Name: George S. Joy
Company: F
Unit: 8 Maine Infantry.
Rank - Induction: Private
Rank - Discharge: Private
Allegiance: Union ⁵²

Name: George S Joy ,
Residence: South Berwick, Maine
Enlistment Date: 07 September 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Maine
Unit Numbers: 1056 1056 1056
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 07 September 1861 at the age of 18
Enlisted in Company F, 8th Infantry Regiment Maine on 07 September 1861.
Reenlisted in Company F, 8th Infantry Regiment Maine on 29 February 1864
Missing on 16 May 1864 at Drewry's Bluff, VA
POW on 16 May 1864 at Drewry's Bluff, VA
Died as a prisoner Company F, 8th Infantry Regiment Maine on 03 October 1864 in Andersonville, GA ²⁰

Surname: GEORGE S. JOY
Rank: PRIVATE
Company: F
Regiment: 8
State: ME
Arm of Service: INFANTRY
Death Date: OCT. 03, 1864
Cause of Death: SCORBUTUS
Remarks: BENJAMIN F. JAY [1]; B. F. JAY [2]; G. F. JORY [3]
Reference: p 16 [3]; p 322 [435]
Location of Capture: DRURYS BLUFF, VA
Date of Capture: 18640516
Page: 311
Notes: JORY JAY - -
More Information: NO
Code: 20243
Grave: 10243 ⁶²

Joy, Samuel, Berwick.Private, Capt. John Baker's co., Col. Samuel Gerrish's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted July 1, 1775; service, 1 mo. 1 day; also, Capt. John Baker, Jr.'s co., Lieut. Col. Loammi Baldwin's (38th) regt.; pay roll for Aug., 1775; also, Capt. Joseph Pettingill's (10th) co., Lieut. Col. Loammi Baldwin's (late Col. Gerrish's) 38th regt.; company return dated Camp at Sewall's Point, Sept. 27, 1775; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Camp at Sewall's Point, Nov. 19, 1775. ⁴

Cemetery: Portland Street Cemetery, South Berwick Maine