Friday, June 1, 2018

Herbert E. Valentine-- Part 2: Discharged from Army Oct. 16, 1864


Continued from May 28, 2018.

He did not reenlist at the expiration of his enlistment and was discharged from the Army 16 October 1864.

In civilian life, he married and had a son and a daughter.  The rest of his life was spent in West Somerfield, Massachusetts where he died 17 June 1917.

During that time he was active in veteran organizations and 1896 published "Story of Company F, 23rd Massachusetts Volunteers in the War for the Union 1861-1865."

--Old B-Runner

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