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Fortin, Benjamin Lewis

MILITARY SERVICE Age: 18, credited to Vergennes, VT Unit(s): 2nd VT INF Service: enl 9/6/61, m/i 9/26/61, Pvt, Co. F, 2nd VT INF, kia, Wilderness, 5/5/64 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALS Birth: 1843, Vergennes, VT Death: 05/05/1864 Burial: St. Peters Cemetery, Vergennes, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Alan Lathrop Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, mother, Flavia, 1/2/1874 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 Granduncle of Frank C. LeDoux, Stafford, VA (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today)

BURIAL: Copyright notice St. Peters Cemetery, Vergennes, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there.

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Obituary

List of Casualties
SECOND REGIMENT
Killed
Company F – Benj. L. Fortin, Vergennes

Source: Burlington Free Press, May 24, 1864.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.