UNION BELCHERS "L,M,N"
Leander C. Belcher
Residence Providence RI; Enlisted on 5/26/1862 as a 2nd Lieutenant. On 5/26/1862 he was commissioned into "A" Co. RI 10th Infantry He was Mustered Out on 9/1/1862 at Providence, RI Source:- Register of Rhode Island Volunteers 1861-1865
alson on On broadfoot and muster roll of box 555, extraction 1, and reccord 1464. NFR.
Leonard Belcher
Residence Braintree MA; a 21 year-old Bootmaker. Enlisted on 7/16/1862 as a Private. On 8/6/1862 he mustered into "K" Co MA 3rd Cavalry He was discharged for disability on 3/1/1863 Source:- Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War
Belcher Leonard MA 3 Cav K U 7/16/62 3/1/63 P DD
Note: Enlisted 7/16/62 as a Private. Mustered in on 8/6/62. Discharged for disability on 3/1/63. Residence Braintree, MA. 21 year old bookmaker. NFR. Note: He may have served in the 41st MA Inf. prior because the 3rd MA Cav. was not organized until after these dates. On Broadfoot and muster roll of box 544, extraction 3, and record 676. NFR.
Levi Belcher
Residence Patoka IL; Enlisted on 8/8/1862 as a Private. On 9/18/1862 he mustered into "F" Co.IL 111th Infantry He was Mustered Out on 6/7/1865 at Washington, DC He was listed as: * POW (date and place not stated) Source - Illinois: Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men
Belcher Levi IL 111 Inf F U 8/8/62 6/7/65 P POW Andersonville Surv
Note: Enlisted 8/8/62 as a Private and mustered in 9/18/62. Mustered out 6/7/65. Captured during the battle of Atlanta and was prisoner at Andersonville. Exchanged April 1865. His name appears on the Andersonville prisoner list compiled by the NPS, no. 50275. He is probably the grandson of Little Berry Belcher and Catherine Roach. Little Berry was in Spartanburg County about 1810 and apparently left the state. The Internet query said two of his sons moved to Marion County Illinois in 1850s. There were two other Belchers in 111th IL Inf. (William L.,and Henry). Residence Patoka, Il. Muster roll of box 539, extraction 6, and record 1277. NFR.
Lewis Belcher
Residence Canada; a 21 year-old Farmer. Enlisted on 7/22/1864 as a Private. On 7/22/1864 he mustered into "D" Co.MA 28th Infantry He was Mustered Out on 6/30/1865 at Washington, DC Source:- Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War
Belcher Lewis MA 28 Inf D U 7/22/64 6/30/65 P Surv
Note: Enlisted on 7/22/64 as a Private. Mustered out 6/30/65. Residence Canada. 21 year old farmer. On Broadoot as Lewis or Louis, and muster roll for Lewis in box 544, extraction 3, and record 677. NFR
Belcher Lewis WV Kan St GD Inf A U 5/61 P 153 Mil
Lewis WV 153 Mil Inf I U 8/11/62 Capt Surv
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Enrolled 5/61 in Malden WV in Captain woodson Blake's company of the Kanawha county WV State Guards Served 12 months. Commissioned 5/5/62 as a Captain as Company commander of Company I of the 153 WV Militia. Several Belchers served in his company. There was Louis Belch with alternate name of Lewis Belch who served in the 12th WV Inf., Co. G who might be this same person
Lewis Belcher
Residence not listed; Enlisted on 10/19/1861 at Paris, KY as a Private. On 2/8/1862 he mustered into "D" Co.KY 18th Infantry He Re-enlisted on 1/5/1864 He was Mustered Out on 7/18/1865 at Louisville, KY (Awaiting trial at MO) He was listed as: * POW 8/30/1862 Richmond, KY * Exchanged 12/15/1862 (place not stated) * Apprehended 7/11/1864 (place not stated) Source: - Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky
Belcher Lewis KY 18 Inf D U 10/19/61 7/18/65 P POW Exc Surv
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Enlisted at Paris, KY and was not mustered in until 2/8/62. Became POW at battle of Richmond, KY, 8/30/62 (regiment had 52 KIA, 115 Wounded "and almost the entire remainder captured and paroled."). Exchanged 12/15/62, place not listed. Reenlisted 1/5/64 (there were only 300 men present to reenlist and 272 of them reenlisted. This I don't understand, "Apprehended 7/11/64 (place not stated). He was mustered out on 7/18/65 at Louisville, KY (awaiting trial at MO). Why was he arrested and was he held in prison for that year and was he let go without any trial or punishment.? Strange? Not in Broadfoot, but muster roll of box 386, extraction 2, and record 2548. HDS NFR
Lewis W. Belcher
Residence Foxboro MA; a 36 year-old Butcher. Enlisted on 9/19/1862 as a Private. On 9/23/1862 he mustered into "F" Co.MA 4th Infantry He was Mustered Out on 8/28/1863 at Camp Hooker, Lakeville, MA Source- Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War
Belcher Lewis W. MA 4 Inf F U 9/19/62 8/23/63 P
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Enlisted 9/19/62 as a Private. Mustered in 9/23/62. Mustered out 8/28/63, a 9-month unit. Residence Foxboro, MA. 36 Year old butcher. On Broadfoot and muster roll of box 544, extraction 3 and record 678. NFR.
