Featured Artifact of the Week

Civil War Veterans Photograph

The black and white photograph features remaining Civil War Veterans of Westford in 1915. From right to left, the four confirmed are:

Sarah Whitney Bicknell (1846-1937) — Wife of Ai Bicknell
Ai Bicknell (1843-1919) — Private, Company C, 16th MA Volunteer Infantry

Wesley Orin Hawkes (ca. 1842-1926) — Private, Company C, 31st Regiment MA Volunteer Infantry; Company K, 60th Regiment MA Volunteer Infantry

Wayland Francis Balch (1839-1937) — Private, Company E, 11th NH Volunteers.

The four identified are interred in Westford’s Fairview Cemetery.

The photograph was donated by Westford resident Marjorie Bundy in 1998.

Photograph
Black and white
8×10″
W.1998.35