Calvin Sanger Douty

1811–1863 · Male

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David Doutydied 1858Father Lucy Oakdied 1852Mother

Calvin Sanger Douty1811–1863

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Service

Civil War · Army · 1861–1863 Confirmed

Major of the First Maine Cavalry, October 5, 1861; lieutenant colonel, May 9, 1862; colonel, March 26, 1863; killed while leading the regiment in a charge at Aldie, Virginia, June 17, 1863 (Tobie, History of the First Maine Cavalry, 1887, p. 451).

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About Calvin

Col. Calvin Sanger Douty: Dover's sheriff and the First Maine Cavalry

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Family

Parents

Father: David Douty died 1858
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Why: The 1906 family register, p. 52, lists Calvin Sanger (no. 181) among the 'Children of David and Lucy Oaks'; it is a family-compiled register, and no record of his birth names his parents.
Records:
- H. L. Oak (comp.), Oak-Oaks-Oakes Family Register (Los Angeles, 1906), pp. 52-53, no. 181. p. 52: 'DOUTY. Lucy Oaks (36), Jonathan (8). IV. CHILDREN OF DAVID AND LUCY OAKS (36).' p. 53, no. 181: 'Col. CALVIN SANGER. Dover, Me.; farmer and surveyor; born Sangerville, December 10, 1811; ... died, June 17, 1863 ... was killed in a cavalry charge at Addis [Aldie], Va.' (record page · view at Internet Archive (public-domain 1906 scan; page images on americanacorns.com, PDF pages 60-61))
Review: assessed 10-14-2026; evidence: Image examined.
Earlier: Unconfirmed (10-14-2026, imported tree): From the imported family tree; no source was attached. · Unconfirmed (10-10-2026, imported tree): From the imported family tree; not yet reviewed.
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Mother: Lucy Oak died 1852
Likely evidence: show why
Why: The 1906 family register, p. 52, lists Calvin Sanger (no. 181) among the 'Children of David and Lucy Oaks'; it is a family-compiled register, and no record of his birth names his parents.
Records:
- H. L. Oak (comp.), Oak-Oaks-Oakes Family Register (Los Angeles, 1906), pp. 52-53, no. 181. p. 52: 'DOUTY. Lucy Oaks (36), Jonathan (8). IV. CHILDREN OF DAVID AND LUCY OAKS (36).' p. 53, no. 181: 'Col. CALVIN SANGER. Dover, Me.; farmer and surveyor; born Sangerville, December 10, 1811; ... died, June 17, 1863 ... was killed in a cavalry charge at Addis [Aldie], Va.' (record page · view at Internet Archive (public-domain 1906 scan; page images on americanacorns.com, PDF pages 60-61))
Review: assessed 10-14-2026; evidence: Image examined.
Earlier: Unconfirmed (10-14-2026, imported tree): From the imported family tree; no source was attached. · Unconfirmed (10-10-2026, imported tree): From the imported family tree; not yet reviewed.
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Life events

Born	10 DEC 1811, Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine, USA Unconfirmed evidence: show why Why: From the imported family tree; not yet reviewed. Records attached in the tree: Henry L. Oak (comp.), Oak-Oaks-Oakes: Family Register, Nathaniel Oak of Marlborough, Mass., and Three Generations of His Descendants in Both Male and Female Lines Review: not yet reviewed. What the labels mean
Died	17 Jun 1863, Aldie, Loudoun, Virginia Confirmed evidence: show why Why: The regiment's official report of August 31, 1863, printed in Tobie's history, says Col. Douty was killed instantly in the action at Aldie on June 17; the regimental roster and the family register give the same date. Records: Edward P. Tobie, History of the First Maine Cavalry, 1861-1865 (Boston, 1887), p. 164, the regiment's official report of Aldie (August 31, 1863). p. 164: report of 'the action at Aldie, on the seventeenth of June last': 'Col. Douty and Capt. G. J. Summat, Co. H, were killed instantly'; signed 'C. H. SMITH, Colonel First Maine Cavalry.' (view at Internet Archive, historyoffirstma00tobie (page image on americanacorns.com)) Edward P. Tobie, History of the First Maine Cavalry, 1861-1865 (Boston, 1887), p. 451, roster of the regiment. p. 451: 'DOUTY, CALVIN S.—Sheriff; aged 48; res. Dover; com. major Oct. 5, '61; ... com. lieut. col. May 9, '62, and col. March 26, '63; ... until June 17, '63, when he was killed while leading the regt. in a charge at Aldie, Va.' (view at Internet Archive, historyoffirstma00tobie (page image on americanacorns.com)) H. L. Oak (comp.), Oak-Oaks-Oakes Family Register (Los Angeles, 1906), pp. 52-53, no. 181. p. 52: 'DOUTY. Lucy Oaks (36), Jonathan (8). IV. CHILDREN OF DAVID AND LUCY OAKS (36).' p. 53, no. 181: 'Col. CALVIN SANGER. Dover, Me.; farmer and surveyor; born Sangerville, December 10, 1811; ... died, June 17, 1863 ... was killed in a cavalry charge at Addis [Aldie], Va.' (record page · view at Internet Archive (public-domain 1906 scan; page images on americanacorns.com, PDF pages 60-61)) Review: assessed 10-14-2026; evidence: Image examined. Earlier: Unconfirmed (10-10-2026, imported tree): From the imported family tree; not yet reviewed. What the labels mean (the family tree records 17 JUN 1863)
Alternate birth	ABT 1813
Military service	1861
Military service	BET 5 OCT 1861 AND 17 JUN 1863
Burial	28 JUN 1863, Dover Cemetery, Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine, USA