| Lt. William Haskell |
| Sgt. Charles Levi Marston |
| Charles Levi Marston was born in North Yarmouth May 21, 1846 the son of Capt. Levi and Lavina Mitchell Marston. He spent his youth in that town and was graduated from North Yarmouth Academy at Yarmouth. He then entered Kents Hill Seminary at Readfield and it was during this course there that he enlisted in the army during the Civil War and became a Sergeant in the 1st Maine Calvary, seeing service in Virginia and North Carolina. On his return from the war he resumed his studies at Kents Hill. In 1866 he went to Boston where he for 15 years he was an accountant for large firms in that city. In 1870 he married Miss Elizabeth Drummond of Phippsburg, whose father was a prominent shipmaster. Returning to Maine Mr. and Mrs. Marston came to Yarmouth to make their home and Mr. Marston became connected with the Northern Banking Company of Portland where he was employed as Secretary for ten years. He then became accountant for J. B Brown and Sons with whom he was associated for 37 years until his retirement. Mrs. Marston died in 1938. Mr. Marston was an active member of the First Parish Congregational Church for many years and was a great lover of music having a fine baritone voice. Mr. Marston was the last surviving member of the W.L Haskell Post GAR and on Memorial Day in 1940 was one of the five Veterans of the Civil War to march in the parade in New York City. He died in 1942 at the age of 96 years." |
| Lieutenant William Haskell was a sailor who answered the call to enlist in the 7th Maine Volunteer Infantry in 1861. While serving as acting adjutant of Company B, he was fatally wounded in both legs during the battle of Antietam and died at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania." |
| Haskell Marston Camp 56 Camp 56 was officially instituted on Feb 12, 1996, Lincoln's birthday , formerly referred to as Union Defender's Day. The Camp takes it's name from the first of Yarmouth's residents to perish in the civil war, and for whom Yarmouth's Post 108, GAR was named, William L Haskell and the last of Yarmouth's civil war veterans, Charles Levi Marston. The camp number is that of Yarmouth's first Sons of Veterans Camp, #56 |