Born in Newburyport, Mass._Son of George Armitage,_by occupation a Silversmith,_Unmarried,_at the age of 30 enlisted as a recruit in the 1st Regiment of Cavalry, Mass. Vols.
Mustered into service August 11, 1862._In camp at Cambridge, Mass. till September 3, 1862._Thence to Washington; remained there in camp until November 5th; when he proceeded to join the regiment at Hagerstown. Md., and was assigned to Company F.
From that time he participated in the various movements of the company until April, 1863, when he, with several others, was ordered to {Dumfries} Va. on outpost duty.
The latter part of June, the same year, he was ordered to Alexandria, to the dismounted camp; some two weeks afterward went to Washington, and was assigned to the Invalid Corps. From there to Philadelphia, where a regiment was formed. Thence back to Washington and completed his term of service there, most of the time in a provost Cavalry Regiment.
January, 1864, he received a ten days furlough and visited Chicopee. But before the time set for his return, he was sick with {varioloid}, and therefore his furlough was extended twenty days more.
November 11, 1864, he was discharged from service, at Washington, and returned to Chicopee.
Died in Chicopee Dec. 13, 1873.
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