| Death of Charles H. Wilder at Soldiers' Home
Charles Henry Wilder, a life-long resident of Leominster, and member of Charles H. Stevens Post 53, G. A. R., died Wednesday afternoon at the age of 67 years. Death resulted from the infermities of old age after an illness of several years. He was a native of Leominster and was born Oct. 22, 1841. He entered the service June 28, 1861, with several other Leominster men at Fort Scott, Worcester. He entered as a private in Co., A, 15th regiment, Mass. infantry, and was discharged as a private in July, 1864, at the expiration of his term. He fought at Balls Bluff where he was taken prisoner by the soldiers of the Eighth Virginia Confederates, Oct. 21, 1861, and was imprisoned in Richmond until Feb. 22, 1862. He was paroled and went to Washington. He came home on a furlough and was soon ordered back to camp and went to Annapolis until exchanged. He served in the quarter-master's department until mustered out of service. His intimate comrades during his service were Sumner M. Frost, L. A. Cook, John M. Robbins, Eugene A. Bennett, Curtis G. Morse and Jacob Rugg. |