Fish, John Marshall
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 19, credited to Royalton, VT Unit(s): 2nd VT INF Service: enl 4/26/61, m/i 6/20/61, Pvt, Co. E, 2nd VT INF, d/dis 8/19/61 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 12/07/1841, Royalton, VT Death: 08/19/1861 Burial: North Royalton Cemetery, Royalton, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Joie Finley Morris + Findagrave Memorial #: 49943191 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, father Lewis L., 10/12/1866, not approved; mother Nancy M., 4/20/1868 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 DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Obituary
John M. Fish of Royalton, died at Philadelphia on the 19th of August. He belonged to Company E, 2d Vermont Regiment, and was wounded at Bull Run. His death was occasioned by diptheria. He was well cared for by the Volunteer Refreshment Committee and the New England Society of Philadelphia, and after his death, the remains were suitably prepared, enclosed in a coffin and sent home, attended by an agent of the Committee, Mr. C. R. Fort, in whose house Mr. Fish died. All pecuniary remuneration was refused. Honor to the good Samaritan of Philadelphia.
Source: Burlington Free Press, September 2, 1861
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.