David L. Wentworth
Written as “Dave Wentworth”
David L. Wentworth, 23, enlisted at Brooklyn on September 18, 1862, for three years, and was mustered in as a private in Company B of the 176th New York. He was promoted sergeant and then first sergeant, captured at Brashear City on June 23, 1863, paroled in July 1863, and discharged at Madisonville, Louisiana, on February 15, 1864 (176th roster, p. 1065).
Telling James how he had smuggled himself home, Willie added: “I tried to get Dave Wentworth off but he could not seem to manage it” (Willie to James, December 27, 1863).
- Mentioned in 1
- 1863 Dec 27