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Edgar Hall

• Company: H

• Edgar Hall was born between 1838 - 1839 at Willimantic, Windham County, Connecticut.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Edgar gave his occupation as painter.
  
• In 1862 Edgar was living at Willimantic, Windham County, Connecticut.
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  On 20 Jan 1862 Edgar mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Willimantic, Windham County, Connecticut.
• Edgar ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts with date and reasons not given in the 1870 roster or Ford's history.
  
  
• This man does not appear in the MASSCW, only in Ford's history and the 1870 roster.

• Last Edited: 15 Jan 2007

Frederick Augustus Hall

• Father: Simeon Hall b. 27 May 1780, d. 29 Jul 1827
• Mother: Hannah Daggett b. 8 Sep 1780, d. 11 Feb 1871

• Company: E

• Frederick Augustus Hall was born on 4 Dec 1816 at Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of Simeon Hall and Hannah Daggett.
• On 30 Aug 1846 Frederick Augustus Hall, 29, married Emma Elizabeth Carlton, 24, daughter of James Carlton and Sophia F. Pratt, at Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• Frederick Augustus Hall and Emma Elizabeth Carlton were enumerated in the 1850 US Federal census on 20 Jul 1850 at Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  Andrew J. Holden, 36, shoemaker, b. MA (as were all in the household)
  Lucinda E., 35 (née Bixby)
  Caroline E., 8
  **Frederick A. Hall, 34, shoemaker
  Emma, 28
  Francis A., 3
  (Relationship to the Holdens, if any, unknown.).
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Frederick gave his occupation as farmer.
  
  
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  On 30 Jul 1861 Frederick mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 44 years, 7 months and 26 days old.
• On 17 Sep 1862 Frederick Augustus Hall was wounded at The Battle of Antietam, Washington County, Maryland.
• He was declared missing in action on 17 Sep 1862 at The Battle of Antietam, Washington County, Maryland.
• On 27 Sep 1862 at "The Public Ledger", Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Frederick A. Hall was listed among the wounded.
• On 5 Feb 1863 Frederick ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts due to disability from wounds.
  
  
• He made application for a veteran's pension on 12 Mar 1863, and received certificate number 12592.
• Starting 15 Aug 1864, Francis A. Hall, his son, served in the 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, Co. F, and mustered out 28 June 1865.
• On 5 Nov 1868 his son, Francis A. Hall, died at age 21.
• Frederick Augustus Hall died on 22 Jul 1878 at Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, by drowning. He was 61 years, 7 months and 18 days old.
• On 1 Jul 1881 at "The Webster Times", Webster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Fred A. Hall was reported as deceased at the fourteenth annual meeting of Co. E. Association, 15^th Regiment, Mass. Vols.
• In 1915 Frederick A. Hall was included on the roster of of Millbury men in the 15th Massachusetts Infantry in the Centennial History of Millbury Massachusetts, pages 164 to 166.

• Last Edited: 5 Oct 2010

John S. Hall

John S. Hall

• Company: D

• John S. Hall was born between 1840 - 1841 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, John gave his occupation as actor.
  
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  On 12 Jul 1861 John mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• On 25 Sep 1861 John was promoted to Sergeant-Major.
• On 22 Nov 1861 John was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant.
• On 5 May 1862 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, John was mentioned as follows: City and County (Volume 17 # 106) - "A Yorktown letter states that on the 28^th ult., second lieutenant John Hall, Co. D, 15^th Massachusetts regiment, was severly wounded in the left thigh, while on picket. It is a flesh wound, and will not prove fatal."
• On 28 Oct 1862 John was promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
• On 8 Jan 1863 John ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts with his commission revoked, according to the 1870 roster. (Why? Please contact the Webmaster if you have further information.).
  
