ALBERT PARKER -- 118th INFANTRYHAD A FINGER SHOT OFF - Captain Levi Dominy of Company B of the 118thInfantry personally recruited Albert Parker in Chazy to be one of theprivates in his company. Albert was the son of Antoine Paquet andMadeleine Desnoyers from L'Acadie, Quebec. He came to the United Statesabout 1850 when he was seventeen years old, although he gave his age aseighteen.The regiment mustered in Plattsburgh and left for Washington in earlySeptember 1862. They performed guard and provost duty in the capitaluntil the end of the year, attached to Provisional Brigade,Abercrombie's Division, Defenses of Washington.In April 1863, they were ordered to the Virginia Peninsula and the Siegeof Suffolk, and, after the siege, they remained on the southern end ofthe Peninsula. While there, Albert spent time in hospital in June. Whenthey came out of winter quarters at Newport News in February, they begantheir way up the James River by transport to get to their target ofRichmond. On the way, they fought at Port Walthall, Smithfield, SwiftCreek. Proctor's Creek, Drewry's Bluff, Bermuda Hundred, Cold Harbor andChaffin's Farm, they had over 350 casualties. At the Second Battle ofFair Oaks on October 28, 1864, he was wounded in the hand and was sentdownriver to Fortress Monroe for treatment that included the amputationof a finger. Albert was mustered out there in June 1865.When he returned home, he immediately applied for and was granted anInvalids Pension. In 1866, he married Mariette Blow, and they lived onGrand Isle where she was born. The couple went to live in Jericho, VT,in the early 1900s and they both died there, she in 1915 and he in 1918.They are buried in the Pleasant View Cemetery there.
