Dwight L. Pond

Dwight L. Pond

Jeff Barnes

Quick Facts

Significance:

US Civil War veteran

Place of Birth:

Jewett, N.Y.

Date of Birth:

March 17, 1839

Place of Death:

Deming, N.M.

Date of Death:

October 23, 1913

Place of Burial:

Deming, N.M.

Cemetery Name:

Mountain View Cemetery

Dwight L. Pond was from Jewett, New York, born on March 17, 1839. Pond was twenty-two years old when he enlisted in a three-year term with the McClellan Rifles in New York City on October 28, 1861. A month later, on November 20, this regiment was consolidated into the 90th New York Volunteers. Pond would join Company A.

In January 1862 he and his regiment went to Key West, Florida. He spent time in the hospital recovering from jaundice. Later that year the regiment traveled to Hilton Head South Carolina. He did carpentry on the barracks.

In the summer of 1863 Pond was part of the siege of Port Hudson from June 3 until July 9. He fought at Cox’s Plantation, Donaldsonville, and Bayou La Fourche on July 11 and 12. Pond spent until April 1864 in the defense of New Orleans. In the spring of 1864 the 90th New York fought in the Red River Campaign. By August the regiment join Sheridan in his Army of the Shenandoah.

Dwight was at all the major battles of Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign. He took a bullet in the foot during the Battle of Cedar Creek. He spent the winter in the General Hospital in Philadelphia before being discharged on March 18, 1865.

After the war, Dwight moved to Nebraska. He started a family farm near Inman. He established the town’s newspaper, sold hay and cattle, and built the town’s Presbyterian church. Dwight moved his family to New Mexico Territory. He died in Deming, New Mexico in 1913.

Source

Barnes, Jeff. Letter to the author, "Dwight L. Pond," n.d.

National Park Service. "Dwight L. Pond." Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database. http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldier_id=fbecc6c3-dc7a-df11-bf36b8ac6f5d926a