Adin Alonzo Colvin

Residence Northbridge MA; a 23 year-old Shoemaker.

Enlisted on 7/29/1862 as a Private.

On 7/29/1862 he mustered into "H" Co. MA 15th Infantry

He was transferred out on 12/7/1863

On 12/7/1863 he transferred into "95th" Co. Veteran Reserve Corps 2nd Battn

He was Mustered Out on 8/14/1864

He was listed as:

Wounded 9/17/1862 Antietam, MD

Wounded 7/2/1863 Gettysburg, PA (Date July 2-3, 1863)

Adin Alonzo Colvin was born on 21 March 1837 at Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of Mark Colvin and Abigail White.

At the time of his enlistment in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Adin gave his occupation as shoemaker. Adin Alonzo Colvin and George Washington Colvin, 1st cousins, served together in the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. On 29 Jul 1862 Adin mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 25 years, 4 months and 8 days old. He was wounded in the side on 17 Sep 1862 at The Battle of Antietam, Washington County, Maryland. He was wounded in the right elbow on 4 Jul 1863 at The Battle of Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania. On 22 Jul 1863 at "The Worcester Spy", Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Adin Alonzo Colvin was reported as wounded at Gettysburg. On 28 Jul 1864 Adin ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts due to expiration of his term of service, while "absent sick."

He made application for a veteran's pension in Jun 1865, received certificate number 68119 and recvd $4.00 mo pension.

I did find record where Adin married Oct 21 1862 in Upton MA Ellen Josephine Mason in Upton, MA, dau of Frank/Francis Mason and Almira /Elmira Harris. Ellen was 16 yrs old. Ellen was born 1848 and died 1905. They were divorced by 1872.

He married 4/16/1876 Mary Frances Dacey.

Dau Wealthy was born 6/21/1876.

Dau Minnie Maria born 11/27/1877 Upton,MA.

On 13 Aug 1878 Mary Frances Dacey, his wife, died. The 1880 Census says he was a widower and he worked in a shoe factory.

He died on 14 Nov 1885 at National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (Togus Hospital), Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. He was 48 years, 7 months and 24 days old.

Togus National Cemetery is located in Kennebec County, in the town of Chelsea, Maine, on the grounds of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center.

The name Togus comes from the Native American name Worromontogus, which means mineral water. The Togus property was originally a summer resort called Togus Springs.

In 1865, as the Civil War was drawing to a close, President Abraham Lincoln signed an act establishing the National Asylum (later changed to Home) for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The Eastern Branch at Togus was the first of these facilities to open, in November 1866.

The first veteran was admitted to Togus on Nov. 10, 1866. The home’s population remained below 400 until a building program began in 1868, which eventually provided accommodation for nearly 3,000 veterans. The facilities were organized much like a military camp with men living in barracks and wearing modified Army uniforms. Although a 100-bed hospital was completed in 1870, medical care at the home was limited, even by the standards of the day.

On 1 Oct 1886 George H. Bennett made application for a pension as guardian to Adin's surviving dependants, (Relationship, if any, unknown). Wealthy A. Colvin, his daughter, was afflicted with epilepsy, and in the times she lived in, she was called "an insane person". She died young, sometime after 1920.

On 16 Apr 1876 Adin Alonzo Colvin, 39, married Mary Frances Dacey, daughter of Cornelius Dacey and Catherine Ennis, at Slatersville, Providence County, Rhode Island.

According to his father Mark Colvin's will, Adin lived in Upton, MA in 1872.

On 8 May 2007 "The Milford News", Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, an article by James Buckley appeared about Adin and his daughter.

ref:

Record of Mass. Volunteers, vol 2 page 221.

The 15th Mass Infantry in the War of the Rebellion, page 394.

Mass. Soldiers Sailors and Marines in the Civil War, vol 2 page 184.