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George S. Bliss
Hartford Line

Homer E. Bliss
Hartford Line

The son of William, Jr., a bookbinder from Northampton, MA, George Spencer Bliss was born December 22, 1839 and died June 16, 1863 of wounds suffered at the Battle of Port Hudson, LA. On 6/21/1861, he was mustered into "C" Co., MA 10th Infantry. He was promoted to Capt. on 11/25/1862 as of Co. "G" 52nd MA

 The son of Erastus, a farmer of Milton and Georgia, Vermont, Homer E. Bliss was born October 17, 1840 and died August 7, 1863 of wounds suffered at Hagerstown, MD. He enlisted on 11/30/1861 and was mustered into "A" Co. of the VT 1st Cavalry on 12/19/1861. Homer was listed as a POW on 3/17/1861 and paroled on 3/18/1863. 

George's ancestral line is:

#1 Thomas Bliss and Margaret Hulins

#8 Lawrence Bliss and Lydia Wright

#42 William Bliss and Margaret Lombard

#99 William Bliss, weaver, and Experience White

#262 William Bliss, Jr. and Eleanor Sikes

#712 William Bliss, carpenter, and Martha Parsons

#1876 William Bliss, Jr. and Esther  Cook

#4200 George S. Bliss

Battle of Port Hudson, Siege of Port Hudson, 52nd Regiment History

Homer's ancestral line is:

#1 Thomas Bliss and Margaret Hulins

#14 Samuel Bliss and Mary Leonard

#52 Thomas Bliss and Hannah Cadwell

#139 Samuel Bliss and Mary Loomis

#383  Solomon Bliss and Martha Young

#1054  Abner Bliss, farmer, and Miriam Dee

#2461 Erastus Bliss, farmer, and Mary Bull

#5104 Homer E. Bliss

 

Battle of Hagerstown, Milton Museum, The Vermont Chronicle

Julius Bliss
 Hartford Line

Orlando T. Bliss 
Rehoboth Line
The son of Julius, a shoemaker of Jericho, Vermont, Julius Bliss, Jr.  was born April 15, 1833 at Jericho, Vermont and died July 25, 1914 at Johnson, Vermont. He was mustered into "F" Co., VT 13th Infantry on 10/10/1862 and mustered out on 7/21/1863 at Brattleboro, VT. He was wounded in Pickett's Charge.  After the war, he  farmed in Morrisville, VT and fathered four children. The son of Jacob, a machinist of Carthage, New York, Orlando T. Bliss was born September 28, 1844 at Vernon, NY.  He was mustered into "H" Co., NY 2nd Heavy Artillery on 10/14/1861 and mustered out on 9/29/1865 in Washington, D.C.  He was listed as a POW on 8/27/1862 at the second Battle of Bull Run and later paroled. He transferred to "F" Co. in 1864 and was promoted to Capt. in  1865.

Julius's ancestral line is:

#1 Thomas Bliss and Margaret Hulins

#10 John Bliss and Patience Burt

#45 Nathaniel Bliss and Mary Wright

#122 Henry Bliss and Bethiah Spafford

#322  Pelatiah Bliss and Hepzibah Goodwin

#868  Timothy Bliss and Zerviah Williams

#2150  Timothy Bliss and Anne C. Campbell

#4650 Julius Bliss, shoemaker, and Mary Forbes

#8173 Julius Bliss, Jr. and Hellen A. Balch

Orlando's ancestral line is:

# 2 Thomas Bliss and Dorothy Wheatlie

#21  Jonathan Bliss and Miriam Harmon

#67 Samuel Bliss and Mary Kendrick

#165 Abraham Bliss and Sarah Ormsbee

#464 Jacob Bliss, farmer, and Mary Sherlock

#1308  Jacob Bliss, farmer and stonecutter, and Martha Hubbell

#2882 Jacob Bliss and Permelia Tallman

#5698 Orlando T. Bliss

NY 2nd Heavy Artillery History

Sidney Bliss
Hartford Line

Zenas Randall Bliss
Rehoboth Line
The son of George Bliss, a farmer of Northfield, Vermont, Sidney  was born October 17, 1842 at Granville, Vermont and died in 1934 at San Jose, California. He was mustered into "I" Co., VT 1st Heavy Artillery on 9/1/1862 and mustered out on 6/24/1865.  Wounded at Cedar Creek, VA, Sidney earned the ranks of Corporal, Sergeant, 2nd Lieutenant, and 1st Lieutenant.  After the war, he worked as an engineer for the Southern Pacific RR Co. and resided in California.  He later became a rancher and removed to the Santa Clara Valley.

Sidney's ancestral line is:

#1 Thomas Bliss and Margaret Hulins

#10 John Bliss and Patience Burt

#44   John Bliss and Hannah ____

#120  Azariah (a.k.a. Hezekiah) Bliss and Lydia (Southworth) Storrs 

#317  Asahel Bliss and Mabel Bidwell

#866 George Bliss, farmer, and Jerusha Brigham

#2147 Sidney Bliss and Julia Pratt

Battle at Cedar Creek, VA ,  Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation (VA), Self-Guided , Granville

 The son of Zenas Bliss, a manufacturer of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, Zenas was born April 17, 1835 in Johnston, Rhode Island and died January 1, 1900 at Washington, D.C.  Zenas graduated from West Point in 1854 and received the Medal of Honor on December 30, 1898. Citation: This officer, to encourage his regimen; which had never before been in action, and which had been ordered to lie down to protect itself from the enemy's fire, arose to his feet, advanced in front of the line, and himself fired several shots at the enemy at short range, being fully exposed to their fire at the time."

Zenas's ancestral line is:

# 2 Thomas Bliss and Dorothy Wheatlie

#21  Jonathan Bliss and Miriam Harmon

#69 Jonathan Bliss and Miriam Carpenter

#174  Ephraim Bliss and Rachel Carpenter

#512 Jonathan Bliss and Lydia Wheeler

#1415 Zenas Bliss and Keziah Wilmarth

#3223 Zenas Bliss, manufacturer, and Phoebe Waterman Randall

#6382 Zenas Bliss and Martha Nancy Work

Zenas Bliss Camp, Zenas Bliss, Zenas Randall Bliss