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.

Corporal Herbert Henry Bartlett

Herbert Henry Bartlett was born in Petosky, Michigan to David E. and Ellen Bartlett. The Bartlett family prior to 1910 moved to Kootenai, Idaho, which is in Bonner County located in the extreme northern tip of Idaho. There in Kootenai with David and Ellen were 2 of the 4 living Bartlett children. Herbert who was then 22-years old and his younger brother Lloyd who was 20-years old. Lloyd was working as an auto repairman and Herbert was then a telegraph operator for the railroad. Previous to America entering into the First World War Herbert had joined the Idaho National Guard. He had served 5-months when he was discharged in Boise, Idaho because the Idaho National Guard was mustered into federal Service on account of the War. In the first call up of the Federal Draft on June 5, 1917 Herbert Bartlett who was then working as an auditor in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, registered as he was required to do. Herbert was a short and slender man with hazel eyes and dark brown hair.

Ultimately Herbert entered into the Army's Coast Artillery Corps and served in France with the Headquarters Company of the 56th Artillery and saw action at the Front. During the war his rank was Corporal and he was wounded in action. Although the circumstances of the wound are not known. At the end of the war Herbert was mustered out of the Army and returned to the States. In 1930 Herbert who was now married, was living in Washington, DC. his wife's first name was Julie and they lived in a rented home located at 1337 Otis Place NW in Washington, DC. Herbert was then working as a clerk for the Federal Government. Living in the home with Herbert and Julie was her sister, Emma J. Van der Covy. Both Julie and Emma were born in the Netherlands.

Herbert Henry Bartlett passed away on August 15, 1965 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Section 28, Site 3686.

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. Engineer Ward l. Goul died in France on January 25, 1919, in Evacuation Hospital No. 28, from wounds received in action. Sgt. Goul's body was buried in the American Cemetery, Nantes, France.

In the Grove Lawn Cemetery located in Pendleton, Indiana there is a grave stone marker for Ward L. Goul. It is not known if his body was removed from France and brought back to Indiana sometime after the war for reburial or if this is a remembrance marker.

The Stone marker in the Grove Lawn Cemetery for Engineer Ward L. Goul,
Headquarters Company, 56th Artillery, C.A.C. 1891-1919

Sergeant John T. Johnson, HQ Company

John T. Johnson was born on January 22 1898, and was from Windham County, Connecticut. He served with the Headquarters Company, 56th Artillery. Johnson passed away on June 1, 1920.

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Date this page was first created on 28 September 2002 and last updated on 2/16/11