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Franklin Gardner

Franklin Gardner

• Father: Volney Gardner b. between 1810 - 1811, d. 19 Nov 1870
• Mother: Sophia Augusta Gardner b. 28 Mar 1812, d. 15 Nov 1890

• Company: A

• Franklin Gardner was born between 1841 - 1842 at Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of Volney Gardner and Sophia Augusta Gardner.
• Franklin Gardner was enumerated in the household of Volney Gardner and Sophia Augusta Gardner in the 1850 US Federal Census on 13 Sep 1850 at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  Volna Gardner, 39, laborer, b. VT
  Sophia A., 34, b. MA
  **Franklin, 8, b. MA
  Charles E., 2, b. MA
  William Commer, 21, b. Ireland.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Franklin gave his occupation as painter.
• In 1861 Franklin was living at Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
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  On 12 Jul 1861 Franklin mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• On 1 Aug 1861 Franklin was promoted to Corporal.
• On 17 Sep 1862 Franklin Gardner was wounded at The Battle of Antietam, Washington County, Maryland, wounded in both thighs.
• He died on 6 Oct 1862 at The Patent Office Hospital, Washington, DC, of wounds received at the Battle of Antietam..
• On 22 Oct 1862 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Franklin Gardner was mentioned among the wounded at the Patent Office hospital in Washington, D.C.
• He was buried in Oct 1862 at US Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery (Military Asylum Cemetery), Washington, DC.
• In Dec 1871 Sophia Augusta Gardner received a pension to surviving family member based on Franklin's service; his mother, received certificate number 185474.
• In 1888, Franklin was included in the Civil War section of Emerson's "Leominster Historical" as follows:

  Corporal Franklin Gardner was one of the "color guard," and at the battle of Antietam, Sept. 17th, took up the colors from the third color bearer, who had been shot dead at his side. He received three balls; the first passed through a limb, the second through his thigh, the third in his stomach. Regardless of these wounds he managed to keep the flag waving until the next guard took it. From Wednesday morning, Sept. 17th, until Friday morning of the same week, he lay within the enemy's lines. When our men went to bury the dead and remove the wounded, he was placed in the hospital at Sharpsburg, and removed Sept. 25th, to Patent Office hospital, Washington, where he died Oct. 6th, 1862.

• On 17 Sep 1900 Franklin Garner was included on the Civil War memorial at Antietam Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland, as having died of his wounds received at the battle. (Read several articles from the Fitchburg Sentinel about the planning for the memorial.).
• Credits: Portrait from "Leominster: Historical and Picturesque", by William A. Emerson, 1888.

• Last Edited: 28 Jul 2010

James Gardner

• Company: I

• James Gardner was born between 1822 - 1823 at England.
• He was enumerated in the 1860 US Federal census on 3 Jul 1860 at Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts, possibly as:
  James Gardner, 37, whitewright, b. MA (sic)
  Mrs. Gardner, 35, b. MA
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• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, James gave his occupation as weaver.
• In 1861 James was living at Webster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• He was married at the time of his enlistment according to Ford's history.
  
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  On 20 Jun 1861 James mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Webster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• On 9 Nov 1861 James Gardner was mentioned in a report to the Webster Times, by F. Q. Robinson, concerning the aftermath of Ball's Bluff and reporting his status.
• On 11 Nov 1862 James ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts due to disability.
  
  
• On 4 Jul 1907 James Gardner was included on the Civil War memorial at Webster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, according to an article in the Webster Times. See the "Documents" section at the main website for an account of the festivities of dedication. (Click icon to view original listing of names on the monument.).

• Last Edited: 22 Jan 2009

Andrew Wilbur Garside

• Father: Joshua Garside b. 8 Jun 1803, d. 6 Mar 1872
• Mother: Hilena Lowell b. 9 Mar 1810, d. 3 Oct 1882

• Company: H

• Andrew Wilbur Garside was born on 3 Dec 1837 at Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of Joshua Garside and Hilena Lowell.
• On 6 Jun 1859 Andrew Wilbur Garside, 21, married Harriett Braman, daughter of James H. Braman and Mary Curtis, at Norwich, New London County, Connecticut.
• Andrew Wilbur Garside and Harriett Braman were enumerated in the 1860 US Federal census on 15 Jun 1860 at Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  Andrew Garside, 23, bootmaker, $100 personal estate, b. MA, noted that he cannot read or write.
  Harriet, 20, b. CT.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Andrew gave his occupation as machinist.
  
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  On 12 Jul 1861 Andrew mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 23 years, 7 months and 9 days old.
• On 1 Nov 1862 Andrew was promoted to Corporal.
• On 6 May 1864 Andrew Wilbur Garside was wounded at The Battle of the Wilderness, Orange County, Virginia, in the head.
• Andrew was taken prisoner at The Battle of the Wilderness, Orange County, Virginia, where he was acting color sergeant.
• On 25 May 1864 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Andrew Wilbur Garside was mentioned among the casualties.
• He died on 15 Nov 1864 at Millen, Jenkins County, Georgia, as a prisoner of war. He was 26 years, 11 months and 12 days old.
• He was buried in 1864 at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• On 20 Jan 1865 Harriett Braman received a pension to surviving family member based on Andrew's service; his wife, received certificate number 54426.
• Lillian Rosetta Garside was noted in the Lowell Genealogy as follows:
  "At six years of age she became totally blind through an accident, yet graduated at the Perkins Institute at South Boston, Mass., and took a four years course at the Normal School in Framingham, Mass., taking the valedictory in a class of sixteen. she being the only one blind. She took her diploma there and has ever since been a teacher of private pupils. Res. 51 Pearl St., South Framingham, Mass. "
• Harriett Braman was enumerated as the widow of Andrew Wilbur Garside, of the 15th Massachusetts, in the 1890 Veterans' Schedules of the US Federal Census in Jun 1890 at Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
• Harriett, his wife, outlived Andrew and died on 9 Oct 1902 at Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
• On 15 Jan 1905 an unknown person received a pension to surviving family member based on Andrew's service; Pension application for a "minor" (his blind daughter) Lillian R. Garside, apparently after the death of her mother.

