Submitter: Sherri Cawley Arthur Stone mustered into Company E, Massachusetts 34th Infantry on July 31, 1862. After this letter was written, Arthur Stone and his Regiment was sent to Harper’s Ferry, where it occupied a position near Fort Duncan as a part of Gen. Negley’s Brigade. On July 15 it crossed the Potomac, took possession of Harper’s Ferry, and established itself on Camp Hill . Here Genl. Lockwood took command of the brigade.
Brian Brown author of In the Footsteps of the Blue and Gray: A Civil War Research Handbook kindly sends the following information:
Arthur M. Stone was an 18 year old bootmaker from Spencer, Mass. when he enliste d in Company E, 34 th Mass. Infantry. He served July 19, 1862 to June 16, 1865. He later lived in Worcester, Mass. and died June 14, 1912.
The Stone Collection: Bio | 30 Dec. 1862 | 20 Feb. 1863 | 13 May 1863