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Shepard Brown

• Father: Luther Brown b. about 1795
• Mother: Mary Bennett b. about 1798

• Company: F

• Shepard Brown was born on 11 Apr 1819 at Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, son of Luther Brown and Mary Bennett.
• On 4 Jan 1842 Shepard Brown, 22, married Roby Lucinda Gorton, 21, daughter of Tillinghast Gorton and Charity Rathbone, at Connecticut.
• On 6 Mar 1854 Roby Lucinda Gorton, his wife, died at Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, at age 33.
• On 11 Jun 1860 Shepard Brown, 41, married Catherine McDemond at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, his third marriage and her first.
• Shepard Brown and Catherine McDemond were enumerated in the 1860 US Federal census in 1860 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as boarders:
  Shepard Brown, 39, wheelmaker, b. CT (married within the year)
  Catherine, 22, b. MA (married within the year).
• In 1861 Shepard was living at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in 1861, Shepard gave his occupation as carriage maker.
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  On 12 Jul 1861 Shepard mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was 42 years, 3 months and 1 day old.
• On 23 Aug 1862 Shepard's daughter, Charity E. Brown married Henry W. Park.
• Shepard Brown died on 17 Sep 1862 at The Battle of Antietam, Washington County, Maryland, killed in action. He was 43 years, 5 months and 6 days old.
• In Mar 1863 Catherine McDemond received a pension to surviving family member based on Shepard's service; his wife, receiving certificate number 78691.
• On 17 Sep 1900 Shepard Brown was included on the Civil War memorial at Antietam Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland, on the 35th anniversary of the battle. (Articles from the Fitchburg Sentinel about the planning for the memorial.).

• Last Edited: 24 Jul 2009

Thomas Brown

• Company: K

• Thomas Brown was born between 1840 - 1841 at Ireland.
• In 1861 Thomas was living at Blackstone, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Thomas gave his occupation as operative.
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  On 1 Jul 1861 Thomas mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Blackstone, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• On 8 May 1863 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Thomas was mentioned as follows: "Thomas Brown of Co. K. 15^th regiment, was wounded in the head by a piece of shell at the battle of Fredericksburg. He was probably on picket duty, as the regiment is supposed not to have been in action."
• On 2 Jul 1863 Thomas Brown was wounded at The Battle of Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
• On 22 Jul 1863 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, T. R. Brown was reported as wounded at Gettysburg.
• On 28 Jan 1864 Thomas ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts for disability due to wounds, the loss of his left leg.
  
  
• He made application for a veteran's pension in 1864, and received certificate number 41353.
• On 1 May 1877, at National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Togus, Kennebec County, Maine, Thomas was admitted.
• Upon entering the Veterans' Home, Thomas gave his next-of-kin as one William Brown, of Providence, Rhode Island and said he was single.
• On 12 Oct 1883, at National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Togus, Kennebec County, Maine, Thomas was dishonrably discharged for drunkenness and repeated absence without leave.

• Last Edited: 5 Oct 2010

Thomas J. Brown

• Company: B

• Thomas J. Brown was born between 1838 - 1839 at Scotland.
• In 1863 Thomas was living at Scotland.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in 1863, Thomas gave his occupation as laborer.
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  On 5 Aug 1863 Thomas mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
• On 5 Aug 1863 Thomas ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts having "never reported to Company" according to the 1870 roster.
  
  

• Last Edited: 26 May 2006

William Brown

• Company: B

• William Brown was born between 1839 - 1840 at Ireland.
• In 1863 William was living at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in 1863, William gave his occupation as tailor.
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  On 5 Jul 1863 William mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
• On 22 Jun 1864 William was taken prisoner at Petersburg, Prince George County, Virginia.
• On 27 Jul 1864 William was transferred from by administrative transfer to the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry as "absent prisoner" to.
• On 24 Aug 1864 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, William Brown was reported among the prisoners, for a total of four commissioned officers and seventy-seven enlisted men.
• He ended his service as paroled prisoner on 16 May 1865.

