Oscar F. Washburn
Oscar F. Washburn was born around 1841 in Canaan, New Hampshire, to Luther and Laura Washburn. His father was a farmer who owned $900 of real estate by 1850. His father died in the 1850s. Washburn grew up and attended school in Canaan, and by 1860, he was working as a farmhand. He married Harriet Fowler on January 5, 1861.
He enlisted in the Union army on March 12, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company D of the 4th New Hampshire Infantry six days later. The regiment took part in the Battle of Fort Wagner and the Bermuda Hundred campaign. He eventually earned a promotion to corporal. He reportedly “contracted diarrhaea at Bermuda Hundred” in July 1864 as a result of “inclement weather, exposure, night air +c.” He died of disease in Fortress Monroe, Virginia, on August 13, 1864.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (4228) | Washburn, Oscar F. | 1841 | 1864-08-13 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Private
- Rank out: Corporal
- Rank highest: Corporal
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (3914) [writer] ~ Oscar F. Washburn to Harvey Washburn, 1 June 1862
People - Records: 1
- (4229) Washburn, Harvey is the [aunt/uncle of] (4228) Washburn, Oscar F.
Places - Records: 2
Regiments - Records: 1
- (251) [enlisted] [D] ~ 4th New Hampshire Infantry
SOURCES
1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; New Hampshire Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947, available from Ancestry.com; Widows Pension Records of Harriet Washburn, available from Fold3.com
