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Joseph Brennen

• Company: B

• Joseph Brennen was born between 1832 - 1833 at Ireland.
• In 1863 Joseph was living at unknown according to Ford's history.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in 1863, Joseph gave his occupation as laborer.
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  On 1 Aug 1863 Joseph mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
• On 12 Oct 1863 Joseph deserted from hospital, per MASSCW.
• On 27 Jul 1864 Joseph ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts by administrative transfer to the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry as "absent sick", per Ford's history.
  
  
• On 27 Jul 1864 Joseph Brenner appeared on the muster rolls of the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry as having officially transferred into the unit, but he was not assigned to a specific company.

• Last Edited: 11 Jan 2007

Patrick Bresnahan

• Company: K

• Patrick Bresnahan was born between 1823 - 1824 at Ireland.
• Patrick Bresnahan married Mary Smith, daughter of Robert Smith and Ellen [--?--].
• In 1862 Patrick was living at Blackstone, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in 1862, Patrick gave his occupation as laborer.
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  On 31 Jul 1862 Patrick mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Blackstone, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• On 22 Jul 1863 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Patrick Bresnahan was reported as missing at Gettysburg.
• On 5 Jan 1864 Patrick ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts due to disability.
  
  
• He made application for a veteran's pension on 3 Oct 1868, and received certificate 103350.
• On 24 Jun 1878 Patrick's son, James Bresnahan married Victoria Moran at Douglas, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• Patrick Bresnahan and Mary Smith were enumerated in the 1880 US Federal census on 9 Jun 1880 at Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island, as:
  Breslahan (sic), Patrick, 60, laborer, b. Ireland
  ---, Mary, 58, wife, b. Ireland
  ---, Lizzie, 19, daur, cloth trimmer, b. RI
  ---, Caroline, 28, daur, cotton weaver, b. VT.
• Patrick Bresnahan died on 18 May 1887.
• He was buried in May 1887 at St. Patrick's Cemetery, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, where his wife would later join him.
• On 20 Jun 1887 Mary Smith received a pension to surviving family member in Rhode Island based on Patrick's service; his wife, received certificate number xxx.xxx (illegible).
• Mary, his wife, outlived Patrick and died on 23 Dec 1895 at Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island.

• Last Edited: 23 Nov 2010

William Henry Harrison Brewer

• Father: Lysander Brewer b. 25 Aug 1811, d. 15 Jun 1901
• Mother: Emely Newcomb b. 7 Jul 1818, d. 13 Jan 1844

• Company: F

• William Henry Harrison Brewer was born on 17 Jan 1841 at Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of Lysander Brewer and Emely Newcomb.
• On 13 Jan 1844 his mother, Emely Newcomb, died at age 25.
• On 18 Nov 1845 William's widowed father, Lysander Brewer, remarried to Anna Maria Newcomb, 34.
• On 16 Jul 1846 his step-mother, Anna Maria Newcomb, died at age 20.
• On 25 Mar 1856 William's widowed father, Lysander Brewer, remarried to Sarah C. Ellis, 44, at Paxton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in a third marriage for him and the second for her.
• William Henry Harrison Brewer was enumerated in the household of Lysander Brewer and Sarah C. Duncan in the 1860 US Federal Census in Jun 1860 at North Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  Lysander Brewer, 48, bootmaker, b. MA (as were all)
  Sarah C., 28 (another step-mother)
  Mason D., 2
  **Harrison, 19, boot maker.
• 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 North Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• William Henry Harrison Brewer married Unknown Wife [--?--].
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  On 12 Jul 1861 William mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was 20 years, 5 months and 25 days old.
• He was declared missing in action on 21 Oct 1861 at The Battle of Ball's Bluff, Leesburg, Virginia.
• On 30 Oct 1861 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, William Henry Harrison Brewer 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, William H. H. Brewer was listed among the prisoners taken at Ball's Bluff.
• On 20 Nov 1861 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, William Henry Harrison Brewer was listed as a prisoner at Richmond.
• On 20 Dec 1862 William ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts by desertion according to the 1870 roster and the MASSCW, however his 1890 Vet enumeration makes no mention. (There is NO mention of desertion in the North Brookfield Civil War history, although it is mentioned in connection with some others included in the history.).
  
  
• Before 1873 Unknown Wife [--?--], his wife, died apparently.
• On 14 Apr 1873 William Henry Harrison Brewer, 32, married Lizzie Hill, 29, daughter of Elbridge Hill and Melona Smith, at North Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, his second marriage, and her first.
• William Henry Harrison Brewer and Elizabeth Hill were enumerated in the 1880 US Federal census on 9 Jun 1880 at North Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, where he Works In a Shoe Factory. There are no children in the household.
• In 1886 William was living at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• He was enumerated in the 1890 US Federal census, Veteran's Schedule in Jun 1890 at North Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as having served in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Co. F, saying that he was taken prisoner at Ball's Bluff and never returned to the regiment after his parole.
• On 14 May 1893 Elizabeth Hill, his wife, died at North Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, at age 49.
• William Henry Harrison Brewer was enumerated in the 1910 US Federal Census on 28 Apr 1910 at The Town Farm, North Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as William Brewer, inmate, 69, widower, b. MA, with no occupation.

• Last Edited: 28 May 2011

William Brewster

• Company: A

• William Brewster was born between 1839 - 1840 at Canada.
• In 1863 William was living at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in 1863, William gave his occupation as bar tender.
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  On 11 Aug 1863 William mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts.
• In 1863 William Brewster was wounded.
• On 29 Mar 1864 William deserted from the hospital, according to the MASSCW.
• On 22 Jun 1864 William was taken prisoner.
• On 27 Jul 1864 William ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts by administrative transfer to the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry as "absent sick."
  
  

• Last Edited: 11 Jan 2007

Edward N. Brierly

• Company: A

• Edward N. Brierly was born between 1838 - 1839 at unknown.
• In 1863 Edward was living at an unknown place.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in 1863, Edward gave his occupation as carpenter.
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  On 30 Jul 1863 Edward mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts.
• On 21 Aug 1863 Edward ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts at Morrisville, Fauquier County, Virginia, by desertion.
  
  

• Last Edited: 26 Jun 2006