• Last Edited: 9 Jun 2010

Abel Bruce Jr.

• Father: Abel Bruce Sr. b. 15 Mar 1782, d. 25 Jul 1869
• Mother: Sarah Chaffin b. 24 Sep 1784, d. 12 Feb 1869

• Company: B

• Abel Bruce Jr. was born on 22 Jul 1827 at Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of Abel Bruce Sr. and Sarah Chaffin.
• On 28 Jan 1849 Abel Bruce Jr., 21, married Elizabeth E. Town at Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
• In 1861 Abel was living at Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
• At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in 1861, Abel gave his occupation as carpenter.
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  On 12 Jul 1861 Abel mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 33 years, 11 months and 20 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, Abel Bruce Jr. was included among "The Killed Wounded and Missing of the Fifteenth Regiment," after Ball's Bluff.
• On 20 Nov 1861 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Abel Bruce Jr. was listed as a prisoner at Richmond.
• On 20 Nov 1861 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Abel Bruce Jr. was listed among the prisoners taken at Ball's Bluff.
• On 22 Feb 1862 at "The New York Times", New York City, New York, Abel Bruce Jr. was mentioned in an article about the return of prisoners under a flag of truce.
• On 15 Dec 1862 Abel ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts at Falmouth, Stafford County, Virginia, due to disability.
  
  
• He made application for a veteran's pension on 17 Feb 1863, and received certificate number 33345.
• On 12 Sep 1878 Abel's daughter, Harriet Maria Bruce married Frank W. Lee at Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in a first marriage for both.
• Abel Bruce Jr. and Elizabeth E. Town were enumerated in the 1880 US Federal census on 25 Jun 1880 at Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as:
  Bruce, Able, 53, carpenter, b. MA (as were all)
  ---, Elizabeth E., 53, wife,
  ---, Clara, 29, son,
  ---, Frank W., 27, son, shoe cutter
  ---, Fred E., 20, son, shoe cutter.
• On 9 Oct 1883 Abel Bruce Jr. included on the official government pension rolls for Fitchburg and Leominster, as published in the Fitchburg Sentinel.
• On 28 Jun 1888 at Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Abel Bruce Jr. attended a reunion of Company B, The Fusiliers. (Click icon to read the report.).
• He was enumerated in the 1890 US Federal census, Veteran's Schedule in Jun 1890 at 81 Green Street, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as having served in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Co. B, noting that he has spinal paralysis and has been confined to his house for the last ten years.
• He died on 14 Jan 1892 at Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 64 years, 5 months and 23 days old.
• An obituary for Abel Bruce Jr. was published on 16 Jan 1892 at "The Worcester Daily Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as follows: as follows: "Abel Bruce, a veteran of the war, and brother of Mrs. Frank N. Lee of 140 Summer street, died at Fitchburg, Thursday."
• He was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Div. 1, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Snowberry Path.
• On 27 Jan 1892 Elizabeth E. Town received a pension to surviving family member, in Massachusetts based on Abel's service; receiving certificate 333459.
• On 28 Jun 1892 at Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Abel Bruce Jr. was remembered "in memorium" at the 24th annual reunion of the Company B, 15th Massachusetts, association -- the Fitchburg Fusiliers. (Report from the Fitchburg Sentinel.).
• On 10 Jul 1892 his daughter, Clara Elizabeth Bruce, died at Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, unmarried, of exhaustion at age 41.
• On 28 Jun 1900 at Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Abel Bruce Jr. was remembered in memorium when his widow attended a reunion of Company B of the 15th Massachusetts. Click icon to read the report in the Fitchburg Sentenel.
• On 29 Jun 1901 at Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Abel Bruce Jr. 's widow attended the 40th reunion of Company B.

• Last Edited: 20 Jan 2010