PeterRobJon

Research trip blog, looking at how an artillery unit that formed at Wesleyan University in Middleton, Connecticut as the 4th CT Volunteer Infantry documented its war history as well as learning more about my great-great-grandfather, a member of the unit from May of 1861 until September of 1865.

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Thu May 28
“Captain” Robert M. Lewis’ grave in the Miner Cemetery in Middleton Connecticut. As a brevet promotion was honorary, Robert could use ‘Captain’ as his title in correspondence, but his last official army position was 1st Lieutenant.Also in the family plot are his wife, Mary McCloskey Lewis, their sons John Patrick and William, their daughter Susan and her husband Carl Nelson (who fought in the Spanish-American War as part of Co. G, 1st Connecticut Volunteer Infantry), John Patrick’s wife Alma Dessureau Lewis, and my grandparents, John Joseph and Martha Abrahamson Lewis.The cemetery is a lovely piece of land, quiet and verdant. A fine resting place.Requiescat in pace.

“Captain” Robert M. Lewis’ grave in the Miner Cemetery in Middleton Connecticut. As a brevet promotion was honorary, Robert could use ‘Captain’ as his title in correspondence, but his last official army position was 1st Lieutenant.

Also in the family plot are his wife, Mary McCloskey Lewis, their sons John Patrick and William, their daughter Susan and her husband Carl Nelson (who fought in the Spanish-American War as part of Co. G, 1st Connecticut Volunteer Infantry), John Patrick’s wife Alma Dessureau Lewis, and my grandparents, John Joseph and Martha Abrahamson Lewis.

The cemetery is a lovely piece of land, quiet and verdant. A fine resting place.

Requiescat in pace.

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