Charles Quimby

Charles Quimby was born around 1840 in Concord, Vermont, to Roswell Quimby and Sarah W. Hudson. His father was a farmer who owned $300 in real estate in 1850. Quimby attended school in Concord, and by 1860, he was working as a farmer laborer. He enlisted in the Union army on June 1, 1861, and mustered in as a private in Company C of the 3rd Vermont Infantry on July 16. The regiment helped defend Washington, D.C., from July 1861 until March 1862. It took part in the Seven Days’ Battles from June 25-July 1, 1862 and the Battle of Antietam that September. He died of disease on October 27, 1862

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(117)Quimby, Charles18401862-10-27
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 6

  • (938) [recipient] ~ George W. Quimby to Charles Quimby, 11 August 1861
  • (939) [recipient] ~ George W. Quimby to Charles Quimby, 11 August 1861
  • (940) [recipient] ~ Sarah W. Quimby to Charles Quimby, 1 October 186X
  • (941) [recipient] ~ Sarah W. Quimby to Charles Quimby, 18 December 186X
  • (5005) [recipient] ~ Sarah W. Quimby to Charles Quimby, 19 June 1861
  • (5006) [recipient] ~ Sarah W. Quimby to Charles Quimby, 9 December 1861

People - Records: 2

  • (117) Quimby, Charles is the [sibling of] (153) Quimby, George W.
  • (116) Quimby, Sarah W. is the [parent of] (117) Quimby, Charles

Places - Records: 1

  • (57) [birth, residence in 1860] ~ Concord, Essex County, Vermont

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (87) [enlisted] [C] ~ 3rd Vermont 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; Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, available from Ancestry.com.