Eastman, Melvin
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 20, credited to Walden, VT Unit(s): 15th VT INF Service: enl 9/8/62, m/i 10/22/62, Pvt, Co. B, 15th VT INF, d/dis 12/17/62 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: abt 1842, Walden, VT Death: 12/17/1862 Burial: Alexandria National Cemetery, Alexandria, VA Marker/Plot: 0639 Gravestone photographer: Tom Ledoux Findagrave Memorial #: 3255020 Cenotaph: Walden Heights Cemetery, Walden, VT Marker/Plot: Gravestone researcher/photographer: Denis & Karen Jaquish Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, mother Roxana, 11/23/1863 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 DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Alexandria National Cemetery, VA Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. CENOTAPH:   Cenotaph in Walden Heights Cemetery, Walden, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may have cenotaphs there. |
Obituary
In Walden, Oct. 22d, 1862, of typhoid fever, Mr. Isaac Eastman, aged 47 years and 4 months, - Also, at Baptist Church Hospital, Alexandria, Va., of pneumonia, Melvin Eastman, aged 20 years and 8 months, members of Co. B, 15th Regiment Vt. Volunteers, and eldest son of Roxana and the late Isaac Eastman of Walden.
Source: Green Mountain Freeman January 27, 1863
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.