CDV Chaplain Alfred H. Dashiell, Jr. 59th Massachusetts Vol. Infantry.

CDV Chaplain Alfred H. Dashiell, Jr. 59th Massachusetts Vol. Infantry. Dashiell became a chaplain, mustering in at Stockbridge, Mass in April of 1864. Took part in Grant’s Overland Campaign, and the battle of the Wilderness, and suffered through the major attrition of the 59th during the Petersburg Campaign. The chaplain followed the regiment into the battle witnessing the death and suffering of the soldiers, unlike many of the other chaplains who remained in the rear areas. Military Images magazine (digital) had a nice account of some of what Dashiell witnessed.

Photographed by C.D. Fredericks & Co.

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