United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
John Gleason Born in Ireland_Son of Lawrence Gleason_By occupation a Laborer_Married_At the age of 23 years, enlisted for 3 years in the 2d Reg. Massachusetts Vol. Infantry. Date of Enlistment 11 May, 1861_Mustered same date and assigned to Company “B”_Rank Private with no subsequent changes_ Gleason has the same general record throughout as that of his comrade Patrick Powers, except that he did not re-enlisted. He was discharged June 4, 1864. Refer page 386 for duplicate entry in part.