From Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War

vol. 5, page 300; vol. 2, page 592; vol. 8, page 77. 1979 July 10 “We are getting closer to Richard Girdler (b.1798) in his last years – he became Superintendent of the Massachusetts Nautical School from 1859 to his death in 1865.” (handwritten note) References to Lewis Girdler age 18 Unattached Co. Mass Volunteer Militia; Richard Girdler 2nd age 22 8th Reg Mass Volunteer Inf; Richard Girdler age 19 Ord Seaman on Ohio, W.G. Anderson, Princeton.