Civil War CDV Union Colonel Richard E Cross 5th New Hampshire Volunteer Infy

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Richard Everett Cross
Lt. Colonel Richard E. Cross, 5th New Hampshire Infantry, Co. E, b. Lancaster; age 27; res. Lancaster; app. 1 Lt. Oct. 12, ’61; must. in Oct. 19, ’61; app. Capt. Co. K, Feb. 17, ’62; wd. June 30, ’62, White Oak Swamp, Va.; app. Maj. Dec. 14, ’62; wd. May, ’63, Chancellorsville, Va.; app. Lt. Col. July 8, ’63; cashiered Aug. 4, ’64; disab. resulting from dismissal removed Jan. 16, ’65; app. Col. Feb. 21, ’65; appointment revoked Apr. 29, ’65. P. O. ad., Laconia, N.H.
He was the brother of Col. Edward E. Cross and Pvt. Francis L. Cross both of the 5th New Hampshire Infantry.
Previous service: Richard E. Cross. Co. D, 1st Dragoons, United States Army; b. Lancaster; age 24; res. Lancaster; enl. July 20, ’58, for 5 yrs., as Priv.; tr. to Co. A, Batt’l Engineers, United States Army, Feb. 20, ’60; app. Artificer July 1, ’61; disch. Oct. 8, ’61, West Point, N.Y.
He died Sept. 18, ’94, Washington, D.C. and was buried at the Wilder Cemetery in Lancaster, N.H.
Richard E. Cross
Richard E. Cross, a brother of Col. E. E. Cross, was another apprentice in the Coos County Democrat newspaper office. After serving his time he left Lancaster and entered the regular army. He was a private in the engineer battalion, which formed an important part of the small force displayed at Washington to the first inauguration of President Lincoln in 1861. This duty performed, the command was sent to Fort Pickens. In the summer of the same year Cross came north and was commissioned lieutenant in his brother’s (Col. E. E. Cross) regiment.
He rose through several grades to that of colonel, his muster under the latter grade being prevented only by the inadequate number of enlisted men. Colonel Cross, several years later, removed to Glencoe, Canada, where he married a daughter of the Hon. A. P. McDonald, a member of the provincial parliament, a gentleman heavily engaged in the construction of railways. Colonel Cross was, for a time, in business in that line with him, being engaged upon the Intercolonial Railway line below Quebec.
He later became a so-called “magnetic healer,” and practiced that supposed art for a time. He also made and sold medicines, and engaged in a variety of pursuits. He was United States guard of the treasury at Washington, D. C, where he died in the line of duty in September, 1894. He was interred in the old cemetery at Lancaster beside his brother with Masonic and Grand Army honors.
Source: History of Lancaster, New Hampshire. By: A. N. (Amos Newton) Somers
Richard Everett Cross
Lt. Colonel Richard E. Cross, 5th New Hampshire Infantry, Co. E, b. Lancaster; age 27; res. Lancaster; app. 1 Lt. Oct. 12, ’61; must. in Oct. 19, ’61; app. Capt. Co. K, Feb. 17, ’62; wd. June 30, ’62, White Oak Swamp, Va.; app. Maj. Dec. 14, ’62; wd. May, ’63, Chancellorsville, Va.; app. Lt. Col. July 8, ’63; cashiered Aug. 4, ’64; disab. resulting from dismissal removed Jan. 16, ’65; app. Col. Feb. 21, ’65; appointment revoked Apr. 29, ’65. P. O. ad., Laconia, N.H.
He was the brother of Col. Edward E. Cross and Pvt. Francis L. Cross both of the 5th New Hampshire Infantry.
Previous service: Richard E. Cross. Co. D, 1st Dragoons, United States Army; b. Lancaster; age 24; res. Lancaster; enl. July 20, ’58, for 5 yrs., as Priv.; tr. to Co. A, Batt’l Engineers, United States Army, Feb. 20, ’60; app. Artificer July 1, ’61; disch. Oct. 8, ’61, West Point, N.Y.
He died Sept. 18, ’94, Washington, D.C. and was buried at the Wilder Cemetery in Lancaster, N.H. (Aylings; New Soldiers & Sailors)
Lieutenant Colonel Richard E. Cross, 5th New Hampshire volunteers, tried for disobedience of orders, and breach of arrest: found guilty of the charges, and sentenced to be cashiered. (G. O. 89, Headquarters Department of Virginia and North Carolina, August 4, 1864.)
Source: Army & Navy Official Gazette, Volume 2. Printed at the office of J. C. Rives, 1865
Richard E. Cross