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Gilbert, William D.

MILITARY SERVICE Age: 45, credited to Woodstock, VT Unit(s): 6th VT INF, 12th VT INF Service: enl 8/26/62, m/i 10/4/62, Pvt, Co. B, 12th VT INF, m/o 7/14/63; enl 12/2/63, m/i 12/16/63, Pvt, Co. C, 6th VT INF, wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, dis/wds, 10/12/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALS Birth: 1818, Pomfret, VT Death: 01/7/1896 Burial: Prosper Cemetery, Woodstock, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Joie Finley Morris + Findagrave Memorial #: 77800251 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 10/18/1865 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: See Benedict's Army Life in Virginia DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today)

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

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Obituary

William D. Gilbert, a veteran of the civil war, died Tuesday night, aged 81 years. He was a member of Co. B, 12th Regt. Vt. Vols., enlisting Aug. 26, 1862, serving until July 14, 1863; re-enlisted in December of the same year in Co. C, 6th Regt., and served until Oct. 12, 1865, receiving wounds during this period of service from which he never recovered. He was a member of Randall Post, his funeral Friday morning being attended by the Grand Army men. Interment was at English Mills.

Source: Spirit of the Age, Jan 11, 1896
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.