• Last Edited: 2 May 2011

Moses W. Gatchell

• Father: John Gifford Gatchell b. 1813, d. 15 Oct 1897
• Mother: Mary Warrall b. between 1810 - 1811

• Company: K

• Moses W. Gatchell was born on 18 Feb 1837 at Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island, son of John Gifford Gatchell and Mary Warrall.
• Moses W. Gatchell was enumerated in the household of John Gifford Gatchell and Mary Warrall in the 1850 US Federal Census on 31 Jul 1850 at Blackstone, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  John G Gatchell, 37, wheelwright, b. MA
  Mary, 39, b. MA
  Jeremiah, 16, wheelwright, b. RI
  Moses, 14, b. RI.
• In 1861 Moses was living at Blackstone, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Moses gave his occupation as mechanic.
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  On 1 Aug 1861 Moses mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry as a Captain, being credited to the quota of Blackstone, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 24 years, 5 months and 14 days old.
• On 14 Aug 1861 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Moses W. Gatchell was mentioned in an article about the departure of the Fifteenth Massachusetts from Worcester.
• He died on 21 Oct 1861 at The Battle of Ball's Bluff, Leesburg, Virginia, shot while swimming the river. He was 24 years, 8 months and 3 days old.
• John Maley wrote a letter to The Webster Times, listing his fellow prisoners, on 27 Oct 1861 from Richmond, Virginia,, mentioning Moses W. Gatchell, as follows.
• On 30 Oct 1861 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Moses W. Gatchell was mentioned in dispatches or (not necessarily correctly) among the casualties of Ball's Bluff.
• On 30 Oct 1861 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Moses W. Gatchell was included among "The Killed Wounded and Missing of the Fifteenth Regiment," after Ball's Bluff.
• He was buried at Blackstone Cemetery, Blackstone, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• On 25 Nov 1892 John White Kimball gave his eye-witness account of the Battle of Ball's Bluff to the Boston Journal, and it was reprinted in the Fitchburg Sentinel.

• Last Edited: 7 Mar 2011

John Simon Gates

• Father: Horatio Gates b. 4 Sep 1801, d. 23 Dec 1853
• Mother: Fidelia Amelia Hall b. between 1807 - 1808

• Company: H

• John Simon Gates was born on 8 Nov 1825 at Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of Horatio Gates and Fidelia Amelia Hall.
• On 23 Dec 1853 his father, Horatio Gates, died at Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, at age 52.
• John Simon Gates was a shoemaker, at the time of his marriage.
• On 7 Nov 1854 John Simon Gates, 28, married Ann Elizabeth Sherman, daughter of Austin Drury Sherman and Betsey Sibley, at Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in a first marriage for both.
• John Simon Gates and Ann Elizabeth Sherman were enumerated in the 1860 US Federal census on 17 Jul 1860 at Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  John S. Gates, 32, shoemaker, b. MA (as were all in the family)
  Elizabeth, 24
  Mary J., 3
  Emory, 16, shoemaker, (his brother).
• In 1861 John was living at Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, John gave his occupation as no occuaption given in Ford's history.
  
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  On 12 Jul 1861 John mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 35 years, 8 months and 4 days old.
• On 1 Oct 1861 John ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts due to disability.
  
  
• Starting 23 Feb 1864, John also served in the 25th Massachusetts Infantry, Company C (giving his occupation as shoemaker).
• On 5 Oct 1864 John was transferred to company D.
• He ended his service with the 25th Massachusetts Infantry on 13 Jul 1865 at Readville, Massachusetts.
• He and Ann Elizabeth Sherman were enumerated in the 1870 US Federal Census on 9 Jun 1870 at Saundersville P. O., Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as :
  Gates, John S., 49, farmer, b. MA
  ---, Elizabeth, 38, b. MA
  ---, Jennie, 13, b. MA.
• On 27 Dec 1874 John's daughter, Jennie Gates married Joseph Shambo at Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in a first marriage for both.
• John Simon Gates and Ann Elizabeth Sherman were enumerated in the 1880 US Federal census in Jun 1880 at Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  John S. GATES, 55, b. MA, farmer
  Elizabeth , 46, b. MA.
  There are no children enumerated in the household.
• John Simon Gates made application for a veteran's pension on 11 Feb 1887, for service in the 25th Mass., but no certificate is noted in the pension file index.
• He died on 15 Feb 1888 at Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, of paralysis. He was 62 years, 3 months and 7 days old.
• On 5 Jun 1888 Ann E. Gates received a pension to surviving family member in Massachusetts based on John's service; his wife, received certificate number 324703. (Note: unknown if this is the same wife as Elizabeth in the 1880 census. Please contact the Webmaster if you have further information.).
• He's surviving family was enumerated in the household of Mary Jane Gates and Joseph Shambo in the 1900 US Federal Census on 9 Jun 1900 at Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  Shambo, Joseph, b. May 1852, married 26 years, b. MA (of canadia parents)
  ---, Mary J., wife, b. Mar 1857, two of three children living, b. MA
  ---, George W., son, b. Oct 1874, single, b. MA
  Gates, Ann E., mor-in-law, b. Dec 1833, widow, b. MA.

• Last Edited: 1 Aug 2010