U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Thomas H. Holderness
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Massachusetts
Regiment: 7th Unattached Company, Massachusetts Infantry (Militia)
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
The following information on Peter Haskell's military history was provided by Winthrop A. Haskell:
Peter served in the Civil War in Company D., 4th Regiment, Maine Infantry Volunteers, then transfered to Company B, New York Infantry. He participated in the First Battle of Bull Run, 21 July, 1861, the first major battle of the Civil War. He was listed as a "deserter" in July 1862 from hospital in Alexandria, Virginia. He enlisted in the Navy for one year at Boston in June 1863 and served on the USS Ethan Allen. He was wounded in the neck by a shell fragment and lost his hearing during heavy bombardment. He was discharged 6 August 1864. His application for honorable discharge and removal of the desertion charge was denied 29 October 1887.
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Civil War Pension File
Invalid application # 11529, cert # 21090
Widow application # 15029
Enlisted in US Navy 16 June 1863, discharged 6 August 1864.
Company D, 4th Maine infantry
Company B, 38th NY infantry
Wounded in right leg at Battle of Bull Run, 21 July 1861
Peter died November 28, 1894 at Deer Isle.
Solomon Eaton Haskell changed his name to John Reed when he left Deer Isle. He married May Eaton and had 4 children carrying the Reed surname
ReferenceGenealogical History of Deer Isle Families, Series 2, Volume 16, Haskell
Page 240
Marriage Notes for Solomon Eaton Haskell and Margaret Ann Eaton
MARRIAGE: The Deer Isle town records show two dates for intention of marriage for Solomon Haskell and Margaret Eaton: 12 May 1849 and 21 July 1849. The marriage is recorded as 23 September 1849.
Horace Haskell served in Company D., 4th Regiment, Maine Volunteers in the Civil War. He was taken prisoner by Confederate forces in the Battle of Bull Run and poorly treated. After prisoner exchange he never regained his health and died at the age of 46 on Little Deer Isle. His cemetery stone is reported to read his age as "44 years" and the date of death as 1876. His cause of death was "disease of the kidneys".
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Civil War Pension File
Invalid application # 2443, cert # 275585
Widows application # 272765, cert # 208793
Minor application # 323370, cert # 214505
Enlisted in Company D, 4th Maine Infantry
Children of Horace
Sarah E. Haskell, born July 19, 1861
Frank L., Haskll, born April 19, 1869
Lillian M. Haskell, born August 28, 1874
Charlotte remarried John B. Gray May 18, 1880
Charlotte married Merrill Haskell October 2, 1853
Death date is approximated from a letter from William H. Sargent in response to a query on the pension for the dependents of Isaiah V. Eaton. In this letter dated August 29, 1868, Mr. Sargent indicated that Susanah Eaton had remarried, but her husband was widowed with his own family and refused to support his new family. Susanah and her children lived in a separate house with no support. He states that Susanah died the previous winter, and that he was now acting as gaurdian.
Isaiah Valentine Eaton was a fisherman. He served in Co. D, 4th Regiment, Maine Volunteers and was killed 18 August 1863 in the Battle of Gettysburg. He is buried in Gettysburg Memorial Park (information provided by Cindy Beane, August 2008).
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Civil War Pension File
Widows pension file cert # 118959Isaiah V. Eaton was a private in Company D, 4th Maine Infantry. Enrolled June 15, 1861.
Wounded at Battle of Gettysburg on July 2, 1863. He died at Fort Letterman of amputation on August 18, 1863. He was buried at Gettysburg.
Married Susannah Haskell March 6, 1851 at Deer Isle, Maine.
Susannah remarried William Blaster, October 8, 1865.
Dependent children.
Lydia A. Eaton born August 1, 1851
Solomon Eaton born February 12, 1854
Lovina D. Eaton born January 17, 1856
Susan M. Eaton born January 12, 1858
Sarah E. Eaton born May 2, 1860
Cordelia and her friend, Hannah Snowman, with baby Herbert Black were rowing from Little Deer Isle to Pumpkin Island. The baby started to cry, Hannah was holding him, so Cordelia stood to take him and change places with Hannah. The boat capsized and Cordelia and the baby were drowned. Hannah kept afloat by hanging on to an oar.
Elmer P. Spofford was a lawyer.
Sylvanus Green Haskell was a merchant in a variety store at age 44. He was part owner of the brig "Julia E. Haskell" with John Green Haskell. The ship was built in 1868 in Deer Isle.
He is reported in Deer Isle town records to have died of Bright's Disease, which in modern terms is called nephritis.
The Schooner D.D. Haskell was named after Dorothy Dutton Haskell.
He was a boot treer, was fenceviewer, constable, and Captain in the Civil War, Co. D 39th Reg. M.V. says his gravestone. Later became Cemetery Superintendent in Quincy. Was a boot maker in 1850 census. (From RootsWeb.com, Genealogies of Families of Braintree, Quincy, Weymouth, Randolph, Holbrook, Mass. Contributed by Frank Dyer.)