Herbert E. Valentine-- Part 3

Other maps and drawings by Herbert E. Valentine in the Civil War Day By Day site:

HQ, ist Div. 18th Army Corps

Line of Works occupied by 1st Division  (Map)

Barracks of 24th Mass. (Now occupied by the 23rd Mass)  New Berne, N.C.

Birds Eye View of 23rd Mass. camp

General Ledlie's HQ St. Helena Island

Passing bridge on Trent River

--Old B-Runner

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

Herbert E. Valentine-- Part 1: In the 23rd Massachusetts

From Civil War Day By Day, UNC Library.

Herbert E. Valentine was a private in Company F of the 23rd Massachusetts, U.S. Army 1861-1864 which operated in eastern Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.  He enlisted 5 October 1861 at Salem, Massachusetts.  On 18 October he was mustered in at Lynfield, Massachusetts (Camp Edwin M. Stanton).

He served as a clerk and occasionally drew military maps.  His art work appears to be done for personal use.

In January 1864, he was at Getty's Station near Portsmouth.  In May 1864, his regiment sailed up the James River to City Point and took part in the Siege of Petersburg.

--Old B-Runner