| John
Boardman Mead
 
Biographical
Information |
| BORN |
1831 in Stratham, New
Hamphsire |
| PARENTS |
John Mead and Sarah Smith |
| MARRIED |
(1) Orpha Carpenter, who
died on May 6, 1877 (2) Laura C. Kimball on
August 18, 1880 in West Randolph, Vermont |
| CHILDREN |
Annie Kimball Mead, born
July 18, 1882 Myra B. Mead, died August 17,
1879 at age 13
Orinda C. Mead, died June 7, 1885 at age 17 |
| DIED |
December 18, 1887 |
| BURIED |
Congregationalist Church,
Randolph Center, Vermont   |
| COMMENTS |
|
Military
Service |
| RESIDENCE |
Randolph, Vermont |
| ENLISTED |
January 7, 1862 as a 2nd
Lieutenant |
| COMMISSIONED |
January 7, 1862 |
| UNIT |
Company G, 8th Vermont Infantry |
| TRANSFERRED |
September 27, 1864, from
Company G to Field & Staff |
| PROMOTED |
Promoted 1st Lieutenant
on April 2, 1863 Promoted Captain on May 5,
1863
Promoted Major on July 26, 1864
Promoted Lieutenant Colonel on November 24, 1864
Promoted Colonel on March 4, 1865 |
| DISCHARGED |
Mustered out on June 28,
1865 at Washington, D.C. |
| COMMENTS |
Taken prisoner of war on
September 4, 1862 at Boutte Station, Louisiana Paroled on November 13, 1862
Wounded on October 19, 1864 at Cedar Creek, Virginia
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