Lebanon Residents in History, Marvin T. Goodwin, Died as a Prisoner of War at Fort Sumter, SC, During the Civil War.

In the Newell Goodwin Cemetery, on the Potter's Place Campground Road off of Baker's Grant Road in Lebanon, there stands a rather large monument dedicated to members of the Goodwin family.
There was one name in particular that caught our eye, that of one Marvin T. Goodwin.

The Newell Goodwin Cemetery in Lebanon, Maine

According to his military records, Marvin was born in Lebanon on an unknown date in 1843.
He joined the Union Army and fought valiantly with the 8th Regiment of the Maine Infantry, under the leadership of Colonel Henry Boynton.
Goodwin never rose in rank from Private and was taken prisoner at Drewry's Bluff on March 1st, 1864 as the Union Army attempted, unsuccessfully, to take command of that battlement, during the beginning of the Siege of Richmond, Virginia.

Drewry's Bluff Battlement, Richmond, VA

Goodwin was detained at Fort Sumter, South Carolina until his death on August 10th, 1864 from disentary. He was only 21 years old.