Gilson, Edward P.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 19, credited to Brattleboro, VT Unit(s): 2nd VT INF Service: enl 5/1/61, m/i 6/20/61, PVT, Co. C, 2nd VT INF, wdd, Bull Run, 7/21/61; pow, Bull Run, 7/21/61, d/prison, 8/13/61, Richmond VA See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1842, Guilford, VT Death: 10/12/1861 Burial: Maple Grove Cemetery, Putney, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone photographer: Bob Edwards Findagrave Memorial #: 18191566 Cenotaph: East Putney Cemetery, Putney, VT Marker/Plot: Parker Plot Gravestone researcher/photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 17864558 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, mother Mary Simonds, 7/28/1890, VT 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 (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Maple Grove Cemetery, Putney, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. CENOTAPH:  Cenotaph/Monument in East Putney Cemetery Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may have cenotaphs there. |
Obituary
LETTER FROM A PRISONER - From a private letter written by Corporal Charles B. Rice of Company C, 2nd Vermont Regiment, and dated at Richmond, Va., Nov. 11th, we learn that Private Edward P. Gilson of the same company, died at the General Hospital at Richmond, Oct. 12. He had been sick a long time with dysentery and was a very low spirited which helped to shorten his days.
Source: Vermont Phoenix, December 5, 1861
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.