PUFFER, Pvt. James Edward^[1]

1841 - 1863  (22 years)

• Name	PUFFER, James Edward
  Prefix	Pvt.
  Birth	20 Mar 1841	Westminster, MA
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Westminster, MA
  	Address: Whitmanville Cemetery
  FindaGrave	Address: 122640029
  	FindAGrave Memorial 122640029
  _COLOR	11
  Death	2 Jul 1863	Gettysburg, PA   [2]
  Burial	Gettysburg, PA   [3]
  Person ID	I34516	Puffers
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, James,   b. 9 Jan 1798, Westminster, MA d. 17 Mar 1885, Westminster, MA (Age 87 years)
  Mother	JONES, Lucy,   b. 12 Aug 1795, MA d. 20 Mar 1885, Westminster, MA (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	7 Apr 1823	Westminster, MA   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F8785	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos	2 Photos
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• Notes

  Civil War soldier, 32nd Mass. Inf., killed while climbing a wall at Gettysburg, PA. Pvt J Puffer was buried in an orchard, in front of a field hospital at York Pike. His remains should have been re-interred at Gettysburg National Cemetery. When he was killed his sister's husband, Daniel Curtis Miles, traveled to Gettysburg and recovered the body. Daniel dug the grave himself and had the body placed in a box and loaded in a freight car. The box served as Daniel's bed at night. James was laid to rest in his hometown of Westminster, MA.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, page 122. [S281] New York-EASy. [S1141] Sons of Volunteers of Civil War. [S466] _Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. Marriage date: 22 Mar 1823 Marriage place: Lunenburg, Massachusetts [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 122.