Littleberry Belcher
Residence not listed; Enlisted on 12/20/1861 at Calhoon, KY as a Private. On 1/4/1862 he mustered into "I" Co. KY 17th Infantry He was Mustered Out on 1/23/1865 at Louisville, KY Source- Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky
Belcher Little B. (Berry) KY 17 Inf I U 1/4/62 1/23/65 P Surv
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Not on Broadfoot, but muster roll of box 386, extraction 2, and record 2549. On CSR. Isaac N. and richard H. were in this regiment with the same enlistment and muster out daates. NFR.
Martin Belcher
Residence not listed; Enlisted on 1/11/1864 as a Private. On 1/11/1864 he mustered into "D" Co. IN 80th Infantry He deserted on 8/3/1864 Source- Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana
Belcher Martin IN 80 Inf D U 1/11/64 8/3/64 Pri Deserted 8/3/64
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Not on Broadfoot and muster roll of box 540, extraction 5, and record 1705. Son of James Belcher and Nancy Horn. Born abt 1836 in Indiana. NFR.
Monroe N. Belcher
Residence not listed; Enlisted on 8/5/1862 at Russellville, KY as a Private. On 9/6/1862 he mustered into "K" CoKY 8th Cavalry He was Mustered Out on 9/23/1863 at Russellville, KY Source- Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky
Belcher (M.) Monroe (M.) Martin VA 29 Inf C Tr 8 KY Cav
Monroe M. KY 8 Cav U 8/5/62 9/23/63
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In HDS as M. M., but not in Broadfoot nor muster roll for 29th VA. No company listed. There were five Belchers listed in the 29th and he is the only one with no company or other data. Broadfoot doesn't have it, but muster roll and HDS lists a Monroe M. in the 8th KY Cav. who enlisted in Russellville, KY . Served about a year before the regiment was disbanded. James E. and John B. served in same company and same time. Muster roll of box 386, extraction 2, and record 2550. I believe they are the same person. This would be a case of switching sides, but I tend to believe they are the same person. NFR.
Moses J. Belcher
Residence Nashville IN; Enlisted on 12/14/1861 as a Private. On 12/14/1861 he mustered into "E" Co.IN 51st Infantry He was Mustered Out on 12/14/1864 Source- Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana
Belcher Moses J. (F.) IN 51 Inf E U 12/14/61 12/14/64 Pri to 143 IN inf
Moses J. (F.) IN 143 Inf C U 1/31/65 10/17/65 Sgt Surv
Note: Not on broadfoot, but on muster roll for both units as Moses F. For 51st, box 540, extraction 5, and record 1706. For 143rd, box 540, extraction 5, and record 1707.
May possibly be the same man as below
Moses J. Belcher
Residence Lovely Dale IN; Enlisted on 1/31/1865 as a Sergeant. On 1/31/1865 he mustered into "C" Co. IN 143rd Infantry He was Mustered Out on 10/17/1865 at Nashville, TN Source- Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana
Nelson Belcher
Residence not listed; 25 years old. Enlisted on 8/5/1862 at Addison, NY as a Private. On 8/5/1862 he mustered into "F" Co. NY 107th Infantry He deserted on 3/8/1863 at Hope Landing, VA Source- New York: Report of the Adjutant-General
Belcher Nelson NY 107 Inf F U 8/5/62 P Deserted 3/8/63
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Enlisted 8/5/62 at Adddison, NY as a Private. Deserted on 3/8/63 at Hope Landing, VA. 25 year old. In Broadfoot and muster roll of box 551, extraction 9, and record 47.
