Civil War Service Records
Indians of the 7th Maine Infantry
Last Updated 12-Nov-03
Swason Dennis
7th Maine Infantry - Company G
& 1st Maine Veterans
Swason Dennis was born about 1837 and resided in Machias at the time of his enlistment.
He was wounded and temporarily listed as missing in action at the Battle of the Wilderness in VA on the 3rd day that his regiment was engaged here. He may have been involved in the Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and Ft. Sevens among other engagements in 1864. He was with the 7th Maine when they were transferred to the 1st Maine Veterans Infantry Regiment.
Swason was discharged from the 1st Maine because of disability received in the line of duty.
Physical Description: ?
Enlistment: from 5-Feb-1864 to 21-Aug-1864 in the 7th ME
Enlistment: from 21-Aug-1864 to 3-May-1865 in the 1st ME Veterans
Charles Glossian
7th Maine Infantry - Company G
& 1st Maine Veterans
Charles Glossian was born about 1845 and enlisted from Old Town in December of 1863.
He probably faught in the Battles of Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and Ft. Sevens among other engagements in 1864.
He was with the 7th Maine when they were transferred to the 1st Maine Veterans Infantry Regiment. Charles is listed as deserted between 19-Sep-1864 and 15-Feb-1865.
Physical Description:
Enlistment: from 24-Dec-1863 to 21-Aug-1864 in the 7th Maine
Enlistment: from 21-Aug-1864 to 28-Jun-1865 in the 1st Maine Veterans
Franklin Peal
7th Maine Infantry - Company K
Franklin Peal (or more properly, Franklin Pierre) was born about 1842 in Maine and died at Leeds, Maine either in December of 1862 or April of 1863. His parents were Newell & Elizabeth (Thompson) Peal. His father died about 1850 and his mother remarried early in 1860 to Soloman Libby of Leeds ME. In the 1860 census we find Elizabeth Peal living in the home of Soloman Libby at Leeds where she is referred to as a domestic servant. Franklin is a farm laborer and also living with Solomon Libby.
Neighbors of the Libby household in Leeds had nothing but praise for Frank. He is described by them in pension documents as "a sober, temperate man", "a smart good and industrious young man", and "a temperate, steady young man".
Franklin enlisted in Co. K of the 7th Maine Infantry on 30-Apr-1861 and was discharged due to disability on 26-Sep-1861. His regiment never saw action during his enlistment. His military pension file shows he was discharged due to TB which would have been a pre-existing condition.
Enlistment: 30-Apr-1861 to 26-Sep-1861
Physical Description: 5'9-1/2", black hair & eyes, dark complexion
See Elizabeth Polis, Wabanaki Basket Maker for more information about his mother.
Sabatis Mohawk
7th Maine Infantry - Company G
Sabatis Mohawk was born about 1836 on the island of Greenbush in the Penobscot River. He was a 27 year old lumberman living at Old Town at the time of his enlistment in June 1863.
He was on special detail stationed at Fort Knox in Maine for a while. Sabatis was wounded on 6-May-1864 at Wilderness. His wound consisted of a bayonet in the left breast for which he was treated than discharged from service. He was a corporal at the time of his discharge.
Physical Description: complexion dark, hair & eyes black hazel eyes, 5'8"
Enlistment: 5-Jun-1863
James Mohegan
7th Maine Infantry - Company K
James Mohegan was born about 1840 and enlisted from Lewiston in December of 1863.
He is reported wounded and missing on 4-May-1863 at the Battle of Salem Heights in Virginia. He is again reported missing on 21-Aug-1864 in an engagement which bears no name in the regiment's history. It does not appear he was with his regiment after that date. At this time, we do not know what became of him.
His regiment was involved in many engagements during 1863 including two days at Gettysburg. He probably faught in the Battles of Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and Ft. Sevens among other engagements in 1864.
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Enlistment: from 22-Dec-1862 to 21-Aug-1864
Francois 'Frank' Joseph
7th Maine Infantry - Company G
& 1st Maine Veterans
Frank Susup was born about 1827 and enlisted from Old Town in Feburary of 1864. There is a note that he was on special detail as a sharpshooter in 1863, but we have yet to learn anything more about this.
He probably faught in the Battles of Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and Ft. Sevens among other engagements in 1864. He was with the 7th Maine when they were transferred to the 1st Maine Veterans Infantry Regiment.
Physical Description:
Enlistment: from 1-Feb-1864 to 21-Aug-1864 in the 7th ME
Enlistment: from 21-Aug-1864 to 28-Jun-1865 in the 1th ME Veterans
John Swassin
7th Maine Infantry - Company K
& 1st Maine Veterans
We have not been able to learn anything about John Swassin, except that his name appears on lists for the 7th Maine and the 1st Maine Veterans. We hope to learn more in the future.
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James Moody
7th Maine Infantry - Company B
James Moody was born abount 1845 in Gardiner ME, son of Joseph D. Moody & Sarah A. Brewer. His father was an Indian Doctor operating out of Lowell MA. James resided in Brunswick with other family at the time of his enlistment on 21-Aug-1861 in Company B, 7th Maine Infantry.
James died in service on 28-Sep-1862, but his cause of death is not known at this time. He is buried in grave number 276 at Point Lookout Cemetery, Maryland. He also has a headstone in a Freeport ME cemetery.
James may have fought at Antietam.
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Enlistment: 21-Aug-1861 to 28-Sep-1862
