George Washington Hall

1841 - 1908  (66 years)

• Name	George Washington Hall
  Born	23 Jun 1841	Uxbridge, Worcester, MA
  Gender	Male
  American Civil War	1861-1865	Company A
  	25th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
  Died	11 Mar 1908	Worcester, Worcester, MA
  	Cause: Cholecystitis Rupture
  Buried	16 Mar 1908	Mt. Vernon Cemetery, West Boylston, MA
  Person ID	I84	Ancestors & Descendants of the immigrant Edward Hall
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Alvah Hall,   b. 2 Oct 1806, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA ,   d. 21 Nov 1869, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Charlotte Taft Carpenter,   b. 4 Feb 1809, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA ,   d. 5 Sep 1845, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA  (Age 36 years)
  Married	5 Jul 1829	First Church Of Christ, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA
  Family ID	F56	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emily Ann Parkis,   b. 8 Feb 1844, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA ,   d. 13 Aug 1909, Worcester, Worcester, MA  (Age 65 years)
  Married	4 Jul 1861	Uxbridge, MA
  Children	1. Grace M. Hall,   b. 26 Jan 1875, Bridgeport, Fairfield, CT ,   d. 31 Dec 1916, Worcester, Worcester, MA  (Age 41 years)   2. Clarence Hayes Hall,   b. 11 Mar 1877, West Boylston, MA ,   d. 9 Nov 1883, West Boylston, MA  (Age 6 years)   3. Gertrude Hall,   b. 20 Aug 1880, West Boylston, MA ,   d. 12 Feb 1882, West Boylston, MA  (Age 1 years)
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2015
  Family ID	F63	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  George W. Hall was a Civil War soldier in the Union Army. His name can be found on the Civil War Monument in the center of East Douglas. George W. Hall mustered in with Company D of the Massachusetts 25th Infantry on 18 Aug 1862. Transferred 5 Oct 1864 to Co. "A". He mustered out on 14 Jul 1865. George W. Hall had light hazel eyes, light brown hair, dark complexion and was 5 feet, 7 inches tall. Pension File shows that George W. Hall filed as invalid on 1 Jul 1895, Application No. 1168421, Certificate No. 1054924 in Massachusetts. His widow, Emily, filed on 18 Mar 1908, Application No. 887419, Certificate No. 649419. The pension was signed by Attorney J. B. Hall and Son. The 1890 Military Census shows George W. Hall residing in Northbridge, Massachusetts. (Research):25th MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER Regiment Infantry Organized at Worcester September 1 to October 31, 1861. Moved to Annapolis, Md., October 31-November 1, and duty there until January 7, 1862. Attached to Foster's 1st Brigade, Burnside's Expeditionary Corps, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of North Carolina, to December, 1862. Lee's Brigade, Dept. of North Carolina, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Defenses of New Berne, N. C., Dept. of North Carolina, to August, 1863. District of the Pamlico, N. C., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to September, 1863. Defenses of New Berne, N. C., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to October, 1863. Heckman's Brigade, Newport News, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to January, 1864. Unattached, United States Forces, Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, United States Forces, Portsmouth, Va., to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to September, 1864. Defenses of New Berne, N. C, District of North Carolina, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to March, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Beaufort, N. C., Dept. of North Carolina, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade Division, District of Beaufort, N. C., Dept. of North Carolina, to April, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to July, 1865. SERVICE.--Burnside's Expedition to Hatteras Inlet and Roanoke Island, N. C., January 7-February 7, 1862. Battle of Roanoke Island February 8. Expedition to New Berne March 11-13. Battle of New Berne March 14. Provost duty at New Berne until May 9. Reconnaissance toward Trenton May 15-16. Trenton Bridge May 15. Picket and outpost duty until July. Expedition to Trenton and Pollocksville July 24-28. Guard, picket and outpost duty at New Berne until December 10. Demonstration on New Berne November 11. Foster's Expedition to Goldsboro December 10-20. Kinston December 14. Whitehall December 16. Goldsboro December 17. Duty at New Berne until October, 1863. Demonstration on Kinston March 6-8, Core Creek March 7. Skirmishes at Deep Gully, New Berne, March 13-14. Demonstration on Kinston May 20-23. Gum Swamp May 22. Expedition to Swift Creek July 17-20, and to Winton July 25-31. Moved to Newport News October 16-18 and duty there until January 22, 1864. Moved to Portsmouth January 22, 1864, and duty in the Defenses of that city until April 26. Moved to Yorktown April 26. Butler's operations on south side of the James and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-28. Occupation of City Point and Bermuda Hundred May 5. Port Walthal, Chester Station, May 6-7. Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church May 9-10. Operations against Port Darling May 12-16. Drury's Bluff May 14-16. Bermuda Hundred front May 17-28. Moved to White House, thence to Cold Harbor May 28-June 1. Battles about Cold Harbor June 1-12; before Petersburg June 15-18. Siege of Petersburg and Richmond June 16 to September 4. In trenches at Bermuda Hundred August 25-September 4. Moved to New Berne, N. C., September 4-10, and duty there until March, 1865. Non-Veterans ordered home October 5, 1864, and mustered out October 20, 1864. Demonstration from New Berne on Kinston December 9-13, 1864. Operations against Goldsboro, N. C., March 3-21. Battle of Wise's Forks March 8-10. Occupation of Kinston March 14. Moved to Goldsboro March 22-23, and duty there until April 3. Advance on Raleigh April 9-13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Moved to Greensboro May 3-7, thence to Charlotte May 12-13, and duty there until July 13. Moved to Readville, Mass., July 13-21. Mustered out July 28, 1865. Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 154 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 169 Enlisted men by disease. Total 330.