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MILITARY SERVICE
Age: 22, credited to Monkton, VT
Unit(s): 1st VT INF, 6th VT INF
Service: enl 5/2/61, m/i 5/9/61, Pvt, Co. I, 1st VT INF, m/o 8/15/61; enl 10/1/61, m/i 10/15/61, Pvt, Co. A, 6th VT INF, dis/dsb 1/8/62 ("during the last 2 months said soldier has been unfit for duty 40 days. He is so bloated by dropsy as to be unfit to discharge any military duty and will never probably recover." CPT George Parker Camp Griffin Dec 16, 1861 "? coming on since enlistment which I think will prove fatal and he is very anxious to reach his home before he dies. I think he should be immediately discharged." C. M Chandler Surg. Camp Griffin Jan 8 1862), d/dis 2/4/62
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VITALS
Birth: 07/08/1840, Monkton, VT
Death: 02/04/1862
Burial: East Monkton Cemetery, Monkton, VT
Marker/Plot: Not recorded
Gravestone photographer: Alan Lathrop
Findagrave Memorial #: 35350759
MORE INFORMATION
Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Not found
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
2nd Great Granduncle of Nickie Rivers-Cheney, Ticonderoga, NY
2nd Great Granduncle of Teena Rivers Lafleche, Panton, VT
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BURIAL:
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East Monkton Cemetery, Monkton, VT
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