. A history of the Fifth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, in the American Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . His body was recovered from the field atFredericksburg, where he fell, uplifting the battle-flag ofthe Fifth, and was buried at Hanover with Masonic the time of his death he was master of the lodge of Masonsconnected with the regiment. The memory of the isblessed. SURGEON. JOHN W. BUCKNAM. John W Bucknam was a noble, self-sacrificing, patriotic,genial man. He was born in Lancaster, N H., December 4,1833, of excellent New England stock. His ancestors servedin
. A history of the Fifth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, in the American Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . His body was recovered from the field atFredericksburg, where he fell, uplifting the battle-flag ofthe Fifth, and was buried at Hanover with Masonic the time of his death he was master of the lodge of Masonsconnected with the regiment. The memory of the isblessed. SURGEON. JOHN W. BUCKNAM. John W Bucknam was a noble, self-sacrificing, patriotic,genial man. He was born in Lancaster, N H., December 4,1833, of excellent New England stock. His ancestors servedin the Revolution. He was educated in the common schoolsand the academy in his native town. He was a good scholar,a keen observer of nature, and of men and things. He beganthe study of medicine and surgery in 1856 and received hisdiploma at the Dartmouth Medical College in 1859 and atonce began practice in his native town. He was called uponthe staff of Colonel Cross as assistant-surgeon and was finallypromoted to surgeon. He was with the Fifth in every battlewhile he was in the service, and at Gettysburg saw his be-. BIOGRAPHICAL. 325 loved commander die, and with tender care folded his arms,■which should never draw sword again, and closed those eyeswhich should never again flash in the din of battle. On the12th of June, 1861, he married Miss Celia A. Buckland ofWarehouse Point, Conn. Soon after his discharge Doctor Bucknam began practiceat Great Falls, X H. Here he soon gained a good name,fame, a large practice, a fair income, and made many died suddenly on the i8th day of December, 1870,mourned by his acquaintances, respected by his professionalbrethren, loved by his comrades and sadly missed by hisfamily and friends. Only eight days after his death his wife,who had been an object of tender care, followed him torest. A daughter, Anna Weeks, is the only survivor of thefamil} of that gallant man, devoted friend and worthy citizen. In the service Doctor Bucknam was a
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