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Eddy, John P.

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 18, credited to Glover, VT
Unit(s): 1st VT CAV, 26th NY CAV/VT FCAV
Service: enl 11/12/61, m/i 11/19/61, Pvt, Co. I, 1st VT CAV, pr CPL, m/o 11/16/63; enl 1/3/65, cred. St. Johnsbury, m/i 1/10/65, SGT, Co. M, Frontier Cavalry (26th NY CAV), pr 1SGT, comn 2LT, 4/6/65 (4/26/65), m/o 6/27/65

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VITALS

Birth: abt 1843, Boston, MA
Death: 01/15/1916

Burial: Togus National Cemetery, Togus, ME
Marker/Plot: K/3389
Gravestone photographer: Tim Cooper
Findagrave Memorial #: 91824229

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 5/10/1880
Portrait?: Gibson Collection, VHS Collections
College?: Not Found
Veterans Home?: VT, ME
(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: After the Saint Albans Raid on October 19, 1864, Vermont raised two companies of cavalry to help guard the Canadian border; there were known as Frontier Cavalry, Companies F and M, but technically they were part of the 26th New York Cavalry.


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BURIAL:

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Togus National Cemetery, ME

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Photo

VHS - Reunion Society Collection

Photo

John Gibson Collection