ELISHA DYER CAMP No.7, Cranston Rhode Island Citizens Who Died In The Civil War

CRANSTON RHODE ISLAND
FELLOW CITIZENS WHO PERISHED
DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
April 14, 1861 to August 20, 1866

George H. Armington
Private, U.S. Army Signal Corps, Fell to Sickness, Died September 16, 1865, Place of Death Rhode Island.

Ira E. Bailey
Seaman, U.S. Navy, Lost at Sea, July 29, 1862.

George Ballou
Private, US Army Signal Corps, Fell to Sickness, Died September 16, 1865, Place of Death Rhode Island.

Nathan Baten
Private, 1st Regiment R.I. Volunteer Light Artillery, Battery F, Fell to Sickness, Died February 10, 1865, Place of Death Rhode Island.

Michael Burns
Private, 3rd Regiment R.I. Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Company F, Fell to Sickness, Died July 17, 1863, Place of Death South Carolina.

Simon A. Burrows
Private, 3rd Regiment R.I. Volunteer Cavalry, 2nd Column, Troop C, Fell of Sickness as POW, Died July 15, 1864, Place of Death Texas.

William H. Dexter
Seaman, U.S. Navy, Fell to Sickness, Died May 9, 1865, Place of Death at Sea.

Byron W. Dyer
Corporal, 4th Regiment R.I. Volunteer Infantry, Company C, Fell Mortally Wounded at Cold Harbor, Died July 31, 1864, Place of Death Virginia.

John S. Eddy
Private, 7th Regiment R.I. Volunteer Infantry, Company G, Fell Mortally Wounded at The Wilderness, Died June 9, 1864, Place of Death Maryland.

Stillman W. Ellis
Private, 3rd Regiment R.I. Volunteer Cavalry, 3rd Column, Troop L, Cause and Date of Death Unknown, Place of Death Louisiana.

Richard Essex
Private, 7th Regiment R.I. Volunteer Infantry, Company E, Fell to Sickness, Died September 23, 1863, Place of Death Kentucky.

John Fallon
Private, 3rd Regiment R.I. Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Company A, Killed by Accidental Explosion, Died April 19, 1863, Place of Death South Carolina.

Albert Greene
Private, 14th Regiment R.I. Volunteer Heavy Artillery (Colored Unit), Company A, Fell to Sickness, Died September 16, 1864, Place of Death Louisiana.

Thaddeus C. Healy
Private, 4th Regiment R.I. Volunteer Infantry, Company E, Fell to Sickness, Died August 23, 1863, Place of Death Virginia.

John Higgins
Private, 1st Regiment R.I. Volunteer Light Artillery, Battery A, Fell Mortally Wounded at Gettysburg During Pickett’s Charge, Died July 8, 1863, Place of Death Pennsylvania.

David B. King
Private, 1st Regiment R.I. Volunteer Light Artillery, Battery B, Killed in Action at Gettysburg Second Day, Died July 2, 1863, Place of Death Pennsylvania.

Ishmael R. Lowe
Private, 14th Regiment R.I. Volunteer Heavy Artillery (Colored Unit), Company C, Fell to Sickness, Died June 21, 1864, Place of Death Louisiana.

John Lyons
Private, 2nd Regiment R.I. Volunteer Cavalry, 1st Column, Troop A, Fell of Sickness, Died September 19, 1863, Place of Death Indiana.

Hugh Malcom
Private, 2nd Regiment R.I. Volunteer Infantry, Company Unassigned, Fell to Sickness en-route to Muster with Regiment, Died September 13, 1862, Place of Death Washington D.C.

John McCarty
Private, 3rd Regiment R.I. Volunteer Cavalry, 3rd Column, Troop I, Lost at Sea Aboard Troop Ship in a Storm Returning Home Prior to Discharge, Died October 20, 1865.

John N. McFarland
Private, 4th Regiment R.I. Volunteer Infantry, Company A, Fell to Sickness, Died February 13, 1862, Place of Death Rhode Island.

