnd. bu, the messenger Of death pa.sing <
by. enlisied him Ia "a, army above, where
the BIAS, Of the bugls does no, disturb
hi. .lumb,r. lie Va. buried in the Ma.
iionsl Cemetery Al New Orleans. where
the palmetto weep, over hi, grave
Cb.rls. II Pa,nsm enlisted in Com
pAny ID. 10Th Regimen, Maine Volua.
ieeis. At l.,wi.,on 10 1902. w. pro.
NOTED TO corporal. w.s taken prisoner
Al Pr,drie.,buig. Va. .nd .sL, 10 Rich.
mond. from there 90 Belle l'l.. where
he ~. taken -ith typhoid fever. The
food being ubf, for sick man, being
corn on ,h, cob OF corn e.k. no, half
cooked. bis stomach r.yolied ard b. died
Of starvation Nov 22i, 1868. aged %
years. | / months. A good soldier. thu,
loved bic oouniry better than life. Charlie.
vas = good young man. and was the sou
the p.ren,s bad selected 10 care for them
in The evening Of lie. Ills death fell
like shadow on them. when ,h. sun i'
going down In the western horizon. Bat
so,ernmsn, did no, forge, them. !,
send, them = reminder Of hi. services In
the form Of check. every three mon,hs.
Franei. Nahum Pu,n.m enli.,ed in
Company A, ~ Regiment Maine Nolun.
iser., 10 1862. Was sent With Ba,lsfs
expedition TO the Gulf Department Was
a, fori 81. Philip. below Nss Orleans.
Was sen, up the Red River 10 Als,sndrs.
Was in the following battles Sabine
Cro.. Roads, Pleasant Hill. Kane River.
Loai,i.n.; Msysvil!. and MsdsgOrds,
T,IA,. Rs.snli,ied q, MAd.gofd., Tet.
.. and va, sent home on /. thirty days
farlough. While a, home married Abbls.
second daughter Of J. G. Bean. Of Mason.
Returning 20 bic regiment was taken sick
With ehrohie diarhea aud We. cent home.
-hsre b. died Feb 9,h. 1865. aged 2?
years. III, body rests in the little eems-
terry smoag the pines. in Mason. where
friends and eomrad,s place the frs, ao-.
er. Of spring on bis grave.
Hezekiah q. Mason was enlisted on
the lih day Of December. 1868. in the
9Th Maine Battery Of Ligh, Artillery,
Capt. T-i,ehsll. Of Bethel. commanding.
Was Ia the Battle Of the Wilderness,
Spo,,syl,sni. Courthouse, Cold Harbor,
North Anna. aud from there to Apo.
mattoI. Al the siege Of Petersburg .nd
the .,orming and capture Of Fort Hell,
va. hurt and sent 10 a hospital Ia Wash.
ins,on. Discharged Juae 2l.,. 1865,
serving I'LL peace vas declared and tbs
old tl.s hO.tsd over the bs,,lemen,'
around Richmond. After returning hom.
he buried bi, wife. H. never married
again. Residence. Mason, Me.
Nathan w. Tyler enlisted in Company
III, 18th Regiment Maine Volunteers, In
Dec, 1861. for three years. Was sect
TO the Gulf Department, stationed II
For, ST. Philip. Was discharged At FOrt
s, Philip Nov. l2,h. 1862, for injuries
received by being run over by the care
le.n.a Of an oth;er. lie moved ,C
Guyeton. y H.. where he died Aug
2s,h. 1881. Of Bhghts disease. Pen
stoned q, six dollars per month, to date
from discharge.
Gardner Tyler enlisted in Company II
18th Regimen, Maine Volunteers. Oct
9Th, 1861. Was sent with hi, regi
men, to Fort ST. Philip. Loui.isns. WI.
taken .ick with chronic di.uhea anC
died =, Fort St. Philip Nov. IL. ls6?
Hi, body lies In the sand. Of Ship I''
land. His aged mother applied and go'
= pension from the government.
A. s. h.