Archive:Civil War Pension File, Nathan F. Whitney
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Civil War Pension File of Nathan F. Whitney
Mother: Harriet Whitney
Mother's Applic. #180278, Certificate #138006
Father: Joseph Whitney
Father's Applic. #555222, Certificate #385096
National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.
Nathan F. Whitney enlisted as a private in Co. E, 10th Maine Volunteer Infantry in Portland, ME, 4 Oct 1861. He died at the Battle of Cedar Mountain in Virginia of a gunshot wound on 9 Aug 1862, and never married. His father, Joseph Whitney, was married by the Rev. Coan to Harriet Morse in Fryeburg, ME, 9 Apr 1837. She was the daughter of Samuel and Harriet Morse. Harriet (Morse) Whitney died in Lowell, MA, 9 May 1892. The claim of Joseph Whitney was filed from North Berwick, York Co., ME, where he was a resident, 18 Aug 1892. Joseph died 20 Jun 1896, place not stated. There is no mention of other children, but that may not have been required for the application.
Nathan F. Whitney is identified as Nathan F.8 (Joseph7, Levi6, Abel5, Naham4, Nathaniel3, Benjamin2, John1).
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