Headquarters Company, 56th Artillery, C.A.C.

Headquarters Company 56th Artillery, C.A.C. was created from the personnel from 14th Company, Long Island Sound, formerly the 4th Co. Fort Terry, New York, formerly the 100th Co. C.A.C. Also certain non-commissioned staff officers and enlisted specialists from the Coast Defenses. Also bandsmen from the 11th Artillery Band and the Connecticut Coast Artillery Band.

Headquarters Company Muster

As I find history and stories of men from the Headquarters Company 56th Artillery I will list them here.

Lt. Colonel Furnival
On 23 February 1878, Richard Furnival was born in Philadelphia, PA. He was appointed to West Point from Auburn, NY, in 1897, graduated in February 1901, 59th in his class, and then was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Coast Artillery Corps. He was promoted in less than a year to first lieutenant and then again, four years later, to captain. In 1913, he graduated from the Coast Artillery School and served in the Quartermaster Corps for a year. In 1918, he went to France as a Lieutenant Colonel of the 56th Coast Artillery Corps as part of the American Expeditionary Force. In 1920 he was at Ft. Constitution, NH, and due to physical disability, was placed on the retired list. He died on 2 May 1935 at Portsmouth, NH, at the age of 57 and is buried at West Point.

Sgt. Ward L. Goul 623195
Ward L. Goul was the son of Jesse L. and Alice Goul. He was born December 15, 1891, Marion, Indiana. He moved to Madison County, Indiana in 1902. Previous to entering the Army he was a laborer. He enlisted in U.S. Regular Army on August 31, 1914, at Anderson, Indiana and was sent to Columbus Barracks, Ohio. Transferred to Coast Artillery School, Ft. Monroe, Va. Sailed overseas on 28 March, 1918 with the 56th Coast Artillery as an Engineer. On the passenger manifest he listed his mother, Alice Goul of Pendelton, Indiana as the person to notify in case of emergency. Died January 25, 1919, in Evacuation Hospital No. 28, from wounds received in action. Sgt. Goul is buried in the American Cemetery, Nantes, France.

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Date this page was last updated 28 September 2002 and last updated on 6/23/07