Chatfield, John Lyman

Life Span
to
Full name
John Lyman Chatfield
Place of Birth
New Haven County, CT
Burial Place
Waterbury, CT
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
2
No. of Children
2
Family
Pulaski Chatfield (father), Amanda Tibbals Chatfield (mother), Mary Ann Riggs Chatfield (first wife - died 1852), Sylvia Anne Ainsworth Chatfield (second wife) 
Occupation
Military
Businessman
Other
Other Occupation
Builder
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Military
Union Army
Date Event
On Morris Island, South Carolina, Confederate defenders of Fort Wagner beat back a second heavy attack
The African-American 54th Massachusetts earns fame across the North with its brave attempt to storm Fort Wagner
How to Cite This Page: "Chatfield, John Lyman," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/40665.