Person:Moses Wardwell (6)

Moses Saunders Wardwell
b.24 Feb 1842 Orland, Hancock, ME
Facts and Events
Name Moses Saunders Wardwell
Gender Male
Birth[1] 24 Feb 1842 Orland, Hancock, ME
Occupation? Farm Laborer in 1850
Death[2] 7 Nov 1863 Rappahannock Station, VA
Burial? Arlington National Cemetery, VA, Gravestone 8391

Promoted to Full Corporal (1862) Enlisted as a Private on 15 July 1861 at the age of 19 Enlisted in Company E, 6th Infantry Regiment Maine on 15 July 1861. Killed Company E, 6th Infantry Regiment Maine on 07 November 1863 in Rappahannock Station, VA -ancestry,com From original town records: "was in seventeen battles. Did not receive a wound until one that proved fatal at Rappahannock Station, Nov. 7, 1863 when he left a soldier's life on earth. The mother of three boys says they received $100 Bounty each from Town."

References
  1. Orland, Maine Vital Records.
  2. Orland, Maine Vital Records.