The Civil War experiences of two South Windsor men will be discussed by their local relatives at Wood Memorial Library & Museum Feb. 27 at 2 p.m.
Local accountant Robert Starr and Civil War reenactor Frank Niederwerfer are the guest speakers for the program co-sponsored by the South Windsor Historical Society and Friends of the Wood.
Niederwerfer is a long-time member of the of the 14th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, Co. G and a descendant of Oliver Dart, Jr., who enlisted in the 14th Regiment August 1, 1862, fought in the battle sat Antietam and Harpers Ferry, then was seriously wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg in December. He underwent painful facial operations for several years, worked on the family farm here, and died in 1891.
Starr came across a diary of his great-grandfather Pierre S. Starr in the attic of the old family home here several years ago and had it published in 2018. Unable to get a medical post in the east at the start of the Civil War, Pierre became a front-lines surgeon in the 39th Ohio Volunteer Infantry including its role in General Sherman’s “March to the Sea.” At the end of the war, he returned to Connecticut, marrying Louise Green Tudor of South Windsor.
This month’s talk is one of a series being held at the Main Street library/museum. Admission is $7 ($5 for members of the Friends or historical society). For more information, visit www.southwindsorhistory.org or www.woodmemoriallibrary.org, or their Facebook pages.
