New Hampshire's Last Civil War Veteran:
Goffs Falls
James Marion Lurvey
Died April 7,1950
James M. Lurvey was born in Palmyra, Maine on December 2,1847. When he was 10 years old, his family moved to Lowell, Mass. On July 19,1862 he enlisted as a drummer boy in Co. A, 40th Mass; he was 14 years old. At 15 years old he was discharged at Portsmouth, NH on Oct. 3,1863 and re-enlisted Aug. 25,1864 at 16 years old into Co. H, 4th Mass., Heavy Artillery.
James was the last New Hampshire Civil War Veteran, and for 8 months New England’s sole remaining Boy in Blue. He was also the last soldier to have served in a Mass. Unit and the 21st to survive the Union Army.
His funeral was at his home in Goff Falls (now part of Manchester, NH) and he was buried in Londonderry’s Pleasant View Cemetery.
James M. Lurvey was born in Palmyra, Maine on December 2,1847. When he was 10 years old, his family moved to Lowell, Mass. On July 19,1862 he enlisted as a drummer boy in Co. A, 40th Mass; he was 14 years old. At 15 years old he was discharged at Portsmouth, NH on Oct. 3,1863 and re-enlisted Aug. 25,1864 at 16 years old into Co. H, 4th Mass., Heavy Artillery.
James was the last New Hampshire Civil War Veteran, and for 8 months New England’s sole remaining Boy in Blue. He was also the last soldier to have served in a Mass. Unit and the 21st to survive the Union Army.
His funeral was at his home in Goff Falls (now part of Manchester, NH) and he was buried in Londonderry’s Pleasant View Cemetery.
