Craig, Samuel G. P.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 32, credited to Randolph, VT Unit(s): 8th VT INF Service: comn CPT, Co. G, 8th VT INF, 1/7/62 (1/7/62), d/dis 5/4/63, Opeloosas LA See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 07/10/1829, Braintree, VT Death: 05/04/1863 Burial: Braintree Hill Cemetery, Braintree, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 71300046 Cenotaph: Greenmount Cemetery, Burlington, VT Marker/Plot: Gravestone researcher/photographer: Kathy Valloch Findagrave Memorial #: 71300046 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, widow Sarah A., 11/10/1863 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: WPA Graves Registration Card indicates that both of these are cenotaphs. DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice   Braintree Hill Cemetery, Braintree, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. CENOTAPH:   Cenotaph in Greenmount Cemetery, Burlington, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may have cenotaphs there. |
Obituary
At Opelousas, La., May 4th, 1863, of Intermittent fever, Captain S.G.P. Craig, Co. G, 8th Regt. Vt. Vols., formerly of Randolph, Vermont, and only son of the late Doctor Samuel Craig of Braintree, Vt, aged 34 years. The deceased leaves a wife and child and a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn their loss.
Source: Burlington Free Press, May 29, 1863
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.