Robert Frank Twombly
Robert Frank Twombly was born around 1843 in New Hampshire to Benjamin and Rosamond Twombly. His father was a farmer who owned $1,000 of real estate and $300 of personal property by 1860. The family lived in Barrington, New Hampshire, until the 1850s, when they moved to Tamworth, New Hampshire.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on November 22, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in Company G of the 2nd United States Sharpshooters on December 12, 1861. In November 1861, he informed his sister that he had enlisted without their father’s knowledge or consent. He explained that “I had made up my mind to go if I had to run away.”
 
He remained devoted to the Union. In July 1862, he declared that, "if I could have my discharge ofered me to day I would not take it...I enlisted to fight, and I have not yet, but I want to, and mean to before I come home." The following month, he added, "if my life was required to save the Union I would freely give it. it may not be called for, but however I enlisted to fight and to see the thing through safely." The regiment took part in the Peninsula campaign, the Second Battle of Manassas, and the Battle of Antietam. He died at Antietam on September 17, 1862. According to his tombstone, he was “killed while pulling down the rebel flag at the Battle of Antietam.”
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DATABASE CONTENT
(5070)Twombly, Robert Frank18431862-09-17
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 28

  • (13923) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Rosamond A. Twombly, 21 September 1861
  • (13924) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Benjamin F. Twombly and Rosamond W. Twombly, 6 February 1862
  • (13925) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Rosamond A. Twombly and Emma J. Wiggin, 16 February 1862
  • (13926) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Unknown, 17 February 1862
  • (13927) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Rosamond A. Twombly and Emma J. Wiggin, 3 March 1862
  • (13928) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Benjamin F. Twombly and Rosamond W. Twombly, 1862
  • (13929) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Rosamond A. Twombly and Emma J. Wiggin, 30 March 1862
  • (13930) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Rosamond A. Twombly, 16 April 1862
  • (13931) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Benjamin F. Twombly and Rosamond W. Twombly, 10 May 1862
  • (13932) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Rosamond A. Twombly, 4 July 1862
  • (13933) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Rosamond A. Twombly, undated
  • (13934) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Rosamond A. Twombly, 22 September 1861
  • (13935) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Rosamond A. Twombly, 1862
  • (13936) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Unknown, 13 July 1862
  • (13937) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Rosamond A. Twombly, 27 July 1862
  • (13938) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Rosamond A. Twombly, 29 July 1862
  • (13939) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Rosamond A. Twombly, 13 August 1862
  • (13940) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Benjamin F. Twombly and Rosamond W. Twombly, 5 September 1862
  • (13941) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Rosamond A. Twombly, 6 September 1862
  • (13942) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Benjamin F. Twombly and Rosamond W. Twombly, 6 September 1862
  • (13943) [associated with] ~ John W. Sanborn to Rosamond A. Twombly, 19 October 1862
  • (13945) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Rosamond A. Twombly, 24 November 1861
  • (13950) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Rosamond A. Twombly, 13 December 1861
  • (13951) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Benjamin F. Twombly and Rosamond W. Twombly, 17 January 186X
  • (13952) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Rosamond A. Twombly, 1861
  • (13953) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Rosamond A. Twombly, 22 January 1862
  • (13954) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Rosamond A. Twombly, 23 January 1862
  • (13955) [writer] ~ Robert F. Twombly to Rosamond A. Twombly, 1862

People - Records: 6

  • (5070) Twombly, Robert Frank is the [aunt/uncle of] (5448) Leeman, Ethel Franklin
  • (5071) Twombly, Rosamond Amanda is the [sibling of] (5070) Twombly, Robert Frank
  • (5072) Twombly, Benjamin F. is the [parent of] (5070) Twombly, Robert Frank
  • (5073) Wiggin, Emma J. is the [friend of] (5070) Twombly, Robert Frank
  • (5074) Twombly, Rosamond W. is the [parent of] (5070) Twombly, Robert Frank
  • (5075) Sanborn, John W. is the [friend of] (5070) Twombly, Robert Frank

Places - Records: 2

  • (596) [birth] ~ New Hampshire
  • (103) [death] ~ Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (76) [enlisted] [G] ~ 2nd United States Sharpshooters
SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Robert F. Twombly to Rosamond A. Twombly, 24 November 1861, DL1927.003, Nau Collection; Robert F. Twombly to Benjamin F. Twombly and Rosamond W. Twombly, 1862, DL1927.014, Nau Collection; Robert F. Twombly to Rosamond A. Twombly, 29 July 1862, DL1927.023, Nau Collection; Robert F. Twombly to Rosamond A. Twombly, 13 August 1862, DL1927.024, Nau Collection