Sylvester H. Stevens
Sylvester H. Stevens was born around 1840 in East Brookfield, Massachusetts, to Ezekial and Tammy Stevens. His father was an innkeeper who owned $3,500 of real estate by 1850. He grew up and attended school in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, and by 1860, he was working as a laborer.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on September 19, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in Company I of the 24th Massachusetts Infantry four days later. He was wounded in the Battle of Darbytown Road on October 13, 1864, but he eventually recovered and rejoined the regiment. He mustered out on January 20, 1866.
 
He returned to East Brookfield after the war, and he worked in a wheel shop. He died of chronic diarrhea in East Brookfield on October 15, 1907.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(2688)Stevens, Sylvester H.18401907-10-15
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 23

  • (7634) [writer] ~ Sylvester H. Stevens to Harriet C. Stevens, 27 June 1864
  • (7635) [writer] ~ Sylvester H. Stevens to Harriet C. Stevens, 18 June 1864
  • (7636) [writer] ~ Sylvester H. Stevens to Tammy W. Stevens, 15 June 1864
  • (7637) [writer] ~ Sylvester H. Stevens to Harriet C. Stevens, 9 June 1864
  • (7638) [writer] ~ Sylvester H. Stevens to Tammy W. Stevens, 5 June 1864
  • (7639) [writer] ~ Sylvester H. Stevens to Tammy W. Stevens, 1 June 1864
  • (7640) [writer] ~ Sylvester H. Stevens to Harriet C. Stevens, 18 May 1864
  • (7641) [writer] ~ Sylvester H. Stevens to Tammy W. Stevens, 19 October 1863
  • (7642) [writer] ~ Sylvester H. Stevens to Tammy W. Stevens, 8 January 1865
  • (7643) [writer] ~ Sylvester H. Stevens to Tammy W. Stevens, 3 January 1865
  • (7644) [writer] ~ Sylvester H. Stevens to Harriet C. Stevens, 1 January 1865
  • (7645) [writer] ~ Sylvester H. Stevens to Tammy W. Stevens, 16 April 1864
  • (7646) [writer] ~ Sylvester H. Stevens to Harriet C. Stevens, 22 December 1864
  • (7647) [writer] ~ Sylvester H. Stevens to Harriet C. Stevens, 24 September 1864
  • (7648) [writer] ~ Sylvester H. Stevens to Tammy W. Stevens, 21 September 1864
  • (7649) [writer] ~ Sylvester H. Stevens to Harriet C. Stevens, 21 September 1864
  • (7650) [writer] ~ Sylvester H. Stevens to Harriet C. Stevens, 25 August 1864
  • (7651) [writer] ~ Sylvester H. Stevens to Tammy W. Stevens, 21 August 1864
  • (7652) [writer] ~ Sylvester H. Stevens to Harriet C. Stevens, 14 July 1864
  • (7653) [writer] ~ Sylvester H. Stevens to Tammy W. Stevens, 8 July 1864
  • (7654) [writer] ~ Sylvester H. Stevens to Tammy W. Stevens, 4 July 1864
  • (7655) [writer] ~ Sylvester H. Stevens to Harriet C. Stevens, 2 July 1864
  • (7656) [writer] ~ Sylvester H. Stevens to Harriet C. Stevens, 27 March 1864

People - Records: 3

  • (2688) Stevens, Sylvester H. is the [sibling-in-law of] (690) Howe, Elbridge
  • (691) Stevens, Harriet Converse is the [sibling of] (2688) Stevens, Sylvester H.
  • (2690) Stevens, Tammy W. is the [parent of] (2688) Stevens, Sylvester H.

Places - Records: 1

  • (630) [birth, death] ~ East Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (204) [enlisted] [I] ~ 24th Massachusetts Infantry
SOURCES

1850, 1860, and 1870 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; 1890 Veterans Census, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915, available from Ancestry.com