George W. Rockwood
George W. Rockwood was born on August 16, 1822, in Charlton, Massachusetts, to Samuel Rockwood and Susannah Harwood. He married Sarah Jane Pratt in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, on August 3, 1845, and they had at least two children: Charles, born around 1848; and Mary, born around 1866. Rockwood worked as a painter in Fitchburg.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on July 12, 1861, and mustered in as a captain in Company A of the 15th Massachusetts Infantry. Confederates captured him in the Battle of Ball’s Bluff on October 21, 1861, and he spent the next four months as a prisoner of war. He returned to his regiment in February 1862, and he took part in the Battle of Antietam and the Battle of Fredericksburg. He apparently resigned on January 28, 1863. He enlisted again on August 20, 1864, and mustered in as a sergeant in Company H of the 4th Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. He mustered out on June 17, 1865.
 
Rockwood returned to Fitchburg after the war, and the family moved to Sterling, Massachusetts, sometime in the late 1860s. He continued working as a painter, and by 1870, he owned $200 of personal property. By 1880, he was living in Marlborough, Massachusetts. He applied for a federal pension in 1882 and eventually secured one. He died in Waltham, Massachusetts, on April 18, 1896.
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(904)Rockwood, George Wyman1822-08-161896-04-18
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Captain
  • Rank out: Sergeant
  • Rank highest: Captain
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 6

  • (5081) [writer] ~ George W. Rockwood Statement, 4 September 1862
  • (5082) [recipient] ~ George Sangster Special Order, 3 October 1862
  • (5083) [recipient] ~ George Sangster Special Order, 8 December 1862
  • (5084) [writer] ~ George W. Rockwood to Henry Wilson, 11 December 1862
  • (5085) [writer] ~ George W. Rockwood to Edwin M. Stanton, 12 January 1863
  • (5086) [associated with] ~ Helen M. Lee to Sarah J. Rockwood, 18 November 186X

People - Records: 1

  • (904) Rockwood, George Wyman is the [husband of] (909) Rockwood, Sarah Jane

Places - Records: 2

  • (829) [birth] ~ Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  • (831) [death] ~ Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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Regiments - Records: 2

  • (300) [enlisted] ~ 4th Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
  • (111) [officer] [A] ~ 15th Massachusetts Infantry
SOURCES

1850, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; 1890 Veterans Census, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com.