William W. Fish
William W. Fish was born on January 15, 1843, in North Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to John and Mary Fish. His father was an iron founder who owned $1,000 of real estate by 1850. The family lived in Lowell, Massachusetts, until the 1850s, when they moved to Manchester, New Hampshire.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on August 8, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company C of the 11th New Hampshire Infantry on August 21. The regiment took part in the Battle of Fredericksburg, the siege of Vicksburg, the Overland Campaign, and the siege of Petersburg. He was wounded at Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862, but he eventually recovered and rejoined the regiment.
 
He denounced northern Peace Democrats, writing that he “would like to see such men drafted and put into the field.” When an acquaintance “voted the Copperhead ticket” in March 1863, Fish declared that he should “go to Jeff Davis’s dominions if he likes them better than he does our Government.” Confederate forces captured Fish in the Battle of the Wilderness on May 6, 1864, and he remained a prisoner of war until December 13, 1864. He reportedly had “both legs broken by [a] collision while on [the] way home,” and he was discharged for disability on July 31, 1865.
 
He married Eliza Gage around 1869, and they had at least two children: Abigail, born around 1872; and Milton, born around 1875. They lived in Somerville, Massachusetts, and Fish worked as a Custom House clerk. By 1900, he was working as a real estate agent. His wife died in 1917, and he married Helen L. Stevens on May 15, 1919. They lived in Mount Vernon, New Hampshire, and Fish died in August 1936.
 
Image: William W. Fish (The Boston Globe, 15 January 1936)
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DATABASE CONTENT
(3747)Fish, William W.1843-01-151936-08
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 59

  • (10604) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Mary H. Fish, 29 October 1862
  • (10605) [associated with] ~ William W. Fish Biographical Details, undated
  • (10606) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Mary H. Fish, 8 October 1862
  • (10607) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Martha A. Fish, 24 October 1862
  • (10608) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Mary H. Fish et al., 26 October 1862
  • (10609) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to John B. Fish, 5 November 1862
  • (10610) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Martha A. Fish, 12 November 1862
  • (10611) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to John B. Fish, 29 November 1862
  • (10612) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Martha A. Fish, 20 November 1862
  • (10615) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Sibling, undated
  • (10616) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to John B. Fish and Charles B. Fish, 22 January 1863
  • (10617) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Mary H. Fish, 7 December 1862
  • (10618) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to John B. Fish, 17 December 1862
  • (10619) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Mary H. Fish, 22 December 1862
  • (10620) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Martha A. Fish, 30 December 1862
  • (10621) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to John B. Fish, 7 January 1863
  • (10622) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to John B. Fish, 10 January 1863
  • (10623) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to John B. Fish, 16 January 1863
  • (10624) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Martha A. Fish, 18 January 1863
  • (10626) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Martha A. Fish, 28 January 1863
  • (10628) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Martha A. Fish and Charles B. Fish, 3 December 1862
  • (10629) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Mary H. Fish, 26 January 1863
  • (10630) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Martha A. Fish, 2 February 1863
  • (10631) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to John B. Fish, 4 February 1863
  • (10632) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Martha A. Fish, 7 February 1863
  • (10633) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Mary H. Fish, 9 February 1863
  • (10634) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Martha A. Fish, 12 February 1863
  • (10635) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Mary H. Fish, 22 February 1863
  • (10636) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Martha A. Fish, 5 March 1863
  • (10637) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Martha A. Fish, 8 March 1863
  • (10638) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Mary H. Fish, 15 March 1863
  • (10639) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Mary H. Fish, 23 March 1863
  • (10640) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Martha A. Fish, 25 March 1863
  • (10641) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Martha A. Fish, 30 March 1863
  • (10642) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to John B. Fish, 25 March 1863
  • (10644) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to John B. Fish and Albert F. Fish, 5 April 1863
  • (10645) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Mary H. Fish, 12 April 1863
  • (10646) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Martha A. Fish, 15 April 1863
  • (10647) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Charles B. Fish, 26 April 1863
  • (10648) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Mary H. Fish, 28 April 1863
  • (10649) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Brother, 2 May 1863
  • (10650) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Martha A. Fish, 5 May 1863
  • (10651) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to John B. Fish and Martha A. Fish, 6 May 1863
  • (10652) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Mary H. Fish and John B. Fish, 14 May 1863
  • (10653) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Martha A. Fish, 22 May 1863
  • (10654) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to John B. Fish, 3 June 1863
  • (10655) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to John B. Fish and Mary H. Fish, 24 May 1863
  • (10656) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to John B. Fish, 13 June 1863
  • (10657) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Martha A. Fish, 21 August 1863
  • (10659) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Mary H. Fish, 30 August 1863
  • (10661) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to John B. Fish, 6 September 1863
  • (10662) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Martha A. Fish, 14 September 1863
  • (10663) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to John B. Fish, 2 October 1863
  • (10665) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Martha A. Fish, 18 October 1863
  • (10666) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to John B. Fish, 30 October 1863
  • (10669) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Charles B. Fish, 8 November 1863
  • (10670) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Mary H. Fish, 15 May 1864
  • (10671) [writer] ~ William W. Fish to Mary H. Fish, 15 November 1863
  • (10672) [recipient] ~ John L. Fish to William W. Fish, 22 July 1862

People - Records: 6

  • (3748) Fish, Mary H. is the [parent of] (3747) Fish, William W.
  • (3749) Fish, Martha Ann is the [sibling of] (3747) Fish, William W.
  • (3750) Fish, Charles B. is the [sibling of] (3747) Fish, William W.
  • (3751) Fish, Albert Franklin is the [sibling of] (3747) Fish, William W.
  • (3752) Fish, John Blaney is the [parent of] (3747) Fish, William W.
  • (3758) Fish, John Linzy is the [sibling of] (3747) Fish, William W.

Places - Records: 1

  • (2790) [birth] ~ North Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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Groups - Records: 1

  • (6) [member/supporter] ~ Grand Army of the Republic
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; New Hampshire Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947, available from Ancestry.com; The Boston (MA) Globe, 15 January 1936 and 31 August 1936; William W. Fish Statement, undated, DL1639.002, Nau Collection; William W. Fish to Martha A. Fish, 8 March 1863, DL1639.030, Nau Collection; William W. Fish to Martha A. Fish, 30 March 1863, DL1639.034, Nau Collection