  
• On 9 Feb 1863 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, John S. Hall was mentioned in an article about promotions.
• On 6 Apr 1863 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, states that the commission issued to John S. Hall has been recalled.
• On 6 Apr 1863 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, John S. Hall was mentioned in an article about promotions.
• On 28 Jul 1864 John ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts due to expiration of service term, as Brevet Major, also per the 1870 roster. (Open issue).
  
  
• John S. Hall married Lizzie M. [--?--]
• John S. Hall made application for a veteran's pension on 5 Aug 1865, and received certificate number 181645.
• He and Lizzie M. [--?--] were enumerated in the 1880 US Federal census in Jun 1880 at Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey, as:
  Bogle, Thomas W., 45, theatrical agent, b. NY
  ---, Maggie, 43, keeping house, b. PA
  ---, Joseph W., 24, son, sailor, b. NY
  ---, Julia M., 21, dau, at home, b. NY
  ---, James E., 19, son, actor, b. NY
  **Hall, John, 40, boarder, theatrical manager, b. MA (father b. MA, mother b. England)
  ---, Elizabeth, 40, boarder, actress, b. NH
  Breman, Harriet, 23, boarder, lady, b. NY.
• John S. Hall died in 1890.
• On 21 Jun 1890 Lizzie M. Hall received a pension to surviving family member in New Jersey based on John's service; his wife, received certificate number 311393.

• Last Edited: 2 Aug 2010

William Slocum Hall

• Father: Edmund Trowbridge Hall
• Mother: Abigail Hall

• Company: G

• William Slocum Hall was born on 2 Nov 1816 at Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of Edmund Trowbridge Hall and Abigail Hall.
• On 20 Mar 1842 William Slocum Hall, 25, married Frances Elizabeth Watson, 15, daughter of John Watson and Nancy Grillow, at Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut.
• William Slocum Hall and Frances Elizabeth Watson were enumerated in the 1850 US Federal census on 12 Aug 1850 at Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, He is a shoemaker.
• In 1855, at Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, William and Frances were enumerated in the Massachusetts State census.
• William Slocum Hall and Frances Elizabeth Watson were enumerated in the 1860 US Federal census in 1860 at Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, He is a shoemaker.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in 1861, William gave his occupation as shoemaker.
• In 1861 William was living at Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
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  On 30 Jul 1861 William mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 44 years, 8 months and 28 days old.
• William Slocum Hall and Charles Henry Watson, brothers-in-law, served together in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
• William Slocum Hall was wounded on 17 Sep 1862 at The Battle of Antietam, Washington County, Maryland. He was disabled at Antietam by a gunshot wound to the head. On the Certificate of Disability of Discharge, Capt. T. E. Hall (relationship if any unknown) states "I found him in the field in apparently a hopeless condition and took him to my tent where he so far recovered as to be able during the cold weather to perform the duty of Wagon Master. Since the warm weather commenced he has been entirely unable to perform any duty."
• On 28 May 1863 William ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts at Aquia Creek, Stafford County, Virginia, due to disability.
  
  
• He made application for a veteran's pension in Jun 1863.
• On 1 May 1866 William's daughter, Abigail Ellen Hall married Frederick Robinson at Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in a first marriage for both.
• William Slocum Hall and Frances Elizabeth Watson were enumerated in the 1870 US Federal Census in 1870 at Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, he works in a "boat shop".
• William Slocum Hall and Frances Elizabeth Watson were enumerated in the 1880 US Federal census in 1880 at Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, he Works On Farm.
• William Slocum Hall was enumerated in the 1890 US Federal census, Veteran's Schedule in 1890 at Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as having served in the 15th Massachusetts.
• In 1900 William Slocum Hall was Farmer.
• He died on 6 Dec 1906 at Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 90 years, 1 month and 4 days old.
• He was buried in Dec 1906 at Pine Grove Cemetery, Whitinsville, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Grave 53 on Hawthorn Path.
• On 11 Dec 1906 Frances Elizabeth Watson received a pension to surviving family member in Massachusetts based on William's service; received certificate number 622999.
• On 15 Feb 1910 Frances Elizabeth Watson, his wife, died at Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, at age 83.
• William's wife, Frances Elizabeth Watson, died and was buried in Feb 1910 at Pine Grove Cemetery, Whitinsville, Worcester County, Massachusetts, with her husband. At age 83 years and 8 months.
• The family of William and Frances (Watson) Hall is mentioned in 'Slocums of America', p. 519.
• Abigail Ellen Hall had no known issue. Husband Frederick, in his will, left his estate to his brother and sister -- Warren Benjamin Robinson of Chicago, and Emma Dodge of Lawrence, MA.

