Charles F. Liscomb

In 1860 he was a 17 year old farm worker living with his parents and 4 siblings on the family farm at Lebanon, Grafton County, NH. He enlisted on 21 August 1861 and mustered as a Corporal in Company C, 5th New Hampshire Infantry on 12 October. He was appointed Sergeant Major of the regiment on 11 September 1862.

He was wounded by a piece of shell to his right hip in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant of Company D on 1 October and promoted to First Lieutenant of Company A on 19 December 1862. At Gettysburg, PA in July 1862:

Being on picket duty at night after the last day's fight, the absence of any noise in the enemy's picket lines awakened suspicion that they might have retreated. To make sure of the fact, the lieutenant cautiously crawled through the underbrush, armed only with a stout stick, to the rifle-pits of the enemy; searching right and left, he found them deserted and at once reported the retreat.

His service and death from Child,1 with his Antietam wound detail from Nelson.2 The quote above from the Honor Roll of the James B. Perry Post, GAR, Lebanon, written by 2nd New Hampshire veteran Jesse E Dewey. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave. His picture from a photograph kindly shared from his collection by Chris Carroll.

11/05/1842; Lebanon, NH

01/06/1864; Point Lookout, MD; burial in School Street Cemetery, Lebanon, NH