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King, Walter S.

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 20, credited to Hancock, VT
Unit(s): 11th VT INF
Service: enl 9/2/64, m/i 9/2/64, Pvt, Co. D, 11th VT INF, wdd, Cedar Creek, 10/19/64, m/o 6/24/65

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VITALS

Birth: 03/20/1844, Horicon, NY
Death: 06/29/1896

Burial: Maple Cemetery, Lincoln, VT
Marker/Plot: 185
Gravestone photographer: Alan Lathrop
Findagrave Memorial #: 40315675

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 1/7/1870; widow Fidelia A., 7/17/1896, 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

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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BURIAL:

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Maple Cemetery, Lincoln, VT

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Obituary

LINCOLN

The funeral of Walter King was held Wednesday. He was a veteran of the rebellion. He is survived by a wife and daughter.

Source: Rutland Daily Herald, July 2, 1896.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.