Ramsdell, Julius Frederic, 1845-1910.

Julius Frederic Ramsdell was born 29 October 1845 in Lynn, Massachusetts. Estranged from his father at an early age, Ramsdell moved to Woburn, Massachusetts, to live with his aunt and uncle, Lydia and Charles Choate.

In December 1863, at the age of nineteen, Ramsdell enlisted as a private in K Company, 39th Regiment of the Massachusetts Infantry. He served in eastern Virginia until August 1864 when he was taken prisoner by the Confederate Army after the battle of Weldon Railroad. He was a prisoner at Belle Isle in Richmond until he was paroled and exchanged in October 1864. After time in a hospital at Annapolis, Maryland, and a brief furlough at home, Ramsdell returned to eastern Virginia where he served until the end of the war.

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