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Robert Brady

b. 1820

An Irish-born Civil War veteran from Maine, he is remembered for helping preserve the story of Company D of the 11th Maine Infantry in a detailed regimental record. His surviving work feels close to the ground, focused on names, service, and the lived experience of soldiers.

1 Audiobook

Roster and Statistical Record of Company D, of the Eleventh Regiment Maine Infantry Volunteers With a Sketch of Its Services in the War of the Rebellion

Roster and Statistical Record of Company D, of the Eleventh Regiment Maine Infantry Volunteers With a Sketch of Its Services in the War of the Rebellion

by Albert Maxfield, Robert Brady

About the author

Robert Brady was born in Ireland in 1820 or 1821 and later lived in Maine. The records I found connect him with Enfield, Maine, where he died in 1894.

He is best known as a joint author of Roster and Statistical Record of Company D, of the Eleventh Regiment Maine Infantry Volunteers, with a Sketch of Its Services in the War of the Rebellion, prepared with Albert Maxfield. The book is a careful memorial of a single Civil War company, combining roster information with a narrative account of its service.

There does not seem to be much easily verifiable biographical material about him online beyond those basic facts. Even so, his contribution stands as a valuable piece of local and military history, preserving the record of ordinary soldiers who might otherwise have been forgotten.