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Federal (USV)

Private

George W. Hodgkins

(1843 - 1930)

Home State: Maine

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 7th Maine Infantry

Before Antietam

In 1860 he was an 18 year old mill worker in Orono, Penobscot County, ME. On 21 August 1861, then living in Stetson, he enlisted as a Private in Company H, 7th Maine Infantry. He was captured, place and date not given, and paroled at Annapolis, MD in 1861.

On the Campaign

He was reported missing in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He reenlisted on 21 December 1863, was detailed to the Pioneer Corps in June 1864, and transferred to Company I, First Maine Veteran Infantry on 21 August 1864. He mustered out with them on 28 June 1865.

After the War

By 1910 he was a farmer in Johnsburg, Warren County, NY. He was a watchman and living with his son William there by 1920 (and probably to his death in 1930).

References & notes

His status at Antietam from Hyde.1 His service from the Adjutant General.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860 and 1910-1930. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Lura A Parker (1847-1911) and they had a son, William C. Hodgkins (1886-1939).

Birth

03/19/1843 in ME

Death

05/08/1930; burial in Bates Cemetery, Johnsburg, NY

Notes

1 Hyde, Thomas W., Casualties in the Seventh Maine Regiment in the Battle of Antietam, Lewiston Falls (Maine) Journal, 1862-10-02 [AotW citation 6675]

2 State of Maine, Adjutant General's Office, and John L. Hodsdon, AG, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine for the Year ending December 31, 1862, Augusta: Stevens and Sayward, Printers to the State, 1863 [AotW citation 27855]

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