United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Jerome H. Fiske Born in Dover, N.H._Son of Moses Fiske,_by occupation a Clerk,_Unmarried,_at the age of 21 enlisted for nine months in the 46th Regiment of Infantry, Mass. Vols. Company D._Mustered into service September 25th 1862. The only active regular service Fiske performed with the regiment was in the expedition to Goldsboro. Sick and off duty at the time of Trent Road reconnoissances. At Plymouth detailed as clerk in the Post Quartermaster’s department, and continue acting in that capacity until after the return of the regiment ot Newbern and the affair at Gum Swamp. About June 1st was sick and entered the regimental hospital. June 17th transferred to Hammond Hospital at Beaufort. Left Beaufort, July 6th, and arrived in Chicopee on the 10th, under orders to report on arrival tof the regiment. Mustered out of service July 29th, 1863, at Springfield, Mass.