Farnum Llewellyn Bean, Bethel, ca. 1860
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Bethel Historical Society
Farnum L. Bean, a private in Co. B of the 23rd Maine, died at age 18 in a hospital in Maryland, one of many soldiers who died of disease during the war.
One soldier was famous for his unusual story. John Cooper was reported as killed and buried after the battle of Cedar Creek.
In reality, Cooper survived the skirmish, returned back to Bethel in 1864, and was able to read his own obituary.
Out of Bethel's population of 2,523, 180 men became soldiers.
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