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Nathaniel Brackett Hoar was born on May 22, 1841, the son of Joseph and Lois (Brackett) Hoar. In 1860 he was a laborer and lived on his parents' Rangeley farm, which was valued at $1000. He enlisted from Rangeley in Company B, 7th Maine Infantry, on September 23, 1861. The 7th Maine was attached to the Army of the Potomac and was engaged in some of the most significant battles of the war, including Malvern Hill, 2nd Bull Run, Gettysburg, the Wilderness and Cold Harbor. When it was mustered out on August 21, 1864, after three years' service, the 7th Maine had lost 128 men in battle and 212 to disease.
Nathaniel Hoar was promoted to Corporal in 1861 and received a disability discharge from the 7th Maine sometime in 1863. On February 23, 1864, he enlisted in the 2nd Maine Cavalry, which was organized in November and December but had not left the state. He was mustered out with the 2nd at Barrancas, Florida, on December 6, 1865.
He changed his last name to Nile after the war and married Hannah Lamb, daughter of James and Mercy Ann (Dill) Lamb, in Rangeley in 1867. Their first child, Jennie, died in 1869. In 1870 Nathaniel and his wife lived in Lang Plantation and he was a farmer with real estate valued at $200 and an additional $190 in personal property. They moved to California sometime after the birth of their daughter Inza in 1871. In 1880 they lived in Analy, Sonoma County, California and he was employed as a laborer. Hannah died in California, and Nile applied for a pension in 1918. He returned to Maine and in 1920 he was living with his nephew in Phillips. He died in 1929.
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Publication Number: T289 Publication Title: Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900. Publisher: NARA State: Maine Arm Of Service: Infantry Regiment: 7 Company: B Name: Hoar, Nathaniel B. Rank: [BLANK] Date: 04-JUN-1870 State/arm Of Service: Maine Inf. Company/regiment: B,7 Roll Number: 184 Collection Title: Civil War Pensions
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