Rufus L. Colby
Rufus L. Colby was born around 1835 in New Hampshire to David and Sally Colby. His father was a farmer who owned $1,200 of real estate and $707 of personal property in 1860. Colby grew up and attended school in Warren, New Hampshire, and by 1850, he was working as a laborer on his father’s farm. By 1860, he was working as a miner. He married Louisa A. French on January 25, 1862.
 
Colby enlisted in the Union army on August 22, 1862, and mustered in as a private in Company G of the 12th New Hampshire Infantry on September 9. According to his service records, he was 5 feet, 7 inches tall, with dark brown hair and blue eyes. The regiment took part in the Battle of Fredericksburg, and he died of disease in Falmouth, Virginia, on February 7, 1863.
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(988)Colby, Rufus L.18351863-02-07
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (1537) [writer] ~ Rufus L. Colby to Caleb Heath, 1 November 1862

People - Records: 1

  • (989) Heath, Caleb is the [friend of] (988) Colby, Rufus L.

Places - Records: 3

  • (596) [birth] ~ New Hampshire
  • (97) [death] ~ Falmouth, Stafford County, Virginia
  • (910) [residence in 1860] ~ Warren, Grafton County, New Hampshire

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (328) [enlisted] ~ 12th New Hampshire Infantry
SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1700-1971, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; New Hampshire Civil War Service and Pension Records, 1861-1866, available from Ancestry.com.