Ives, Franklin
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 22, credited to Clarendon, VT Unit(s): 9th VT INF Service: enl 12/24/63, m/i 1/4/64, Pvt, Co. B, 9th VT INF, pow, Newport Barracks, 2/2/64, Salisbury, d/prison 5/30/64 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: abt 1841, Tinmouth, VT Death: 05/30/1864 Burial: Salisbury National Cemetery, Salisbury, NC Marker/Plot: No_Marker; probably In trenches Gravestone researcher/photographer: Tom Ledoux Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, widow Ann C., 11/11/1864 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: If this soldier enlisted before 9/1/62, and was with the regiment on 9/13/62, he would have briefly been taken prisoner along with the entire regiment at Harper's Ferry. Read the unit's Organization and Service for details. DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
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Obituary
DIED
In a military prison, Salisbury, North Carolina, May 30, Mr. Franklin Ives of Wallingford, aged 50 years.
He enlisted into the service of his country last December, and joined the Ninth Vermont regiment, then stationed new Newbern, S. C.. - He was taken prisoner February 2d, soon after reaching his regiment, and carried to Salisbury, where he died. A nurse in the hospital - a fellow prisoner - writes that he was well cared for while in the hospital - eight or ten days - properly interred, and that a headboard is raised to mark his last resting place.
Source: Vermont Record, August 12, 1864.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.