Charles Rotheus Thoits

Giving his age as 19, from Pownal, he enlisted as a Private in Company B, 7th Maine Infantry on 21 August 1861.

He was reported missing in action on 17 September 1862.

He was discharged on 15 February 1863, but enlisted again on 29 December 1863 as a Private in Company C, 30th Maine Infantry. He was listed as a deserter on 2 January 1865 but was mustered out on 2 June 1865 in Washington, DC.

He was living in Lewiston, ME at his marriage in 1866. By 1900 he was beamer (responsible for moving beams of yarn) in a cotton mill in Tewksbury, MA. In 1910 he was a beamer in Auburn, ME, and in 1920 a worker in a shoe shop there. For various periods in 1925 and 1927-1932 he was a resident in the US National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Dayton, OH, Hampton, VA, and Togus, ME; he gave his occupation as farmer. In 1930 he was retired and living in Lewiston, ME.

His status at Antietam from Hyde,1 as Charles B. Thoits. His service from the Adjutant General.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1900-1930. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Lizzie E Carr in January 1866. He married again, Margaret E. "Maggie" Healey (1865-) in June 1890 and they had 3 children.

04/01/1845; Pownal, ME

03/28/1938; Yarmouth, ME; burial in Old Baptist Cemetery, Yarmouth, ME