Gale, Asa Jacob
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 27, credited to Jamaica, VT Unit(s): 11th VT INF Service: enl 7/23/62, m/i 9/1/62, Pvt, Co. E, 11th VT INF, d/dis 3/29/64 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 05/05/1835, Londonderry, VT Death: 03/29/1864 Burial: East Jamaica Cemetery, Jamaica, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 130182136 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, minors, 6/1/1864 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 Webmaster's Note: The 11th Vermont Infantry was also known as the 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery; the names were used interchangably for most of its career DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice   East Jamaica Cemetery, Jamaica, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Asa J. Gale
Asa Jacob Gale was born in Winhall, Windham County, Vermont 5 May 1835, son of David & Mary (Gale) Gale. David Gale moved with his family from Chesterfield, NH to Jamaica, Vermont where he purchased a small farm. Asa was raised in Jamaica along with seven siblings. They had a small framed house that was inadequate for the whole family, but they made do. David was a farmer and was a steady worker on his father's farm. Asa was 27 years old and married when he enlisted at Jamaica in 1862 for service in the Civil War. He came home to his widow and young child in a casket and he was buried in the East Jamaica Cemetery 29 March 1864. I have not reviewed the pension records yet, but I am sure the information they contain will tell us more about his service and his death.
Contributed by Linda M. Welch.