NELSON BELCHER enlisted at Elmira, New York on Aug. 5, 1862, at the age of 25, claiming farmer as his occupation, and Steuben, New York as his birthplace. He is listed as a "deserter, having not returned at the expiration of his furlough in the morning report for March 8, 1863. One remark in the regimental return of March 11, 1863 lists "Died", but all other comments on regimental descriptions books state deserted.
NELSON BELCHER that deserted the Civil War in March, 1863 from Camp Hope Landing, Va. It is believed that the same NELSON BELCHER who married in Ashtabula, Ohio, on October 12, 1865 to Catherine Somerville, claiming that both were formerly from Canada, now both residing in Ashtabula, who is my ancestor. We think we have an unusual story, and wonder if there are any other stories of people who had deserted the Civil War and families, and have been discovered through research to have lived out another life. The facts that suggest that the man is one in the same are many, but we are unable to prove the connection as we do not have a date of birth for their NELSON and we do mine, nor do we have parents names for mine, but we do theirs, and we believe that would be all it would take. My NELSON claims New York as his birthplace in 1837 ( claiming to be 73 in 1910 census) or 8 (death certificate states 1838), with his parents born in Pennsylvania (he does however, contradict himself on parents birthplace in several censuses, but twice claims Pa, and Pa. is listed on his death certificate as parents birthplace). Their NELSON BELCHER is from New York, born within two years of mine (they have censuses showing him to be 15 in 1850, 25 in 1860, and 25 in 1862 when he enlists) and several of his brothers enlisted in PA, as it is very close in proximity Steuben County New York. Their NELSON disappears in early 1863, with no future. My NELSON appears in 1865, and I can find no past before the marriage in 1865, leaving a short two year gap to fill. 1865, the year that the war was over, he comes from Canada with a (four month pregnant) bride to the United States, obviously, there is strong indication that he had been in Canada at least as early as May or June 1865, unless of course, the child is not his. Surely, he knew she was pregnant by four months, though, and it is unlikely that a man who would desert one family would take on another man's child as his own, although we cannot rule that out as a possibility. As stated, he claims to have been "from" St. Catherine's C.W., on church record where he was married, but on every census from 1870 until 1910, he gives New York as his birthplace, as well as on his death certificate, which would indicate that he was only living in Canada before coming to Ohio, not born there. Many deserters went to Canada during the Civil War. Catherine Somerville was, in fact born in Canada, therefore it is likely that she was there (if and) when he got there, and that would have been as late as June, 1865, as indicated above. Now we have an even shorter period of time to account for between desertion, and placing the same man in Canada. I know of no way to find a person in Canada in 1863 or 4, especially one who does not want to be found. I am not even sure where in Canada to look for Catherine's birth, as there are two St. Catherine's in Canada. C.W. is Ontario (Canada West), but her death certificate indicates Montreal as her birthplace, and that is where the other St. Catherine's is located. Also, her mother had children in Canada, then Vermont, then Canada again, indicating Montreal as the likelier place to look, as it is near Vermont. Again, I don't even know where to start to look for a person living in St. Catherine's Canada in the 1860's. I would need to find Catherine's family, and assume NELSON was there with them.
Nelson Belcher
Residence Mattoon IL; Enlisted on 10/7/1861 as a Private. On 10/12/1861 he mustered into "E" Co.IL 38th Infantry He died on 11/19/1861 at Pilot Knob Source- Illinois: Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men
Belcher Nelson IL 38 Inf E U 10/7/61 11/19/61 P DOD Pilot Knob NO
Note: Enlisted 10/7/61 as a Private. Mustered in 10/12/61. Died 11/19/61 at Pilot Knob. Residence Matoon,Il. Muster roll of box 539, extraction 6, and reccord 1278. NFR
Nillett NY 102 Inf D U
Note: Not on Broadfoot, but there is a Willett in 102nd NY, same company. Muster roll for the 149 is box 551, extraction 9, and record 56. For 102nd, box 551, extraction 9 and record 57. Muster roll has no Willet listed. IN CSR for both units
Ken Belcher
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