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MILITARY SERVICE
Age: 18, credited to Troy, VT
Unit(s): 9th VT INF, 17th US INF
Service: enl 6/7/62, m/i 7/9/62, Pvt, Co. E, 9th VT INF, tr to Co. B, 17th US INF, 1/16/63, m/o 6/7/65
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VITALS
Birth: 12/22/1844, Kingston, Canada West
Death: 01/24/1930
Burial: Newport Center Cemetery, Newport, VT
Marker/Plot: Not recorded
Gravestone photographer: Heidi McColgan
Findagrave Memorial #: 85738367
MORE INFORMATION
Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 3/30/1870; widow Maryett, 2/17/1930, VT
Portrait?: Unknown
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.
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BURIAL:
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Newport Center Cemetery, Newport, VT
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Obituary
Newport Centre
James Connal, an old soldier died very suddenly Friday. Funeral was held at the house Sunday, Rev. C. W. Morse officiating. Burial was in the Newport Center cemetery.
Source: St. Johnsbury Caledonian-Record, January 30, 1930
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.