Edward Dyer Redman was the fifth child born in Brooksville, Maine to John B. Redman and his wife Lucy Dyer1 on June 12, 1838. A resident of Belfast, Maine, he mustered into service with Company “K” of the 4th Maine Infantry at the age of 23 on June 15, 1861 and was promoted to the…

Although he was not a Son, but was a Union veteran himself, General Isaac S. Bangs of Waterville, Maine, was instrumental in establishing the Sons of Veterans in New England, and for his efforts he was made a Past Grand Division Commander and a Constitutional life member of the Commandery-in-Chief. Isaac Sparrow Bangs, Jr., was…

John Holbrook Johnson was born November 4, 1823 in Jefferson, Maine and died May 4, 1884 in Wellington, Maine.  The family moved to Wellington early in his life and his mother Betsey (Holbrook) Johnson died in 1829.  His father John Johnson remarried in 1831 Belinda Clough. John H. Johnson married Sarah Whitten May 14, 1848…