John Linzy Fish
John Linzy Fish was born on March 2, 1839, in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to John B. Fish and Mary H. Barrett. His father was an iron founder. The family lived in Lowell, Massachusetts, until the 1850s, when they moved to Manchester, New Hampshire. By the early 1860s, he was also working as an iron founder.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on August 20, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in the 1st New Hampshire Light Artillery on September 26. According to his service records, he was 5 feet, 8 inches tall, with brown hair and blue eyes. The regiment took part in the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Antietam, and the Battle of Fredericksburg. Fish was mortally wounded at Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862, and he died the following day.
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(3758)Fish, John Linzy1839-03-021862-12-14
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 2

  • (10672) [writer] ~ John L. Fish to William W. Fish, 22 July 1862
  • (10673) [writer] ~ John L. Fish to Martha A. Fish, 22 July 1862

People - Records: 6

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

Places - Records: 2

  • (2793) [birth] ~ Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  • (43) [death] ~ Fredericksburg, Virginia

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (883) [enlisted] ~ 1st New Hampshire Light Artillery
SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, available from Ancestry.com; New Hampshire Civil War Service and Pension Records, 1861-1866, available from Ancestry.com;