Source: Forms filled out by Civil War veterans for the biographical appendix to Warren D. Crandall's History of the Ram Fleet and Mississippi Marine Brigade (published in 1907). Location: Warren D. Crandall Research Collection, Folders 58-60, Archives
Last Name:	DeCoster
First Name:	Francesco
Middle Name:	V.
Birth Date:	1838 November 19
Place of Residence:	Litchfield, Minnesota
Birth Place:	Buckfield, Maine