These family references were found in a book that was digitized by the University of California library system entitled “History of Paris, Maine and its settlement to 1880”
War of the Rebellion The War of the Rebellion or the war of 1861 5 is still fresh in the minds of many and the causes which led to it are too well remembered to need a rehearsal here Suffice it to say that grand uprising of the loyal States was to prevent a dismemberment of the Union by misguided rebels in arms and nobly was the work accomplished The State of Maine in respect to the number of soldiers raised and sent to the front and also in respect to their bravery and loyalty has a record second to no other and the record of the town of Paris may well be pointed to with patriotic pride by all her 10yal sons and daughters The following list embraces them all and their names here first enrolled together will be held in grateful remembrance by the future inhabitants of this town long after their ashes shall have mingled with the dust We live in deeds not years and those who went into the service at the call of the country and performed faithfully their part in the great struggle cannot be said to have lived in vain even if their lives have been barren of results before and since and those of our soldiers who perished in the flower of their youth whether in the hospital prison or on the field of strife may be said to have lived long because that life is long that answers life's great end.
Included are:
Lyman B Twitchell Private Co K 13th Regiment mustered Dec 13 1861
Charles H Twitchell Private Co F 17th Regiment mustered Aug 18 1862
The following were mustered into service in Company F 23d Regiment September 29 1862 and served nearly ten months with this organization: Geo H Twitchell, James H Twitchell Private Co 1st Cavalry mustered Sept 2 1864, Cyrus W Twitchell Private 1st Cavalry mustered Sept 15 1864
