ALVERNA WINFIELD PEARL -- 118th INFANTRYHE AND HIS FAMILY MOVED WEST - In mid-August 1862, Alverna WinfieldPearl. The second son of Cassius Pearl and Rozilla Stafford who werefarming in Chazy, enlisted in the 118th Infantry. He was mustered intoCaptain Henry Ransom's Company I as a private at the end of August and,after a couple of small assignments, made their way to the capital.Alverna was on the Virginia Peninsula for 1863, and in 1864, they movedto the Seat of War around Petersburg. While fighting near Petersburg,they suffered over 400 casualties in heavy fighting -- Drewry's Bluffand 2nd Fair Oaks accounted for most of the casualties.During the winter of 1864/65 they stayed near the city and were at itsfall on April 2, 1865. The regiment went on to Richmond and mustered outthere on June 13th.Within a few months after the war, Alverna's extended family moved toMichigan. He married twice and had several children. In later life,after he was widowed, he was spent time in an old folks home in Indiana.He died in Indiana in 1925 and was buried in Anderson, a small town justeast of St. Louis.
