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Elias Lander
Rank: Private Company: K Age: 26 Quota of Kennebunkport
Height: 5' 41/2" Eye Color: Blue Hair Color: Black Complexion: Light
[enlisted 30 Sept, 1862, deserted 17 Oct before regiment left Portland]
Rank: Private Company: K Age: 26 Quota of Kennebunkport
Height: 5' 41/2" Eye Color: Blue Hair Color: Black Complexion: Light
[enlisted 30 Sept, 1862, deserted 17 Oct before regiment left Portland]
ELIAS LANDER (alias JOHN SMITH), perhaps born circa 1836 [age 26 in 1862
enlistment], or even ca 1839 [age 24 in '63 reenlistment], was said to be a
married man from Nova Scotia according to the 27th ME adjutant reports. I have
been unable to find much on him, due to the fact that he also went by the alias
JOHN SMITH, probably the most common name possible. Finding him in census
records, even with a Canadian birth place, has proved unsuccessful. Luckily, he
filed for a pension and both names were indexed, his service in the 27th ME, the
5th NH Infantry, and his Navy service are all mentioned.
Civil War Pension Index mentions his widow, KATIE M SMITH, who filed 2 Aug, 1904 [app #811,262, NO cert #], not sure if she is same wife he had when first enlisted [muster roll says he was married] in 1862.
Write-up on reenlistment as follows:
JOHN SMITH of New York City, NY, enlisted as private 29 Sept, 1863, age 24, a substitute in Co K, 5th NH Infantry. Transferred in Navy regiment UN 19 Apr, 1864, was discharged on 11 July, 1865 in Boston, MA
HISTORY OF THE 5TH NH, pg 167:
Bio gives his birthplace as Wicklow, Ireland, residence as New York City, with Gilford,NH credited for his enlistment as a substitute. Dates same as mentioned above, but ALSO includes names of ships he served on while in the Navy: USS Matthew Vassar and USS William Bacon
Civil War Pension Index mentions his widow, KATIE M SMITH, who filed 2 Aug, 1904 [app #811,262, NO cert #], not sure if she is same wife he had when first enlisted [muster roll says he was married] in 1862.
Write-up on reenlistment as follows:
JOHN SMITH of New York City, NY, enlisted as private 29 Sept, 1863, age 24, a substitute in Co K, 5th NH Infantry. Transferred in Navy regiment UN 19 Apr, 1864, was discharged on 11 July, 1865 in Boston, MA
HISTORY OF THE 5TH NH, pg 167:
Bio gives his birthplace as Wicklow, Ireland, residence as New York City, with Gilford,NH credited for his enlistment as a substitute. Dates same as mentioned above, but ALSO includes names of ships he served on while in the Navy: USS Matthew Vassar and USS William Bacon