• Last Edited: 27 Jul 2010

Joseph Austin Hamilton

• Father: Austin Hamilton b. 18 Jul 1806, d. 8 Mar 1856
• Mother: Lydia Elmira Lackey b. 1816, d. 26 Aug 1842

• Company: C

• Joseph Austin Hamilton was born on 29 Jul 1842 at Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of Austin Hamilton and Lydia Elmira Lackey.
• On 26 Aug 1842 his mother, Lydia Elmira Lackey, died at Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• On 26 Nov 1843 Joseph's widowed father, Austin Hamilton, remarried to Mrs. Roxana Lackey, 37, at Upton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• Joseph Austin Hamilton was enumerated in the household of Austin Hamilton and Roxana Sadler in the 1850 US Federal Census on 12 Aug 1850 at Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  Austin Hamilton, 43, farmer, b. MA (as were all)
  Roxana, 49
  Charlotte L., 14
  Calvin E., 11
  **Joseph A., 8.
• On 8 Mar 1856 his father, Austin Hamilton, died at Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, of consumption at age 49.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in 1861, Joseph gave his occupation as farmer.
• In 1861 Joseph was living at Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
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  On 12 Jul 1861 Joseph mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 18 years, 11 months and 13 days old.
• On 21 Oct 1861 Joseph was taken prisoner at The Battle of Ball's Bluff, Leesburg, Virginia.
• On 30 Oct 1861 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Joseph Austin Hamilton was included among "The Killed Wounded and Missing of the Fifteenth Regiment," after Ball's Bluff.
• On 20 Nov 1861 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Joseph A. Hamilton was listed among the prisoners taken at Ball's Bluff.
• On 18 Feb 1863 Joseph ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts due to disability.
  
  
• On 18 Nov 1868 Joseph Austin Hamilton, 26, married Charlotte A. Black, 27, daughter of Amos Rainger Black and Hester L. Brigham, at Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in a first marriage for both.
• Joseph Austin Hamilton and Charlotte A. Black were enumerated in the 1870 US Federal Census on 3 Jun 1870 at Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  Hamilton, Joseph, 28, Engineer R R, b. MA
  ---, Charlotte A., 28, b. MA
  Starke, Mary E., 20, domestic servant, b. NH
  Black, Hester, 69, b. MA (his mother-in-law).
• On 25 Feb 1883 Charlotte A. Black, his wife, died at Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, of pneumonia at age 41.
• Joseph Austin Hamilton was enumerated in the 1890 US Federal census, Veteran's Schedule in Jun 1890 at Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as having served in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Company C.
• On 6 May 1891 Joseph Austin Hamilton, 48, married Emma A. Newhall, 35, daughter of Nathan L. Chaffin and Prudence Leland, at Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in a second marriage for both. She was a widow with one son.
• Joseph Austin Hamilton made application at Massachusetts for a veteran's pension in Apr 1892, certificate number was not recorded in research.
• He and Emma A. Chaffin were enumerated in the 1900 US Federal census on 15 Jun 1900 at Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  Hamilton, Joseph A., b. July 1842, married 9 years,
  ---, Emma A., b. July 1855 in MA, her one child is still living
  Newhall, George W., step-son, b. Oct 1875 in MA.
• Joseph Austin Hamilton died on 22 Nov 1904. He was 62 years, 3 months and 24 days old.
• He was buried in Nov 1904 at Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

• Last Edited: 31 Jul 2010