William Francis Bartlett
Born: June 6, 1840
Birthplace: Haverhill, Massachusetts
Father: Charles Leonard Bartlett 1802 – 1883
Mother: Harriet Dorothy Plummer 1805 –
Wife: Mary Agnes Pomeroy 1841 – 1909
(Buried: Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts)
Children:
Agnes Bartlett Francis 1866 – 1938
(Buried: Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts)
Carolyn F. Bartlett Kidd 1869 – 1944
(Buried: Old Red Church Cemetery, Tivoli, New York)
Edwin Bartlett 1871 – 1918
(Buried: Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts)
Robert Pomeroy Bartlett 1874 – 1903
(Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York)
Edith Bartlett 1876 – 1959
(Buried: Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts)
Education:
1858 – 1861: Attended Harvard College – left Junior year to join army
1862: Graduated from Harvard College
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Captain of Company I, 20th Massachusetts Infantry Regt.
1861: Served in the Battle of Ball’s Bluff, Virginia
1862: Served in the Virginia Peninsula Campaign
1862: Wounded and leg amputated during Siege of Yorktown, Virginia
1862: Resigned as Captain in 20th Massachusetts on November 12th
1862 – 1863: Colonel of 49th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
1862: Served in the Louisiana Expedition under Major Gen. Banks
1863: Served in the Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana
1863: Wounded in left wrist and right leg at Siege of Port Hudson
1863: Resigned as Colonel of 49th Massachusetts on September
1st
1863: Organizer of 57th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
1863 – 1864: Colonel of 57th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
1864: Served in the Overland Campaign in Virginia
1864: Wounded in the head during the Battle of the Wilderness
1864 – 1866: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers
1864: Played a small role in the planning of the Battle of the Crater
1864: During the Battle of Crater his prosthetic leg was shot away
1864: Captured at the Battle of the Crater by Confederate Army
1864: Prisoner of war held for two months at Libby Prison
1864: Exchanged in Prisoner of War exchange in September
1865: He was not able to return to the army until after CSA Surrender
1865 – 1866: Division Commander in the Ninth Army Corps
1866: Brevetted Major General for his duty in the Civil War
1866: He resigned as Brig. General on July 18th
Occupation after War:
Manager of Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Virginia
He would eventually move to Pittsfield, Massachusetts
1869–1876: Suffered diarrhea and neuralgia of amputated stump
Died: December 17, 1876
Place of Death: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Cause of Death: Consumption
Age at time of Death: 36 years old
Burial Place: Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
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