Burlingame, Sylvester C.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 18, credited to Dummerston, VT Unit(s): 4th VT INF, 9th VT INF Service: enl 8/27/61, m/i 9/21/61, Pvt, Co. F, 4th VT INF, dis/dsb 3/5/62; enl 5/27/62, m/i 7/9/62, SGT, Co. K, 9th VT INF, red 6/23/63, pr SGT 8/1/63, wdd, Chapin's Farm, 9/29/64, comn 2LT, 12/30/64 (1/13/65), m/o 6/13/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 03/30/1843, Brattleboro, VT Death: 12/16/1903 Burial: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Bob Edwards Findagrave Memorial #: 14150128 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 11/28/1879; widow Nancy E., 1/13/1904, CT Portrait?: VHS Collections College?: Not Found Veterans Home?: Not Found (If there are state digraphs above, this soldier spent some time in a state or national soldiers' home in that state after the war) Remarks: None Webmaster's Note: If this soldier enlisted before 9/1/62, and was with the regiment on 9/13/62, he would have briefly been taken prisoner along with the entire regiment at Harper's Ferry. Read the unit's Organization and Service for details. DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Sylvester C. Burlingame
Argus & Patriot
December 23, 1903
Sylvester C. Burlingame, 60 years old, died suddenly of heart disease at his Meriden, Conn., home last Thursday morning. He was a civil war veteran, being a member of Company F. Fourth, and Company K, Ninth Vermont, serving Company K as second lieutenant. He was a member of Sedgwick Grand Army post. A widow, a daughter, Mrs. M. D. Coan, of Meriden. Conn., two sisters and brother survive. The funeral was attended at the local Universalist house last Saturday afternoon, Rev. R.K. Marvin officiating, the burial being in Prospect cemetery.
Submitted by Tom Boudreau.