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- Stephen Carpenter 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.
Stephen Carpenter Hall wrote a letter home dated 26 May 1862 to his brother William Hall's wife, Marion. At the time, Stephen Carpenter Hall was a member of Burnside's Coast Division, 25th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers at Camp Bullock.
The letter reads:
"Dear Sister,
I am seated to answer your letter after so long I had almost forgotten all about your letter. I have had a good deal of guard duty to do since I receive your letter and you know that I hate to write as bad as I would to eat a good meal of vitals. Well we are encamp about eleven miles from Newbern doing picket duty. We have to go on once in three days. It would be quite pleasant if it was not for the rain. It rains about every day. You spoke about Sam. As John took care of him he knows more about him than I do, but he had the nerve of being as brave as any of us. They said that when he fell they returned to help him off. He told them to never mind him, but go ahead and give it to them. I saw him quite often while he was sick. He always seemed in very good spirits and I was in hopes he would get well. Poor fellow, he must have suffered a great deal. I received a letter from George the other day. He said that he had heard that John had been wounded, but it is not so. Well we have a good time. It is very warm here. The mosquitoes and ticks are very thick. John sends his love to you all. Well give my love to Susan and keep a good share of it yourself and William. Well, good bye.
from your brother
Stephen Hall
Stephen Carpenter Hall mustered in with Company D of the Massachusetts 25th Infantry on 14 Oct 1861. Transferred 5 Oct 1864 to Company "A". He mustered out on 13 Jul 1865.
Stephen Carpenter Hall had blue eyes, dark brown hair, and dark complexion and was 5 feet, 6 inches tall.
Pension File for Stephen C. Hall showed he filed as invalid on 14 Oct 1891, Application No. 1065120, Certificate No. 1072916. His widow, Laura, filed on 31 oct 1903, Application No. 793949, Certificate No. 565746 in Massachusetts.
Stephen Carpenter Hall owned a dairy farm on Prospect Street in West Boylston. His farm was taken by eminent domain in the building of Route 190.
- (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.
- (Medical):Stephen Carpenter Hall died of fatty degeneration of the heart.
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1843 - 1903 (60 years)
