“This, at least, in future say, with honest pride,

Berkshire boys right nobly fought, and bled, and died.

Ever let their actions be rehearsed in story,

And their names encircled with a wreath of glory.”

 - Samuel Sumner of Great Barrington

Lieut. Col. 49^th Massachusetts Infantry (Berkshire Regiment)

“The charge of the Forty-ninth”

May 27, 1863 before the Battle of Port Hudson, Louisiana

Below is a list of Civil War soldiers who listed their residence as Egremont and Mount Washington, Mass at the time of enlistment. The majority of them enlisted in the 49^th Massachusetts Regiment. Many of the Civil War soldiers of Egremont and Mt Washington, not much unlike any other town, did not return home. Click on the regiment to read more about its history and to view the military records & stories for the soldiers listed here. If you have any corrections or additions please contact me.

Source: Ancestry.com 2006 * Killed or died from disease + Wounded ^ POW

2^nd Infantry Regiment Massachusetts 27^th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts 49^th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts

Company K Company B Company D

Roswell E Miner of Egremont, Mass + James H Allen of Egremont, Mass ^ George Yager of Egremont, Mass *

George W Orcutt of S Egremont, Mass Grosvenor Hollenbeck of Egremont, Mass ^* Company E

William Winchell of Egremont, Mass Norman Kline of Egremont, Mass Claudius Bignal of Egremont, Mass

Jonathan Brayne of Egremont, Mass +

4^th Cavalry Regiment Massachusetts 31^st Infantry Regiment Massachusetts Levi Campbell of Mt Washington, Mass

Company H Company F George Decker of Egremont, Mass

James Jones of N Egremont, Mass Francis S Frink of Mt Washington, Mass Owen Garland of Mt Washington, Mass

George Frink of Mt Washington, Mass + William Hatch of Egremont, Mass

10^th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts Lorin Frink of Mt Washington, Mass Norman Hollenbeck of Egremont, Mass

Company A Seth Frink of Mt Washington, Mass * Warren G Karner of Egremont, Mass

George L Hart of Egremont, Mass William Frink of Mt Washington, Mass + William J Karner of Egremont, Mass

Horace Lamson of Mt Washington, Mass

11^th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts 34^th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts Thomas Mallaly of Egremont, Mass *

Company F Company K Jeremiah Miller of Egremont, Mass

Leonard Felder of N Egremont, Mass + Ephraim B Church of Egremont, Mass William Murphy of Egremont, Mass

Robert J Gardner of Egremont, Mass George Palmatier of Egremont, Mass +

16^th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts Henry C Harmstead of Egremont, Mass Albert Parsons of Egremont, Mass

Company F John Loomis of Egremont, Mass David C Patterson of Egremont, Mass

Leonard Felder of N Egremont, Mass + William B Stark of Egremont, Mass *^ John Reapy of Egremont, Mass

Marcus M Schutt of Mt Washington, Mass +

Robert T Sherman of Egremont, Mass *

20^th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts 37^th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts Samuel Slater Jr of Mt Washington, Mass

Company C Company B Charles F Thatcher of Egremont, Mass

George L Hart of Egremont, Mass Duane Hollenbeck of Egremont, Mass Levi Van Deusen of Egremont, Mass

Charles J Kelsey of N Egremont, Mass * Ezra Van Deusen of Egremont, Mass *

22^nd Infantry Regiment Massachusetts Silas Miller of Egremont, Mass * William Wilbur of Egremont, Mass *

Company C Frederick Soles of Egremont, Mass Company K

Knapp Brasie of Mt Washington, Mass * Company C George W Allen of Egremont, Mass +

Wesley Schutt of Mt Washington, Mass * George L Hart of Egremont, Mass Edwin Bunce of Egremont, Mass

George Campbell of Mt Washington, Mass *

Philander Culver of Mt Washington, Mass

David Dalzell Jr of Egremont, Mass

John Decker of Egremont, Mass

John Decker Jr of Egremont, Mass

Stewart M G Fullerton of Egremont, Mass +

David Funk of Mt Washington, Mass +

Luther Funk of Mt Washington, Mass *

Isaac E Judd of Egremont, Mass *

57^th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts

Company D

Jonathan J Brayne of Egremont, Mass +

Company K

Robert E Downing of Egremont, Mass +

Stewart M G Fullerton of Egremont, Mass +

59^th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts

Company K

Robert E Downing of Egremont, Mass +

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