Gordon Hubbard Winslow (1805 - 1864)

Born 1805 in Williston, Crittenden Country, Vermont

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Died 7 Jun 1864 at about age 59 in Potomac River, Maryland

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Biography

Rev Gordon Winslow served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1861
Mustered out: 7 Jun 1864
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company H, New York 5th Infantry Regiment

One of the three sons of Nathaniel Winslow, all eminent divines, who died in the same year. One monument to all three, of Isle-la-Motte marble:

Three Brothers, Born in Williston of the seventh (fifth) generation of the Pilgrim fathers "Their works do follow them"

WINSLOW

Miron Winslow, DD, LL.D Forty-Five Years Missionary in India Died at the Cape of Good Hope, Oct 22 1864, aged 64 years "Thy Life to the Cross was Wholly devoted"

Hubbard Winslow, DD Author, Educator, Pastor at Boston and elsewhere Entered into Rest Aug 13 1864 age 64 years "Always abounding in the work of the Lord"

Gordon Winslow, DD, MD Rector at Staten Island, NY and elsewhere Entered into rest June 7 1864 age 59 years "In the Service of his Country and for his Master"

The Rev. Gordon Winslow, the Chaplain of the 5th Regiment, was a man somewhat advanced in years when the war broke out, his age being about sixty. At that time he was settled over a parish at Staten Island, as an Episcopalian minister. He was a type of the old Revolutionary stock, possessing an iron constitution, capable of enduring any amount of hardship, with an active, untiring, energetic disposition, and having a strong love for his country, he was among the first to volunteer his services when the authority of the Government was set at defiance. He was a man that knew no fear, and always was to be found on the advance line, sometimes even ahead of the skirmishers, and he never thought of danger or spared himself when he could be of any benefit to the wounded. He obtained the appointment of Chaplain to the 5th New York Volunteers, but the performance of the duties that rightfully belonged to the position was only a small part of the responsibilities that he assumed. He served all through with the regiment, and was mustered out with it, May 14, 1863. One of his sons was a Lieutenant in the Fifth; another, Cleveland Winslow, Col. of the Fifth, organized a new regiment of Zouaves, called the 5th Veterans, and on his being ordered to the front with his command, his father accompanied it as Chaplain, but he was soon after made Sanitary Inspector of the Army of the Potomac, and in this position his services were invaluable. There are thousands of the sick and wounded, who, if living today, can testify to his kindness and untiring zeal in their behalf night and day. Hundreds of soldiers, could they wake from the dead, would tell how he ministered unto them in their dying hours, and received their last message or memento for the friends at home. The fate of many a fallen hero would never have been known to surviving relatives had it not been for his fidelity and sympathy. The perusal of his daily journal awakens surprise that a man of his advanced years could perform all the duties which he undertook. He visited camps and inspected the sick of the various regiments day after day and night after night, traveling with his favorite horse, "Captive," over the most difficult roads, in -storm or calm, often under fire, and partaking of such hospitality as a camp affords. A few hours were spent in sleep here and there on the ground, and then his tireless rounds were resumed, looking after ambulances and the sick and wounded, who were always demanding his attention; he inspected the medical stores, examined and weighed blankets to see that they came up to the standard, and performed a thousand other duties of the long detail of a sanitary officer.

THE LATE REV. DR. WINSLOW.

The public have already been informed of the death of this noble and useful man. His services in behalf of the Sanitary Commission and rendered him known throughout our armies in Virginia. We gather up a few facts concerning him from the obituary notices in the daily papers.

The Rev. Gordon Winslow, M.D., D.D., was a native of Vermont, and graduated at Yale College. He was rector at Troy, Annapolis, and Staten Island. At the latter place he was also chaplain of the quarantine. 'When this war broke out, he was the first chaplain commissioned in New York State, and attended the "Duryea Zouaves" through their two years of heroic service. He became interested in the sanitary welfare of the army, and during the last year has been the Inspector of the Potomac Army for the Commission. At the time of his death, by drowning in the Potomac, on the 7th of June, he was conveying his wounded son, Colonel Cleveland Winslow, of the "Duryea Zouaves," to Washington; and a large circle of friends in civil and military life mourn his loss. He was an invaluable aid to the Commission; and his bravery ami fidelity on many battle-fields are remembered by a host of officers and soldiers. He was a man of large attainments in science and literature, and a member of several scientific bodies. He came from a noble family; and his brothers, the Rev. Hubbard Winslow, D.D., and the Rev. Dr. Myron Winslow, have attained high distinction in their respective spheres. At the time of his death Dr. Winslow had attained his sixtieth year, but was in perfect health and vigor.

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #37569355
• Vermont in the Civil War [1]
• The United States Service Magazine, (Charles B. Richardson, New York, 1864), ii:294