Thomas Miner
Private, 3rd Regiment R.I. Heavy Artillery, Company K, Killed in Action at James Island, Died June 16, 1862, Place of Death South Carolina.

Charles F. Mowry
Private, 2nd Regiment R.I. Volunteer Infantry, Company F, Fell to Sickness, Died June 13, 1865, Place of Death Virginia.

John R. Peterson
Sergeant, 1st Regiment R.I. Volunteer Cavalry, 2nd Column, Troop D, Starved at Andersonville as POW, Died April 18, 1864, Place of Death Georgia.

Francis W. Potter
Corporal, 7th Regiment R.I. Volunteer Infantry, Company C, Fell Mortally Wounded at The Wilderness, Died May 20, 1864, Place of Death Virginia.

George D. Potter
Private, 1st Regiment R.I. Volunteer Cavalry, 2nd Column, Troop D, Starved at Andersonville as POW, Died September 16, 1864, Place of Death Georgia.

Israel A. Potter
Private, 3rd Regiment R.I. Heavy Artillery, Company B, Missing in Action at James Island, Reported Dead September 19, 1864, Place of Death South Carolina.

Andrew J. Remington
Private, 4th Regiment R.I. Volunteer Infantry, Company I, Fell to Small Pox, Died March 5, 1862, Place of Death Washington D.C.

George E. Richardson
Private, 12th Regiment R.I. Volunteer Infantry, Company B, Fell to Sickness, Died November 25, 1862, Place of Death Virginia.

William Salsbury
Private, 1st Regiment R.I. Volunteer Light Artillery, Battery A, Fell to Sickness, Died October 14, 1863, Place of Death Virginia.

Francis Albert Smith
2nd Lieutenant, 1st Regiment R.I. Volunteer Light Artillery, Battery B, Fell to Sickness, Died February 9, 1862, Place of Death Rhode Island.

William Edward Stafford
Private, 4th Regiment R.I. Volunteer Infantry, Company G, Fell to Sickness, Died May 23, 1864, Place of Death Rhode Island.

Peleg G. Tallman
Private, 1st Regiment R.I. Volunteer Infantry, RIM/RIDM, Company D, Fell to Sickness After 1st Bull Run, Died May 21 1862, Place of Death Rhode Island.

John A. Wilson
Private, 2nd Regiment R.I. Volunteer Infantry, Company H, Killed in Action Cold Harbor, Died June 1, 1864, Place of Death Virginia.

Statistical Analysis:
Total Cranston Citizens who died in military service during the Civil War = 34 (one officer & 33 enlisted men).

The ages of the men who died were roughly between 18 and 25. The exact total of deaths combined with casualties of military service personnel who survived the war (including combat deaths, missing in action, POW deaths, mortal wounds, accidents and injuries, plus sicknesses due to the sanitary conditions and medical technology of the period) are unknown. However, total casualty rates during the Civil War can generally be estimated at about three times the actual combat death and hospital death rate. Therefore the probable total casualties of Cranston Citizens (killed and survived) in service defending the preservation of the Union during the Civil War, 1861 to 1866, can be reasonably estimated at about 100. The population of the City of Cranston during this time was about 10,000. Therefore it is safe to assume that one out of every one hundred Cranston Citizens were effected, and likewise based on the sizes of families during this period, one out of every three families, were directly effected by the war. No other war in the Nation's history had an impact of this magnitude. The Cranston Honor Roll is but one of thousands of treasured lists across the country that vividly illustrate the harsh reality that the Civil War had the greatest and saddest affect on all of the American People; North, South, East and West.

In Fraternity, Charity & Loyalty
The Memberships of:
The Rhode Island Grand Army of the Republic
(RI GAR) Civil War Museum & Library
RI SUVCW Governors Elisha Dyer Camp No. 7
RI ASUVCW Governors Elisha Dyer Auxiliary No. 2 (the Ladies)
&
The RI MOLLUS State Commandery