The Calvin Shedd Papers > Background > Captain Jonathan F. Cotton
Captain Jonathan F. Cotton
| Date(s) of Letter(s) | Little, Henry F.
W. The Seventh Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion.
Concord, New Hampshire: Seventh New Hampshire Veteran Association, 1896. |
| October 10, 1862 October 12, 1862 December 11, 1862 January 15, 1863 April 17, 1863 Shedd Promotion |
Roster entry:
Cotton, Jonathan F. Co. A; b. Ellsworth; age 42; res. Strafford; enl. Sept.
27, '61 as Priv; app. Capt. Oct. 29, '61; must. in Oct. 29, '61, as Capt.; resigned Feb.
3, '64. died Dec. 14, '87, Concord. Jonathan Folsom Cotton was a storekeeper and businessman in Dover at the outbreak of the war. He began recruiting for the army after disposing of his store. Cotton recruited the first company mustered into the Seventh Regiment and was commissioned captain of Company A. He remained the reigning captain of his company until ill health forced him to resign his commission in 1864. (pp. 482-484). |