Volney Sewall Fullam was born in Ludlow, Vermont, July 16, 1830, son of Eunice Howe Goddard and Sewall Fullam. He died in Boston on November 12, 1912. In May 1861 Fullam was commissioned as a Captain in Co. I of the Second Regiment of Vermont Volunteers and saw action at Bull Run, July 21, 1861. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the 7th Regiment in January 1862, and resigned in August 1862 following the Battle of Baton Rouge and charges of misconduct. After the Civil War Volney Fullam practiced law in New York City. He returned to Ludlow in 1876 when his father became ill; he lived briefly in Rutland and returned to Ludlow in 1901.
Sewall Fullam (1799-1876) was a lawyer whose public career included several terms in the Vermont legislature. He was a member of the 1842 Constitutional Convention and was State's Attorney during the 1840s. (See a more complete biography in the finding aid for the Fullam-Spaulding Family Papers, MSA 193.).
From the description of Volney Sewall Fullam Papers, 1822-1912 (bulk:1861-1862). (Vermont Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 39000961
