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Hosford, Eli R.

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 22, credited to East Haven, VT
Unit(s): 3rd VT INF, 11th VT INF
Service: enl 9/12/61, Pvt, Co. I, 3rd VT INF, dis/dsb 6/3/62; enl 11/4/63, m/i 11/4/63, Pvt, Co. E, 11th VT INF, kia, 6/12/64

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VITALS

Birth: abt 1841, East Haven, VT
Death: 06/12/1864

Burial: Cold Harbor National Cemetery, Mechanicsville, VA
Marker/Plot: C-503
Gravestone photographer: Tom Ledoux
Findagrave Memorial #: 73181324

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

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


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Obituary

List of Casualties in the 1st Vt. Brigade from June 11, to June 29, 1864.
ELEVENTH REGIMENT
KILLED
E – Eli E. Hosford, East Haven, 12th.

Source: Vermont Watchman and State Journal, July 8, 1864.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.